Your Section & The Philadelphia Future City Competition

Future Cities Members of our Executive Board (the wise men) have made the ISA Philadelphia Section a bronze sponsor of the Philadelphia Future City Competition.
A National Engineers Week Program, the competition provides a fun and exciting educational engineering experience for middle school students. The competition combines a stimulating engineering challenge with a “hands-on” application.

The students present their vision of a city of the future using the SIM City software program.

The judging will be held January 22, 2011 at the Sheet Metal Workers Union Hall, 1301 S Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, PA.

ISA members may voluteer to help judge the school entries that best showcase instrumentation and automation.

To volunteer for either his year or next, contact William Dugary, 610-306-6038, Email: dugaryw@ace-net.com

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January 2012 Section Meeting

Wednesday, January 18th | Rumsey Electric | Conshohocken

Automation in The 21st Century: Evolution Meets Intelligent Design

January speaker:

Paul Moylan, Consulting Lead, Software Development Manager & Product Management Lead, Rockwell Automation

Sponsor
APPLIED CONTROL ENGINEERING
2075 Quaker Pointe Drive
Quakertown, PA 18951
tel: (302) 738-8800
fax: 215-538-9081

DATE & TIME: Wednesday January 18, 2012: Open 5:15 PM – Meal by Sophisticated Affairs at 5:30 PM ($10); Meeting starts at 6:30 PM – Speaker’s presentation 6:45 PM to 7:45 PM – Vendor displays and socialize before and after talk.

LOCATION: Rumsey Electric Automation Solutions — www.rumsey.com 15 Colwell Lane, Conshohocken, Pa 19428 Phone: (610) 832-9000 Fax: (610) 941-8181

DIRECTIONS: Click on link above for printable flyer – or Google directions from your location.

COST: $10.00 Please register by Monday, January 17th, by E-mail (only): isaphilaed@msn.com

About the Speaker

Paul began his career in 1986 with the Foxboro Company as a process control engineer primarily for food and pharmaceutical companies. He then became Principal Process Control Engineer at Champion Paper International, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, gaining valuable insight into operations and lifecycle of capital project.

In 1998 Paul joined Rockwell Automation as Global Food and Beverage Marketing Lead prior to his current position. He has served on the board of directors for the World Batch Forum and as a voting member on the ISA SP95 and SP88 committees. Paul graduated from Northeastern University with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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Obituary: Henry C. Webster Sr.

Henry C. Webster Sr., 85, on Tuesday October 4th after a short Illness.
Webster was former President of Brooks Instruments and Micro Motion, both Division’s of Emerson Electric. He was a 1949 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

In 1986 he was honored by the Society with its prestigious Honorary Member Award.

From the obituary in the Philadelphia Inquirer on October 7th (http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20111007_Henry_Webster_Sr___85__executive.html): Continue reading

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