Abstract
Our Society’s Celebration of 75 Years brings together most of I&M’s past presidents from 2000 to date. Following brief remarks by current Jr. Past President Juan Manuel Ramirez, the available past presidents will have the chance to introduce themselves. Two of those past presidents―Kim Fowler and Steve Dyer―will share a quick history of our Society, reflections on its maturation, and some personal memories. Members of the audience will then have approximately 25 minutes to interact as they please with the panel of past presidents.
Short Biography for Stephen A. Dyer
Stephen A. “Jack” Dyer is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University. He holds degrees in physics, electrical engineering, and engineering, and he spent most of his career as a faculty member, having taught over 80 different courses in mathematics, physics, electrical and computer engineering, entrepreneurship, and music. His research was broadly in digital signal processing, instrumentation and measurement, spectrometry, digital communication systems, and numerical methods, but his fun has been in analog electronics. His consulting practice centered largely on engineering forensics and assistance in product design. A Life Fellow of the IEEE, Dyer served three terms as President of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society. Before that, he served three stints as editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement and was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine. He recently completed a term as President of the IEEE Systems Council.
Short Biography for Kim Fowler
Kim Fowler has spent over 40 years in the design, development, and project management of medical, military, and satellite equipment. His interest is the rigorous development of diverse, mission-critical, embedded systems. Kim has worked for several companies designing embedded systems and consulted with commercial companies and government agencies. He co-founded Stimsoft, a medical products company, in 1998 and sold it in 2003. Kim is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and was President of the IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society for 2010 and 2011, Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE I&M Magazine, and an adjunct professor for the Johns Hopkins University Engineering Professional Program. He was secretary for the IEEE System Council in 2022 and is part of the administration committee. He has published widely and has written four textbooks. He has 20 patents - granted, pending, or disclosed. Kim received his Ph.D. from Kansas State University in December 2018 and is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Campbell University in North Carolina.