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Following are the names and citations for the active members of the IEEE Class of 1991 listed alphabetically by last name.
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A
John Douglas Adam
for contributions to the development of microwave device applications of ferrite thin films
Ashok K. Agrawala
for contributions to distributed algorithms and policies for computer systems
M. Dayne Aldridge (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the design and application of electronic sensors and monitoring systems in the mining industry
Jan P. Allebach
for contributions to the theory of sampling and reproduction of multidimensional signals
Frances E. Allen
for contributions to the science of compiler optimization and leadership in its applications
Kitsutaro Amano (Life Fellow)
for contributions to optical-fiber submarine cable systems and digital transmission equipment
Panayotis J. Antsaklis
for contributions to the theory of feedback stabilization and control of linear multivariable systems
Josu Arrillaga
for contributions to the analysis of high-voltage direct current systems
Jorge I. Aunon
for contributions in biomedical signal processing
B
Mario R. Barbacci
for contributions to computer-aided design of digital systems
Isaac R. Barpal
for leadership in introducing modern electronic transpiration technology in developing regions
John C. Bean
for contributions to silicon molecular-beam epitaxy
Albert Benveniste
for contributions to the theory and application of adaptive systems
Georges R. Bienvenu
for contributions to the theory and implementation of high-resolution methods in passive sonars
Robert R. Bitmead
for contributions to the development of the theory of adaptive control and filtering
Ian F. Blake
for contributions to the theory of error-correcting codes
Nathan Bluzer
for contributions to infrared image sensors and heterojunction diode detectors
Gerald M. Borsuk
for technical leadership in solid-state and vacuum electronic devices and for contributions to the development of microelectronic photo detectors for optical signal processing
Nady Boules
for contributions to the development of analytical models and design optimization methodologies for permanent magnet machines
Charles A. Brackett
for leadership in and contributions to optical networking
Gailon E. Brehm
for contributions to microwave circuit design and semiconductor processing of GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuits
Richard P. Brent
for contributions to the development and analysis of parallel algorithms
Adrian Paul Brokaw
for innovations in analog circuit design
Stephen J. Brolin
for development of telephone subscriber line digital carrier systems
Joseph D. Bronzino
for contributions to biomedical and clinical engineering education, to medical ethics, and to the application of signal processing to study brain function
Christoph B. Burckhardt
for contributions to diagnostic ultrasound imaging
Robert M. Burger
for leadership in the establishment and operation of cooperative semiconductor research and development
LawrenceM. Burrage
for leadership in the development and application of advanced interrupters to distribution systems
C
Savvas G. Chamberlain (Life Fellow)
for contributions in CCD imagers and MOSFET's
Kai Chang
for contributions to microwave and millimeter-wave circuits and power combining techniques
Ajit K. Chattopadhyay
for leadership in the development of power electronics research and education programs in India
Daniel S. Chemla
for contributions to nonlinear optics and optoeletronics of quantum well structures
Chin-Long Chen (Life Fellow)
for contributions to error-correcting codes for computer applications
John Choma, Jr. (Life Fellow)
for contributions to circuit analyses and the modeling of wideband analog circuitsand systems
Kevin A. Clements (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the theory of network observability and the enhancement of power system security
Eliot D. Cohen
for leadership in the advancement of microwave and millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuits
Ernesto A. Corte (Life Fellow)
for Technical leadership and contributions to industrial radiation measurement technology
Peter E. Cottrell
for the development of finite-element simulations for MOS and bipolar transistors and for the measurement and modeling of hot-electron effects in MOS devices
Richard V. Cox
for contributions to real-time speech coding, and to the standardization of digital technology for secure voice, cellular radio, and telephony applications
M. George Craford (Life Fellow)
for the discovery that nitrogen doping in III-V GaAsP results in high brightness orange and yellow LEDs and other contributions to optoelectronics
D
John A. Darringer
for contributions to the development of practical techniques and algorithms for automated logic synthesis of high-performance computers
W. Kenneth Dawson (Life Fellow)
for technical leadership and contributions to the development of instrumentation bus standards and nuclear data acquisition and control systems
William P Delaney (Life Fellow)
for leadership in the conceptual definition, promotion and management of air and space defensive systems
Narsingh Deo (Life Fellow)
for contributions to graph theory, algorithms, and applications
Corrado P. Dragone
for contributions to the theory, design, and application of microwave reflector antennas
Michael M. Driscoll
for contributions to the development of low-noise acoustic resonator-stabilized oscillators
Larry E. Druffel (Life Fellow)
for leadership in defining and managing national software technology programs
E
Leonard Ehrman (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development and use of real-time simulators of communications channels and to the analysis of nonlinear circuits
Charles W. Einolf, Jr. (Life Fellow)
for leadership in industrial electronics and the application of microprocessors to nuclear instrumentation
Andrew J. Eriksson
for contributions to research on the effect of lighting and on improved system protection
F
Wagih Z. Fam (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the analysis and loss measurements of nonlinear magnetic devices
Barry N. Feinberg (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the practice of electrical engineering in medicine
Leonard G. Feinstein
for contributions to research and manufacturing practices in the application of thin films in electronics
Stuart I. Feldman
for contributions to software engineering and software configuration management
Stephen R. Forrest
for contributions to optoelectronics materials and devices research including detectors, receivers, and optoelectronic integrated circuits
Takahiko Fukinuki
for contributions to the development of television picture signal processing and transmission
G
Aaron A. Galvin (Life Fellow)
for the creation of new communication, control, and sensor technologies for the electronic-protection industry
William A. Gardner (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development of time-series analysis and stochastic processes with applications to statistical signal processing and communication, and for contributions to engineering education
Hans M. Glavitsch
for contributions to the analysis, control, operation of electric power systems
Robert D. Goldblum (Life Fellow)
for contributions in electromagnetic compatibility testing and standards, and for promulgating increased awareness of EMC problems and their solutions
Julius Goldhirsh (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the field of radar measurement relative to precipitation
Bernard P. Gollomp (Life Fellow)
for achievements in test instrumentation, especially related to test-oriented languages
Inder S. Gopal
for theoretical and experimental contributions in the integrated networks, especially to high-speed packet switching and distributed protocols for network control
Bhaskarpillai Gopinath
for contributions to the modeling and analysis of communication systems
Martin A. Gundersen (Life Fellow)
for contributions to innovative uses of lasers and optics in the study and development of high-power switches and devices
Robert L. Gunshor (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development of II-V semiconductor quantum well and super
Tsutomu Hashimoto
for contributions to and leadership in the development of microwave transmission lines and circuits for practical satellite communication antennas
H
Jean-Paul Haton
for leadership in and contributions to automatic speech recognition
Mordehai Heiblum
for invention of the tunneling hot-electron transfer amplifier and its exploitation for ballistic transfer
John L. Hennessy, Iii
for contributions to the field of computer architecture, VLSI, programming language design, and their implementation, and for developments in reduced instruction set computing architectures
Peter R. Herczfeld
for contributions to the application of lightwave technology to microwave and millimeter-wave devices, circuits, and systems
Gabor T. Herman
for contributions to medical imagine, particularly in the theory and development of techniques for the reconstruction and display of computed tomographic images
Gerald T. Heydt
for leadership in electric power engineering education and research on harmonic signals in electric power systems
Fred S. Hickernell (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the development of acoustic and optical surface wave devices for electronic systems applications
Wolfgang Hoefer, Jr. (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the modeling and design of passive microwave and millimeter-wave circuits
Ronald G. Hoelzeman (Life Fellow)
for leadership and contributions to electrical and computer engineering education
Philip L. Hower (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the understanding and development of power semiconductor devices
Tien Chang Hsia (Life Fellow)
for research contributions to control and robotics, and for leadership in applied control and robotics education
I
Hirokazu Ihara
for leadership in and the development of decentralized control systems and fault-tolerant computers
Ravishankar K. Iyer
for contributions to reliable computing
J
Ralph R. Jacobs
for contributions to laser research and development, and for outstanding engineering leadership in developing laser products
Dwight L. Jaggard
for contributions to the understanding of wave interactions with complex media
Anil K. Jain
for contributions to statistical pattern recognition and image processing
Graeme L. James
for contributions to geometrical theory of diffraction and mode-matching techniques for corrugated waveguides and horns
Renuka P. Jindal
for contributions to the field of solid-state devices noise theory and practice
C. Bruce Johnson
for contributions to both the theory and application of photoelectrons, image conversion, and electron multiplication
Clark E. Johnson, Jr. (Life Fellow)
for contributions to engineering management and design, especially in the field of high-density magnetic recording
EdmondA. Jonckheere
for contributions to the spectral theory of linear quadratic and H-infinity control
Arthur K. Jordan (Life Fellow)
for contributions to electromagnetic inverse scattering theory and its applications
Howard E. Jordan (Life Fellow)
for contributions to the theory of rotating machinery and their electronic control, the design of high-performance electric motors and their applications
K
Theodore I. Kamins
for contributions to materials, process, design, and education in semiconductor electronics
Mark G. Karpovsky
for contributions to techniques and theory for design and testing of circuits and systems
Tatsuo Kawamura
for leadership in high-voltage engineering of substations and transmission components
Leonid G. Kazovsky
for contributions to coherent optical communications technology
David V. Kerns, Jr.
for contributions to engineering education and research in microelectronics
Giok-Djan Khoe
for contributions to single-mode lightwave devices and systems
James L. Kirtley, Jr.
for contributions to the theoretical understanding, development, and implementation of superconducting turbogenerators
Erik L. Kollberg
for leadership in and contributions to the advancement of low-noise microwave and millimeter-wave receivers
IsraelKoren
for contributions to the field of fault-tolerant VLSI systems
Mayuram R. Krishnamurthy (Life Fellow)
for the development of rotating machines especially in the field of single-winding dual-purpose motors
Tosiyasu Laurence Kunii
for contributions to visual computer and visual computation
Mark J. Kushner
for contributions to the fundamental understanding of low-temperature plasmas
L
Einar V. Larsen
for contributions to the development and application of power system stabilizers, and SVC and HVDC transmission technologies
Chi Hsiang Lee
for research contributions in the picosecond photoconductivity effects and its application to picosecond optoelectronics and microwave/millimeter-wave technology
Robert F. Leheny
for contributions to the integrated of optical and electronic devices exploiting the advantages of InP materials for telecommunications applications
James R. Lesh
for leadership, promotion, and successful establishment of NASA's planetary optical communication program and for contributions to major optical communication technologies
Chinlon Lin
for contributions leading to the first experimental demonstration of dispersion-shifted single-mode fiber waveguides for high-speed long-distance optical communications
John C. Lindenlaub
for contributions to instructional technology in electrical engineering
Stephen E. Lipsky
for contributions to the art of microwave passive direction-finding systems
Chao-Ning Liu
for contributions to pattern recognition methodology and pattern-recognition-based systems
Stuart A. Long
for contributions to the development of microstrip and dielectric resonator antennas
Nicky Chau-Chun Lu
for contributions to semiconductor memory design and technology
M
Robert H. Macphie
for contributions to the theory of signal processing antenna systems, dipole antennas, and electromagnetic scattering by prorate spheroids
Wojciech P. Maly
for contributions to the design of integrated circuits for manufacturability
Kenneth W. Martin
for contributions to the theory, design, and application of MOS and GaAs integrated circuits
ClydeF. Martin
for contribution to the mathematical theory of linear and nonlinear systems
John E. Maneatis
for technical and managerial leadership of the electric utility industry
James W. Mink
for contributions to quasi-optical millimeter-wave power-combining techniques for solid-state sources
Jack Minker
for contributions to deductive databases, disjunctive logic programming, and artificial intelligence
Vincent T. Morgan
for contributions to the analysis of the thermal behavior of overhead power conductors
David C. Munson, Jr.
for contributions to synthetic aperture radar and Fourier-offset imaging
Arthur T. Murphy
for contributions to the analysis of electromagnetic effects in the design of high-speed electronic interconnections
N
Michiharu Nakamura
for contributions to the development and application of advanced semiconductor lasers
Ramakant Nevatia
for contributions to the field of computer vision
Allen C. Newell
for contributions to antenna metrology, measurement practice, and standards
Chrysostomos L. Nikias
for contributions to higher-order spectral analysis methods and their application to digital signal processing
O
Luiz De Queiroz Orsini
for contributions to electrical engineering education in Brazil and Latin America
P
Panayota Papantoni-Kazakos
for contributions to communication networks, and to detection and estimation theory
Alice C. Parker
for contributions to design automation in the areas of high-level synthesis, hardware descriptive languages, and design representation
Subbarayan Pasupathy
for contributions to bandwidth-efficient coding and modulation schemes in digital communication
Arogyaswami J. Paulraj
for leadership in and technical contributions to the development of sonar systems in India
L. Wilson Pearson
for contributions to combined numerical and analytical methods in electromagnetic scattering and diffraction
Donald A. Pierre
for contributions to control system design and optimization techniques
Allen F. Podell
for contributions to hybrid and gallium arsenide monolithic microwave integrated circuits
Charles E. Profera, Jr.
for leadership in communication satellite antenna design
John Mark Pullen
for technical leadership in computing systems and networking
R
R. Keith Raney
for contributions to synthetic aperture radar theory, design, and applications
Edward K. Reedy
for technical leadership and contributions to developing and exploiting the millimeter wavelengths in radar applications
William E. Riddle
for contributions to the software design of concurrent systems and the development of supporting software tools and environments
Anthony L. Rigas
for contributions to continuing education for engineers
Charles J. Robinson
for leadership in the field of rehabilitation engineering research and development
Ajeet Rohatgi
for theoretical and experimental contributions to the design and fabrication of high-efficiency solar cells
B. Don Russell
for the development of high-impedance fault detection techniques using digital methods
S
Frederick A. Saal
for contributions to the transmission and switching foundations of digital telecommunications networks, including the concepts of synchronous optical networks standards
Krishan K. Sabnani
for contributions to research and development in communications protocols
George A. Sai-Halasz
for contributions to device miniaturization and novel device concepts
Bahaa A. Saleh
for contributions to statistical optics and optical signal processing
Hanan Samet
for contributions in the area of hierarchical data structures for applications in spatial data bases for computer graphics and image processing
Arthur C. Sanderson
for contributions to the theory of sensor-based robotic systems and its application to flexible manufacturing automation
Philip E. Sarachik
for contributions to modern control theory
John K. Schindler
for leadership in the development of effective programs in radar signal processing and antenna technology
Herman M. Schneider
for contributions to the design of insulation systems for high-voltage ac and dc transmission lines
Edmund O. Schweitzer, Iii
for contributions in the development of integrated metering, fault locating, event recording, and protective relay systems using microprocessor technology
Joseph Shapira
for contributions to the development of antenna engineering and of electromagnetic compatibility engineering and technology in Israel
Freemam D. Shepherd
for contributions to the invention and development of metal-silicide Schottky-diode-based infrared imaging sensors
Chanan Singh
for contributions to the theory and applications of quantitative reliability methods in electric power systems
Martha Sloan
for contributions to engineering education, leadership in the development of computer engineering education as a discipline, and leadership in extending engineering education to women
Robert C. Spindel
for leadership in ocean engineering, and the advancement of the technology for ocean acoustic tomography
Victor R. Stefanovic
for contributions to the development and practice of adjustable speed drives and static power converters
W. Ross Stone
for contributions to the fields of inverse problems and computational eletromagnetics
Andrej J. Strojwas
for contributions to statistically-based computer-aided manufacturing of integrated circuits
Maria A. Stuchly
for contributions to the understanding of interactions of electromagnetic fields with biological systems, and the development of effective protection standards
Eric R. Swanson
for contributions to the understanding and application of the omega radio navigation system
Robert C. Sze
for contributions to the development and understanding of discharge excited excimer laser technology
T
Tadasu Takuma
for contributions to the understanding of the discharge characteristics of gaseous dielectrics and to the development of numerical field calculation methods for high-voltage transmission lines and GIS systems
John A. Tanaka
for contributions to the understanding of the fundamental of aging of electrical insulation systems
Mandayam A. L. Thathachar
for contributions to the theory of learning automata with applications to adaptive networks and to engineering education
David J. Thomson
for contributions to the theory of spectral estimation and its applications
James M. Tien
for contributions to systems engineering as applied to public systems
Hwa-Chung Torng
for contributions to the architecture and design of digital systems, and engineering education
James H. Tracey
for contributions to switching theory and computer design, and leadership in program development at universities
Orlin D. Trapp
for contributions in industrial training in the fields of semiconductor reliability and failure analysis
Robert J. Trew
for contributions to the development of physical models and computer-aided design tools for microwave solid-state devices and circuits
Frederick C. Trutt
for contributions to electric machine and industrial power system analysis, to electrical safety in the mining industry, and leadership in engineering education
James Bao Yen Tsui
for contributions to the development and standardization of microwave receivers
Toshihisa Tsukada
for contributions to the development of semiconductor lasers and leadership in amorphous semiconductor devices
U
Naoya Uchida
for contributions to the design and development of optical-fiber cables
Lewis E. Unnewehr
for contributions to the theory and design of switched reluctance motors and electrical vehicle drives
V
Perinkolam P Vaidyanathan
for contributions to digital signal processing and engineering education
James P. Van Etten
for contributions to the development of the loran radio navigation system
Carolyne M. Van Vliet
for contributions to the analysis of noise phenomena in electronic and photonic devices
W
Robert F. Wagner
for leadership in developing theory and consensus measurement methodology for quantitative performance assessment of medical imaging systems with applications to quantitative in vivo imaging
Benjamin W. Wah
for contributions to the field of parallel processing
Mauro J. Walker
for technical leadership in the research, development, and application of manufacturing technology for producing reliable, high-density, low-cost electronic assemblies and packages
Jack L. Walker
for leadership in and contributions to the development of the spotlight synthetic aperture radar mode
Lee-Fang Wei
for contributions to the theory and practice of coded modulation
David E. Weissman
for leadership in the development of radar techniques to measure ocean surface wave parameters and surface winds
Aahely J. Welch
for contributions to the area of the optical and thermal responses of biologic media to laser radiation
Colin H. West
for contributions to the automated validation of communication protocols
H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
for contributions to photoacoustics, scanning tunneling, and scanning force microscopy
Peter S. Winokur
for contributions to the understanding and improvement of the radiation response of electronic materials and devices, and for improvements in total-dose hardness assurance of integrated circuits
Authur W. Winston
for the development of instrumentation and contributions to the manned space program
Bjorn Wittenmark
for contributions to adaptive control and to the development of self-tuning regulators
Felix F. Wu
for contributions to the development of theory and computational methods for power system planning operation
Y
PingYang
for contributions to circuit analysis, computer-aided design, semiconductor device modeling and reliability modeling
Masao Yano
for contributions to the development of static VAR compensators and static converters for industrial systems
Z
Kawthar A. Zaki
for contributions to the analysis of dielectric waveguides and resonators and their applications in microwave filters and oscillators design