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 single, deployed (licensed or at least Technology Readiness Level 6 per EARTO recommendation on TRL) working solution to an engineering need or problem, not an overall body of work.

Prize:

$1,000, Plaque, up to $2,000 costs reimbursed (on a needs basis) associated with recipient attending I2MTC in the year the award is presented, and publication of the idea in the I&M Magazine.

Funding:

This award will be funded by IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Awards Fund managed by the IEEE Foundation.

Presentation:

Awarded annually at the following year’s I2MTC awards ceremony. Award will be given only if a suitable awardee is identified.

Basis for Judging:

Recognizes 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. Nominees must exhibit actions that reflect positively on and enhance the reputation of the I&M Society. Voting members of the Society Standing Awards Committee are not eligible.

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 for substantially the same achievements (per IEEE Policies 4.4: An individual shall receive only one award for a given achievement, unless the significance merits a higher award, which may be given in the following year or thereafter.)

Nomination Details:

Nominations are solicited from all IMS Members. The call for nominations will be sent out via email to the IMS Membership, posted on the IMS social media accounts, and displayed on the IMS website. Nominations must be submitted through the IMS website. Self nominations are not permitted.

In the case of multiple nominations from the same nominator, for the same individual, to the same award, the first complete nomination received shall be considered, unless the nominator requests that a revised version be used. Any revisions must be submitted by the nomination deadline.

In the case of multiple nominations from different nominators, for the same individual, to the same award, the first complete nomination received shall be considered and any letters of support from additional nominations will be included in the nomination package (up to the maximum number of letters of support). Nominations must include the following supporting documents:

Nominee's Biographical Summary
Nominee's CV
Description of Impact
Description of Application
Optional Letters of Support (up to 2 Letters of Support will be accepted)
Support letter from an end-user, also confirming that the solution is either licensed by them or at TRL level 6)

Nominations should comply with IEEE Policies and restrictions on awards. Incidents of misconduct including, but not limited to, violations of IEEE's publication policies, will be strongly considered by the awards committee and may be grounds for denial of an award or leadership position.

Nomination Form:

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Recipients

2024

Lijun Xu

Biography

Professor Lijun Xu (M’04-SM’04-F’23) received BEng, MEng, and PhD degrees in Measurement Technology and Instrumentation from Tianjin University, China, in 1990, 1993 and 1996, respectively. From 1998 to 1999, he conducted postdoctoral research at Karlsruhe University, Germany. From 1996 to 2001, he was a lecturer and later an Associate Professor with Tianjin University. From 2002 to 2006, he was a Research Fellow with University of Greenwich, University of Kent, and a Higher Scientific Officer with Institute of Cancer Research, UK. In 2006, he was appointed as Professor and is currently the Dean of School of Instrumentation and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. Prof. Xu’s official website: https://yqgdxy.buaa.edu.cn/info/1058/4508.htm#

Professor Xu’s research interests include intelligent sensing, advanced imaging and dynamic process monitoring. He has devoted himself for oil-water two-phase flow measurement research for over 30 years. Professor Xu has developed a series of world leading technologies and devices for in situ measurement and monitoring of underground oil-water flows. The oil-water two-phase flow measurement approaches and devices developed by him have been widely deployed in oilfields across China for optimal management of oil field exploration, which improved single well oil yield and recovery efficiency of the whole oil field. His outstanding contributions to multiphase flow measurement bring him to be awarded the First class of the Technology Invention Award by Chinese Ministry of Education in 2019.

Professor Xu has authored or coauthored more than 400 publications in the related field. His publications have got 6866 citations and the h-index is 41 (Google Scholar). He was the most published author of IEEE Trans I&M from China and ranked the 43rd of most published authors all over the world. Professor Xu was elected as the Fellows of IEEE and CIS (China Instrument and Control Society) in 2023 and 2024, respectively. He was granted the Distinguished Young Fund by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Chang-Jiang Scholar Program Professor by the Ministry of Education, China, in 2014 and 2016, respectively. He is currently the associate Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Beihang University, the editorial board member of Measurement Science and Technology, and etc.

Affiliation(s)

Beihang University

For the Complex flow metering technologies for multi-layer oil field well logging.

2023

Carlo Trigona

Biography

Carlo Trigona presently serves as an Associate Professor of Electronic Instrumentation and Measurements at the University of Catania, Italy, within the Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering (DIEEI). His academic journey began with the attainment of an M.S. degree (cum Laude) in Automation Engineering and Control of Complex Systems from the University of Catania in 2006. Continuing his pursuit, he embarked on his Ph.D. studies at the same university from 2006 to 2009, culminating in the achievement of a Ph.D. degree in Electronic, Automation, and Control of Complex Systems in 2010. His post-doctoral endeavors took him across Europe. From 2010 to 2011, he served as a post-doc and lecturer at the University Montpellier II – LIRMM (France). Subsequently, he continued his post-doc and lecturer roles at DIEEI, University of Catania, from 2011 to 2017. In 2017 to 2018, he furthered his research as a post-doc at the Chemnitz University of Technology (Germany). Returning to the University of Catania, he served as an Assistant Professor of Electronic Instrumentation and Measurements at DIEEI from 2018 to 2020. Continuing his academic progression, he held the position of tenure-track Professor of Electronic Instrumentation and Measurements at the same department from 2020 to 2023. He actively engages in numerous national and international academic and engineering projects, contributing as both coordinator and partner. Additionally, he significantly impacts the Instrumentation and Measurement community through various activities, including editorial roles and serving as a reviewer for esteemed journals from 2006 up to the present. Professor Trigona has received several awards for his research endeavors, notably the 2020 IEEE I&M Outstanding Young Engineer Award for his exceptional contributions to advancing I&M concepts in sensors and transducers for energy harvesting. Regarding his research profile, Prof. Trigona's first paper surfaced in 1997, and presently, he co-authors more than 250 scientific publications with over 2200 citations. These contributions span chapters in books, papers in international journals, proceedings of international conferences, trademarks and patents. His research interests encompass sensors, transducers, MEMS, NEMS, fluxgate magnetometers, energy harvesting, as well as innovative areas such as green and biodegradable sensors and transducers based on living organisms.

Affiliation(s)

University of Catania, DIEEI

For his innovative sensors that incorporate the response of plants to a wide range of environmental factors, becoming low, environmentally friendly, biodegradable instruments.

2022

Tuan Guo

For outstanding contributions to energy storage monitoring using optical fiber sensing technologies.

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

Dario Di Cara

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.