Mark Coughran

Title: Mark Coughran and Rapid Process Model Identification

Introduction

Mark Coughran is an inventor associated with Austin, Texas, and Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc. His patent work addresses a practical challenge in process control: identifying a useful model of a process quickly enough to support simulation and control.

Latest Patents

The provided information lists one patent for Coughran: “Rapid Process Model Identification and Generation.” The invention estimates a process’s integrating gain and deadtime from the initial response to a change in input. It then uses those estimates to generate a complete process model for different types of processes. The resulting models can support simulation or process control, helping bring model-based control systems online sooner. The technique can also produce simulation models before a controller has finished responding to a single process upset. Coughran is credited with 1 patent.

Career Highlights

Coughran’s listed invention focuses on making process modeling faster and more responsive to operational needs. The supplied information associates him with Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., a company connected to process control systems.

Collaborations

Gregory K. McMillan is identified as Coughran’s coworker. The information provided does not specify whether McMillan collaborated with him on the patent.

Conclusion

Mark Coughran’s patent on rapid process model identification and generation describes an approach for creating process models from early response data, with potential applications in both simulation and process control.