
Stephen
Fairfax
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Stephen
Fairfax, President, frequently makes presentations to industry
organizations and has published numerous papers on
issues of high availabilty, fusion
engineering, and practical man-machine interface techniques.
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2005 | 2004 | 2003
2002-2003, Events
& Articles | 2000
- 2001,Events & Articles
Courses
& Workshops 2000 - 2005
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Papers |
Publications
List
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2005 |
Title |
Description |
Real Availability 2005
June 12, 2005 8:00am-5:00pm
Pre-Conference Workshop
7x24Exchange 2005 Spring Conference
Boca Raton, FL
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Steve Fairfax & Prof. Michael Golay,
MIT Nuclear Engineering, present their successful 1-day course tailored to senior managers. Offers key lessons and principles of quantitative risk management. |
Managing Risk with Condition-Based
Maintenance
June 14, 2005 1:45pm
7x24Exchange 2005 Spring Conference
Boca Raton, FL |
Critical examination of the benefits and risks of maintenance in mission-critical facilities. Summary of MTechnology's quantitative risk assessment studies of maintenance. |
Instructor
Engineering Operations Conference,
Jones Lang LaSalle
May 14-17 , 2005 Phoenix , AZ |
Presentation of a range of critical power system reliability topics including preventive maintenance and human factors |
Human Factors and Preventive Maintenance in Modern Critical Power Systems.
EGSA, Electrical Generating Systems Assoc. Spring Convention
San Diego, CA March 20, 2005 |
Discussion of the application of PRA in quantifying how operator actions contribute to critical facility reliability and availability. |
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2004 |
Date |
Title, Event & Location |
Description |
June 6 , 2004 |
Real Availability 2004
A Short Course for 7x24 Professionals.
Pre-Conference Workshop
7x24Exchange 2004 Spring Conference Orlando, FL |
Steve Fairfax & Prof. Michael Golay update their successful course, now offered as a Pre-Conference Workshop. |
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2003 |
Date
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Title,
Event & Location
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Description
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Nov.
17, 2003 |
2 Articles:
Root Causes and Tree Branches &
What Happened?
Charles River Research Corp. |
Charles
River Research issued a series of papers by a team of utility
industry experts identifying and examining issues that may have
contributed to the August 14, 2003 outage. The papers have been
submitted to the U.S.-Canada Task Force conducting an investigation
of the outage. |
Nov.
17, 2003 3:30pm |
Northeast
Power Grid Outage
7x24Exchange
2003 Fall Conference
San Antonio, TX
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Critical
examination and causal analysis of the August 14, 2003 power
outage. Discussion of the operation & challenges of the
US high-voltage transmission system. |
Aug.
18, 2003 |
Energy
Security Using Distributed Energy Resources, Energy
2003. Orlando, FL |
Highly
Reliable Power Systems: Myth or Legend? |
June
2, 2003 |
7x24Exchange
2003 Spring Conference
Boca Raton, FL |
Loss
of the Columbia |
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2002
- 2003: Events & Articles |
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2000
- 2001 |
Date
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Event
& Location
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Presentation
Title
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Nov.
14, 2001 |
Fall
Conference
November 11-14, 2001
7x24Exchange
The Phoenician, Scottsdale, AZ |
Keynote
Speaker
"High Availability: Methods and Myths" |
Oct.
8, 2001 |
Fall
Conference
October 8-10, 2001
Uptime
Institute
Atlanta, GA |
Keynote
Speaker
"Root Cause Analysis" |
June
22, 2001 |
MIT/INPO
Reactor Technology Course for Utility Executives
Prof. Michael Golay
MIT Nuclear Engineering Dept.
Cambridge, MA |
"Distributed
Generation: Threat or Menace?." |
June
1, 2001 |
Workshop:
First Do No Harm
Harvard Medical School
Brookline, MA |
Panelist |
May
9, 2001 |
2nd
EPRI Powering the Digital Economy Workshop
EPRI-PEAC
Westin Crown Centre
Kansas City, MO |
"Quantifying
High Availability: Methods and Measurements." |
April
6, 2001 |
7x24
Exchange, Midwest Chapter
Harrah's North Kansas City
Kansas
City, MO |
Keynote
Speaker: "High Availability: Methods, Measurements, Mistakes."
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March
16, 2001
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Morning
panel: "The Renewable Energy
Trust Fund"
AIM
Associated Industries of Massachusetts
Burlington Marriott
Burlington, MA
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Panelist:
"The Renewable Energy Trust
Fund."
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Sept.
29, 2000 |
2nd
International Symposium on Underground Freight Transpor-tation
by Capsule Pipelines and Other Tube/Tunnel Systems (ISUFT 2000)
Delft University of Technology
Delft, Netherlands
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Speaker:
"Electromagnetic Pipeline
Demonstration." |
June
15, 2000
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Digital
Power Group
Powercosm
Conference 2000
Coronado Island Marriott
Resort
San Diego, CA
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Panelist:
"Local- and Wide-Area Power: LAPS & WAPS."
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Courses & Workshops: 2000 - 2005 |
Date
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Event
& Location
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Title
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May 14-17 , 2005 |
Instructor
Engineering Operations Conference, Jones Lang LaSalle
Phoenix , AZ
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Presentation of a range of critical power system reliability topics including preventive maintenance and human factors. |
June 6 , 2004 |
Real Availability 2004
A Short Course for 7x24 Professionals.
Pre-Conference Workshop
7x24Exchange 2004 Spring Conference Orlando, FL |
Steve Fairfax & Prof. Michael Golay offer their successful course as a Pre-Conference Workshop. |
April
2 -3 , 2003 |
Real
Availability 2003
Providence
Biltmore Hotel
Providence, Rhode Island |
A
Short Course for 7x24 Professionals.
Steve Fairfax & Prof. Michael Golay update their successful
course. |
April
24-25 , 2002 |
Real
Availability 2002
Alexis
Park Resort & Spa
Las Vegas, NV |
A
Short Course for 7x24 Professionals. Steve Fairfax &
Prof. Michael Golay
update their successful course. |
Oct.
8, 2001 |
Fall
Conference
October 8-10, 2001
Uptime
Institute
Atlanta, GA |
Tutorial:
"High Availability: Methods and Myths" |
Nov.
4 & 5, 2000 |
Real
Availability: A Short Course on How to Make it Happen
University
Park Hotel
Cambridge, MA |
Initial offering of this course with co-author
& co-instructor, Prof. Michael Golay, MIT
Nuclear Engineering Department. |
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Recent
Papers Publications
List |
2
Articles:Root
Causes and Tree Branches & What
Happened? Charles
River Research Corp. Charles River Research issued a series
of papers by a team of utility industry experts identifying and
examining issues that may have contributed to the August 14, 2003
outage. The papers have been submitted to the U.S.-Canada Task
Force conducting an investigation of the outage.
Beating
the Odds, Energy
Users News, October 2002. Designers of critical faciliites
employ probabilistic risk assessment techniques.
Montgomery,
B.; Fairfax, S.; Smith, B. "Capsule Pipeline Transport Using
an Electromagnetic Drive", Cement Industry Technical Conference,
IEEE-IAS/PCA 2001., 2001 pp. 119-132.
Long-term
Availability of the Sure Power System Installation at the First
National Technology Center. 1999,
Prepared by MTechnology Inc.:D. Bruce Montgomery,
Stephen A. Fairfax, Professor Michael Golay, Dept. of Nuclear
Engineering, MIT; Frank Felder, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering,
MIT and MTechnology, Inc.
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