As a retired electrician and proficient instructor with more than 30 years of practical experience, Stephen L. Herman is known for his reader-friendly approach. A seasoned author, Mr. Herman has written leading books on electricity and mathematics that are popular with students and instructors alike. For two decades Mr. Herman served as lead instructor for the Electrical Technology Curriculum at Lee College in Baytown, Texas, where he received an Excellence in Education Award from the Halliburton Education Foundation. He also taught at Randolph Community College in Asheboro, North Carolina, for nine years and helped pioneer an electrical curriculum for Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant, Texas. His additional publications include ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL, ELECTRICITY AND CONTROLS FOR HVAC/R, INDUSTRIAL MOTOR CONTROLS, UNDERSTANDING MOTOR CONTROLS, ELECTRONICS FOR ELECTRICIANS, ALTERNATING CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, DIRECT CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, ELECTRICAL STUDIES FOR TRADES, ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES, EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY FOR USE WITH LAB VOLT EQUIPMENT, THE COMPLETE LABORATORY MANUAL FOR ELECTRICITY, and PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS FOR ELECTRICIANS. Derrick Atkins is the Training Director at the Minneapolis Electrical JATC. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Minnesota and an Associate of Applied Science degree in Electrical Construction and Maintenance from Dunwoody College of Technology. He also holds a Class A Master Electrical license with the State of Minnesota. Atkins joined the IBEW Local 292 as an apprentice electrician in 1996 and completed his apprenticeship in 2000. He has worked as a foreman and general foreman on a variety of industrial projects. In 2005, Mr. Atkins became a full-time instructor at the Minneapolis Electrical JATC, and two years later worked as a project manager and estimator with his primary focus on design build of various industrial projects. He then returned to full-time teaching at the JATC and currently serves as the training director. He also serves as a Principal member of Code Making Panel 5 and an Alternate member of the Correlating Committee for the National Electrical Code.
