Harjinder Sidhu is Principal Engineer for Protection and Control at AltaLink in Calgary. His role is to develop and maintain philosophy for engineering and design of protection systems for safe, economic and reliable operation of the power system. He joined AltaLink in 2007 and has held varieties roles including Engineering Manager, Protection and Control Engineer, Project Engineer and Project Manager. Prior to joining AltaLink, he worked as Technical Specialist at General Electric for three years. He received Master of Science Degree in Power System Protection from the University of Saskatchewan. As a Research Assistant, he investigated application of traveling waves for accurate estimation of location of faults on transmission lines. He is registered as a Professional Engineer in the province of Alberta and is a member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society.
