IEEE AP-S Awards 2023
Each year the AP-S recognizes individuals or groups of individuals who have made an impact on technology or the society in distinct ways. The 2023 AP-S Awards are denoted by the Society's Field Awards and Best Paper Awards. The Field Awards recognize distinguished contributions based upon technical achievements and/or excellence in education and teaching. Recipients are determined based on nominations and recommendations from AP-S society members. The Best Paper Awards recognize outstanding contributions in the 2022 issues of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, the Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, and the Antennas and Propagation Magazine. Papers are evaluated based on recommendations from reviewers and the journal editors.
IEEE-Level Awards
IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award
Ross Stone(post-humously)
For distinguished service advancing the technical objectives of the IEEE, with the following citation: "For sustained contributions to and impactful leadership in the IEEE Technical Activities publication enterprise".
IEEE AP-S Field Awards
2023 Outstanding Service Award
Yahya Rahmat-Samii
University of California, Los Angeles
To recognize significant contributions and outstanding service to the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.
2023 Distinguished Achievement Award
Andrea Alù
City University of New York
For pioneering contributions to metamaterial technologies and extreme electromagnetic wave phenomena
2023 Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Awards
Christos G. Christodoulou
University of New Mexico
In recognition of being an outstanding educator and a passionate mentor to both undergraduate and graduate students
Filiberto Bilotti
ROMA TRE University
For being an inspiring educator, mentor, and contributor to the development of electromagnetic metamaterials, metasurfaces, and their applications
2023 John Kraus Antenna Award
Douglas H. Werner
The Pennsylvania State University
For innovative contributions to antenna theory and design including the application of transformation electromagnetics, metamaterials and global optimization techniques
2023 Lot Shafai Mid‐Career Distinguished Achievement Award
Asimina Kiourti
The Ohio State University
For her contributions to body area electromagnetics and her outreach efforts towards boosting womens’ proclivity to pursue careers in engineering
2023 Harrington-Mittra Award in Computational Electromagnetics
Atef Z. Elsherbeni
Colorado School of Mines
For contributions to computational electromagnetics with hardware acceleration techniques
2023 Donald G. Dudley Jr. Undergraduate Teaching Award
Hugo G. Espinosa
Griffith University
In recognition of his innovations in teaching and curriculum development, successfully equipping emerging generations of engineers with the skills needed to address important sustainability challenges
2023 IEEE Industry Awards
2023 Distinguished Industry Leader Award
Ulrich L. Rohde
Rohde & Schwarz
For the scientific contribution and leaderships to the field of Antennas and related Communication Systems, leading to development of state-of-the-art Antennas products for industrial, military and aerospace applications
2023 Industrial Innovation Award
Lars J. Foged
Microwave Vision Group
For demonstrating visionary leadership in advancing the use of multi-probe technology for antenna measurements, standardization efforts, and pioneering innovation in antenna measurement and post-processing techniques
IEEE AP-S Paper Awards
2022 Sergei A. Schelkunoff Transactions Prize Paper Award
Charles A. Guo and Y. Jay Guo.
"A general approach for synthesizing multibeam antenna arrays employing generalized joined coupler matrix."
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 70, no. 9 (2022): 7556-7564
2022 Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award
Ilias I. Giannakopoulos, Georgy D. Guryev, José EC Serrallés, Ioannis P. Georgakis, Luca Daniel, Jacob K. White and Riccardo Lattanzi.
"Compression of volume-surface integral equation matrices via Tucker decomposition for magnetic resonance applications."
IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 70, no. 1 (2021): 459-471
2022 R. W. P. King Paper Award
Carl Pfeiffer
Jeffrey Massman
"An UWB hemispherical Vivaldi array."
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 70, no. 10 (2022): 9214-9224
2022 Piergiorgio L. E. Uslenghi Letters Prize Paper Award
Lukas Piotrowsky, Jan Barowski and Nils Pohl.
"Near-field effects on micrometer accurate ranging with ultra-wideband mmwave radar."
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 21, no. 5 (2022): 938-942
2022 Edward E. Altschuler AP-S Magazine Prize Paper Award
Miloslav Capek and Kurt Schab.
"Computational aspects of characteristic mode decomposition: An overview."
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 64, no. 2 (2022): 23-31
IEEE AP-S Donor Recognition
A selection of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society’s (AP-S) world class awards portfolio that recognize excellence in contributions to physics research, service, and teaching are funded through the generosity of donors to the IEEE Foundation. Thanks to these donors, AP-S has the resources to energize innovation by celebrating technological excellence.
AP-S Awards supported by giving to the IEEE Foundation include:
IEEE AP-S Eugene F Knott Memorial Pre-doctoral Research Award
- Through the generous support of Terri L. Craig
IEEE Ulrich L. Rohde Technical Field Project Award
- Through the generous support of Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde
IEEE AP-S CJ Reddy Travel Grant for Graduate Students
- Through the generous support of Dr. C. J. Reddy
Raj Mittra Travel Grant
- Through the generous support of Dr. Raj Mittra
IEEE John Kraus Antenna Award
- Through the generous support of Dr. John D. Kraus, Jr.
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Edward E. Altshuler Prize Paper Award
- Through the generous support of Edward E. Altshuler
IEEE Lot Shafai Mid-Career Distinguished Achievement Award
- Through the generous support of Lotfollah Shafai
IEEE Harrington-Mittra Award
- Through the generous support of Roger F. Harrington & Dr. Raj Mittra
IEEE Ulrich L. Rohde Innovative Conference Paper Awards on Computational Techniques in Electromagnetics
- Through the generous support of Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde
IEEE Ulrich L. Rohde Innovative Conference Paper Awards on Antenna Measurements and Applications
- Through the generous support of Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde
Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award
- Through the generous support of the Family and Friends of Professor Chen-To Tai
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