Each year the APS recognizes individuals or groups of individuals who have made an impact on technology or the society in distinct ways. The 2015 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 APS society members. The Best Paper Awards recognize outstanding contributions in the 2014 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.

The recipients of the 2015 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Field Awards:

Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award

Jian-Ming Jin

For outstanding contributions to graduate teaching, curriculum development, and research guidance of graduate students in the area of computational electromagnetics.

Distinguished Achievement Award

Nader Engheta

For seminal contributions in the theory, application, and demonstration of metamaterials, plasmonic optics, and chiral and omega media.

Harrington-Mittra Computational Electromagnetics Award

Levent Gurel

For pioneering contributions to the accurate solution of large-scale electromagnetic problems via integral equations, parallel computing, and fast algorithms.

John Kraus Antenna Award

Ashwin K. Iyer

For introducing innovative teaching methodologies to effectively engage and inspire undergraduate students in engineering electromagnetics.

Lot Shafai Mid-Career Distinguished Achievement Award

Mona Jarrahi

For pioneering contributions to plasmonic antennas and optical phased arrays for terahertz and microwave systems and being a role model for women scientists and engineers.

The recipients of the 2015 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Best Paper Awards:

Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award

Nathan R. Labadie, Satish K. Sharma and Gabriel M. Rebeiz, "A Circularly Polarized Multiple Radiating Mode Microstrip Antenna for Satellite Receive Applications", IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation, vol.62, no. 7, pp. 3490-3500, 2014

Edward E. Altschuler Magazine Prize Paper Award

Huan-Ting Meng, Bao-Lin Nie, Steven Wong, Charles Macon and Jian-Ming Jin, "GPU Accelerated Finite-Element Computation for Electromagnetic Analysis", IEEE Antenna & Propagation Magazine, vol.56, pp.39-62, April 2014

Sergei A. Schelkunoff Transactions Prize Paper Award

Krzysztof A. Michalski and Juan R. Mosig, “On the Plane Wave-Excited Subwavelength Circular Aperture in a Thin Perfectly Conducting Flat Screen”, IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation, vol.62, no.4-part 2, pp.2121-2129, 2014

R. W. P. King Paper Award

Liang Liang and Sean Victor Hum, "Realizing a Flat UWB 2-D Reflector Designed Using Transformation Optics", IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation, vol.62, no.5, pp.2481 – 2487, 2014