Marston To Deliver Fourth Lecture
in Perspectives
on Critical Infrastructure Systems Series
Theodore U. Marston on Critical Infrastructure Challenges: Managing
Electricity Enterprise
Wednesday, April 6, 2006
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Reception at 3:30)
MIT E40-298
About the Series: Perspectives on Critical Infrastructure Systems
is a series co-sponsored by MIT's Center for Technology, Policy and
Industrial Development (CTPID) and Engineering Systems Division (ESD),
which will feature industry leaders who are experts in critical
infrastructure systems. The series will focus on the cascading effects
among systems such as transport, water, power, energy, power, and
telecommunications.
Abstract
After the natural events of 2005, coupled with the knowledge
that physical and/or cyber attacks on the electric infrastructure could
cause significant disruption to a resource critical to the proper functioning
of the U.S. economy and society, there is a heightened need to assure
that such events cause minimal disruption. I will cover two elements.
The first is a systematic risk assessment/management process called Risk
Analysis and Management for Critical Asset Protection (RAMCAP), which
is being used with all of our nuclear power facilities. This methodology
can form the basis for the assessment of other critical infrastructure
risk assessments. The second area focuses on the lessons learned from
the efforts in recovering the transmission and distribution assets in
the Gulf Coast following the hurricanes Katrina and Rita. I will also
provide some insights gained from the impacts of severe storms, i.e.,
hurricanes, on conventional generation equipment.
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About the Speaker:
Theodore U. Marston
Dr. Ted Marston is Sr. Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of
EPRI, recently completing three years as Chief Nuclear Officer and Vice
President of EPRI. Previously, he was a Senior Vice President of EQE
International, Inc. and the President and CEO of PLG, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of EQE until January 2000. EQE International, Inc. acquired
PLG, Inc. in September of 1997. Dr. Marston has more than 25 years of
international experience in the assessment and management of risk for
industrial facilities. Specific industrial experience includes major
incident investigation, independent power plant development, railroad
risk, design, manufacturing, maintenance and operation of commercial
nuclear and conventional power plants, design and licensing of advanced
reactors, component and system reliability, failure analysis and margin
assessment, life cycle management, fatigue and fracture of metallic and
polymeric components. Dr. Marston is a Fellow of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineering.
The
Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development (CTPID) hosts
a dozen research and education programs at MIT. CTPID's mission is to
develop new knowledge, advanced technological strategies, and
innovative partnerships that address global industrial and policy
issues. Current programs, supported by over 100 corporations and
government agencies, address industrial issues in the aerospace,
automotive, business and environment, materials systems, mobility,
telecommunications, and technology and law sectors.
CTPID Programs:
CFP | CMP | Ford-MIT | IMVP | LAI | LARA | LSI | MSL | MITIQ | T&L |
