Dec
30
Emerson Exchange was held this year at the Gaylord Texan Hotel and Convention Center, Grapevine, TX on Sept 30th – Oct 4th, 2013. Over 350 workshops were hosted over a three day period. In addition, on the last day of Emerson Exchange, a small number of Meet the Expert workshops were presented. This year the …
Nov
18
In early October, 2013, Willy Wojsznis, Mark Nixon and I were notified by the ISA Publications Department that we were the recipients of the “Raymond D. Molloy Award”. The book we co-authored, Advanced Control Foundation: Tools, Techniques, and Applications, sold the most units of any new book published by ISA in 2012. The publication award’s …
Oct
28
In Emerson’s boot camp for new engineers, I teach the portion on process control based on our book Control Loop Foundation – Batch and Continuous Processes. Each student receives a copy of this book. Customer may receive the same process control training by attending a 4 ½ day class, Control Loop Foundation – 9025, offered …
Sep
30
On the last day of Emerson Exchange, Friday, October 5, a number of Meet the Expert workshops are scheduled. This year the future architecture team will host two Meet the Expert workshops: MTE-5524 – Utilizing DeltaV Advanced Control Innovations to Improve Control Performance | Terry Blevins, Willy Wojsznis at 8-9:30am in Dallas 4 and 10-11:30 …
Sep
26
If you are attending ISA Automation Week, 2012 then you may want to stop by the ISA book store in the exhibit area. Copies of Advanced Control Foundation were shipped earlier this week from the printer and arrive at the ISA bookstore late today, Tuesday, September 25. Thus, you might say these copies of the …
Jun
04
It was my pleasure to co-teach with Darrell Dray the Control Loop Foundation class (9025) the week of May 21st, 2012. The class was held in Emerson Process Management’s Education Center located in Round Rock, TX – just outside of Austin, TX. This 4 ½ day class is based on the Control Loop Foundation book. …
Oct
31
In early September, Mark Nixon and I were notified by ISA that we were recipients of the “Raymond D. Molloy Award” presented by the ISA Publications Department. Our book, Control Loop Foundation—Batch and Continuous Processes, sold the most units of any new book published by ISA in 2010. We received this award in the Mardi …
Oct
24
As I noted in a previous blog, Emerson’s education department has established a class (9025) based on the book Control Loop Foundation – Batch and Continuous Processes that I co-authored with Mark Nixon. This is a 4 ½ day class in which most of the key ideas contained in the book is covered in class lectures. …
