About the Award Winners:
Our ISA Cleveland Section is proud to announce our two student science and engineering fair award winners and their projects.
Aadhi Devarajan 7th Grade
Birchwood Elementary, Cleveland, Ohio
Designing a Solar Tracker
Ruihan Qin 11th Grade
Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio
Force & Angle Controlled Knee Assistance and Rehabilitation Device
Featuring an FOC Based Force Feedback Motor
The students will be introducing themselves, their parents, and presenting their projects to everyone.
They will be given a commemorative gift and a small monetary award by Herb Harpster and John Mihevic.
Herb and John are the science and engineering fair judges for our ISA Cleveland Section. Our Congratulations
To All!
About the Technical Program:
Did you know that Ohio-born Thomas Edison was not the exclusive inventor of the incandescent light bulb?
Mr. Edison's invention, and several other inventors and their inventions, will be discussed along with some
technical details related to the inventions.
About the Speaker:
Before his retirement in 2022, James Valli had a 55 year career in electrical, instrumentation, and automation
engineering. He moved to Cleveland and, in 1967, started work as an electrical design draftsman with Arthur
G. McKee and Company. During the ensuing technology and computing revolution, Mr. Valli has worked for
engineering contractors, operating companies, and automation suppliers including his last 17 years with
Rockwell Automation.
About Section Officer Elections
Elections will be held in-person during this meeting. Nominations are listed in the side-panel to the right.
If you would like to make nominations for other candidates, that can be done in-person at the election meeting.
Please be sure to secure the permission of the person you are nominating prior to nominating them.
