Dyer receives distinguished service award from international electrical engineering society

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Source: Stephen Dyer, sdyer@eece.ksu.edu
News release prepared by: Cheryl May, 785-532-6415, may@k-state.edu

Thursday, May 11, 2006

DYER RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FROM INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY

MANHATTAN -- A Kansas State University professor of electrical and computer engineering was recognized April 25 with the Distinguished Service Award from the Instrumentation and Measurement Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Stephen A. Dyer accepted the award during a ceremony at the annual IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology conference in Sorrento, Italy. The award consists of a $2,000 honorarium and a certificate, and is given annually by the I&M Society to one of its present or past members who has given outstanding service to the society and to the profession.

Dyer, professor of electrical and computer engineering at K-State, is serving his third term as president of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society. He is a former editor of the I&M Transactions, founding editor-in-chief of the Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine and vice president for two terms.

"Instrumentation and measurement is an extremely broad technical field which impacts every area of electrical and computer engineering, every other engineering discipline, and all the sciences, as well as the everyday lives of all of us in today's society," Dyer said. "It is fascinating and fun to be involved in such an important field. Involvement in editorial roles and as a Society officer has allowed me to have contact with, and visit, engineers and scientists throughout the world who are engaged in bettering our lives through the contributions they make to the field of I&M."

A member of its administrative committee continuously since 1992, Dyer has served the I&M Society in many capacities. He was editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, the Society's research journal, for a four-year term, returning later to that position on two occasions on an interim basis.

He was founding editor-in-chief of the Society's award-winning IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, which debuted in 1998. In addition to chairing several committees, Dyer served the Society for two terms as vice-president, followed by two terms as president. Four years later, and after completion of his term as senior past president, he was elected president of the Society for a third term, for 2006-07.

Dyer received his bachelor's degree in physics in 1973,his master's degree in electrical engineering in 1974, and his doctorate in engineering in 1977, all from K-State.

Dyer has taught physics, mathematics and electrical and computer engineering at several universities. He returned to K-State in 1983 as a faculty member, and served from 1987-89 as associate head of the department of electrical and computer engineering. He was promoted to professor in 1989. His publications include an edited book on instrumentation and measurement, several book chapters and more than 100 refereed papers and research reports. He has done engineering design, engaged in consulting in engineering physics and served as a legal expert witness for about 38 companies, firms and government agencies during the past 28 years.

The Instrumentation and Measurement Society is one of 39 technical societies under the umbrella of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a leading professional association for the advancement of technology, with more than 365,000 members in more than 150 countries. Dyer was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1996.