UBM Electronics has opened the call for nominations for the 2013 ACE Awards competition, awarded each spring at the ESC DESIGN West meeting in San Jose, Ca. each year.

The 2013 ACE Awards will feature several returning categories plus new categories that recognize the changing landscape of the engineering industry. They include:

• Company of the Year
• Design Team of the Year
• Energy Technology Award
• Executive of the Year
• Innovator of the Year
• Startup of the Year
• Ultimate Products – Analog ICs
• Ultimate Products – Sensors
• Ultimate Products – Power
• Ultimate Products – Software
• Ultimate Products – Test & Measurement

• Ultimate Products – Processors (FPGAs, MCUs, processors, SoCs)
• Ultimate Products –Logic/Interface/Memory
• Ultimate Products – Development Kits/Evaluation Boards
• Ultimate Products – Passives, Interconnects & Electromechanical
• Ultimate Products – Wireless/RF
• Ultimate Products – LEDs & Lighting

The complete list of award categories are available on line .  

Make your ACE Awards nominations on line  before February 1, 2013 . Winners will be chosen by a panel of EDN and EE Times editors, as well as a panel of independent judges from across the electronics industry.

The award winners will be announced at a ceremony on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 6:30-8:30 pm at The Sainte Claire Hotel, San Jose, Calif, during DESGN West and ESC Silicon Valley.