ISA Announces Recipients of 2011 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships

These scholarships are awarded to college and university students who demonstrate outstanding potential for long-range contribution to the fields of automation, instrumentation, and control. The scholarship awards support tuition and related expenses and research activities and initiatives.

ISA awarded a total of $30,500, which was distributed among students in two- and four-year colleges and universities, and to graduate students. The recipients are:

2-year programs:

Daniel Dwinell - $1,000
Francis Tuttle University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Bob and Mary Ives Endowment Fund

Heather Roberts - $1,000
Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA
Life Members and Executive Board Endowment Funds

Nena Wilson - $1,000
Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA
Executive Board and Daris and Gerald Wilbanks Endowment Funds

4-year programs:

Michael Lopresti - $5,000
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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, USA
Norman E. Huston Endowment Fund

Robert Benson - $2,000
A&T University, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
General Education Endowment Fund

Daniel Dwinell - $1,000
Francis Tuttle University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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, USA

District 7 scholarship:

Sherrie Lehman - $2,300
Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA

District 8 scholarship:

Daniel Dwinell
Francis Tuttle University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

District 9 scholarship:

John Carley - $400
Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA

District 11 scholarship:

Cristino Castro - $400
California State University - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

District 12 scholarship:

Alexey Tirtichny - $1,500
St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia