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January 2015 ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 1

January 2015

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Inside This Issue…

ISA Leak Detection andRepair (LDAR)-FugitiveEmissions Symposiumissues Call for Papers

The Program Committee of ISA’s15th Annual Leak Detection and Repair(LDAR)-Fugitive Emissions Sympo-sium has issued a Call for Presenters,inviting authors, innovators, thoughtleaders and other professionals in theair compliance

2 - Section Message

3 - ISA Award RecipientsScholarship Deadline

5 - Call for Papers: LeakDetection & Repair

6 - Local Events

8 - Job Shop

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February 11 Section Meeting

Electrical measurement safety andPPE overview short course John Bowman of WilmingtonInstrument Company will presenta short course on the latest in theIEC 61010 and NFPA 70E relatedsafety regulations using electricaltest equipment. Emphasis is onpreventing Arc Flash with the IEC61010 overvoltage categoriesexplained in detail. Also coveredare Personal Protection Equip-ment (PPE) and Fr clothingconsiderations, proper selectionof electrical test equipment andmore. Course length: approxi-mately 45 minutes.

Speaker John Bowman,Technical Training Instructor atthe Wilmington Instrument Company has been in the test and measurement field since 1973 including30 plus years of service with the Fluke Corporation. John is a Board member and past President of theMeasurement Science Conference. He has presented numerous classes for ISA, NCSli, IAEI and

Special Invitation from Your ISA Section -- Visit us at Booth 806

Free Exhibit Hall Passfor ISA Regular and Student Members Only

* Free ISA Section Exhibit Pass available to current regular & student members only. Specialnon-member pass is $110 ($10 for students) which includes one year membership. ISA passesavailable only by pre-registering by email. More info at www.isasd.org or (714) 478-8816.

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“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” -- Walter Elliot

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Orange County SectionOfficers 2014-20153843 S Bristol St, #489Santa Ana, CA 92704www.isaoc.org

PresidentManny MartinezFluor Enterprises(562) [email protected]

TreasurerEloisa HernandezU C [email protected]

SecretaryOPEN

President-electSergei SeleznevBlair-Martin, Co., Inc.(949) [email protected]

Past PresidentEdward NaranjoEmerson Process Management(949) [email protected]

DelegateJesus MoncayoSouth Coast Systems, Inc.(714) [email protected]

Marketing & Publicity ChairSergei SeleznevBlair-Martin, Co., Inc.(949) [email protected]

Program ChairJoan AklehEmerson Process Mgmt(714) [email protected]

Education ChairJenny XuFluor Enterprises(949) [email protected]

Nominations ChairRaj Adani (800) 999-9307Emerson Process [email protected]

HistorianChristine DorganDisney Scientific Systems(818) [email protected]

Student Section LiaisonCraig Lanternier(714) [email protected]

Orange Coast CollegeRobotics Club AdvisorRobert CastanoOrange Coast College

Newsletter EditorJohn Prince, (714) 968-5501APG Analyzer [email protected]

WebmasterBob Harrison, (714) 968-1369Cal State [email protected]

AutomationOC AnalystWenifredo AbabatOccidental Petroleum [email protected]

Former Society President & SpecialAssignmentsDonald W. Zee, (949) [email protected]

Former President & Special AssignmentsJohn [email protected]

District 11 Vice PresidentRafael AgrazsanchezInvensys, (714) [email protected]

District 11 Vice President-electJeff Blue, CAP, (702) 567-2061Southern Nevada Water [email protected]

District 11 NominatorGary Campbell, M+W Zander(623) [email protected]

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ISA Educational FoundationScholarship DeadlineFebruary 15

Applicants must be currently enrolled as full time students in a gradu-ate or undergraduate program in instrumentation, systems, or automation2- or 4-year program at an educational institution in their country ofresidence with an overall GPA of 2.5 or greater on a 4.0 scale or equiva-lent. Preference for Foundation scholarship awards is given to studentswho are enrolled in a degree program in instrumentation, systems, andautomation or other closely related fields. Continued on page 3

many other organizations during his career. John is also certified in Thermal Imagingand Vibration Analysis and can be reached via email at [email protected].

Meeting DetailsDate: Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Time: 5:00 p.m. Refreshments& Networking; 6:00 p.m.Presentation

Location: OMEGA Engineer-ing, 2229 South Yale Street,Santa Ana, CA 92704-4426,714-540-4914

RSVP: Joan Akleh at714-628-6512 [email protected].


by Jennifer InfantinoISA 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 talentedauthors and contributors who help develop, review and deliver outstand-ing ISA publications and technical resources to automation and controlprofessionals throughout the world,” says Susan Colwell, manager ofISA’s Publications Department.

Winners are recognized for their editorial contributions to a widerange of ISA publications, including ISA books; InTech, ISA’s bi-monthlymagazine for automation and control professionals; and ISA Transac-tions, ISA’s bi-monthly professional journal dedicated to the science andengineering of measurement and automation.

Keith Otto AwardThe 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 automation-Biopharmaceutical 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 ofEngineering 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 Corporationand 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 manufacturinginformation systems experience.

ISA announces recipientsof 2014 author awards

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Educational FoundationScholarship Deadline Feb 15

Applicants must be currently enrolled as full time students in agraduate or undergraduate program in instrumentation, systems, orautomation 2- or 4-year program at an educational institution in theircountry of residence with an overall GPA of 2.5 or greater on a 4.0 scale orequivalent. Preference for Foundation scholarship awards is given tostudents who are enrolled in a degree program in instrumentation, systems,and automation or other closely related fields. Applicants must also meetother requirements as listed on the application form.

To be eligible for the scholarship award, the ISA application must bepostmarked no later than February, 15, 2015, and ISA must receive theapplication by February 25, 2015. Scholarship reviews will begin February28. Award recipients will be notified electronically by July, and awards willbe mailed out by August. Individuals not being awarded a scholarship willbe notified in July.

For complete rules and requirements and to obtain the applicationform, please contact the ISA Educational Foundation – ScholarshipCommittee at (919) 549-8411 or [email protected].


ISA 2014 author awards recipients announcedContinued from page 3

Nels Tyring AwardThe 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 theJanuary/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 recentlyjoined Control Station as its Vice President of Global Sales. Previously, he worked at Emerson Process Management where he directed asset reliabilitysales throughout the North American region.

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 PresentationCommittee. 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 ofinformation 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 EventStaff at 919-990-9418 or [email protected].

ISA Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR)-FugitiveEmissions Symposium issues Call for PresentersContinued from front page

Ralph Forte joins BrayBray Controls is pleased to announce that

effective December 31, 2014, Ralph Forte joinedBray Controls as General Manager for Bray SalesSouthern California.

Ralph brings with him over 30 years ofexperience in the control valve and engineered valveindustry. For the last 13 years he was Regional SalesManager for Control Components Inc (CCI) coveringnew construction projects at engineering contractors.His expertise with severe service control valveapplications, in addition to his knowledge of powerplants and oil & gas processes, lead to sales successfor 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 thathe was General Manager at General Process Controls Southern California. He wasalso Western Regional Manager at Keystone for Controls and Engineered Products.Ralph brings management experience, knowledge of many types of valves andautomation, customer relationships and strategic Sales Planning experience, hewill contribute to Bray’s future success across all of our product offerings.

Ralph resides in Chino, California and will office in the Bray SouthernCalifornia Sales facility. Bray Controls, Subsidiary of Bray International, Inc.Source: Bray Controls.

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Please contact Section President for the latest information.

Cal Poly Pomona Student Section Contact AdvisorSalomon Oldak, Advisor, [email protected]

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ISA Transactions Best Paper AwardISA Transactions Best Paper Award recognizes the best technical

paper published in ISA Transactions, the ISA professional journaldedicated to the science and engineering of measurement and automa-tion, over the previous year. The winning paper, “Controller designapproach based on linear programming”, ISA Transactions, Vol. 52,Issue 6,” was judged to be the best paper published in the journal in2013.

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