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Session was the recognition for the best
papers and presenters of the prior year,
presented by Daniel Winkler, Chairman,
IWCS Symposium Committee, LEONI Cable
Inc., Rochester, Michigan, USA. The Jack
Spergel Memorial Award for Outstanding Technical
Paper on “Low-Loss MM MPO Connectors under EF
Launched Power Condition (Theoretical Simulation
and Experimental Results)” was presented to co-
authors Dr. Toshiaki Satake, Sharon Lutz, Steven
Chuang, Dr. Ke Wang and Mike Hughes of US Conec
Ltd., Hickory, North Carolina, USA.
Assessing Reaction to Fire of Cables According to
CPR”.
IWCS Board Chairman Scott Wasserman honored
Dr. Kazuyuki Shiraki of NTT Access Network Service
Systems Laboratories, Ibaraki, Japan, a retiring
member of the IWCS Board of Directors and John
R. Sach of Prysmian Group, Lexington, South
Carolina, USA, a retiring member of the Symposium
Committee who had previously served on the Board.
Pat Hudak, IWCS Operations Manager for 27 years,
was paid tribute for her exemplary service to the
The Outstanding Poster Paper on “Optimization of
organization. “Pat has been the foundation of IWCS
12 Core MCF with Hexagonal Close-Packed Structure” and the driving force to make each Symposium
was presented to co-authors Ryuichi Sugizaki, Koichi happen,” said Kiddoo. “While Pat will be missed by
Maeda and Kohei Kawasaki of Furukawa Electric,
all of us, she has left us with a legacy of excellence
Ichihara, Chiba, Japan and Dr. Rasmus Vincentz
that we will work hard to fulfill.” Michele Richardson,
Jensen and Dr. Bera Pálsdóttir OFS Denmark,
Hudak’s daughter who has worked in onsite AV
Brøndby, Denmark.
support every conference since 1992 is also retiring
and was thanked for her service.
The Kitts-Kingsley Award for Best Presentation was
given to Dr. Kirsten Langfeld of Corning Optical
Twelve recipients of the student scholarship
Communications GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany,
awards for the 2018/2019 academic year were
for “Investigation of Reliability of the Test for
also acknowledged at the plenary session.
12 WIRE NEWS EVENTS December 2018