Brooks & Jackson, Inc.
Contact
Eric C. Jackson, P.E., CFEI
Organization
4745 Sutton Park Ct. , Suite 104
Jacksonville, Florida 32224
Phone
(904) 223-9310
Fax
N/A
Email
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Years in the trade
29
Background
BSEE - LSU 1981 (Power & Controls)
Consulting Engineering
Twenty-nine years combined experience in electrical engineering, fire cause and origin investigation, forensic engineering, electrical power systems equipment checkout and computer technology applied to control systems.
Forensic engineering experience includes reconstruction of equipment failures/malfunctions, fire/explosion cause and origin determinations, electrical contact and arc-blast injury/fatality reconstruction, stray voltage investigation and mitigation, and analysis of professional liability claims. Experience also includes research and application of industry codes and standards such as the NESC, NEC, ANSI/IEEE, NEMA, UL, AIEE, OSHA and NFPA. Litigation support experience includes report preparation, attorney consultation and deposition and trial testimony. Expertise accepted in both state and federal courts in approximately 14 states.
Project engineering experience includes design, checkout, start-up and testing of high - and low voltage power system apparatus and control systems including: substation transformers, circuit breakers, switchgear, oil circuit reclosers (OCRs), motors, low voltage distribution equipment, protective relaying and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Co-inventor and recipient of a patent on test equipment utilized to verify the integrity of synchronizing controls of large synchronous motor controls (U. S. Patent 4739256).
Licenses / Certificates
Licensed Professional Engineer: Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Florida, Texas and Arkansas. Louisiana license is in both Electrical Engineering and Control Systems Engineering.
Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, 1989
(National Association of Fire Investigators)
Topics of Expertise
Expertise includes electrical equipment failure analysis ranging from large substation transformers to consumer products. Forensic investigations include stray voltage assessment, electrical accidents involving personal injury or death, and fire/explosion for determination of origin & cause. Performed electrical power systems design, short circuit current studies, electrical system protection applications for electric utility systems and industrial and commercial systems, and field checkout and commissioning of electrical systems including relaying and cabling.
