upcoming

events

chapter meetings

All meetings will take place 12:00pm-1:00pm. This meeting schedule is created with the intention of covering the 5 pillars of SMRP. Each member is required to attend 3/5 meetings to be in good standing with HCSMRP.

2026 event schedule

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2025 meetings

  • 2025 Kick-Off Lunch & Learn!

    Topic: Pillar 3, Equipment Reliability

    Date: Thursday, January 9th

    Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM

    Location: LyondellBasell Center for Petrochemical, Energy, & Technology

    Speakers:

    Kyle DeArmon

    Sudhakar Mahajanam PhD, MBA, PE

  • 2025 spring meeting

    Topic: Pillar 1, Business Management

    Date: Thursday, March 13th

    Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM

    Location: Park Towers | North Tower

    Speakers:

    Eno Agbasonu

    Pat McLemore

  • 2025 SUMMER MEETING

    Topic: Pillar 4, Organization & Leadership

    Date: Thursday, July 10th

    Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM

    Location: LyondellBasell Center for Petrochemical, Energy, & Technology

    Speakers:

    Susan Steyn

    Chris Topping

    Michael Eisenbise

  • 2025 FALL MEETING

    Topic: Pillar 5, Work Management

    Date: Thursday, September 11th

    Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM

    Location: Chevron Phillips Chemical, Global Headquarters | 9500 Lakeside Blvd, The Woodlands, TX 77381

    Speakers:

    Dr. Karl Hoffower, DC, CRL

    Richard Bierman

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Previous Chapter Meetings

  • FALL LUNCH & LEARN

    Speaker: Dr. Karl Hoffower, DC, CRL | Co-Founder & Executive Director @ Failure Prevention Associates, LLC

    Speaker: Richard Bierman | Rotating Equipment Reliability Lead @ Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

  • summer lunch & learn

    Speaker: Susan Steyn | Senior Consultant @ The Woodhouse Partnership Ltd

    Speaker: Chris Topping | Engineering Manager @ Wood

    Speaker: Michael Eisenbise | Downstream Principal Maintenance and Reliability Engineer (Retired) @ bp

    July 2025

  • SMRP MAINTENANCE & RELIABILITY SYMPOSIUM

    May 2025

  • SPRING lunch & learn

    Speaker: Eno Agbasonu, Senior Consultant | MAXGRIP

    Speaker: Pat McLemore, VP of Products & Support | Bill Spitzer & Associates, Inc.

    March 2025

  • houston LUNCH & LEARN

    Speakers: Kyle DeArmon, Business Development Manager | Ward

    Sudhakar Mahajanam PhD, MBA, PE, Materials and Corrosion Engineer | MISTRAS

    January 2025

  • Board Committee vote

    November 2024

  • Houston Lunch & Learn

    Speaker: George Perrett , Operational Excellence Oil and Gas Sales | Peri

    August 2024

  • Houston Lunch & Learn

    Speaker: Scott D. Bouse, Senior Associate | WJE

    April 2024

  • Basant Gyawali

    Houston Lunch & Learn

    Speaker: Basant Gyawali, Maintenance Consultant | Reliability Engineering

    February 2024

  • Houston Lunch & learn

    Speaker: Zach Steffen, Director of Industrial Products | Trackonomy

    November 2023

  • Houston Lunch & learn

    Speaker: Michael Wallace, Partner | Pinnacle

    September 2023