IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers – IEEE Spectrum

IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR

Sponsor:IEEE Basis

VINTON G. CERF

Google, LLC

Reston, Va.

“For co-creating the Web structure and offering sustained management in its phenomenal development in changing into society’s essential infrastructure.”

IEEE FRANCES E. ALLEN MEDAL

Sponsor:IBM

LYDIA KAVRAKI

Rice College

Houston

“For foundational probabilistic algorithms and randomized search strategies which have broad influence in robotic movement planning and computational biology.”

IEEE ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL

Sponsor:Nokia Bell Labs

Corecipients:

INGEBORG J. HOCHMAIR-DESOYER

ERWIN HOCHMAIR

MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH

Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

“For the analysis, growth, and realization of multi-channel microelectronic cochlear implants.”

IEEE EDISON MEDAL

Sponsor: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

HIROYUKI MATSUNAMI

Kyoto College

“For pioneering contributions to the event of silicon carbide materials and its purposes to digital energy gadgets.”

IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES

Sponsor:Toyota Motor Corp.

Corecipients:

DAVID JAMES COE

Philips Analysis Laboratories

Redhill, Surrey, England

GERALD F. DEBOY

Infineon Applied sciences Austria AG

Villach, Austria

TATSUHIKO FUJIHIRA

Fuji Electrical

Matsumoto, Japan

“For contributions to the idea and realization of superjunction energy gadgets that considerably enhance energy effectivity.”

IEEE FOUNDERS MEDAL

Sponsor: IEEE Richard and Mary Jo Stanley Memorial Fund of the IEEE Basis

RODNEY ALLEN BROOKS

MIT

“For management in analysis and commercialization of autonomous robotics, together with cell, humanoid, service, and manufacturing robots.”

IEEE RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL

Sponsor:Qualcomm, Inc.

FRANK KSCHISCHANG

College of Toronto

“For contributions to the speculation and observe of error correcting codes and optical communications.”

IEEE MEDAL FOR INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY

Sponsor:IEEE Engineering in Drugs and Biology Society

REBECCA RICHARDS-KORTUM

Rice College

Houston

“For contributions to optical options for most cancers detection and management in establishing the sphere of worldwide well being engineering.”

IEEE JACK S. KILBY SIGNAL PROCESSING MEDAL

Sponsor:Apple

JOSÉ M. F. MOURA

Carnegie Mellon

“For contributions to principle and observe of statistical, graph, and distributed sign processing.”

IEEE/RSE JAMES CLERK MAXWELL MEDAL

Sponsor:Arm

MAU-CHUNG FRANK CHANG

College of California, Los Angeles

“For contributions to heterojunction system know-how and CMOS System-on-Chip realizations with unprecedented reconfigurability and bandwidth.”

IEEE JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR. EDUCATION MEDAL

Sponsor:MathWorks, Pearson, Lockheed Martin Corp.,and theIEEE Life Members Fund

JAMES J. TRUCHARD

Nationwide Devices, retired

Austin, Texas

“For the event of LabVIEW and establishing worldwide packages to boost hands-on studying in laboratories and school rooms.”

IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL

Sponsor:Google, LLC

MELBA CRAWFORD

Purdue College

West Lafayette, Ind.

“For contributions to distant sensing know-how and management in its utility for the good thing about humanity.”

IEEE JUN-ICHI NISHIZAWA MEDAL

Sponsor: The Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal Fund

JAMES S. HARRIS

Stanford

“For contributions to epitaxial development and nanofabrication of supplies and heterojunction gadgets.”

IEEE ROBERT N. NOYCE MEDAL

Sponsor:Intel Corp.

LUC VAN DEN HOVE

IMEC

Heverlee, Belgium

“For management in making a worldwide analysis ecosystem in nano-electronics know-how with purposes starting from high-performance computing to well being.”

IEEE DENNIS J. PICARD MEDAL FOR RADAR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS

Sponsor:Raytheon Applied sciences

ALBERTO MOREIRA

Microwaves and Radar Institute

Oberpfaffenhofen, Bavaria, Germany

“For management and progressive ideas within the design, deployment, and utilization of airborne and space-based radar techniques.”

IEEE MEDAL IN POWER ENGINEERING

Sponsors: The IEEETrade Purposes,Industrial Electronics,Energy Electronics, andEnergy & Vitalitysocieties

KAMAL AL-HADDAD

École de Technologie Supérieure

Montréal

“For contributions to energy electronics converters for energy high quality and industrial purposes.”

IEEE SIMON RAMO MEDAL

Sponsor:Northrop Grumman Corp.

AZAD MADNI

College of Southern California, Los Angeles

“For pioneering contributions to model-based techniques engineering, schooling, and industrial influence utilizing interdisciplinary approaches.”

IEEE JOHN VON NEUMANN MEDAL

Sponsor:IBM

FRANK THOMSON (TOM) LEIGHTON

Akamai Applied sciences

Cambridge, Mass.

“For basic contributions to algorithm design and their utility to content material supply networks.”

IEEE CORPORATE INNOVATION AWARD

Sponsor:IEEE

DENSO

Kariya, Aichi, Japan

“For the innovation of QR (Fast Response) code and their widespread use throughout the globe.”

IEEE RICHARD M. EMBERSON AWARD

Sponsor:IEEE Technical Actions Board

W. ROSS STONE

Stoneware Ltd.

San Diego

“For sustained contributions to and impactful management within the IEEE Technical Actions publication enterprise.”

IEEE HARADEN PRATT AWARD

Sponsor:IEEE Basis

MARKO DELIMAR

College of Zagreb

Croatia

“For impressed imaginative and prescient and steadfast management in enhancing international IEEE affect, member engagement, and governance.”

IEEE HONORARY MEMBERSHIP

Sponsor:IEEE

DONNA STRICKLAND

College of Waterloo

Ontario, Canada

“For contributions to the demonstration of chirped pulse amplification, a technique to extend output energy in ultrashort pulse solid-state lasers.”

IEEE THEODORE W. HISSEY OUTSTANDING YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD

Sponsor: TheIEEE Younger Professionals Committee, theIEEE Photonics Society, theIEEE Energy & Vitality Society