Kenneth Belcher

Safety Interlocks Group Leader under the Advanced Photon Source Engineering Support (AES) division responsible for developing, implementing and supporting primarily PLC-based interlock systems for personnel access control and equipment protection of the APS accelerators and beamlines. These include the Accelerator Access Control Interlock Systems (ACIS), Beamline Personnel Safety Systems (PSS), Front End Equipment Protection Systems (FEEPS), Beamline Equipment Protections Systems (BLEPS) and Laser Safety Interlock Systems.

• Licensed Professional Engineer with an MSEE and 40 years of industrial experience as a project manager and design engineer.
• Knowledgeable in both theory and practice with advanced control systems, automation, motion control, electrical and electronic design.
• Experienced programmer in PLC ladder logic programming and schematic/PCB generation/simulation.
• Electrical Safety SME
• Radiation Safety Interlock SME
   

Aug 1984, B.S.E.E., University of Illinois at Chicago

Focus on analog and digital circuit design, including assembly language programing and microprocessor architecture design. 

Minor in Mathematics

Nov 1990, M.S.E.E., University of Illinois at Chicago 

Focus on control system engineering, including SISO and MIMO system design. 

Studies included digital, analog, adaptive, predictive, and state variable control methods 

Nov 1997 to Present, Illinois Professional Engineer 

Focus on analog and digital circuit design engineering

Aug 2012 to Aug 2022, TÜV Reinland® Functional Safety Engineer

Management of Functional Safety acc. IEC 61508-1

Hardware design of safety related systems acc. 61508-2

Software design of safety related systems acc. 61508-3