IEEE honors achievements in education, industry, research, and service.
In addition to the IEEE Medal of Honor, 15 medals, two service awards, two corporate recognitions, and two honorary memberships were presented at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
Arogyaswami J. Paulraj
Stanford University (Professor Emeritus)
Palo Alto, Calif., U.S.
Broadcom Corporation
Irvine, Calif., U.S.
Sponsor: Bell Labs
IEEE Edison Medal
Isamu Akasaki
Meijo University and Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
Sponsor: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies
Shoichi Sasaki
Keio University Graduate School of System Design and Management
Yokohama, Japan
Sponsor: Toyota Motor Corporation
IEEE Founders Medal
James F. Gibbons
Stanford University
Palo Alto, Calif., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Foundation
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
Toby Berger
Cornell University
Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Va., U.S.
Sponsor: QUALCOMM, Inc.
IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
Harrison H. Barrett
University of Arizona
Tucson, Ariz.
Sponsor: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
Ingrid Daubechies
Duke University
Durham, N.C., U.S.
Sponsor: Texas Instruments, Inc.
IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award
Marcian E. Hoff
Teklicon, Inc. (retired)
San Jose, Calif, U.S.
Sponsor: Wolfson Microelectronics plc
IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal
Raj Mittra
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pa., U.S.
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Sponsors: Mathworks, Pearson Education, Inc., National Instruments Foundation, IEEE Life Members Committee
IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal
Bernard J. Lechner
Princeton, N.J., U.S.
T. Peter Brody
Advantech US Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.
Fang-Chen Luo
AU Optronics Corporation
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Sponsor: The Federation of Electric Power Companies, Japan and the Semiconductor Research Foundation
IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal
Pasquale Pistorio
STMicroelectronics
Geneva, Switzerland
Sponsor: Intel Foundation
IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications
James M. Headrick
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (retired)
Stanfield, Ore., U.S.
Sponsor: Raytheon Company
IEEE Medal in Power Engineering
William F. Tinney
Consultant
Portland, Ore., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Industry Applications and the Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics, and Power & Energy Societies
IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
Neil G. Siegel
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Dominguez Hills, Calif., U.S.
Sponsor: Northrop Grumman Corporation
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
Tony Hoare
Microsoft Research Ltd.
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Sponsor: IBM Corporation
IEEE Recognitions
IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition
imec
Leuven, Belgium
Sponsor: IEEE
IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition
Tze-Chiang Chen
IBM Research
Yorktown Heights, N.Y., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE
IEEE Honorary Membership
APJ Abdul Kalam
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Trivandrum, India
Wang Jianzhou
China Mobile Communications Corporation
Beijing, China
Sponsor: IEEE
IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award
Andreas L. Molisch
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, Calif. U.S.
Larry J. Greenstein
Rutgers University WINLAB
North Brunswick, N.J., U.S.
Mansoor Shafi
Telecom New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
For their paper entitled “Propagation Issues for Cognitive Radio,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Volume 97, Issue 5, May 2009, pp. 787–804.
Sponsor: IEEE Life Members Committee
IEEE Haraden Pratt Award
Levent Onural
Bilkent University
Ankara, Turkey
Sponsor: IEEE Foundation
IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award
Donald C. Loughry
Hewlett-Packard Company (retired)
Palo Alto, Calif., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Technical Activities Board
IEEE Technical Field Awards
At ceremonies around the world in 2011, eminent engineers and other outstanding technical professionals were presented with 28 Technical Field Awards, two IEEE Teaching Awards, and one Prize Paper Award.
IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award
Massimo V. Fischetti
University of Texas
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
David J. Frank
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, N.Y., U.S.
Steven E. Laux
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, N.Y., U.S.
Sponsor: Brunetti Bequest and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Award
Rao R. Tummala
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A.
Sponsor: IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society
IEEE Control Systems Award
Eduardo D. Sontag
Rutgers University
Piscataway, N.J., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Control Systems Society
IEEE Electromagnetics Award
Yahya Rahmat-Samii
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Antennas and Propagation, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Microwave Theory and Techniques, and Geoscience and Remote Sensing Societies
IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award
Julia Hirschberg
Columbia University
New York, N.Y., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Signal Processing Society
IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award
Judy L. Hoyt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Mass., U.S.
Eugene A. Fitzgerald
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Mass., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Electron Devices Society
IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award
John H. Brunke
Consultant
Freeland, Wash., U.S.
Sponsor: The Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation, in memory of Herman and Edna Halperin, and the IEEE Power & Energy Society
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award
Joan L. Mitchell
InfoPrint Solutions Company (retired)
Boulder, Colo., U.S.
Sponsor: Sony Corporation
IEEE Internet Award
Jun Murai
Keio University
Kanagawa, Japan
Sponsor: Nokia Corporation
IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award
David D. Shipp
Eaton Electrical
Warrendale, Pa., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Industry Applications Society
IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement
Reza Zoughi
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Mo., U.S.
Sponsor: Keithley Instruments, Inc.
IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award
Charles A. Desoer
University of California, Berkeley (retired)
Berkeley, Calif., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award
John D. Cressler
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Ga., U.S.
Sponsor: Leon K. Kirchmayer Memorial Fund
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
Thomas J. Richardson
QUALCOMM, Inc.
Bridgewater, N.J., U.S.
Rűdiger Urbanke
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Sponsor: NEC Corporation
IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award
Praveen K. Jain
Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Sponsor: IEEE Power Electronics Society
IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies
Mark L. Burgener
Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation
San Diego, Calif., U.S.
Ronald E. Reedy
Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation
San Diego, Calif., U.S.
Sponsor: Motorola Foundation
IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits
Willy Sansen
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (professor emeritus)
Leuven, Belgium
Sponsor: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
IEEE Frederik Philips Award
Dim-Lee Kwong
Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore
National University of Singapore
Sponsor: Philips Electronics NV
IEEE Photonics Award
Amnon Yariv
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, Calif., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Photonics Society
IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award
Shafi Goldwasser
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Mass., U.S.
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Sponsor: IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award Fund
IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award
Kamal Sarabandi
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Control Systems, and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Societies
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award
Hirochika Inoue
University of Tokyo (professor emeritus)
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Tokyo, Japan
Sponsor: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award
Hans-Paul Schwefel
Technical University of Dortmund (professor emeritus)
Dortmund, Germany
Sponsor: IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
IEEE David Sarnoff Award
C.J. Chang-Hasnain
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, Calif., U.S.
Sponsor: SRI International Sarnoff
IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award
Charles K. (Ned) Birdsall
University of California, Berkeley (professor emeritus)
Berkeley, Calif., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award
James W. Moore
The MITRE Corporation
McLean, Va., U.S.
Sponsor: IEEE Standards Association
IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award
H. Vincent Poor
Princeton University
Princeton, N.J., U.S.
Sponsor: Bell Labs
IEEE Nikola Tesla Award
Nady Boules
General Motors Global Research & Development
Warren, Mich., U.S.
Sponsor: The Grainger Foundation and the IEEE Power & Energy Society
IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
Moe Z. Win
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Mass., U.S.
Sponsor: Dr. Kiyo Tomiyasu, IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, and KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc.
IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award
Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar
ITT
Bombay, India
University of Pune
Mumbai, India
Sponsor: IEEE Education Society
