Electrical and Instrumentation Technology

Faculty

Gerry Aust
Instructor of Electrical & Instrumentation Technology
Office: 1344
307-382-1781

Originally from Oregon, Gerry graduated from high school in Glenrock, WY.  He attended college at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where he received a BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas where he saw some great football games and then University of Wyoming where he received an MS in Mechanical Engineering.  He and his wife have two children.

Gerry’s career was mostly spent at the Jim Bridger Power Plant as an engineer managing projects, programming computer applications and other duties as assigned.  He also worked as a field engineer on oilfield and municipal controls projects.  He joined Western in the fall of 2009 to fulfill a long term goal to teach.

 

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Gena Moser-Clark
Instructor of Instrumentation
Office: 1341
307-382-1622
Gena grew up in Casper, and received a Presidential Scholarship to attend the University of Wyoming. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with the Bio option from there. Upon receiving her degree, she was granted a Fellowship from the Department of Energy and started to pursue a Master’s Degree. However, at the time, the lure of making money was too great and after fulfilling her fellowship obligations and completing 8 months of post-graduate work, FMC hired her to work at their Kemmerer Coke Plant. She was actually the Coke Plant’s 1st Electrical Engineer, 1st female engineer, and later she became their 1st female foreman. After about 2½ years, Gena transferred to FMC’s Green River facility. She has held many positions over the years including; Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Preventative Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Coordinator, Production Coordinator, and Maintenance Planner. In Fall 2006, she began teaching the Electrical Apprenticeship course two nights/week. During her 2nd semester teaching night class, she realized that she wanted to change careers and teach full time. So, after nearly 15 years with FMC, Gena changed careers and became the Instrumentation Instructor here at Western. In addition to her BS degree in Electrical Engineering and 15 years work experience, Gena is also a Level I Certified Infrared Thermographer.

 

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Joe Uriarte is a Sweetwater County native and he previously worked for an oil & gas service company as a well logging engineer where he trained operators and other new engineers. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and several Associate degrees in Industrial/Mine maintenance and Plant Operations from WWCC.
If you need to get in touch with Joe:
Office: 1522
Phone: 307-382-1782
Email: juriarte@wwcc.wy.edu