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Post University CIS Advisory Board Meeting 2020
Today I participated in an annual advisory board for the CIS department at Post University in Waterbury, CT, as I have been privileged to do since 2016. I’ve written up my suggestions here and here when they’ve been extensive and … Continue reading
Post University CIS Advisory Board Meeting 2018
Today I participated in the annual meeting of the advisory committee for the undergraduate CIS department at Post University in Waterbury, CT (as I have on previous occasions). Most of the students participate in the program remotely, which is a … Continue reading
Future Trends and Efforts in Education
I’m tabling the discrete-event simulation framework effort for today to provide a list of materials concerning the ongoing changes in the field of education. I compiled this list in order to share it with a few individuals over the past … Continue reading
Posted in Economy and Society
Tagged automation, education, efficiency, process improvement, training
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Post University CIS Advisory Board Meeting 2016
I serve as an industry representative for an advisory committee run by the chairman of the CIS Program at Post University in Waterbury, CT. In today’s annual meeting we discussed a number of issues regarding the department, its curriculum, and … Continue reading
Simulation: Continuing Yesterday’s Analysis
Yesterday I analyzed some of the considerations involved in modeling a section of a petrochemical refining process, namely that of hydrodesulfurization. That is adding hydrogen to hydrocarbons containing sulfur in the presence of a catalyst at an elevated temperature so … Continue reading
Posted in Simulation
Tagged chemical reactions, modeling, oil refineries, petrochemicals, simulation, Software, training
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Simulations: What Gets Modeled And What Doesn’t
When I’m not flogging away at code these days I’m thinking about continuous simulations and the details that get modeled within them. Specifically I’ve been reading about and thinking about operations in petrochemical refineries, and even more specifically certain classes … Continue reading
Posted in Simulation
Tagged chemical reactions, material properties, modeling, oil refineries, petrochemicals, simulation, thermodynamics, training
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Use Time on the Road Effectively
While a lot of folks are traveling for the holidays it’s a fine time to comment on how best to make use of your time while traveling for work. I’ve experienced three kinds of business trips and you should employ … Continue reading
Posted in Soft Skills
Tagged business travel, learning, Observations, personal development, training
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A Recommended Course on Udemy.com
Upon completion of Rob Percival’s course, The Complete Web Developer Course – Build 14 Websites on Udemy.com, I’d like to give the course a positive recommendation. The course guides you through setting up all the behind-the-scenes parts of a website … Continue reading
Getting “In The Zone”
I worked on nuclear power plant training simulators at Westinghouse with up to 250 colleagues. I obviously didn’t meet or get to know them all but I worked with and hung out with a bunch of them and some clearly … Continue reading