Robert Haney, P.E.

Robert Haney, P.E., is an electrical engineering consultant and adjunct instructor with nearly 40 years of experience in the design, application, and field support of electronic controls and test equipment. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Illinois with a BSEE from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) and an MSEE form Marquette University. In addition to experience with controls for industrial engines, off-highway equipment, electric power generators, machine tools, and automatic machinery, he has taught DC/AC circuits, electronics, and technical math for Rock Valley College and mathematics for Rasmussen College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Upper Iowa University.

Mr Haney has held engineering positions with United Technologies, Caterpillar, Delco Electronics, and Barber Colman Company, and consulting positions with Delta Power Company, Hamilton Sundstrand, MTE Hydraulics, and Dynacorp. He holds a patent on a tractor draft control system assigned to J.I. Case that uses solenoid coils as sensors (U.S. Patent #4,064,945). He is an active member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and the Chicago/Rockford IEEE Consultants' Network; much of his work has been with the electronic control and testing of solenoids and solenoid-based devices.