Karen D. Morton, P.E., FSEng of Hargrove Controls + Automation

The presentation, previously presented to Baton Rouge chapters of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and AIChE, is designed for a general audience. It introduces Process Safety Management (PSM) with a brief discussion about why facilities have adopted this lifesaving practice. PSM’s “technobabble” terms are decoded with straightforward definitions. This includes a tour through methods of hazard identification and protection analysis. The presentation then moves into the application of Safety Instrumented Systems and relates its architectures to equipment configurations used with process controls automation.

Biography:

Karen has worked as an engineer with process safety and control systems projects in South Louisiana's petrochemical industry since 1995. She is a licensed professional engineer in Louisiana, Texas, New Jersey and Alabama. She also has functional safety engineering certification from TÜV Rheinland. Karen works at Hargrove Controls + Automation in Baton Rouge as a C+A SIS Technical Consultant, where she concentrates on process safety management related projects. A member of ISA, AIChE and ASSE, Karen co-authored ASSE's reference guide Applied Mathematics for Safety Engineers. She and her husband, retired control systems engineer Walter M. Scott, III, are volunteer instructors for Baton Rouge's Cajun Clickers Computer Club. They were co-hosts on WJBO's "Cajun Clickers Computer Show" from 2002 - 2008. Her many hobbies include running, photography, jewelry making, writing and science fiction.

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Address:4150 South Sherwood Forest Blvd., Suite 210, Baton Rouge, United States, 70816