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Standards and Practices Award

The Standards and Practices Award, established in 1965, recognizes an outstanding contribution to the Society's Standards and Practices effort. This award is presented to recognize and stimulate individual accomplishments and contributions to Standards and Practices in instrumentation, systems, and automation.

2009 Honoree

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.

About Dennis Brandl:

Brandl is President and founder of BR&L Consulting, Inc. Brandl is the author of "Design Patterns for Flexible Manufacturing" and "A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge", chapter 24, and has authored or co-authored over 36 articles relative to his field of expertise and holds several patents. Brandl was the recipient of the IEC 1906 Award, 2008. He holds a B.S. in Physics and a M.S. in Measurement & Control from Carnegie Mellon University and a M.S. in Computer Science from California State University, Chico.

Award and Presentation:

The Standards and Practices Award may be conferred annually and carries a $1,000 honorarium and plaque. Presentation is made at the annual honors and awards program.

Qualifications:

The award is open to ISA members only. It was originated to recognize the importance of standards and recommended practices in instrumentation in industry, government, and education. It is intended to honor those members of the Society who have, in past years or present, made significant contributions in organizing, developing, or administering standards and practices, particularly those of ISA.

Nomination:

Nomination of an individual for the Standards & Practices Award are accepted any individual. It is expected that the Standards & Practices Department will submit nominations of deserving candidates. Nominations are made in writing on the appropriate form.

Previous Honorees:

1965 J.W. Percy
1966 A.V. Novak
1967 F.H. Winterkamp
1968 G. Platt
1969 G.G. Gallagher
1970 J.E. McEvoy
1971 F.L. Malthy
1972 R.E. Clarridge
1973 J.R. Mahoney Jr.
1974 E.C. Magison
1975 D.C. Hughes
1976 O.P. Lovett Jr.
1977 W.E. Vannah
1978 W.B. Miller
1979 P. Bliss
1980 B.A. Christerisen
1981 H.T. Hubbard
1982 A.P. McCauley Jr.
1983 R.L. Nickens
1984 L.F. Griffith
1985 L.R. Driskell
1986 R.S. Crowder Jr.
1987 E.M. Nesvig
1988 Not Awarded
1989 C.G. Langford
1990 W.C. Weidman
1991 H.S. Hopkins
1992 F.J. McGowan
1993 J. Rennie
1994 J.A. Bossert
1995 D.N. Bishop
1996 W. Calder III
1997 V.J. Maggioli
1998 Not Awarded
1999 Not Awarded
2000 R.H. Caro
2001 J.F. Tatera
2002 T.L. Phinney
2003 C.D. Hardin
2004 K.T. Bond
2005 W.G. Lawrence
2006 G.R. McFarland
2007 E. Cosman
2008 Not Awarded