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.
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IEEE Medal of Honor

Asad M. Madni
“For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.”
IEEE Frances E. Allen Medal

Eugene W. Myers & Webb Miller
"For pioneering contributions to sequence analysis algorithms and their applications to biosequence search, genome sequencing, and comparative genome analyses.”
IEEE Frances E. Allen Medal

Webb Miller & Eugene W. Myers
"For pioneering contributions to sequence analysis algorithms and their applications to biosequence search, genome sequencing, and comparative genome analyses.”
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal

P.R. Kumar
"For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks.”
IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal

Anantha Chandrakasan
“For contributions to ultralow-power circuits and systems, and for leadership in academia and advancing diversity in the profession.”
IEEE Edison Medal

Alan C. Bovik
"For pioneering high-impact scientific and engineering contributions leading to the perceptually optimized global streaming and sharing of visual media.”
IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies

Masato Sagawa & John J. Croat
"For contributions to the development of rare earth-iron-boron permanent magnets for use in high-efficiency motors, generators, and other devices."
IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies

John J. Croat & Masato Sagawa
"For contributions to the development of rare earth-iron-boron permanent magnets for use in high-efficiency motors, generators, and other devices."
IEEE Founders Medal

John Brooks Slaughter
“For leadership and administration significantly advancing inclusion and racial diversity in the engineering profession across government, academic, and nonprofit organizations.”
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal

Madhu Sudan
“For fundamental contributions to probabilistically checkable proofs and list decoding of Reed-Solomon codes.”
IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology

James G. Fujimoto
“For pioneering the development and commercialization of optical coherence tomography for medical imaging and diagnostics.”
IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal

David L. Donoho
“For groundbreaking contributions to sparse signal recovery and compressed sensing.”
IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal

Ingo Wolff
“For the development of numerical electromagnetic field analysis techniques to design advanced mobile and satellite communication systems.”
IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal

Ned Mohan
“For leadership in power engineering education by developing courses, textbooks, labs, and a faculty network.”
IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal

Umesh K. Mishra
“For contributions to the development of gallium nitride-based electronics.”
IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal

Jason (Jingsheng) Cong
“For fundamental contributions to electronic design automation and FPGA design methods.”
IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications

Moeness G. Amin
“For contributions to radar signal processing across a wide range of applications including through-the-wall imaging and health monitoring.”
IEEE Medal in Power Engineering

Thomas M. Jahns
“For contributions to the development of high-efficiency permanent magnet machines and drives.”
IEEE Simon Ramo Medal

Pravin P. Varaiya
“For seminal contributions to the engineering, analysis, and design of complex energy, transportation, and communication systems.”
IEEE John von Neumann Medal

Deborah Estrin
“For leadership in mobile and wireless sensing systems technologies and applications, including personal health management.”
IEEE Honorary Membership

Calyampudi Radhakrishna (C.R.) Rao
“For contributions to fundamental statistical theories and their applications to engineering and science, particularly in signal processing and communications.”
IEEE Corporate Innovation Award

The Argo Program
“For innovation in large-scale autonomous observations in oceanography with global impacts in marine and climate science and technology.”
IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award

Frederick C. Mintzer
“For outstanding leadership of technical activities including the IEEE Collabratec and TAB technology-centric communities.”
IEEE Haraden Pratt Award

Joseph V. Lillie
“For sustained and outstanding focus on the engagement of volunteers and staff in implementing continuous improvement of IEEE operations.”
IEEE Theodore W. Hissey Outstanding Young Professional Award

Edhem Custovic
“For leadership in the empowerment and development of technology professionals globally.”
IEEE Eric Herz Outstanding Staff Member
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Ewell Tan, 2022 Recipient
“For consistently high-level performance serving IEEE Region 10."
IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award

Rory A. Cooper
“For extensive contributions to wheelchair technology that have expanded mobility and reduced secondary injuries for millions of people with disabilities.”
Cledo Brunetti Award

Simon Deleonibus
“For contributions to and leadership in nanoscale CMOS device and process technologies.”
IEEE Control Systems Award

Dimitri Bertsekas
“For fundamental contributions to the methodology of optimization and control of uncertain and large-scale dynamical systems, and their dissemination through outstanding monographs and textbooks.”
IEEE Electromagnetics Award

Arthur D. Yaghjian
“For contributions to fundamental electromagnetic theory and its applications to near-field antenna measurements.”
IEEE Rao R. Tummala Electronics Packaging Award

Douglas C.H. Yu
“For contributions to the development of advanced packaging technologies and their implementation in high-volume manufacturing.”
IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award

Herve Bourlard & Nelson Morgan
“For contributions to neural networks for statistical speech recognition.”
IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award

Nelson Morgan & Herve Bourlard
“For contributions to neural networks for statistical speech recognition.”
IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing

Ali Sayed
“For contributions to the theory and practice of adaptive signal processing.”
IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award

Heike Riel
“For contributions to materials for nanoscale electronics and organic light-emitting devices.”
IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award

John Undrill
“For contributions to the development of analytical tools and stability testing methods for electric power systems.”
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Technology Award

Albert Brault & Peter Dillon
“For contributions to the development of image sensors with integrated color filter arrays for digital video and still cameras.”
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Technology Award

Peter Dillon & Albert Brault
“For contributions to the development of image sensors with integrated color filter arrays for digital video and still cameras.”
IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award

Paresh C. Sen
“For contributions to the theory, practice, education, and development of advanced industrial motor drives and power electronics systems.”
IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement

Ian Warwick Hunter
“For the development and commercialization of nonlinear system identification techniques in instrumentation and measurement applications.”
IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award

Joos Vandewalle
“For fundamental contributions to mathematical foundations of circuits and systems.”
IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award

Marilyn Wolf
“For creating a community of researchers and practitioners in embedded computing through education, outreach, and research.”
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award

Muriel Medard
“For contributions to the theory and practice of network coding, optical networks, and wireless communications.”
IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award

Fang Zheng Peng
“For the development of cascaded multilevel inverters and high-power converter topologies, and for their advancement in grid-scale applications.”
IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits

Akira Matsuzawa
“For pioneering contributions to low-power, analog-to-digital converters in systems on a chip (SoCs) for digital video applications.”
IEEE Frederik Philips Awards

Cliff Hou & Yuh-Jier (Y.J.) Mii
“For leadership in developing industry-leading foundry logic process technologies and open innovation design platforms.”
IEEE Frederik Philips Awards

Yuh-Jier (Y.J.) Mii & Cliff Hou
“For leadership in developing industry-leading foundry logic process technologies and open innovation design platforms.”
IEEE Photonics Award

Rodney S. Tucker
“For contributions to photonic device modelling and bridging the gap between device and system-level performance, including energy consumption.”
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award

Wolfram Burgard
“For contributions to the fundamentals and applications of robot navigation and perception.”
IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award

Paul J. Werbos
“For development of backpropagation and fundamental contributions to reinforcement learning and time series analysis.”
IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award

Thomas M. Antonsen, Jr.
“For seminal contributions to theoretical plasma physics and radiation science, and for the development of design codes for vacuum electronics devices.”
IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award

M. Tamer Özsu
“For contributions to data science infrastructure and distributed data management.”
IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award

Kenneth E. Martin
“For leadership in and sustained contributions to standards for synchrophasor measurements and communications for power system monitoring, protection, and control.”
IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award

Lajos Hanzo
“For seminal contributions to adaptive wireless communications.”
IEEE Nikola Tesla Award

Peter W. Sauer
“For contributions to dynamic modeling and simulation of synchronous generators and for leadership in power engineering education.”
IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award

Pieter Abbeel
“For contributions to deep learning for robotics.”
IEEE Transportation Technologies Award

Minggao Ouyang
“For contributions to fuel-cell powertrain and battery thermal management.”
IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award

Christopher Rose
“For innovations in team-oriented signature design and inspiring women and under-represented minority students to pursue engineering.”
IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award

Nirmala (Nimmi) Ramanujam
“For more globally accessible technology for women's health related to cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment.”
Cledo Brunetti Award

John Robertson
“For theoretical contributions to the integration of high-k oxides on semiconductors.”
IEEE Control Systems Award

Naomi Erich Leonard
“For contributions to applications and theory for control of nonlinear and multiagent systems.”
IEEE Electromagnetics Award

John William Bandler
“For contributions to electromagnetic optimization and the modeling of high-frequency structures, circuits, and devices.”
IEEE Rao R. Tummala Electronics Packaging Award

Quoqi (Kouchi) Zhang
"For scientific and technological leadership in "More than Moore" (MTM) packaging, co-designing, and reliability."
IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award

Alexander Waibel
“For pioneering contributions to spoken language translation and supporting technologies.”
IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing

Rabab Kreidieh Ward
“For outstanding contributions to advancing signal processing techniques and their practical applications, and for technical leadership.”
IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award

Hon-Sum Philip Wong
“For contributions to novel and advanced semiconductor device concepts and their implementation.”
IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award

Nikolaos D. Hatziargyriou
“For contributions to the development of microgrids and leadership in distributed and decentralized smart distribution networks.”
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Technology Award

Ken Sakamura
“For leadership in creating open and free operating systems for embedded computers used in consumer electronics.”
IEEE Internet Award

Carl Kesselman and Ian Foster
“For contributions to the design, deployment, and application of practical Internet-scale global computing platforms.”
IEEE Internet Award

Ian Foster and Carl Kesselman
“For contributions to the design, deployment, and application of practical Internet-scale global computing platforms.”
IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award

Ewald. F. Fuchs
“For contributions to power quality in power system operation, electric machines, renewable energy, and drives.”
IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement

Richard G. Green, Barry M. Wood, and Carlos Sanchez
“For low-uncertainty measurement of Planck’s constant of fundamental importance to the redefinition of the International System of Units (SI).”
IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement

Carlos Sanchez, Richard G. Green, and Barry M. Wood
“For low-uncertainty measurement of Planck’s constant of fundamental importance to the redefinition of the International System of Units (SI).”
IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement

Barry M. Wood, Carlos Sanchez, and Richard G. Green
“For low-uncertainty measurement of Planck’s constant of fundamental importance to the redefinition of the International System of Units (SI).”
IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award

Yoshisuke Ueda
“For the discovery of chaotic phenomena in electronic circuits and for contributions to the development of nonlinear dynamics.”
IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award

Rudiger Urbanke
“For contributions to graduate education, empowering students and mentorship that advanced the world of wireless and engineering communication.”
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award

Ion Stoica
"For contributions to the design of cloud and computer network services."
IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award

Dragan Maksimovic
“For contributions to digital control, modeling, and topologies of switched-mode power supplies.”
IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits

Ingrid Verbauwhede
“For pioneering contributions to energy-efficient and high-performance secure integrated circuits and systems.”
IEEE Frederik Philips Awards

Omkaram Nalamasu
“For leadership in research and development of semiconductor materials, processes, and equipment.”
IEEE Photonics Award

Roel Baets
“For pioneering research in integrated photonics, including silicon, silicon-nitride, III-V devices, and their heterogeneous integration.”
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award

Daniela Rus
“For pioneering contributions to the design, realization, and theoretical foundations of innovative distributed, networked autonomous systems.”
IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award

Marios Polycarpou
“For contributions to the theory and application of neural networks and learning systems in monitoring and control.”
IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award

Janet L. Barth
“For leadership of and contributions to the advancement of the design, building, deployment, and operation of capable, robust space systems.”
IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award

Kathleen McKeown
“For pushing the boundaries of natural language processing for social media analysis, news summarization, crisis informatics, and creating a digital library for patient care.”
IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award

Philip Wennblom
“For championing global development of market-led voluntary technology standards through decades of contributions to governance and strategy of international organizations.”
IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award

Radia Perlman
“For contributions to Internet routing and bridging protocols.”
IEEE Nikola Tesla Award

Kiruba S. Haran
“For contributions to advanced high-power density electrical machinery and high-temperature, super-conducting technology applications.”
IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award

Tim Boescke
“For contributions to the discovery of ferroelectricity in hafnium-based oxides.”
IEEE Transportation Technologies Award

Holger Meinel
“For contributions to the development and promoting the application of millimeter-wave technology in transportation systems."
IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award

Carlotta Berry
“For contributions to multidisciplinary robotics education and leadership in creating a national platform to diversify STEM.”