Best in test: people and products
Rick Nelson, Chief Editor -- Test & Measurement World, 10/1/2005
Last month, we highlighted six outstanding test-engineering professionals as the kickoff to our annual awards programs. Our editors selected these six nominees from among suggestions sent in by Test & Measurement World readers. Now, the ball is back in your court. Please review each candidate's qualifications. Among the highlights:
- Ken Coleman configures hardware and software for testing ink-jet print heads at Lexmark, and, when at IBM, he earned patents for keyboard designs and has served on a committee to address repetitive-stress injuries.
- Michael Freeman develops custom automated test hardware and software at Broadcom, has authored many technical papers, and still finds the time to serve as president of his local chapter of the American Society of Test Engineers.
- Georgia Harris of the National Institute of Standards and Technology oversees the accreditation programs for 50 state laboratories. In addition, she has spearheaded metrology quality and training programs and has established proficiency tests for metrologists.
- Herman Chu has set up thermal engineering labs for several companies, including Cisco Systems, where he works now. Intent on finding creative solutions to ever-increasing power consumption, he has authored many papers and chaired packaging workshops.
- John Kauffman of Rockwell Collins developed a data-management system to streamline tests related to the military's Joint Tactical Radio System. A stint in the Marines as a metrology-services coordinator taught him the value of cooperation among government, contractor, and instrument-vendor personnel.
- Zafer Boz emigrated from Turkey to the UK, where he develops test software that lets his colleagues at STMicroelectronics focus on test, not code compilation. He's completing an MSEE degree and hopes to build a career managing test projects.
Please read more about these nominees in our September issue or at www.tmworld.com/teoty. Then, cast your vote by November 1. We realize there are many other worthy candidates out there, so be prepared to nominate them for next year's award.
In addition to our Test Engineer of the Year award, we are also inviting test-equipment vendors to nominate their products and services for our annual Best in Test awards, which honor products introduced in 2005 (see www.tmworld.com/awards for more).
From among the Best in Test nominations we receive, editors will select 12 to feature in our double December 2005/January 2006 issue. Then, we will ask for your help again—to cast your vote for the Test Product of the Year, to be presented at our award ceremony held in February 2006.
Contact Rick Nelson at rnelson@tmworld.com.
