The IEEE Education Society’s IEEE Standard 1876 Working Group was recently recognized as the recipient of the IEEE-SA Emerging Technology Award “For the development of IEEE 1876 - 2019 on networked smart learning objects for online laboratories, the first IEEE standard of its kind to recommend and guide its stakeholders for widespread development and use of online laboratories in support of science technology and engineering education.” The IEEE-SA Emerging Technology Award is awarded for the initiation, advancement or progression of a new technology through the IEEE-SA open consensus process. Further information about the award, including a list of past recipients, click here.

IEEE Education Society President, Russ Meier, IEEE Education Society Standards Committee Chair, Hamadou Saliah-Hassane, and IEEE Education Society Standards Committee Vice-Chair Luis Felipe Zapata attended the IEEE Standards Association’s Awards Ceremony on 8 November 2019 at the Hyatt in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA (pictured to the right).