Seeking nominations for the 2010 Test Engineer of the Year award

Note: Thanks for your interest in Test & Measurement World’s Test Engineer of the Year award. Nominations are now closed. Please visit www.tmworld.com after November 1 to vote for your favorite candidate from among six finalists. Then return to www.tmworld.com after April 1, 2010, to read a profile of the winner.

Test & Measurement World is now seeking nominations for its seventh annual Test Engineer of the Year award. Sponsored by National Instruments, the award carries with it an educational grant presented to an engineering school designated by the winner.

The ideal candidate will have excelled in one or more of the following areas over the past year:

•    Served as a driving force in bringing together personnel in design, marketing, production, and other departments to ensure that high-quality, testable products get developed, characterized, validated, and shipped.

•    Served as a mentor to other engineers, helping to close the engineering knowledge gap.

•    Participated actively in industry events, such as trade shows, technical conferences, and standards groups.

•    Supported educational initiatives to encourage students to enter the engineering profession, or worked with adademia to convert R&D into high-quality marketable products.

•    Developed a new technique or process to solve tough test, measurement, and inspection challenges.

To read about past winners, and to nominate a candidate for the 2010 Test Engineer of the Year award, click here.

Please note that the award is open to the test-equipment user community. Employees of test-equipment vendors are generally not eligible. If you are a test-equipment or inspection-equipment vendor, you are encouraged to nominate your most outstanding customers. If you have any questions about the award and eligibility, please contact me.

All nominations must be received by September 21.