[January 15, 2008] Chief Scientist for Symmetricom Gets Distinguished Precise Time and Time Interval Award Tweet (Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Symmetricom, a provider of precise time and frequency technologies that accelerate the deployment and enable the management of next generation networks, announced that Dr. Michael Garvey, chief scientist with Symmetricom in Beverly, Massachusetts, was the 2007 recipient of the Distinguished PTTI Service Award. The award was presented at the Thirty-Ninth Annual Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Systems and Applications Meeting held Monday, November 26 to Thursday, November 29, in Long Beach, California. The award recognizes outstanding contributions related to the management of PTTI systems. This award is open not only to those who excel in technology but also to those who make it usable and available, said Dr. Joe White, chairman of the PTTI Executive Committee. Excelling in both areas, Dr. Garvey was responsible for the development of the cesium clocks flown in GPS blocks I, II and IIA. It was these clocks that helped make the early GPS satellites a success. The Distinguished PTTI Service Award recognizes an individual for providing exceptional leadership and demonstrating ability and ingenuity in the development or application of PTTI over a number of years or the development of a significant PTTI system. The PTTI is the leading strategic systems and applications meeting in precise time, said Dr. Michael Garvey, chief scientist for Symmetricom in Beverly. It is an honor to be recognized by my colleagues for contributions to PTTI systems. I have found the work both challenging and rewarding. Throughout his 30-year career, Dr. Garvey has been involved in the design of atomic frequency standards and clocks. In 1979, he joined Frequency and Time Systems, Inc. (FTS) where he developed cesium beam atomic clocks for the first Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. In 1999, Dr. Garvey led the acquisition of Sigma Tau Standards Corp., the only U.S. manufacturer of active hydrogen masers. FTS was acquired by Symmetricom in 2002. At Symmetricom, Dr. Garvey has overall responsibility for the research and development of precision clocks and frequency standards. Dr. Garvey is an active member of the U.S. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (UFFC) Society, serving as the president-elect for the term beginning in 2010. Since 1998, he has served as a member of the Scientific Program Committee of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF). He also serves on the National Research Council Review Panel for Physics at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dr. Garvey was the recipient of the 2002 IEEE UFFC Society's C.B. Sawyer Award. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]