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Expert specified and applied analog instrumentation in manufacturing and process control for a wide range of industries, using a variety of instruments and input/ouput devices. He has also used his expertise to troubleshoot systems once installed. Expert designed and applied automatic control systems using analog instrumentation and computer-based control systems for a variety of industries. Both analog and discrete logic automatic control were implemented. He has also performed troubleshooting and PID loop tuning once the systems were installed.

He applied control systems to a wide range of chemical pocesses, from batches to continous processes. These control systems varied from simple to complex applications using a variety of instrumentation and control devices depending on the application. He has also developed P&IDs for these process to identify the process, piping, and instrumentation. Expert designed, implemented, and documented emergency shut-down systems for a variety of processes. These systems varied form simple to complex systems depending on the application and criticality. In addition, he was part of the ISA team that developed the SP84 standard on safety shut-down systems that has now been recognized by OSHA.

Expert specified and implemented a variety of computer-based system across a wide range of industries. They ranged from using simple stand-alone devices, to PLCs, to PCs, to Distributed Controls Systems (DCSs). This was followed by factory acceptance tests, on-site troubleshooting, and startup activities. Expert designed, implemented, and analyzed the performance of control systems in a variety of industries. Proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) loops used in feedback, ratio, cascade, and feedforward were used to achieve optimum control.

Expert designed and implemented electromechanical control systems across a variety of industries. Even with the proliferation of PLCs and computer-based controls in general, electromechanical control still has a role in emergency shutdown systems and in very small/simple control applications.

He developed how-to procedures, designed, and checked the work of others in document preparation and management. He wrote a book (published by the ISA) on the subject. In the field of instrumentation and control, the main documents are: P&IDs, Control System Definition, Logic Diagrams, Instrument Index, Loop Diagrams, Interlock Diagrams, Critical Trip Documentation, Instrument Spec sheets, Manuals for Computer-based Systems, Control Panel Specs, Control Room Specs, Installation Spec, Testing of Alarm and Trip Systems, Inspection of Equipment in Hazardous Areas, Instrument Calibration, etc...

Expert developed engineering standards, generated control philosophies and functional specifications, designed complete control systems, guided and checked the work of engineering consultants, monitored contractors on site, and personally carried on-plant commissioning and start-up. He has also implemented control systems using microcomputers, programmable controllers, DCSs, and analog instrumentation.He has designed P&IDs, logic diagrams, loop diagrams, and control schematics. He wrote specifications, prepared calculations, and developed many other types of engineering drawings and documents such as the implementation of critical loops in compliance with OSHA's requirements. He assisted plants in resolving and troubleshooting difficult problems (from conceptual engineering to maintenance). Additionaly, he has performed plant audits and assessments. Expert developed and conducted training courses and seminars for engineering/technical personnel, operators and sales staff. He took responsibility for the technical compliance for all plants across Canada and Latin America. And he developed ICI's North American Guidelines for Control Engineering.He has experience recruiting, training and managing engineers and technicians. He has
set-up and implemented procedures and policies, monitored team activities and results, and took corrective action where needed. He also has experience preparing job descriptions, budgets, forecasts, progress reports, manpower loadings, and schedules. Expert participated as a voting member of ISA's S84 standard on Programmable Electronic Systems for use in Safety Applications.