ALEXANDRIA, Va. (June 20, 2016) – Nishita Sinha from Chatham, New Jersey has won the 2016 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP)—the most prestigious youth competition for water-related research. Sinha and 53 other students, representing a total of 47 states and Puerto Rico, competed in the national finals this past weekend at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

POQUOSON, Va. (June 17, 2016) -- The Measurement, Control & Automation Association (MCAA) has published its Annual Market Forecast for 2016. The report focuses on the process instrumentation and automation (PI&A) markets in both the U.S. and Canada. Twelve industry segments and product categories are examined in-­depth, with a forecast timeline extending to the year 2020.

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado (June 15, 2016)—The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME) and the SME Foundation have announced the recipients of the 2016 Ph.D. Fellowship and Academic Career Development Grants. The program initiative focuses on rebuilding the U.S. mining school faculty pipeline to address the decline of viable tenure-track candidates at universities offering degrees in mining engineering, mineral processing or extractive metallurgy.

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana (June 14, 2016)—Stokes & Spiehler announced several promotions to enhance its management team and better serve its off- and onshore clients.

Blair LeBlanc, P.E., has been named vice president – offshore operations; Russ Bellard, P.E., has been named vice president – onshore operations; Tony Shell has been named vice president – sales and marketing; and Donnie Busscher has been named engineering manager.