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Kenneth Stephen Julien was born on September 2nd 1932 in Arouca,
Trinidad. He attended St. Mary’s College then worked as an
apprentice at United British Oilfields of Trinidad (UBOT). He
studied at the University of Nottingham, England on an UBOT
scholarship and gained a Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering with first class honours in 1957. He was the first
Ph.D. graduate in electrical energy systems from the University
of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada in 1962.
He joined the staff of the newly established Faculty of
Engineering, UWI St. Augustine and was the first local
engineering lecturer with a Ph.D. He later became one of the
youngest Deans in the Commonwealth and was appointed Professor
and Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering in 1970,
posts he held until retirement in 1996. He was named Professor
Emeritus in 1997.
In 1974, Professor Julien chaired the Energy Co-ordinating Task
Force which examined the potential use of natural gas. This
group managed the country’s thrust into the global gas market
and the diverse new industries of methanol, ammonia and power
generation. Professor Julien also steered post-independence
industrial development through his directorship of the National
Energy Corporation, the Industrial Development Corporation of
Trinidad and Tobago, and the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity
Commission, among other state companies.
He guides Trinidad and Tobago’s present industrial thrust based
on local energy, technological innovation and human capital. He
achieves this in part through his chairmanship of Evolving
TecKnologies and Enterprise Development Limited, the developer
of the Wallerfield science and technology park; his presidency
of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) and his
leadership of Kenesjay Systems Limited, a consulting company
specializing in energy.
For his outstanding service to Trinidad and Tobago, Professor
Julien was awarded his homeland’s highest honour, the Trinity
Cross, in 2003.
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