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Section Message
ISA Award Recipients
Scholarship Deadline
Call for Papers: Leak
Detection & Repair
Local Events
Job Shop
ISA Leak Detection and
Repair (LDAR)-Fugitive
Emissions Symposium
issues Call for Papers
The Program Committee of ISA’s
15th Annual Leak Detection and Repair
(LDAR)-Fugitive Emissions Symposium has issued a Call for Presenters,
inviting authors, innovators, thought
leaders and other professionals in the
air compliance
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February 11 Section Meeting
Electrical measurement safety and
PPE overview short course
John Bowman of Wilmington
Instrument Company will present
a short course on the latest in the
IEC 61010 and NFPA 70E related
safety regulations using electrical
test equipment. Emphasis is on
preventing Arc Flash with the IEC
61010 overvoltage categories
explained in detail. Also covered
are Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and Fr clothing
considerations, proper selection
of electrical test equipment and
more. Course length: approximately 45 minutes.
Speaker John Bowman,
Technical Training Instructor at
the Wilmington Instrument Company has been in the test and measurement field since 1973 including
30 plus years of service with the Fluke Corporation. John is a Board member and past President of the
Measurement Science Conference. He has presented numerous classes for ISA, NCSli, IAEI and
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Regional Events
Tuesday, July 21
Instrumentation 2015
Training - Exhibits - Careers
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Special Invitation from Your ISA Section -- Visit us at Booth 806
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* Free ISA Section Exhibit Pass available to current regular & student members only. Special
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Orange County Section
Officers 2014-2015
3843 S Bristol St, #489
Santa Ana, CA 92704
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ISA Orange County Section
Electrical measurement safety and PPE
overview short course
President
Manny Martinez
Fluor Enterprises
(562) 334-5057
[email protected]
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many other organizations during his career. John is also certified in Thermal Imaging
and Vibration Analysis and can be reached via email at [email protected].
Meeting Details
Treasurer
Eloisa Hernandez
U C Irvine
[email protected]
Secretary
OPEN
President-elect
Sergei Seleznev
Blair-Martin, Co., Inc.
(949) 294-6838
[email protected]
Manny Martinez
ISA OC President
Past President
Edward Naranjo
Emerson Process Management
(949) 757-8575
[email protected]
Delegate
Jesus Moncayo
South Coast Systems, Inc.
(714) 834-0232
[email protected]
Marketing & Publicity Chair
Sergei Seleznev
Blair-Martin, Co., Inc.
(949) 294-6838
[email protected]
Program Chair
Joan Akleh
Emerson Process Mgmt
(714) 628-6512
[email protected]
Education Chair
Jenny Xu
Fluor Enterprises
(949) 349-5340
[email protected]
Nominations Chair
Raj Adani (800) 999-9307
Emerson Process Management
[email protected]
Historian
Christine Dorgan
Disney Scientific Systems
(818) 627-4825
[email protected]
Student Section Liaison
Craig Lanternier
(714) 535-5590
[email protected]
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Time: 5:00 p.m. Refreshments
& Networking; 6:00 p.m.
Presentation
Location: OMEGA Engineering, 2229 South Yale Street,
Santa Ana, CA 92704-4426,
714-540-4914
RSVP: Joan Akleh at
714-628-6512 or
[email protected].
ISA Educational Foundation
Scholarship Deadline
February 15
Applicants must be currently enrolled as full time students in a graduate or undergraduate program in instrumentation, systems, or automation
2- or 4-year program at an educational institution in their country of
residence with an overall GPA of 2.5 or greater on a 4.0 scale or equivalent. Preference for Foundation scholarship awards is given to students
who are enrolled in a degree program in instrumentation, systems, and
automation or other closely related fields.
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Orange Coast College
Robotics Club Advisor
Robert Castano
Orange Coast College
AutomationOC Analyst
Wenifredo Ababat
Occidental Petroleum Corp
[email protected]
District 11 Vice President
Rafael Agrazsanchez
Invensys, (714) 924-2143
[email protected]
Newsletter Editor
John Prince, (714) 968-5501
APG Analyzer Systems
[email protected]
Former Society President & Special
Assignments
Donald W. Zee, (949) 235-0917
[email protected]
District 11 Vice President-elect
Jeff Blue, CAP, (702) 567-2061
Southern Nevada Water System
[email protected]
Webmaster
Bob Harrison, (714) 968-1369
Cal State Fullerton
[email protected]
Former President & Special Assignments
John Querido
[email protected]
District 11 Nominator
Gary Campbell, M+W Zander
(623) 332-7545
[email protected]
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ISA announces recipients
of 2014 author awards
Educational Foundation
Scholarship Deadline Feb 15
by Jennifer Infantino
Applicants must be currently enrolled as full time students in a
graduate or undergraduate program in instrumentation, systems, or
automation 2- or 4-year program at an educational institution in their
country of residence with an overall GPA of 2.5 or greater on a 4.0 scale or
equivalent. Preference for Foundation scholarship awards is given to
students who are enrolled in a degree program in instrumentation, systems,
and automation or other closely related fields. Applicants must also meet
other requirements as listed on the application form.
To be eligible for the scholarship award, the ISA application must be
postmarked no later than February, 15, 2015, and ISA must receive the
application by February 25, 2015. Scholarship reviews will begin February
28. Award recipients will be notified electronically by July, and awards will
be mailed out by August. Individuals not being awarded a scholarship will
be notified in July.
For complete rules and requirements and to obtain the application
form, please contact the ISA Educational Foundation – Scholarship
Committee at (919) 549-8411 or [email protected].
ISA announces the recipients of its 2014 author awards presented
annually by ISA’s Publications Department.
“Each year, ISA is proud to recognize and thank all of the talented
authors and contributors who help develop, review and deliver outstanding ISA publications and technical resources to automation and control
professionals throughout the world,” says Susan Colwell, manager of
ISA’s Publications Department.
Winners are recognized for their editorial contributions to a wide
range of ISA publications, including ISA books; InTech, ISA’s bi-monthly
magazine for automation and control professionals; and ISA Transactions, ISA’s bi-monthly professional journal dedicated to the science and
engineering of measurement and automation.
Keith Otto Award
The Keith Otto Award recognizes the author or authors of the best
article in InTech magazine. The award was presented to Harmik Begi,
Gregory Bischoff and Josh Gangl for their article, “Process automationBiopharmaceutical single-to-multiproduct conversion,” which appeared in the September/October 2013 issue of InTech.
Begi serves as the Director of Information Systems at Amgen, a position he has held since 2005. Before that, he served as Senior Manager of
Engineering at Baxter BioScience and as Senior Engineer at the Coca-Cola Company.
Bischoff is the Principle Automation Engineer at Amgen. Before joining Amgen, he served as Automation Engineer at Roche Colorado Corporation
and as an engineer at Emerson Process Management.
Gangl, operations IS platform lead at Amgen, possesses more than 15 years of process engineering, process automation, and manufacturing
information systems experience.
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Industry Movers and Shakers
Ralph Forte joins Bray
Bray Controls is pleased to announce that
effective December 31, 2014, Ralph Forte joined
Bray Controls as General Manager for Bray Sales
Southern California.
Ralph brings with him over 30 years of
experience in the control valve and engineered valve
industry. For the last 13 years he was Regional Sales
Manager for Control Components Inc (CCI) covering
new construction projects at engineering contractors.
His expertise with severe service control valve
applications, in addition to his knowledge of power
plants and oil & gas processes, lead to sales success
for CCI in the western United States and western
Canada.
Prior to CCI, Ralph was Vice President of Business Development for Pacific
Pipe Company managing their Southern California Supply operation, prior to that
he was General Manager at General Process Controls Southern California. He was
also Western Regional Manager at Keystone for Controls and Engineered Products.
Ralph brings management experience, knowledge of many types of valves and
automation, customer relationships and strategic Sales Planning experience, he
will contribute to Bray’s future success across all of our product offerings.
Ralph resides in Chino, California and will office in the Bray Southern
California Sales facility. Bray Controls, Subsidiary of Bray International, Inc.
Source: Bray Controls.
ISA 2014 author awards recipients announced
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Nels Tyring Award
The Nels Tyring Award recognizes the author or authors of the best published article in one of the Society’s journals. Robert Rice, Ph.D. and
Richard Bontatibus are this year’s recipients for their article, “Automation IT-Predictive maintenance embraces analytics,” which appeared in the
January/February 2013 issue of InTech.
As Vice President of Engineering at Control Station, Inc., Dr. Rice leads Control Station’s research and development program. Bontatibus recently
joined Control Station as its Vice President of Global Sales. Previously, he worked at Emerson Process Management where he directed asset reliability
sales throughout the North American region.
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ISA Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR)-Fugitive
Emissions Symposium issues Call for Presenters
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field to submit abstracts for presentation consideration at the conference.
Fugitive Emissions Symposium. Please send your abstract to [email protected]. All abstracts will be reviewed by the LDAR Technical Presentation
Committee. You will be notified via email that your abstract has been reviewed, accepted, or rejected by the technical presentation committee.
Don’t miss this opportunity to present at this noteworthy event, which has earned a reputation for open and highly insightful exchanges of
information between regulators and the regulated community. Submit your abstract today.
For more details and information on the conference, as they become available, contact Deever Bradley, Co-Program Chairs
281-600-1000, [email protected]; or Matt Gobert, 832-454-5663 or [email protected]; or Rodney Jones, ISA LDAR Event
Staff at 919-990-9418 or [email protected].
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Local section meetings
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Chatsworth, CA 91311
For more details about any of the section meetings, please contact the
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Los Angeles Section
Tues, Feb 24
John Prince, (714) 968-5501, [email protected]
California’s Hydrogen Highway. ERC, Downey. www.isala.org.
Orange County Section
Wed, Feb 11
Manny Martinez, (562) 334-5057, [email protected]
Hands-On Workshop. See website for details. www.isaoc.org.
Central California Section
TBA
Jeffrey Fittz, [email protected], 909/289-2919
Please contact President for more info. www.isacencal.org.
San Diego Section
Mon-Wed, Feb 16-18
Bill Smith, (520) 444-7973
Energy, Utilites & Environment Conference. Free pass at www.isasd.org.
Las Vegas Section
Contact President
Ron Naldoza, [email protected], (702) 274-1201
Contact president. Website: www.isalasvegas.org
Aloha Section
Contact President
Chuck Swanson, [email protected]
Please contact Section President for the latest information.
Cal Poly Pomona Student Section
Contact Advisor
Salomon Oldak, Advisor, [email protected]
Bakersfield College Student Section
Contact Advisor
Sean Caras, Advisor, [email protected]
Cal State Long Beach Student Section
Contact Liaison
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ISA 2014 author awards recipients
announced, continued from page 5
Thomas G. Fisher Award of Excellence
Presented annually by the ISA Publications Department and ISA
Standards and Practices Department, the Thomas G. Fisher Award of
Excellence recognizes stellar achievement in a standards-based
reference publication. This year’s award recipient is Charles H. Gifford,
who wrote the 2013 book, The MOM Chronicles: ISA-95 Best
Practices Book 3.0.
Thomas G. Fisher was an ISA member and ISA Fellow who served
the Society for many years, most notably as Publications Department
Vice President and Editor of ISA Transactions. In addition, he wrote
numerous books, contributed to the ISA84, ISA5.1 and ISA95
standards committees, and was the driving force behind the ISA88
batch control committee.
Raymond D. Molloy Award
The Raymond D. Molloy Award is presented annually in honor of
Raymond D. Molloy’s contributions to the automation profession.
Molloy was dedicated to the ISA publications program for more than 20
years, maintaining a keen interest in developing high-quality publications that met the needs of measurement and control professionals. This
year’s award recipient is Ronald L. Krutz, Ph.D., P.E., whose book,
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ISA Transactions Best Paper Award
ISA Transactions Best Paper Award recognizes the best technical
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