ISA’s 2022 Honors & Awards Committee is “Celebrating Excellence” by recognizing the following individuals and groups this year.
Excellence in Technical Innovation
Uday Sheorey from Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, is recognized for the design and development of a high-resolution micro tool for retinal surgery procedures. This award, 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.
Excellence in Corporate Technical Innovation
Recognizing a company whose contributions and innovations have enhanced social value, the award goes to BBA Canada in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, for the development of a new technology that automatically converts an existing camera feed into a sensor using computer vision and artificial intelligence.
Excellence in Technical Presentation
This award 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.
Brad Carlberg of Hoodsport, Wash., U.S., wins for an outstanding InTech article titled “ Digital Twins Enable the Autonomous Paper Mill .”
Excellence in Education
This award goes to an individual who has developed and/or enhanced established educational programs to advance the automation profession in educational institutions. Cesar de Prada Moraga of Universidad De Valladolid in Valladolid, Spain, wins for the development of CAD software, for teaching purposes, that has been used in various universities in Spain.
Mentoring Excellence
Richard Tunstall of Lee College in Baytown, Texas, U.S., is recognized for his excellence in mentoring students and young professionals.
Excellence in Enduring Service
This award, which can go to up to five honorees, recognizes dedicated volunteer service to the Society at the grassroots level. Mary Cannon of Houston, Texas, U.S., is recognized for years of dedicated service and leadership to the ISA Houston Section. Philip Evans of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is recognized for years of dedicated service and leadership to the ISA Calgary Section.
Excellence in Society Service
Jose Salinas of Mexico City, Mexico, was honored for his distinguished and dedicated volunteer service to the Society.
Division Excellence
Members of the Water and Wastewater Industries Division were recognized for the development and/or execution of programs and/or services to advance the mission of the Society.
Division Leader Excellence
Simon Lucchini of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was recognized for his outstanding efforts and contributions as a division director for the Safety and Security Industries Division.
Section Excellence
The Spain Section has been recognized for the development and/or execution of programs and/or services to advance the mission of the Society.
Section Leader Excellence
Hanumant Pansare, Pune Section President based in Pune, Maharashtra, India, is recognized for outstanding efforts to increase the membership for the Pune section and for winning the 2021 President’s Membership Challenge.
Standards Excellence
This award 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. Angela Summers in Houston, Texas, U.S., is honored for dedication in the development of ISA standards and technical reports related to safety instrumented systems.
Volunteer Leader of the Year
This award recognizes the volunteer who, in the previous year, provided the most outstanding service to advance the mission of the Society, unmatched by other leaders. This year’s honoree is Bradley Churchman of Katy, Texas, U.S., recognized for outstanding service and leadership to the Houston section.
This feature originally appeared in the December 2022 issue of InTech magazine. You can read it here: https://www.isa.org/intech-home/2022/december-2022
