Michael Jansen, a principal manufacturing engineer at Lucent Technologies, today was awarded the Excellence in Service award by the SMTA.

The award is presented for exceptional dedication to the SMTA and leadership at the national, international or chapter level. The recipient must be an SMTA member for at least three years.

Jansen is a longtime member of the Boston chapter and has been heavily involved in a key round-robin study of lead-free soldering.