Anthony Constantinides to receive IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award

Anthony George Constantinides, a researcher and educator who pioneered the teaching of digital signal processing in the United Kingdom and established programs at other universities around the world, is being honored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) with the 2012 IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award. IEEE, headquartered in Piscataway, N.J., is [...]

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Leviton appoints Marvin Hagemeier to Director of Commercial and Industrial Sales

Leviton, the Melville, N.Y.-based  manufacturer of electrical devices and data center connectivity products, announced the promotion of Marvin Hagemeier to the position of Director of Commercial and Industrial Sales for the Western Region. Hagemeier joined Leviton in 1985 as an electrical distribution sales representative in East and Central Texas and was promoted to Electrical Distribution [...]

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Bison Gear’s Ron Bullock elected chairman of The Manufacturing Institute

Ron Bullock, chairman of St. Charles, Ill.-based electric motor and gear motor manufacturer Bison Gear and Engineering, has been elected chairman of The Manufacturing Institute, a foundation affiliated with the National Association of Manufacturers. Bullock, who has experience in the continued education and expansion of skilled labor in the manufacturing workforce, will be tasked with expanding and [...]

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Michel Duval to receive 2012 IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award

Michel Duval, fault diagnosis expert, is being honored by IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional association based in Piscataway, N.J., with the 2012 IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award. According to IEEE, Duval is “an internationally known engineer whose pioneering contributions to condition monitoring of high-voltage transformers help diagnose and prevent equipment faults that can cause [...]

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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor announces resignation of CFO

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (AOS), a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of power semiconductors, announced that Ephraim Kwok, chief financial officer, has resigned due to health reasons as recommended by his physician, effective immediately. The Board of Directors for the company has appointed Mary L. Dotz to serve [...]

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NEMA adds Charles Konigsberg as chief, strategy and policy

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association announced today that Charles S. Konigsberg, JD, will join the NEMA/Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) as chief of strategy and policy. Konigsberg is a 30-year budget and policy veteran who will use his bipartisan experience to help bolster the NEMA leadership team with a public policy focus. He will [...]

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ISA creates social media community manager position, names Juliann Grant

The International Society of Automation announced that it is expanding its “commitment to provide automation professionals readily accessible sources for educational news and information,” with the creation of a social media community manager position. Juliann M. Grant, a veteran of the industrial automation field and social media consultant, will assume this position. Grant will be [...]

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Shermco Industries hires Dirk Rodekuhr and David Hooven

Shermco Industries, the Irving-Tex.-based provider of testing, repair, professional training, maintenance and analysis of rotating apparatus and electrical power distribution systems, has added Dirk Rodekuhr as technical sales specialist and David Hooven as senior account manager. Dirk Rodekuhr will be acting as a liaison between Shermco’s outside sales force and its production departments coordinating technical [...]

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IDEAL Industries Networks names Mark Barmettler Director of Engineering

IDEAL Industries Networks, the networking division of IDEAL Industries, Inc., one of the largest manufacturers of LAN test and measurement products, has appointed Mark Barmettler as its new Director of Engineering in the U.S. Barmettler brings over 25 years of engineering and research experience to the San Diego based division. As Director of Engineering, Barmettler [...]

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Siemens employee Jackie Bray mentioned in State of the Union Address

Jackie Bray, a Kings Mountain, N.C. woman who works at Siemens Energy as a process operator, was mentioned in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. Bray landed the high-tech job through a career retraining program, according to The Shelby Star. “I want every American looking to have the same opportunity as [...]

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