Patrick
J. McCleer
Dr. Patrick McCleer is the former president and current
owner of McCleer Power, Inc. He received his Bachelors degree from the
University of Michigan, his masters 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 has held 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, HVAC and manufacturing industries. In Jackson,
Michigan, Dr. McCleer lives one block from his parents and approximately
seven blocks from the West Point Lounge, although it seems a lot longer
on the way home.
John Cross
John Cross is the new president of McCleer Power. He was
an advisor to the company for a long time, and his new hire frees up Pat
to concentrate on the engineering work that inspired him to start the
company in the first place. John wears a sweet hat and has good skills
with a bostaff.
(We have not yet compiled a biography for John)
Richard K. Mains
Dr. Richard 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 Reigle received his B.S. from the University of Michigan in Chemical Engineering in 1991, after which he began working for McCleer Power. His specialties include motor and system testing (and demolition), data analysis, computer drawing, and circuit board design and layout. He is currently EIT certified and has earned a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering at Michigan State University since becoming an employee of McCleer Power.
Lisa Kerley
Lisa is our new office manager, as of February. We hired
her so that we could finally have an office manager who has the same hair
color as her picture.
Lisa claims she has nothing interesting to say about herself. We will assuredly find SOMETHING to write about her after she has worked here for a while longer.
Jerry Shannon
Jerry is our leading technician. His primary responsibilities
include CAD drawing, parts fabrication, assembly, and test-stand setup.
Jerry has previous experience as an electrical maintenance technician
and intends on being an electrical engineer. Jerry is a student engineer
at Jackson Community 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 Community College in 1996 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
Matt got a B.S. in Math and a B.S. in Chemistry from Michigan
State University in 2004. He started work on his PhD in chemistry, but
got bored and left. He continued working several part time jobs for several
months. That fall, since he wasn't in school anymore, he decided it was
time to get a real job. This turned out to be an excellent career move,
since he immediately quit his jobs at Castle Photo and the MSU pools to
come work at McCleer Power as an engineering technician. Castle Photo
has since gone out of business, while McCleer Power is a burgeoning enterprise
which will soon pass the multi-billion dollar mark. Good move.
Matt's responsibilities include blowing up as many computers and drives as he can lay his hands on. Rest assured, if Matt tests your drive and it survives, there ain't NOTHING you gonna do to screw it up.
Matt is ACTUALLY primarily responsible for developing programs and interfaces for drives, as well as designing and running computer simulations and models. Matt helps Jamie and Jerry in fabrication and assembly whenever needed, and also regularly performs tests on motors and drives.
He is applying to MSU for the Master's program in Electrical Engineering for the spring of 2010.
This website, and the content herein, are his fault.