A special Awards Ceremony will be held on Monday evening at the LEOS Annual Meeting. The following awards will be presented during the ceremony:
The IEEE/LEOS William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award will be presented to Emmanuel Desurvire, “for pioneering contributions to the physical and theoretical understanding of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers and their early device development.” The Aron Kressel Award will be presented to J. Gary Eden, “for sustained contributions to the development of ultraviolet coherent and incoherent sources, and to excimer lasers and microplasma devices.” Rajaram Bhat and Chung-En Zah will be presented with the Engineering Achievement Award, “for pioneering work on the AlGaInAs/InP strained quantum well lasers for uncooled applications.” And this year’s LEOS Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Fred Leonberger, “for sustained and broad leadership of LEOS activities, with special distinction in governance and conference management.”
The Central New England Chapter has been voted “Chapter-of-the-Year.” Other LEOS chapter awards will be presented to the Scottish Chapter for “Chapter with Largest Membership Increase,” the Sacramento Chapter for “Most Improved Chapter,” and the Baltimore Chapter for “Most Innovative Chapter.”
The 2004-2005 Distinguished Lecturers J. Gary Eden, Dieter Jaeger, Chennupati Jagadish, Bahram Javidi, and Susumu Noda will be recognized for their service to the Society. Recognition as elected members of the LEOS Board of Governors will be given to Roel Baets, Nadir Dagli, Mary Y. Lanzerotti, and Yuzo Yoshikuni.
Our congratulations to all the recipients!