Commack Resident Dr. Fred Kruger Honored With IEEE Outstanding Teacher Award

On Thursday evening, March 22, a ballroom at the Crest Hollow Country Club was filled for this year’s Annual Awards Banquet of the Long Island Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Fred Kruger was presented the Region 1 award for Outstanding Teaching in an IEEE Area of Interest. “For outstanding mentoring of high school science students research activities and inspiriing them to pursue engineering and science as a career.”

Dr. Kruger has served as a Volunteer Science and Technology Mentor to students in the Commack (NY) High School Science Research Program and as a science, engineering, and technology consultant to the program for about 10 years. He has introduced several students to Ham Radio and the role it can play in support of their present and future science and engineering activities and education. Many of the students he helped mentor have gained local, regional and/or national, or international recognition for their competition winning science research projects. His wife, Dr. Barbara Kruger, has worked at his side as a Volunteer Science and Technology Mentor during the same period.

Commack resident Dr. Fred KrugerDr. Kruger holds a Ph.D. in Neuropsychology, a Post-Doctorate in Speech and Hearing Sciences, and is trained in electronic engineering and computer sciences.He is a Senior Life Member of the IEEE, a life member of: Acoustical Society of America, American Radio Relay League, and other organizations. He holds an FCC Extra Class Amateur Radio license (K2LDC), and an FCC First Class Commercial Radio-Telephone License. He serves on several ANSI/ASA and IEEE standards committees, the IEEE LI Section Executive Committee, and chairs the LI Rotary District 7255 Emergency Preparedness Committee. Dr. Kruger is also the AEC and DRO for Smithtown ARES. He holds several patents.