Instrumentation and Measurement Society Outstanding Young Engineer Award

The 2008 Outstanding Young Engineer Award recipient is:

“In recognition of contributions to the dynamic metrological characterization of ADCs."

Instrumentation and Measurement Society Technical Award

The 2008 Technical Award recipient is:

Thomas Linnenbrink
Hittite Microwave Corp., Colorado Springs, CO, USA

"For leadership of the Society's TC-10 Waveform Generation, Measurement, and Analysis which runs five sub-committees and is active in developing or promoting five major IEEE standards."

Instrumentation and Measurement Society Distinguished Service Award

The 2008 Distinguished Service Award recipient is:

Vincenzo Piuri
University of Milan, Milan, Italy

"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 three Technical Committees, and in seven years of AdCom service."

Instrumentation and Measurement Society Career Excellence Award

The 2008 Career Excellence Award recipient is:

Luigino Benetazzo
University of Padova, Padova, Italy

"For a career of activities in academia, government, and industry devoted to the instrumentation and measurement field and its propagation."

2009 IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation & Measurement

Sponsored by Keithley Instruments, Incorporated

The IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation & Measurement award is presented for outstanding contributions in electrical measurements.  It was established in 2001 and was presented for the first time in 2004.  It is awarded by the IEEE.

The 2009 Joseph F. Keithley Award is presented to:

Dr. Bryan Kibble
Hampton, U.K.

“For pioneering experiments and techniques in the field of fundamental electrical metrology leading to the realization of SI units”

I&M Society 2009 Fellows

Pasquale Daponte
Universita del Sannio, Benevento, Italy

"For contributions to the metrology and standardization of analog to digital and digital to analog converters."

Abdulmotaleb El Saddik
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

"For contributions to interactive haptic audio visual systems."

Matteo Pastorino
University of Genova, Genova, Italy

"For Contributions to analysis of electromagnetic scattering."

Dario Petri
University of Trento, Trento, Italy

"For contributions to digital signal processing techniques for instrumentation and measurement."

Yicheng Wang
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

"For contributions to precision electrical measurements in realization of the International System of Units Farad and Ohm."