Luke Beggs, Eit Email & Phone Number

Minnesota, United States

Continuing my career at Mortenson with the same responsibilities as my previous E1 role as well as emphasizing the following:— Expanding my technical expertise in renewable energy and substation design— Learning about the impacts that design choices have on project finances and construction — Exploring ways to automate and expedite tasks to perform system studies both more efficiently and more accurately — Supporting Mortenson Power, Energy Storage, Solar, and Wind groups in project proposals, as well as providing post-construction support

Minnesota, United States

Responsible for completing a range of different power system studies within Mortenson Engineering Services— Short Circuit Studies: analyzing renewable energy generation projects' abilities to withstand electrical faults and informing design choices to mitigate damage during a fault event— Energy Loss Studies: analyzing the efficiency of renewable energy projects to inform customers on the expected net generation of their facilities— Arc Flash Studies: determining the severity of hazardous arcing faults to create warning signs and labels for enforcing adequate PPE recommendations— Reactive Power Studies: determining the capability of renewable energy projects to produce and consume reactive power so they can meet interconnection requirements and mitigate low/high grid voltages

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

Responsible for working on MISO's quarterly model update process including:-Working with MISO stakeholders to coordinate topological changes to MISO's network model-Working with interconnection customers on generators and tie lines being added to MISO's AGC model-Working with external telemetry/ICCP providers to ensure good quality data connections -Coordinating with internal MISO teams to ensure that network/AGC models are functioning correctly

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Worked on a variety of solar projects in several different roles - performed short circuit studies to coordinate cable sizes and protective equipment - performed reactive power studies to determine new solar projects' abilities to match grid voltages/power requirements - assisted in creating plan sets and designing solar projects on the 10-100 MW scale - worked with clients to coordinate designs and equipment decisions

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

Minnesota, United States

Helped graduate students on projects, including GUI software development in MATLAB and some PCB hardware updates.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Worked in customer service and safety roles, including security screening and conflict resolution between guests.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Worked alongside a professor to perform basic laboratory tasks and participating in a biochemistry research project.

Webster Groves, Missouri, United States