Dr. Patrick
J. McCleer (Owner and Chief Design Engineer)
Dr. Patrick McCleer received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan, his Master's from MIT, and his Ph. D. from the University of Michigan, all in Electrical Engineering. He has been a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey, and an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. He holds seven US patents in motors and drives, is a consultant to the US Army Tank and Automotive Command on electric drives for military vehicles, and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Michigan. At McCleer Power, Dr. McCleer designs and fabricates machines and drives for application in the automotive, appliance, green power, HVAC, and manufacturing industries.
John Cross (President, CPA)
John Cross is the new president of McCleer Power. John is the accountant and financial advisor for the company. His hiring frees up Pat to concentrate on the engineering work that inspired him to start the company in the first place.
Dr. Richard Mains (Electrical Engineer)
Dr. Mains received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical
Engineering from Ohio State University and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
in 1979 from the University of Michigan. After graduating he worked as
an Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer in the Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science Department at the University of Michigan specializing
in computer simulation of solid state devices and circuits using finite
difference and finite element methods. His work at McCleer Power since
1992 has concentrated on circuit design for power electronics applications,
design and implementation of printed circuit boards, programming in various
languages and data acquisition systems for measurement of electric machines.
Andy has a B.S. from the University of Michigan in Chemical Engineering and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University and Mathematics from Eastern Michigan University. His specialties include motor and system testing, data analysis, thermal modeling, CAD drawing, and circuit board design/layout.
Candace Shannon (Office Manager)
Candace is our new office manager.
Jerry Shannon (Draftman/Technician)
Jerry is our leading technician. His primary responsibilities include 3D CAD drawings, parts fabrication, assembly, and test setup. Jerry has previous experience as an electrical maintenance technician and intends on being an electrical engineer. Jerry is a student engineer at Jackson College and plans to transfer to Michigan State University in the future.
Jamie is an engineering technician at McCleer power. He is involved in design, fabrication, and testing of prototype machines and test stands. He received his A.S. from Jackson College in Electronic Engineering Technology and is currently working to obtain a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Jamie has previous experience as an electronic maintenance technician and as a machine control retrofit supervisor.
Matt Meier (Programmer, board designer)
Matt received a B.S. in Mathematics & a B.S. in Chemistry from Michigan State University. He's primarily responsible for developing programs and interfaces for drives, as well as designing and running computer simulations and models. Matt also does circuit boad layout and assists in the fabrication, assembly, and testing of motors and drives.
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