Batch remains advantageous for development, variable demand, and bounded risk, benefiting from natural hold points, simpler investigations, and lower upfront capital, despite longer lead times and ...

Process Engineering encompasses the analysis, modeling, simulation, optimization, design, control and operation of process systems, from micro-sized systems to huge industrial facilities. Many ...

As industry shifts to continuous biomanufacturing, engineers integrate process design, digital tools, automation, and ...

I recently surveyed the on-site development of the control system for a large concentrated solar power station. This “first of a kind” facility offered many control challenges, such as balancing heat ...

ISA published Process Control Basics by George Buckbee, a process control veteran with over 25 years of practical industry experience. In this Q&A feature, Buckbee explores the focus, importance, and ...

Increasingly tight tolerances and rigorous demands for quality are forcing chipmakers and equipment manufacturers to ferret out minor process variances, which can create significant anomalies in ...

When some of the biggest companies that make up the First State’s $5 billion manufacturing industry need support behind the scenes to keep their wheels turning, they call in some local help. See, ...

UC Santa Barbara professor James B. Rawlings has been named the 2025 recipient of the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award, the nation’s top recognition for career contributions to automatic ...