This week’s featured student is Taylor Short, an electrical engineering major who did a coop rotation with Southern Company in Atlanta, Georgia.
Short worked in Research and Technology Management. This department conducts research on various topics that affect our industry including: generation, transmission, distribution, renewables, and many others. She worked specifically in the transmission and substation research. There were three of them that focused on this research. They were involved in research that improves our current infrastructure and procedures.
Short was heavily involved in a couple of different projects including: two sensors for substation equipment, an online transformer dehydrator, and diagnostic tool for circuit breakers using current equipment. She also was involved heavily in one of the sensor projects. This project consists of using a laser to detect the amount of acetylene in a bushing. They conducted an initial lab test and provided feedback to the development team.
By accepting this coop she valued learning how to work in a diverse group of people. Her department is made up of a diverse group of personalities. While she had experience with a diverse group of people previously, this was a completely different environment. She has also gotten more exposure and experience in the field then she ever would have expected.