IEEE Awards Booklet - 2023 - 25

2023 IEEE TECHNICAL FIELD AWARDS
IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award
Sponsored by IEEE Engineering and Medicine and Biology,
IEEE Circuit and Systems, and IEEE Signal Processing Societies
Nirmala (Nimmi) Ramanujam
For more globally accessible technology
for women's health related to cancer
screening, diagnosis, and treatment
Nimmi Ramanujam has made pioneering contributions to the
development of innovative, patient-centered health technologies
that have far-reaching impacts in the fight against cancer,
particularly cervical cancer. She found a way to replace a clinical
colposcope, a pricy device used to diagnose cervical cancer by
inventing much less invasive devices at a fraction of the cost
which are specifically designed to bring comfortable and practical
clinical solutions closer to the patient. She has also built several
global initiatives to scale engineering design education and global
cervical cancer prevention.
An IEEE Associate Member, Ramanujam is the Robert W.
Carr Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award
Sponsored by the Brunetti Bequest
John Robertson
For theoretical contributions to the
integration of high-k oxides on
semiconductors
One of the true milestones in chip technology over the past 15
years was the replacement of SiO2
with high-dielectric constant oxides like HfO2. John Robertson
predicted that the conduction band offset of HfO2 would be 1.4
eV, which would significantly reduce gate leakage. The replacement
of SiO2
with HfO2
" heart " of the transistor. It greatly clarified materials selection and
allowed industrial development to focus on HfO2
is perhaps the largest change to the
. By establishing the
basis of optimal material design from the viewpoint of electron
transport in MOS gate-stack systems based on computational
science, Robertson spearheaded the core structure of state-of-theart
MOSFETs.
An IEEE Fellow, Robertson is a professor in the Department of
Engineering at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.
gate oxides in CMOS transistors
IEEE Control Systems Award
Sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society
IEEE Electromagnetics Award
Sponsored by IEEE Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Electromagnetic
Compatibility, IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology, and the
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Societies
Naomi Ehrich Leonard
For contributions to applications and
theory for control of nonlinear and
multiagent systems
Naomi Ehrich Leonard's work in control theory focuses on the
dynamics and control of nonlinear and multiagent systems. She
was among the first to investigate the simple rules that enable
individual agents-whether living organisms or underwater
robotic vehicles-to work together in groups by coordinating
decision-making, sensing, and motion. Her far-reaching impact
involves collaboration with oceanographers, ecologists, animal
behaviorists,
neuroscientists,
choreographers of dance,
and
composers of music. By introducing control-theoretic approaches
to address outstanding questions in all these fields, she has
developed new approaches for control. Using powerful mathematical
insights, Leonard has made fundamental contributions
to explain the dynamics of biological and engineering systems.
An IEEE Fellow, Leonard is the Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University,
Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
John William Bandler
For contributions to electromagnetic
optimization and the modeling of
high-frequency structures, circuits, and
devices
John William Bandler's innovations have transformed engineering
design optimization, especially the design of high-frequency
technology that underpins today's electronic communications.
His work on optimization of complex, electromagnetics-based
structures and devices led to a dramatic reduction in the development
costs and time of numerous electronic circuits and systems.
Virtually all modern commercial high-frequency design software
suites now feature optimization capabilities. Bandler also pioneered
space mapping technology, which drastically accelerates electromagnetic
optimization by intelligently aligning computationally
intensive, high-fidelity models to their low-fidelity counterparts.
Space mapping is now utilized in aircraft wing profiles, marine
ecosystems, EEG processing, vehicle crashworthiness, and more.
An IEEE Life Fellow and Offi cer of the Order of Canada,
Bandler is a professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical &
Computer Engineering at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.
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