About the Instructor
James R. Hendershot has 40 years experience in practical hands-on PM & SR brushless motor design and also AC induction motor design for inverter operation. This experience includes manufacturing and development of those machines. With past key employments at United Technologies, General Motors, Clifton Precision, Berger Lahr & Pacific Scientific, he has designed hundreds of brushless motors for computer disc drives, servo systems, high speed machine tool spindles, traction drives, hybrid vehicles, micro-turbine and diesel generators as well as AC Induction motors for traction drives. He has written numerous technical papers, publications and presented electrical machine design workshop - tutorials on many different electric motor topics. Hendershot is the co-author of two books with Professor TJE Miller.
Jim Hendershot, an IEEE Fellow, holds a B.S in Physics from Baldwin Wallace College in Berea Ohio. He specializes in the design and analysis of both electro-magnetic and permanent magnet devices as well as teaching design courses and workshops.
Visit Jim's website http://www.jimhendershot.com/ for more information.
