MTechnology: Presentations & Papers

Stephen Fairfax

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.

2005

Title	Description
Real Availability 2005 June 12, 2005 8:00am-5:00pm Pre-Conference Workshop 7x24Exchange 2005 Spring Conference Boca Raton, FL	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.

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.

2003

Date	Title, Event & Location	Description
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	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

2002 - 2003: Events & Articles

Date	Event & Location	Presentation Title
Renewable Energy Workshop Waltham, MA April 10, 2003	Environmental Business Council of New England, Eastern Massachusetts chapter	Technical & Economic Feasibility of Fuel Cell Power Plants for Biomedical Research Centers
Energy Users News, October 2002	Beating the Odds	Designers of critical faciliites employ probabilistic risk assessment techniques.
Oct. 11 , 2002	25th World Energy Engineering Congress Assoc. of Energy Engineers Atlanta, GA	Highly Reliable Electric Power System Design with Probabilistic Risk Assessment.

2000 - 2001

Date	Event & Location	Presentation Title
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."
March 16, 2001	Morning panel: "The Renewable Energy Trust Fund" AIM Associated Industries of Massachusetts Burlington Marriott Burlington, MA	Panelist: "The Renewable Energy Trust Fund."
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	Speaker: "Electromagnetic Pipeline Demonstration."
June 15, 2000	Digital Power Group Powercosm Conference 2000 Coronado Island Marriott Resort San Diego, CA	Panelist: "Local- and Wide-Area Power: LAPS & WAPS."

Courses & Workshops: 2000 - 2005

Date	Event & Location	Title
May 14-17 , 2005	Instructor Engineering Operations Conference, Jones Lang LaSalle Phoenix , AZ	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.

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.