Andy Verwer
Andy Verwer is the Principal Lecturer in the Department of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Science and Engineering at Manchester Metro-politan University (MMU), United Kingdom, and the manager of Ascent (MMU ASCent –Automation Systems Centre). Andy has more than 25 yea-rs experience in teaching automation, control engineering and mechatronics at MMU and before that, 14 years experience in the aircraft, pharm-aceutical and process industries involved in design and implementation of instrumentation, automation and control systems.

He has published over 50 technical papers and a well-sold book: “Control system design and simulation”. And he has been involved with many industrial projects of control and automation and developed software and hardware for teaching control system design, simulation and impleme-ntation.

Over the years, respectively Andy has set up the UK PROFIBUS Competency Centre (PCC), the training and support centre of Actuator-Sensor Interface (AS-i), OpenPLC programming using IEC61131-3 and Industrial Ethernet. Andy currently serves on the steering committees for PROFIBUS UK, AS-i UK and is a member of the PROFIBUS International working groups for Installation and Training.

Andy Verwer
     Andy Verwer是曼彻斯特城市大学（MMU）科学与工程学院工程与技术系首席讲师，自动化系统中心（ASCent）主任。他在MMU执教自动化、控制工程和机电一体化等25年之多，并且有着14年的从事航天器、制药和流程工业等行业的设计和实施仪器、自动化和控制系统的经历。
     他发表过50多篇的论文，并且出版了畅销的“控制系统设计和仿真”一书。他主持和参与了许多控制和自动化领域的实际项目，开发出了用于控制系统设计、仿真和实施的软件。
     多年来，他分别建立了英国PROFIBUS资格中心和基于AS-i、开放式PLC编程语言IEC61131-3、工业以太网的技术培训和支持中心。目前他是英国PROFIBUS组织、英国AS-i组织指导委员会成员，也是PROFIBUS国际组织（PI）安装技术和培训工作组成员。

Andy Verwer此次轻院之行将做2场学术报告，热烈欢迎电气、自动化、信息工程和机电一体化等专业感兴趣的老师、研究生和高年级本科生按时参加。
1．PROFIBUS fault finding and health checking
 Modern control system architecture.
 The reliability problem.
 Categorisation of faults.
 Strategies for fault-finding.
 Design and installation issues.
 Redundancy and hot-swap techniques.
 System documentation.
 Effective use of system diagnostics.
 System heath checks.
 Predictive maintenance strategies.

时间：2007年9月18日星期二下午2:30～4:00
地点：电气信息工程学院西二楼301室

2. Software requirements for industrial control
 Control system architecture.
 Maintainability issues.
 Overview of control system types.
 software organisation and structure.
 Open PLC programming, IEC61131-3.
 Real-time operation.
 Sample rate selection.
 Networked control systems, IEC61499.
 Functional safety requirements, IEC61508

时间：2007年9月19日星期三下午2:30～4:00
地点：电气信息工程学院西二楼301室