Are Careers in Manufacturing Just “Dirty Jobs’?

A recent article, Are Parents Out of Touch with Careers in Manufacturing? by Joel Don, discussed the poor perception taken by some regarding manufacturing careers. These people may believe these careers are monotonous, dirty, dangerous, and a dead-end. This view may be held by some, but many people working in this field know better. They know that technicians, engineers, and business professionals are typically highly skilled, highly paid, and in great demand. They know that industrial technology, presently in use, requires high-tech skills. Further, they know that the foundation for these high-tech skills is available NOW!

Loop tuning basics: Integrating processes

The two most common categories of process responses in industrial manufacturing processes are self-regulating and integrating. A self-regulating process response to a step input change is characterized by a change of the process variable, which moves to and stabilizes (or self-regulates) at a new value.

Are Parents Out of Touch with Careers in Manufacturing?

There’s plenty of concern about the retiring generation of industrial professionals and the potential shortage of skilled workers needed to fill new jobs created by revolutionary advances in automation and manufacturing technology. Industry leaders remain hyper-focused on the challenges of encouraging high school and college students to pursue industrial careers.

CSIA gives Morley first lifetime achievement award

System integrators credit PLC inventor with paving way for their profession.
In a surprise move during the April 21 awards dinner at their 2016 executive conference, members of the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) revealed that they recently gave “father of the PLC” Dick Morley the organization’s first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.

JJC Hosts ISA Competition for Process Control & Instrumentation

ISA Donates $10,000 to PCIT Program

On Friday, April 8, 2016, the International Society of Automation Will-DuPage Section visited Joliet Junior College in support of the technical department’s Process Control & Instrumentation (PCIT) program.

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JJC Looking for Adjunct Instructor for PCIT 111

Interesting in teaching the next generation of automation professionals?  Please consider becoming an instructor.  The posting for the position can be found at the link below. https://employment.jjc.edu/postings/286

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Message from the President

As president of the ISA Will-DuPage Section, each year I am asked to write a letter to our members discussing a topic of my choice.  When selecting a topic I usually attempt to focus on one of the positive aspects of our section, its members, or other items which impact our professional lives.  This year … Read more

Major Donation to Edward Meyers Scholarship

The ISA Will-DuPage Section recently met with Joliet Junior College to rename of the ISA Chicago/Will-DuPage Section Scholarship in honor of our friend and colleague, Edward Meyers.   The scholarship’s new name is “The International Society of Automation Chicago/Will-DuPage Sections Edward Meyers Scholarship”. During this meeting, the ISA Will-DuPage Section also made a donation of $5000.00 … Read more

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How Do You Pick a Flowmeter?

This is an excerpt from the March/April 2014 issue of InTech magazine and was written by Walt Boyes, a principal at Spitzer and Boyes LLC, a technology consulting firm. Picking a flowmeter takes both knowledge of the types of meters available and the kind of empirically derived knowledge that comes from experience. If you are … Read more