{"640016":{"#nid":"640016","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Student Seminar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate: \u003C\/strong\u003EOctober 12th, 2020\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E 12:30pm-1:20pm\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ERemote BlueJeans delivery:\u003C\/strong\u003E (recommend joining at least 5 mins early, to take care of any technical problems) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/284521515\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/284521515\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EMeeting ID:\u003C\/strong\u003E 284 521 515\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EParticipant Passcode:\u003C\/strong\u003E 2916\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeakers:\u003C\/strong\u003E Allison Miller, Dan Forman, and Tyler Fontenot\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeakers\u0026rsquo; Affiliation:\u003C\/strong\u003E Marathon Petroleum Co.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeakers\u0026rsquo; Work Address:\u003C\/strong\u003E P. O. Box AC Garyville, LA 70051\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cem\u003EElectrical Engineering at Marathon Petroleum\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract of Talk:\u003C\/strong\u003E This presentation will start with an overview of Marathon Petroleum Company, particularly the Refining sector, and an overview of how a refinery works. Most of the presentation will cover the various roles that Electrical Engineers play within the company, including some specific project examples. Finally, information on MPC\u0026rsquo;s Co-op\/Internship program will be provided. Allison, Dan, and Tyler have a variety of experiences to share throughout the presentation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EBiographical Sketches:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAllison Miller graduated from Louisiana State University in 2003 with a B.S in Electrical Engineering. During college, she interned with Entergy power company. Her first full-time work experience started in Glasgow, Scotland, where she worked in risk management for an engineering firm until 2006. Since returning to Louisiana in 2006, Allison has worked at Marathon Petroleum\u0026rsquo;s Garyville Refinery. She started out as an instrument engineer managing small projects and worked her way up into project managing larger, multi-discipline projects. In 2018, Allison became an Engineering Supervisor, and has managed both E\u0026amp;I and Mechanical engineers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDan Forman graduated in 2011 from the University of Mississippi with a B.S. in\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nElectrical Engineering. His work experience started with internships as an E\u0026amp;I Engineer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nwith Northrop Grumman at their location in Pascagoula, MS in 2009 \u0026ndash; 2010. After\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ngraduation, Dan began a full-time career with a design engineering firm in Baton Rouge,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLA. He spent seven years as a Project Manager\/Design Engineer for the Petrochemical \u0026amp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRefining industry. For the last two years, Dan has spent his time as a Refining Engineer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nwith Marathon Petroleum managing various electrical \u0026amp; instrumentation projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTyler Fontenot recently graduated from Louisiana Tech University in May 2020 with a\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nB.S in Electrical Engineering. During college, he interned with three different companies:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nZachry Group in San Antonio, TX as an Electrical Estimating Intern in 2018, Marathon\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPetroleum Co. in Garyville, LA as an Engineering Intern in 2019, and Radiance\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTechnologies in Ruston, LA as an Electrical Design Intern in 2019. Tyler was hired on to\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nstart his career full-time in July 2020 with Marathon Petroleum as a Refining Engineer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EElectrical Engineering at Marathon Petroleum\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Electrical Engineering at Marathon Petroleum"}],"uid":"27842","created_gmt":"2020-10-08 15:46:10","changed_gmt":"2020-10-08 15:46:28","author":"Ashlee Gardner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-10-12T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2020-10-12T14:20:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-10-12T14:20:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-10-12 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-10-12 18:20:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-10-12 18:20:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMary Ann Weitnauer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor and Senior Associate Chair\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mary.ann.weitnauer@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emary.ann.weitnauer@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}