Howard Penrose
Howard W. Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP, CEM, CMVP, is president of MotorDoc® LLC, a Veteran-Owned Small Business. He chairs standards at American Clean Power (2022-25), previously led SMRP (2018), and has been active with IEEE since 1993. He represents the USA for CIGRE machine standards (2024-28) and serves on NEMA rail electrification standards (2024+). A former Senior Research Engineer at the University of Chicago, he’s a 5-time UAW-GM Quality Award winner. His work spans GM and John Deere hybrids, Navy machine repair, and high-temperature motors. He holds certifications in reliability, energy, M&V, and data science from Kennedy-Western, Stanford, Michigan, AWS, and IBM.
Posts by Howard Penrose
How Electrical Diagnostics Solved a Turbo Generator Mystery
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Why Reliability Works Best When It Stops Claiming to Be Strategic
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Why Reliability and Maintenance Professionals Keep Talking Past Each Other
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How Reliability-Centered Motor Management Supports Better Maintenance Decisions
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The New Reality of Reliability in Thermal Power Generation Systems
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Why Reliability Needs a Reality Check: Back to CBM Basics
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Why Joining Professional Organizations Strengthens Both You and Your Company
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Getting Predictive Maintenance Right with Grounded AI and IIoT Practices
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Why Offline Partial Discharge Matters for Low Voltage Motor Reliability
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Variable Frequency Drive Reliability Challenges
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How Spain May Have Ignored Root Cause Failure Analysis in Its Blackout
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How to Improve Pump Reliability with Electrical Signature Analysis
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