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ISA Announces Recipients of 2008 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships

Research Triangle Park, NC (25 August 2008) - ISA is proud to announce the winners of the 2008 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to college and university students who demonstrate outstanding potential for long-range contribution to the fields of automation and control. The scholarship awards support tuition and related expenses and research activities and initiatives.
 

ISA awarded $40,000 distributed among 2-year, 4-year, and graduate program participants. Contributors within the ISA Educational Foundation included the Norman E. Huston Endowment, Paros-Digiquartz Fund, the Bob and Mary Ives Endowment, and the ISA Chemical & petroleulm Industries Division Endowment.

The 2008 recipients are:

2 Year Program
April Lynn Lemus
Lee College
Baytown, Texas
Major: Electrical Technology & Design Technology

Amy Lynn Klassen
Palo Alto College
San Antonio, Texas
Major: A.A.S. Industrial Automation

Dana Marie Riddoch
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Major: Instrumentation Engineering Technology

Undergraduate
Nirmit Vidyut Parikh
Institute of Technology, Nirma University of Science & Technology
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Major: Instrumentation and Control

Lina Marie Tucker
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
Major: Mechanical Engineering

Gregory Alan Ciccarelli
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
Major: Electrical Engineering

Samuel Coburn Kucera
The University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Major: Engineering Physics

Josephine Shabbir Dula
Institute of Technology, Nirma University
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Major: Instrumentation and Control

Alexey Tirtichny
St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation
St. Petersburg, Russia
Major: Engineering – Information Sensors

Graduate
Fei Qi (Doctorate)
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Major: Automation

Chetan Chandak (Masters)
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Major: Chemical Engineering

Jin Joo Lee (Masters)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
Major: Electrical Engineering

Fan Li (Doctorate)
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Major: Nuclear Engineering

Reza Saeidpourazar (Doctorate)
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
Major: Mechanical Engineering

For more information about ISA’s scholarship program, call Laura Crumpler at (919) 990-9232 or visit www.isa.org/scholarships.

About ISA

Founded in 1945, ISA (www.isa.org) is a leading, global, nonprofit organization that is setting the standard for automation by helping over 30,000 worldwide members and other professionals solve difficult technical problems, while enhancing their leadership and personal career capabilities. Based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, ISA develops standards; certifies industry professionals; provides education and training; publishes books and technical articles; and hosts the largest conference and exhibition for automation professionals in the Western Hemisphere. ISA is the founding sponsor of The Automation Federation (www.automationfederation.org).