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• Stanley Weiner - Humorist, author, and mentor
• In memoriam
• New CAPs and CCSTs

Stanley Weiner - Humorist, author, and mentor

I lost my best friend, coauthor, and inspiration. Industry lost a "one of a kind" leader in the effective use of instrumentation in the process industry. Stanley Weiner passed away recently from Parkinson's disease complications.

Stan gave practical guidance by instruction and example and was a great advocate of using the best instrumentation despite potential budget limitations. He showed us how to do project estimates that could provide the best without being questioned.

He also introduced me to humor, making the whole experience fun. We shared insightful humor in a half dozen ISA books that opened minds and detailed lessons learned in the design, commissioning, and startup of decades of automation systems. We enlisted the help of plant and corporate engineers to write the humorous stories in How to Become an Instrument Engineer - Part 1.523, showing that humor can be contagious.

Along the way, we discovered the talented illustrator Ted Williams, who had a great sense of humor in his cartoons and creative touches. Ted created the cartoons for all of our books and our "Control Talk" column. The humor made learning necessary knowledge enjoyable and memorable-rather than challenging and tiring. Even spouses of automation engineers have been seen reading the books and smiling; they were gaining some understanding of what an instrument engineer is and does.

I hope, but do not expect, there will be more humorous books written by and for practitioners on the front lines in our profession. But there will never be another Stanley Weiner.

Editor's note:

ISA Fellow Stanley Weiner, a retired chemical engineer who worked at Monsanto, died on 16 February 2018 in Naples, Fla. In 1987, ISA made Weiner a Fellow for his outstanding contribution to the profession.

A collection of all six cartoon books by Weiner and McMillan is available on CD-ROM: The Funny and Not So Funny Side of Life as an Automation Engineer. The CD includes several recorded commentaries by McMillan and McMillan's out-of-print classic, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Control Room. 

CD titles The Life and Times of an Automation Professional: An Illustrated Guide, and The Funnier Side of Retirement for Engineers and People of the Technical Persuasion (www.isa.org/retirement) are also available in print. Available in print (but not on the CD) is 101 Tips for a Successful Automation Career (www.isa.org/101Tips).

In memoriam

ISA Fellow Vincent Cushing, PhD, passed away 1 February 2018 in Annapolis, Md. In 1983 Cushing received the Albert F. Sperry award for his "pioneering work in the theory, design, and application of electromagnetic flowmeters and in noncontact flowmetering." This ISA award recognized an outstanding technical, educational, or philosophical contribution to the science and technology of instrumentation, systems, and automation.

Cushing earned degrees in physics and mathematics from the University of Notre Dame and a doctorate in physics from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Early in his career he was a rocket scientist at Armour Research Foundation, where he developed and analyzed atomic weapons and high-altitude radiation measurements. He later founded the Engineering Physics Company, where he invented an insertable electromagnetic flowmeter and related technologies.

He was awarded 28 patents, presented technical papers at conferences around the world, oversaw installations of his instruments on ships, in pipes, over streams, and under Arctic ice, and established himself as the world's foremost authority on applications of magnetic induction.

Cushing saw the world through science and applied his engineering skills to solve any problem. His home is filled with inventions. Donations may be made to the Vincent and Marie Cushing Scholarship Fund at the University of Notre Dame.

New CAPs and CCSTs

Qualifying for and passing one of ISA's certification exams is anoteworthy accomplishment. The exams are rigorous and require a solid commandof various disciplines in automation and control. Below is a list ofindividuals who have recently passed either our Certified AutomationProfessional (CAP) or one of the three levels of our Certified Control SystemTechnician (CCST) exam. Congratulations to our new certification holders! Formore information about the ISA CAP and CCST certification programs, pleasevisit www.isa.org/training-and-certifications/isa-certification.

 

CertifiedControl System Technicians

Name	Company	Location
Level 1
Gregory T. Glover	None	U.S.
Matthew L. Jones	None	U.S.
Eric D. Moore	None	U.S.
Larry Presley	None	U.S.
Kenneth L. Woods	None	U.S.
Matthew C. Boros	None	U.S.
Kenneth A. Hutton	None	U.S.
Stephen G. LaGrange	None	U.S.
Michael J. McGarry	None	U.S.
Bradley J. Mentzer	None	U.S.
Cameron W. McGuire	Holly Frontier Refinery	U.S.
Brandon J. Summers	Turnkey Instrument Solutions	U.S.
Joshua A. Vaneck	None	U.S.
Jeffrey C. Diersing	None	U.S.
Gary L. Carr	Greater Cincinnati Water Works	U.S.
Nicholas R. Hughes	None	U.S.
Lenny R. Matthews	None	U.S.
Ethan A. Haas	None	U.S.
Aaron M. Maki	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	U.S.
Steven A. Culver	None	U.S.
Shawn C. Riper	None	U.S.
Aaron R. Eakin	None	U.S.
Todd N. Ellis	None	U.S.
Duston R. Marsh	None	U.S.
Phillip J. Steinhiser	None	U.S.
Richard Dean West	None	U.S.
James Lamont Taylor	BP Husky Refining, LLC	U.S.
Jeffrey Ray Anderson	Micron Technology Inc.	U.S.
Timothy H. Olando	Process Control Services	U.S.
Marco A. Albor	None	U.S.
Jonathan M. Mungcal	None	U.S.
Roel B. Ponlaroche	None	U.S.
Barry A. Miller	None	U.S.
Adam J. Allfree	Kansas City Board of Public Utilities	U.S.
Lyle D. Hermreck	Kansas City Board of Public Utilities	U.S.
Christopher M. Hosbach	General Control Systems	U.S.
Carter S. Long	None	U.S.
Toby L. Short	C&W Services	U.S.
Brett E. Birchmier	None	U.S.
Anthony G. Gilland	None	U.S.
Chad C. Friesenhahn	Williams Midstream	U.S.
Neil Hedderson	Ushitau	Canada
Benjamin J. Smith	None	U.S.
Brad R. Hendrickson	Nestle Gerber	U.S.
Steve L. Mullennix	None	U.S.
Zachariah Lee Christoffersen	None	U.S.
James Marshall	None	U.S.
Robert J. Meyer	None	U.S.
Robert T. Radomski	None	U.S.
Ronald L. Temple	None	U.S.
Nabta Kamal Mohammed Elmoubark	DC Pro Engineering	U.A.E
Blaine G. Joiner	None	U.S.
Jeffrey W. Motta	None	U.S.
Mitchell Higdon	None	U.S.
Level 2
Sean C. O'Connor	DC Water	U.S.
Clinton W. Poca	None	U.S.
Dean R. Prentice	None	U.S.
Joseph John Andrew	None	U.S.
Daniel J. Randall	None	U.S.
Jeremy S. Kibler	None	U.S.
Christopher J. Bubon	Ingredion	U.S.
Ellery B. Raitt	Lonza Biologics	U.S.
Micah J. M. Dudley	UTC Aerospace System	U.S.
Chad N. Allen	None	U.S.
Roman A. Rangel	Metro Water Waste Reclamation District	U.S.
Nicholas Korzie	None	U.S.
Daniel W. Mos	Epcor Water Services	Canada
Chad W. Bonnett	None	U.S.
Level 3
Willie A. Williams	None	U.S.
Philip J. Hart	West-Ward Pharmaceuticals	U.S.
Joshua R. Bean	Linde	U.S.
Mark J. Pyle	Flint Hills Resources	U.S.
Burt C. Jagdeo	None	U.S.
Mark V. Sturgell	Metro Waste Water Reclamation District	U.S.
Ryan E. Robinson	MWRD	U.S.
Patrick D. Pittman	Flint Hill Resources	U.S.
Erik Stephens Jurgens	None	U.S.

Certified Automation Professionals

Name	Company	Location
Fabio de Oliveira Alves	None	Brazil
Derek T. Norton	None	U.S.
Hani Joudah	None	Saudi Arabia
Jarid J. Orgeron	None	U.S.
Dave G. Meyer	None	Canada
Christopher T. Simmers	American Water	U.S.
Cody P. Bennett	None	U.S.
Mohamed A. Alemam	Novatech	U.S.
Jose Raymundo B. Jojie Lopez	None	U.S.
Abdulrhman Alwhibi	SWCC	Saudi Arabia
Hock-Chee Lee	The Dow Co.	U.S.
Stephen Goodwin

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