IEEE Simon Ramo Medal Recipients

IEEE Simon Ramo Medal

2008 - CHRYSOSTOMOS L. (MAX) NIKIAS
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Electrical Engineering-Systems
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA

“For outstanding leadership in engineering systems research and education, and for pioneering contributions to integrated media systems for the entertainment industry.”

2007 - VICTOR B. LAWRENCE
Associate Dean and Batchelor Chair Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ, USA

“For technical innovation and leadership in the systems engineering of worldwide data communications networks.”


2006 - DONALD C. WETZEL
Retired, Dallas, TX, USA

“For conceiving, implementing, and promoting the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM).”


2005 - Co-Recipients:

NEAL A. RICHARDSON
Retired, TRW Corporation
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA

and

GEORGE H. GELB
Retired, TRW Corporation and private consultant
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA

and

BARUCH BERMAN
Retired, TRW Corporation and private consultant
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA

"For pioneering conception, design and demonstration of a practical hybrid automobile power train providing extremely low exhaust emissions and high fuel efficiency."


2004 - Co-Recipients:

BORIS E. CHERTOK
Rocket Space Corporation "Energy"
Moscow, Russia

and

NIKOLAI N. SHEREMETEVSKY
Advisor to Director, All Russia Institute for Electromechanics
Moscow, Russia

"For significant contributions to systems engineering and technical leadership of control systems design for the orbiting space station Mir (Peace)."

2003 - DAVID HEEBNER
Consultant, McLean, VA, USA

"For leadership in introducing towed line array sonar systems for long range detection of submarines."

'For outstanding contributions to the field of systems engineering.'


1999 - NOT AWARDED


1998 - NOT AWARDED


1997 - NOT AWARDED


1996 - DONALD J. LEONARD
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, NJ, USA

'For engineering leadership in design and development of intelligent networks, digital electronic switching, transmission and signaling systems, and network databases.'


1995 - JOSEPH T. THRESTON
Martin Marietta Corporation
Morristown, NJ, USA

 'For leadership of the design, development and production of the AEGIS ship combat system.'

1994 - JACK M. SIPRESS
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Holmdel, NJ, USA

'For technical leadership in planning, developing, and implementing the first international long haul lightwave submarine cable system.'


1993 - CLAUD M. DAVIS
IBM Corporation
Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

 'For leadership in the pioneering development of computer-aided air traffic control systems.'


1992 - NOT AWARDED

1991 - PAUL E. GREEN, JR.
IBM Corporation
Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

 'For the introduction of modern system techniques to the interpretation of seismic waves, and the application of these techniques to distinguishing earthquakes from underground nuclear explosions.'

1990 - NOT AWARDED

1989 - EDWARD H. SUSSENGUTH
IBM Corporation
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

 'For system engineering of a major computer communication network.'

1988 - JOHN S. MAYO
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, NJ, USA

'For technical leadership in the development and implementation of the world's largest integrated digital communications network.'


1987 - WILLIAM W. SIMMONS
TRW Space & Tech. Group
Redondo Beach, CA, USA

'For the establishment and application of fundamental system design principles to the practical design and construction of very large solid-state laser facilities.'

1986 - ARNALDO MARIA ANGELINI
ENEL
Rome, Italy

'For technical and managerial leadership in the integration of the Italian electric power system and for contributions to education in Systems Science and Engineering.'


1985 - NOT AWARDED


1984 - SAMUEL C. PHILLIPS
TRW, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA, USA

'For technical leadership in system engineering leading to the success of the Apollo lunar program and of various space and missile programs enhancing national security and expanding technical frontiers.'