Each year, the IEEE Awards Board selects a distinguished group of individuals to receive IEEE’s highest honors. These recipients are recognized for their exceptional achievements and significant contributions to technology, society, and the engineering profession.
**The 2025 IEEE Medal of Honor recipient will be revealed during a dedicated press conference in February.**
The 2025 IEEE Medal and Recognition honorees will be celebrated at the IEEE Honors Ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, in April 2025.
The 2025 IEEE Technical Field Award recipients will be presented with their awards at various IEEE-sponsored conferences throughout the year.
To explore a comprehensive list of past and present recipients, click on the “Past and Present Recipients” link below. This document provides clickable links to each award, allowing you to view detailed recipient citations.
IEEE Frances E. Allen Medal
Regina Barzilay
“For innovative machine learning algorithms that have led to advances in human language technology and demonstrated impact on the field of medicine.”
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
Richard D. Gitlin
“For high-impact contributions to communications systems and networks."
IEEE Jagadish Chandra Bose Medal in Wireless Communications
Seizo Onoe
“For contributions to the development, collaborative facilitation, and deployment of 3G and 4G mobile communication systems through R&D and global standardization.”
IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal
Andrea J. Goldsmith
“For contributions to and leadership in wireless communications theory and practice.”
IEEE Edison Medal
Daniela L. Rus
"For sustained leadership and pioneering contributions in modern robotics.”
IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies
Issa Batarseh
“For pioneering contributions to the advancement of renewable energy systems through significant improvement in the overall energy efficiency of microinverters.”
IEEE Founders Medal
Mung Chiang
“For leadership spanning academia, industry, and government propelling advances in communication networks, semiconductor manufacturing, and international cooperation in advanced technologies.”
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
Frans M. J. Willems
“For contributions to multiuser information theory, source coding, and information-theoretic security.”
IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
James J. Collins
“For contributions to synthetic gene circuits and programmable cells, launching the field of synthetic biology, impacting healthcare applications.”
IEEE Nick Holonyak, Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronic Technologies
Frederick Anthony Kish, Jr.
“For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of optoelectronic devices, photonic integrated circuits, and LEDs for solid-state lighting.”
IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
Richard Gordon Baraniuk
“For contributions to multiscale and sparse signal processing.”
IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal
Robert W. Heath, Jr.
“For contributions to multiple-antenna technologies in wireless networks.”
IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
Jan M. Rabaey
“For worldwide impact in integrated circuits and systems through inspirational teaching, textbook development, and visionary leadership.”
IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal
Robert W. Dutton
“For contributions to and leadership in developing Technology Computer-Aided Design (TCAD) tools for the semiconductor industry.”
IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal
Kinam Kim
“For leadership in and contributions to technological breakthroughs and strategic vision in memory and mobile processors.”
IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications
Kamal Sarabandi
“For sustained contributions to advancing radar science and technology for remote sensing and automotive and through-the-wall applications.”
IEEE Medal in Power Engineering
Johann Walter Kolar
“For pioneering contributions to and leadership in power electronics systems, grid interfacing technologies, and ultra-high-speed motor drives.”
IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
Bill Ochs, Mike Menzel, and Scott Willoughby
“For development of the James Webb Space Telescope, first deployed to see the earliest galaxies in the universe.”
IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
Mike Menzel, Scott Willoughby, and Bill Ochs
“For development of the James Webb Space Telescope, first deployed to see the earliest galaxies in the universe.”
IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
Scott Willoughby, Bill Ochs, and Mike Menzel
“For development of the James Webb Space Telescope, first deployed to see the earliest galaxies in the universe.”
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
Miklós Ajtai
"For contributions to establishing lower bounds in computational complexity and founding lattice-based cryptography."
IEEE Corporate Innovation Award
Kioxia Corporation
“For contributions to enable low-cost and high-capacity three-dimensional NAND flash memory.”
IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award
Bruno Meyer
“For exemplary leadership of IEEE Technical Activities and structuring IEEE to make contributions in response to climate change.”
IEEE Haraden Pratt Award
José Manuel Fonseca Moura
“For sustained leadership and outstanding contributions to the IEEE in education, technical activities, awards, and global connections.”
IEEE Theodore W. Hissey Outstanding Young Professional Award
Aishwarya Bandla
“For leadership in patient-centric health technology innovation, and inspiring IEEE Young Professionals to drive meaningful change.”
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IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award
Kam W. Leong
“For pioneering contributions to bionanotechnology that transformed therapies with drug and gene delivery, gene editing, and anti-inflammation nanomaterials.”
IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award
Daniel Worledge, Guohan Hu, and Gwan-Hyeob Koh
“For contributions to the development and commercialization of embedded Spin-Transfer-Torque Magnetoresistive Random-Access Memory (STT-MRAM) technology.”
IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award
Guohan Hu, Gwan-Hyeob Koh, and Daniel Worledge
“For contributions to the development and commercialization of embedded Spin-Transfer-Torque Magnetoresistive Random-Access Memory (STT-MRAM) technology.”
IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award
Gwan-Hyeob Koh, Daniel Worledge, and Guohan Hu
“For contributions to the development and commercialization of embedded Spin-Transfer-Torque Magnetoresistive Random-Access Memory (STT-MRAM) technology.”
IEEE Control Systems Award
Malcolm C. Smith
“For contributions to robust control, network synthesis, and applications to mechanical systems.”
IEEE Electromagnetics Award
George V. Eleftheriades
“For contributions to engineered surfaces and metasurfaces with application to antennas, cloaking, and sub-diffraction imaging.”
IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award
Shrikanth Narayanan
“For contributions to speech communication science and technologies for inclusive human-centered engineering.”
IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing
Björn E. Ottersten
“For contributions to array processing and its applications in wireless communications.”
IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award
Sayeef Salahuddin
“For pioneering contributions to physics of ferroelectrics and integrated ferroelectric devices.”
IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award
Bruce F. Wollenberg
“For contributions to operations, computing, and control of power systems.”
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Technology Award
Steve Mann
"For contributions to the advancement of wearable computing and high dynamic range imaging.”
IEEE Internet Award
Yakov Rekhter
“For contributions enabling the creation of a scalable, robust and policy-based Internet.”
IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award
Vladimir Blasko
“For contributions to the theory and applications of bidirectional power converters in high-performance motor drive systems.”
IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement
Alexander Bergmann
“For contributions to the field of pollution measurement and leadership in environmental sensing and emissions abatement.”
IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award
Giovanni de Micheli
“For fundamental contributions to the design of systems and networks-on-chip.”
IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award
Idalis Villanueva Alarcón
“For international leadership in diversifying graduate engineering education, mentorship, professional development, and impact spanning multiple disciplines.’
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
Steven H. Low
“For contributions to the theoretical foundation and practical implementation of Internet congestion control.”
IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award
Atsuo Kawamura
“For pioneering contributions to deadbeat control of PWM inverters and the subsequent development.”
IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits
Michiel Steyaert
“For pioneering contributions to RF CMOS circuits and integrated power converters.”
IEEE Frederik Philips Award
Deirdre Hanford
“For visionary leadership in electronic design automation for secure and energy-efficient microelectronics.”
IEEE Photonics Award
David Richardson
“For contributions to fiber lasers, fiber telecommunications, and hollow-core optical fibers.”
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award
Marc Raibert
“For pioneering and leading the field of dynamic legged locomotion.”
IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award
Yaochu Jin
“For contributions to evolutionary optimization of complex systems.”
IEEE Marie Skłodowska-Curie Award
Chuck Melcher
“For the discovery and development of the cerium-doped lutetium-oxy-orthosilicate scintillator and its long-standing impact on positron emission tomography.”
IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award
Wen Gao
“For contributions to and leadership in high-performance AI computing infrastructure and efficient video encoding.”
IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award
Paul Nikolich
“For leadership in the development and advancement of global IEEE 802 network standards.”
IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award
Thomas Louis Marzetta
“For originating the Massive MIMO technology in wireless communications.”
IEEE Nikola Tesla Award
Scott D. Sudhoff
“For contributions to the analysis and design of electric machinery and power electronic systems.”
IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
Anima Anandkumar
“For contributions to AI, including tensor methods and neural operators with applications to scientific domains.”
IEEE Rao R. Tummala Electronics Packaging Award
Jie Xue
“For contributions to industry-leading high-bandwidth networking systems, including advanced IC and Si-Photonic packaging.”
IEEE Transportation Technologies Award
Fei-Yue Wang
“For contributions to intelligent control and management of complex transportation systems.”
IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award
Carlos Calderón Córdova
“For inspirational teaching and encouraging engineering students to apply their skills to solve high-impact real problems in local communities.”
IEEE Lotfi A. Zadeh Award for Emerging Technologies
Dimitar Filev
“For technical leadership and pioneering contributions to emerging automotive intelligent control and information systems.”