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Dear IEEE Members, Honorees, Colleagues, and Friends:

Welcome to the 2015 IEEE Honors Ceremony!

It gives us great pleasure to salute the many individuals and organizations whose industry and commitment make the IEEE Awards program possible. First, we commend those sponsoring this evenings awards; their contributions and support of our global technology community are greatly appreciated. We also extend our gratitude to the many nominators, endorsers, and volunteers who have taken time from their busy schedules to support the awards efforts. Most of all, we thank those whom we are fortunate to honor in 2015, for their work has truly served to advance technology to benefi t humanity.

For this years Honors Ceremony, we have chosen the theme Forward. There is, quite simply, no other single word or phrase that better describes our exceptional 2015 honorees. Each of these distinguished engineers, innovators, educators, scientists, leaders, and visionaries has been unwilling to work at the limits of technology. Instead, they have chosen to advance technologyand those limitsforward.

Those we recognize this year have changed, and continue to change, our world. They have pushed the boundaries of what is possible in communications sciences, information theory, nanotechnology, healthcare, and in a diverse array of other fi elds. They have worked around the world and in their local communities to better the quality of life for those most in need.

And perhaps, most importantly, as they strive ever-forward, they inspire others to do the same.

Those whom we honor this evening are only some of the many, many members of our global technology community who are moving their chosen pursuits and personal passions forward. This years honorees hail from different corners of the world and different communities, possessing different backgrounds, expertise, and life experiences. But they share a commonality, a unifying thread, that links them together and spurs them forward.

They are driven to leave our world better for their efforts within it; to make sure that those in need have their needs addressed; to make certain that no voice remains unheard; to move technology forward for the benefi t of us all. They are those who move our world forward.

Howard E. Michel, Ph.D. Kensall D. Wise IEEE President and CEO IEEE Awards Board Chair

www.ieee.org/awards

LETTER FROM THE IEEE PRESIDENT AND AWARDS BOARD CHAIR

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CORPORATE RECOGNITIONS

IEEE Corporate Innovation Award..................................................................................SanDisk CorporationIEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society Award .................................................Daktari DiagnosticsIEEE Spectrum Emerging Technology Award............................................................................ O3b NetworksIEEE Ernst Weber Managerial Leadership Award...................................................................Shang-yi Chiang

SERVICE AWARDS

IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award.............................................................................. Raymond Sverre LarsenIEEE Haraden Pratt Award ................................................................................................ Fumio Harashima

IEEE MEDALS

IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal .............................................................................................Frank KellyIEEE Founders Medal........................................................................................................James D. PlummerIEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies ...Rodolfo Schneburg, Marica Paurevic, Hans WeisbarthIEEE Edison Medal ..........................................................................................................James J. Spilker, Jr.IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal..............................................................................................Imre CsiszrIEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology.................................................................Takuo AoyagiIEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal........................................................................ Harry L. Van TreesIEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal ..................................................................................... Lynn ConwayIEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal .................................................................. Richard G. BaraniukIEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal......................................................................................Dimitri A. AntoniadisIEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal ................................................................................... Martin A. van den BrinkIEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications ............................... Marshall GreenspanIEEE Medal in Power Engineering ............................................................................................... Fred C. LeeIEEE Simon Ramo Medal.................................................................................................... Paul G. KaminskiIEEE John von Neumann Medal ..........................................................................................James A. GoslingIEEE Medal of Honor.................................................................................................Mildred S. Dresselhaus

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OPENING REMARKS IEEE President and CEO, Howard E. Michel, Master of CeremoniesIEEE President-Elect, Barry L. Shoop

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2015 AWARDS SPONSORS

Bell Labs, Alcatel-LucentBrunetti BequestThe Grainger FoundationRobert and Ruth Halperin Foundation

in Memory of Herman and Edna HalperinHitachi Data SystemsHitachi Global Storage TechnologiesHitachi, Ltd.Keithley Instruments, Inc.Leon K. Kirchmayer Memorial FundMotorola Solutions FoundationNEC CorporationNokia CorporationPhilips Electronics N.V.Sony CorporationSRI International SarnoffTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LimitedDr. Kiyo TomiyasuIEEE Antennas and Propagation SocietyIEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology SocietyIEEE Circuits and Systems SocietyIEEE Communications SocietyIEEE Computational Intelligence SocietyIEEE Computer SocietyIEEE Control Systems SocietyIEEE Education SocietyIEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility SocietyIEEE Electron Devices SocietyIEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology SocietyIEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing SocietyIEEE Industry Applications SocietyIEEE Industrial Electronics SocietyIEEE Information Theory SocietyIEEE Instrumentation and Measurement SocietyIEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems SocietyIEEE Life Members FundIEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques SocietyIEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences SocietyIEEE Photonics SocietyIEEE Power & Energy SocietyIEEE Power Electronics SocietyIEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyIEEE Signal Processing SocietyIEEE Solid-State Circuits SocietyIEEE Standards AssociationIEEE Vehicular Technology Society

IEEE Awards proudly acknowledges the sponsorship of its 2015 Technical Field Award and Prize Papers sponsors. These are some of the worlds leading corporations, foundations, societies, and individu-als whose generous support helps to recognize and promote techno-logical advances for the benefi t of humanity. Our partners include:

The awards presented at the 2015 IEEE Honors Ceremony Gala are supported by the generosity of the following organizations, funders, and societies.


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On This Date in History: 20 June.......................................................................................................................... 16IEEE Eric Herz Outstanding Staff Member Award......................................................................................................26Joyce E. Farrell IEEE Staff Award ............................................................................................................................26IEEE Fellows Class of 2015 and Fellow Committee Roster.................................................................................... 2834Congratulatory Ads................................................................................................................................... 16, 3536IEEE Board of Directors and Awards Board Committee Rosters ............................................................. Inside Back Cover

IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award .............................17IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award ...........................................17IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Award ..........................17IEEE Control Systems Award.........................................17IEEE Electromagnetics Award .......................................18IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award .......................................................18IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing.......................18IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award ......................................18IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award ......................................................19IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award ............19IEEE Internet Award.....................................................19IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award .......................................................................20IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award ..........................20IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement..............................................................20IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award .............................21IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award .......21

IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award .......................................................................21IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award ...........21IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies.....22IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits .....22IEEE Frederik Philips Award..........................................22IEEE Photonics Award..................................................22IEEE Robotics and Automation Award............................23IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award........................................23IEEE David Sarnoff Award ...........................................23IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award ............................23IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award..............24IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award...........................24IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award ..........................................24IEEE Nikola Tesla Award..............................................25IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award...........................................25IEEE Transportation Technologies Award........................25IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award ............................25IEEE W.R.G. Baker Award ...........................................26IEEE Donald G. Fink Award .........................................27

IEEE TECHNICAL FIELD AWARDS & PRIZE PAPERSThe following awards are presented at 2015 IEEE technical conferences

IEEE MEDALS, AWARDS & RECOGNITIONSThe following awards are presented at the annual IEEE Honors Ceremony Gala

IEEE Corporate Innovation Award ..................................... 4IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society Award ................................................................ 4IEEE Spectrum Emerging Technology Award ....................... 4IEEE Ernst Weber Managerial Leadership Award ................ 5IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award..................................... 5IEEE Haraden Pratt Award................................................ 6IEEE Honorary Membership.............................................. 6IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal .................................. 7IEEE Founders Medal....................................................... 7IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies........ 8IEEE Edison Medal .......................................................... 9IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal ..................................... 9

IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology ........ 10IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal ...................... 10IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal............................. 11IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal.................... 11IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal ....................................... 12IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal ......................................... 12IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for RadarTechnologies and Applications........................................ 13IEEE Medal in Power Engineering ................................... 13IEEE Simon Ramo Medal................................................ 14IEEE John von Neumann Medal ...................................... 14IEEE Medal of Honor ..................................................... 15

Letter from the IEEE President and Awards Board Chair ....................................................................... Inside Front CoverHonors Ceremony Program......................................................................................................................................12015 IEEE Award Sponsors .....................................................................................................................................2


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IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society AwardSponsored by IEEE Spectrum

IEEE Spectrum Emerging Technology AwardSponsored by IEEE Spectrum


SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, is a global leader in flash storage solutions whose inno-vations have transformed the consumer electronics market for more than a quarter-century. Founded by three engineers in Silicon Valley more than 26 years ago, SanDisk is a flash storage pioneer that has re-mained deeply committed to engineering and innovation. SanDisks portfolio of more than 5,000 patents includes flash storage innova-tions that have enabled new markets and devicesfrom digital pho-tography to USB drives to smartphones, tablets, and thin-and-light notebooks. Increasingly, SanDisk is also focused on transforming the data center.

The SanDisk IP portfolio includes pivotal patents in flash memo-ry device and design, process technology, packaging, test, applications, and system-level technologies. SanDisks patented advancements also enabled the company to introduce the industrys first multi-level cell (MLC) flash technologies using two bits (X2) and three bits (X3) per cell. These innovations have helped drive the wide adoption and proliferation of flash memory. They have also helped SanDisk to chronicle numerous impactful firsts throughout its history. In 2015 alone, the company introduced the worlds highest-capacity microSD UHS-I card and a break-through all-flash storage system for the data center that can offer up to a half of petabyte of stor-age. It also announced the successful development of the worlds first 48-layer second-generation 3D NAND (developed through joint ventures with Toshiba).

Today, SanDisk continues to expand the possibilities of storage. SanDisks quality, state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of many of the worlds largest data centers and are embedded in advanced smart-phones, tablets, and PCs. SanDisks consumer products are available at hundreds of thousands of retail stores worldwide.

With headquarters based in Milpitas, CA, USA, and offices lo-cated around the world, SanDisk is led by Sanjay Mehrotra, who co-founded the company in 1988 and currently serves as president and chief executive officer.

SanDisk is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries.

IEEE Corporate Innovation AwardSponsored by IEEE

Daktaris mission is to address the worlds biggest health problems by distributing a global fleet of portable diagnostic instruments, deployable anywhere in the world. Daktaris patented technology combines microfluidic sample preparation and electrochemical sensing. Through microfluidic immunochromatography, we cap-ture viruses like HIV and hepatitis C, bacteria, or specific blood cells, starting from a single finger-stick drop of blood. Novel im-pedometric and voltammetric measurement techniques enable detection with exquisite sensitivitylaboratory power in a hand-held device. Daktaris point-of-care infectious disease diagnostics can go anywhere, from a retail pharmacy in New York City, to a rural clinic in central Africa.

O3bs next-generation IP trunking solution boosts satellite link capacities to rival the throughput and latency of fiber with the reach of satellite. The O3b constellation of high throughput satellites orbit closer to Earth than conventional geostationary satellites, dramatically reducing delay, increasing data rates, and improving voice and video quality for the user. O3bs satellites orbit at 8,062 km, which is medium Earth orbit. From this alti-tude latency is slashed to 150 msec, equivalent to long-haul fiber transmission. Using multiple spot beams, O3bs constellation sig-nificantly increases each satellites capacity and decreases the cost of bandwidth for remote or emerging markets.Scope: For an outstanding and exemplary innovation by an in-dustrial entity, governmental or academic organization, or other

corporate body, within the fields of interest to IEEE

For pioneering innovation, development, and deployment of Flash Memory Technology, which has profoundly changed the world

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Shang-yi Chiangs insight and expertise have transformed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) from a tech-nology follower to a driving force with one of the most advanced research and development (R&D) teams, helping it become the worlds largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry. Known for taking well-calculated risks and making bold deci-sions, Dr. Chiang created an environment at TSMC for develop-ing innovations that have made digital technology commonplace in society, profoundly impacting productivity, education, enter-tainment, and healthcare. Under Dr. Chiangs direction, TSMCs R&D organization grew from 148 people to 5,500 and has set milestones in semiconductor technology scaling at nodes from 0.25 micrometers (m) all the way down to 28 nanometers (nm). Game-changing initiatives implemented under Dr. Chiangs lead-ership include a dedicated full/half node R&D roadmap, allow-ing customers to further reduce wafer cost. He also developed a strong lithography and electron-beam mask technology team that has advanced lithography, patterning, resist, and mask technologies for industry-leading high-density application-specifi c integrated circuit (ASIC)/system-on-chip (SoC) technologies for foundry customers and the logic semiconductor industry. Also important to ASIC/SoC applications has been TSMCs high-density and energy-effi cient interconnect eff orts, where Dr. Chiang led his team to the industrys fi rst high-volume development of cop-per low-dielectric constant interconnects at 0.13 m and subse-quent nodes. Dr. Chiang also initiated a major direction change in three-dimensional (3D) IC technology to focus on chip on wa-fer on substrate (CoWoS) as a stepping stone to full-scale 3D-IC. This established TSMC as the leader in 3D-IC technology with industry-fi rst high-volume production of CoWoS. This paved the way for system-level scaling for many emerging applications and has driven semiconductor industry growth.

An IEEE Life Fellow and recipient of Business Week magazines Star of Asia award (2001), Dr. Chiang is currently advisor to the chairman at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Los Gatos, CA, USA.

For visionary leadership in research and development establishing foundry, System-on-Chip, and 3-Dimensional Integrated Circuit technologies that transformed the industry

Shang-yi Chiang

IEEE Ernst Weber Managerial Leadership AwardSponsored by IEEE

Scope: For exceptional managerial leadership in the fi elds of inter-est of IEEE

Scope: For distinguished service to the development, viability, ad-vancement, and pursuit of the technical objectives of IEEE

A true advocate of using technology as an aid to improving the human condition, Raymond Sverre Larsens community service initiatives have impacted the lives of needy people in impover-ished countries around the world. The founder and current co-chair of the IEEE Community Solutions Initiative, Mr. Larsens concept for bettering disadvantaged communities goes beyond just providing supplies or fi nances. His method involves assist-ing local communities both fi nancially and technically in creat-ing small business opportunities that have growth potential within the communities that need the help. The goal of his teams pro-gram is to demonstrate sustainable development of solar electricity through seed pilot projects run by community entrepreneurs who franchise mobile community charging stations with home light and portable battery kits. Mr. Larsen secured funding from the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. With co-chair Robin Podmore from the IEEE Power & Energy Society, he formed a team of volunteers and industry professionals and set up corporate partnerships to engineer, design, develop, and deliver six SunBlaz-er mobile generator stations to an in-country nongovernmental organization partner who deployed them in six communities in earthquake-devastated Haiti in 2011. Each station uses solar cells to charge 80 or more portable battery kits to power lights for two rooms for 34 days, charge cell phones, and run small appliances at lower cost than kerosene lamps and candles. Since that initial deployment, nine additional stations have been delivered to Haiti. The next-generation SunBlazer II has been delivered to Camer-oon. The program has also been implemented in four countries in Africa, and startups are planned for India, South America, and Asia. The program, now expanding to include a unique community-based education model and global classroom delivery system, was recently adopted by the IEEE Foundation as a Signature Proj-ect and rebranded IEEE Smart Village. Mr. Larsens dedication has been integral to the programs success in creating models of col-laboration that will impact more and more people in need, and he has gained world-wide recognition of what IEEE can achieve.

An IEEE Life Fellow, Mr. Larsen is currently special projects engineering manager at the SLAC National Accelerator Labora-tory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA.

For inspiring locally owned businesses to provide sustainable humanitarian benefi ts in underprivileged communities

Raymond Sverre Larsen

IEEE Richard M. Emberson AwardSponsored by the IEEE Technical Activities Board

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The pioneering eff orts of Fumio Harashima at both the Soci-ety and Institute levels in promoting the activities and benefi ts of IEEE helped grow Region 10 (Asia and Pacifi c) into the strong and vibrant region that it is today. An expert in power electronics, mechatronics, and robotics, Dr. Harashima has for decades played a signifi cant role in expanding the IEEEs reach in Japan and other Asian countries through his many leadership activities and by en-listing many new members who have become active contribu-tors. He has actively promoted the globalization of IEEE activities and has been recognized by governments around the world for his tireless eff orts in encouraging collaborative research across na-tional borders. Instrumental to Dr. Harashimas infl uence on glo-balization and diversifi cation have been the many important posi-tions he has held within IEEE. He served as president of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society from 19861987, during which time he helped identify new technological directions deserving focus. Dr. Harashima also served as IEEE Secretary in 1990 and on the following IEEE boards: Board of Directors (1990), Execu-tive Committee (1990), Awards Board (20012003), Nomination and Appointment Committee (19911992), Fellows Committee (19701972, 19911993), and Finance Committee (1990). He has also served as organizing chair for a number of well-known international IEEE conferences, including the International Con-ference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems (1988-1999), Inter-national Joint Conference on Neural Networks (1994), Interna-tional Conference on Robotics and Automation (1995), and the Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (2013). He has also actively pursued collaboration with private industry, provid-ing groundbreaking research and commercialization eff orts for low-power consumption using inverters and power control tech-nology in electric vehicles.

An IEEE Life Fellow and Fellow of the Japanese Federation of Engineering Societies, Dr. Harashima is a Professor Emeritus with the University of Tokyo, Japan.

For outstanding leadership in globalization and diversity of IEEE communities

Fumio Harashima

IEEE Haraden Pratt AwardSponsored by the IEEE Foundation

Scope: For outstanding service to IEEE Scope: For those who have rendered meritorious service to hu-manity in IEEEs designated fi elds of interest and who are not members of IEEE

A visionary entrepreneur with an eye for technological inno-vation, Elon Musks ability to think into the future has already changed the way we live in the present. Pursuing his lifelong passion for space exploration, in 2002 Mr. Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars. In 2010, SpaceX became the fi rst private company to successfully launch and return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit with its Falcon 9 rocket. In 2012, the Falcon 9 delivered SpaceXs Dragon spacecraft into orbit where it berthed with the Inter-national Space Station (ISS), exchanged cargo payloads, and re-turned safely to Earth, becoming the fi rst private spacecraft to visit the ISS. SpaceX rockets have since transported cargo to and from the ISS multiple times. Soon, the Falcon 9 and an upgraded version of the Dragon spacecraft will transport astronauts into space, and SpaceX is actively working with NASA to achieve this objective. Mr. Musk and his colleagues founded Tesla Motors in 2003 to prove that electric cars could be better than gasoline-powered cars. The fi rst company to incorporate lithium-ion bat-teries in its vehicles, Tesla produced its fi rst electric sports car (the Roadster) in 2008, which became the fi rst all-electric vehicle to travel more than 200 miles on a single charge. It also set the world record for a single charge by traveling 311 miles during the 2009 Global Green Challenge in Australia. In addition, Tesla sells its electric powertrain technologies to other automakers to promote production of electric vehicles at aff ordable prices. To combat global warming, Mr. Musk helped create SolarCity in 2006, which has become one of the largest providers of solar power systems in the United States. His Musk Foundation coor-dinates philanthropic eff orts focusing on science, education, pe-diatric health, and clean energy.

A recipient of the Fdration Aronautique Internationales 2010 Gold Space Medal, the highest award in air and space, Mr. Musk is the chief executive offi cer and lead designer of SpaceX, Hawthorne, CA, USA; chief executive offi cer and chief product architect of Tesla Motors, Palo Alto, CA, USA; and chairman of SolarCity, San Mateo, CA, USA.

IEEE Honorary MembershipSponsored by IEEE

For leadership in and innovative con-tributions to space-exploration technol-ogy, combatting global warming and promoting science education, pediatric health, and clean energy

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IEEE Alexander Graham Bell MedalSponsored by Bells Labs, Alcatel-Lucent

Scope: For exceptional contributions to the advancement of com-munications sciences and engineering

Scope: For outstanding contributions in the leadership, planning, and administration of aff airs of great value to the electrical and electronics engineering profession

James D. Plummer used his infl uence as the longest-serving dean of Stanford Universitys School of Engineering to support and lead major innovations that have changed the way engineering research and teaching is carried out, impacting industry and academia world-wide. Serving as dean from 1999 through 2014, Dr. Plummer led the eff orts at Stanford to build major interdisciplinary centers to address challenges facing engineering in areas including energy, the envi-ronment, and biomedicine. The Precourt Institute for Energy was developed to focus on energy effi ciency, distribution, and genera-tion and features researchers spanning the spectrum of engineering disciplines. The Woods Institute for the Environment was created to address issues in environmental sustainability and features environ-mental engineering faculty. He also established Stanfords Bioengi-neering Department, jointly housed in the School of Engineering and the School of Medicine, to apply engineering principles to medical problems and biological systems. The Institute for Compu-tational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) was established to teach computational mathematics in the context of engineering and science applications and to provide a school-wide focus on applying computational methods in all areas of engineering and science. Oth-er programs initiated during Dr. Plummers tenure include the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, which is known globally for its hands-on, product-centered approach to education, and the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), which has provided resources to boost research in alternative energy. During Dr. Plummers tenure, other innovations in the Engineering School include the development of online education courses and technologies, including the fl ipped classroom model, where video lectures are viewed by students at home before the classroom session to allow focus on exercises and discussions while in class, as well as the worlds fi rst massively open online courses (MOOCs) to provide unlimited participation and open access to learning through the Internet. Dr. Plummers contri-butions to Stanfords School of Engineering have been instrumental in increasing the number of students choosing engineering majors, especially in computer science, product design, and bioengineering.

An IEEE Fellow and member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Plummer holds the John Fluke Professorship in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

The mathematical models developed by Frank Kelly have enabled communications networks, including the Internet, to handle ever-increasing amounts of data transmission while maintaining quality of service by overcoming challenges including network congestion. He has provided the mathematical foundations for a scientifi c understanding of fundamentally important networkphenomena including distributed congestion control in packet-switched networks and blocking and dynamic routing in circuit-switched telephone networks. Dr. Kellys landmark work on rate control during the 1990s developed the equations responsible for governing traffi c on the Internet and transformed the fi eld. He was one of the fi rst to provide economic insights on control prob-lems in telecommunication networks, leading to his development of the proportional fairness concept. This spurred new research on rate control for the Internet and spawned worldwide activity on analysis of control schemes and congestion pricing, demon-strating how rate control of the Internet could be placed in a rigorous mathematical framework. Proportional fairness is now a central concept in analyzing resource allocation in networks. Dr. Kellys work opened the way for model-based development of the Traffi c Control Protocol (TCP), with practically all forms of congestion control today incorporating Dr. Kellys equations. His work on dynamic alternative routing (DAR) during the 1980s provided a call-routing procedure in telephone networks for choosing alternate call paths when the primary path between a source and destination was blocked. Key to the success of DAR was the ability to determine the alternate paths online and in real time with information based on where and when the call was initiated. DARs success led to implementation in the British Telecom network and in the United States and Japan.

A Foreign Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engi-neering and Fellow of the U.K. Royal Society, Dr. Kelly is cur-rently a professor of mathematics of systems at the University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, U.K.

For leadership in the creation and support of innovative, interdisciplinary, and globally focused education and research programs

James D. Plummer

IEEE Founders MedalSponsored by the IEEE Foundation

For creating principled mathematical foundations for the design and analysis of congestion control, routing, and blocking in modern communication networks

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The contributions of Rodolfo Schneburg, Marica Paurevic, and Hans Weisbarth to vehicle structure, occupant restraints, and driver assistance systems have signifi cantly improved automobile safety, protected lives, and promoted increased use of seat belts.

Prof. Schneburgs team helped develop and bring to market a system that employs a network of sensors including radar and cameras within the automobile that can sense when a crash may be imminent and can prepare the vehicle and its occupants for the impending accident. Known as PRE-SAFE, the system can tighten the front seat belts, adjust seats, and close windows and sunroofs if it senses conditions such as skidding or sudden brak-ing. The activation of the protection systems during the precrash phase places the occupants in the proper position for optimal ef-fectiveness of the safety restraints. Introduced in 2002 in Mercedes Benz vehicles, the PRE-SAFE system has proven its eff ectiveness in protecting front-seat occupants during actual accidents. While much of the safety-enhancement technology has focused on the front-seat occupants, improvements were needed to better pro-tect rear-seat passengers. To address the needs of rear-seat occu-pants, the team developed the Active Seat-Belt Buckle (ABB). To encourage seat belt use, when a rear door is opened, the ABB

emerges from the seat and illuminates, so it is easier to locate. After buckling, the ABB automatically retracts and, in doing so, reduces the belt slack. When a precrash situation is sensed through the PRE-SAFE system, the ABB applies reversible belt tensioning to reduce slack and provide more secure restraint. If a crash oc-curs, the illuminated ABB also aids in rescue eff orts by making the buckle easier to fi nd when unfastening rear-seat passengers. The team was also instrumental in improving the virtual models of the human body used to assess the ABB, which optimized the seat belt geometry to prevent the pelvis from pushing under the belt. The ABB fi rst appeared in 2013 in Mercedes Benz vehicles.

Prof. Schneburg is the recipient of the U.S. National Traffi c Highway Safety Administrations Award for Safety Engineering Excellence (2007) and the Pathfi nder Award from the ASC Au-tomotive Safety Council for advancement of automotive safety (2013). He is currently director of vehicle safety, durability, and corrosion protection with Mercedes Benz/Daimler AG, Sin-delfi ngen, Germany.

Ms. Paurevic is manager of occupant protection systems concepts.Mr. Weisbarth is manager of seat belt development, both with

Prof. Schneburgs team at Daimler AG.

For signifi cant contributions to automotive safety through crash prevention and pas-senger protection using sensors, warning systems, and autonomous restraint systems

Rodolfo Schneburg, Marica Paurevic, and Hans Weisbarth

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For contributions to the technology and implementation of civilian GPS navigation systems

James J. Spilker, Jr.


As one of the principal designers and analysts of the Global Posi-tioning System (GPS), James J. Spilker Jr.s contributions to GPS development have truly benefi ted billions of people around the world. The satellite-based navigation system has become an in-tegral part of society through mobile phones and other portable devices that rely on GPS timing, commercial and private avia-tion, sea navigation, geolocating personal vehicles, and providing disaster warning and recovery support. Dr. Spilker developed the initial technologies to enable successful GPS operation, and he has continued to provide innovations important to the further growth of the GPS. Dr. Spilker designed the L1 C/A code during the 1970s, which became the GPS civilian signal now used by 2 billion people worldwide. His delay lock loop process for tracking code division multiple access (CDMA) signals is essential to GPS accuracy. He has since helped develop the new L5 civilian signal, fi rst launched in 2011, which provides higher accuracy and more resistance to the eff ects of interference, such as space weather, on navigation. Dr. Spilker also co-invented the split spectrum mode (now called binary off set carrier, or BOC) for modern GPS rang-ing that will allow civilian and military signals to use separate areas of the spectrum. He also developed adaptive vector tracking for simultaneously tracking ranging signals from multiple satellites while maintaining accuracy and improving performance against interference. Vector tracking will be critical to handling GPS satel-lite navigation expansion as new GPS satellites and signals are in-troduced by agencies around the world. Dr. Spilkers highly cited book Global Positioning System: Theory and Applications (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1996) is considered the standard reference for the GPS and won the AIAA Sommerfi eld Book Award. His popular textbook Digital Communications by Sat-ellite (Prentice-Hall, 1977) went through ten printings.

An IEEE Life Fellow and member of the U.S. National Acad-emy of Engineering, Dr. Spilker is currently executive chairman of AOSense Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA, and professor (consulting), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

For contributions to information theory, information-theoretic security, and statistics

Imre Csiszr

IEEE Edison MedalSponsored by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Scope: For a career of meritorious achievement in electrical sci-ence, electrical engineering, or the electrical arts

Scope: For exceptional contributions to information sciences, sys-tems, and technology

With research spanning over fi ve decades, Imre Csiszr has pro-vided fundamental and pace-setting contributions to information theory and statistics that have been crucial to data compression, multiuser communications systems, and secure data transmission impacting fi elds including genetics, economics, signal process-ing, and pattern recognition. Prof. Csiszr is known for devel-oping the method of types. This approach to proving coding theorems for discrete memoryless communication systems has become a powerful tool for understanding communications and statistics. His book (Information Theory: Coding Theorems for Dis-crete Memoryless Systems, Academic Press, 1981, Second Edition: Cambridge University Press, 2011) with J. Krner is considered the most comprehensive treatment on the method of types and is an indispensable resource for information theory researchers. Prof. Csiszrs contributions to information-theoretic security began in 1978 and still continue. His work (also with J. Krn-er) on generalizing the wiretap channel model has provided the foundations for implementing enhanced physical-layer security in wireless communications networks. His recent work (with P. Narayan) on secret key extraction by network terminals using public communication has motivated advances in key genera-tion algorithms based on low-density parity check codes and po-lar code constructions as well as network coding schemes. Prof. Csiszr has also demonstrated the fundamental role data compres-sion algorithms can play in the construction of a new generation of secret keys for secure encrypted communication. His analysis of divergence geometries of probability distributions has led to using alternating minimization algorithms to help tackle optimi-zation problems in applications including channel transmission in information theory, function reconstruction from moments in the kinetic theory of gases, biomedical imaging, and pattern recognition algorithms in computer vision.

An IEEE Life Fellow and recipient of the Shannon Award (1996), Dr. Csiszr is a Research Professor Emeritus with the A. Rnyi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.

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Takuo Aoyagis development of the fundamental principles of pulse oximetry has led to an indispensable clinical tool for non-invasive monitoring of blood oxygen levels that has improved patient safety during anesthesia and practically all other facets of healthcare. In 1972, while investigating a noninvasive cardiac out-put device, Dr. Aoyagi discovered that arterial pulsatile noise interfering with the accurate dye dilution curve carried impor-tant information about the oxygenation of arterial blood. This led him to establish the principle of pulse oximetry using light signals of two diff erent wavelengths. Based on his discovery, in 1975 he introduced the fi rst commercially available pulse oxim-eter. Consisting of a probe containing a light-emitting device and two photodetectors, Dr. Aoyagis pulse oximeter could pass two wavelengths of light through the earlobe to the photodetectors to measure the changing absorbance at each of the wavelengths based on pulsing arterial blood. The devices ability to rapidly and noninvasively assess the hemodynamic and respiratory condition of patients allows clinicians to detect abnormalities earlier and avoid patient harm as well as gauge the eff ectiveness of clinical interventions in real time. All of todays pulse oximeters are based on Dr. Aoyagis original principles of pulse oximetry. Dr. Aoyagi has continued to advance the development of oxygen monitoring technologies and inspire generations of medical technology in-novators around the world. Pulse oximetry is now considered the standard of care for patients undergoing anesthesia and for treat-ment in emergency rooms and intensive care units and for home care. In 2007, the World Health Organization included pulse ox-imetry as an essential component of its Surgical Safety Checklist for reducing complications.

An IEEE Member and recipient of the Gravenstein Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Technology in Anesthe-sia (2013), Dr. Aoyagi is currently senior manager of the Aoyagi Research Laboratory at Nihon Kohden Corporation, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

For pioneering contributions to pulse ox-imetry that have had a profound impact on healthcare

Takuo Aoyagi

IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare TechnologySponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Scope: For outstanding contributions and/or innovations in en-gineering within the fi elds of medicine, biology, and healthcare technology

Scope: For outstanding achievements in signal processing

An internationally recognized expert in radar, sonar, communica-tions, and signal processing, Harry L. Van Trees is considered one of the founders of detection and estimation theory, which has had important implications in engineering. After graduating from West Point, serving in the U.S. Army, and receiving his Sc.D. from MIT, he joined the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Depart-ment at MIT. First published in 1968-1971, Dr. Van Trees three-volume series of textbooks on detection, estimation, and modu-lation theory provided a unifi ed approach to communications, radar, and sonar. Part I, the classic in the fi eld, is used in graduate schools around the world and has educated several generations of engineers. Many of the current military radar, sonar, and missile defense systems rely on the concepts in Dr. Van Trees textbooks and were designed by engineers educated with these books. Dr. Van Trees used his expertise to oversee the implementation of the theory in actual systems through a series of U.S. Department of Defense positions: chief scientist of both the Defense Com-munications Agency and the U.S. Air Force, principle deputy as-sistant secretary of Defense (C3I), and acting assistant secretary of defense (C3I). The fourth volume, Optimum Array Processing,published in 2002, provides a comprehensive development of op-timum array processing for students and practicing engineers. In 2013, he published the second edition of Part I (in collaboration with Drs. Bell and Tian), which has been revised and expanded so that it is the most extensive and up-to-date text in the fi eld. Dr. Van Trees was the originator of the family of Bayesian bounds. The fi rst bound, published in 1964, was the Bayesian version of the classic Cramer-Rao bound, which provided the foundation for the family of Bayesian bounds. In 2007, he collaborated with Dr. Bell to publish Bayesian Bounds for Parameter Estimation and Nonlinear Filter/Tracking.

An IEEE Life Fellow and a recipient of the Presidential Award for Meritorious Executive (1980), Dr. Van Trees was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2015. He is a Uni-versity Professor Emeritus with George Mason University, Fair-fax, VA, USA.

For fundamental contributions to detec-tion, estimation, and modulation theory; sensor array processing; and Bayesian bounds

Harry L. Van Trees

IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing MedalSponsored by Texas Instruments, Inc.

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For contributions to and leadership in design methodology and pedagogy enabling rapid advances and dissemination of VLSI design tools and systems

Lynn Conway


The groundbreaking contributions of Lynn Conway created a revolution in very large scale integration (VLSI) technology that has profoundly impacted computer chip design as one of the most widely used techniques for building microprocessors and other computer components. Her creation of simplifi ed VLSI prototyp-ing techniques and design methods were key to educating a new generation of VLSI designers who continue to enable innova-tions in VLSI systems today. Ms. Conway co-authored the semi-nal textbook Introduction to VLSI System Design (Addison-Wesley, 1979) with Carver Mead that started the wave of Mead-Conway courses at universities around the world. Her focused leadership and eff orts in developing the concepts, writing many chapters of the book, editing the entire textbook, creating the course syllabus and class notes, and devising the rapid chip implementation of the student designs were all essential to the success of the fi rst MIT VLSI design course in 1978. Her persistence led the subsequent rapid spread of the VLSI course to students at more than 100 universities. She organized and ran the fi rst three multiproject chip (MPC) fabrication runs that demonstrated successful designs of working semiconductor chip systems to a skeptical worldwide technical audience. Combining several circuit designs onto a single chip, MPCs substantially reduced the cost of VLSI fabri-cation and opened up accessibility, allowing ordinary engineers without specialized silicon fabrication knowledge to create, have fabricated, and then operate interesting systems on chips of their own design. Her MPC technology became the foundation for the Metal Oxide Semiconductor Implementation Service (MOSIS) System, which has evolved since 1981 as a national infrastructure for fast-turnaround prototyping of VLSI chip designs by universi-ties and researchers.

An IEEE Life Fellow and member of the U.S. National Acad-emy of Engineering, Ms. Conway is Professor Emerita of EECS at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell MedalFunded by Cirrus Logic, Inc.

Scope: For groundbreaking contributions that have had an excep-tional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering or related fi elds

Scope: For a career of outstanding contributions to education in the fi elds of interest of IEEE

A visionary who is actively developing the future of technology-enabled education, Richard G. Baraniuks pioneering open-edu-cation initiatives are changing the way students learn by sharing teaching materials and knowledge freely online. In 1999, Prof. Baraniuk launched Connexions, the worlds fi rst open-educa-tion project, off ering free open-source textbooks via the Inter-net. He saw the limited impact of traditional textbooks, where students are often unable to see how concepts link together and how to later apply them to real-word situations. When the time came for him to write a new textbook for his Signals and Systems class at Rice University, instead of creating a traditional textbook, Prof. Baraniuk developed a new model that broke material down into smaller, interchangeable modules, each dealing with a sin-gular topic. These modules could be combined and customized as needed, providing dynamic learning linked via the Internet to enable interactive and immersive experiences among a global au-dience. And it was his goal to make these modules and supporting software free and open-source to allow the broadest possible use. Implementing a digital publishing platform with features years ahead of their time, such as XML semantic markup, open-content licenses, a digital textbook publishing pipeline, and a scalable ap-proach to postpublication peer review, Connexcions was born. It has since evolved into an extensive online repository known as OpenStax CNX used by millions of students around the world. In 2012, Prof. Baraniuk launched OpenStax College to help lower the cost of college textbooks to zero. It off ers a library of free textbooks for the most common college courses featuring professionally developed, peer-reviewed content created under the guidance of prestigious editorial boards.

An IEEE Fellow and American Association for the Advance-ment of Sciences Fellow, Dr. Baraniuk is currently the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.

IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education MedalSponsored by MathWorks, Pearson, and the IEEE Life Members Fund

For fundamental contributions to open edu-cational resources for electrical engineering and beyond

Richard G. Baraniuk

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Known for his deep understanding of device physics, Dimitri An-toniadis has made pioneering contributions to the direction of the integrated circuit (IC) microelectronics industry by advancing the capabilities of metal oxide semiconductor fi eld-eff ect transistors (MOSFETS). MOSFETs are used for amplifying and switching signals, and todays microprocessors and memory devices contain billions of them. In 1978 while at Stanford University, Dr. Anto-niadis developed the SUPREM process simulator, which was the fi rst computer-aided design tool for silicon semiconductor de-vices and ICs. SUPREM became the preeminent simulator used by practically all IC manufacturers. His work on deep submicron MOS devices during the 1980s was one of the fi rst demonstra-tions of nano-scale MOSFETs, and his innovations have contin-ued to the foundation of todays high-performance silicon FETs. At MIT, Dr. Antoniadis groundbreaking research in 1985 proved the feasibility of sub-100-nm MOSFETs and provided the fi rst demonstration of source-to-channel electron injection veloci-ties exceeding saturation velocity. Known as velocity overshoot, this provides an increase in current drive in short-channel MOS-FETs, enabling higher performance previously not thought at-tainable. His development of the virtual-source model to describe the behavior of very short channel devices has shown the role of high carrier velocity and mobility in obtaining maximum device performance. With the ability to accurately simulate the charac-teristics of MOSFETs down to 22 nm and beyond, the model has been adopted by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) for predicting the future of MOSFET scaling. As director for 12 years of the Materials, Structures, and Devices Center, Dr. Antoniadis has helped determine the most promising path for future microelectronics by pursuing scaling of MOS to its ultimate limit and interdisciplinary exploration of new-frontier devices.

An IEEE Life Fellow and member of the U.S. National Acad-emy of Engineering, Dr. Antoniadis is currently a professor and the Ray and Maria Stata Chair in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

For contributions to metal oxide semi-conductor fi eld-effect transistor physics, technology, and modeling

Dimitri A. Antoniadis

IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa MedalSponsored by the Federation of Electric Power Companies, Japan

Scope: For outstanding contributions to material and device science and technology, including practical application

Scope: For exceptional contributions to the microelectronics industry

A technical and managerial trailblazer for over 3 decades, Martin van den Brink has driven innovations in optical lithography criti-cal to advancing Moores Law for the continued development of smaller and more advanced electronics. Optical lithography is a microfabrication process in which light-sensitive chemicals are used to transfer circuit patterns onto chip wafers, enabling mass production of integrated circuits. One of ASMLs fi rst employees from its start-up in 1984, Dr. van den Brinks technical direc-tion has positioned ASML as the worlds largest supplier of es-sential optical lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. Dr. van den Brink has been responsible for practically all major technical decisions at ASML. He introduced modular design and an open innovation policy with technology and manufacturing partners during the 1980s. In the 1990s, he was instrumental in ASMLs move from step to scan lithography. His introduction of the TWINSCAN dual-stage architecture in 2001 provided major improvements in productivity and accuracy. Under Dr. Van den Brinks leadership, ASML delivered one of the most important innovations for the continuation of Moores Law: immersion li-thography (2004), which provided a higher-resolution pattering solution to allow continued scaling down to 40 nm. It remains the lithography process of choice for the semiconductor indus-try. Dr. van den Brink has also pioneered holistic lithography for cost-eff ective multiple patterning, which has enabled imaging resolution below 20 nm. He currently oversees ASMLs biggest innovation eff ort to date: the introduction of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, which will take single-exposure patterning down to ever smaller resolutions over the next 10 years. This will enable Moores Law to continue for at least another decade from a cost-eff ective patterning perspective.

A Royal Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion, Dr. van den Brink is currently president and chief technology offi cer of ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands.

For technical and managerial leadership driving the continuation of optical lithog-raphy as the enabling technology for the semiconductor industry

Martin A. van den Brink

IEEE Robert N. Noyce MedalSponsored by the Intel Foundation

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Marshall Greenspans pioneering work on multiple phase-center interferometric processing has signifi cantly enhanced the state-of-the-art in ground-moving target indication (GMTI) radar tech-nology critical to todays military radar systems. Dr. Greenspans radar engineering career began in the early 1970s with the design and development of the navigation, targeting, and terrain-avoid-ance radar in the U.S. Navys carrier-based A-6 Intruder attack aircraft. The A-6 was designed to fl y undetected at low altitudes for great distances at night and in all weather conditions, fi nd its target, and return safely to its carrier. In the early 1980s, this radar was upgraded under Dr. Greenspans guidance to generate high-resolution images of the surface area illuminated by the radar beam. Indicators were overlaid upon the image to pinpoint the location of any ground moving targets found within the ground image scene. This revolutionary technology was adapted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Air Force in a demonstration program named Pave Mover that put a side-looking radar in a high-speed U.S. Air Force EF-111 to detect and track armored ground vehicles at long range while simultaneously guiding missiles to their intended targets. This technology became part of the U.S. Air Force/Army E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), which provides ground surveillance to military commanders to support attack operations. With Dr. Greenspans expertise, JSTARS en-abled U.S. forces to map the position of the retreating Iraqi army during Operation Desert Storm. This work helped demonstrate the feasibility of GMTI space-time adaptive processing (STAP) for air-to-surface moving target radars at a time when comput-ing technology was inferior to what is currently available. STAPs importance to the radar community continues to grow as com-puting technology and radar hardware improve.

An IEEE Fellow and recipient of the fi rst IEEE Warren D. White award for Excellence in Radar Engineering (2000), Dr. Greenspan is a senior consulting systems engineer (retired) with Northrop Grumman, Norwalk, CT, USA.

For contributions to the development of multiple phase-center airborne surface surveillance and targeting radars

For contributions to power electronics, es-pecially high-frequency power conversion

IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and ApplicationsSponsored by the Raytheon Company

Scope: For outstanding accomplishments in advancing the fi elds of radar technologies and their applications

Scope: For outstanding contributions to the technology associated with the generation, transmission, distribution, application, and utilization of electric power for the betterment of society

A world authority on high-frequency power conversion design, modeling, and control, Fred C. Lee has pioneered technologies that provide more effi cient power conversion and improved reli-ability in devices and systems, impacting applications ranging from personal computing and mobile devices to military and industrial equipment. Dr. Lee introduced soft switching technologies dur-ing the 1980s to combat the undesired switching losses, electrical and thermal stresses, and electromagnetic interference caused by high-frequency power conversion. His zero-voltage switching for resonant, quasiresonant, multiresonant, and pulse-width-modulat-ed converters have become core components of modern power electronics equipment and systems. During the 1990s, Dr. Lee and his students developed a novel multiphase voltage regulator (VR) module for new generations of Intel microprocessors. Dr. Lee and his students have generated 25 U.S. patents addressing key areas such as power delivery architecture, modularity and scalability, control and sensing, integrated magnetics, and advanced packag-ing and integration. Today, every PC and server microprocessor is powered with this VR. These technologies have been further extended to high-performance graphical processors, server chip-set and memory devices, networks, telecommunications, and all forms of mobile electronics. Dr. Lee has helped power electronics industries realize their full power-saving potential by overcoming the cost and reliability roadblocks caused by using nonstandard components and labor-intensive manufacturing. He and his team have developed advanced integration concepts and technologies suitable for standardization and automation using integrated pow-er electronics modules (IPEMs) that have provided improvements in performance and cost reduction. IPEMs have been commer-cialized and are widely used today in powering the new genera-tion of microprocessors, photovoltaic converters, variable-speed motor drives, and electric/hybrid vehicles.

An IEEE Fellow and member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Lee is currently a University Distinguished Pro-fessor with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.

Fred C. LeeMarshall Greenspan

IEEE Medal in Power EngineeringSponsored by the IEEE Industry Applications, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics, and Power & Energy Societies

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Paul G. Kaminskis technical prowess and leadership skills have played a key role in the development and application of the U.S. Off set Strategy developed to counter the massive conventional forces of the Soviet Union during the cold war. The three com-ponents of that strategy included Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs) to permit one weapon to destroy one target; advanced Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems to fi nd and track the targets; and stealth technology to permit de-livery of the PGMs on target in the presence of air defenses. This combination provided immeasurable benefi ts to national security and military capability. Dr. Kaminskis work on low-observable airborne systems led to the development of stealth aircraft includ-ing the F-117 fi ghter and B-2 bomber and advanced cruise mis-siles with stealth ability.

Many years ahead of similar systems pursued by other nations, the F-117 was designed as not simply an airplane but, in combi-nation with ISR and PGMs, provided a complete weapons system incorporating ordinance and targeting capabilities. It changed the paradigm of air warfare and provided a dramatic reduction in the loss and capture of U.S. aircrews. Critical to the success of Dr. Kaminskis stealth technology innovations was his implementa-tion of the Integrated Product Team concept and the use of red teams for identifying and solving problems early in the develop-ment process.

He also championed physics-based modeling and simulation during development of the F-117, which accelerated testing and provided the basis for the development of algorithms to route the aircraft that gave great confi dence to test pilots. Dr. Kamin-skis work in stealth and counter-stealth was complemented by his earlier work in PGMs in the late 1960s, followed by his work in unconventional satellite imaging systems in the early to mid-1970s. This work helped form the basis for the B-2 long-range stealth strategic bomber, refi ning the technologies with advances in sensors, control systems, and modeling and simulation.

An IEEE Life Fellow and recipient of U.S. National Medal of Technology, Dr. Kaminski is currently chairman and chief execu-tive offi cer with Technovation Inc., Potomac Falls, VA, USA.

For leading the development of ad-vanced low-observable airborne systems, including the F-117, and the supporting tools, training, and weapons

Paul G. Kaminski

IEEE Simon Ramo MedalSponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation

Scope: For exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science

Scope: For outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology

A world-class innovator for over 30 years, James A. Goslings de-velopment of the Java programming language in 1995 was a ma-jor milestone in computing that has had an immeasurable impact on computer science. Dr. Gosling combined the best ideas in pro-gramming languages with his own ideas to create the fi rst widely deployed programming language featuring portability to allow transmission of code over the Internet from one computer to another for execution while still meeting security requirements. Its features include the portable write once, run anywhere byte-coded platform and libraries that makes use of a standard class fi le format that can be loaded and executed by any Java Virtual Machine; the robust and secure sand box approach; type-safe automatic storage management; just-in-time compilation; and platform scaling from cell phone to enterprise server. Used by approximately 9 million developers, Java is one of the most popu-lar programming languages in history and can be found in serv-ers, mobile phones, and the chips embedded in credit cards and identity badges. Dr. Gosling has also infl uenced software engi-neering methodology with important contributions during the 1980s. As a graduate student, he created one of the most widely used versions of the UNIX Emacs text editor. As a contributor to Carnegie Mellons Andrew Project, he developed the fi rst UNIX windows manager and one of the fi rst modern, multiformat text editors that allowed placement of tables, pictures, and graphics in a document. This open-source architecture infl uenced the evolu-tion of Microsoft Windows. Dr. Gosling has also impacted the world of embedded systems with his early work on the ISIS II satellite, a real-time specifi cation for Java, and his current work on autonomous ocean-going robots.

A member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and an Offi cer of the Order Canada (second-highest Canadian civil-ian honor), Dr. Gosling is chief software architect with Liquid Robotics, Redwood, CA, USA.

For the Java programming language, Java Virtual Machine, and other contri-butions to programming languages and environments

James A. Gosling

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With innovations that have helped mold the history of advance-ments in science, technology, and education in the United States and around the world, Mildred Dresselhaus has paved the way for the rise of nanotechnology and blazed a path for women in sci-ence and engineering. Known as the queen of carbon science based on her life-long research into the properties of graphite and carbon-based materials, the era of carbon electronics can be traced back to her tireless research eff orts. During the 1960s, Dr. Dresselhaus was a pioneer in researching carbon, one of the most abundant elements, and its thermal and electrical properties when no one else seemed interested in its potential. She used magnetorefl ection spectroscopy to determine the graphite band structure, which led to the currently accepted band model for graphite.

Her insights regarding the composition, structure, and prop-erties of graphite have encouraged bold new research into single-atom-thick graphene. Graphene has potential practical applications in high-speed electronics circuits and systems. In the late 1970s she made important contributions to understanding the structure of graphite intercalation compounds. The work of her group on fullerenes and carbon nanotubes began in the early 1990s before these structures were well known. She also dem-onstrated the symmetry of single-wall nanotubes and how one could calculate their electronic structure. Her work on nano-tubes continues today, including the important contribution of the measurement of Raman spectroscopy on isolated single-wall

carbon nanotubes. Her recent work on the semiconductive properties of carbon nanotubes opens new possibilities in nano-technology, and other recent research holds exciting promise for energy-related applications.

Dr. Dresselhaus public advocacy for women in engineer-ing and science began in the mid-1970s, when the number of American women seeking undergraduate degrees in engineering began to rise. Recognizing this as an issue of great importance for the profession, Dr. Dresselhaus began actively speaking out in favor of womens access to careers in technology and science. Her unquestioned accomplishments in the laboratory and classroom gave her an unparalleled credibility in this national dialogue. Her 1975 article Some Personal Views on Engineering Education for Women (IEEE Transactions on Education) remains an immensely valuable and accurate account of the psychological and social challenges facing women in a male-dominated fi eld. The article also stressed the critical importance of role models for women engineering students, which Dr. Dresselhaus herself has certainly served as through mentoring, formally and informally, countless young women across the United States and around the world.

An IEEE Life Fellow and member of the U.S. National Acad-emy of Engineering, Dr. Dresselhaus has received numerous awards including the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014. She is currently an Institute Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cam-bridge, MA, USA.

For leadership and contributions across many fi elds of science and engineering

Mildred S. Dresselhaus

IEEE Medal of Honor Sponsored by the IEEE Foundation

Scope: For an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in IEEE fi elds of interest

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On 13 January 1902, IEEE predecessor the American Institute of Electrical Engineers held its annual banquet at the original Waldorf Astoria at 33rd Street and 5th Avenue in New York City. 300 people attended. The guest of honor was the Italian/British inventor Guglielmo Marconi, who only a month before had succeeded in the fi rst wireless telegraph transmission across the Atlantic Ocean; three dots, spelling the Morse code letter S. The AIEE decorated the banquet hall for the occasion with electric signs spelling out Marconi, Podhu (Cornwall), where the signal originated, and. St. Johns (Newfoundland), where Marconi received the signal. The three names were connected across the room by electric lights repeating the three dots of the Morse code S. Marconi addressed the gathered AIEE mem-bers after dinner, thanking the Institute for the honor and for its support. He then proceeded to explain his work over the preceding seven years; its commercialization for shorter-range communication with British, Italian, and other ships; and its future potential.

The banquet program, reproduced here and long preserved in the IEEE Archives, is notable because it is autographed not just by Marconi, but by fi ve of AIEEs most prominent membersAlexander Graham Bell, Charles Steinmetz, Frank Sprague, Michael Pupin, and Elihu Thomson, as well as by Brit-ish Counsel Percy Sanderson.

Eighteen years later, in 1920, IEEEs other predecessor, the Institute of Radio Engineers, named Marconi the third recipi-ent of its signature award, the Medal of Honor. Marconi was unable to accept the award until he visited the United States two years later. Then, on 20 June 1922, the IRE and the AIEE held a joint banquet at the original Waldorf-Astoria to celebrate the now-famous inventor and entrepreneur and to present him with the IRE Medal of Honor. Marconi again addressed the gathering, describing his latest achievements and the enormous advances made in what was now known as radio over the 20 years since his original AIEE address.

Sheldon Hochheiser, Historian, IEEE History Center

For more Engineering and Technology History, visit: http://ethw.org

On This Date in History: 20 June

IEEE-HKN proudly recognizesits members receiving

IEEE Medals and Technical Field Awards in 2015:

Marshall Greenspan (Beta Theta, 1961), IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal

for Radar Technologies and Applications

Georgios Giannakis (Upsilon, 1984), IEEE Fourier Award

for Signal Processing

Martin Cooper (Delta, 1950; Eminent Member 2013),

IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award

IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) is the honor society of IEEE. It began in 1904 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and merged with IEEE in 2010. IEEE-HKN recognizes engineering students, alumni, and professionals who demonstrate the qualities of Scholarship, Character, and Attitude. For more than 110 years, IEEE-HKN members have proven that the balance of these characteristics supports success as an engineering professional and in life.

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A giant in the control systems fi eld, Bruce A. Francis helped grow and popularize the concept of H-infi nity optimal control, which is perhaps the most important development in control theory of the past 30 years. His work on the internal model principle has provided one of the most fundamental results in linear-multivari-able control and has become an indispensable principle for design of todays control systems. Prof. Francis also pioneered the devel-opment of robust control for sampled-data systems, which has important implications in signal processing for connecting digital systems with analog systems. Many of the most widely used com-puter-aided control system design tools are based on Prof. Francis contributions, impacting industries such as aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, robotics, and chemical processing.

An IEEE Life Fellow, Dr. Francis is an Emeritus Professor with the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

For pioneering contributions to H-infi nity, linear-multivariable, and digital control

Bruce A. Francis

IEEE Control Systems AwardSponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society

One of the most infl uential people in the electronics board and substrate industry, Nasser Bozorg-Grayelis contributions have been integral to driving down component package size while incorporating more features and functionalities, enabling thin-ner and lighter devices. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Bozorg-Grayeli developed Intels fi rst 6-inch wafer gold bumping and advance tape automated bonding packaging and manufactur-ing technology, which was an order of magnitude thinner than existing microprocessor packages. He led the industrys transition of high-density packaging from ceramics to organics to reduce cost and continuously improve performance of products. He also was a champion of removing hazardous materials from packaging materials, making Intel the fi rst company to eliminate lead in all its products.

Dr. Bozorg-Grayeli is vice president of technology and manu-facturing and director of the Corporate Quality Network with Intel Corporation, Tempe, AZ, USA.

For contributions to the advancement of microelectronic packaging technol-ogy, manufacturing, and semiconductor ecosystems

Nasser Bozorg-Grayeli

IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology AwardSponsored by the IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society

Hiroshi Iwais dedication to pushing the boundaries of integrat-ed circuit scaling broke perceived barriers to enable the contin-ued miniaturization of electronic devices providing higher per-formance with lower power that are integral to todays mobile electronics. When industry forecasted that complimentary met-al-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) scaling wouldnt go below 1 micrometer due to current leakage and lithography issues, Prof. Iwai provided solutions demonstrating that 25-nanometer (nm) scaling was possible. Among his many innovations, he developed technologies for shallow junctions and optical lithography to al-low fabrication of 40-nm gate-length CMOS transistors. He also devised techniques for growing ultra-thin silicon oxide fi lms to overcome leakage issues when using extremely small gate lengths. Overall, Prof. Iwais contributions demonstrated to industry that sub-50-nm CMOS scaling could be achieved.

An IEEE Life Fellow, Prof. Iwai is a professor with the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kangawa, Japan.

For contributions to the scaling of CMOS devices

Hiroshi Iwai

IEEE Cledo Brunetti AwardSponsored by the Brunetti Bequest and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

A visionary leader in the fi eld of biomedical circuits and systems, Christofer Toumazous groundbreaking contributions to the de-sign, implementation, and clinical application of integrated micro-chip technology solutions for intelligent diagnostics and therapy have transformed medical practice. In 2001, Dr. Toumazou devel-oped semiconductor genomic sequencing. Other achievements include cochlear implants for children born deaf, an artifi cial pan-creas for type 1 diabetics, wireless heart monitors for personalized ambulatory care, semiconductor-based DNA sequencing, and an intelligent neural stimulator as a drug alternative for obesity. In 1994, Dr. Toumazou became the youngest professor to be ap-pointed at Imperial College London.

An IEEE Fellow, Dr. Toumazou is founder and chief scientist of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, and founder of three successful healthcare companies (Toumaz, DNA Electronics, and GENEU).

For outstanding contributions to biomedical circuit technology

Christofer Toumazou

IEEE Biomedical Engineering AwardSponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society


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2015 IEEE TECHNICAL FIELD AWARDS

One of the fi rst statistical signal-processing researchers to envision the explosive growth of wireless communications and its resulting signal-processing needs, Georgios B. Giannakis has profoundly impacted the fi eld with many groundbreaking contributions. He was the fi rst to devise a multicarrier communication scheme that was resilient to frequency-selective multiuser and inter-symbol interference. This established blocking as the third important dimension for improving communication performance without altering power or bandwidth. His work on space-time coding for multiple-antenna wireless com-munications has demonstrated the practicality of multiple-antenna signal processing. Prof. Giannakis also helped pioneer ultra-wideband communications, educating industry and academia on the emerging technology that altered the wireless landscape for performing short-range communications such as in local-area networks.

An IEEE Fellow, Dr. Giannakis is currently an Endowed Chair Professor and director of the Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

For contributions to the theory and prac-tice of statistical signal processing and its applications to wireless communications

Georgios B. Giannakis

IEEE Fourier Award for Signal ProcessingSponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society and IEEE Circuits and Systems Society

A pioneer of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) tech-nology, Masayoshi Esashi developed an ion-sensitive fi eld-eff ect transistor which was commercialized as pH and CO

2 catheters in

1980 and provided an early example of lab-on-a-chip technology. He developed and commercialized many MEMS innovations. His integrated capacitive pressure sensor and MEMS switch for large-scale-integration testers are based on wafer-level packaging. Dr. Esashis resonating gyro was extended to yaw rate and accelera-tion sensors for vehicle stability control, and his electrostatically levitated rotational gyro, used for vibration measurement in rail-way cars, enables a more comfortable ride. Dr. Esashis MEMS-based optical scanner for platform door operation has also im-proved passenger safety.

An IEEE Member, Dr. Esashi is a professor with the World Premier International Research Center/Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.

For developments in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) used in transportation and industrial electronics

Masayoshi Esashi

IEEE Andrew S. Grove AwardSponsored by the IEEE Electron Devices Society


One of the most cited researchers in computer science, Donald R. Wilton has been instrumental in the fundamental development of computational electromagnetics (CEM), an important tool for the design and modeling of systems on scales ranging from nanopho-tonics and integrated circuits to aircraft scattering and space station antennas. His development of the Rao Wilton Glisson (RWG) family of basis functions has shaped integral equation-based CEM for over 30 years. RWG functions are used by literally thousands of researchers and practitioners today. Prior to Prof. Wiltons work, electromagnetic simulation tools played only a very limited role in the design of complex electromagnetic systems due to large computer memory requirements and inaccuracies. He is also one of the major technical contributors to the EIGER software tool set for performing government mission-critical electromagnetic analyses using moment-method solutions of integral equations.

An IEEE Life Fellow, Dr. Wilton is a Professor Emeritus with the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.

For fundamental contributions to integral equation methods in computational electromagnetics

Donald R. Wilton

A highly respected leader in speech and language processing, the innovations developed by Prof. Steve Young continue to advance the state-of-the art in translating spoken words into text. Prof. Young developed the HTK Toolkit for

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