Engineering Training Seminars and Short Courses

Meherwan P. Boyce P.E.

2009

Advanced Technology Gas Turbines and Planned Optimization of Combined Cycle Power Plants
November 9-13, 2009

Development, Construction and Operation of Electric Generation Power Plants
An Introduction to Key Legal and Technical Issues and Concepts in the Power Sector
October 27-29, 2009

Centrifugal Compressors and Advanced Technology Gas Turbines Course
October 5-9, 2009

2008

Gas Turbine Technology and Planned Optimization of Combined Cycle Power Plants, April 28th - May 2nd 2008

Energy: Past, Present and Future; ASME South Texas Section, Dinner Meeting, February 21st 2008.

2007

Gas Turbine Technology and Planned Optimization of Combined Cycle Power Plants, 5 Day Course, Sole Instructor, London England, October 15-19, 2007

Gas Turbine Technology, Short Course, Sole Instructor, Sponsored by Texas A&M University sponsored course at the TurboMachinery Symposium, Houston TX., September 10, 2007

Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor Course, Sole Instructor, Houston, Texas June 12-15, 2007

Centrifugal Compressor and Gas Turbine Technology for Engineers, 2 Day Course, Sole Instructor, Queretaro Mexico, April 17-18, 2007

Gas Turbine Technology and Planned Optimization of Combined Cycle Power Plant Short Course, Sole Instructor, London, England, January 30-February 2, 2007

The Combined Cycle Power Plants Operations, Maintenance and Planned Optimization Short Course, Sole Instructor, Houston, Texas January 16-19, 2007

2006

Introduction to Gas Turbines, Short Course, Sole Instructor, Sponsored by Texas A&M University sponsored course at the TurboMachinery Symposium, Houston TX., September 25, 2006

Centrifugal Compressor and Gas Turbine Technology for Engineers 4 Day Short Course, Sole Instructor for Enterprise Products Operating, LP. Personnel only, Mont Belvieu, Texas. July 17-20, 2006

Technology of Advanced Gas Turbines – Short Course, Sole Instructor, for Impartir Conferencia “Operación Y Mantenimiento De Turbinas De Gas” en el IX Congreso y Exposición Latinoamericana De Turbomaquinaria”,Vera Cruz, Mexico,. June 21-22, 2006

Centrifugal Compressor and Gas Turbine Technology for Engineers – 4 Day Short Course, Sole Instructor, Houston, Texas. June 13-16, 2006

Centrifugal Compressor and Gas Turbine Technology For Engineers Technology of Advanced Gas Turbine – Short Course for PEMEX personnel only, Sole Instructor, Queretaro, Mexico, June 1-2, 2006

New Gas Turbine Technology and Plant Optimization for Engineers
3 Day Short Course, Sole Instructor, London, England, May 15-17, 2006

New Gas Turbine Technology for Engineers – Short Course, Sole Instructor, Barcelona Spain, May 5-6, 2006

2005

Combined Cycle Power -Short Course, Sole Instructor, Sponsored by Texas A&M University sponsored course at the TurboMachinery Symposium, Houston TX., December 12, 2005

Technology of Advanced Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors – Short Course, Sole Instructor, Las Vegas, December 4-5, 2005

2004

Combined Cycle Power -Short Course, Sole Instructor, Sponsored by Texas A&M University sponsored course at the TurboMachinery Symposium, Houston TX., September 20, 2004

The Outlook for Engineering – Dinner Speech for the Scholarship Award Dinner Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Oklahoma, September 8, 2004

Technology of Advanced Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors – Short Course, Sole Instructor, Houston, April 27-30, 2004

Technology of Advanced Gas Turbine – Short Course for PEMEX personnel only, Sole Instructor, Monterey, Mexico, March 23-March 24 2004

Technology of Advanced Gas Turbine – Short Course for Legal personnel only, Sole Instructor, Birmingham, AL., January 20, 2004

2003

Combined Cycle Power -Short Course, Sole Instructor, Sponsored by PowerGen,
Las Vegas, Nevada, December 7 – December 8, 2003

Technology of Advanced Gas Turbine -Short Course, Sole Instructor, Sponsored by Texas A&M University sponsored course at the TurboMachinery Symposium, Houston TX., September 8, 2003

Technology of Advanced Gas Turbine – Short Course for PEMEX personnel only, Sole Instructor, Vera Cruz, Mexico, June 24-June 25 2003

2002

Advanced Gas Turbine Technology-Short Course, Sole Instructor, Sponsored by PowerGen, Orlando Florida, December 8 – December 9, 2002

Gas Turbine - Short Course—One Day, Sole Instructor, Texas A&M University sponsored course at the TurboMachinery Symposium, Houston TX., September 9, 2002,

Technology of Advanced Gas Turbine – Short Course, Sole Instructor, Amsterdam The Netherlands, May 31-June 1 2002

Advance Gas Turbine Technology, Short Course, Sole Instructor, Galveston TX., February 28 - March 1, 2002

2001

Advanced Gas Turbine Technology-Short Course, Sole Instructor, Sponsored by PowerGen, Las Vegas NV., December 9-10, 2001

Combined Cycle Power Plants – Short Course, Sole Instructor, London UK, October 22-26, 2001

Gas Turbine - Short Course—One Day, Sole Instructor, Texas A&M University sponsored course at the TurboMachinery Symposium September, 2001, Houston, Texas

The Basics Of Gas Turbine Technology-Short Course, Sole Instructor, New Orleans La., Sponsored by ASME- IGTI June 1 – June 2, 2001

2000

“Condition Monitoring for Advanced Gas Turbines” Invited Lecturer, Department of Energy Sponsored Conference on Advancing The Gas Turbine Power Industry, December 4-6, 2000. Washington, D.C.

“Advanced Control System Technology”, Invited Lecturer by the Department of Energy, at their sponsored Workshop “The Aerospace/Power Industry Control System Technology Transfer” November 16, 2000, Orlando, Florida.
“New Techniques in Condition Monitoring” Department of Energy Sponsored Workshop, November 13, 2000 – Orlando, Florida.

TurboMachinery for the Energy Industry- Sole Instructor for a Two Day Short Course- November 2000 – Sponsored by PowerGen, Orlando Florida

TurboMachinery for the Energy Industry- Sole Instructor for the Five Day Short Course-October-November 2000 – Sponsored by the Institute of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers, - London U. K.

International Power and Petrochem Consortium- Chairman and Invited Lecturer October 2000 at DERA, Farnborough, U.K.

Gas Turbine Short Course—One Day, Sole Instructor, Texas A&M University sponsored course at the TurboMachinery Symposium September, 2000, Houston, Texas

“Condition Monitoring of Large Combined Cycle Power Plants” Invited Lecturer, Department of Energy, Power Producers and Petrochemical Users of Advanced Gas Turbines- Workshop, June 6-7, 2000, Washington D.C.

TurboMachinery for the Energy Industry- Sole Instructor for the Five Day Short Course-May 2000 - Sponsored by the Institute of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers,- London U. K.

TurboMachinery for the New Millennium- Chairman and Invited Lecturer May 2000 at DERA, Farnborough, U.K.

1999

TurboMachinery for the Energy Industry- Sole Instructor for the Five Day Short Course-December 1999-Singapore.

Combined Cycle Power Plants-- Sole Instructor for the Five Day, Short Course September 1999-London, U.K.

TurboMachinery for the New Millennium –Key Note Speaker TurboMachinery Symposium September 1999

New Developments in Gas Turbines- Invited Lecturer at the Naval Post Graduate School Monterey CA.-July 1999.

Optimizing Condition Monitoring, and Modeling of Plant Aerothermodynamics for Improved Plant Availability, Maintainability and Efficiency Short Course - March, 1999.

1996

Combined Cycle Power Plant Operation, Berlin, Germany, December 1996.

Gas Turbines in Utility Service, Berlin, Germany, January 1996.

Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors Operation and Maintenance, Warrick, U.K., May 1996.

1995

Combined Cycle Power Plant and High Technology Gas Turbines, For National Power, November, 1995. Swindon U.K.
Combined Cycle Power Plants, Arnhem, The Netherlands, September 1995.

Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressor Technology, Dubai, April 1995.

Gas Turbines for Utilities – Arnhem, The Netherlands, September 1995.

Gas Turbines and Compressors for the North Sea, Oslo, Norway, Short Course presented annually from 1991-1994.

Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor, Margarita Island, Venezuela, April 15-18, 1991.

Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors, United Kingdom, presented annually 1990-1996.

Operation and Maintenance of Gas Turbines. Cranfield School of Mechanical Engineering, January 8-12, 1990, Cranfield, England.

Design Operation and Maintenance of TurboMachinery, Aberdeen, Scotland, May, 1988.

Design, Operation and Maintenance of TurboMachinery Short Course, Dubai, U.A.E., February, 1988.

Gas Turbine-Centrifugal Compressor Short Course, Norway, November, 1987.
General TurboMachinery Course, London, England, June, 1987.

New Developments in On-line Diagnostics for TurboMachinery. Lecture at Cranfield University, Cranfield, England, 1987.

Short Course on TurboMachinery, Anchorage, Alaska, March 1987.

Operation and Maintenance of Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors, Boyce Engineering/Nico International, DUBAI, U.A.E., January, 1987.

Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor Short Course, Houston, Texas, November, 1986.

Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressors, Houston, Texas, May, 1986.

Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor Course, London, England, May, 1986.

Rotating Machinery Short Course. Short Course, Anchorage, Alaska, February, 1986.

New Developments in TurboMachinery Design, Lecture at University of Houston, 1986.

Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor Short Course, Houston, Texas, November, 1985.
Short Course on Centrifugal Compressors, London, England, October, 1985.

Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor Short Course, Houston, Texas, - October 1984.

General TurboMachinery Short Course, Houston, Texas, April, 1984.

Maintenance and Reliability Improvement Short Course, Houston, Texas, April, 1984.

Gas Turbine Short Course, S.A. Meneven, Caracas, Venezuela, October, 1981.

TurboMachinery Short Course, Boyce Engineering International, Inc. facilities, Houston, Texas, September, 1981.

Maintenance of Rotating Machinery Short Course. Boyce Engineering International, Inc. facilities, Houston, Texas, July, 1981.

Short Course on Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors, Phillips 66, Stavanger, Norway, March 1981.

Gas Turbines Short Course, S.A. Meneven, Caracas, Venezuela, October, 1980.

Surge Characteristics in Centrifugal Compressors sponsored by ASME Houston, Chapter, September, 1978.

Spectrum Analysis for Surge Control. A Lecture sponsored by the Engineering Foundation at New England College, Hoenecker, New Hampshire, July, 1978.

Spectrum Analysis, A Look in TurboMachinery Maintenance. Invited Lecturer, Nicolet Scientific, June, 1977.

Cavitation Problems and Pump Sizing. Invited Lecturer at Pump Symposium sponsored by Chemical Engineering, January, 1977.