On September 24, 2012, the 50th Annual ISA Honors & Awards Reception and Gala honored fellow automation professionals for their outstanding achievements and to celebrate individual excellence at the "Oscars" of automation. And the recipients are...
Bluebonnet Section
Emerson Process Management, Austin, Texas, USA
For contributions to the development of process control theory, hardware, and software.
Cincinnati Section
JFG Technology Transfer LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
For developing standards and training for boiler control and advances in burner management systems engineering.
Toronto Section
The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Power Industry Division
ABB Inc. Power Generation, Wickliffe, Ohio, USA
For advancing state-of-the-art applications in plant-wide automation of industrial and large fossil fired power plants.
Bluebonnet Section
Emerson Process Management, Austin, Texas, USA
For contributions to the development of process control and wireless technologies.
Wilmington Section
DuPont, Newark, Delaware, USA
For development of global alarm monitoring applications, interlock bypassing, and alarm suppression safety standards.
Oak Ridge Section
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
For research and development on nuclear power plant sensing and control systems leading to enhanced, fault tolerant, power reactor operation methods.
Power Industry Division
Emerson Process Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
For development of embedded advanced control applications for large utility fossil fired boilers to optimize the combustion process while minimizing combustion emissions.
For creating a paradigm shift in systems integration by establishing and leading two cutting-edge firms to global prominence in less than 10 years, and for advancing automation through technical and strategic business solutions.
Phil C. Harris (HariTec, Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
For developments in ultra violet spectroscopy that have advanced both process and emissions monitoring capabilities.
Shankar B. Baliga, Ph.D. (General Monitors, Lake Forest, California, USA)
For contribution to the development of an intelligent optical flame detection technique which reduces false alarm, using Artificial Neural Network processing.
Robert L. Farmer (Siemens Industry, Inc., Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA)
For development of a unique & reliable communication method for Process Analyzers.
Kenexis Consulting Corporation, Columbus, Ohio, USA
For contribution to solve technical and economic challenges --- the development of Effigy™ Fire & Gas Systems performance modeling software.
Mitchell Johnson (JMS Southeast, Inc., Statesville, North Carolina, USA) Carolina Golden Section
Allan G. Gilson (Black & Veatch, Inc., Olathe, Kansas, USA) Kansas City Section
For advancing the automation profession through education.
Carlos Liboni (TECHIND, Sertaozinho, Brazil) Sertaozinho Section
Harriet A. Radvansky (Franklyn W. Kirk Co., Inc., Berea, Ohio, USA) Cleveland Section
Arunachalam Ramanathan (Reliance Ports and Terminals Ltd. (RPMG Div.), Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) Maharashtra Section
Francis X. White (Hitech Controls Inc., Spencer, Massachusetts, USA) Boston Section
Douglas Zimmerman (McJunkin Red Man Corp., Houston, Texas, USA) Houston Section
For dedicated and enduring service to the Society.
Declan Lordan (Douglas Control & Automation, Cork, Ireland) Ireland Section
For distinguished leadership and dedicated service to the Society.
ISA Analysis Division
For the deployment of innovative ideas and technologies in the operation of the Analysis Division Symposium and significantly exceeding financial expectations.
For creating an Expo that drew students, companies, and professionals to the Institute to strengthen the knowledge of automation through direct contact with professionals.
Special Recognition –
Robert Glenn Allen, posthumous presentation (Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia, USA)
For dedication and devotion in mentoring of students.
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William A. Stange (U.S. Air Force, AFRL/RQTI, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA) Aerospace Industries, and Test Measurement Divisions
Nilangshu Dey (Qatar Petroleum, Mesaieed, Qatar) Qatar Section
Bridget Fitzpatrick (Wood Group Mustang, Katy, Texas, USA) ISA18 and ISA101 Standards Committees
Mary Cannon (Tyco Flow Control, Sugar Land, Texas, USA) Houston Section
Antonio Alves (CMC Co., Dollard De Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada) Montreal Section
