We are excited to continue our Fall 2025-2026 Technical Program with a very special guest, 1984-85 ISA St. Louis Section President, Greg McMillan.
Greg's presentation will reveal the inherent challenges with pH measurement and control. He will highlight the solutions by the advances in electrode technology, titration curve generation, digital twin capability, control valve performance, control strategies, and PID algorithm features. Best practices will be listed. The goal is to provide a pH control system with best reliability and performance and least project and maintenance cost that is critical for waste treatment and unit operations in many chemical and most biological processes.
Attendees will get a free complimentary copy of Greg's ISA book Advanced pH Measurement and Control, Fourth Edition 2024 addressing all of the details needed for a successful pH application. To lighten the mood, attendees will also get a free complimentary copy of Greg's humorous ISA book The Life and Times of an Automation Professional - An Illustrated Guide.
Special Giveaway:
Greg McMillan and Prosera will be giving one lucky attendee a framed and signed original cartoon by Ted Williams. Ted also drew cartoons that were used in Greg McMillan's first book, How to be an Instrument Engineer, the Making of a Prima Donna. They continued to work together on many articles and cartoons throughout their careers. Greg reclaimed the original cartoon artwork from Control Magazine and is excited to share them as a way of giving back to our automation community!
Agenda:
- 5:00-6:00pm - Arrival, Networking
- 5:30-6:00pm - Dinner, Networking
- 6:00-7:30pm - Technical Presentation
- 7:30-8:00pm - Q&A, Networking
Dinner is included with your registration.
Venue, Dinner, and Books Sponsored by Greg McMillan, Experitec, and Prosera.
Speaker Bio:
Greg McMillan has more than 50 years of experience in industrial process automation, with an emphasis on the synergy of dynamic modeling and process control. He retired as a Senior Fellow from Solutia and a senior principal software engineer from Emerson Process Systems and Solutions. He was also an adjunct professor in the Washington University Saint Louis Chemical Engineering department from 2001 to 2004. Greg is the author of numerous ISA books and columns on process control, and he has been the monthly Control Talk columnist for Control magazine since 2002. He is the leader of the monthly ISA “Ask the Automation Pros” Q&A posts that began as a series of Mentor Program Q&A posts in 2014. He started and guided the ISA Standards and Practices committee on ISA-TR5.9-2023, PID Algorithms and Performance Technical Report, and he wrote “Annex A - Valve Response and Control Loop Performance, Sources, Consequences, Fixes, and Specifications” in ISA-TR75.25.02-2000 (R2023), Control Valve Response Measurement from Step Inputs. Greg’s achievements include the ISA Kermit Fischer Environmental Award for pH control in 1991, appointment to ISA Fellow in 1991, the Control magazine Engineer of the Year Award for the Process Industry in 1994, induction into the Control magazine Process Automation Hall of Fame in 2001, selection as one of InTech magazine’s 50 Most Influential Innovators in 2003, several ISA Raymond D. Molloy awards for bestselling books of the year, the ISA Life Achievement Award in 2010, the ISA Mentoring Excellence award in 2020, and the ISA Standards Achievement Award in 2023. He has a BS in engineering physics from Kansas University and an MS in control theory from Missouri University of Science and Technology, both with emphasis on industrial processes.
Books:
Advances in Reactor Measurement and Control
Good Tuning: A Pocket Guide, Fourth Edition
New Directions in Bioprocess Modeling and Control: Maximizing Process Analytical Technology Benefits, Second Edition
Essentials of Modern Measurements and Final Elements in the Process Industry: A Guide to Design, Configuration, Installation, and Maintenance
101 Tips for a Successful Automation Career
Advanced pH Measurement and Control: Digital Twin Synergy and Advances in Technology, Fourth Edition
The Funnier Side of Retirement for Engineers and People of the Technical Persuasion
The Life and Times of an Automation Professional - An Illustrated Guide
Advanced Temperature Measurement and Control, Second Edition
Models Unleashed: Virtual Plant and Model Predictive Control Applications
See Greg's Bio on ISA Interchange.