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CEO appointed to engineering academy
Dr James Truchard, CEO, President and Cofounder of National Instruments was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering, in the USA.
Dr James Truchard, CEO, President and Cofounder of National Instruments was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering, in the USA, widely considered the highest honour given in the engineering profession Truchard was recognised for "creating 'virtual instrumentation,' which enabled the rapid development of customised measurement systems in industry, academia and classrooms"
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 27 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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He is one of only 156 Texans to be elected in the history of the Academy.
There are 2217 total members.
"I am excited to congratulate my friend and colleague Jim Truchard for achieving this great honour", said Dr Ben Streetman, Dean of the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, Truchard's alma mater.
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"His pioneering of virtual instrumentation has revolutionised the test and measurement industry".
"Furthermore, his contributions to engineering education worldwide have been substantial".
"In recent years, the work NI has done in classrooms with Lego robots has given young people a taste of engineering design and graphical programming".
Since its founding in 1976, National Instruments has pioneered virtual instrumentation, a unique approach to embedded design, industrial control and test and measurement that combines commercial off-the-shelf technologies with innovative software and hardware.
In 1986, National Instruments introduced LabView, which challenged traditional approaches to programming with graphical development similar to flowcharting.
LabView helps engineers and scientists in diverse industries to quickly produce a wide range of applications.
Over the past 20 years, LabView has evolved from a desktop instrument control and data acquisition tool into an integrated design, control and test platform for desktop, industrial, embedded and handheld applications.
Because the software employs an intuitive graphical programming environment, it is used by professional engineers and students alike, at both school and university levels.
In 2006, NI and Lego collaborated to create the LabView Toolkit for Lego Mindstorms NXT, in which children as well as expert programmers can use a unique drag-and-drop programming environment to programme their Lego Mindstorms NXT robots.
Founded in 1964, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is the portal for all engineering activities at the National Academies, which along with the NAE include the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council. Request free introductory details about products from National Instruments ...
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