IEEE Consultants Network of Kansas City
Profile: Jack Cussen, MS, PE
IEEE Member
Contact Information
Jack Cussen
9193 W. 92nd Place
Overland Park, KS 66212
Email:
jjcussen@earthlink.net
Keywords
- Permanent Magnet Motors
- Induction Motors
- Power Systems
- Magnetics Instrumentation
- Motor Control Technology
Profile
Mr. Cussen is a specialist in permanent magnet subfractional and fractional Hp induction motors with 24 years of experience. While at Mallory Timers Co., he improved production magnetizing techniques, developed specifications for high-volume production motors, taught seminars in magnetic instrumentation to production personnel, established moment of inertia specifications for 50Hz and 60Hz PM motor rotors, and helped design the Epstein frame permeameter system. He also supervised testing of hydrocarbon and synthetic lubricants, corrosion protection chromate coatings, and vibration effects.
He designed fractional Hp motors for pump and commercial application. He designed a line of high-efficiency motors for circulating pumps. He has supervised the testing of integral Hp explosion-proof, submersible motors, specified proper instrumentation types and standards for the Fairbanks Morse Pump Corporation, formulated testing of small integral Hp motors while in production. He has analyzed and modified the Plant power system, enabling the company to conduct proper Underwriters Laboratories testing, and conducted motor testing for performance and temperature rise.
Mr. Cussen also teaches electrical engineering technology courses for industry, and utilities on subjects such as electrical fundamentals, mechanical science, electric motor and control technology. Mr. Cussen is currently formulating a technical course on variable frequency drives.
Mr. Cussen's accomplishments include:
- Established electromagnetic specifications for a large-volume production motor. The production volume of this motor was approximately 9 miliion per year at the time.
- Worked with Dr. Fritz Friedleander of Purdue University to make radical changes in production methods for the above high-volume motor.
- Established specifications that stabilized the electromagnetics of the model 001 motor for Mallory Timers Company.
- Calculated current resulting from capacitive reactance in the stator of many integral Hp motors making it possible to set limits on this parameter and ensure quality and uniformity.
- Performed calculations predicting single phase locked rotor current on a large motor for Underwriters Laboratories testing. The calculations also verified that the present equipment was adequate to handle the current that would be needed. This also allowed the testing to be done in-house, providing substantial savings in both time and money for Fairbanks Morse.
- Taught motor technology seminars to engineers, technicians, drafters, marketing and sales personnel at Fairbanks Morse Pump Company.
- Taught physics and electronics for Indiana and Purdue Universities.
Mr. Cussen is judged by his clients and colleagues as having a high degree of technical ability. He is a cross between a scientist and an engineer, as he has done graduate work in the areas of modern and atomic physics and chemistry. Mr. Cussen is currently working in power electronics and is taking instruction from Kansas State University.
Clients:
- Atchison Castings Company, St. Joseph, MO
- Design Energy Group, Blue Springs, MO
- Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
- Electric League of Missouri & Kansas
- Civic Associates Engineering, Kansas City, KS
- City of Olathe, Olathe, KS
Mr. Cussen is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the States of Kansas and Indiana, and is a licensed secondary school teacher in Indiana.
