IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications
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The IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications is an award presented for outstanding accomplishments in advancing the fields of radar
technologies and their applications. This award can be presented to an individual or group of up to three people.
The award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1999. It is named to honor Dennis J. Picard, whose lifetime of work at the Raytheon
Company helped make them a leader in tactical missile systems.
Recipients of this award receive a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate, and honorarium.
Radar
Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...
technologies and their applications. This award can be presented to an individual or group of up to three people.
The award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1999. It is named to honor Dennis J. Picard, whose lifetime of work at the Raytheon
Raytheon
Raytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007...
Company helped make them a leader in tactical missile systems.
Recipients of this award receive a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate, and honorarium.
Recipients
- 2000: Merrill SkolnikMerrill SkolnikMerrill Skolnik , is a respected researcher in the area of radar systems and the author or editor of a number of standard texts in the field. He is best known for his introductory text "Introduction to Radar Systems" and for editing the "Radar Handbook"...
- 2001: Fritz Steudel
- 2002: David K. Barton
- 2003: William A. Skillman
- 2004: David Atlas
- 2005: William J. Caputi, Jr.
- 2006: Eli Brookner
- 2007: Russell K. Raney
- 2008: Yaakov Bar-Shalom
- 2009: Philip M. WoodwardPhilip WoodwardPhilip Woodward is a British mathematician, radar engineer and horologist. He has achieved notable success in all three fields. Before retirement, he was a Deputy Chief Scientific Officer at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment of the British Ministry of Defence in Malvern,...
- 2010: Alfonso Farina
- 2011: James Headrick