ISA Elevates Four Members to ‘Fellow’ Status

Summary

ISA has elevated four individuals to the distinguished grade of ISA Fellow in 2024. The esteemed Fellow member grade is one of ISA’s highest honors, recognizing only those Senior Members who have made exceptional contributions to the automation profession, in practice or in academia.

Dr. Soloman Moses Almadi, Ph.D.

Dr. Soloman Moses Almadi, Ph.D., currently a principal scientist with Saudi Aramco, was recognized for successfully inventing, developing, field-proving and commercializing new technology, Intelligent Integrated Node (IIN), which reduces equipment automation infrastructure from five different vendor devices down to one fault-tolerant device. “I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the leadership at #aramco for their unwavering empowerment and limitless support,” said Almadi. “Additionally, I extend special thanks to my family, friends and all those who have believed in me throughout this remarkable journey. Your encouragement has been instrumental in my achievements.”

Jonas Berge

Jonas Berge, currently senior director of applied technology at Emerson Automation Solutions, is recognized for the development and promotion of models for digital transformation of industrial automation controls. His patents, created with a team, include a revolutionary fieldbus safety system. In this February 2024 issue of InTech, see his article, “Digital Transformation in 2024: A Guide,” and learn more about him in “A Conversation with Jonas Berge.”

Said Berge, “It’s a great honor to be recognized and elevated to Fellow by a distinguished organization like ISA, in a technology field as critical as industrial automation. I have always been a technology enthusiast and I encourage other technology enthusiasts to join the automation profession to help solve the dual challenge of increasing the standard of living for a growing population, while reducing environmental impacts.”

Dr. Deji Chen

Dr. Deji Chen, an instructor at Wuxi University in China, was recognized for his ongoing international contributions to industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology.

He has contributed greatly to WirelessHART, OPC, IEC30141 and IEC30165, and Chinese standards GB/T 38624.1-2020, GB/T 38619- 2020, and GB/T 38637.1-2020.

Kevin L. Klein, P.E.

Kevin L. Klein, P.E., currently an instrumented protective systems engineer with Chevron Corp., was recognized for outstanding and significant contributions to the process industries in the areas of Safety Instrumented Systems design, operations and maintenance, Functional Safety and Process Safety.

“ISA is pleased to honor these distinguished achievers who have made exceptional contributions that have positively impacted the automation industry," said Prabhu Soundarrajan, ISA president. A list of past recipients of this honor can be found online.

_{This news item originally appeared in the February issue of InTech digital magazine.}