IEEE Medal for Engineering Excellence
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The IEEE Medal for Engineering Excellence was an award presented by the IEEE to recognize exceptional achievements in application engineering
in the technical disciplines of the IEEE, for the benefit of the public and the engineering profession. The medal was awarded to an individual or a group of up to three people. It was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1986 and was last awarded in 2004.
Recipients of this medal received a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and honorarium.
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
in the technical disciplines of the IEEE, for the benefit of the public and the engineering profession. The medal was awarded to an individual or a group of up to three people. It was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1986 and was last awarded in 2004.
Recipients of this medal received a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and honorarium.
Recipients
- 1988: Karl E. Martersteck, Jr.
- 1989: Walter A. Elmore
- 1990: John Alvin (Jack) Pierce, the "Father of Omega"
- 1991: Alexander Feiner
- 1992: Charles ElachiCharles ElachiCharles Asshur Al-Wadad Elachi is the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , located in Pasadena, California. He has held this position since May 1, 2001 and also holds professorships in electrical engineering and planetary science at Caltech....
- 1993: Bernard C. DeLoach, Jr.
- 1993: Richard W. Dixon
- 1993: Robert L. Hartman
- 1994: Heiner Sussner
- 1995: Masasuke Morita
- 1996: John R. Dunki-Jacobs
- 1997: John G. Anderson
- 1998: C. James Erickson
- 1999: Kiyoji Morii
- 2000: Cyril G. Veinott
- 2001: L. Bruce McClung
- 2002: No Award
- 2003: Ralph S. Gens
- 2004: Richard L. Doughty
- 2004: H. Landis Floyd
- 2004: Thomas E. Neal