Dr. A.V. Setlur, P.E., S.E.
– President
Dr. Setlur has over thirty-five years of experience in various capacities of nuclear power plant engineering and consulting services. Dr. Setlur has been involved in engineering, management, and regulatory support of nuclear power plants including the original design of two nuclear PWR stations, Kewaunee and Prairie Island. He founded and has been President of AES since its inception. During this period, he has been involved in a wide range of technical and regulatory issues specifically in the areas of mechanical and structural engineering. Dr. Setlur is a Registered Professional Engineer and Registered Structural Engineer in several states.

Thomas N. Vogel, P.E.
– Vice President of Projects
Mr. Vogel has over thirty years of experience in the engineering consulting services area. Mr. Vogel is directly responsible for the general management of engineering services provided from AES’s Minneapolis Office primarily to the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and Duane Arnold Energy Center. Technical areas of expertise include ASME Class 1,2,3 and ANSI B31.1 piping and support design and analysis; Mark I containment and seismic design and analysis, Thermal Uprate, High Energy Line Break (HELB), Heavy Loads, IEB 79-14 & 79-02, Severe Accident Design, and ECCS Strainer and qualification.

Curtis Warchol, P.E., S.E.
– VP of Engineering
Mr. Warchol has over twenty five years of experience in the nuclear power industry. His experience spans a wide variety of structural, mechanical, and engineering mechanics applications including, steel design, concrete design, dynamic analysis, piping analysis (including torus attached piping), component supports, pressure vessel analysis, containment penetrations, and seismic equipment qualifications. His specialties include hydrodynamic analysis, fluid structure interaction, hydrodynamic loads, finite element analysis, fatigue analysis and non-linear analysis. He has taken industry wide lead roles in the areas of MOV structural analysis, permanent lead shielding, and containment strainer design. He holds professional and structural engineering licenses in several states including Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, and Kansas.

Donald R. Eggett
– Manager of Business Development
With over thirty years experience, Mr. Eggett has held numerous management and technical positions in nuclear power generation. As the Manager of Business Development, he holds a dual role responsibility of marketing the business aspects of the company and directing and managing major tasks for multiple clients. He brings experience in engineering design, licensing and regulatory compliance, operational and maintenance improvements, inspections and assessments, project management, and strategic planning. He possesses a strong knowledge of plant system interactions where this experience extends to operations and maintenance. He has been certified on both the BWR and PWR designs. He has performed numerous independent reviews in the areas of plant engineering and operational performance both at Exelon / ComEd as a former management employee and numerous other nuclear plants. He previously held a SRO license.

Scott T. Nelson, P.E., S.E.
– Civil /Structural Engineering Manager
Mr. Nelson began practicing structural engineering in 1987. After 3 ½ years designing commercial and residential buildings, Mr. Nelson began working on nuclear power plant modifications for various Midwest utilities. Since then, Mr. Nelson has lead project teams in solving many structural analysis and design issues related to the nuclear industry including, independent spent fuel storage systems, and DOE waste processing facilities. During this time, he has extensive experience with regulatory compliance issues related to building, piping, equipment supports, cranes, and other mechanical components, such as, MOV's, containment strainers, and permanent lead shielding systems. Mr. Nelson is a registered Professional Engineer and Structural Engineer, and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Jon Nehls
– Manager of Electrical Engineering
Mr. Nehls is the Electrical Engineering Manager for AES. His background includes new plant design, development and maintenance of design criteria, on-site engineering support of construction activities, verification and inspection programs, and engineering support for plant operation, maintenance and modification activities. He has lead projects involving the development and revision to electrical analyses, including cable ampacity, voltage drop, short circuit, relay setting, electrical distribution and load flow, motor sizing, cable and equipment procurement and sizing. He has also been the lead on project modifications associated with control board verification and rewiring, Appendix R safe shutdown, cable replacement, isolated phase bus duct design, Generic Letter 89-10, 4.16kV and 480V equipment sizing and replacement, load center design, Reactor Feed Pump replacement and motor upgrades. Mr. Nehls graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a degree in Electrical Engineering.