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DESCRIPTION:70\,000 square feet. 5\,500 attendees. 360 exhibiting companies
 . 40 countries.\n\nThe numbers add up to one vital industry event now surp
 assing 45 years: The Turbomachinery and Pump Symposia\, held annually at t
 he George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston Texas.\n\nTECHNICAL PROGRA
 M\n\n[technical session]\nTPS hosts the premier professional continuing ed
 ucation program relied upon by rotating equipment engineers and technician
 s worldwide\, spanning oil and gas\, petrochemical\, power\, aerospace\, c
 hemical\, and water industries. The program\, hand-picked by influential i
 ndustry advisory committees\, is led by highly-respected practitioners and
  leaders in their fields. Topics include maintenance\, reliability\, troub
 leshooting\, instruction on emerging designs\, technology\, and best pract
 ices that include case studies with real-world relevance on problems-solve
 d and lessons-learned.\n\nEXHIBITION\n\n[exhibit floor]\nAt the centerpiec
 e of TPS\, a remarkable exhibit hall hosts leading international companies
  from across the globe. Companies and industry experts demonstrate full-si
 ze equipment and products\, and share insights on current practices and fu
 ture trends. Networking opportunities abound for attendees\, rounding out 
 the valuable transfer of knowledge that has become the hallmark of TPS.\n\
 nThe Symposia is organized by the [Turbomachinery Laboratory](http://turbo
 lab.tamu.edu/)\, part of the [Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TE
 ES)](http://tees.tamu.edu/) and The [Texas A&M University System](http://t
 amu.edu/). The Advisory Committee Chairman is Dr. Dara Childs\, Turbomachi
 nery Laboratory Director.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Christopher Sanderson\n\nBld
 g: George R. Brown Convention Center\, Houston\, Texas\, United States
LOCATION:Bldg: George R. Brown Convention Center\, Houston\, Texas\, United
  States
ORGANIZER:christopher.b.sanderson@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:46th Turbomachinery & 33rd International Pump Users Symposia (TPS 2
 017)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/44803
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>70\,000 square feet. 5\,500 attendees. 360
  exhibiting companies. 40 countries.</p>\n<p>The numbers add up to one vit
 al industry event now surpassing 45 years: The Turbomachinery and Pump Sym
 posia\, held annually at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston 
 Texas.</p>\n<h3>TECHNICAL PROGRAM</h3>\n<p><img class="alignnone size-full
  wp-image-553" src="http://tps.teesturbo.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/s
 ites/3/2017/02/class-session.jpg" alt="technical session" width="720" heig
 ht="115" /><br />TPS hosts the premier professional continuing education p
 rogram relied upon by rotating equipment engineers and technicians worldwi
 de\, spanning oil and gas\, petrochemical\, power\, aerospace\, chemical\,
  and water industries. The program\, hand-picked by influential industry a
 dvisory committees\, is led by highly-respected practitioners and leaders 
 in their fields. Topics include maintenance\, reliability\, troubleshootin
 g\, instruction on emerging designs\, technology\, and best practices that
  include case studies with real-world relevance on problems-solved and les
 sons-learned.</p>\n<h3>EXHIBITION</h3>\n<p><img class="alignnone size-full
  wp-image-556" src="http://tps.teesturbo.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/s
 ites/3/2017/02/exhibit-floor.jpg" alt="exhibit floor" width="720" height="
 115" /><br />At the centerpiece of TPS\, a remarkable exhibit hall hosts l
 eading international companies from across the globe. Companies and indust
 ry experts demonstrate full-size equipment and products\, and share insigh
 ts on current practices and future trends. Networking opportunities abound
  for attendees\, rounding out the valuable transfer of knowledge that has 
 become the hallmark of TPS.</p>\n<p>The Symposia is organized by the&nbsp\
 ;<a href="http://turbolab.tamu.edu/" target="_blank">Turbomachinery Labora
 tory</a>\, part of the&nbsp\;<a href="http://tees.tamu.edu/">Texas A&amp\;
 M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)</a>&nbsp\;and The&nbsp\;<a href="h
 ttp://tamu.edu/">Texas A&amp\;M University System</a>. The Advisory Commit
 tee Chairman is Dr. Dara Childs\, Turbomachinery Laboratory Director.</p>
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