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The Young Professionals' Social will be taking place at Lumber Exchange: 10 S 5th St #300 Minneapolis, MN 55402 This event, hosted by the Young Professionals Committee (YPC), is a great opportunity to network with a diverse group of young professionals in a relaxed environment. For the first...Read more
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Stop using operator error as an excuse. Apply human factors considerations to improve your alarm system and help operators respond to alarms effectively.
David Strobhar, P.E., is the founder of Beville Engineering, Inc., which conducts human factors engineering analyses of plant modernization, operator workload, and alarm/display systems for major energy and chemical companies (Email: dstrobhar@beville.com). He has evaluated operator workload at more than 1,000 units at more than 80 different sites, and he has participated in more than 150 alarm rationalizations. He is a founder of the Center for Operator Performance — a collaboration between operating companies, distributed control system (...Read more
