Emerson Partners with San Jacinto College on New Center for Petrochemical, Energy, and Technology
September 18 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
New facility will house programs and training
labs in process technology, instrumentation and analyzer
technology
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), a global technology and engineering
company, has helped design, equip and provide training tools for
San Jacinto College’s new Center for Petrochemical, Energy, and
Technology (CPET), designed to empower students of all levels with
the skills and training needed to support careers in the evolving
petrochemical and refining industries. The new, 151,000-square-foot
complex is the largest petrochemical training facility along the
Texas Gulf Coast.
The industry estimates it will need to replace as many as 40
percent of its current workers due to retirements over the next
decade, according to the Texas Gulf Coast Community College
Petrochemical Initiative. The CPET expands the college’s
capabilities to develop and train for petrochemical manufacturing
areas where a more skilled workforce is needed to operate in an
environment that is transforming from reactive to
technology-focused predictive and prescriptive approaches.
San Jacinto College, with four campuses located throughout East
Harris County, has served as the training leader for the
petrochemical, energy and technology workforce in the greater
Houston area for more than 50 years. The community college serves
approximately 45,000 students each semester and is a training hub
to the largest petrochemical manufacturing complex in the United
States, and second largest in the world (with 90 industries and 130
plants).
“Emerson is committed to working alongside San Jacinto College
to support innovative solutions that will help meet the workforce
needs of the petrochemical and energy industries,” said Marcelo
Carugo, vice president of global refining and chemical programs for
Emerson’s Automation Solutions business. “By partnering with
community colleges and universities across the globe, Emerson can
clearly help solve one of the biggest challenges facing the
industrial sectors and manufacturing industry: developing and
retaining skilled talent.”
The CPET is supported and equipped by Emerson and local Impact
Partner Puffer-Sweiven and features an 8,000-square-foot exterior
glycol process unit to develop troubleshooting skills for students
and incumbent workers. Additional features include a control room
and labs with multiple DeltaV™ distributed control systems, Fisher™
control valves, Mimic™ simulation software, Rosemount™ magnetic and
DP flow meters, and Micro Motion™ Coriolis flow and density
meters.
The CPET also includes 16 of Emerson’s Performance Learning
Platforms (PLP) — fully instrumented “mini-plants” that provide
hands-on training and collaboration capabilities to upskill
students not only on the fundamentals, but also on the latest
automation technologies.
“To build the premier petrochemical training center along the
Gulf Coast requires a great amount of commitment from the industry,
and Emerson has stepped up to support this project and ensure we
have the right facility to fill the workforce gaps and keep our
region’s competitive edge,” said Jim Griffin, associate vice
chancellor/senior vice president of the Center for Petrochemical,
Energy, and Technology at San Jacinto College.
San Jacinto College is one of more than 350 institutions
worldwide, from two-year technical community colleges to four-year
university programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, that
Emerson has partnered with to find solutions to address the skills
gap in digital automation technologies. Emerson is dedicated to
advancing education, innovation and diversity by collaborating with
both industry and higher education institutions.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri (USA),
is a global technology and engineering company providing innovative
solutions for customers in industrial, commercial and residential
markets. Our Automation Solutions business helps process, hybrid
and discrete manufacturers maximize production, protect personnel
and the environment while optimizing their energy and operating
costs. Our Commercial & Residential Solutions business helps
ensure human comfort and health, protect food quality and safety,
advance energy efficiency and create sustainable infrastructure.
For more information, visit Emerson.com.
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