SASI Workshop
What is the Systems Automation Springboard to Internships (SASI) Workshop?
SASI is an intensive, three week hands-on training workshop in process control and industry automation. Students are sponsored by industry partners, and following completion of the workshop are assigned a summer internship with the sponsoring company. The workshop takes place each January at Miami University’s College of Engineering and Computing, and prepares students for “The Fourth Industrial Revolution” which fuses AI, robotics, the Internet of Things, quantum computing, and other technologies.
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Please note that this is a sample schedule and is subject to change.
Week 1
- Monday
- AM—Introduction with Examples
- PM—Instrumentation and Valves
- Tuesday
- AM 1—Field Signals, Inter locks, and Permissives
- AM 2—Control loops and Alarms
- PM—HMI, Historian. DSC and SCADA
- Wednesday
- AM—Advanced Control
- PM—Connectivity, Big Data, AI, and Industry 4.0
- Thursday
- PFD, P&ID, Tag Names
- Friday
- PLC Registers and Programming
Week 2
- Monday–Tuesday
- PLC and HMI
- Control Labs
- Wednesday
- AM 1—Motors
- AM 2—MIMO
- PM—Simulink
- Thursday
- AM—PID
- PM—PID, PLC, HMI labs
- Friday
- Process Simulation
Week 3
- Monday
- AM 1—Auxiliary Systems
- AM 2—Paper Machine/Model Predictive Control
- PM—Batch Control
- Tuesday
- Big Data, Statistical Analysis
- Wednesday
- AM—Other Models First Principal Models
- PM—Other Models First Principal Models
- Thursday
- AM 1—Industry Expectations
- AM 2—Management of Change
- PM—Controls Lab 2
- Friday
- Specifications, Acceptance Testing, Project Management
Use the link below to apply now for the SASI program. Please contact Professor Douglas Coffin (coffindw@MiamiOH.edu) with any questions. Company sponsorship covers the cost of the workshop, which includes a summer internship! All students will receive a certificate at completion of the program.
If your company is interested in sponsoring CEC students for participating in the SASI workshop (and an internship with your company), please contact:
Jenni Szolwinski
Director of Industry Relations
Miami University
513-529-0702
You can also learn more about partnership opportunities by following the button below.
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