Fellow Class of 1978

Following are the names and citations for the active members of the IEEE Class of 1978 listed alphabetically by last name. 

A

Alessandro Q Alberigi-Quaranta (Life Fellow)
for contributions and technical leadership in the fields of nuclear electronics and charge transport in semiconductors

Stig A Annestrand
for leadership and contributions to the art of high voltage ac and dx power transmission

B

John W Bandler
for contributions to computer-oriented microwave and circuit practices

David Franklin Barbe
for contributions to the theory, understanding, and development of charge-coupled devices

Thomas H Barton
for contributions to the field of rotating machine theory and electronic drive dynamics

Wallace Blanchard Behnke, Jr
for contributions in developing economical nuclear power and the fast breeder reactors

Toby Berger
for contributions to information theory and engineering education

Roy Billinton
for contributions to development and education in power system reliability evaluation

Harvey J Brudner
for leadership in the development and application of computers and electronic, audio-visual systems in education and training

C

Samuel Joseph Campanella (Life Fellow)
for contributions to signal processing and satellite communications

Michael H Carpentier (Life Fellow)
for pioneering work in the fields of radars and information processing

William S C Chang (Life Fellow)
for contributions to optoelectronics and integrated optics

Ta-Shing Chu (Life Fellow)
for contributions to dual-polarization radio transmission, and to propagation of radio and light waves in precipitation

Wesley W Chu (Life Fellow)
for contributions to multiplexing techniques of and file allocation in computers

D

Edward J Davison (Life Fellow)
for contributions to control system theory

Anthony J De Maria (Life Fellow)
for pioneering contributions to acoustic-optics and picosecond pulse laser development

Frederick H Dill, Jr (Life Fellow)
for contributions to semiconductor device and process research

Stephen W Director
for pioneering work in computer-aided circuit design and for contributions to engineering education

E

Donald N. Ewart (Life Fellow)
for pioneering contributions to the analysis of the control and dynamics of large-scale electric power systems



F

Donald L Feucht (Life Fellow)
for contributions to semiconductor heterojunctions research

Alan B Fowler (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding of charge carriers behavior in inversion layers

Howard Frank (Life Fellow)
for contributions to large-scale network design and analysis

Gene Farthing Franklin (Life Fellow)
for leadership in engineering education and for outstanding contributions in control theory and applications

G

Uzia Galil (Life Fellow)
for the pioneering contributions to the establishment of a modern electronic industry in Israel

Joseph A Giordmaine (Life Fellow)
for pioneering contributions to linear optics

Maurice Glicksman (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding of transport. Optical, and plasma phenomena in semiconductors

Adolf Goetzberger (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding of semiconductor/oxide interfaces

H

Erich Hafner (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development of piezoelectric crystals and frequency control devices

Robert W Harmon (Life Fellow)
for developments in UHV insulation and suspension systems

I

Ion I. Inculet (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the applications of electrostatics in mineral separation and gas cleaning

K

George Karady
for advancement in the art of high-voltage dc transmission

George Karady
for advancement in the art of high-voltage dc transmission

Dieter Hans Kind
for development of high-voltage measurement and test methods

Wen H Ko
for leadership and contributions in the field of microelectronics for biomedical instrumentation

Magne Kristiansen
for contributions to plasma technology and pulsed power

L

Irwin L Lebow
for contributions to satellite communications technology

Ching-Chung Li
for contributions to biocybernetics

John O Limb
for contributions to efficient coding of color and monochrome video signals

M

Robert J Mailloux
for contributions to enhancing the performance of phased array antennas

James L. Melsa
for educational leadership in the information and control sciences

Jerry M Mendel
for contributions to system identification, state estimation, and their application to aerospace technology

Frederick R Morgenthaler
for contributions to the theory and application of microwave magnetics

Robert M Morris
for contributions to the understanding of radio noise and corona of high-voltage transmission lines

George S Moschytz
for contributions to the theory and the development of hybrid-integrated linear communication networks

N

Clark Nichols
for contributions to and leadership in the design of computer-control systems for electric power applications

O

John M Osepchuk
for contributions to microwave technology and to microwave safety

P

W David Pricer
for contributions to the development of computer memory technology

R

Charles M Rader
for contributions to digital signal processing

C V Ramamoorthy
for contributions to computer architecture and software engineering

S

Michael K Sain
for contributions to the theory of multivariable control systems

Belle A Shenoi
for contributions to the theory of active filters

Marvin K Simon
for analytical contributions to communication systems design

John Brooks Slaughter
for contributions to the design of digital, sample-data control systems

N J A Sloane
for contributions to the theory of error correction in communication systems

Merlin G Smith
for contributions to the development of large-scale integration

Peter W E. Smith
for contributions to tunable gas lasers

Kenneth C Smith
for contributions to digital circuit design

James E Solomon
for contributions in research, design, and application of analog integrated circuits

Harold W. Sorenson
for contributions to control, estimation, and optimization of stochastic dynamic systems

T

Robert C Tausworthe
for contributions to communication theory and development of deep space communication and tracking systems

Archer S Taylor
for leadership in the development of professional engineering procedures and standards for the cable television industry

Leonard W Thomas, Sr
For leadership in electromagnetic compatibility and development of interference measurement instrumentation and standards

U

John M Undrill
for development of interactive simulation methods and analysis techniques for electric power systems

V

Gregory Vassell
for contributions to the planning of reliable and economic electric power systems

W

Sander Weinreb
for contributions to instrumentation in radio astronomy

Lawarence Whicker
for contributions to the development of microwave and millimeter-wave nonreciprocal components

Joseph F White
for contributions to the development of diode phase shifters for microwave array antennas

H Brian White
for contributions to the development of extra high-voltage transmission line structures

Alan N Willson, Jr
for contributions to circuit and system theory in the area of nonlinear circuits

Charles M Wolfe
for contributions to the development of high-purity gallium-arsenide for microwave and optical device applications