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Latest News James C. Hung and J. David Irwin Recipients of the Diplome of Honor from the University of Patras Professor James C. Hung, Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee, and Professor J. David Irwin, Earle C. Williams Eminent Scholar and Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Auburn University, have received Diplome of Honor from the University of Patras, Greece, in recognition of their great scientific contribution to the Industrial Electronics field. The awards were presented on September 26, 2007, by Rector of the University of Patras, Professor Stavros A. Koubias. Other recipients of this award were Professor George Papadopoulos, University of Patras, and Dr. Richard Zurawski, ISA Group.
Prof. James C. Hung receives the award
from Prof. Stavros A. Koubias,
Rector of
the University of Patras,
Prof. J. David Irwin receives the award
from Prof. Stavros A. Koubias,
Rector of
the University of Patras, Prof. James C. Hung, a Life Fellow of the IEEE, received a BS degree from the National Taiwan University, and an MS and a Dr Eng Sc. Degrees From the New York University. Prof. Hung was a distinguished Service Professor of the University of Tennessee and is now a Professor Emeritus. He is an Honorary Professor of several Universities in China. Whilst at the University of Tennessee, he was responsible for the curriculum and research in the area of control systems. Prof. Hung directed research projects supported by NASA and the US Department of Defense. The research was mainly in system integration, guidance and control, inertial navigation, data reduction, and industrial control. Prof. Hung was Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics; President of the Industrial Electronics Society; and is a life member of the Administrative Committee of the IE Society. Prof. J. David Irwin, a Life Fellow of the IEEE, is Earle C. Williams Eminent Scholar and Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Auburn University. Dr. Irwin has served the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society as a member of the Education Committee and as Education Editor of Computer. He has served as Chairman of the Southeastern Association of Electrical Engineering Department Heads and the National Association of Electrical Engineering Department Heads and is past president of both the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and the IEEE Education Society. He is a life member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society AdCom and has served as a member of the Oceanic Engineering Society AdCom. He served for two years as Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. Dr. Irwin served on the Executive Committee of the Southeastern Center for Electrical Engineering Education and was president of the organization in 1983/84. He has served as an IEEE Adhoc Visitor for ABET Accreditation teams and as a member of the IEEE Educational Activities Board. He has been a member of numerous IEEE committees including the Lamme Medal Award Committee, Fellow Committee, the Nominations and Appointments Committee and the Admission and Advancement Committee, also as a member of the Board of Directors of the IEEE Press. Dr. Irwin was a member of the Secretary of the Army's Advisory Panel for ROTC Affairs, Nominations Chairman for the National Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association, and a member of the IEEE Education Society's McGraw Hill/Jacob Millman Award Committee. Currently he is chair of the IEEE Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Award Committee and a member of the Board of Governors and President of Eta Kappa Nu, the ECE Honor Society. Dr. Irwin is author and co-author of numerous publications, papers, patent applications and presentations including sixteen textbooks that span a wide spectrum of engineering subjects, and is Editor-in-Chief of a large handbook published by the CRC Press. Dr. Irwin is a Fellow of the IEEE and received an IEEE Centennial Medal in 1984. Among his numerous awards are the Bliss Medal from the Society of American Military Engineers, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society's Anthony J. Hornfeck Outstanding Service Award and a Meritorious Service Citation from the IEEE Educational Activities Board. In 1992 he was named a Distinguished Auburn Engineer; was made a Fellow of the ASEE in 2002, and an Honorary Professor, Institute for Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China in 2004. Dr. Irwin received the B.E.E. degree from Auburn University and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is a member of the following honor societies: Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Pi Mu Epsilon, and Omicron Delta Kappa.
Richard Zurawski
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