The International Society of Automation (ISA) has awarded a total of $30,500 to 21 college and university students who demonstrate outstanding potential for long-range contribution to the fields of automation, instrumentation and control. The 2011 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships will support tuition and related expenses and research activities and initiatives among students in two- and four-year colleges and universities, as well as graduate students.
2011 recipients are:
2-year programs
Daniel Dwinell – $1,000
Francis Tuttle University, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Bob and Mary Ives Endowment Fund
Heather Roberts – $1,000
Lee College, Baytown, Texas
Life Members and Executive Board Endowment Funds
Nena Wilson – $1,000
Lee College, Baytown, Texas
Executive Board and Daris and Gerald Wilbanks Endowment Funds
4-year programs
Michael Lopresti – $5,000
University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Chemical and Food and Pharmaceutical Division Scholarship Funds
Paul Aritra – $5,000
RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, India
Food and Pharmaceutical Division and Norman E. Huston Endowment Fund
Rajam Deepa Visivanathan – $2,000
NSS College of Engineering, Kerala, India
Norma E. Huston and General Education Endowment Funds
Ashley Wondergem – $2,000
Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan
Norman E. Huston Endowment Fund
Robert Benson – $2,000
A&T University, Greensboro, N.C.
General Education Endowment Fund
Daniel Dwinell – $1,000
Francis Tuttle University, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Bob and Mary Ives Endowment Fund
Joshua Alfaro – $500
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
General Education Endowment Fund
Nimesh Manoharan – $500
Kamaraguru College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India
General Education Endowment Fund
Graduate programs
Naseeb Adnan – $2,000
University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Paros-Digiquartz and General Education Endowment Funds
Mahdi Sharifzadeh – $2,000
Imperial College, London, England
Paros-Digiquartz and Bob and Mary Ives Endowment Funds
Ruben Gonzalez – $1,500
University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Paros-Digiquartz Endowment Fund
District 3 scholarship
Guillaume Batungwanayo – $500
Portsmouth University, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
District 5 scholarship
Ashley Wondergem
Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan
District 7 scholarship
Sherrie Lehman – $2,300
Lee College, Baytown, Texas
District 8 scholarship
Daniel Dwinell
Francis Tuttle University, Oklahoma City, Okla.
District 9 scholarship
John Carley – $400
Utah State University, Logan, Utah
District 11 scholarship
Cristino Castro – $400
California State University – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
District 12 scholarship
Alexey Tirtichny – $1,500
St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia
For more information about ISA’s Educational Foundation Scholarships program, click here.
