EASA's technical support staff are available from 8 am to 4:30 pm Central, Monday - Friday. Engineering support is FREE with EASA membership.
Phone: 314-993-2220
Fax: 314-993-1269
Engineering Fax: 314-993-2998
(Please have your EASA Company ID number ready)
Tom Bishop, P.E.
EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist
Tom Bishop is a senior technical support specialist with the Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA). Bishop joined the EASA staff in 2002 with over 30 years of hands-on and engineering experience at electrical machinery manufacturing and apparatus service firms. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering and is a licensed professional engineer.
Bishop has authored dozens of technical articles and papers, and presented numerous seminars on electric motor application, maintenance and repair. In addition, he is chairman of EASA’s Technical Services Committee and a principal member of the National Fire Protection Association Electrical Equipment Maintenance Committee (NFPA 70B).
314-993-2220
tbishop@easa.com
Jim Bryan
EASA Technical Support Specialist
Jim Bryan is a technical support specialist with the Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA). Before joining EASA, Bryan worked for more than 20 years at Emerson Motor Company (Nidec Corporation) in St. Louis. While there, he held these positions:
Bryan’s work prior to his tenure at Emerson included 12 years as an electrician as well as service in the U.S. Air Force. He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
314-993-2220
jbryan@easa.com
Mike Howell
Technical Support Specialist
Mike Howell joined the EASA staff in 2012 and has worked with rotating electrical machines for more than 20 years. His experience includes redesigns, insulation system development, accelerated life testing, failure analysis and diagnostic testing. Howell has presented seminars and short courses on stator winding design for EPRI and others.
Howell has a master’s degree in engineering from NC State University. He is a member of IEEE, IISE and ASQ, and is certified by ASQ as a Six Sigma Black Belt, Quality Auditor and Quality Engineer. Howell participates in IEEE standards development and is a member of a USNC Technical Advisory Group for various IEC standards.
Gene Vogel
EASA Pump & Vibration Specialist
Before joining EASA as Pump and Vibration Specialist, Gene Vogel operated his own business, General Maintenance Equipment/Engineering, Inc. (GME), a marketing, service and training organization for industrial maintenance and related technologies. Among other courses, he taught a "Pumps and Pump Systems" seminar for American Trainco. He also has an extensive background in vibration and dynamic balancing, and chaired the St. Louis Chapter of the Vibration Institute from 1993-2000.
314-993-2220
gvogel@easa.com
Chuck Yung
EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist
Chuck Yung is a senior technical support specialist for the Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA) and has worked in the electrical machinery industry since 1974. Yung has hands-on winding and mechanical experience with AC and DC machines, including field service. Yung is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and currently chairs the IEEE 1068 Standard for the Repair and Rewinding of Electric Motors for the Petroleum, Chemical and Process Industries. He helped develop the new CSA 391 standard: Maintaining the Efficiency of Synchronous Machines. Yung joined the staff of EASA in 1998, and has authored more than 130 technical articles and papers, published worldwide, including eight published in IEEE Industry Applications magazine.
314-993-2220
cyung@easa.com