Setting the Standard for Automation
Upcoming Meetings & Events
| Date | Topic | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 1st, 2012 Dinner General Meeting |
Bosses Night Engineering Ethics with David Howell, P.E., Texas Board of Professional Engineers |
HESS Club |
Past Meetings & Events
| Topic | Speaker | Date |
|---|---|---|
| “An overview of Engineering Technology Discipline at the College of Technology” | Dr. Heidar Malki of University of Houston HESS Club |
Dec. 7th, 2011 |
| Networking Night “ISA100: Latest Developments and Applications” |
Danny Murphy Honeywell |
Nov. 9th, 2011 |
| Chili Cook Off | Houston Section Event | Nov. 3rd, 2011 |
| “SIL Certified ESD Valve Assemblies” | Todd Harrison Metso Corporation |
Oct. 5th, 2011 |
| ISA Houston Section Conference and Exhibition | Houston Section Event | Sept. 13-15th, 2011 |
| “Implementing a BMS via ISA TR 84.00.05 ‘Guidance on the Identification of Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF) in Burner Management Systems (BMS)” | Steve Papp Wilson Mohr |
Aug. 3rd, 2011 |
| 2011-2012 Student Scholarship Awards “The Buncefield Fuels Depot Incident – A Safeguard Analysis” |
Henry Troth | Jun. 1st, 2011 |
| “Fieldbus Network Hardware Requirements” | Jim Massey Phoenix Contact |
May 11th, 2011 |
| Annual Golf Tournament | Spring Program | Apr. 15th, 2011 |
| “Getting the Best Performance from Challenging Control Loops” | Jacques Smuts OptiControls |
Apr. 6th, 2011 |
| “Implementing Instrument and Process Control Mechanical Integrity and Reliability Improvement – Seeking Sustainability” | Patrick Skweres SIS-Tech |
Mar. 2nd, 2011 |
| Bosses’ and Students’ Night “Education for Future Instrumentation and Control Engineering Technologists” |
Dr. Weining Feng University of Houston-Downtown |
Feb. 2nd, 2011 |
| “Human Machine Interface (HMI) Design: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (and What Makes Them So)” | Paul Gruhn ICS Triplex | Rockwell |
Dec. 1st, 2010 |
| Annual Chili Cook-off | Fall Program | Nov. 4th, 2010 |
| “HART 7: Beyond Wireless” | Ed Ladd HART Communication Foundation |
Nov. 3rd, 2010 |
| ChemInnovations | Houston Section Event | Oct. 19-21th, 2010 |
| ISA Automation Week | ISA Event | Oct. 4-7th, 2010 |
| “Moving from Legacy to Modern Protocols” | Joe A. Rondan, President & CEO Smar International |
Sep. 1st, 2010 |
| “Wireless Technology and Process Automation” | Greg Ochs Accutech Control Microsystems |
Aug. 4th, 2010 |
| 2010-2011 Student Scholarship Awards “Partial Stroke Testing of Valves” |
Matt Klein Metso |
Jun. 2nd, 2010 |
| “Wireless Standards – Implementation Status for ISA 100.11a” | Gary Reeves Yokogawa |
May 12th, 2010 |
| “Optimizing Asset Management” | Herman Storey | Apr. 7th, 2010 |
| Annual Golf Tournament | Spring Program | Mar. 15th, 2010 |
| “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cable for Industrial Networks” | Sandy Fulton Northwire |
Mar. 3rd, 2010 |
| Bosses’ Night “Introduction to Asset Virtualization” |
Blair Sullivan INOVx Solutions |
Feb. 3rd, 2010 |
| “Market Yourself back to the top!” | Abel Garcia Execufirm |
Dec. 2nd, 2009 |
| Annual Chili Cook-off | Fall Program | Nov. 12th, 2009 |
| Toast our ISA Leaders! | Facilitated Networking Event | Nov. 4th, 2009 |
| ISA EXPO 2009 | ISA Event | Oct. 6-8th, 2009 |
| “Innovative SCADA Designs” | Michael Slabbaert Automation Solutions |
Oct. 7th, 2009 |
| “How to Use Social Networking” | Ron Harris Harris Technology |
Sep. 2nd, 2009 |
| “Dynamic Simulation: Project and Application Successes” | Howard Jemison, Ph.D. Global Dynamic Simulation Consultant, Invensys Process Systems |
Aug. 5th, 2009 |
| “CONTACT - Emerging Technology for the Air Force and the Aerospace Industry” | Jack Agee, Ph.D. Executive Director, CONTACT Program, Rice University |
Jun. 3rd, 2009 |
| “Hot Cutover – HOT or NOT?” | Gene Hennington, PMP TAG (The Automation Group), Emerson Process Management |
May 13th, 2009 |
| “Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights – The STIMULUS you need right now!” | Wendy Buskop, J.D. Managing Patent Attorney, The Buskop Law Group |
April 1st, 2009 |
| “Abnormal Condition Monitoring” | Bridget Fitzpatrick Senior Principal Technical Consultant, HMI and Abnormal Conditional Management Lead, Mustang Automation and Control |
March 2nd, 2009 |
| “Automated Project Management on the Web” | Antonio (Tony) Fernandez Director of Pipeline Engineering, S&B Infrastructure, LTD. |
February 2nd, 2009 |
| “Introduction to Safety Basics and Standards” | Sven Gröne President, HIMA Americas, Inc. |
December 1st, 2008 |
| “Nanotechnology and Energy – Be a Scientist, Save the World! ” | Wade Adams, Ph.D. Director of the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University |
November 5th, 2008 |
| “An Update on ISA100 – The Standard for Industrial Wireless” | Peter Fuhr, Ph.D. Chief Technology Officer, Apprion |
October 15th, 2008 |
| “OPC: Myths and Misconceptions – What is the Truth about OPC?” | Jeremy Eves Gulf Coast Regional Manager, MatrikonOPC |
September 3rd, 2008 |
| “Evolution of SCADA and the Impact of the Y Generation” | Al J. Rivero, P.E. Director, Business Development for Telvent |
August 6th, 2008 |
| “Agency Certifications, Approvals, Classifications, Ratings” | A Panel Discussion TUV, DNV, CSA, and BV |
June 4th, 2008 |
| “SIS Component Assessment Process” | William M. Goble, Ph.D., CFSE Principal Partner, exida |
May 14th, 2008 |
