Section members honoured
Before the New Year Dr.Igor Pavlov (SUAI dean, ISA Russian section) was declared St. Petersburg Universities Teacher of the year 2004!
Dr.Artur Budagov (SUAI Dean,ISA Russian section) was declared as the SUAI person for 2004!
Dr. Konstantin Losev (SUAI department chair,ISA Russian section) received his Ph.D at management area from St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation on December 28, 2004!
Congratulations to all!
ISA Abu Dhabi
ISA in Abu Dhabi have started an exam centre. The first exam (Level 1 CCST)is planned on March 15, 2005. They are
starting with six candidates because it is a pilot project. The number will eventually be larger later.
More information from: Dr. Smail Djirar
Students meet
Picture shows delegates at the Second ISA district 12- BIAS students conference held in Milan 17th October 2004.
Honour for Italian member
 Augusto T. Mansutti is to be recognised for his fifty-plus years of automation and control experience and his commitment to mentoring young engineering studenmts. He has been a member of ISA Italy Section since the early nineties and served as president in 2000/1. In 1974 he was one of the founders of GISI (Gruppo Impresse Strumentacione Italia).
New District Nominator elected
 Eoin Ó Riain, (Ireland Section), District Webmaster for many years has now been elected to the poost of District Nominator. This position means that he will be on the board of nominators who recommend names of possible candidates for the officers and boards of the Society, President, Vice Presidents and other officers.
Spain Section awards student
Raul Guemes from Valladolid University Section received the Annual Student Award this year for his work on "USB-CAN Bus Interface". The award, consists of a diploma and €500.oo, was handed over by Francisco Díaz-Andreu (Students Section Liason) during ISA Spain Section Annual Conference held on June 9th in Madrid.
Triumvirate!
Above: District VP Jean Vieille is flanked by Past District VP Declan Lordan (right) and District VP Elect Billy Walsh - see also below - at last years ISA Expo and President's Fall meeting in Houston. |
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Russian delegation at ISA Brazil show
Russian section delegation were in Argentina and Brasil at end of November. They signed some agreements between Universities and participated at Dist 4 ISA Brasil show and Congress. Picture
shows Leonardo Guilheiro- he is Last Olimpic Games in Greece Bronze medal winner. Left to rigth: Alex Bobovitch ( ISA Russian section delegate), Leonardo Guilheiro ( Olimpic Games Bronze medal,
Brasil), Nelson Ninin ( ISA District 4 vice-president, Brasil), Augusto Pereira ( ISA Distrcit 4 past president, Brasil)
ISA advances in Nigeria
left to right: Patrick Umeh(Vice-President),Oladapo Lawal(Secretary), Samuel Falese(President) and Chuks Izuogu(Treasurer)
Our District is taking a new shape with the formation of the Nigeria section which will be presented for charter at the PFM in Houston
this fall. Under the sensible, energic and sustained leadership of Mr Samuel Falese Olukunle (lanrewaju60@yahoo.com), this section is
ready to charter only 8 months after we first raised the idea on January this year. Jean Vielle, District 12 VP says, "I believe that ISA has the most relevance in such a
major developing country where people are eager of knowledge and networking oportunities. I warmly thank Laura Crumpler our District staff administrator and the England
section, particularly David White, former section president for helping them in the process of making this section alive. This section already has 47 members including 2
students. We all give our support and best wishes to the new section!"
 Italy produces newsletter
The Italy Section section have produced a newsletter this month. It has been distributed to all members of ISA and AIS throughout Italy.
However they have produced an English Language version so that the other members in the District members may see it too. They have a new Website URL at www.ais-isa.it. Click on the Newsletter Image to download your own pdf copy.
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DLC Nice 2004
The annual DLC was held in Nice (F) in May and assembled delegates from all over the District. Pictures are here
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Friend of ISA passes - 
Professor doctor
of science Alexander Sinyakov, 65 - who actively participated in organizing ISA St. Petersburg Russian section and was president of the section in 1999 - died 24
February,2004.
Born in Leningrad, Russia in 1938, he graduated from the State Polytechnic Institute in St. Petersburg in 1961. He worked at the St. Petersburg State
University of Aerospace Instrumentation from 1972 and was the Vice-Rector of the SUAI. He had a full doctorate, and was an honoured scientist of the Russian Federation,
author of many of books, papers, publications and patents, member of many academies, ISA senior member and a well-known specialist on instrumantation and safety systems.
His brilliant life was dedicated to educating students. Sinyakov was the Chairman of the District 12 students competition Jury since 1997.
May he rest in
peace.
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