Professional Staff

“The thing I enjoy most about working at Kleinschmidt is seeing Kleinschmidt’s design work come to fruition. I relish the opportunities to work with contractors to solve construction issues and to participate in testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning. I really appreciate those breaks from the office where I can turn a screwdriver, use a multimeter, and get my hands a little dirty.”

Lucas DeLong is a Senior Engineer at Kleinschmidt for 13+ years and specializes in designing electrical control systems for hydropower facilities. He designs and prepares cost projections for electrical equipment including switchgear, motor control centers, protective relays, synchronizing equipment, transformers, generators, and various custom control panels. Lucas models and designs power systems including generator step-up transformer and equipment interconnections. Lucas also determines opportunities and needs for equipment upgrades at hydro stations by analyzing existing electrical test data, evaluating adequacy of existing switchgear and transformers for existing and future generation and loads, evaluating existing protective relaying, and providing recommendations based on industry standards.

Lucas programs programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and human-machine interfaces (HMIs), and assists clients and contractors with equipment installation and start-up either in the field or from the office. Some of his highlighted projects include Downstream Fish Passage; Service Spillway Power & Control Design; Pumped Storage Development Phase I Design; Aeration Implementation; New Powerhouse Design.

Lucas is actively involved with the IEEE, keeping hydroelectric standards fresh and relevant, as the Chair of the Hydroelectric Power Subcommittee of the Power Engineering Society. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maine.