ISA Pittsburgh Past Events

 

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The Pittsburgh ISA Section Presents:

Ethernet Instrumentation

Endress+Hauser presented a discussion on Ethernet/IP enabled instrumentation, advanced meter diagnostics, and the combined impact that they are having on plant maintenance techniques. The event was held at the Ice-O-Plex at Southpointe. The evening included dinner, and  a presentation by guest speaker Kevin Lavelle. Kevin is a Flow Product Manager based out of Philadelphia; with responsibility for Coriolis, Electromagnetic, Vortex, Ultrasonic, and Thermal flow technologies.

If you would like to sponsor a future event, please contact Bryan Jones at bjones@tssab.com

Pittsburgh FIRST®

On January 18th Dr. Patricia DePra (the Regional Director for FIRST®) discussed the national alliance partnership between FIRST®, the Automation Federation and the ISA. The Pittsburgh Regional FIRST® Robotics Competition takes place at the Petersen Event Center, March 8-10, 2012. The event is free and open to the public. More importantly, they need volunteers and mentors for the event. If you would like to make a difference in the lives of local high school students (our future engineers and technicians), consider volunteering for Pittsburgh FIRST®. For additional information about FIRST®(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) please open the PDF document Pittsburgh FIRST®

 

Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Pittsburgh ISA Section Presents: The Nuclear Renaissance-The Present and The Future

An evening with a special guest speaker Dr. Larry Foulke. Dr. Foulke recently retired from a 40-year career in nuclear engineering at Westinghouse and Bettis.  He now serves as Director of Nuclear Engineering Outreach in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh and regularly teaches nuclear engineering courses each term. He received his PhD in Nuclear Engineering from MIT in 1967 and has been a Registered Professional Engineer (Nuclear) in Pennsylvania since 1997. A member of the American Nuclear Society since 1966, he completed service as President of the American Nuclear Society in June of 2004.

Dr. Foulke discussed the Fukushima incident that took place on March 11 in Japan and speculate on its effect upon the nuclear renaissance.  He  also addressed actions that are being taken to strengthen nuclear safety in the United States.

This event was sponsored by : Westinghouse Nuclear

 

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The Pittsburgh ISA Section Presents:  Kennywood-Behind the Rides Tour

 Kennywood is opened their gates for the Automation community to tour the park, and see both the rides and the controls that run the rides.  We saw process controls that were built in the early years and have been updated thru the years along with new rides featuring PLC’s.  The tour was conducted by Andy Quinn, who gave us the history of the Park and rides, along with Bill Marvenko, Chief of Electrical Maintenance, who  explained the controls for several of their famous rides.

This event was sponsored by: Pittsburgh Technical Institute and the PTI ISA Student Section

 

View Scenes from the September, 10, 2010 Tour