Angela Summers

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About Angela Summers

Follow me on LinkedIn for postings and musings concerning safety controls, alarms, interlocks and safety instrumented systems. Follow SIS-TECH LinkedIn page to find out about events like classes, workshops, and symposiums. I instagram and tweet about art, wine events, the Yamhill-Carlton AVA, my yorkies, bonsai, and gardens. Follow me at @angelaesummers. I hold a PhD in chemical engineering and have over 30 years of experience in instrumentation and controls, process design, and environmental pollution controls. I was named an Engineering Fellow of the University of Alabama and a Centennial Fellow of its chemical engineering department (top 100 graduates in 1st 100 years of the program). I have Fellow distinction from International Society of Automation, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Center for Chemical Process Safety. I received these honors for my contribution to the development of standards and practices for process safety management, especially in the use of automation to prevent loss events in the process industry. Known as Dr. SIS and Mother of SILs, I am a sought after consultant by users, manufacturers, engineering contractors, regulatory agencies, and industrial societies. I have published over 70 papers, technical reports and chapters for engineering handbooks, including Perry’s Handbook of Chemical Engineering, the Instrument Engineers Handbook, and Kirk and Othmer's Handbook of Technology. I was named to the Process Automation Hall of Fame by Control magazine. This award honors excellence, diligence and influence in the application of process automation. I was specifically recognized for my work on the ISA 84 and IEC 61511 safety standards. I recently completed editing the CCPS book, Guidelines for Safe Automation of Chemical Processes.