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  Upcoming January (2024) Community Conversation

  Posted by Kevin Praet (Adm) on January 17, 2024 at 12:23 pm

  Hello Asset Health Analytics Community Members,

  I hope all is well! We are one week away from our January (2024) Asset Health Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Wednesday, January 24 at 2:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by Colton Smith, Sr. Technical Leader – Nuclear Plant Modernization & Digital Transformation and Cassie Shaban, Sr. Technical Leader – Monitoring and Advanced Data Analytics, Generation Sector of EPRI who will be leading a discussion on, “Series Part 1: EPRI Digital Transformation Research Initiative (A Part of EPRI’s Asset Analytics Initiative).”

  Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

  Session Description:

  Digital Transformation (DX) aims to elevate business operations and support a cultural change that broadly impacts an organization’s efficiency and value delivery. DX is not limited to the installation of digital tools and software; it is an extensive use of a digital infrastructure designed to create capabilities that improve and empower the workforce. In its ideal embodiment, DX removes inefficiencies, improves communication, creates intuitive human-device interaction, revamps processes, leverages data analytics, and optimization routines to realize sustainable benefits and improvements. In this Session, EPRI will provide an overview of select deliverables from 2023, and discuss the scope of the Digital Transformation Research initiative (DXRI), which is a new supplemental program aiming to unlock the full potential of DX by driving successful implementation across the power industry. Starting in 2024, the DXRI will perform research on the enabling and foundational technologies required to successfully digitally transform. 

  Speaker: Colton Smith, Sr. Technical Leader – Nuclear Plant Modernization & Digital Transformation (EPRI)

  

  Colt leads the EPRI Nuclear Plant Modernization Initiative, which explores how process and technology transformations adopted in other industries can be applied in nuclear power to reduce operating costs and improve safety and reliability. He also leads the Plant Modernization Benchmarking & Assessment supplemental project and the Digital Transformation Research Initiative and co-leads the Digital Transformation Interest Group.

  Colt has 15 years of power generation experience. Prior to joining EPRI, Colt led efforts at Luminant and Entergy Power Generation in the areas of predictive maintenance, online monitoring and advanced monitoring & diagnostics as an equipment reliability and thermal performance engineer.

  Colt holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Texas, and a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering & Management from University of Texas at Dallas. 

  Speaker: Cassie Shaban, Sr. Technical Leader – Monitoring and Advanced Data Analytics, Generation Sector (EPRI)

  

  Cassie Shaban is a Senior Technical Leader in the Monitoring and Advanced Data Analytics (P228) as well as the Continuous Emissions Monitoring and Measurements Program (P233) at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).  Program 228 is part of the Enabling Technologies group and Program 233 is part of the Air Quality and Environmental Controls group in the Generation Sector at EPRI.

  Her work in the Monitoring and Advanced Data Analytics Program includes research that focuses on integrated sensing, monitoring, diagnostics and applied analytics for the power industry.  Her work in the Continuous Emissions Monitoring and Measurements Program includes research to develop and evaluate for the successful implementation of CEM equipment.  As well as investigates and develops best practices for system operation and maintenance and stack testing methods. 

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  Thanks and we look forward to connecting next week!

   

   

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  Kevin Praet
  Membership Coordinator
  Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
  Boulder CO
  315-440-3033
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