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Meetings & Events
Member meeting
Hybrid - Pearland, TX and online
The next COP Member meeting will be October 8-10, 2024 as a hybrid event at Pearland, TX and online and open to members and invited guests.
The meeting provides an opportunity to hear updates on the current research projects, meet with researchers, and network with other organizations working to improve operator performance. This meeting is open to current COP member employees, board representatives, and staff. Meetings are held twice a year.
Monthly Member Teleconferences
Teleconferences are held monthly, on the third Wednesday from 11am to 12pm (Eastern).
Call-in and agenda details are available in the Members-Only Site.
Meeting History
- 2021 April Meeting, Virtual, Meeting Summary
- 2020 October Meeting, Virtual, Meeting Summary
- 2020 April Meeting, Virtual, Meeting Summary
- 2019 October Meeting, Houston, Texas, Meeting Summary
- 2019 April Meeting, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Meeting Summary
- 2018 October Meeting, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Meeting Summary
- 2018 April Meeting, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Meeting Summary
- 2017 October Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas, Meeting Summary
- 2017 April Meeting, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Meeting Summary
- 2016 October Meeting, Red Deer Alberta, Canada, Meeting Summary
- 2016 May Meeting, Wright State University, Meeting Summary
- 2015 November Meeting, Houston, Texas, Meeting Summary
- 2015 June Meeting, Wright State University, Meeting Summary
- 2014 November Meeting, Austin, Texas, Meeting Summary, Video Summary for Members
- 2014 May Meeting, Wright State University, Meeting Summary
- 2013 November Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas, Meeting Summary
- 2013 May Meeting, Wright State University, Meeting Summary
- 2012 November Meeting, Dallas, Texas, Video Summary for Members
- 2012 May Meeting, Wright State University, Meeting Summary, Video Summary for Members
- 2011 November Meeting, Austin, Texas, Video Summary for Members
- 2011 May Meeting, Wright State University, Video Summary for Members
- 2010 November Meeting, Marathon’s Garyville, LA Refinery, Video Summary for Members
- 2010 June Meeting, Wright State University, Meeting Summary
- 2009 November Meeting, Richmond, California, Meeting Summary
- 2009 April Meeting, Wright State University, Meeting Summary
- 2008 October Meeting, Sarnia, Ontario
- 2008 April Meeting, Wright State University
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News Archive
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The March Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, March 20 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The February Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Feb 21 at 11am -12pm ET.
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The next Business/Vision Team meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 14 from 11am-12pm ET
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The next Website Team meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 13 from 2pm-3pm ET
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The January Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Jan 17 at 11am -12pm ET.
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The December Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Dec 20 at 11am -12pm ET.
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The COP Member Meeting will be held on April 16-18, 2024, in Pine Bend, MN/Hybrid
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The November Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Nov 15 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The September Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Sept 20 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The August Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, August 16 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The July Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, July 19 at 11am - 12 pm ET.
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The COP Member Meeting will be held on Oct 17-19, 2023, in Round Rock, TX/Hybrid.
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The June Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, June 21 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The May Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, May 17 at 11am - 12 pm ET.
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The March Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, March 15 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The February Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, February 15 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The COP Member Meeting will be held on April 18-20, 2023, in St.James, LA/Hybrid.
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The January Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, January 18 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The December Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, December 21 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The November Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, November 16 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The September Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, September 21 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The August Members Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, August 17 at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The COP Member Meeting will be held on Oct 4-6, 2022, in Pearland, TX/Hybrid.
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The July Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, July 20 at 11am - 12 pm ET.
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The June Teleconference was held on Wednesday, June 15 at 11 am - 12pm ET.
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The May Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, May 18th at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The March Members Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Mar 16th at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The February Members Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Feb 16th at 11am - 12pm ET.
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Save the Date: The next COP Member Meeting will be April 26-28, 2022. Location to TBD.
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The January Members Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Jan 19th at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The December Members Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Dec 15th at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The November Members Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Nov 17th at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The September Members Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Sept 15th at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The August Members Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, Aug 18th at 11am - 12pm ET.
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Congratulations to Dave Strobhar on becoming a Fellow in the ISA!
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COP in Chemical Processing: How Good Are Techniques for Handling Abnormal Situations
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The July Members Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, July 21st at 11am - 12pm ET.
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The June Members Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, June 16th at 11am - 12pm ET
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Save the Date: The next COP Member Meeting will be October 26-28, 2021. This will be a virtual hybrid. Details will be forthcoming.
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The May Members Teleconference will be held on Wednesday, May 19th at 11am - 12pm ET
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Join us for the next COP Meeting April 13-15, 2021! Check out the Advanced Agenda!
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The March Member Teleconference was held Wednesday, the 17th from 11am - 12pm EDT.
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Mental Models or Mental Muddles? Read Dr. Gary Klein’s Psychology Today article from work with the COP!
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The February Member Teleconference was held Wednesday, the 17th from 11am-12pm EST.
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The January Member Teleconference was held Wednesday, the 20th from 11am - 12pm EST.
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The November Member Teleconference was held Wednesday the 18th from 11am - 12pm EST.
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The December Member Teleconference was held Wednesday the 16th from 11am - 12pm EST.
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Thank you for joining us for the Members-only virtual meeting October 20-22! Check the meeting page for presentations and recordings!
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Join iChemE for a FREE one-hour webinar on a recent and popular COP project! Grading Your Display System is open to the public on October 15th at 15:00 BST.
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The September Member Teleconference was held Wednesday, the 16th from 11am - 12pm EDT.
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The August Member Teleconference was held Wednesday, the 19th from 11am - 12pm EDT.
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The July Member Teleconference took place Wednesday, the 15th from 11am - 12pm EDT.
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The Alarm and Automation Impact Final Report is now available!
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The June Member Teleconference took place Wednesday, June 17th from 11am - 12pm EDT.
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The May Teleconference took place Wednesday, May 20th from 11am-12pm EDT.
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Want to view the Presentations and Recorded Sessions from the COP April Meeting for Members? Check them out!
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The March Member Teleconference took place Wednesday, March 18th from 11-12PM EDT.
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The February Member Teleconference took place Wednesday, February 19th from 11-12PM EST.
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Board Field Collaboration Project Final Report now available!
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The January Member teleconference took place Wednesday, January 15th from 11-12 EST.
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Training NextGen Operators: Stakeholder Interview Findings now available!
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Maurice Wilkins of Yokogawa will be speaking on behalf of the COP at iChemE Best Practice and Emerging Technologies in Process Control Automation and Control, November 18-20, 2019 in Manchester, UK.
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The November Member Teleconference took place Wednesday, November 20th from 11am-12pm EDT.
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COP Members can view the October 2019 Meeting Short Course now.
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COP Members can view the October 2019 Meeting Presentations now.
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Check out the COP track at the upcoming ISA Process Industry Conference! Camille Peres, Texas A&M University, will be presenting Procedural Systems, Safety Culture, and Process Safety: Relationships Between These and Operational Implications and Tiffany Bisbey, Rice University, will be presenting Creating a Collaborative Environment in the Control Room and the Field: Insights from the Science of Teamwork.
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Check out 2019 Emerson Exchange September 23-27, 2019 in Nashville, TN! Several COP Members will be presenting, including: Cindy Scott (Emerson), Ike Brackin (Flint Hills Resources), and Dave Strobhar (Beville Engineering).
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The September Member Teleconference was held Wednesday, September 18th from 11am - 12pm EST.
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COP provided input into EEMUA (Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association) latest publication Control Rooms: A guide to their specification, design, commissioning and operation. Read about it and order from the link.
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The August Member Teleconference took place Wednesday, August 21st from 11am-12pm EST.
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Members, read the CAARGO Final Report!
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Members, read the Console Workload Project Final Report!
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Members, read the Alarm Sounds Project Final Report!
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Check out alarm fatigue in the medical industry, with Dr. Judy Edworthy “the godmother of alarms” highlighted in New York Times article To Reduce Hospital Noise, Researchers Create Alarms That Whistle and Sing. See Dr. Edworthy’s work with the COP on Alarm Sounds.
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The July Member Teleconference took place Wednesday, July 17th from 11am - 12pm EST.
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The June Member Teleconference was held Wednesday, June 19th from 11am-12pm EST.
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COP in Control Design: BP Joins the Center for Operator Performance
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COP Members can view the April 2019 Meeting Short Courses now.
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COP Members can view the April 2019 Meeting Presentations now.
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Members Register here for the April COP Meeting at McNeese State University!
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The March Member Teleconference was held on Wednesday, March 20th from 11am-12pm EST.
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The February Member Teleconference was held Wednesday February 20th from 11am-12pm EST
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COP research in The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Dr. Camille Peres’ The Effects of Native Language and Gender on Procedure Performance
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Follow COP on LinkedIn!
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COP in Chemical Processing: COP Benchmark Shows Wide Variance in Operator Training
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The January Member Teleconference was held Wednesday, the 16th from 11am-12pm EST.
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COP in Chemical Processing: Young Engineers Need Our Help
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COP in Chemical Processing: Knowledge Transfer: Plants Seek The Right Recipe for Seasoning
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COP in Hydrocarbon Processing: Center for Operator Performance becomes Independent Organization
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The Member November Teleconference was held on Wednesday the 28th at 11am EST.
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Members: View October 2018 Meeting Presentations and Pitfalls in Alarm Management Short Course!
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Join COP Members Ron Besuijen (NOVA Chemicals) and David Strobhar (Beville Engineering) as they present IChemE “Scenario-based Training to Improve Operator Decision Making” on Thursday, November 8, 2018 from 10AM - 11AM EST. This European-based webinar is free of charge and open to all - register here!
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Attend COP Member presentations at Emerson Exchange October 1-5!
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The September Member Teleconference took place Wednesday, September 19th from 11am-12pm EDT.
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See COP Members and Researchers presenting at SimTech 2018!
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Members and Non-members: Please join us for our next meeting October 23-25, 2018 in Tulsa, hosted by HollyFrontier.
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Project completion: check out the Training Systems Final Report!
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The August Member Teleconference was Wednesday, August 15th from 11am-12pm EDT.
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COP project just completed! Check it out! Display Design Handbook: Techniques and examples for how to turn data into information
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The July Member teleconference was Wednesday, July 18th from 11-12 EDT.
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ShadowBox Train the Trainer Participants and all Members - see the scenario “Leak in a Reboiler” from the latest workshop!
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Members, the April 2018 Meeting Presentations and Short Courses are available on-line!
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Members, view the Mental Models Final Report!
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Current Practices in Process Control Training - Members, view the Final Report!
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Thank you for joining us at the April COP Meeting at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Meeting Presentations and Short Course materials available online for Members.
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The March Member Teleconference was held Wednesday, March 21st at 11AM EDT.
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The February Member Teleconference took place Wednesday, February 21st at 11AM EST.
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The January Member Teleconference took place on Wednesday, January 17th at 11AM EST.
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Members - view the ShadowBox Train the Trainer Workshop short course presentation by Dr. Gary Klein!
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The November Member Teleconference took place Wednesday, November 15th at 11AM EST.
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Attending 2017 Emerson Exchange? Be sure to catch the COP presenting “What to do When Your Operator Can’t See the Forest for the Trees - COSA Graphics.”
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Thank you for joining us at the COP Meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas at Flint Hills Resources October 24-26! COP Members can view the presentations.
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The September Member Teleconference took place September 20th at 11AM EDT.
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COP in Chemical Processing: HollyFrontier Corporation Joins Center for Operator Performance.
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COP in Chemical Processing: Plug the Holes in the Swiss Cheese Model.
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The August Member Teleconference was held August 16th at 11am EDT.
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COP in Control Design: The Human Factors of Panel Layout.
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Now Available for Members: DMX Manual for Download or Hardcopy Ordering.
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COP Members: Check out Survey Results for Application and Use of Highly Managed Alarms in the Process Industries.
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The July Teleconference for Members was held July 19th at 11am EDT.
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The June Teleconference for Members was held June 21st at 11am EDT.
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The May Members Teleconference was held May 17th at 11am EDT.
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COP in Chemical Processing: Age-Related Hearing Loss May Affect Ability to Detect Alarms
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COP Members Dave Strobhar (Beville Engineering), Maurice Wilkins (Yokogawa) and Ferdinand Coster (Yokogawa) will be presenting at the 1st International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications at the Dublin Institute of Technology on June 28-30, 2017. Presentations include Petrochemical plant console operator workload - the issues, Managing operator workload with standards based decisions support and Smart workload balancing.
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Thanks for joining us at the 2017 April COP Meeting in Lake Charles, Louisiana at McNeese State University on April 3rd - 5th! Members can view the presentations.
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Attending the 2017 Ethylene Producers’ Committee Conference? Learn more about the COP and human factors research to improve operator performance by attending Mark Nixon’s presentation, Process Event Avoidance: Using Identification of Process Faults to Avoid Abnormal Process Events on March 29, 2017 in San Antonio, TX.
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The March Members Teleconference was held March 15th at 11am EDT.
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Members and Non-members: Take the COP Highly Managed Alarm Survey! All participants will receive results!
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COP in Control Design: Industry Survey on Highly Managed Alarms
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The February Members Teleconference was held February 15th at 11am EST.
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Save the Date: The next COP Meeting will be April 3-5, 2017 in Lake Charles, LA. Open to Members and Non-members.
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COP in Chemical Processing: Effects of Procedure Design Can be Empirically Tested
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COP featured in Chemical Processing Minute Clinic Podcast Series on Operator Performance. Take a listen!
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Check out COP’s contribution to the latest Chemical Processing article: Efforts Bolster Operator Training
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The January Members Teleconference was held on Wednesday, January 18th at 11am EST.
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Check out COP’s contribution to AutomationWorld’s article: The Great Graphics Debate: Is Going Gray Good for HMIs?
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The December Members Teleconference was held Wednesday, December 14th at 11am EST.
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The November Members Teleconference was held November 16th at 11am EST.
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Members: 2016 October Meeting Minutes and Presentation Files are now available on the Members-Only site.
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The September Members Teleconference was held September 21st at 11am EDT.
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The COP One Day Introduction in United Kingdom took place on November 21st. It was open to Members and Non-members.
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COP One Day Introduction in Houston took place on Monday, November 7th. It was open to Members and Non-members.
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Members: View the COP Event Prediction WebEx which took place on Wednesday, August 3rd from 2-4pm EDT
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The COP October Meeting, in Red Deer, Alberta, took place on October 11-13, 2016
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The August Members Teleconference was held Wednesday, August 17th at 11am EDT
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The June Members Teleconference was held on Wednesday, June 15th at 11am EDT
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Members: 2016 May Meeting Minutes and Presentation Files are now available in the Members-Only Site
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Mark Your Calendars: Starting in June, Monthly Member Teleconferences have a new day and time: the third Wednesday at 11am (Eastern)
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Reminder: Register now to attend the 2016 May Meeting in Dayton. Registration will close on May 2nd.
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The April Members Teleconference was held on Thursday, April 21st at 2pm EDT
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Reminder: Reserve your hotel room for the 2016 May Meeting by April 20th to receive discounted rates
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Reminder: Registration is open for the 2016 May Meeting
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Members: 2016 May Meeting Advanced Agenda is now available
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The March Members Teleconference was held on Thursday, March 17th at 2pm EDT
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Tom Kindervater’s presentation, Process Event Avoidance: Using Identification of Process Faults to avoid Abnormal Process Events was held during the afternoon Process Safety session at the AFPM 2016 Annual Meeting
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Check out Kim Van Camp’s March Chemical Engineering article, Alarm Management by the Numbers, deeper understanding of common alarm-system metrics can improve remedial actions and result in a safer plant
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The February Members Teleconference was held on Thursday the 18th at 2pm EST
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The January Members Teleconference was held on Thursday, January 21st at 2pm EST
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The COP is pleased to recognize CITGO Petroleum Company as our newest member company and welcome the participation of representatives from their refineries at Lake Charles, LA, Corpus Christi, TX, and Lemont, IL
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Congratulations to new COP leaders: Chair Cindy Scott and Vice-Chair Mike Bell
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Attending the AFPM 2016 Annual Meeting? You can learn more about the COP and human factors research to improve operator performance by attending Tom Kindervater’s presentation, Process Event Avoidance: Using Identification of Process Faults to avoid Abnormal Process Events during the afternoon Process Safety session on Monday, March 14th at 3 pm
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The December Members Teleconference was held Thursday, December 17th at 2pm EST
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Save the Date: The next COP Member Meeting will be May 10-12, 2016 in Dayton, Ohio.
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Members: 2015 November Meeting Presentation Files are now available in the Members-Only Site
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New in Resources: Chemical Processing Minute Clinic Alarm Redundancy Without Alarm Duplication Podcast
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Reminder for Members: Reserve your hotel room for the 2015 November Meeting by Oct 30th to receive discounted rates
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New in Resources: Chemical Processing Minute Clinic Speed Operator Training Podcast
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Attending the Emerson Global User’s Exchange? On Thursday, October 15th you have another chance to join COP Board Representatives Ike Brackin, Cindy Scott, and Dave Strobhar at 1:15PM in Room 709 for the Practical application of the Center for Operator Performance research for DeltaV Operators workshop
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Members: 2015 November Meeting information is now available including advanced agenda and registration form
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New in Resources: Chemical Processing Minute Clinic Font Size Matters Podcast
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Save the Date: On Wednesday, October 14th at 3:15PM in Room 503 at the Emerson Global User’s Exchange COP Board Representatives Ike Brackin, Cindy Scott, and Dave Strobhar offer the workshop: Practical application of the Center for Operator Performance research for DeltaV Operators (Session 6-6188)
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The October Members Teleconference was held on Thursday, October 8th at 2 PM EDT
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COP in September Control Magazine News: Military training strategy improves operator performance
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Members: Registration is open for the 2015 November Meeting
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Check out Terry Costlow’s September Automation World article, Big and Small: Display Technologies Transform Control Rooms, on operator display choices from large screens to handheld devices
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The September Members Teleconference was held on Thursday, September 17th at 2pm EDT
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New Project Summary Console Operator Situation Awareness (COSA): Designing an Effective COSA Overview Display (438KB PDF)
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COP in Control Design News: ShadowBox flips the focus to training higher-level, cognitive skills that experts have gained through years of experience, and are critical to their success
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The August Members Teleconference was held on Thursday, August 20th at 2 PM EDT
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New in Resources: Chemical Processing Minute Clinic Staffing Your Console Podcast
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Check out Seán Ottewell’s July Chemical Processing article, Plants Grapple with Graying Staff, to learn more about the ShadowBox and Knowledge Management Projects
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The July Chemical Processing article, Bring Your Procedures into the 21st Century, by Dave Strobhar explains how a modular approach for procedures offers substantial ongoing benefits
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The July Members Teleconference was held on Thursday, July 16 at 2 PM EDT
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New in Resources: Three Chemical Processing Minute Clinic Podcasts: Diagrams And Line Labeling, Reduce Emergency Procedures, and Rules For Displays
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Members: 2015 June Meeting Minutes and Presentation Files are now available in the Members-Only Site
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Check out the July 13, 2015 Control Design article by Dave Strobhar. You might have HMI design backward, Did you know background color is the least important element?
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Check out Traci Purdum’s June Chemical Processing column, “Take Advantage of the Minute Clinic” to learn about upcoming episodes and Dave Strobhar’s role in the new podcast series
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The May Members Teleconference was held on Thursday, May 21 at 2 PM EDT
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New in Resources: Go back to basics with HMI design presentation
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New in Resources: Two Chemical Processing Minute Clinic Podcasts: Alarm Targets and Low-Cost Ways to Improve Operator Decision-Making
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Members: Register now to attend the 2015 June Meeting in Dayton. Registration will close on May 31st.
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New in Resources: Process Plant Primer
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Members: Reserve your hotel room for the 2015 June Meeting by May 7th to receive discounted rates
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New Video Summary for Members recaps the 2014 November Meeting
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Members: 2015 June Meeting information is now available including advanced agenda and registration form
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New in Resources: The COP Amersfoort Netherlands One Day Seminar Presentation
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The April Members Teleconference was held on Thursday, April 16 at 2 PM EDT
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Check out the photos from the April Amersfoort Seminar (1.1MB PDF)
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April 9th was the COP Amersfoort Netherlands One Day Seminar
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Members: Registration is open for the 2015 June Meeting
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April 15th was the last day to participate in the research survey on the use and effectiveness of large screen monitors across the process control industry
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Members: The April Teleconference will be held on Thursday, April 16 at 2 PM EDT
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The March Members Teleconference was held on Thursday, March 19 at 2 PM EDT
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Register Now for the COP Amersfoort Netherlands One Day Seminar
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The Building a Better Operator Webinar was held on March 16th from 9AM to 10AM (EDT). You can now view the webinar archive recording (60 minutes).
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The March 4, 2015 Control Design article, Here’s What to Look for in Operator Displays, is a summary of the Center for Operator Performance presentation at ABB Automation & Power World
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We invite you to participate in our research survey! The research survey on the use and effectiveness of large screen monitors across the process control industry continues in March. Read the News Release or Participate in the Survey Now
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Members: The March Teleconference was held on Thursday, March 19 at 2 PM EDT
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Yokogawa Europe B.V. hosts an Introduction to the COP One Day Seminar 9th April in Amersfoort Netherlands
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Current Research Survey: The research survey on the use and effectiveness of large screen monitors across the process control industry continues in March. Read the News Release or Participate in the Survey Now
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The COP Booth #406 at ABB’s Automation and Power World in Houston March 2 - 5 allowed participants to learn more about the COP and human factors research
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Wednesday, March 4th from 1pm to 2pm Dave Strobhar offered the workshop, Spur evolution of your operator interface: it’s not all black and white (Session ID# 401407),at the ABB Automation & Power World 2015, location 370B, in Houston Texas
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Dave Strobhar will deliver a webinar, Building a Better Operator, for IChemE’s Process Management and Control Special Interest Group on March 16th from 9AM to 10AM (EDT). The event is free of charge and open to all. Register at www.icheme.org/pmc/strobhar
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Registration Opens for the COP Amersfoort Netherlands One Day Seminar
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We Want to Hear from You! Take a few minutes to share your thoughts in the 2015 Research Survey on the use and effectiveness of large screen monitors across the process control industry. Read the January News Release or Participate in the Survey Now
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Save the Date: On Wednesday, March 4th Dave Strobhar offers the workshop, Spur evolution of your operator interface: it’s not all black and white (Session ID# 401407), from 1pm to 2pm at the ABB Automation & Power World 2015, location 370B, in Houston Texas
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Attending the ABB Automation & Power World 2015? We invite you to stop by the COP Booth #406 in Houston Texas March 2 - 5 to learn more about the COP and human factors research
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The February Members Teleconference was held on Thursday, Feb 19 at 2 PM EST
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The January Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 15th at 2pm EDT
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News Release: Industry survey on use of large screen monitors
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Members: 2014 November Meeting Minutes and Presentation Files are now available in the Members-Only Site
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Members: The 2014 November Meeting materials are now available. We are looking forward to seeing everyone in Austin next week!
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The October Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 30th at 2pm EDT
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The September Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 18th at 2pm EDT
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A Control Magazine article about the Northwest Redwater refinery project that cites HFE services being provided by Beville Engineering. Beville is headed by Dave Strobhar and is a founding member of the COP.
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The August Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 21st at 2pm EDT
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COP Event Prediction research projects in the ChemicalProcess.com Industry News: Tool Promises to Prevent Plant Incidents
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News Release: New event detection tool 90% faster than traditional
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The July Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 17th at 2pm EDT
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Update to the Recommended Reading List: Human Factors in Process Plant Operation
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The member teleconference to work on the SPA Tool Functional specification was held on July 10th
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The June Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 19th at 2pm EDT
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New in Resources: Tom Kindervater’s presentation at the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL
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The April Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 17th at 2pm EDT
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COP in the March 2014 Control Magazine article Perfect Fit: Operator Performance
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Congratulations to COP Board Representative Dave Emerson for being in the Process Automation Hall of Fame Class of 2014
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Update to the Recommended Reading List: The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
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Thomas Kindervater, PE, Solution Support Manager of the Center for Operator Performance, presented the paper on the COP tool “Semantic Procedure Analysis” at the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers annual meeting on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 from 10:30 - 11:00 EDT
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The March Members Teleconference was held on Thursday the 20th at 2pm EDT
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The February Members Teleconference was held on Thursday the 20th at 2pm EST
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The January Members Teleconference was held on Thursday the 16th at 2pm EST
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Members: 2013 November Meeting Minutes and Presentation Files are now available in the Members-Only Site
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Members: Reserve your hotel room for the 2013 November Meeting by November 1st to receive discounted rates
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Attending the Emerson Global User’s Exchange? On Wednesday, October 2nd you have another chance to join COP Board Representatives Ike Brackin, Mark Nixon, and Dave Strobhar at 8AM in Appaloosa 3 for the Evidence based design guidelines for effective operator overview displays workshop
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The October Members Teleconference was held on Thursday the 17th at 2pm EDT
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Save the Date: October 1st at 10AM at the Emerson Global User’s Exchange COP Board Representatives Ike Brackin, Mark Nixon, and Dave Strobhar offer the workshop: Evidence based design guidelines for effective operator overview displays (Session 3-4905)
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The COP Video Library is now available in the Resources Area of the Members-Only Website
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The September Teleconference was held on Thursday the 19th at 2pm EDT
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The August Teleconference was held on Thursday the 15th at 2pm EDT
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2013 November Meeting information including presentation details and registration deadline
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The July Members Teleconference was held on Thursday the 18th at 2pm EDT
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Members: 2013 May Meeting Minutes and Presentation Files are now available in the Members-Only Site
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Check out the ABB Process Automation Insights blog post, “Reflections on our Research Projects” for an attendee’s perspective of the 2013 May Meeting
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The June Members Teleconference was held on Thursday the 20th at 2pm EDT
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The April Members Teleconference was held on Thursday the 18th at 2pm EDT
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Members: Reserve your hotel room for the 2013 May Meeting by April 22nd to receive discounted rates
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COP Semantic Procedure Analyzer (SPA) and Display Metrics Toolkit (DMT) tools in the March Control Magazine: Operator Performance Pumps Up (533KB PDF)
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The March Members Teleconference was held on Thursday the 28th at 2pm EDT
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March 27th Dave Strobhar offered the workshop, Put research insights to work in real world operations: Tips from Center for Operator Performance (Session 12 ID#14571), at the ABB Automation and Power World
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The COP hosted Booth at ABB’s Automation and Power World in Orlando, Florida March 25-28 to help others to learn more about the COP and human factors research
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Reminder: We invite you to stop by the COP Booth at ABB’s Automation and Power World in Orlando March 25 to 28 to learn more about the COP and human factors research
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Members: New Date for the March Teleconference - Thursday the 28th at 2pm EDT
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Save the Date: March 27 at 3PM at ABB’s Automation and Power World Dave Strobhar offers the workshop: Put research insights to work in real world operations: Tips from Center for Operator Performance (Session 12 ID#14571)
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The February Members Teleconference was held on Thursday the 21st at 2pm EDT
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Check out the January 28, 2013 Automation World article Changing Workforce Drives Control Room Modernization to learn how user-centered design and human factors are impacting control room design
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2013 May Meeting information including presentation details and registration deadline
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Details of the COP/LSU Display Evaluation Toolkit Projects in the L’Observateur: Tech students see into the future
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Members: The 2012 November Meeting Video Summary has been added to COP Video Library
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The January Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 17th at 2pm EDT
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Update to the Recommended Reading List: Designing Interfaces
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The December Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 13th at 2pm EDT
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Update to the Recommended Reading List: Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, Third Edition
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Members: 2012 November Meeting Minutes and Presentation Files are now available in the Members-Only Site
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October 30th Dave Strobhar offered the workshop, Reducing Operator Error, at the Yokogawa North American Users Conference
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The October Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 18th at 2pm EDT
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October 12th COP Board Representatives Dave Strobhar and Mark Nixon participated in the Meet The Expert session, Human Centered Design Principles for Optimal Operator Performance, as part of the Emerson Exchange conference in Anaheim, California.
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Members: Reserve your hotel room for the 2012 November Meeting by October 15th to receive discounted rates
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The COP hosted Booth #104 at Emerson Global Users Exchange in Anaheim, California October 8-11 to help others learn more about the COP and human factors research
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October 10th and 11th Dave Strobhar lead the workshop, Ways to Improve Operator Performance, Session 3-1851, at the Emerson Global Users Exchange
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September 25th Dave Strobhar lead the Improving Operator Performance session at ISA Automation Week. Three papers were part of the session: “Console Operator Staffing, Workload, and Automation”; “Operator Performance: How Does One Assess?”; and “Display Formatting Guidelines for Process Industries”.
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COP in the Wright State University Magazine: The Human Factor
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The September Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 20th at 2pm EDT
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Members: The 2012 May Meeting Video Summary has been added to COP Video Library
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July 24th Dave Strobhar gave a lecture titled “Human Factors Issues in Oil and Chemical Processing” at the 8th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies
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COP in the LSU College of Engineering News: LSU Students Study Petro-chemical Operators to Create Scientific Alarm Rates
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2012 November Meeting information including presentation details and registration deadline
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The August Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 16th at 2pm EDT
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Members: Dr. Chris Hale’s project, Display Content II, is moving forward: an update and more details available during the July Teleconference call
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Members: Site visits and graphics examples are needed for the Display Design Handbook. Send your contributions to the project via email
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The 2012 May Meeting Summary recaps the results and project presentations of last month’s meeting in Dayton (225KB PDF)
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Members: The 2011 November Meeting Video Summary has been added to COP Video Library
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The July Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 19th at 2pm EDT
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The COP In Person Meetings Schedule is announced! The 2012 November Meeting will be held in Dallas November 6-8, 2012 and the 2013 May Meeting will be May 14-16, 2013 at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio
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The June Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 21st at 2pm EDT
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Members: 2012 May Meeting Minutes and Presentation Files are now available in the Members-Only Site
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Check out the May 2012 Control Design article The Keys to Operator Performance: Operator Error Rates Double on the Ninth Day of Work After Eight Days of Consistent Performance for a recap of several interesting findings from ongoing projects
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How to Build a Better Operator article by Aaron Hand of Control Design provides a summary of the Center for Operator Performance presentations at ABB Automation & Power World 2012
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Update to the Recommended Reading List: Drift into Failure: From Hunting Broken Components to Understanding Complex Systems
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May 22nd Dave Strobhar offered the workshop Modularizing Emergency Procedures for Increased Ease of Use and Updating at ATPM 2012
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The COP attended the ATPM 2012 Conference which was held at the Lone Star Community Building and Conference Center, The Woodlands, Texas, May 21-23. This new conference focused on applying automation and control technology in process manufacturing.
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The COP hosted Booth #31 at ABB’s Automation and Power World in Houston April 23 - 26 to help others learn more about the COP and human factors research
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April 25th at ABB’s Automation and Power World Dave Strobhar offered the workshop: Collaborative research to improve the performance of process control operators
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The April Member Teleconference was held on Thursday the 19th at 2pm EDT
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Members: Reserve your hotel room for the May Meeting by April 16th to receive discounted rates
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April 11th Dave Strobhar gave a COP presentation at the LAI/MEP Process Safety Meeting in Lake Charles, Louisiana
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Update to the Recommended Reading List: Cost-Justifying Usability, Second Edition: An Update for the Internet Age, Second Edition
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Congratulations COP Board Representative Mark Nixon for being in the Process Automation Hall of Fame Class of 2012
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Yokogawa Electric Corporation is our Newest Member Company
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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Take a few minutes to share your thoughts in the 2012 Research Survey
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How Many Alarms Can an Operator Handle? Two recent studies provide insights article by David A. Strobhar, Beville Engineering, and Craig M. Harvey, Louisiana State University in the December 2011 Chemical Processing
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November 15-17 meeting was hosted by Emerson in Austin, TX.
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Audio Interviews with David Strobhar on Intellirights.com.
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October 2-5, 2011 - David Strobhar presented at the TAPPI Peers conference, Portland, OR. Presentation and paper available in Resources
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October 27-28, 2011 - Presentations at Emerson Global Users Exchange, Nashville, TN.