From cast10-request@bevo.che.wisc.edu Wed Feb 2 09:57:01 2000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bevo.che.wisc.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA07322 for cast10-dist@bevo.che.wisc.edu; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:53:56 -0600 (CST) Resent-Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:53:56 -0600 (CST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CAST-Category: education course 2000-05 Resent-Message-ID: <"eaYj9hd1pKH.A.nvD.UMFm4"@bevo.che.wisc.edu> Resent-From: cast10@bevo.che.wisc.edu X-Mailing-List: X-Loop: cast10@bevo.che.wisc.edu Resent-Sender: cast10-request@bevo.che.wisc.edu Sender: cast10-request@bevo.che.wisc.edu Subject: CAST: Process Control Short Course for Industry From: Doug Cooper To: cast10@bevo.che.wisc.edu Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:53:54 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <14488.21266.948067.402839@bahaha.che.wisc.edu> ----------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Past postings on the CAST10 Email List are archived on the World Wide Web at http://www.che.wisc.edu/cast10 ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Practical Process Control" a two-day short course for Engineers, Operators and Techs Offered by the Process Control Consortium at UConn Choose from 2 dates: - March 21 & 22, 2000 - May 9 & 10, 2000 ============================================= More Course Information at: www.controlstation.com/course.html FREE Download of Course Software at: www.controlstation.com/demo.html ============================================ "Practical Process Control" is a unique training experience that addresses the real needs of industry personnel working in a broad range of production and pilot plant operations. We are committed to teaching you new skills and proven methods that will help you in your job, which in turn means helping the bottom line of your company. The course begins by laying a firm foundation in the important basics of PID control. We then move on to explore some of the newer control methods, tools and techniques popular in current industrial practice. The course is designed for a mixed audience including those who have had some training in the past and seek a refresher course, and those who have not had much formal training but desire to learn more. There is little math presented in this course because we focus on how to use methods rather than how to derive them. ===> Course Outline Day 1: - Fundamental Issues in Process Control - Understanding the Dynamic Behavior of Your Plant - Data Collection for Controller Design - Tuning P-Only, PI, PD and PID Controllers - Tuning Controllers for Industrial Applications Day 2: - Modeling Processes for Advanced Control - Cascade Control Design and Application - Feed Forward and Decoupling Control - Model Predictive Control (Smith Predictor) - Parameter Scheduling and Adaptive Control ===> A Training System for the Company Guru: This course is part of a complete hands-on and real-world training system that covers fundamental through advanced process control. Your company guru may wish to evaluate our software and written materials for their potential as an in-house training system for your company. Your own expert can lead a course using the training materials provided to members of the Process Control Consortium at the University of Connecticut, or we can provide an expert instructor who will run a turn-key course at your site. ===> A Comment by a Recent Participant: "I took the course at UConn and found it to be an excellent (and fun) review. Concepts that had seemed so confusing suddenly made sense." ===> And Another Comment: "On my recommendation, my boss had Doug Cooper teach the course at our Tech Center. It was so popular that we are having a second session next spring." ===> And Yet Another Comment: "Doug Cooper's 'case study' approach to teaching the subject is unique. 'Learning by doing' helped me understand the topics as they were presented." ===> A Hands-On Experience: At the computer, you "learn by doing" as you operate several processes animated in color graphic display. In both courses you will run experiments on these processes and collect data as they respond. You will learn proven methods for controller design and tuning. And you will gain hands-on experience by implementing and validating your final result. In fact, you will "test drive" each concept as it is discussed in the course. No special computer expertise is required. ===> Download a FREE Software Demo: Download a free trial version and test drive Control Station, the training simulator used in all of our courses. Control Station is Windows software used by thousands of operators, engineers and scientists worldwide for process control system training and analysis. Control Station offers a library of real world processes and controllers for hands-on experimentation and study. Processes used to demonstrate course concepts include: level control of a tank, temperature control of a heat exchanger, concentration control of a reactor and purity control of a distillation column. ===> About the Instructor: Prof. Doug Cooper of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut has been teaching and directing research in process control for more than 15 years. Doug's research focuses on the development of advanced control systems which are reliable, and perhaps most important, easy for practitioners to use. Recent efforts have explored how expert systems and neural networks can contribute to this goal. Applications he has studied include heat exchange, distillation, reactor control, injection molding, fluidized bed incineration and surge tank control. His early work experience in industry sparked Doug's interest in teaching process control from a real world perspective. This interest ultimately led him to develop the popular Control Station software used in the course. ===> Registration Fee: The fee for each course is $795 and includes a trial copy of the course software, a workbook with over 200 pages of course material, plus snacks and lunches. =============================================== Registration For "Practical Process Control" - The course is held from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm at the University of Connecticut in Storrs - Registration is $795 and includes snacks and lunches - Participants receive a Control Station trial copy and a 200 page workbook (please check the course you are registering for) _________ March 21 & 22, 2000 _________ May 9 & 10, 2000 Name:________________________________________________ Title:_______________________________________________ Organization Name:___________________________________ Address:_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Business Phone:______________________________________ Business Fax:________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________ Mail completed form and check or purchase order for $795, payable to The University of Connecticut, to: Doug Cooper Chemical Engineering Dept. University of Connecticut, U-222 Storrs CT 06269-3222 Phone: (860) 486-4092 Fax: (860) 486-2959 Email: cooper@engr.uconn.edu www.engr.uconn.edu/control