Get Recognized!
ISA recognizes outstanding members every year at the fall Expo. Perhaps you or someone you know or work with would qualify! You or they wouldn’t have to travel far to receive an award, as the 2007 fall Expo will be right here in Houston. What follows is a short description of each of the technical and service awards, along with the definition of Fellow. If you or anyone else you know fits any of the following descriptions, contact me at pgruhn@ix.netcom.com!
Technical Awards
ISA is proud to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the arts and sciences of instrumentation, systems, and automation through the following technical awards:
Douglas H. ANNIN Award: Recognition of outstanding achievement in the design or development of components of an automatic control system from the input measurement through the final control element.
E.G. BAILEY Award: Recognition of excellence in the design, development or application of instrumentation, systems, and automation in the utilities or process control industries.
Arnold O. BECKMAN Founder Award: Recognition of significant technological contribution to the conception and implementation of a new principle of instrument design, development or application.
Donald P. ECKMAN Education Award: Recognition of an outstanding contribution(s) toward education and training in the science, engineering and technology of instrumentation, systems, and automation.
Kermit M. FISCHER Environmental Award: Recognition of an outstanding achievement in the conception, design, and/or implementation of an application of instrumentation and/or automatic control in the field of environmental science.
Albert F. SPERRY Founder Award: This is the Society's outstanding achievement award and recognizes an outstanding technical, educational or philosophical contribution to the science and technology of instrumentation, systems, and automation.
UOP Technology Award:Recognition of an outstanding achievement in the conception, design, or implementation of instrumentation and/or process control in an area of activity covered by the scope of the Society's Automation & Technology Department.
Service Awards
As a volunteer organization, ISA is grateful to those individuals who have worked tirelessly to further the goals and objectives of the society and is proud to recognize their accomplishments through multiple service awards.
Honorary Member: Honorary membership is the highest honor bestowed by the Society and is reserved for individuals (members or non members of the Society) whose support of, and/or contributions to, the advancement of the arts and sciences of instrumentation, systems, and automation are deserving of special recognition.
Distinguished Society Service:Recognition of Society members who have at least 15 years of accumulated, devoted service and contribution to organizational units of the Society and its members.
Golden Achievement: Recognition of Society members who have at least 25 years of continuous ISA membership and continuing active Society service.
Life Achievement:Recognition of individuals with a history of dedication to the instrumentation, systems, and automaton community.
Don W. Thompson:Recognition of individuals for exemplary efforts and achievements to encourage and support Student Activity and to Mentor Students.
Standards & Practices Award:Recognition of Society members for an outstanding contribution to ISA's Standards and Practices effort.
Fellow
Fellow is an elected grade of membership. It is provided to qualified senior members who have made exceptional engineering or scientific contributions to the ISA purpose of "advancing the state of the art in instrumentation for the benefit of mankind."
Fellow is the highest grade of membership. Fellow candidates are reviewed and selected by the Society Admissions Committee. The election of Fellows is not a part of the Society Honors and Awards Program, although Fellows are introduced and honored at the fall awards banquet.
Again, if you or anyone else you know fits any of the above descriptions, contact me at pgruhn@ix.netcom.com ! We’ll do our best to see that deserving individuals get the recognition they deserve!
