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Process Instrumentation and Control

About the Program

This online certificate program consisting of three courses is geared for individuals looking to enter or move up within the field of automation. This program will also help attendees better manage employees working in this field of technology.

Certificate Requirements

To receive the Process Instrumentation and Control Certificate and 12 Continuing Education Credits (CEU’s), participants must successfully complete the following three courses, maintain at least a "C" average (70%):

  • Sensors and Symbology – ENGR 5131
  • Control Functions – ENGR 5132
  • Installation and Engineering Functions – ENGR 5133

Career Potential

This program is built for engineers, technicians, and technologists to gain an understanding of the field of process automation. Many industries utilize automation including petrochemicals, nuclear, specialty and bulk chemicals, paints, films, power generation, automotive, breweries, rotating machinery and turbines, municipal & industrial waste incineration, coal handling, and steel.

Certificate Prerequisite

It is recommended that the course attendees come from a process industry background.

Meet the Instructor

N.E. (Bill) Battikha, P.E.
 

N.E. (Bill) Battikha, P.E.

Bill is a registered Professional Engineer in Delaware with over 30 years of engineering, management and hands-on experience in the field of Process Instrumentation and Control, working mainly in the USA and Canada.  He holds a BS in Engineering.

He has published numerous technical papers and has written four books on Instrumentation and Controls, all published by the ISA, with the third book (The Condensed Handbook of Measurement and Control) becoming a three time best-selling ISA book.

Bill has participated in the creation of many standards including ISA's standards S84 and S91 (safety shutdown systems) and is presently on many committees for other ISA standards under review. He has also performed plant audits and assessments, co-authored a patent and a commercial software package, and acted as a technical advisor in an international court case.

Bill generated courses and conducted instrumentation and control training for the University of Wisconsin, the University of Kansas, the University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, and the ISA. He also developed and conducted in-plant customized training courses and seminars for engineering/technical personnel, operators and sales staff.

If you are unsure about taking this course, potential students may contact the instructor through the program contact at the university.

Course Offerings

Cost: $895 for individual course registration, or

          $2,485 for pre-paid registrations for all three courses*.

* Please call 610-396-6221 to register at the pre-paid discount rate.

Instruction Mode: The mode for all three courses in the series is web-based instruction; suggested pace is one topic per week with two-week allowance for the final exam. You may jump between cohorts but must take Sensors and Symbology (ENGR 5131) prior to the other two courses.

Sensors and Symbology (ENGR 5131)

  • Welcome and Test Connections
  • Introduction
  • Identification Symbols
  • Analyzer Systems
  • Flow measurement
  • Level measurement
  • Pressure and Temperature measurement
  • Online Exam

Dates: May 16 - July 15, 2022
Register online* in Sensors and Symbology

Dates: September 12 - November 4, 2022
Register online* in Sensors and Symbology

Dates: January 9 - March 3, 2023
Register online* in Sensors and Symbology

*Please contact Erica Kunkel at [email protected] or 610-396-6221 to register for all three courses at the pre-paid discount rate (do not use the online registration).

Control Functions (ENGR 5132)

  • Control Loops
  • Programmable Electronic Systems
  • Alarm and Trip Systems
  • Control Centers and Enclosures
  • Control Valves
  • Online Exam

Prerequisite: Sensors and Symbology (ENGR 5131).

Dates: July 25 - September 9, 2022
Register online* in Control Functions

Dates: November 14, 2022 - January 13, 2023
Register online* in Control Functions

Dates: March 13 - April 28, 2023
Register online* in Control Functions

*Please contact Erica Kunkel at [email protected] or 610-396-6221 to register for all three courses at the pre-paid discount rate (do not use the online registration).

Installation and Engineering Functions (ENGR 5133)

  • Engineering Design and Documentation - Part 1
  • Engineering Design and Documentation - Part 2
  • Installation
  • Project Implementation and Management
  • Decision Making
  • Online Exam

Prerequisite: Sensors and Symbology (ENGR 5131)

Dates: May 9 – June 24, 2022
Register online* in Installation and Engineering Functions

Dates: September 19 - November 4, 2022
Register online* in Installation and Engineering Functions

Dates: January 23 - March 10, 2023
Register online* in Installation and Engineering Functions

Dates: May 8 - June 23, 2023
Register online* in Installation and Engineering Functions

*Please contact Erica Kunkel at [email protected] or 610-396-6221 to register for all three courses at the pre-paid discount rate (do not use the online registration).

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Program Contact

Erica Kunkel
Director, Continuing Education & Outreach
610-396-6221
[email protected]

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