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Valeri Ya Kontorovitch
2002
for contributions to the theory of EMC of radio communication systems
Eli Yablonovitch
1992
for contributions to semiconductor optical device physics
Toshiaki Yachi
2002
for contributions to power semiconductor and micro-magnetic devices
Narahari Yadati
2008
for contributions to the design of manufacturing systems, supply chain networks, and electronic markets
Orly Yadid-Pecht
2007
for contributions to design and modeling of common metal oxide semiconductors image sensors
Ronald Robert Yager
1997
for contributions to the development of the theory of fuzzy logic
Arthur D. Yaghjian
1993
for the development of near-field antenna measurement theory, contributions to basic electromagnetic theory, and the formulation of efficient methods to predict electromagnetic scattering
Shuzo Yajima
2001
for contributions to the development of computers and the theory of logic circuits
Murty Yalla
2006
for contributions in computer relays for power systems
Akihiko Yamada (Life Fellow)
2002
for contributions to design and test methodologies for large digital systems
Hiroshi Yamada
2007
for contributions to packaging technology of integrated circuits
Miinoru Yamada
2010
for contribution to semiconductor laser theory and development of low-noise semiconductor laser for disc applications
Osamu Yamada
2003
for contributions to digital broadcasting systems
Masatsune Yamaguchi
2001
for contributions to highly piezoelectric leaky surface acoustic waves
Yoshio Yamaguchi
2002
for contributions to the development of real-time and fully polarimetric synthetic aperture radar systems for short-range sensing of buried objects
Takeshi Yamakawa
2009
for contributions in hardware implementation of fuzzy logic and other soft computing systems
Mitsuyoshi Yamamoto (Life Fellow)
1982
for contributions to advanced electrical devices for energy generation and transmission
Seichi Yamamoto
2004
for leadership in the development of spoken language communication systems
Toshiak Yamamoto
2009
for contributions to pollution and contamination control
Yutaka Yamamoto
1998
for contributions to the theory of sampled-data systems, digital control, and infinite-dimensional systems
Naoaki Yamanaka
2000
for contributions to ultra-high-speed communications technologies and systems
Chiyoe C. Yamanaka (Life Fellow)
1983
for contribution to high power laser system for materials processing and nuclear fusion and for leadership in education
Masamichi Yamanishi (Life Fellow)
1997
for his contributions to the theory of electro-optic properties in semiconductor quantum well structures
Kazuhiko Yamanouchi (Life Fellow)
1995
for research and development in surface acoustic waves and surface optical waves
Hiro Yamasaki
1994
for individual contributions and leadership in intelligent sensing technology
Masakazu Yamashina
2007
for leadership in high performance microprocessor circuits
Eikichi Yamashita (Life Fellow)
1984
for contributions to the analysis and design of microstrip networks
Shumpei Yamazaki
2010
for contributions to and leadership in the industrialization of non-volatile memory and thin film transistor technologies
Hong Yan
2006
for contributions to image recognition techniques and applications
Satoru Yanabu (Life Fellow)
1990
for contributions to research and development of advanced switcher and application in transmission and distribution systems
Andrew C. Yang
2002
for contributions to infrared detector technology and technical leadership in optoelectronics
Cary Y. Yang
1999
for contributions to microelectronic education and the understanding of interfacial properties of silicon-based devices
Edward S. Yang (Life Fellow)
1992
for contributions to polycrystalline devices physics
En-hui Yang
2008
for contributions to source coding
Fu Qing Yang
2003
for leadership in software research and practice
Howard C. Yang
2010
for leadership in mexed-signal integrated circuit design and manufacturing
Hung Yu David Yang
2000
for contribution to wide-band ferrite microstrip antennas and the theory of antennas on periodic structures
Jar-Ferr Yang
2007
for contributions to fast algorithms and efficient realization of video and audio coding
Ping Yang
1991
for contributions to circuit analysis, computer-aided design, semiconductor device modeling and reliability modeling
Qiang Yang
2009
for contributions to understanding and application of intelligent planning, learning and data mining
Qing Ken Yang
2010
for contributions to computer memory and storage systems
Richard F.H. Yang
1967
for contributions to antenna design, industry-government frequency utilization, and engineering education
Yuanyuan Yang
2009
for contributions to parallel and distributed computng systems
Dean A. Yannucci
1990
for leadership in the development and manufacture of large power transformers
Kaoru Yano
2008
for leadership in development of digital transmission systems
Kazuo Yano
2005
for contributions to nanostructured-silicon devices and circuits and advanced CMOS logic
Masao Yano (Life Fellow)
1991
for contributions to the development of static VAR compensators and static converters for industrial systems
Felix Josefovich Yanovsky
2009
for contributions to airborne radar for flight safety
David D. Yao
1998
for contributions to the studies of the mathematical structures and control of discrete -event systems and related manufacturing applications
Kung Yao (Life Fellow)
1994
for contributions to communication theory, signal theory, and systolic algorithms
Xin Yao
2003
for contributions to the theory and applications of evolutionary computation
Radha Krishna Rao Yarlagadda (Life Fellow)
1999
for research and contributions to education in digital signal processing
Binboga Siddik Yarman
2004
for contributions to computer-aided design of broadband amplifiers
Edward J. Yasuda (Life Fellow)
1987
for contributions to the development and standardization of advanced techniques of insulation coordination in EHV and UHV systems
Hiroshi Yasuda
1998
for contributions to the international standardization activities on video coding technologies and the research and development of visual communications and multimedia communications systems
Yutaka Yasuda
2008
for contributions to mobile digital satellite communication systems
Sachio Yasufuku (Life Fellow)
1993
for contributions to high-voltage electrical insulating materials
Kiyotoshi Yasummoto
2010
for contributions to electromagnetic wave scattering and wave guiding
Stephen S. Yau (Life Fellow)
1973
for contributions to switch theory, the reliability of computing systems, and engineering education
Stephen Shing-Toung Yau
2003
for contributions to the mathematical aspects of nonlinear filtering
Rajendra S. Yavatkar
2008
for contributions to network protocols and multi-processor systems-on-a-chip for wire-speed packet processing
Pei-Da Ye (Life Fellow)
1988
for pioneering contributions to telecommunications engineering education in China
Jerry Reese Yeargan (Life Fellow)
1995
for contributions to electrical engineering education
Rama Krishna Yedavalli
2003
for contributions to parameter robustness analysis of state space systems and robust control of linear uncertain systems
Cavour W. H. Yeh (Life Fellow)
1985
for contributions to optical waveguide theory, to the understanding of the scattering of electromagnetic waves, and to engineering education
Raymond T. Yeh (Life Fellow)
1983
for research and leadership in software engineering
Yu-Shuan Yeh (Life Fellow)
1984
for contributions to advanced communication satellite and high-capacity mobile radio systems
Arthur Yelon (Life Fellow)
1999
for contributions to the science and technology of ferromagnetic materials and devices, and to education in the applied science
Gary Gune Yen
2009
for contributions to intelligent systems and control
John Yen
2000
for contributions to fuzzy logic, model identifications, soft computing, artificial intelligence, and reasoning under uncertainty
Tat Soon Yeo
2003
for contributions to scattering and synthetic aperture radar
Daniel So Yeung
2004
for contributions to sensitivity analysis of neural networks and fuzzy expert systems
Raymond W. Yeung
2003
for contributions to network coding theory
David Owen Yevick
1996
for contributions to the numerical simulation of guided-wave components and devices and to the theory of optical processes in semiconductors
Pen-Chung Yew
1998
for contributions to the design of high-performance shared-memory multiprocessors and their parallelizing compilers
Gang George Yin
2002
for contributions to approximation, optimization, and control of stochastic systems
Karl Sigfrid Yngvesson (Life Fellow)
1998
for contributions to the development of millimeter wave devices and systems
Max Neil Yoder
2001
for leadership of government sponsored development of microwave integrated circuits
Ellen June Yoffa
2002
for technical, professional, and business leadership in electronic design automation
Bernard J. Yokelson (Life Fellow)
1976
for contributions to the development of telephone electronic switching systems and operator service systems
Ryuichi Yokoyama
2009
for leadership in electrical power system management
Shigeru Yokoyama
1996
for contributions to lighting protection of power distribution lines and to the measurement of lighting phenomena
Naoki Yokoyama
2000
for contributions to the development of self-aligned gallium arsenide MESFET integrated circuits
Tsukasa Yoneyama (Life Fellow)
1990
for contributions to the development of nonradiative dielectric waveguide technology
Hoi-Jun Yoo
2008
for contributions to low-power and high-speed VLSI design
Sung-Joo Yoo
2007
for contributions to optical networking including wavelength conversion, optical label switching networks, optical routers, and integrated photonics
Robert A. York
2009
for contributions to ferroelectric devies, power amplifiers and phased array systems
Okio Yoshida
1995
for contributions to the development of photoelectronic imaging devices from vidicon-type camera tubes to CCD image sensors
Shoji Yoshida (Life Fellow)
1997
for leadership in digital and analog communication network system development
Tsuneo Yoshikawa
2000
for contributions to the analysis and control of robotic mechanisms
Yuzo Yoshikuni
2010
for contributions to semiconductor laser and integrated optical devices
Katsumi Yoshino
2004
for contributions to organal electronic and optoelectronic materials
Takehiko Yoshino
2001
for contributions to the development of transmission systems via satellite
Katsuichi Yotsumoto
1998
for contributions to highly efficient and reliable telecommunications energy systems
Frank S. Young (Life Fellow)
1977
for contributions to the engineering and management of laboratory facilities for underground transmission technology
James Forest Young
1996
for engineering contributions to the development of ultraviolet and vacuum ultraviolet coherent sources of radiation
Jeffrey L. Young
2008
for contributions to electromagnetic wave propagation in complex media
Ian Alexander Young
1999
for contributions to microprocessor circuit implementation and technology development
Lawrence D. Young (Life Fellow)
1992
for contributions to understanding the growth and properties of anodic, thermal, and plasma oxides, to the development of semiconductor and integrated optic devices, and to understanding the photorefractive effect
Steven J. Young
2009
for contributions to speech processing, spech recognition and spoken dialogue systems
Tzay Y. Young (Life Fellow)
1988
for contributions to pattern recognition, image understanding, and VLSI architecture for image processing
W. Rae Young (Life Fellow)
1964
for contributions to mobile radio and data communications systems
George W. Younkin (Life Fellow)
1992
for contributions to the technology of machine tool controls and drive systems
Marshall C. Yovits (Life Fellow)
1983
for leadership in the field of computer science and education
Bin Yu
2002
for contributions to statistical methods in information theory
Bin Yu
2007
for contributions to scaling of silicon common metal oxide semiconductor transistors
Chong L. Yu (Life Fellow)
1997
for leadership and contributions to computer simulation of radar imaging, scattering and electromagnetic radiation
Hwa Nien Yu (Life Fellow)
1986
for leadership and contributions to advanced technology for VLSI circuits
Francis T. S. Yu (Life Fellow)
1987
for contributions to research and engineering education in the fields of optical signal processing and holography
Kit Lai Paul Yu
2008
for contributions to semiconductor waveguide modulators and detectors
Ming Yu
2009
for contributions to the designand tuning of microwave filters and multiplexers
Philip S. Yu
1993
for contributions to the theory and practice of analytical performance modeling of database systems
Xinghuo Yu
2008
for contributions to variable structure systems theory and applications in intelligent and complex systems
Zhiping Yu
2009
for contributions to modeling and simulation of advanced semiconductor devices
Simon H. Yueh
2009
for contributions to polarimetric radar andradiometer remote sensing
Janku Yuh
2005
for contributions to autonomous underwater robots
Alan Yuille
2009
for contributions to computer and biological vision, medical image processing and computational theories of cognition
Ken-Ichi Yukimatsu
2004
for contributions to photonic switching technologies system
Xiaoping Yun
2005
for contributions to robotic control and human body motion tracking systems
Stephen Yurkovich
2001
for contributions in the application of control systems technology and leadership in engineering education
Shin'ichi Yuta
2000
for contributions to navigation, programming, and architectures of sensor-based mobile robots