Research Areas of Expertise

Grid Automation (Substation Automation and SCADA), Microgrid Automation, Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution, including Renewable and Nuclear Power, Grid Energy Storage, CCUS and Hydrogen, Operator Training Simulators, Advanced Process Control, Optimization, DCS and safety systems, Field instrumentation, Engineering services, and Systems integration

Responsibilities and Experience

Rick joined ARC as a consultant in August 2015. Rick has been the principal consultant at R2 Controls since 1996. Prior to starting his own company, he worked in the advanced control group at Foxboro Company (Now Schneider-Electric) for 20 years where he led many advanced process control projects across a wide range of industries. Rick has extensive experience designing, building, testing, and commissioning complex control and safety systems for reactors, distillation, and many other unit operations.  Just prior to working for ARC, Rick worked to test control and safety systems for eight nuclear power plants that are now operational in China. Rick is also a chairman of the board of light commissioner for the municipal utility in the town of Princeton, MA. He lives in Princeton, MA with his wife Claudia where he designed and built an all-electric net zero solar home to passive house standards.

Education

BS Chemical Engineering UMass Amherst 1975.

Registered Professional Chemical Engineer in MA

ARC Research Reports and Publications

Rick has published a wide range of reports and articles from his days in process control and more recently related to the energy transition and the control and operation of electric grids.