About the European EMTP-ATP Users Group e.V.

"European EMTP-ATP Users Group e.V." (EEUG e.V.) was established in 1994 as an Association registered at the local court Offenbach am Main, Germany. The purpose of the EEUG Association recognized as public-benefit organization by the tax office is to organize courses, meetings, publish a newsletter, to act as a communication center for ATP-EMTP users, as well as to coordinate the program distribution. EEUG News, official newsletter of the Association, is published quarterly. Besides technical papers, rubrics such as Reader's Corner, Program Information, People and Profiles, Tips and Tricks are included in this newsletter.

The constitutive meeting was held in 1994 in Hanover, Germany, where the foundation members accepted the Charter. The current Executive Board consists of the following elected members:

Following membership dues were accepted by the Members' Meeting in Bristol, UK on September 4, 2001, differentiating between commercial entities and universities:

Members receive free updates -included in the membership dues- of the ATP program and other related programs as well as of the ATP Rule Book each year. EEUG has supported the development of software PCPlot for Windows and ATP Control Center running under MS Windows 9x/NT/2K/XP and available only for the members. EEUG supports the development of PlotXY, too. All programs are distributed on a CD-ROM with automatic installation routines for MS Windows 9x/NT/2K/XP. Every year at least one EEUG Meeting is organized, which consists generally of two parts; annual Members' Meeting and technical sessions. The technical sessions are open to all licensed ATP-EMTP users, whereas the Members' Meeting can be attended only by EEUG members. An EEUG course accompanies the EEUG Meeting almost every year.

Until now, following EEUG meetings and courses have been held by the EEUG Association:

  1. Constitutive EEUG Meeting in 1994 in Hanover, Germany (Co-organizer: University of Hanover and Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences)
  2. EEUG Meeting 1995 and one-day MODELS Course in Hanover, Germany (Co-organizer: Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences and University of Hanover)
  3. EEUG Meeting 1996 in Budapest, Hungary (Co-organizer: Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
  4. EEUG Meeting 1997 and three-day ATP course on Overvoltages and Insulation Coordination Studies in Barcelona, Spain (Co-organizer: University of Catalonia)
  5. EEUG Meeting 1998 and one-day ATP course on Frequency domain harmonic analysis in Prague, Czech Republic (Co-organizer: Czech Technical University)
  6. EEUG Meeting 1999 and one-day ATP course on Efficient use of ATP and modelling of transformers with saturation in Gizzeria Lido/Calabria, Italy (Co-organizer: University of Calabria)
  7. EEUG Meeting 2000 and one-day ATP course on Frequency-dependent line and cable modeling in Wroclaw, Poland (Co-organizer: Wroclaw University of Technology)
  8. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2001 and one-day course on FACTS devices and their modeling using ATP in Bristol, United Kingdom (Co-organizer: University of the West of England)
  9. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2002 in Sopron, Hungary (Co-organizer: Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
  10. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2003 and one-day EEUG course on ATPDRAW, MODELS, hierarchical and multilevel modeling in Graz, Austria (Co-organizer: Graz University of Technology)
  11. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2004 and one-day EEUG course on Modeling Rotating Machines & Transformers in ATP-EMTP in Trondheim, Norway (Co-organizer: Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
  12. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2005 and one-day EEUG course on Protection Modelling With ATP and ATPDesigner in Warsaw, Poland (Co-organizer: Warsaw University of Technology)
  13. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2006 and one-day EEUG course on Modelling & Simulation of Power Electronic Devices With ATP-EMTP in Dresden, Germany (Co-organizer: Technical University of Dresden)
  14. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2007 and one-day EEUG course on Advanced Use of ATPDraw for Transient Studies in Leon, Spain (Co-organizer: University of Leon)

At present, the EEUG Association has about 190 members, which are composed of universities and companies in equal proportions. As explained in the paragraph § 2 "Purpose" of the Charter, the association will act primarily as a communication center for its members.

Any Institution that is willing to join the Association must have a valid license for the use of ATP-EMTP program. Licensing means the Applicant agrees with the licensing term by signing License Agreement

The ATP-EMTP program is not a public domain software and it is not available via anonymous FTP. CD with programs and printed materials (Rule Book, Theory Book, User Manuals) can be ordered from EEUG by filling in the appropriate Order Forms. The CD created for non-members does not contain automatic installation routines for all programs, which are included in the CD "as is".

Anyone who got a license may subscribe to the ATP Users forum a List server facility on the Internet, connecting about 1700 ATP users all over the world and authorized to download ATP related materials from the secure servers operated by EEUG or the Japanese ATP User Group (JAUG).

Should you have any further questions, please contact:

EEUG e.V.
c/o Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kizilcay
Universität Siegen
FB 12
Hölderlinstr. 3
57076 Siegen
Germany

Email: m@kizilcay.de