DIRECTOR OF NOAA'S OFFICE OF SATELLITE DATA PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION NAMED ENGINEERING MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Helen M. Wood, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, has been named Engineering Manager of the Year by the Engineering Management Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. She is being recognized for her "exceptional personal leadership in directing computing and communications research and operations."

In her position at NOAA, Wood directs a space and earth- based system involving operational, real-time data gathered by NOAA and other environmental satellites. She also leads the agency's computer network integration planning.

Wood said her management philosophy is, "Understand what motivates people in a job; be seen; make clear what you're after; tell them what's going on."

Wood holds a B.S. degree in mathematics from the University of Maryland and an M.S. degreee in computer science from American University. An active member of the IEEE since 1978, Wood was the organization's vice president for publication activities last year and is an IEEE Fellow.

Founded in 1884, the IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society with 320,000 electrical engineers, scientists and other professionals in about 150 countries.