Summer 2005 externship

Tatyana Finkelstein

Teacher of Mathematics

Diamond Middle School

Lexington

Agenda

• Keyspan background• Externship aspects• The vocabulary• The Software tools• The Project• The process• Conclusion

Summer 2005 externship

Keyspan

• Formed in May 1998

• Acquired Eastern Enterprises in 2000

• Operates regulated natural gas utilities in New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire under the KeySpan Energy Delivery service company

• Largest distributor of natural gas in the Northeast with 2.5 million customers

Summer 2005 externship

Field work

Office

Summer 2005 externship

Gas main

Take station

Gas valve

Summer 2005 externship

Multiple layers

Simple navigation

Modeling

Data analyses

ArcGIS and ArcFM

Summer 2005 externship

A valve is critical if it can be used to isolate a main passing across a highway, a railroad, or a river.

Project: Identification of critical valves.

Summer 2005 externship

Map browsing

Dragging

Identifying

Scaling

Summer 2005 externship

• Mathematics in the real world

• Real data for linear regressions

• Using models for data analysis

• Using Excel for manipulating data

Conclusion

Summer 2005 externship

• David Iceler• Fawzi Belguet• Dave Cedrone• Araceli Ortiz• Andrea Infantino• Diane Brooks Ring

Acknowledgements