Matthew Henriksen

Matthew Henriksen

Electrical Engineering Co-op Student

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior R&D Engineer at Hitachi Energy, Dry and Distribution Transformers

  • Education

    • Aalborg University

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    • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

      2003 - 2008
      Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering
    • DTU - Technical University of Denmark

      2009 - 2011
      Master of Science Wind Energy - Electrical Engineering

      Primary focus is on electromagnetic design of rotating machinery, and specifically on wind turbine generators.Other interests include power electronics, power system stability, insulation coordination, wind resource assessment, and wind power project development.

  • Experience

    • Kohler Company

      Feb 2006 - Apr 2007
      Electrical Engineering Co-op Student

      · Aided engineers in electrical design work for Kohler Co. manufacturing facilities

    • Johnson Controls

      Apr 2007 - Aug 2009
      HVAC Product Development - Electrical Engineering Intern

      Worked as an electronics technician, building and testing damper actuator prototypes.

    • University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

      Aug 2008 - May 2009
      Teaching Assistant

      Instructor of EE306: Introduction to Electrical Engineering, a course designed to give a broad understanding of electrical engineering to non-electrical engineers. Held two 75 minute lectures and four office hours every week, and assigned/graded homework and exams.

    • DONG Energy

      Jun 2010 - Sept 2010
      Power Systems Engineering - Student Assistant

      Hired to research technical standards regarding electrical equipment used in wind turbines. Delivered a technical report to be used in a future publication regarding the operating environment of wind turbine equipment.

    • Technical University of Denmark

      Sept 2011 - Oct 2015
      PhD Student

      Electrical machines: wind turbine generators with reduced reliance on rare earth metals

    • Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium - UW Madison

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2012
      Honorary Fellow

      Site of external stay during PhD work at Technical University of Denmark.

    • ABB

      Nov 2015 - Oct 2021

      Development of new features and analysis tools for ABB's dry-type transformers Electromagnetics R&D for motors, generators, and tranformers

      • Senior R&D Electrical Engineer

        May 2017 - Oct 2021
      • Research Scientist

        Nov 2015 - May 2017
    • Hitachi Energy

      Oct 2021 - now
      Senior R&D Engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)

      Scrum.org
      Dec 2022