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WBF names Hawkins for Guido Award

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Research Triangle Park, NC (18 May 2007) - WBF announces its presentation of the prestigious Dr. Guido Carlo-Stella Award to William M. Hawkins. This award is presented to leading professionals throughout the world for their contributions and developments in the area of process automation, and for their support of WBF. The distinguished award was presented at the recent WBF 2007 North American Conference held in Baltimore, Maryland.

Bill Hawkins, with over 45 years of experience in process control engineering, spent 20 years with Hercules Chemical as an industry user and his next 20 years with Rosemount (now Emerson Process Management) as a control system supplier. Hawkins earned a BSME from MIT in 1960. During his time with Hercules, Hawkins invented special measurement devices for assembly machines in a blasting cap plant and worked on solving electronic and measurement problems in fiber and blown film applications. Hawkins also established an instrument laboratory and designed a batch control system around a commercially available computer control system.

After joining Rosemount in 1980, Hawkins soon became control system architect for Rosemount's RS3 control system and led the development of the RS3 ABC Batch control system. He joined the ISA-SP88 committee where he helped develop the concept of separation of recipe and equipment and served as secretary of the committee for several years through the final ballot for ISA-88.01. During this time, Hawkins also served on the equivalent IEC committees to gain an international perspective on these standards.

"Throughout his career, Bill Hawkins has been a leader in developing and applying new technologies," says Asish Ghosh, WBF Trustee and VP, ARC Advisory Group. "Bill was one of the founding members of WBF and served for 8 years as treasurer. After retiring from this position, Bill served WBF as a Trustee and has been actively involved in the development of the conference technical program. He has also been a teacher, author and a mentor to many and has contributed greatly to our profession. I can think of no other person more worthy of this prestigious award."

The Dr. Guido Carlo-Stella Award, created in 1999 in honor of its namesake, is presented every year to an individual who has demonstrated technical excellence or have mentored and inspired others in the field of automation and information integration in the manufacturing industries.

The next WBF North American Conference is now being scheduled. The conference will once again showcase the automation industry's leading professionals addressing manufacturing systems, batch, continuous, discrete, and hybrid process automation, production planning, lean manufacturing, asset utilization and standard's implementations that enable participants to get and keep their operations competitive.

WBF makes conference technical papers available at their website, and provides on-going education via regularly scheduled web casts.

About WBF
WBF provides an open forum for the exchange of information related to the management, operation, and automation of manufacturing processes. Created in 1994, members of the non-profit, professional organization include end-users, vendors, consultants and academics. WBF provides organization, management, and structure to facilitate networking among its members and sharing of knowledge and information related to manufacturing processes. WBF documents best practices and guidelines for implementation of standards that apply to batch control and the exchange of batch data, as well as conducting technical conferences and technical training programs. WBF is a founding charter member of The Automation Federation.

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