Membership Development Committee

Salvatore Baglio

Biography

Salvatore Baglio received the “Laurea” and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Catania, Italy, in 1990 and 1994, respectively.

Since 1996 he is with the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e Informatica, University of Catania, where he is currently Full Professor of Instrumentation and Measurement.

Prof. Baglio teaches courses in “measurement theory,” “electronic instrumentations,” and “Micro and nanosensors”.

His research interests are mainly focused on micro and nanotechnologies for sensors and transducers, micro and nanosensors, hysteretic materials for sensors, nonlinear dynamics for transducers, methodologies and integrated devices for energy harvesting.

He has coauthored more than 400 scientific publications including papers in international journals and in proceedings of international conferences, books, chapters in books. He is also co-inventor in international patents.

Prof. Baglio is IEEE Fellow, has served as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems and for the IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurements, he has also been Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.

Prof. Baglio is currently Associate Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurements. He has been the General co-Chair of IEEE I2MTC 2018 and of IEEE SAS 2016 (SAS Steering Committee (2014-2017)).

Salvo Baglio is an I&M Society AdCom member (2015-2018) where he has served as Video Tutorials EIC (2015-2018), Faculty Course Development Award Selection Committee Member (2015-2016), Vice President Education (2016-2017), Society representative on IEEE Sensor Council AdCom (2017-2019, and the I&M Society AdCom Executive Vice President (2018-2019).

He is currently the Society President (2020-2021).

Affiliation(s)

University of Catania

Italy

Lee Barford

Keysight Technologies

United States

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Katelyn Brinker

Iowa State University

United States

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David León Céspedes

Universidad de las Américas Puebla

Mexico

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Ruth A. Dyer

Kansas State University

United States

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Ruth A. Dyer

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Biography

Ruth Dyer earned her doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Kentucky, and her bachelor's and master's degrees in biochemistry are from Kansas State University. She joined K-State in 1983 as an assistant professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering and was promoted to full professor in 1997. From 1998 up to her recent retirement, Dr. Dyer served in various administrative roles in the Office of the Provost. In her final, role she served as the senior vice provost for academic affairs.

She has served in a number of leadership roles in the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS), including Sr. Past President (2020-2021); Awards Chair (2020-2021), Jr. Past President (2018-2019), Nominations & Appointments Chair (2018-2019), President (2016-2017), Vice President for Membership, Vice President for Publications, Vice President for Finance, and Executive Vice President. She is a Fellow of the IEEE, and in 2011 she received the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society's Distinguished Service Award. She served as the General Program Co-Chair for the 2010 I2MTC and as the Technical Program Co-Chair for the 2011 I2MTC. She also served for a number of years as a member of the I2MTC Board of Directors. She served three four-year terms — 1999-2002, 2003-2006, and 2008-2011— as an elected member of the IMS Administrative Committee.

Dr. Dyer also was one of seven individuals from across the United States to be named a Fellow of the Association of Women in Sciences in 2006. She was an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow in 2003-2004 and served during that time at Ohio State University. In 2013, she was selected for induction into the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Engineering Hall of Distinction, and she currently serves on the UK Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council.

Affiliation(s)

Kansas State University

United States

Ferdinanda Ponci

RWTH Aachen University

Germany

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Luca De Vito

Università degli Studi del Sannio

Italy

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Luca De Vito

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Biography

Luca De Vito (M’10–SM’12) received the master’s (cum laude) degree in software engineering and the Ph.D. degree in information engineering from the University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, in 2001 and 2005, respectively. His master’s thesis was on automatic classification and characterization of digitally modulated signals. He joined the Laboratory of Signal Processing and Measurement Information, University of Sannio, where he was involved in research activities. In 2008, he joined the Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, as an Assistant Professor in electric and electronic measurement. In 2013, he received the National Academic Qualification as an Associate Professor. Since 2015, he collaborates with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland, first as visiting scientist, and then as cooperation associate, working on magnet characterization, with the Magnetic Measurement Section (TE-MSC-MM), on diagnostics of cryogenic processes, with the Controls and Electrical Support Section (TE-CRG-CE), and on the characterization of RF cavities with the Hadron Synchrotrons Coherent effects Section (BE-ABP-HSC). Since June 2016 he is associated to the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and collaborates to the ELI-NP (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics) project.

He is Associate Editor of the ELSEVIER Measurement journal.

He is member of the IEEE since 2010, he is member of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS), of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic System Society, and of the IEEE Standards Association. He is Senior Member of the IEEE since 2012. He is Chapter Chair Liaison of the IEEE IMS.

He is member of the AFCEA and is Young President of the AFCEA Naples Charter.

He published more than 100 papers on international journals and conference proceedings, mainly dealing with measurements for the telecommunications, data converter testing and biomedical instrumentation.

Affiliation(s)

Università degli Studi del Sannio

Italy

Shuming Wu

Xi’an Jiaotong University

China

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Logan Wilcox

Missouri University of Science and Technology

United States

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Logan Wilcox

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Logan M. Wilcox (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received a B.S. degree in computer engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), Rolla, MO, USA, in 2020, where he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and a Graduate Certificate in explosives engineering. He was an Associate Engineer with Tech Electronics, a Technology Services Company, St. Louis, MO, USA, from 2020 to 2021. Since 2021, he has been a Graduate Research Assistant with the Microwave Sensing (μSense) Laboratory, at Missouri S&T, where his research interests include nondestructive testing and evaluation, microwave and thermal materials characterization, and thermal image analysis and processing.

Mr. Wilcox is a part of the inaugural class of the Kummer Innovation and Entrepreneurship Doctoral Fellowship Program at Missouri S&T and recipient of the 2021 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement (IMS) Graduate Fellowship Award. Within IEEE IMS, he is currently the Graduate Student Representative, where he is serving on the Education and Membership Development Committees. Additionally, he is a member of the Technical Committees (TC) on Nondestructive Evaluation and Industrial Inspection (TC-01) and Radiation and Nuclear Instrumentation and Systems (TC-45). Outside of IEEE IMS, he serves on the IEEE-HKN Board of Governors as a Student Governor, where he is serving on the Alumni Engagement Committee and the Student to Alumni Transition Ad hoc Committee.

Affiliation(s)

Missouri University of Science and Technology

United States