2nd 2016 IEEE UFFC-S AdCom Meeting

The IEEE UFFC-S Administrative Committee, AdCom, met in Tours, France on September 17, 2016.

Many important points were covered to coordinate and optimize the operation of the society. The points highlighted by IEEE UFFC-S president, Clark Nguyen, were focused on achievements of the year past and goals to pursue. Student support extended for the NIST Time & Frequency Seminar allowed nine students to participate. Geoff Brennecka has been named new Chair of the Education Committee to determine means to best get tutorial videos on-line for sharing with the membership. Possible plans for a membership ‘awards’ system were discussed. The integration of videotaping of symposium lectures into our conferences was recognized as globally successful. Other key issues that Clark Nguyen underlined included recommendations for conference organizers, the on-going work to up-date our bylaws and the initiative to upgrade the IEEE UFFC-S website.

In 2016, several important awards have been bestowed to recognize major achievements in our field. The Outstanding Paper Award for a paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control in 2015 was attributed for “4-D Ultrafast Shear-Wave Imaging“ by Jean-Luc Gennisson, Jean  Provost, Thomas Deffieux, Clément Papadacci, Marion  Imbault, Mathieu Pernot, and  Mickael Tanter.  It was noted that, at the IFCS in May 2016, David W. Allan was awarded the 2016 UFFC Achievement Award. New UFFC Distinguished Lecturers for January 2017 to June 2018 were announced to be David Howe and Katherine W. Ferrara.  Jian-yu Lu was cited as the recipient of the UFFC Distinguished Service Award.   The IEEE has approved the creation of a new award, the Ferroelectrics Robert E. Newnham Achievement Award. Professor Ahmad Safari was named AdCom emeritus. Many other awards and events marked the International Ultrasonics Symposium in Tours, France. 

The next AdCom meeting will be held on May 6, 2017 in Atlanta, GA, USA.