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Richard J. W. Koopman (AIEE AM-1936, M-1949, IEEE F-????, LF-????) was a member of the St. Louis Engineer's Club in 1947. He was a charter member of the student branch at Missouri School of Mines in 1927 and received a BSEE from the University of Missouri in 1928. He went on to receive a PhD from Mizzou in 1942, the first such degree from the university. He was a Registered Professional Engineer, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis from 1949 to 1965 where he was the first Samuel C Sachs Professor of Electrical Engineering. He was Chairman of [[ | Richard J. W. Koopman (AIEE AM-1936, M-1949, IEEE F-????, LF-????) was a member of the St. Louis Engineer's Club in 1947. He was a charter member of the student branch at Missouri School of Mines in 1927 and received a BSEE from the University of Missouri in 1928. He went on to receive a PhD from Mizzou in 1942, the first such degree from the university. He was a Registered Professional Engineer, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis from 1949 to 1965 where he was the first Samuel C Sachs Professor of Electrical Engineering. He was Chairman of [[IEEE Saint Louis Section History|St. Louis Section]] of AIEE in 1957. | ||
== Further Reading<br> == | |||
[http://books.google.com/books/about/Electric_Motors_Supplied_by_Nonsinusoida.html?id=Y-EUOAAACAAJ Koopman, Electric Motors Supplied by Nonsinusoidal Voltages], 1966. The report covers a study to represent electric motors on analog computers, with the representation being usable when the motor is supplied by nonsinusoidal voltages. Such a representation is of particular interest when matching characteristics of static inverters and motors powered from them. <br>Koopman, Trutt, [http://books.google.com/books/about/DIRECT_SIMULATION_OF_A_C_MACHINERY.html?id=cP9SNwAACAAJ Direct Simulation of AC Machinery], 1967. <br><br> | |||
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Biography
Born: 24 June 1905
Died: 22 January 1993
Richard J. W. Koopman (AIEE AM-1936, M-1949, IEEE F-????, LF-????) was a member of the St. Louis Engineer's Club in 1947. He was a charter member of the student branch at Missouri School of Mines in 1927 and received a BSEE from the University of Missouri in 1928. He went on to receive a PhD from Mizzou in 1942, the first such degree from the university. He was a Registered Professional Engineer, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis from 1949 to 1965 where he was the first Samuel C Sachs Professor of Electrical Engineering. He was Chairman of St. Louis Section of AIEE in 1957.
Further Reading
Koopman, Electric Motors Supplied by Nonsinusoidal Voltages, 1966. The report covers a study to represent electric motors on analog computers, with the representation being usable when the motor is supplied by nonsinusoidal voltages. Such a representation is of particular interest when matching characteristics of static inverters and motors powered from them.
Koopman, Trutt, Direct Simulation of AC Machinery, 1967.
