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Fall 2016Newsletter

Analysis Division Executive Committee:Director (2015-2016) – Tracy Dye

Director Elect (2017-2018) – Paul Barnard

Director Elect-Elect (2019-2020) – Cindy Cauthen

Past Director (2013-2014) – Don Nettles

Facilitator - Randy Hauer

Education and Training Chair - Wenzel Bartlet

Publications Chair - Rod Spitler

Membership Chair - Ian Verhappen

Newsletter Editor - Stuart Simmonds

Honors and Awards Chair - Jerry Clemons

Standards and Practices - Wes Carter

Webmaster - Damen Cole

Marketing Chair - Randy Hauer

Editor’s Message: Hello there and welcome to the Fall Edition of the ISA AD newsletter from your friendly editor. To put it succinctly this has been another fantastic year for the ISA Analysis Division. The 2016 AD conference in Galveston was a roaring success with highest vendor turnout in the hall and record numbers attending the conference. Three full days of quality peer reviewed papers, a full technical / educational program on the Sunday, followed later in the week by hands-on vendor training

and a special interest session on cybersecurity. The AD conference continues to nurture and grow, without rival, into the best the industry has to offer for knowledge, expertise and camaraderie in the process analysis world.But the year was not done with just this wonderful event. Not by a long shot.First, ISA AD had its first conference outside of North America. A collaborative event with our friends and colleagues at DMS Global in the United Arab Emirates. The event was attended and presided over by Tracy Dye and Randy Hauer and was a considered a wonderful success. So much so as there are plans to extend the conference in 2017. (For more details please see the write up in subsequent pages) Then we capped a fabulous year in the ISA family by taking home some very prestigious awards at the Honors and Awards banquet in September. The annual ISA Honors and Awards Gala was held in September in Newport Beach, CA and provides an opportunity for ISA to recognize outstanding individuals for the contributions they have made to the Society and/or the automation industry. Our own Randy Hauer was elevated to ISA Fellow, a much deserved award for one our past directors and a tireless volunteer on behalf of the ISA AD cause. Plus Brian Rohrback of Infometrix won an award for Excellence in Analytical Technical Innovation. Adding drama to this year’s awards presentations, the recipient of the Division Excellence Award and the Section Excellence Award were revealed at the Gala. And that of course went to yours truly, the ISA Analysis Division. This is not our first

In this Issue1 Editor’s Message2 Director’s Message First ISA Analysis Division UAE Symposium Standard & Practices Chair Message3 Analysis Division at the Honors & Awards Gala Gilmer, Thomasson, Fowler, Konrad (GTFK) Award for AD 2016 4 Symposium Chair’s Message Symposium Call for Papers5 AD-2017 Pasadena Preview6 Our Supporters

Upcoming EventsApril 23rd - 27th, 2017 62nd Analysis Division Symposium, Pasadena, CA

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year winning this award but it is always an honor to do so and speaks to the continued quality of the AD team. (For more details please see the write up on subsequent pages) Finally, and speaking of the continued growth and expansion of our Analysis Division, we recorded another milestone this year. We now have our first paid participant; namely a new webmaster Damen Cole. In recent years the webpage has been managed by Phil Harris on a part time volunteer basis but as web data continues to grow - and Phil’s day job too – it was getting increasingly difficult to stay on top of the updates. So Phil asked for alternative help. Up to this point in Analysis Division history it has always been managed by a wonderful and evolving team of dedicated volunteers from within our industry but it was agreed now that ISA AD could support its own paid webmaster. Currently Damen and the AD management team are working on the new web design and we hope to have more details out to you shortly. But this offers more signals of continued growth for AD. So, without further ado and in recognition of another fine year at AD, please dive into the Fall Edition of our newsletter.

Stuart Simmonds

ISA Analysis Division Newsletter Editor

Message from the Director: It seems like only yesterday when I presented my first paper at ISA AD but in real time, that was over 15 years ago! Fast forward to today and I am proudly exiting in 2016 as the Director of ISA AD and handing over the reins to my successor, Dr. Paul Barnard. During my two years as Director, I have been honored to serve during our 60th anniversary year, welcome our first female Director-Elect-Elect, Cindy Cauthen, participate in the first ISA AD event overseas in Abu Dhabi this past October and see the Analysis Division win both the Outstanding Division and Division Excellence awards in 2016. While I am very proud of these accomplishments, I am most proud of the ISA AD team that I have had the pleasure to work with as Director over the last two years. It has been said, if you find something you love to do, you will never work a day in your life. My 2 years with ISA AD as Director has, without question, proven that true. The AD team continues to deliver a high quality technical symposium and continually strengthen our highly awarded Analysis Division brand with a collective sense of passion, camaraderie and sense of duty to our members. My sincerest and most heartfelt thanks goes out to the team! There are many ways for folks in our industry to participate in and contribute to ISA AD. Whether it be volunteering your time to help make each ISA AD event possible, writing and presenting a paper, teaching a class, exhibiting equipment or simply registering and attending a show, it all adds up to success in consistently delivering the best technical symposium in ISA. So, if you’ve been sitting on the sidelines, we would love to have you in the game no matter the magnitude of your involvement. I and the ISA AD team are looking forward to seeing you on April 23-27, 2017 in Pasadena for our 62nd ISA AD symposium. Onward and upward!

Tracy Dye

Director ISA Analysis Division (2015-2016)

First ISA Analysis Division UAE Symposium: The ISA Analysis Division presented the first ever AD symposium outside of North America on October 6th of this year (http://isa-analysis-uae.org/). The

organization for the symposium was a collaborative effort between DMS Global and the ISA Analysis Division. The participation far exceeded expectations with over 150 attendees from the Gulf Region in attendance. There were 3 sessions. 14 technical papers and 12 exhibitors. The Analysis Division Symposia have always enjoyed

great support from the Gulf Region with attendance over the last few years from UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,

Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and it was very gratifying to see attendance from all of these countries at the first ever Symposium held in the region. The organizers were most grateful to have Mr. Ahmed Shams, VP of Engineering and Technical Services / GASCO to serve as the event chair. Mr. Shams opened the proceedings with a key note address then turned the floor over to Tracy Dye, Director of the Analysis Division to welcome the attendees and open the technical session. The discussions were very lively and went well past the official end of the day. The process analyzer community in the region is growing beyond the well-established roots. Plans are underway to expand the event in October 2017 to two full days, six sessions covering; Analytical Techniques, Best Practices, Combustion, Environnemental, Gas Chromatography and Water Quality. The Analysis Division was very excited to bring the AD Symposium to this collection of devoted analyzer professionals and look forward to our future together.

Standards & Practices Chair: As we mentioned in our fall newsletter of 2015 Bac Vu announced (at the April 26 SP76 meeting at AD 2015) that he would be stepping down as chair of the Standards & Practices committee. Bac had given very generously of his time over the six years as chairperson and carried the additional heavy load in his role as Analyzer Team Leader, Chevron Engineering Technology Company (ETC). During his tenure Bac worked on several initiatives including NESSI modular sample systems standards and several years on a revised draft of “ISA-RP76.0.01-1998 - Analyzer System Inspection and Acceptance” for IEC which is still in progress. As he stepped down from his chair position Bac said he wishes to acknowledge the work Jim Tatera has put into the IEC Working Group on behalf of SP76. We are pleased to announce that at 2016 AD committee meeting Wes Carter (of Shell Global) has generously agreed to take on the role and continue the good work on behalf of the Analysis Division. Wes has long since been a very active member of the AD team, generously committing time and energy to the conference each year. We welcome him to the role and thank him for his time and effort on behalf of AD.

Mr. Ahmed Shams (center), VP of Engineering and Technical Services / GASCO opens the 2016 UAE Analysis Division Symposium in the Exhibit hall, Mr. Mohamed Loch, director of DMS Global on his right

Tracy Dye, Analysis Division Director opening the proceedings

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Analysis Division at the Honors & Awards Gala: It was a big night for the Analysis Division at the Honors & Awards banquet, Newport Beach Marriott, September 24. Tracy Dye was on hand to accept the ISA award for Division Excellence, Randy Hauer was elevated to ISA Fellow and Brian Rohrback took the award for Excellence in Analytical Technical Innovation. Paul Barnard (Director Elect 2017-2018) made double duty out of the trip west to view the AD-2017 facilities at the Pasadena convention center and attend the banquet. Jerry Clemons is always in the picture, Jerry is our AD Honors & Awards Chair and has served at many levels in the national society. Jerry brings his full range of talents as our H&A Chair; due diligence, patient persistence, and considerable charm to get our members through the nomination process and recognized for their dedication to our profession

Here is a summary of the award winners and what they have accomplished; The award for Excellence in Analytical Technical Innovation is endowed by the ISA Analysis Division. It recognizes an individual who has played a critical role in the conception, design, and implementation of an innovative product, process, or service in the analytical technology field. While the award is endowed by the AD it is a society wide award and there were several nominees in addition to the one name put forward by the AD. So of course we were all very proud to know it went to Brian Rohrback, Ph.D of Infometrix, Inc. Brian’s citation read in part; “For advancing the use of chemometrics in gas chromatography alignment software to reduce maintenance, improve precision, and simplify method development.” Brian joins an elite group of previous winners of this award. The Division Excellence award recognizes an ISA division for development and execution of programs and services to advance the mission of the Society. AD has taken this award on several occasions and we brought it home again this year for “establishing a technical program focused on advancements in analytical technologies and solutions, statistical quality assurance, process analysis, and cybersecurity.” This comes down to the perennial success of our annual symposium and also under Tracy’s leadership we added a plenary session on cybersecurity that was a very timely topic and widely attended. Randy Hauer of Ametek Process Instruments was made an ISA Fellow for his lifetime work of training process operators and analyzer technicians on sulfur recovery process chemistry and control. The citation read in part “For advancing the creation of on-line analyzers and other process improvements for sulfur recovery.” The grade of ISA Fellow is granted in recognition of outstanding

achievements in scientific or engineering fields as recognized by their ISA peers. Getting other members elevated to Fellow status requires a quorum of legacy Fellow members to participate in the nomination process each year. Jerry makes it his mission to see our members recognized in this way so they can pass this on to others equally deserving.

Gilmer, Thomasson, Fowler, Konrad (GTFK) Award for AD 2016: Each year at close of the AD Symposium, the award is made for the top three papers from the Symposium. The GTFK award is named after four distinguished and significant contributors to the technical content of the Analysis Division. We must never lose site of the fact that without the papers there would be no symposium. For that purpose I would like to give thanks to all of the authors and especially those who presented for their first time. I would also like to thank the peer review committee of seven very experienced analyzer professionals; Dr. Jerry Clemons, Dr. Jerry Combs, Dr. Paul Cammarata, the Honourable Michael Singletary, Ron Eddleman, Manny Alvarez and Roy Muston. All coordinated by the very capable hands of Rod Spitler. The written papers are first graded in advance of the symposium by the review committee for; technical merit, originality, completeness, applicability, clarity and illustrations accounting for 70% of the overall score. During the symposium the audience is asked to participate in the scoring based on; presentation, technical merit and impact accounting for remaining 30% of the overall score. This year the scoring was particularly close and the audience score closely matched that of the committee. After the final tally only 5 points separated the top 12 papers and only 0.71 points separated of the top three winners which were;

First PlaceMotor Fuel Property Prediction by Inferential Spectrometry 3. Hard and Soft

Realities of Measuring Olefins in GasolineMarcus Trygstad Yokogawa Corp. / Bradford Behr and Mark Kemper Tornado

Spectral Systems

Second PlaceOptimizing Sample Transport Systems for On-line Process Analyzers.

Tony Waters / Analyzer Consulting Engineers LLCThird Place

Continuous Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Water by Process Mass Spectrometry.

Daniel Merriman, Graham Lewis & Peter Traynor / Thermo Fisher Scientific

In closing I will add as I do every year; the AD community can consider the call for papers now open. It is not too early to consider a position for AD-2017.

Rod Spitler

Publications Chair

Marcus Trygstad

From left to right; Dr Paul Barnard. Dr Brian Rohrback, Dr Jerry Clemons, Randy Hauer, Tracy Dye

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Message from the Symposium Chair: The ISA AD organizing committee looks forward to welcoming the Analyzer Community to the wonderful location of Pasadena, CA for the 2017 Analytical Division Symposium. While the annual symposium has had a natural “Home Base” in the Houston area, attempts are made by the committee to ensure that other locations are served. To this end California has hosted symposia in 2006 and 2012, both in Anaheim. Other recent locations have been Baton Rouge [2014], New Orleans [2010] and Calgary, AB [2003, 2008]. The Pasadena location is set at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains that run across the northern edge of the greater Los Angeles area, not too distant from the famous Mount Wilson Observatory. Home of the well-known Rose Bowl, Pasadena offers a small town feel in a large urban environment, and is well served by the airports of LAX, Burbank, and Ontario. Not to mention that it is also very close (20 miles or so) to the Hollywood area of LA with all the sightseeing and excitement that can offer. The symposium will have a full 3 day program, and in addition will hold training programs before and after the symposium proper, along with a separate day long discussion on the topic of Analyzers and Automation Control. We look forward to seeing you in April. Ryan Mead

Symposium (General) Chair

Symposium Call for Papers: The 62nd Analysis Division Symposium will be 23-27 April 2017 at the Convention Center in Pasadena, CA, USA This symposium is recognized as the outstanding forum for discussions of new and innovative analytical techniques, developments, and applications for process and laboratory. Speakers and attendees to the symposium are world-wide and share the opportunity to speak to an international audience, participate in informal discussions and social gatherings, and acquire the latest information about analytical sciences. Papers are accepted which address topics in chemical analysis including methods, applications, hardware and software, systems and operation, and maintenance. Subject content may concern technology in development or technology applied in industry practice.

General subject areas of interest• Gas Detectors• Sampling Systems• Emerging Technologies• Validation / Calibration• Environmental• Site Acceptance Testing / Cutover

• Chemical Analyzers• Systems Integration• Physical Properties• Maintenance• Spectroscopy• Chromatography

Submission guidelines All papers are reviewed by the Analysis Division Paper Review Committee and must conform, or be modified to conform, to Analysis Division and ISA format and content guidelines. Papers must address the technology and may not be commercial in nature. All papers must be submitted in electronic format (Microsoft Word) suitable for publication in the proceedings by the deadlines indicated below. All overhead slides or presentation materials used at the symposium must be provided in electronic format (Microsoft PowerPoint) prior to the symposium for review and approval. A publication release form is required by ISA for all papers.

To submit An “Intent to Present” is due immediately to Don Nettles, the Technical Program Chairman, at NettlesDon@yahoo.com, with abstracts submitted by 09 December 2016 to the both Don Nettles and the Paper Review Committee Chairman, Rod Spitler at rspitler@dow.com.Draft Paper to Review Chairman: 20 January 2017Reviewers’ Comments to Authors: 24 February 2017Final Paper for Publication: 10 March 2017Papers Sent to Publisher: 24 March 2017Oral Presentation Electronic Materials: 14 April 2017Symposium Presentation: 24-26 April 2017

Don Nettles / Rod Spitler

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AD-2017 Pasadena, CA Headline News:Ryan Meads is our Symposium (General) Chair and is in the process of forming the team.

Details of the 62nd annual AD Symposium will be posted on the web site shortly with the following information as it becomes available;

Call for Papers:

See the web site for details (www.adsymposium.org). Abstracts will be accepted in the order they are received and a waiting list will form when the program is filled.

Hotel(s) The conference hotel is the Sheraton Pasadena, situated right next door to the conference centre. Book early if you expect to have space here.

As with other conferences we will have overflow space at adjacent properties

Technical Program

Don Nettles will head up the technical program will have the preliminary details on the web site shortly. There will be the usual three full days of peer reviewed papers.

Rod Spitler is the chair of the Technical Review committee.

Educational Programs: The Fundamentals courses will be held on Sunday as well as the Advanced course(s). The schedule will be posted to the web site by end of February.

The Hands-On courses will be held on the Thursday, details will be posted to the web site by end of March.

Vendor Technical Forum:

Tim Kuiken is our Vendor Chair. We expect 70+ vendors, registration information will be available on the web site in January,

Banquet and Keynote Speaker:

The banquet will be held on Tuesday night. The Banquet sold out early last year, be sure to sign up for your tickets when you register.

Spouses Program

There will be a full spouses program; details will be available on the website

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A Special Thank You to Johnny Austin who kindly formats the Newsletter for us.

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The AD invites vendors who participate in the technical forum at the AD to support the newsletter. We know

there is keen competition for their promotion budget. They have chosen to contribute to the Newsletter

and underwrite the special projects we fund with the proceeds. In addition, each year at AD a standing

committee makes an award for the “Innovative Product of the Year” and this years recipient is AMETEK

Process Instruments. They carry title to the award for one full year and receive a full page space in the

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