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2024
ANDREA J. GOLDSMITH
(FIEEE)—Dean of Engineering
and Applied Science and the
Arthur LeGrand Doty
Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering,
Princeton University,
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
“For educating, mentoring, and inspiring
generations of students, and for authoring
pioneering textbooks in advanced digital
communications.”
2023
JAMES J. TRUCHARD
(FIEEE)—Founder, Retired
Chairman and CEO, National
Instruments, Austin, Texas
“For the development of LabVIEW and
establishing worldwide programs to enhance
hands-on learning in laboratories and
classrooms.”
2022
NED MOHAN (LFIEEE)—
Regents Professor and Oscar
A. Schott Professor of Power
Electronics and Systems,
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering,
University of Minnesota, Saint
Paul, Minnesota, USA
“For leadership in power engineering
education by developing courses, textbooks,
labs, and a faculty network.”
2021
JOHN D. CRESSLER (IEEE)—
Professor, Schlumberger Chair
in Electronics, Georgia
Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
“For inspirational teaching and mentoring of
undergraduate and graduate students.”
2020
LEAH JAMIESON
Ransburg Distinguished
Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, School
of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Purdue
University, West Lafayette,
Indiana, USA
“For contributions to the promotion,
innovation, and inclusivity of engineering
education.”
2019
JOHN G. WEBSTER
Professor Emeritus of
Biomedical Engineering,
University of
Wisconsin‒Madison, Madison,
Wisconsin, USA
“For excellence in classroom teaching as well
as the production of numerous reference
texts that have fostered the development of
biomedical engineering as a discipline.”
2018
DELORES M. ETTER
Professor Emeritus,
Department of Electrical
“For contributions to engineering through
innovative textbooks on problem solving with
computing languages and software tools.”
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Engineering, Southern
Methodist University, Dallas,
Texas, USA
2017
STEPHEN P. BOYD
Samsung Professor in the
School of Engineering;
Professor, Department of
Electrical Engineering;
Professor (by courtesy),
Department of Management
Science and Engineering;
Professor (by courtesy),
Department of Computer
Science, Stanford University,
Stanford, California, USA
“For inspirational education of students and
researchers in the theory and application of
optimization.”
2016
SIMON S. HAYKIN
Distinguished University
Professor, Electrical and
Computer Engineering,
McMaster University,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
“For contributions to engineering education in
adaptive signal processing and
communication.”
2015
RICHARD GORDON BARANIUK
Victor E. Cameron Professor
of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, USA
“For fundamental contributions to open
educational resources for electrical
engineering and beyond.”
2014
JOHN GEORGE PROAKIS
Professor Emeritus,
Northeastern University,
Winchester,
Massachusetts, USA
“For contributions to electrical engineering
education through influential textbooks and
inspiring leadership in integrating research
and education.”
2013
J. DAVID IRWIN
Earle C. Williams Eminent
Scholar, Auburn University,
Auburn, AL, USA
“For excellence in engineering education
through creative and enduring leadership and
innovative textbooks.”
2012
FAWWAZ T. ULABY
Chen-To Tai Professor of
EECS, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
“For contributions to undergraduate and
graduate engineering education through
innovative textbooks, dedicated mentoring of
students, and inspirational teaching.”
2011
RAJ MITTRA
Professor of Electrical
“For contributions to graduate education,
engineering research and research training in
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Engineering, Penn State
University, University Park,
PA, USA
electromagnetic communication.”
2010
RANDY H. KATZ
Professor, Department of
Electrical Engineering and
Computer Sciences, Division
of Computer Sciences,
University of California,
Berkeley, CA, USA
“For contributions to engineering education
through influential textbooks, innovative
curricular development, exceptional
mentorship and inspired graduate and
undergraduate teaching.”
2009
JOSE B. CRUZ, JR.
Distinguished Prof. of
Engineering and Prof. of
Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH,
USA
“For excellence in engineering education
through creative leadership, innovative
textbooks, inspirational mentoring, and
research contributions to circuits, controls
and systems.”
2008
JOSEPH BORDOGNA
Alfred Fitler Moore Prof. of
Engineering, University of
Pennsylvania, Dept of
Electrical and Systems
Engineering
Philadelphia, PA, USA
“For creative contributions to engineering
education through leadership in integrating
research and education.”
2007
ANDREW S. TANENBAUM
Prof. of Computer Science,
Dept of Computer Science,
Faculty of Sciences, Vrije
Universiteit, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
“For contributions to education in computing,
especially computer organization, networking
and operating systems.”
2006
SANJIT K. MITRA
Prof. of Electrical and
Computer Engineering,
University of California, Santa
Barbara, CA
“For outstanding contributions to electrical
engineering education
through pioneering
textbooks, innovative laboratory
development,
and curriculum reform.”
2005
H. VINCENT POOR
George Van Ness Lothrop
Professor in Engineering,
Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ
"For leadership in electrical engineering
education through
inspired teaching, a classic
textbook, innovative curricular
development
and research."
2004
PAUL R. GRAY
Prof., Electrical Engineering &
Computer Sciences,
Executive
“For exemplary contributions to electrical
engineering education
through mentoring of
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Vice Chancellor &
Provost
Univ of California, Berkeley,
CA
students, an influential textbook, and
University-wide academic leadership.”
2003
YASUHARU SUEMATSU
National Institute of
Informatics
Tokyo, Japan
“For outstanding leadership in graduate and
undergraduate
education as a mentor,
professor, and president, and for
pioneering
contribution to research and education in
optical
communication devices.”
2002
PETAR KOKOTOVIC
Univ. of California
Santa
Barbara, CA
"For leadership in control engineering theory
and engineering
education as an inspirational
teacher and mentor."
2001
BRIAN D.O. ANDERSON
Australian Academy of
Science, Australia
“For outstanding graduate texts of lasting
value and far-reaching
international influence,
and for outstanding leadership in the
development of electrical engineering
education in Australia.”
2000
DAVID A. PATTERSON
University of California,
Berkeley, CA
“For inspirational teaching through the
development of creative
curricula and
teaching methodology, for important
textbooks, and
for effective integration of
education and research missions.”
1999
ANDRIES VAN DAM
Brown University
Providence,
RI
"For his field-defining textbooks, the
introduction of innovative
educational
technology, and inspired undergraduate
teaching."
1998
STEPHEN W. DIRECTOR
University of Michigan
Ann
Arbor, MI
"For contributions to electrical engineering
education through
innovative textbooks,
leadership in undergraduate curriculum
reform, and inspired graduate teaching."
1997
DAVID A. HODGES
University of California
Berkeley, CA
"For innovative teaching of microelectronics,
and pioneering
education in semiconductor
manufacturing."
1996
ADEL S. SEDRA
University of Toronto
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
"For outstanding contributions to electrical
engineering education
through textbooks,
guiding and mentoring of students, research,
and academic leadership."
1995
THOMAS KAILATH
Stanford University
Stanford,
CA
"For leadership in graduate engineering
education through a
classic textbook in linear
systems and creative interdisciplinary
research."
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1994
C. L. LIU
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
"For leadership in engineering education
through teaching and
textbooks in
mathematical foundations of computer
science and
system theory."
1993
RONALD A. ROHRER
Carnegie-Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
"For innovation in bringing electrical
engineering practice into the
classroom and
merging academic research with industrial
needs."
1992
RONALD W. SCHAFER
Georgia Institute of Tech.,
Atlanta, GA
"For excellence in curriculum development,
teaching, and
textbooks in digital signal
processing and digital speech
processing."
1991
HERMANN A. HAUS
Massachusetts Institute of
Tech., Cambridge, MA
"For creative contributions to education in
electromagnetic fields
and waves, and
quantum electronics."
1990
JAMES D. MEINDL
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, NY
"For establishment of a pioneering academic
program for the
fabrication and application of
integrated circuit."
1989
BEN G. STREETMAN
University of Austin
Austin, TX
"For leadership in engineering education at
the undergraduate
and graduate levels, for
the contribution of a textbook used
worldwide, and for creative research in solid-
state electronics."
1988
ALAN V. OPPENHEIM
Massachusetts Institute of
Tech., Cambridge, MA
"For leadership in engineering education
through teaching,
textbooks, and video tape
series in digital signal processing."
1987
JOSEPH W. GOODMAN
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
"For leadership in engineering education
through teaching and
textbooks in optical
signal processing."
1986
RICHARD B. ADLER
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech.
Cambridge, MA
"For leadership in engineering education
through teaching and
textbooks in
semiconductor electronics and
electromagnetics."
1985
JAMES FRANKLIN GIBBONS
Stanford University
Stanford,
CA
"For development of the concept of tutored
video instruction and
outstanding teaching
and research contributions in
semiconductor
electronics."
1984
ATHANASIOS PAPOULIS
"For inspirational leadership in teaching
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Polytechnic Institute of Tech.
Farmingdale, NY
through
thought-provoking lectures, research, and
creative textbooks in
signal analysis,
stochastic processes, and systems."
1983
MISCHA SCHWARTZ
Columbia University
New York,
NY
"For leadership in engineering education
through devoted
teaching and publication of
outstanding textbooks."
1982
KING-SUN FU
Purdue University
West
Lafayette, IN
"For contributions to engineering education
through inspired
teaching and research in
computer engineering, system theory
and
pattern recognition."
1981
ERNEST S. KUH
University of California
Berkeley, CA
"For leadership in engineering education and
contributions to
research in circuits and
systems."
1980
ALDERT VAN DER ZIEL
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
"For leadership in engineering education, and
for contributions to
noise theory in electronic
devices."
1979
JOHN R. RAGAZZINI
New York University
New
York, NY
"For leadership in engineering education and
pioneering research
in sampled-data control
systems."
1978
HAROLD A. PETERSON
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
"In recognition of contributions to engineering
education through
teaching and research in
power systems."
1977
ROBERT M. FANO
Massachusetts Institute of
Tech., Cambridge, MA
"For leadership in engineering education
through teaching and
outstanding research in
computer science, information theory,
and
electromagnetic theory."
1976
JOHN G. LINVILL
Stanford University
Stanford,
CA
"For leadership as a teacher, author and
administrator, and for
contributions in solid-
state electronics and technology."
1975
CHARLES A. DESOER
University of California
Berkeley, CA
"For innovative teaching through publication
of standards-setting
textbooks and through
dedicated and inspired supervision of a
generation of highly successful students."
1974
JOHN G. TRUXAL
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY
"For pioneering the introduction of
engineering concepts into the
high-schools
and for his outstanding textbooks and
leadership in
engineering education."
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1973
LOTFI A. ZADEH
University of California
Berkeley, CA
"For inspired and dedicated teaching, and
distinguished
leadership in system theory."
1972
MAC ELWYN VAN
VALKENBURG
Princeton University
Princeton,
NJ
"For outstanding textbooks in circuit theory,
innovations in undergraduate teaching,
inspired guidance of students, and
professional leadership in electrical
engineering."
1971
FRANZ OLLENDORFF
Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa, Israel
"For contributions to the teaching of electrical
engineering,
especially the preparation of
classic texts on electromagnetic
fields, and for
leadership in building a distinguished program
in a
new institute."
1970
JACOB MILLMAN
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA
“For his impact in the areas of electronic
devices and circuits
through his outstanding
textbooks and his stimulating teaching.”
1969
DONALD O. PEDERSON
University of California
Berkeley, CA
"For inspiring teaching and for educational
leadership in
electronics, notably integrated
circuits."
1968
EDWARD C. JORDAN
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
"For leadership in bringing new technological
developments into
electrical engineering
education, and in creating an integration of
research with education in a major
department."
1967
JOHN R. WHINNERY
University of California
Berkeley, CA
"For his outstanding teaching, his inspired
leadership in
educational administration, and
his excellent pioneering
textbooks."
1966
WILLIAM H. HUGGINS
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
"For his creative approach to and
extraordinary effectiveness in
teaching; and
for his abiding interest in and rapport with
students."
1965
HUGH HILDRETH SKILLING
Stanford University
Stanford,
CA
"For leadership in undergraduate education
and, in particular, for
innovation and lucid
exposition of complex ideas in his
textbooks."
1964
B. RICHARD TEARE, JR.
Carnegie Institute of
Technology
Pittsburgh, PA
"In recognition of his dedication to
excellence in the field of
teaching, his
singular devotion to improvement of this
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art, his
outstanding contributions to the
technology of his profession, and
his ability
to combine a keen sense of practical values
with a
thorough grounding in science to
solve general problems of staff
and
curricula development in engineering."
1963
WILLIAM G. DOW
University of Michigan
Ann
Arbor, MI
"For his outstanding contributions to
teaching, to educational
theory and to
research, and his inspiring leadership in
faculty
development."
1962
ERNST A. GUILLEMIN
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA
"For inspirational and intellectual leadership
in the revolutionary
changes in engineering
education."
1961
GEORGE F. CORCORAN
University of Maryland
College
Park, MD
"For his contributions to electrical
engineering education both in
classroom
teaching and in the creating of a series of
undergraduate text books which have had
far reaching influence
on the education of
electrical engineers."
1960
ERNST WEBER
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Brooklyn, NY
"For excellence as a teacher in science and
electrical
engineering, for creative
contributions in research and
development,
for broad professional and administrative
leadership and in all for a considerate
approach to human
relations."
1959
GORDON S. BROWN
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Cambridge, MA
No citation given
1958
J. F. CALVERT
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
No citation given
1957
W. L. EVERITT
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
No citation given
1956
F. E. TERMAN
Stanford University
Stanford
CA
No citation given
