Hands-on & Virtual Workshops
Virtual Workshop
The 2021 Workshop had a compelling, live and interactive online experience over the 16 hours of classroom and lab instruction.
Real-time cleaning exercises and demonstrations brought the attendees as close as possible to hands-on testing.
The Product Quality Cleaning Workshop featured:
- 16 hours of continuing education
- 8 hours of live and interactive class time
- 8 hours of live and interactive time in the lab cleaning parts and discussing equipment, cleaners, and pro-tips
Attendee comments from the 2021 virtual workshop:
- "You folks did a great job. You covered it all. Zoom seemed to work well, your tech guy should get a medal."
- "I have to admit, you kept me on my toes throughout the event by always interjecting the direct importance of physics and chemistry on cleaning, that part was great."
- "I thought the workshop was amazing, great job! I really enjoyed attending it and learned quite a few things as well. Despite it having to be virtual, I thought you all did a fantastic job at explaining and demonstrating everything for others to understand."
Hands-on Workshop
In 2018, we held a hands-on workshop here at Sam Houston State University.
Attendee comments from the 2018 hands-on workshop:
PQCW: What activities/information did you find most valuable?
- "The various cleaning processes available which I can relay to customers." - Mark
- "lab activities & demonstrations - specifically the low-tech analytical techniques. ... Tying things to fundamental chemistry was very helpful." - 2018 Attendee
- "One-on-one conversations" - Michael
- "vapor degreasing (I had no previous knowledge)" - Chris
- "FTIR, Raman, and fluorescence of surfaces" - Don
- "Excellent workshop. I will recommend to others." - John
- "All the lab activities were interesting & made me think about things I need to consider in my own lab work." - Carolyn
- "Hands-on workshop was great. Standards discussion was informative. Overall great program, well organized!" - Mary
- "As a chemist, I found the surface energy portions most valuable." - 2018 Attendee
- "The general overview of cleaning and the introduction to cleaning processes [were most valuable]. I really enjoyed [the] foil testing explanation." - Rachel
Although we loved providing hands-on events, we find that we reach more people and have a larger impact through our online content: on-demand courses, webinars (past and present), videos, and articles.
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