Oil analysis topic of Northern Brown Bag Luncheon

from Montana State University-Northern

Montana State University-Northern will be continuing its Spring 2022 Brown Bag Lecture Series Friday, April 22, with a presentation by Brandon Matson, Charlie Mack and Keith Jensen, Northern assistant professors of diesel technology.

The event will be held from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in Hensler Auditorium in the Applied Technology Center and it is open to the public.

In their lecture, “The Value of Implementing an Oil Analysis Program” Matson, Mack and Jensen will present an oil analysis program that they have developed as part of a joint research project. They will discuss their results and show how oil analysis, when implemented correctly, is an investment that can ultimately result in cost savings on repairs and unscheduled downtime. With oil analysis, failures can be identified before they become catastrophic failures.

Matson, Mack and Jensen are all graduates of Northern’s Diesel Technology Program. Upon completing their degrees, all three worked in the diesel industry, gaining a combined 30 years of experience before returning to Northern as faculty. Their research on the benefits and strategies of implementing an oil analysis system is a project that they have implemented as part of their masters degree coursework.

Northern’s Brown Bag Lectures are open to the public and are designed to share some of the academic work happening at the university. The series is organized by Northern’s Instruction, Research and Faculty Development Committee, in partnership with the Office of Teaching and Learning Excellence, and is sponsored by the Office of the Provost.

After the April 22 event, the series will reconvene in September 2022 with monthly lectures throughout the academic year.

Sack lunches are provided but limited, so attendees are encouraged to RSVP by Tuesday, April 19th at https://www.msun.edu/otle/brownbag.aspx or by calling 406-265-3775.