Fellows and Celebrating Excellence Award Honorees recognized at the annual ISA Honors & Awards Gala

ISA is proud to announce ISA members elevated to the distinguished grade of Fellow and the Celebrating Excellence award honorees for 2019.

Elevation to the distinguished grade of ISA Fellow were granted to Senior Members in recognition of their exceptional engineering scientific contributions to the field of automation. ISA’s Celebrating Excellence Awards honors companies and individuals, both members and non-members, for significant contributions in leadership, technical innovation, and contributions to education that have advanced the automation profession.

Award presentations were made at the annual Honors & Awards Gala on 26 October 2019 in San Diego, California, USA.

2019 Fellows

Elevation to the distinguished grade of ISA Fellow is granted to ISA Senior Members in recognition of outstanding achievements in scientific or engineering fields as recognized by ISA peers.

For furthering the creation of an industrial automation program for engineers.

Edward J. Farmer
Northern California Section, EFA Technologies, Sacramento, California, USA
For furthering revolutionary developments in the pipeline leak detection method systems.

2019 Celebrating Excellence Honors & Awards

Excellence in Leadership

Recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the industry and/or profession to advance automation.

Thomas J. Burke
OPC Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
For leadership and initiative in driving the OPC UA communication standard's development, application and global awareness and through it, making a powerful impact on interoperability of automation systems.
 

Excellence in Technical Innovation, Endowed by Honeywell UOP

Recognizes an individual who has played a critical role in the conception, design, and/or implementation of an innovative product, process, and/or service.

Jayesh Barve
GE Global Research Center, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
For contributions to R&D projects related to the next generation of technology.

Excellence in Technical Presentation

Recognizes the author(s) of the most outstanding paper, article, presentation, or document published and/or presented on behalf of ISA that introduces a new technology or explains an existing automation process.
 
  

Brian Mast
Copper Bell Consulting LLC, Seattle, Washington, USA
For Presentation on “Summary of the King County, Washington, West Point WWTP Flood of 2017”

Excellence in Education

Recognizes an individual who has developed and/or enhanced established educational programs to advance the automation profession in educational institutions.
 
  

Dr. Ravindra Thamma
Connecticut Valley Section
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut, USA
For establishing a robust Robotics Mechatronics and Engineering Technology ABET accredited program at Central Connecticut State University.

 

Mentoring Excellence

Recognizes a member who in the previous year excelled in mentoring students and/or young professionals in automation or student sections in advancing the mission of the Society. 
 
Mary Cannon 
Houston Section 
Pentair Valves & Controls, Sugar Land, Texas, USA
For active involvement mentoring students in ISA for many years in the Houston area. 

Excellence in Enduring Service

Recognizes dedicated volunteer service to the Society at the grassroots level. May be presented to multiple (up to five) honorees.
 
Luay Al-Awami
Saudi Arabia Section
Saudi Aramco, Qatif, Eastern, Saudi Arabia
For years of dedicated service and leadership to the Society and the ISA Saudi Arabia Section.

  

Excellence in Society Service

Recognizes distinguished and dedicated volunteer service to the Society.
 
Jerry Clemons
Charleston Section
ABB Process Analytics, Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA  
For dedicated service and long-term support, activity and accomplishments across every aspect of the Society.
    

Division Excellence

The Division Excellence Award recipient was revealed at the Gala. The top three nominees are:
 
Analysis Division
For a long tradition of organizing an international technical conference with continued growth in attendees and exhibitors.

Construction and Design Industries Division
For organizing successful speaking tracks at the 2018 ISA@Montreal Conference.

Water & Wastewater Industries Division
For successfully hosting the 2018 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium in the Washington, DC area. 

Division Leader Excellence

Recognizes an ISA Division leader for development and/or execution of programs and/or services to advance the mission of the Society.

 Automatic Controls and Robotics Division
Puratos USA, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
For instrumental work in reviving the Automatic Controls and Robotics Division.

Section Excellence

Recognizes an ISA Section for development and/or execution of programs and/or services to advance the mission of the Society.

The Section Excellence Award recipient was revealed at the Gala. The top three nominees are:
 
Calgary
For engaging members and non-members at the technical meetings, tours, events and participating in student ISA sponsored events.
 
Houston Section
For offering more networking opportunities, expanding education initiatives and hosting work class program meetings to update members and engage the incoming generation.

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Student Section
For successfully executing the International Instrumentation Student Games and implementing a superior leader succession plan including transition into the professional section.

Section Leader Excellence

Recognizes an ISA Section leader for development and/or execution of programs and/or services to advance the mission of the Society. 
   
Soloman Almadi  
Saudi Arabia Section
Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Standards Excellence

Recognizes an ISA standards committee member for exceptional efforts in organization, development and/or administration to further the development of ISA standards and for services to advance the mission of the Society.
  

Ted Trost
Standards Committee
Cargill, Hopkins, MN, USA
For contributions and understanding of the topics covered by ISA99 WG6. 

Volunteer Leader of the Year

Recognizes the volunteer who the previous year has provided the most outstanding service to advance the mission of the Society unmatched by other leaders.

Don Dickinson 
Tar Heel Capitol Area Section
Phoenix Contact, Cary, North Carolina, USA