IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Best Application in I&M Award | IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society

This annual award is in recognition of an individual whose idea applies measurement concepts of instrumentation technology in a novel way to benefit society. The application must be a working solution to an engineering need or problem.

Prize:

$1,000, Plaque, up to $1,000 is granted on a need basis for the recipient to attend I2MTC in the year the award is presented, and publication of the idea in the I&M Magazine.

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:

It must be an application that best applies I&M principles in an innovative way and delivers impact for the society membership.

Eligibility:

All levels of Membership, including Student Members. Must be a member of the 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 regulations established in IEEE and Society/Council governing documents, particularly with IEEE Policy 4.4 on Awards Limitations. 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:

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Recipients

2021

Wuqiang Yang

Biography

Professor Wuqiang Yang (FIEEE, FIET, FInstMC, CEng) received his BEng (Distinction) 1982, MSc 1985 and PhD (Distinction) 1988, from Tsinghua University. After 3 years as a Lecturer at Tsinghua University, he joined UMIST in 1991 and became Professor in 2005. Currently, he is Director of Business Engagement and Innovation in the Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. His research is focused on electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) and industrial applications. He has published 400 papers and two books "Sensor Array" and "Imaging Sensor Technoligies and Applications", and holds 10 patents, including 2 WO patents. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. IM and IET Sci. Meas. Technol. and editorial board member of 7 other journals, including Meas. Sci. Technol. and Sensor Review, and reviews papers for >50 journals. He has been invited by many universities and research institutions worldwide and international conferences to give lectures/seminars/keynotes. From 2010 to 2016, he was an IEEE IMS Distinguished Lecturer. He is a visiting professor at 8 universities, including Tsinghua University. In 2006 he received Global Research Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering and took sabbatical leave at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in USA as a visiting professor. He is one of key organisers of IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques. He organised many special issues as a Guest Editor for IEEE Trans. IM, Meas. Sci. Technol., Sensors and other journals. In 2016 he stayed at Chiba University in Japan as a JSPS Invitation Fellow. He will visit Chiba University again as a JSPS Bridge Fellow. He is recognised by International Center for Scientific Research (France), as one of top 30 technology researchers in the world, and Intota as an expert. His biography has been included in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Who's Who in America since 2002. In 2019, he set up a joint research lab for touch sensors for domestic robots between University of Manchester and Beijing Tashan Co. Ltd.

Affiliation(s)

The University of Manchester

For the impact of his work on online monitoring of fluidized beds in the following three aspects: (1) pharmaceuticals, (2) methanol-to-olefin (MTO) conversion, and (3) clean coal combustion.

2020

Wuliang Yin

For Online Monitoring of the Evolution of Steel Microstructure in a Hot Rolling Process.

2019

Mathias Bonmarin

For using lock-in thermal imaging to investigate stimuli-responsive nanoparticles in complex environments.

2018

Robert X. Gao

Biography

Robert Gao is the Cady Staley Professor of Engineering and Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, at Case Western Reserve University. He previously served as Pratt & Whitney Endowed Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Connecticut. Since receiving his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany in 1991, he has been working in the areas of physics-based sensing methods, smart structures and materials, energy harvesting, multi-resolution signal analysis, wireless communication, and energy-efficient sensor networks. He has published two authored and edited books and over 290 scientific papers in archival journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings, graduated over 30 Ph.D. and M.S. students, and holds 4 patents. He is a recipient of multiple awards, including the Technical Award from the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (2013), Outstanding Associated Editor Award from the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (2012), Best Paper Award from the International Symposium on Flexible Automation (2012), etc. Professor Gaois currently an Associate Editor for the IFAC Journal of Mechatronics and ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. He was an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and ASME, an elected Associated Member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), and an electedMember of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE). Distinguished Lecturer (May, 2014 thru 12/31/2017)|| TIM Associate Editor (2007-2008, 2011-2013)|| TC Chair

Affiliation(s)

Case Western Reserve University

For In-Situ Process Monitoring of Injection Molding.

2017

Paolo Castello

For Smart Phasor Measurement Unit with variable reporting rate for Smart Grids.

2016

Antonello Monti

For Non-linear frequency domain identification for power systems components.

Andrea Cataldo

Roberto Ferrero

For Battery and Fuel Cell Monitoring.

Yong Yan

For Pulverized Fuel Flow Metering Systems.

John Donnal

For the Non-Contact Power Monitor.

Abhinav Sadu

For A Testing Platform for Monitoring Systems for the Power Distribution Grid.

Dario Di Cara