Society Awards

IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Career Excellence Award

To recognize a career of meritorious achievement and outstanding technical contribution by an individual in the field of instrumentation and measurement.

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IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Distinguished Service Award

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

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IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Outstanding Young Engineer Award

To recognize an outstanding young I&M member who has distinguished himself/herself through achievement(s), which may be technical (within the I&M field of interest), may be exemplary service to the I&M Society, or may be a combination of both.

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IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Technical Award

To recognize outstanding contribution to or leadership in advancing instrumentation design or measurement technique.

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IEEE J. Barry Oakes Advancement Award

To recognize the professional achievements of an individual engaged in the fields of I&M.

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

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.

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Society Awards Chair

Max Cortner

Boston Scientific Corporation

United States

Max Cortner

Biography

J. Max Cortner earned a BSEE from Iowa State University and an MSEE from the University of Minnesota. After eighteen years as a Test Engineer in defense division of Sperry Corporation, Max moved to the Cardiac Rhythm Management division of Guidant, now the CRM Division of Boston Scientific. Boston Scientific CRM manufactures medical electronics including pacemakers and defibrillators. Max is currently a Senior Fellow Engineer in Test Engineering, a group responsible for automated electronic testing of components, subassemblies and final product in manufacturing. He is a licensed Professional Engineer, a Certified Project Management Professional, and a Senior Member of IEEE. As an active member of the IEEE Twin Cities Section since 1972, Max has held offices in the Computer Society including local chapter chair and area chair. He worked with a group of activists who organized and successfully ran a five-year series of multi-week technical symposia covering hot topics such as computer graphics and artificial intelligence. Max was among the founders of the Twin Cities Chapter of the Instrument and Measurement Society. He helped organize numerous local test conferences and served as General Chair for the IMTC 1998. In 1999, he served on the committee of the IEEE Sections Congress that was held in the Twin Cities. Max was Co-Chair of I2MTC held in Minneapolis in 2013. He now serves on the Instrumentation and Measurement Society Administration Committee in the role of Education Committee Chair, I2MTC Board Chair, and Industrial Relations Subcommittee Chair.

Affiliation(s)

Boston Scientific Corporation

United States

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