Profile
John Ging
Curriculum Vitae
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Work History:
I worked in UCD, DTU and DanChip (Denmark) and EirGrid
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Current Job:
Transmission Access Planner (Electrical Engineer)
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Employer:
EirGrid
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My Work: I perform technical studies of demand and generation connecting to the electricity system.
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I’m an electrical engineer and I do complex mathematical modelling of the electricity system including wind turbines and gas or cola plant and how they are connected to bring power to homes and factories throughout Ireland. I specialise in Power Quality (i.e. making sure that the voltage available to consumers is sinusoidal and clean from any noise) and connecting large wind farms and data centres.
Before my current job, I used to be a lecturer at University College Dublin and delivered courses on Communication Systems (fiber optics, microwave, radio and satellite) as well as electromagnetics. I also worked in a cleanroom making Silicon chips for next generation optical devices in Denmark for a year.
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My Typical Day: Sitting in an office with my best friends – my computers!
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What I'd do with the money: Buy new Arduino’s to demo!
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I’m forever buying new gadgets to play with (and break/fix) and it would be cool to showcase them in a workshop open to all.
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Long haired nerd
What's the best thing you've done in your career?
Built a next generation photonic device for a patent
What or who inspired you to follow your career?
My mother – basically she said “Be an engineer or I’ll beat ya”. Still dont know if she was messing?
What did you want to be after you left school?
An Engineer
Were you ever in trouble at school?
When wasnt I? That’s if I even went in!
If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?
A teacher? No wait a science fiction writer. But who would read it?
Who is your favourite singer or band?
NoFx
What's your favourite food?
Red Thai Chicken Curry
What is the most fun thing you've done?
Played “My lovel horse” on guitar in a metal style at a gig in front of 500 people
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
1. To come up with another patentable idea 2. To create more hours in the day and 3. Infinite wishes
Tell us a joke.
Did you hear about the carrot that died? There was a great big turnup at the funeral!
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