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.
Robert M. Bailliet
Syscon International Inc., Magnolia, Texas, USA ( Houston Section)
Diana C. Bouchard
Techexpressions, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ( Montreal Section)
James E. Bouchard
Johnson & Johnson, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ( Montreal Section)
Distinguished Society Service
Citation: For outstanding service and contributions to the Society and its Members.
Dennis J. Fundzak
Middough Inc, Brunswick, Ohio, USA ( Cleveland Section)
Mike Huereca
Rawson, Houston, Texas, USA ( Houston Section)
Shigeo Kuroiwa
ARC Advisory Group, Kitasaku-gun Nagano, Japan (Japan Section)
J. Todd McKinney
Westlake CA & O Corp, Paducah, Kentucky, USA ( Paducah Section)
Dale C. Merriman
MerTech Inc, Houston, Texas, USA ( Houston Section)
R. Russell Rhinehart
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA ( Tulsa Section)
Anna Marie Spargo
Process Measurement Co, Omaha, Nebraska, USA ( Omaha Section)
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.
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.
