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  Section 4: Awards Activities

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Section 4 - Awards Activities

 

4.8   Current Honors, Medals, Technical Field Awards, Recognitions, Prize Papers, Scholarships, External Awards and Staff Award Administered by the Awards Board

Awards may be awarded annually when, in the judgment of the Awards Board, suitable candidates are available.

  1. IEEE Medal of Honor.  The IEEE Medal of Honor, shall be awarded for an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of interest.

    The Medal of Honor is the highest IEEE award. The candidate need not be a member of the IEEE.

    The Medal of Honor Selection Committee shall recommend candidates to the Awards Board for endorsement, who in turn shall recommend to the Board of Directors for final approval.

  2. IEEE Medals.  IEEE Medals shall embrace significant and broad IEEE interests and purposes.  IEEE Medals may be awarded annually when, in the judgment of the Awards Board, suitable candidates are available.

    The IEEE Medals Council shall recommend candidates for each of the IEEE Medals to the Awards Board for endorsement.  The Awards Board shall, in turn, submit to the Board of Directors for final approval. 

    New IEEE Medals may be established only by the Board of Directors on the recommendation of the Awards Board. 

    The IEEE Medals are:

    IEEE Edison Medal, for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering or the electrical arts.

    IEEE Lamme Medal, for meritorious achievement in the development of electrical or electronic power apparatus or systems.

    IEEE Founders Medal, for outstanding contributions in the leadership, planning, and administration of affairs of great value to the electrical and electronics engineering profession.

    IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, for a career of outstanding contributions to education in the fields of interest of IEEE.

    IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, for exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering.

    IEEE Simon Ramo Medal, for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science.

    IEEE Medal for Engineering Excellence, for exceptional achievement in application engineering in the technical disciplines of the IEEE, for the benefit of the public and the engineering profession.

    IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal, for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems and technology.

    IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal, for outstanding achievements in electromagnetic waves.

    IEEE John von Neumann Medal, for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology.

    IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal, for outstanding achievements in signal processing.

    IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal, for outstanding contributions to material and device science and technology, including practical application. 

    IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications, for outstanding accomplishments in advancing the fields of radar technologies and their applications.

    IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal, for exceptional contributions to the microelectronics industry.

    The IEEE Co-Sponsored Medal is:

    IEEE/RSE (Royal Society of Edinburgh) Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award, for groundbreaking contributions that have had an exceptional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering or related fields.

  3. IEEE Technical Field Awards.  The IEEE Technical Field Awards are awarded for contributions in specific technical fields of science and engineering, and in several areas of leadership. They may be awarded annually when in the judgment of the Awards Board suitable candidates are available.

    The IEEE Technical Field Awards Council shall recommend candidates for each of the IEEE Technical Field Awards to the Awards Board for endorsement.  The Awards Board shall, in turn, submit to the Board of Directors for final approval.

    New IEEE Technical Field Awards can be established only by the Board of Directors on the recommendation of the Awards Board.  Under normal circumstances, any donation or bequest shall  be accepted only with the provision that any residual balance becomes a donation to the IEEE Foundation, designated for the IEEE awards program, upon termination of the IEEE Technical Field Award.

    The IEEE Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, recommend to the Board of Directors of the IEEE Foundation the acceptance by the Foundation of donations and bequests for the purpose of endowing the IEEE Technical Field Awards program. Such endowments may, with the approval of the Board, carry the name of an individual or individuals, e.g., the John J. Jones Endowment Fund. Restrictions on the technical scope of the awards supported by such funds, shall not be for more than ten years. Support to the IEEE Technical Field Awards received from such endowments shall be acknowledged by listing each such Endowment Fund, by name, in an appropriate IEEE publication or brochure associated with the announcement of each year's IEEE Technical Field Award selections.

    The IEEE Technical Field Awards are:

    IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award, for outstanding contributions to miniaturization in the electronics arts.

    IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Award, for meritorious contributions to, the advancement of components, electronic packaging or manufacturing technologies.

    IEEE Control Systems Award, for outstanding contributions to control systems engineering, science, or technology.

    IEEE Electromagnetics Award, for outstanding contributions to electromagnetics in theory, application or education.

    IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award, for outstanding contribution to the advancement of speech and/or audio signal processing.

    IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award, for outstanding contributions to solid-state devices and technology.

    IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award, for outstanding contributions to electric transmission and distribution.

    IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award, for outstanding contributions in the field of consumer electronics technology.

    IEEE Internet Award, for exceptional contributions to the advancement of Internet technology for network architecture, mobility and/or end-use applications.

    IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award, for outstanding contributions to the advancement of information storage with emphasis on technical contributions in computer data storage device technology.

    IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award, for outstanding contributions to information storage systems, with emphasis on computer storage systems.

    IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award, for outstanding contributions in industrial systems engineering.

    IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement, for outstanding contributions in electrical measurements.

    IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award, for an outstanding contribution to the fundamentals of any aspect of electronic circuits and systems that has a long-term significance or impact.

    IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award, for inspirational teaching of graduate students in the IEEE fields of interest.

    IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award, for outstanding contributions to the integration of computers and communications.

    IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award, for outstanding contribution(s) to the advancement of power electronics.

    IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award, for outstanding contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years.

    IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits, for outstanding contributions to solid-state circuits.

    IEEE Frederik Philips Award, for outstanding accomplishments in the management of research and development resulting in effective innovation in the electrical and electronics industry.

    IEEE Photonics Award, for outstanding achievement(s) in photonics.

    IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award, for outstanding contributions in the field of information processing in relation to computer science.

    IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award, for outstanding contributions to space engineering, within the fields of interest of the IEEE.

    IEEE Robotics and Automation Award, for contributions in the field of robotics and automation.

    IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award, for outstanding contribution(s) 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. 

    IEEE David Sarnoff Award, for exceptional contributions to electronics.

    IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award, for exceptional contributions to the development and/or advancement of standards in electrical and electronics engineering.

    IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award, for outstanding contributions to communications technology.

    IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award, for inspirational teaching of undergraduate students in the fields of interest of IEEE.

    IEEE Nikola Tesla Award, for outstanding contributions to the generation and utilization of electric power.

    IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, for outstanding early to mid-career contributions to technologies holding the promise of innovative applications.

  4. IEEE Recognitions.  IEEE recognitions are awards given in addition to the IEEE Medal of Honor, the IEEE Medals, and the Technical Field Awards. 

    The IEEE Recognitions Council shall recommend candidates for these awards to the Awards Board for endorsement.  The Awards Board shall, in turn, submit to the Board of Directors for final approval.

    New IEEE Recognitions can be established only by the Board of Directors on the recommendation of the Awards Board.

    1. IEEE Service Awards. There shall be two IEEE Service Awards, which may be awarded annually when in the judgment of the Awards Board suitable candidates are available.

      IEEE Haraden Pratt Award,  for outstanding service to the IEEE.

      IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award, for distinguished service to the development, viability, advancement, and pursuit of the technical objectives of the IEEE.

    2. IEEE Corporate Recognitions. There shall be two IEEE Corporate Recognitions, which may be awarded annually when in the judgment of the Awards Board suitable candidates are available.

      IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition, for outstanding and exemplary contributions by an industrial entity, governmental or academic organization, or other corporate body, which have resulted in major advancement of electrotechnology.

      IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition, for exceptional managerial leadership in the fields of interest to the IEEE.

    3. IEEE Prize Papers/Scholarship Awards. IEEE Prize Papers/Scholarship Awards may be awarded annually when, in the judgment of the Awards Board, suitable candidates are available.

      The IEEE Prize Papers/Scholarship Awards Committee shall recommend candidates for these awards to the Recognitions Council.

      The IEEE Prize Paper Awards are:

      IEEE W. R. G. Baker Award. This is presented annually for the most outstanding paper reporting original work in any of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, or PROCEEDINGS.

      IEEE Donald G. Fink Award, for the outstanding survey, review, or tutorial paper in any of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, or PROCEEDINGS.

      The IEEE Scholarship Awards are the:

      IEEE Life Members Graduate Study Fellowship in Electrical Engineering.  The IEEE Life Members Graduate Study Fellowship in Electrical Engineering will be awarded annually for full-time graduate work in any area of electrical engineering at an engineering school/program of recognized standing worldwide.

      Frank A. Cowan Fellowship.  The Frank A. Cowan Fellowship may be awarded for graduate study in the field of communications, to the extent of available funds, when the Frank A. Cowan Fund is not used to support the IEEE Medal of Honor for accomplishments in the field of communications.

      The Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Graduate Scholarship.  The Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Scholarship is awarded to a beginning graduate student every year for one year of full-time graduate work in electrical engineering.  Graduate Record Examination aptitude and advanced engineering tests are required.

  5. IEEE Honorary Membership.  The IEEE Honorary Membership Committee shall be responsible for recommending to the Recognitions Council, who shall make a recommendation to the Awards Board, candidates for IEEE Honorary Membership.  The Awards Board shall, in turn, submit to the Board of Directors for final approval. 

    Neither the Awards Board nor any of its committees shall be involved with the selection of recipients of the Honorary Life Memberships of the IEEE Societies.

  6. External Awards.  External Awards are those awards not exclusive to IEEE, but of interest to IEEE and its members. The External Awards Committee shall be responsible for reviewing and suggesting actions on outside awards of interest to IEEE members, for recommending nominations for such external awards as may be assigned to it by the Awards Board, and for recommending IEEE candidates for service on external medals and awards committees to the Awards Board. 

  7. IEEE Staff Award.

    IEEE Eric Herz Outstanding Staff Member Award, for demonstrated contributions over a long period of time by a present or past full time staff member.  The award may be awarded on an annual basis when a suitable candidate is nominated.

    The IEEE Awards Board shall recommend candidates for the IEEE Eric Herz Outstanding Staff Member Award to the Board of Directors for final approval.  The IEEE Eric Herz Outstanding Staff Member Award shall be administered by the Awards Board.






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