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
Readiness Measurements and the Human Side of Reliability
What Motor Current and Vibration Reveal About Machine Condition
How Electrical Diagnostics Solved a Turbo Generator Mystery
Why Reliability Works Best When It Stops Claiming to Be Strategic
Why Reliability and Maintenance Professionals Keep Talking Past Each Other
How Reliability-Centered Motor Management Supports Better Maintenance Decisions
The New Reality of Reliability in Thermal Power Generation Systems
Why Reliability Needs a Reality Check: Back to CBM Basics
Why Joining Professional Organizations Strengthens Both You and Your Company
Getting Predictive Maintenance Right with Grounded AI and IIoT Practices
Why Offline Partial Discharge Matters for Low Voltage Motor Reliability
Variable Frequency Drive Reliability Challenges
How Spain May Have Ignored Root Cause Failure Analysis in Its Blackout
How to Improve Pump Reliability with Electrical Signature Analysis
How Low-Voltage Motor Circuit Analysis Helps Predict Failures Early
How Chaos Engineers Use AI Without Letting It Run the Plant
Why Reliability Engineering That Ignores Context Will Fail Fast
How Ignoring VFD Guidelines Led to Bearings, Belts, and Drive Failures
Why This 800 HP Steel Mill Fan Motor Failed and What Tests Revealed
Diagnosing Electric Motor Issues with Advanced Surge Testing
Why U.S. Grid Stability Depends on Smart Politics and Policy
How Forensic RCFA Unlocks True Root Causes of Machine Failures
AI Isn’t Wise: Why Human Judgment Still Matters in Tech
What the Large Motor Reliability Studies Actually Found and Why It Matters