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Greg McMillan

Gregory K. McMillan

Gregory K. McMillan retired as a Senior Fellow from Solutia Inc in 2002 and as a senior principal software engineer from Emerson Process Systems and Solutions Simulation R&D in 2023. Greg is an ISA Fellow and the author of more than 200 articles and papers, 100 Q&A posts, 80 blogs, 200 columns, and 20 books. He was one of the first inductees into the Control Process Automation Hall of Fame in 2001, and he received the ISA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, the ISA Mentor Award in 2020, and the ISA Standards Achievement Award in 2023.

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    Ask the Automation Pros: What University Projects Are Needed to Support Process Control?

    Like a lot of things in engineering and construction, it’s hard to teach everything and risky not to, but getting it right the first time saves time and money.
    By: R. Russell Rhinehart, Mark Darby, Gregory K. McMillan, Peter Morgan, Michael Taube, Matthew Howard, Héctor H. Torres, Pat Dixon, Julie F. Smith, Bob Heider, George Buckbee, Michel Ruel, Edward J. Farmer
    24 June, 2026 | 15 minutes
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