2011 Winner Annnoucement • June 7 at 4:00 p.m. • Technology Update Theater
Sensors Magazine announced the twelve companies that received the magazine's 2011 "Best of Sensors Expo" Awards for outstanding achievement, which were presented by Executive Editor Melanie Martella at Sensors Expo and Conference. Twelve gold, silver, bronze and honorable mention awards were presented in four categories: Sensors; Sensor Components; Technologies; and Data Acquisition. Exhibitors submitted new product nominations, and entries were judged on the basis of potential impact, application, distinctiveness, timeliness and availability.

Following is a list of award recipients.

GOLD AWARDS

• Austriamicrosystems, in the Sensors category, for the AS5410 3D Hall encoder
  
• InfraTec Infrared LLC/Fraunhofer, in the Sensor Components category, for the Model LFP-80105-337 tunable microspectrometer detector
  
• Plessey Semiconductors Ltd., in the Sensor Components category, for the EPIC electric potential IC
  
• Synkera Technologies Inc., in the Sensors category, for the MikroKera family of chemical sensors
  

SILVER AWARDS

• Meggitt Sensing Systems, in the Sensors category, for the Endevco Model 72 Series High-G shock accelerometers
  
• MicroStrain Inc., in the Data Acquisition category, for its mXRS extended-range wireless sensing system
  
• MicroStrain Inc., also in the Data Acquisition category, for its SensorCloud sensor data storage, visualization and remote management platform
  

BRONZE AWARDS

• DTS Inc., in the Data Acquisition category, for its SLICE MICRO IEPE standalone data recorder
  
• Libelium, in the Data Acquisition category, for its Radiation Sensor Board
  

HONORABLE MENTIONS

• GTI Spindle Technology, in the Technologies category, for its iPad vibration analyzer
  
• Hoffmann + Krippner Inc., in the Sensors category, for its Moog QuieSense Model QU66601L noiseless thin-film position sensor
  
• Nextreme Thermal Solutions, in the Sensors category, for its Thermobility WPG-1 wireless power generator