1. Name and Date of Birth

WILLIAM F. HORTON, July 5, 1926

2. Academic Rank: Professor, full-time

3. Degrees

B.S., Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1945

M.S., Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1948

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 1966

4. Number of Years Service on Faculty

28 Years; Professor, 1985; Dean (acting) 1983; Associate Dean, 1979; Professor, 1968

5. Other Related Experience

Supervisory Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Magnetic Amplifier Design and

Application, 1948-55

Section Head, Flight Controls Department, California Division, Lear Siegler, Inc., Santa Monica, California, 1955-59

Associate in Engineering and Post Graduate Research Engineer, Department of Engineering, University of California, Los

Angeles, 1959-64

Senior Design Specialist, Astronics Division (part time), Lear Siegler, Inc., Santa Monica,California, 1959-65

Department Manager, Functional Analysis Department, Missile Systems Division, Hughes Aircraft Company, Canoga Park,

California, 1965-68

6. Consulting (last five years), Patents, etc.

A Principal of Power Systems Consultants, a consulting company, San Luis Obispo, California, 1981-Present

EDM Company, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1993-94

Lawrence Livermore National Labs, Livermore, California, 1990-1994

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, California, 1982-1994

United States Justice Department, Washington, D.C., 1991-1992

San Diego Gas and Electric Company, 1991

California Public Utility Commission, San Francisco, California, 1989-1990

Patents: Magnetic Amplifier Relay Circuits (2,594,022); Voltage Regulators (2,709,776); Magnetic Amplifier Overspeed Devices (2,760,149); Voltage Reference Device (2,725,515); Magnetic Amplifier for Control Purposes (2,792,547); Voltage Transfer Switch (2,970,227); Automatic Heading Control for Aircraft (2,945,650); Time Delay Relay Device (2,980,826); Trim Control System for Autopilots (3,018,071)

7. States in Which Registered: None.

8. Principal Publications of Last Five Years

Power Frequency Magnetic Fields and Public Health, CRC Press, 1995 (co-author).

Shielding the Power Frequency Magnetic Fields Produced by Underground Distribution Cables. In: Proceedings of the 26th

Annual North American Power Symposium (NAPS-94), IEEE Computer Society Press, 1994.

Underground System Analysis. In: EMTP Tech Notes, EMTP User's Group, Electrotech Concepts, Knoxville, Tennessee,

1994

Characterizing the Magnetic Fields of Household Appliances. Presented at: The 20th Annual North American Power

Symposium (NAPS-92), University of Nevada, Reno, October 5-6, 1992.

The Failure Rates of Overhead Distribution System Components. In: Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE/PES Transmission and

Distribution Conference and Exposition, pp. 718-723, 1991.

Determination of Failure Rates of Underground Distribution System Components from Historical Data. In: Proceedings of

the 1991 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, pp. 713-717, 1991.

A Probabilistic Approach to Distribution System Reliability Assessment. Presented at: Third International Conference on

Probabilistic Methods Applied to Electric Power Systems, London, United Kingdom, July 3-5, 1991.

9. Scientific and Professional Societies

Senior member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Member of Power Engineering Education Committee, Power Engineering Society (PES)

10. Honors and Awards

Most Inspirational Instructor Award, Cal Poly Student Chapter, IEEE, 1971

Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise (MPPP) Awards, 1985, 1988

Tau Beta Pi

11. Courses or Subjects Taught This Year by Term

12. Other Assigned Duties Performed During the Academic Year

Duties Hours per Week

EE Power Technical Area Committee 1.0

EE Systems Technical Area Committee 1.0

EE Student Relations Committee 1.0

EE Peer Review Committee 1.0

EE Tenured & Probationary Faculty Committee 1.0

CENG PSSI Committee 1.0

University PSSI Committee 1.0

Office Hours/Student Advising 5.0

13. Specific Programs Participated in to Improve Teaching Competence (last five years)

26th Annual North American Power Symposium, Manhattan, Kansas, September 1994

1992 IEEE/PES Summer Meeting, Seattle, Washington, July 1992

14. Special Duties of Co-op Faculty (coordinators)

Not applicable.