International Society of Automation News Release
Contact: Jennifer Infantino
+1 919-990-9287
jenniferinfantino@isa.org
ISA Announces Recipients of 2012 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA (15 August 2012) — The International Society of Automation (ISA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to college and university students who demonstrate outstanding potential to make lasting contributions in the fields of automation, instrumentation and control. The scholarship awards support tuition, related expenses, research activities and initiatives.
ISA awarded a total of $53,874, which was distributed among undergraduate students in two-year and four-year colleges and universities, and to graduate students. The recipients are:
Two-year programs
Yan Hui
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Student Activities Endowment Fund — $4,000
Tabatha Clayton
Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA
Student Activities Endowment Fund — $2,000
Tyrell Josephson
SIAST — Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Saskatchewan, Canada
Total Scholarship — $2,000
(Norman E. Huston Endowment Fund — $407; General Education Endowment Fund — $946; Student Activities Endowment Fund — $647)
Francis Cole
Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA
District 7 — $1,000
Dario Lopez
Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon, USA
Total Scholarship — $2,000
(Student Activities Endowment Fund — $726; District 9 — $1,274)
Pamela Montgomery
Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA
District 7 — $1,000
Four-year programs
Adam Lennartz
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Total Scholarship — $5,000
(Student Activities Endowment Fund — $4,284; District 5 Scholarship — $716)
Peter Gent
Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA
Total Scholarship — $5,000
(Chemical and Petroleum Industries Division Endowment — $3,348; Life Members Endowment — $1,640; Student Activities Endowment Fund — $12)
Justin Bradley
University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Norman E. Huston Endowment Fund — $2,500
Bradley Lan
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Total Scholarship — $2,000
(Norman E. Huston Endowment Fund — $1,640; Life Members Endowment — $360)
Yining Zang
University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Total Scholarship — $2,000
(Executive Board Endowment Fund — $1,407; General Education Endowment Fund — $393)
Richard Darter
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
Student Activities Endowment Fund — $2,000
Justin Hansen
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA
Total Scholarship — $1,000
(Norman E. Huston Endowment Fund — $22; District 8 — $978)
Gayathree Subramanian
Kumaraguru College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India
Total Scholarship — $2,500
(Bob and Mary Ives Endowment Fund — $1,539; Student Activities Endowment Fund — $961)
Radu Florea
Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Student Activities Endowment Fund — $1,000
Justin Artim
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama USA
Total Scholarship — $1,000
(Daris and Gerald Wilbanks Endowment Fund — $455; District 3 — $545)
Graduate programs
Hunter Flodman
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Total Scholarship — $4,000
(Food and Pharmaceuticals Division Endowment — $2,812; Bob and Mary Ives Endowment Funds — $1,188)
Alexey Tirtichny
St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Total Scholarship — $4,000
(Norman E. Huston Endowment — $2,695; District 12 — $1,305)
Aditya Tulysan
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Total Scholarship — $4,000
(Stuart Preston Foster Endowment Funds — $2,000; Student Activities Endowment Fund — $2,000)
Melitsa Torres-Torres
Universidad del Norte, Barranquillia, Atlantico, Columbia
General Education Endowment Fund — $3,000
Sridhar Dasani
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Student Activities Endowment Fund — $3,000
Awards by District
District 3 scholarship
Justin Artim — $545
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama USA
District 5 scholarship
Adam Lennartz — $716
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
District 7 scholarship
Pamela Montgomery — $1,000
Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA
Frances Cole — $1,000
Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA
District 8 scholarship
Justin Hansen — $1,000
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA
District 9 scholarship
Dario Lopez — $1,274
Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon, USA
District 12 scholarship
Alexey Tirtichny — $1,305
St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
For more information about ISA’s Educational Foundation Scholarships program, call Stacy Peterson at +1 919-990-9234 or visit www.isa.org/scholarships.
About ISA
Founded in 1945, the International Society of Automation (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 conferences and exhibitions for automation professionals. ISA is the founding sponsor of the Automation Federation (www.automationfederation.org).
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