Gaskell Associates is a consulting engineering firm concentrating in the design of electrical systems for buildings. We are the largest and oldest firm of its kind in Rhode Island and have recently opened a southern Massachusetts office. This is our thirty-fifth year in business and we now have a staff of thirteen (13). We recently became a division of Thielsch Engineering, a 250 person diverse engineering firm.

Gaskell Associates is headed by John D. Gaskell, P.E. Jack is a graduate of Wentworth Institute, with an Associates degree in Electrical Engineering Technology, and the University of Rhode Island, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Jack is a member of the following professional organizations: Rhode Island Society of Professional Engineers, Providence Engineering Society, Electrical League of Rhode Island, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, National Electromagnetic Field Testing Association and the National Academy of Forensic Engineers.

He is a past President of the Rhode Island Society of Professional Engineers, past President of the Rhode Island Chapter of the Illuminating Engineering Society and past Director of the Electrical League of Rhode Island. Jack is currently a member of the Engineering Advisory Board of Roger Williams University. He is also Chairman of the Electrical Sub-Committee of the Rhode Island Building Codes Standards Committee.

He has written numerous articles for national technical publications and has been a guest speaker at the National Conference on Harmonics and Power Quality. He is a nationally recognized expert on magnetic fields. His design of a one megawatt Uninterruptible Power System for Fleet National Bank's Operations Center won "first place" in a national design award competition. Jack was honored by being selected "Engineer of the Year" by the Rhode Island Society of Professional Engineers.

Jack is also a recipient of the Providence Engineering Society's "Freeman Award". This award was established for the purpose of recognizing major achievements in engineering. It is held to be unique in that it recognizes accomplishment, inventiveness, development of theory, or the application of scientific knowledge in such a way as to provide advancement in the art and practice of engineering.