ISA Honours Excellence Award Honorees Including Several Canadians

ISA

August 20, 2018

The International Society of Automation (ISA) celebrates the Excellence Award honorees for 2018. ISA’s Celebrating Excellence Awards honor companies and individuals, both members and non-members, for significant contributions in leadership, technical innovation, and contributions to education that have advanced the profession.

Excellence in Technical Presentation
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.

Oliver Schraa
Hamilton Section
inCTRL Solutions Inc., Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Excellence in Enduring Service
Recognizes dedicated volunteer service to the Society at the grassroots level. May be presented to multiple (up to five) honorees.

David Robinson
Edmonton Section
Samson Controls Inc., Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
For outstanding service and contributions to the Society and its members

Standards Excellence
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

Ian Verhappen
Standards Committee
CIMA+, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
For tireless dedication to the advancement of ISA’s standards.

For a full list of award winners see: https://www.isa.org/news-and-press-releases/isa-press-releases/2018/july/isa-salutes-2018-fellows-and-celebrating-excellence-award-honorees/

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