IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Distinguished Service Award

To recognize distinguished service to the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.

Prize:
$2,000, Plaque, and travel allowance of up to $1,000 is granted on a need basis for the recipient to attend the awards ceremony.
Funding:
Funded by the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.
Presentation:
Awarded annually at the discretion of the I&M Society Awards Committee at the following year’s I2MTC awards ceremony.
Basis for Judging:
Recognizes an individual who has given outstanding service to the Instrumentation and Measurement Society and to the profession. The nomination must clearly indicate the achievements that define the excellence of the candidate and must reference/provide relevant documentation that is in/or not in/ the public domain. At least 2, but no more than 4, endorsements must be provided by individuals with close knowledge of a candidate’s activities that led to the achievements cited.
Eligibility:
Must be a member of IEEE and the Instrumentation and Measurement Society at the time of nomination and presentation. Voting members of the Society Standing Awards Committee are not eligible. Nominees must exhibit actions that reflect positively on and enhance the reputation of the I&M Society. Eligibility and Selection process shall comply with procedures and regulation established in IEEE and Society/Council governing documents, particularly with IEEE Policy 4.4. on Awards Limitations (https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/ieee-policies.pdf). Previous award winners are not eligible.
Nomination Details:

Nomination Deadline: August 1

Note Regarding Endorsements: In addition to the Nominator’s letter, at least one, but no more than three support letters may be submitted.

Nomination Form:

Recipients

Kristen Donnell

For outstanding contributions to the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) for more than 16 consecutive years as a member of the IMS Administrative Committee and in leadership roles in Membership Development, Education, Finance, and Women in Instrumentation and Measurement.

Ruqiang Yan

For outstanding service to the I&M society, and significant contribution to revitalizing the Technical and Standards Activities Committee of the society.

Shervin Shirmohammadi

For exceptional and tireless service to the I&M Society and its members and for dedication to elevate the stature of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement through quality.

Georg Brasseur

For distinguished service to the IEEE I&M Society for over 25 years, contributions to the society's leading position in worldwide measurements and sensing systems engineering.

Mark Yeary

For distinguished service to the I&M Society as TC Chair, VP Publications, VP Conferences, and Chair of the Fellows Coordination Committee. His leadership within and outside our society has been crucial to our success.

George Xiao

For outstanding and valuable services to many aspects of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.

Dario Petri

For 12 years of outstanding service in several positions, including Chair of the Italy Chapter, Associate Editor of the Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Chair of the IMS Fellow Coordination Committee, IMS Vice President for Conferences and IMS Vice President for Finances.

Serge Demidenko

For the outstanding enduring contributions to the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, the IEEE at large and the Profession.

Max Cortner

For outstanding contributions to the Society as IMTC 1998 General Chair, I2MTC 2013 General Co-Chair, I2MTC Board of Directors Chair, Administrative Committee VP of Education, as well as his Society leadership over many years at the local section level.

Alessandro Ferrero

For eighteen years of outstanding leadership on the Society’s AdCom, including service on the IMS Fellow Review Committee, as Chair of the I2MTC Board, Vice President for Publications, President, Junior Past President, Senior Past President, and Editor-in-Chief of the Transactions for Instrumentation and Measurement.

Frank Reyes

For tirelessly providing outstanding, extremely valuable and critical service to the I&M Society, in a sustained manner as I&M Administrative Committee Member-at-Large.

Ruth A. Dyer

For outstanding service of thirteen consecutive years on the Society’s AdCom, including serving at various times as Vice President of Membership Development, Publications, and Finance, and for fifteen years in leadership roles in I2MTC.

Robert C. Rassa

For many years of invaluable dedication to the Instrumentation and Measurement Society.

Emil Petriu

For outstanding leadership during more than ten years of AdCom membership, including service as General Chair or Program Chair of five IMTC conferences, and as Co-chair of TC-15, TC-28, and TC-30.

Vincenzo Piuri

For exemplary contributions to the Society including service on the Governing Bodies of Councils supported by the Society, to the I2MTC as Conference or Program Chair or Steering Committee Member in 10 different years, as Associate Editor of the Transactions and as VP of Publications, as founding Co-Chair of two Technical Committees, and in seven years of AdCom service.

Reza Zoughi

For service to the Society as Transactions Editor-in-Chief, where he rapidly deployed our online Transactions editorial process and dedicated an incredible amount of time and energy to maintain our Transactions to the highest quality level.

Brian Wadell

For outstanding contributions in fifteen years of membership on the Society Administrative Committee and for serving two terms as President of the I&M Society.

Stephen A. Dyer

For outstanding contributions during fourteen years of membership on the Society's Administrative Committee, including service as Editor-in-Chief of the Transactions, as founding Editor-in-Chief of the I&M Magazine, and as President of the I&M Society.

Kim Fowler

For technical and professional leadership of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society as Editor-in-Chief of the I&M Magazine, member of the Society Administrative Committee and author and developer of technical papers and tutorials presented at sponsored conferences.

Johan Schoukens

For technical and professional leadership of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society as Technical Program Co-chair of IMTC/96 and author of conference papers on an annual basis, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement and member of the Society Administrative Committee.

Stanley R. Booker

For outstanding leadership as President of the Society, Junior and Senior Past Presidents, Vice President, Treasurer and At-Large Member of the Administrative Committee, and as chairman of the Organization Committee responsible for revising the Society Constitution, Bylaws and Handbook.

Kang Lee

For outstanding contributions to the Society as an At-Large Member of the Administrative Committee, Technical Program Chair of the 2000 IMTC and 2001 SIcon conferences, and Chair of the Technical Committee on Sensor Technology.

Milton G. Slade

For outstanding contributions to the Society as President, Editor of the Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Chairman of the Board of IMTC and AUTOTESTCON and as a member of the Administrative Committee.

Stephen F. Adam

For outstanding contributions to the Society as President, Editor of the Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Chairman of the Board of IMTC and AUTOTESTCON and as a member of the Administrative Committee.

Raymond S. Turgel

For outstanding contributions and service to the Society as President, Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement and as a member of the I&M Administrative Committee.

Edwin W. Richter

For outstanding service as Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement and as a member of the Administrative Committee.

J. Barry Oakes

Michael S. P. Lucas

Reuven Kitai

For long and outstanding service to the Instrumentation and Measurement Society as President, Vice-President and Secretary/Treasurer of the Society, member of the Administrative Committee and Technical Program Director of IMTC.


Oliver T. Carver

For continuing and outstanding service to the Instrumentation and Measurement Society as Treasurer, Editor of the Newsletter, member of the Administrative Committee, Director and Chairman of the Board of IMTC and Director and Technical Program Chairman of AUTOTESTCON.

Harold S. Goldberg

Fred Liguori