About IEEE Awards
The IEEE Awards Board (AB) administers the highest medals, awards, and recognitions presented by IEEE. Through its Awards Program, IEEE advances the interests of its members by recognizing major contributions in relevant fields for the benefit of society.
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BREAKING: Prestigious IEEE Medal of Honor Prize Is Increased to $2 Million
“PISCATAWAY, NJ, 18 September 2024 – In a momentous move to recognize the world-changing impact that technology, engineering, and science innovators have on society globally, IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization, today announced that starting in 2025, the IEEE Medal of Honor monetary prize will be increased to $2 million.”
Unveiling the Highlights: IEEE President's Forbes Feature on the VIC Summit & Honors Ceremony
Discover the exclusive insights shared by IEEE President & CEO Tom Coughlin in his recent article on Forbes. From the vibrant Welcome Reception to the prestigious Honors Ceremony, get a recap of the recent IEEE VIC Summit & Honors Ceremony in Boston. Join us as we delve into the highlights of this esteemed event.
2024 IEEE President's Award
Each year the IEEE Awards Board recommends a select group of recipients to receive IEEE’s most prestigious honors. These are individuals whose exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on technology, society, and the engineering profession.
The IEEE President’s Award is given to individuals, not necessarily members of IEEE, whose careers have exhibited distinguished leadership and contributions to the public. To those recipients not already members of IEEE, this recognition shall carry an entitlement of the privileges of IEEE except the right to vote and hold office therein.
Gladys B. West
“For mathematical modeling and development of satellite geodesy models that played a pivotal role in the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS).”
IEEE Founders Medalist Tsu-Jae King Liu Champions Inclusive Engineering
2024 IEEE Founders Medalist Dr. Tsu-Jae King Liu was featured in an engineering.com article detailing her passion for diversity and inclusive engineering.
RF Industry Icon Andrea Goldsmith: Insights from the 2024 IEEE Medalist
Andrea J. Goldsmith, 2024 IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medalist, was featured on Microwave Journal Podcast for an insightful conversation.
Two Caltech Professors Honored with 2025 IEEE Technical Field Awards
Caltech professors Anima Anandkumar and Steven H. Low were featured in Caltech News for their 2025 IEEE Technical Field Awards.
IEEE Spectrum Profile Featuring Gladys West: The Hidden Figure Behind GPS
2024 IEEE President's Award recipient, Dr. Gladys West, a true Hidden Figure whose pioneering work has shaped the world we live in today, was featured in a IEEE Spectrum profile.
Unveiling the Future of AI with Award Recipient Christopher Manning on Sam Charrington’s TWIML Podcast
2024 IEEE John von Neumann medalist, Christopher Manning of Stanford University appeared on the influential The TWIML AI Podcast with leading AI authority Sam Charrington.
Powering the Future: Deepak Divan’s Perspective on a Holistic Energy Transition
In a new IEEE Spectrum Q&A, 2024 IEEE Medal in Power Engineering recipient Deepak Divan explains why today's energy transition demands a more holistic approach.
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TFA Spotlight: Mary Jane Irwin
Mary Jane Irwin has had a profound impact in two distinct fields: electronic design automation (EDA) and computer architecture. Her seminal research at the intersection of these two fields led to many advances in computer arithmetic, power-aware architectures, and automated processor design. Irwin’s research led to power-aware systems that focused on and expanded the design of high-performance, power-efficient, and multiprocessor systems on a chip.
Irwin received the 2024 IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award “for contributions to electronic design automation and power-aware computer architecture” at the 2024 IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC) in June.
A special thank you to the award’s sponsor, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.
We are pleased to announce that IEEE Awards has been named a 2023 PR Daily Content Marketing Awards Winner!
Celebrating modern-day storytellers, the PR Daily Awards recognize individuals and organizations creating content that stands apart in the crowded content landscape.
Thanks to the success of the 2023 IEEE VIC Summit & Honors Ceremony, we took home the win for Events/Live or Virtual in the Content Marketing Strategy & Assets category.
“For 2023, IEEE took a ‘rolling thunder’ approach to publicizing the event with a continuous stream of content to drive event visibility, increase awareness and elevate the IEEE brand among a broader audience.”
Congratulations to the entire IEEE Awards team on being selected for this honor—and thank you to PR Daily!
New IEEE Medal to honor the late Jagadish Chandra Bose
Very exciting news! India-born American physicist, philanthropist, and laser technology pioneer Mani Bhaumik has generously funded a new IEEE medal in perpetuity and was featured in The Times of India.
The Jagadish Chandra (J.C.) Bose Medal in Wireless Communications recognizes those contributions to wireless communications technologies that have had a global impact. J.C. Bose publicly demonstrated wireless transmission of electromagnetic waves for the first time ever in 1895. He also is renowned for inventing the detector for wireless telegraphy. You can learn more about J.C. Bose in his ETHW biography.
The new medal was announced by 2023 IEEE President and CEO Saifur Rahman at a congressional reception on 12 Jan at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington DC, USA. It will be first awarded beginning in 2025.
Awards Board Diversity Statement
IEEE awards recognize exceptional contributions to all IEEE fields of interest (technical and nontechnical) made by organizations and individuals regardless of nationality, gender, age, religion, ethnic background, or other personal characteristics not related to ability, performance, or qualifications. The IEEE Awards Program is committed to pursuing diversity in all its operations to help realize and maintain fair nomination and selection processes without bias or discrimination.