Meritorious Service Award• Awardee: Chris Schober• Institution: Honeywell, Inc.• Citation: For contributions to the IEEE Sensors

Council through enthusiastic and inspiring leadership while serving as the Council’s Website Coordinator (2007), IEEE SENSORS Conference Series Treasurer (2002-2008), Vice President for Finances (2007), and President (2010-2011)

• Nominator: Thilo Sauter• Selection Committee: Michiel Vellekoop (Chair),

Darrin Young, and Bernhard Jakoby

IEEE Sensors Journal Best Paper Award

• Title: Design and Fabrication of Soft Artificial Skin Using Embedded Microchannels and Liquid Conductors

• Authors: Yong-Lae Park, Bor-rong Chen, and Robert J. Wood

• Institution: Harvard University, Boston, US.• Nominators: Sangbae Kim and Boris Stoeber• Number of Nominations: 5 • Selection Committee: Ignacio Matias (Chair),

Michael Haji-Sheikh, Ray Huang, and Tong Sun

Technical Achievement Award• Awardee: Khalil Najafi• Institution: University of Michigan• Citation: For leadership in microsystem

technologies and seminal contributions to inertial sensors and hermetic wafer-level packaging

• Nominator: Yogesh Gianchandani• Number of Nominations: 4• Selection Committee: Gianluca Lazzi (Chair),

Richard Brown, Melur Ramasubramanian, Kensall Wise, and Michael Branicky

Carlos Ruiz Zamarreño Universidad Publica de NavarraPamplona, Spain

“For contributions to novel optical sensing waveguides functionalized with micro and nanostructured thin-films.”

2013 Early Career GOLD Award

Christina M. SchoberHoneywell, Inc.Minneapolis, MN, USA

“For contributions to the IEEE Sensors Council through enthusiastic and inspiring leadership while serving as the Council’s Website Coordinator (2007), IEEE SENSORS Conference Series Treasurer (2002-2008), Vice President for Finances (2007), and President (2010-2011).”

2013 Meritorious Service Award

2013 Sensors Journal Best Paper AwardPaper: Design and Fabrication of Soft Artificial Skin Using

Embedded Microchannels and Liquid Conductors

Yong-Lae Park Bor-rong Chen Robert J. WoodHarvard University, Boston, MA, USA

Khalil Najafi University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI, USA

“For leadership in microsystem technologies and seminal contributions to inertial sensors and hermetic wafer-level packaging.”

2013 Technical Achievement Award