ISA Announces 2015 Fellows & Celebrating Excellence Award Honorees

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (June 25, 2015) – The International Society of Automation (ISA) recently announced those ISA members who have elevated to the distinguished membership grade of Fellow and the Celebrating Excellence Award honorees for 2015, including Member’s Choice honorees chosen by their peers. Elevation to the distinguished grade of ISA Fellow is granted to senior society members in recognition of their exceptional engineering scientific contributions to the field of automation. ISA’s Celebrating Excellence Awards honor companies and individuals—both members and non-members—for significant contributions in leadership, technical innovation and contributions to education that have advanced the profession. Award presentations will be made at the 53rd Annual ISA Honors & Awards Gala, October 11, 2015, at the Louisville Marriott Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky. 2015 ISA Fellows David Emerson North Texas Section Yokagawa, Carrollton, Texas, USA For development of Business to Manufacturing Markup Language and the Batch Markup Language William V. Fitzgerald Process Measurement & Control Division Fisher Controls TC, Marshalltown, Iowa, USA For pioneering the theory and practical application for diagnostic testing of air-operated control valve assemblies Eric Rotvold Twin Cities Section Rosemount, Shakopee, Minnesota, USA For leading the development of industrial wireless sensor network standards and product implementations Michael D. Scott Alaska Section ae Solutions, Anchorage, Alaska, USA For exceptional contributions to the advancement of the process safety lifecycle concepts and their sustainable application to the process industry Tony Waters Analysis Division Analyzer Consulting Engineers LLC, Atascadero, California, USA For leading-edge development of Process Gas Chromatograph column systems and improved designs of analyzer house and sampling system assemblies 2015 Celebrating Excellence Honors & Awards Program Excellence in Leadership Recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the industry and/or profession to advance automation. Recipient to be announced at a later date Excellence in Analytical Technical Innovation (Endowed by the ISA Analysis Division) Recognizes an individual who has played a critical role in the conception, design, and/or implementation of an innovative product, process, and/or service in the analytical technology field Peter Van Vuuren, Ph.D. Kaiser Optical Systems Inc., Houston, Texas, USA For the development of the New Sampling/Sensor Initiative (NeSSI) leading to the commercialization of SP76/NeSSI products, improving the reliability of sampling systems now widely used commercially by major petroleum manufacturing companies Excellence in Technical Innovation (Endowed by 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 John A. McIlwain Honeywell Specialty Materials, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA For the development of Multivariable Predictive Control Technology to replace Three Dynamic Matrix Control applications Excellence in Corporate Technical Innovation Recognizes the company whose contributions and innovations have enhanced social value. No recommendation due to lack of nominations that fully met criteria. 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. Co-authors: Paul Little JP3 Measurement, Austin, Texas, USA Jie Zhu Analysis Division JP3 Measurement, Austin, Texas, USA Phil Harris Analysis Division HariTec, Calgary, Alberta, Canada For the most outstanding paper, “In-situ, Real Time Analysis of Liquid and Gas Hydrocarbon Streams using a Broadly Tunable Spectrometer,” presented at the 2014 ISA 59th Analysis Division Symposium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA Excellence in Education Recognizes an individual who has developed and/or enhanced established educational programs to advance the automation profession in educational institutions Richard Braatz, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA For advancing the automation profession through education Excellence in Enduring Service Recognizes dedicated volunteer service to the society at the grassroots level. May be presented to multiple (up to five) honorees. Jerry M. Clemons, Ph.D. Analysis Division ABB Process Analytics, Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA For dedicated and enduring service to the Society Excellence in Society Service Recognizes distinguished and dedicated volunteer service to the society Mike Huereca Houston Section Rawson, Houston, Texas, USA For exemplary service to two ISA sections and districts by serving in numerous section and district leadership positions which resulted in outstanding section performance Division Excellence Recognizes an ISA division for development and/or execution of programs and/or services to advance the mission of the Society. No recommendation. No nominations were submitted. Section Excellence Recognizes an ISA section for development and/or execution of programs and/or services to advance the mission of the Society. The honoree will be revealed at the Gala. The nominees are: Houston Section For financing and conducting an internship program for over 50 students and a PE study group for 55 participants Oklahoma State University Student Section For organizing and conducting Automation Day 2015 as a cooperative venture between education and industry Spain Section For a program and execution of plan to publish new technical books on automation in Spanish language 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. Keith Unger ISA95 Buford, Georgia, USA For sustained leadership over the past 15 years of the ISA95 Enterprise-Control System Integration Committee, which developed a six-part standard that has been widely recognized in the automation and IT industries as a leading tool for integrating manufacturing systems with business systems Member’s Choice Award Honorees Member’s Choice candidates are nominated by the members and honorees are selected by vote of the members. Division Leader of the Year Recognizes a division leader whose activities in the previous year, in an innovative way, have provided exceptional value to a division, or enhanced an existing conference and/or symposia, or contributed to the development of a new conference and/or symposia. No honoree. No nominations submitted. Section Leader of the Year Recognizes a section leader whose activities in the previous year, in an innovative way, provided exceptional value to a local section. Rahul Sharma BMS College of Engineering Student Section BMS College of Engineering, Gurgaon Haryana, India Student Mentor of the Year Recognizes a member whose activities in the previous year have promoted and encouraged student involvement in automation programs KLS Sharma Bangalore Section Automation Education and Training, Bangalore, India Volunteer Leader of the Year Recognizes a member who in the previous year has demonstrated exceptional leadership of a task force, committee, or board at any level within the Society (section, division, district, department, executive) resulting in a specific positive outcome. A. Vimala Juliet, Ph.D. South India Section SRM University Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India The International Society of Automation is a nonprofit professional association that sets the standard for those who apply engineering and technology to improve the management, safety and cybersecurity of modern automation and control systems used across industry and critical infrastructure.