2010 IEEE Technical Field Award Recipients
IEEE CLEDO BRUNETTI AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions to miniaturization and nanotechnology in the electronic arts — sponsored by the Brunetti Bequest to:
GHAVAM SHAHIDI (F'IEEE)
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
“For contributions to and leadership in the development of silicon-on-insulator CMOS technology.”
IEEE COMPONENTS, PACKAGING & MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AWARD — recognizes meritorious contributions to the advancement of components, electronic packagaing or manufacturingtechnologies — sponsored by the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society to:
HERBERT REICHL (F'IEEE)
Technische Universitat Berlin
Berlin, Germany
“For contributions to the integration of reliability in electronic systems, and leadership in research and education in electronic packaging.”
IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions to control systems engineering, science, or technology — sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society to:
GRAHAM CLIFFORD GOODWIN (F'IEEE)
University of Newcastle
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Callaghan, NSW, Australia
“For contributions to the theory and practice of digital and adaptive control.”
IEEE ELECTROMAGNETICS AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions to electromagnetics in theory, application or education — sponsored by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques, and IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Societies to:
THOMAS B. A. SENIOR (LF'IEEE)
University of Michigan
EECS Department
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
“For significant contributions to the advancement of electromagnetic diffraction and scattering theories."
IEEE JAMES L. FLANAGAN SPEECH AND AUDIO PROCESSING AWARD — recognizes outstanding contribution to the advancement of speech and/or audio signal processing — sponsored by IEEE Signal Processing Society to:
SADAOKI FURUI (F'IEEE)
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Department of Computer Science
Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
“For contributions to and leadership in the field of speech and speaker recognition towards natural communication between humans and machines."
IEEE ANDREW S. GROVE AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions to solid-state devices and technology — sponsored by the IEEE Electron Devices Society to:
BIJAN DAVARI (F'IEEE)
IBM Corporation
Yorktown Heights, NY. USA
“For contributions to high performance deep-submicron CMOS technology."
IEEE HERMAN HALPERIN ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION AWARD— recognizes outstanding contributions to electric transmission and distribution — sponsored by the Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation, in memory of Herman and Edna Halperin, and the IEEE Power & Energy Society to:
CARLOS KATZ (F'IEEE)
Cable Technology Laboratories, Inc.
New Brunswick, NJ, USA
“For developing understanding of factors that influence life of XLPE and EPR-insulated cable systems.”
IEEE MASARU IBUKA CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of consumer electronics technology — sponsored by Sony Corporation to:
JAMES BARTON (M'IEEE)
TiVo, Inc.
Alviso, CA, USA
“For contributions to the development and commercialization of digital video recorders.”
IEEE INTERNET AWARD — recognizes exceptional contributions to the advancement of Internet technology for network architecture, mobility and/or end-use-applications — sponsored by Nokia Corporation to:
STEPHEN DEERING (Non-Member)
West Vancouver, BC, Canada
“For foundational contributions to the development of IP Multicast and IP version 6.”
IEEE REYNOLD B. JOHNSON DATA STORAGE DEVICE TECHNOLOGY AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of information storage with emphasis on technical contributions in computer data storage device technology — sponsored by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies to:
DAVID BOGY (F'IEEE)
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA
“For leadership, education and technical contributions in the mechanics and tribology of magnetic recording disk drives.”
IEEE RICHARD HAROLD KAUFMANN AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions in industrial systems engineering — sponsored by the IEEE Industry Applications Society to:
GERALD T. HEYDT (LF'IEEE)
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, USA
“For contributions to electric power quality, and transmission and distribution engineering.”
IEEE GUSTAV ROBERT KIRCHHOFF AWARD— recognizes outstanding contributions to the fundamentals of any aspect of electronic circuits and systems that has a long-term significance or impact — sponsored by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society to:
HITOSHI WATANABE (LF'IEEE)
Soka University
Tokyo, Japan
“For pioneering contributions to filter design theory and computer-aided circuit design.”
IEEE KOJI KOBAYASHI COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions to the integration of computers and communications — sponsored by NEC Corporation to:
LARRY PETERSON (SM'IEEE)
Princeton University
Department of Computer Science
Princeton, NJ, USA
“For ground-breaking contributions to the design, implementation, and deployment of networked software systems.”
IEEE WILLIAM E. NEWELL POWER ELECTRONICS AWARD — recognizes outstanding contribution(s) to the advancement of power electronics — sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society to:
AKIO NAKAGAWA (SM'IEEE)
Toshiba Corporation
Semiconductor Company
Kawasaki, Japan
“For development of non-latch-up IGBTs.”
IEEE DANIEL E. NOBLE AWARD — outstanding contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years — sponsored by Motorola Foundation to (co-recipients)
SHINICHI ABE (M'IEEE)
Toyota Motor Corporation
Aichi, Japan
SHOICHI SASAKI (M'IEEE)
Keio University Graduate School of System Design & Management
Yokohama, Japan
TAKEHISA YAEGASHI (M'IEEE)
Cordia Corporation, Ltd.
Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
“For pioneering contributions to the development and market penetration of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) through the establishment of innovative architectures and control technologies.”
IEEE FREDERIK PHILIPS AWARD — recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the management of research and development resulting in effective innovation in the electrical and electronics industry — sponsored by Philips Electronics NV to:
JOHN E. KELLY, III (F'IEEE)
IBM Research
Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
“For leadership in the development and commercialization of silicon technology and for forging industry-university partnerships for semiconductor research and development.”
IEEE PHOTONICS AWARD — recognizes outstanding achievements in photonics — sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society to:
IVAN P. KAMINOW (LF'IEEE)
University of California, Berkeley
EECS Department
Berkeley, CA, USA
“For seminal contributions to electro-optic modulation, integrated optics, and semiconductor lasers, and leadership in optical telecommunications.”
IEEE EMANUEL R. PIORE AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of information processing in relation to computer science — sponsored by the IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award Fund to:
NANCY ANN LYNCH (Non-Member)
MIT, Department of EECS
Cambridge, MA, USA
“For contributions to foundations of distributed and concurrent computing.”
IEEE JUDITH A. RESNIK AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions to space engineering, within the fields of interest of the IEEE — sponsored by the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Control Systems, and IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Societies to:
SURENDRA PAL (F'IEEE)
ISRO Satellite Centre
Bangalore, India
“For the development of various spaceborne communication systems, planning, operationalization and advancement of Global Navigation Satellite Services (GNSS) in India.”
IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of robotics and automation — sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society to:
TOSHIO FUKUDA (F'IEEE)
Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
“For leadership and pioneering contributions to Intelligent Robotic Systems and Micro and Nano Robotic Systems.”
IEEE FRANK ROSENBLATT AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of the design, practice, techniques, or theory in biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms, including but not limited to neural networks, connectionist systems, evolutionary computation, fuzzy systems, and hybrid intelligent systems in which these paradigms are contained — sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society to:
MICHIO SUGENO (M'IEEE)
Doshisha University
Faculty of Culture and Infomation Sciences
Kyoto, Japan
“For contributions to development and applications of the theory of fuzzy sets."
IEEE DAVID SARNOFF AWARD — recognizes exceptional contributions to electronics — sponsored by Sarnoff Corporation to:
MARK RODWELL (F'IEEE)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
“For development of millimeter-wave and sub-millimeter-wave InP bipolar transistors and integrated circuits.”
IEEE DONALD O. PEDERSON AWARD IN SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS— recognizes outstanding contributions to solid-state circuits — sponsored by the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society to:
TAKAYASU SAKURAI (F'IEEE)
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
“For pioneering contributions to the design and modeling of high-speed and low-power CMOS logic circuits.”
IEEE CHARLES PROTEUS STEINMETZ AWARD — recognizes exceptional contributions to the development and/or advancement of standards in electrical and electronics engineering — sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association to:
RICHARD DEBLASIO (LS'IEEE)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Denver, CO, USA
“For contributions to the standardization and global impact of distributed electric power supply system interconnection technology.”
IEEE ERIC E. SUMNER AWARD recognizes outstanding contributions to communications technology – sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs to:
REINALDO A. VALENZUELA (F'IEEE)
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
Holmdel, NJ, USA
“For pioneering contributions to multi antennas systems and microwave propagation.”
IEEE LEON K. KIRCHMAYER GRADUATE TEACHING AWARD — recognizes inspirational teaching of graduate students in the IEEE fields of interest — sponsored by the Leon K. Kirchmayer Memorial Fund to:
ALAN N. WILLSON, JR. (LF'IEEE)
University of California, Los Angeles
Electrical Engineering Department
Los Angeles, CA, USA
“For exemplary teaching and curriculum development and for inspirational guidance of PhD. student research in the area of circuits and systems.”
IEEE UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AWARD — recognizes inspirational teaching of undergraduate students in the fields of interest of the IEEE — sponsored by the IEEE Education Society to:
NED MOHAN (F'IEEE)
University of Minnesota
ECE Department
St. Paul, MN, USA
“For pioneering and disseminating, worldwide, a novel integrated electric energy systems curriculum for undergraduates, supported by textbooks and laboratories, and for outstanding classroom teaching."
IEEE NIKOLA TESLA AWARD — recognizes outstanding contributions to the generation and utilization of electric power — sponsored by the Grainger Foundation and the IEEE Power & Energy Society to:
PAUL C. KRAUSE (LF'IEEE)
Purdue University
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
West Lafayette, IN, USA
“For outstanding contributions to the analysis of electric machinery using reference frame theory.”
IEEE KIYO TOMIYASU AWARD — recognizes outstanding early to mid-career contributions to technologies holding the promise of innovative applications — sponsored by Dr. Kiyo Tomiyasu, IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc. to:
TSU-JAE KING (F'IEEE)
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA
“For contributions to nanoscale MOS transistors, memory devices, and MEMs devices.”
