MONROEVILLE, Pa., July 28 /EMWNews/ -- Dr. Kathryn Jackson has been

appointed to the position of vice president, Strategy, Research and

Technology at Westinghouse Electric Company. Dr. Jackson was previously the

executive vice president of River System Operations and Environment at

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), where she has served since 1998.



    "Dr. Jackson's extensive work in the energy industry, coupled with her

hands-on experience in technology strategy, will prove very beneficial to

Westinghouse as we continue to develop innovative products and services for

our customers," said Dr. Regis Matzie, senior vice president and chief

technology officer at Westinghouse.



    Corporate research and technology development was among her major

responsibilities during her tenure at TVA. As the unit's leader, Dr.

Jackson managed the development and infusion of new technologies to improve

performance power generation, transmission and distribution systems. She

also negotiated multimillion-dollar contracts -- in service, R&D and

engineering -- with various government agencies and corporations.



    Dr. Jackson's TVA career began in 1991 when she was hired as project

engineer, Nuclear Power, in the Generating Group. Two years later she was

named vice president, Technology Advancements. Among her accomplishments in

that role: developing and implementing a methodology to identify research

and technology development projects that aligned with TVA's long-term

corporate strategy and its customers' priorities. In 1994, she was named

senior vice president of TVA's Resource Group, and later became its

executive vice president.



    Dr. Jackson began her professional career in 1980 at Westinghouse

Electric Corp.'s Nuclear Technology Division, where she served four years

as a marketing project engineer and design engineer. She then went to

Alcoa, working as a technology forecaster at the company's Corporate

Research and Development Center.



    Prior to joining TVA, Dr. Jackson spent two years as a postdoctoral

fellow at the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, D.C., where

she was responsible for evaluating national regulations and policies that

are at the intersection of engineering, technology and society.



    She earned a bachelor's degree in Physics from Grove City College

(1979), and also holds a master's in Industrial Engineering Management from

the University of Pittsburgh (1983) and master's and doctorate degrees in

Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University (1987 and

1990).



    Dr. Jackson's industry-related activities also include service on the

board of directors of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), as well

as its Governance & Nominating and Executive committees.



    Headquartered in Monroeville, PA, Westinghouse offers a wide range of

nuclear plant products and services to utilities around the world,

including fuel, spent fuel management, service and maintenance,

instrumentation and control, and advanced nuclear plant designs.

Westinghouse supplied the world's first commercial nuclear power plant in

1957 and has designed the world's largest installed base of operating

nuclear power plants.