Power systems quietly and reliably move enormous amounts of energy every day. But when things go wrong—when there’s too much current or a fault on the line, something has to act fast. That job belongs to the circuit breaker. In this episode, host Dave Whitehead and guest Kylan Robinson, engineering director at SEL, discuss how circuit breakers sense trouble, interrupt currents as powerful as a lightning bolt, work with protective relays to keep the grid safe, and are

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Engineering Director

Kylan is the engineering director of the SEL Government Services Department, where he leads research, development, and services for U.S. government customers. He has worked at SEL since 2007, and his background includes research and development of automation, security, and communication products, as well as software and firmware development processes. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer engineering from Washington State University and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Circuit Breakers: The First Responders of the Grid