--- title: "Mississippi/Alabama Engineering Societies: Concepts of the NEC" description: Concepts of the NEC is one of our topics at next month's Engineering Societies of Alabama and Mississippi's summer meeting on June 10-12th in Biloxi, Mississippi. image: https://blog.powercalc.co/hubfs/Newsletter%20Images/James%20Image%20Final.png --- [![Powercalc_Logo.png](https://blog.powercalc.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Powercalc_Logo.png?width=592&height=91&name=Powercalc_Logo.png "Powercalc_Logo.png")](https://www.powercalc.co) # PowerCalc Blog # Mississippi/Alabama Engineering Societies: Concepts of the NEC By James Khalil, P.E. | Jul 19, 2018 11:00:00 AM | [electrical engineering](https://blog.powercalc.co/posts/topic/electrical-engineering), [NEC](https://blog.powercalc.co/posts/topic/nec), [1 Line Diagram](https://blog.powercalc.co/posts/topic/1-line-diagram) [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.powercalc.co%2Fposts%2Fmississippi%2Falabama-engineering-societies-concepts-of-the-nec%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.powercalc.co%2Fposts%2Fmississippi%2Falabama-engineering-societies-concepts-of-the-nec%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.powercalc.co%2Fposts%2Fmississippi%2Falabama-engineering-societies-concepts-of-the-nec%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.powercalc.co%2Fposts%2Fmississippi%2Falabama-engineering-societies-concepts-of-the-nec%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Mississippi%2FAlabama%20Engineering%20Societies%3A%20Concepts%20of%20the%20NEC) [![Share on Pinterest](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/pinterest-24x24.png)](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.powercalc.co%2Fposts%2Fmississippi%2Falabama-engineering-societies-concepts-of-the-nec%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dpinterest&media=) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fblog.powercalc.co%2Fposts%2Fmississippi%2Falabama-engineering-societies-concepts-of-the-nec%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fblog.powercalc.co%2Fposts%2Fmississippi%2Falabama-engineering-societies-concepts-of-the-nec%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) Dear Colleague: ![James Image Final](https://blog.powercalc.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Newsletter%20Images/James%20Image%20Final.png?width=300&name=James%20Image%20Final.png) It's all about technology and workplace collaboration in today's world. In Biloxi, we had the opportunity to discuss these issues with engineers at the Mississippi-Alabama Engineering Societies' meeting from June 10 -13th. Our first topic was *Automation, Cloud and Real Time: Technology for Electrical Engineering* followed in the afternoon by *Concepts of the NEC: Translation to Code.* Understanding and adopting advancements in software is vital to the practice of engineering. And importantly, this is a subject best handled by the engineers who understand what their practice is about rather than by coders divorced from the engineering process. So, down at the Gulf there were lively discussions about NEC compliance and software.  How to automate the electrical engineering design process to increase productivity, skills and collaboration while reducing the labor intensive burden of NEC compliance.  *PowerCalc *(covered by US Patent # 7,636,650) took center stage as the lab rat illustration of how the automation of electrical design for power distribution systems in buildings makes electrical engineering easier, faster, smarter and greener. The inventor, James Khalil, PE, walked through how he conceptualized the NEC to write software that produces incredibly accurate results all in compliance with the NEC. Read his discussion below. 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He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas. His experience includes projects for Saudi Arabia and Qatar; the US Departments of Energy, State, and Defense; and universities, schools, health facilities, and arts centers. 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