Overview

Process Manufacturers in industries such as Oil and Gas, Chemicals, and Pharmaceutical, invest heavily in data. Data is an incredibly valuable asset that is often under used. While working on a challenging problem, you know the answers are in the data, but they are too hard to find. There are many reasons for this, which can be summarized as the most popular analysis tools, such as spreadsheets, are not tuned to manufacturing data, and engineers spend more time overcoming this “impedance mismatch” than addressing the engineering problem.

This webinar, leveraging tools designed for process engineers, explores using these tools to find and cleanse data, and address the engineering challenge using first principles and machine learning techniques. Lastly, engineers have the additional burden to address economics. Fancy analyses are meaningless unless they drive better business outcomes; we’ll touch on driving a creative collaborative environment and integrating results into the business.

Speaker

Krista Novstrup is a Principal Analytics Engineer with Seeq Corporation helping customers to gain insight and value from their data. Prior to joining Seeq, she was with ExxonMobil Research and Engineer Company for 8 years. She started her career in research and development supporting in-house software applications to model refinery process units. Her most recent position at ExxonMobil was Global Technology Lead supporting planning optimization. Krista has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University.

The material presented in this webinar has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Process Management & Control Special Interest Group . The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

Format

A one-hour online session: 40 minutes' presentation + 20 minutes' Q&A.
Duration (for CPD recording purposes): up to one hour.

If you are recording mandatory CPD you should refer to your own regulator's requirements as recognition of CPD hours may vary.

Webinar archive

This webinar is free of charge and open to all to attend, but if you wish to access the slides and a recording to replay on demand then you'll need to be a member of the Process Management & Control Special Interest Group.

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