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
Best Practices for Electric Motor and VFD Inspection and Monitoring
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How to Diagnose High Shaft Current Motor Bearing Failures with ESA and MCSA
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How Reliability Strategies Cut Compressed Air Energy Costs
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2025 NREL Wind Powertrain Meeting: AI, Bearings, and Reliability
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Your Predictive Maintenance Program Is Broken – Here’s How to Fix It
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Partial Discharge Mechanisms: A Technical Deep Dive for VFD Motors
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Single Axis vs. Triaxial Vibration Sensors: Which One Delivers Better Data?
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How Precision Alignment Can Transform Motor Reliability and Efficiency
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P-F Curve Fundamentals: Aligning Maintenance and Test Frequencies
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Top 5 Rules for Accurate Vibration Sensor Placement and Setup
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Partial Discharge Explained: Causes, Effects, and Prevention
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How Misapplying IEEE 519 Affects Inverters and Harmonic Distortion
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