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Professional Service Awards

Honorary Member

Leonard W. Moore,
Moore Industries International, North Hills, California, USA
Citation:
For contributions in the advancement of the arts and sciences of automation over a 40-year career of innovation, product development, and business leadership.

Life Achievement Award

Peter G. Martin, Ph.D.
Invensys, Foxboro, Massachusetts, USA
Citation:
In recognition of a three-decade career in the development of dynamic performance measurement technology and the sharing of these innovations through publication, global speaking engagements, and product application.

ISA Fellows

Fellow Membership

  • Lawrence Barone, Jr.
    (South Coast Systems, Inc.) Orange County Section
    Citation: In recognition of contributions to the design, development, and implementation of control systems.
  • Edson da Costa Bortoni
    (EFEI UNIFEI) Triangulo Mineiro Section
    Citation:
    In recognition of educational and technical contributions used on several energy management processes.
  • Dennis Brandl
    (BR&L Consulting) Tarheel Section
    Citation:
    In recognition of contributions to the science, practice, and standardization of batch processing.
  • Eric Byres
    (Byres Security, Inc.) British Columbia Section
    Citation:
    In recognition of contributions to the fields of industrial network design and process cyber security.
  • John W. Gay
    (Power Max Consulting) Baltimore/Washington Section
    Citation:
    In recognition of the development and implementation of control algorithms used in fossil fuel power plants.
  • Ulrich Gokeler
    (Siemens Energy & I Automation, Inc.) Houston Section
    Citation: In recognition of contributions to the specification and development of chromatographic applications used for process and environmental measurements.
  • Robert Heider
    (Confluence Solar) St. Louis Section
    Citation:
    In recognition of contributions to the simulation, development, and implementation of advanced control strategies.
  • Marcos Peluso
    (Emerson Process Management – Rosemount) Twin Cities Section
    Citation: In recognition of contributions to the development and deployment of industrial field instrument digital communications.
  • H.L. “Leo” Staples, Jr.
    (Oklahoma Gas & Electric) Greater Oklahoma Section
    Citation: In recognition of contributions to the practical application of automation technology in power plants.
  • Angela E. Summers
    (SIS-TECH Solutions LP) Houston Section
    Citation: In recognition of contributions to education, technology, and standardization impacting safe automation in the process industry.

Technical Recognitions

Arnold O. Beckman Founder Award

John C. Ziegert, Ph.D.
Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Citation:
For conception and implementation of the laser ball bar, an instrument for measuring the spatial positioning accuracy of multi-axis machine tools.

Albert F. Sperry Founder Award

Kristofer Pister
Dust Networks, Hayward, California, USA
Citation: For advances in the development of high-reliability lower-power wireless “mesh” networking.

ISA Analysis Division Luft Award

Jerry M. Clemons
ABB Process Analytics, Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA
Citation: For exceptional leadership in development of the process gas chromatograph through training, manufacturing, design, and implementation throughout the world.

UOP Technology Award

Vince R. Dooley
Alcoa World Alumina, Attadale, Australia
Citation: For the development of specialized on-line instrumentation for the improvement in process control of the Bayer process for alumina refining.

Service Recognitions

Golden Achievement Award

Citation: For long and continuous dedication to the Society and its ideals.

Distinguished Society Service

Citation: For outstanding service and contributions to the Society and its Members.

Emerging Leader Award

Citation: For demonstrating early leadership accomplishments benefiting the Society and its Members.

  • Murtaza Gandhi
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA ( Baton Rouge Section)
  • Seth Olson
    PLCs Plus International, Bakersfield, California, USA (Southern San Joaquin Valley Section)

Education Awards

Donald P. Eckman Education Award

Alexander V. Bobovich
NWCIT of SUAI, St. Petersburg, Russia
Citation: For outstanding contributions to education and training in the science, engineering and technology of instrumentation, systems, and automation.

Don W. Thompson Award

Ian Ross
British Columbia Inst of Tech, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Citation: For exemplary efforts and achievements to encourage and support student activities and to mentor students.

Other Awards

Excellence in Documentation Award

Citation: For the paper “Combustibles Measurements In Sulfur Recovery Unit Acid Gas With A Combined Non-Dispersive Unltraviolet/Non-Dispersive Infrared Analyzer” published in ISA 2009 Technology Updates; ISA 53 rd Analysis Division Symposium 2008.

Co-authors:

  • Kevin Harris
    AMETEK P&AI, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (non-member)
  • Randy Hauer
    AMETEK P&AI, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA ( Pittsburgh Section)
  • Dan Potter
    AMETEK P&AI, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (non-member)

Standards & Practices Award

Dennis L. Brandl
BR&L Consulting, Cary, North Carolina, USA (Tar Heel Capital Area Section)
Citation: For contributions in developing ANSI/ISA88.00.01 standard including parts 2, 3 and 4 and as a co-founder of the ISA95 enterprise/control system integration standard.

Corporate Sponsorship and Recognition Award

Honor Roll Companies:

  • Small Category:
    • DynaTech Control Solutions, Inc., Amherst, New York, USA
    • Flow Solutions, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
  • Medium Category:
    • ABB Process Analytics, Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA
    • Burns Bros, Syracuse, New York, USA
  • Large Category:
    • Maverick Technologies LLC, Columbia, Illinois, USA

Outstanding Division Award:

Section Performance Award:

  • Italy Section
    Citation: For garnering the most points among the small Gold Sections.
  • St. Louis Section
    Citation: For garnering the most points among the medium Gold Sections.
  • Calgary Section
    Citation: For garnering the most points among the large Gold Sections.
  • Espiritu Santo Section
    Citation: For adding automatic synchronization between the database and website. - www.isa-es.org.br.
  • Edmonton Section
    Citation: For creation of the new Directory website that supports the printed Alberta Instrumentation Directory – www.isa-alberta.org.
  • Orange County Section
    Citation: For enabling two student groups to compete in a robotics competition student groups.