Hands-On Essentials of Automation for Biomanufacturing
(Online prerequisite course required)
Obtain knowledge and hands-on experience with industry-relevant process control instrumentation, hardware, and software, and documentation for control/automation of biomanufacturing operations. Engage in hands-on experiences with process sensors/equipment and their integration with a control system for enacting control strategies. Learn how to connect process equipment and I/O interfaces for use with a commercial control software package.
| June 22-24, 2027 | $2,450 registration fee | Register |
Attend and you will learn
- How to progress through a typical automation project sequence
- Become familiar with typical instrumentation/automation documentation such as Process Flow Diagrams (PFD), Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID), Loop diagrams, specification documents (URS, FRS, etc), commissioning and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
- The difference between various control strategies applicable to bioreactor automation, including split-range control and cascade control
- Hands-on experience with a distributed control system (DCS) and its architecture/hardware/ DeltaV software and how to use it to control process equipment for a lab scale bioreactor
Prerequisite Online Course
A prerequisite online course offered through the International Academy of Automation Engineering (IAAE) must be completed before attending this course. Please refer to the IAAE website for the online course prerequisite information and fee.
Delivery methods
35% Lecture
65% Hands-on equipment and software experience
Course content
30% Fundamentals and concepts
70% Industry applications
14 hours of instruction
Who should attend
This course is specifically for those partaking in the Education and Certification Programs offered by IAAE, specifically this course is part of a hybrid (online/hands-on) offering for the Essentials of Automation for Life Sciences Manufacturing course. Individuals interested in pursuing a career in the area of automation in the Life Sciences field and looking to obtain familiarity with process control, automation concepts, instrumentation and software related to the industry should enroll in this hybrid course offering.
This course was developed with a project award from the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) and financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (70NANB17H002).