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RECENT NEWS |
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Beville
Engineering, in conjunction with Wright State
University, is proud to announce the debut of the
Center for Operator Performance.
The Center is an alliance of
academic and process companies to research generic
issues in human factors and process operator
performance. Visit the
website for more information. |
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OUR METHOD |
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Our approach is one
of tailoring our services to our clients' needs, rather
than trying to adjust our clients to fit our methods.
We implement an on-site, "hands-on"
approach to gauge the causes of problems, and then seek
to solve the problems through the manipulation of
various workload and human performance variables.
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ON-SITE AUDIT |
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One day on-site plant audit now
available.
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Beville Personnel
SENIOR PERSONNEL
David A. Strobhar, PE
David Strobhar is the founder and president of Beville Engineering.
With over twenty years of experience analyzing operator performance
issues in process control, he is the principal technology advisor
for Beville. He is a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society and serves on the Engineering Advisory Board for the College
of Engineering at Wright State University. He is an accomplished
speaker and the author of many papers, including the “Intelligent
Alarm Management” chapter in the Instrument Engineer’s Handbook. He
has given seminars to every major oil company in the design of
alarms and displays for distributed control systems.
Mr. Strobhar has a degree in Human Factors
Engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the state
of Ohio. He began his career at GPU Nuclear, analyzing the accident
at their Three Mile Island Nuclear Station. Recognizing a need for
human factors in the petroleum industry, he founded Beville
Engineering in 1983. Since that time, the company has become the
leading human factors consultant to the petrochemical industry. He
has gained vast knowledge on petrochemical processing, allowing him
to better understand, and solve, human performance issues.
Lisa C. Via
Lisa Via has twelve years’ experience at Beville Engineering. She
currently serves the company as the Technical Director, working
closely with the project engineers and support staff to ensure that
our customers receive the highest quality product. With former
experience as a lead engineer, she has gained the technical
experience needed to help analyze human performance issues in
process control. Her project experience includes ConocoPhillips,
Sunoco, Flint Hills Resources, Shell Canada, BP Chemical.
Ms. Via has a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Factors
Engineering. In addition to the experience she has gained at
Beville, she also worked for seven years in Information Technology,
providing human factors design in the development of software
applications.
Kimberly Elkins
Kim Elkins has been with Beville Engineering since 1994. She is the
Manager of the Data/Technology Team, responsible for supporting
engineers throughout a project. Through her efforts, Beville has
been able to more quickly and thoroughly analyze data, allowing the
engineers more time to focus on the implications of their findings
and customer’s ancillary issues.
Ms. Elkins is responsible for Beville’s vast
databases, using the latest technology to maintain information. She
is Beville’s Webmaster and the focal point for all data-related
issues.
Jill E. Toto
Jill Toto joined Beville Engineering in 2003. She is a Lead
Engineer, responsible for applying human factors techniques and
Beville methodologies to resolve client issues. This involves
collecting and analyzing project data and assisting in the
preparation of information for reports and presentations. Ms. Toto
has performed steady-state and upset workload studies for BP
Chemical, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Valero. She has also
conducted numerous alarm response analyses for Sunoco Inc.
Ms. Toto has a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical
Engineering from Ohio University. |
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