IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
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The initially called Morris Liebmann Memorial Prize provided by the Institute of Radio Engineers
(IRE), the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award was created in 1919 in honor of Colonel Morris N. Liebmann. It was initially given to awardees who had "made public during the recent past an important contribution to radio communications". The award continued to be awarded as the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award by the Board of Directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) after the IRE organization merged into the IEEE in 1963. The scope was changed to "for important contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years". After 2000 the award was superseded by the IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award
.
The following people received the IRE Morris Liebmann Memorial Prize:
Institute of Radio Engineers
The Institute of Radio Engineers was a professional organization which existed from 1912 until January 1, 1963, when it merged with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers to form the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers .-Founding:Following several attempts to form a...
(IRE), the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award was created in 1919 in honor of Colonel Morris N. Liebmann. It was initially given to awardees who had "made public during the recent past an important contribution to radio communications". The award continued to be awarded as the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award by the Board of Directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
(IEEE) after the IRE organization merged into the IEEE in 1963. The scope was changed to "for important contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years". After 2000 the award was superseded by the IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award
IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award
The IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award is a Technical Field Award of the IEEE for contributions to emerging technologies. The award is named after Daniel E. Noble. The award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 2000, replacing the prior IEEE Morris N...
.
Recipients
The following people received the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award:- 2000 - James S. Harris, Jr.
- 1998 - Naoki YokoyamaNaoki YokoyamaDr. is a Japanese electrical engineer, active in the fields of nanotechnology and electronic and photonic devices, best known for his success in fabricating hot-electron transistors and invention of resonant-tunneling transistors....
- 1997 - Fujio MasuokaFujio MasuokaDr. is the inventor of flash memory. He joined Toshiba in 1971. There he also developed SAMOS memory. Dr. Masuoka was excited mostly by the idea of non-volatile memory, memory that would last even when power was turned off. He is now a professor at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan.Masuoka...
- 1996 - Seiki Ogura
- 1995 - M. George CrafordM. George CrafordDr. M. George Craford is a distinguished American electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work in Light Emitting Diodes .Dr. Craford received his MS and PhD degrees in physics from the University of Illinois in 1967, began his professional career at the Monsanto Chemical Company, then...
- 1994 - Lubomyr T. Romankiw
- 1993 - B. Jayant BaligaB. Jayant BaligaDr. B. Jayant Baliga is a distinguished American electrical engineer best known for his work in power semiconductor devices, and particularly invention of the insulated gate bipolar transistor. Scientific American magazine included him among the 'Eight Heroes of the Semiconductor Revolution' when...
- 1992 - Praveen ChaudhariPraveen ChaudhariDr. Praveen Chaudhari was an Indian American physicist born in Ludhiana, India who migrated to the United States in 1961 and contributed to the field of material physics....
, Jerome J. Cuomo, and Richard J. GambinoRichard J. GambinoRichard J. Gambino is a distinguished American material scientist best known for his pioneering work with amorphous magnetic materials.Gambino received his BA in 1957 from the University of Connecticut, and MS in 1976 from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University... - 1991 - Morton B. Panish
- 1990 - Satoshi HiyamizuSatoshi Hiyamizuis a Japanese professor of electrical engineering.Dr. Hiyamizu won the 1982 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Paper Award as lead author of a paper on mobility in two-dimensional electron gases while at Fujitsu Laboratories Limited, received the 1990 IEEE Morris N...
and Takashi Mimura - 1989 - Takanori OkoshiTakanori OkoshiTakanori Okoshi is a noted Japanese professor of electrical engineering, now retired, and an amateur composer of over 30 pieces of chamber music for quartet or sextet....
- 1988 - James R. BoddieJames R. BoddieJames R. Boddie is an electrical engineer noted for his role in creating the AT&T DSP1, a pioneering digital signal processor from Bell Labs.Boddie was subsequently Bell Labs Fellow and Director of DSP Technology Development for Lucent Technologies, and Executive Director at StarCore LLC. He...
and Richard A. Pedersen - 1986 - Bishnu S. AtalBishnu S. AtalBishnu S. Atal is a noted researcher in linear predictive coding.Atal was born in India, and received his BS degree in physics from the University of Lucknow, a diploma in electrical communication engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and a PhD in electrical engineering ...
and Fumitada ItakuraFumitada Itakurais a Japanese scientist who did pioneering work in statistical signal processing and its application to speech analysis and synthesis.Itakura was born in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Nagoya University in 1963 and 1965, respectively. In 1968,... - 1985 - Russell D. Dupuis and Harold M. ManasevitHarold M. ManasevitDr. Harold M. Manasevit is an American materials scientist.Manasevit received a B.S. Degree in Chemistry from Ohio University in 1950, M.S. in Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University in 1951, and Ph.D. in Physical Inorganic Chemistry from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959. He then...
- 1984 - David E. Carlson and Christopher R. WronskiChristopher R. WronskiDr. Christopher R. Wronski is a noted electrical engineer, now Professor Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University, noted for his pioneering research in photovoltaic cells including discovery of the Staebler–Wronski effect.Dr. Wronski received his Ph.D...
- 1983 - Robert W. BrodersenRobert W. BrodersenRobert W. Brodersen is a notable professor of electrical engineering, now emeritus, and a founder of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley....
, Paul R. Gray, and David A. HodgesDavid A. HodgesDr. David A. Hodges is a noted American electrical engineer, currently Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.Dr. Hodges receives his B.E.E. degree from Cornell University in 1960, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Berkeley. From 1966-1970 he worked at Bell Laboratories in Murray... - 1982 - John Arthur, Jr. and Alfred Y. ChoAlfred Y. ChoAlfred Yi Cho is the Adjunct Vice President of Semiconductor Research at Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs. He is known as the "father of molecular beam epitaxy"; a technique he developed at that facility in the late 1960s. He is also the co-inventor, with Federico Capasso of quantum cascade lasers at...
- 1981 - Calvin F. Quate
- 1980 - Anthony J. DemariaAnthony J. DeMariaAnthony J. DeMaria is an American researcher in lasers and their applications, particularly known for his work with picosecond laser pulses.DeMaria received his Ph.D...
- 1979 - Ping King TienPing King TienDr. Ping King Tien , is an electrical engineer and scientist, noted for his contributions to microwave amplifiers and integrated optical circuits.-Biography:...
- 1978 - Charles K. KaoCharles K. KaoThe Honorable Sir Charles Kuen Kao, GBM, KBE, FRS, FREng is a pioneer in the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications...
, John B. MacChesneyJohn B. MacChesneyDr. John B. MacChesney is a Bell Labs pioneer in optical communication, best known for his 1974 invention of the modified chemical vapor deposition process with colleague P.B. O'Connor, and for co-inventing high-purity "sol-gel" overcladding for optical fiber in the early 1980s...
, and Robert D. MaurerRobert D. MaurerDr. Robert D. Maurer is an American industrial physicist noted for his leadership in the invention of optical fiber.-Early life:... - 1977 - Horst H. BergerHorst H. BergerHorst H. Berger is a German electrical engineer noted for his contributions to semiconductor technologies for integrated circuits....
and Siegfried K. WiedmannSiegfried K. WiedmannSiegfried K. Wiedmann is a German electrical engineer noted for his contributions to semiconductor technologies for integrated circuits.Wiedmann was born in Plochingen, Germany, in 1938... - 1976 - Herbert John ShawHerbert John ShawDr. Herbert John Shaw was a professor at Stanford University, and a major inventor in the fields of fiber optic gyroscopes, optical communications, and surface acoustic wave devices....
- 1975 - A. H. Bobeck, P. C. Michaelis, and H. E. D. Scovil
- 1974 - Willard BoyleWillard BoyleWillard Sterling Boyle, was a Canadian physicist and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device. On October 6, 2009, it was announced that he would share the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor".-Life:Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, he...
and George E. SmithGeorge E. SmithGeorge Elwood Smith is an American scientist, applied physicist, and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device. He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor".Smith was born in White Plains, New York... - 1973 - Nick HolonyakNick HolonyakNick Holonyak, Jr. invented the first practically useful visible LED in 1962 while working as a consulting scientist at a General Electric Company laboratory in Syracuse, New York and has been called "the father of the light-emitting diode"...
- 1972 - Stewart E. MillerStewart E. MillerStewart E. Miller was a noted American pioneer in microwave and optical communications.Miller was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attended high school in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and three years at the University of Wisconsin–Madison before transferring to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,...
- 1971 - Martin RyleMartin RyleSir Martin Ryle was an English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems and used them for accurate location and imaging of weak radio sources...
- 1970 - John A. Copeland
- 1969 - J. B. Gunn
- 1968 - Emmett N. Leith
- 1966 - Paul K. WeimerPaul K. WeimerDr. Paul K. Weimer was a noted contributor to the development of television and the thin-film transistor ....
- 1965 - William R. Bennett, Jr.William R. Bennett, Jr.William Ralph Bennett Jr. was an American physicist known for his pioneering work on gas lasers. He spent most of his career on the faculty of Yale University.-Career:...
- 1964 - Arthur L. Schawlow
The following people received the IRE Morris Liebmann Memorial Prize:
- 1963 - Ian Munro RossIan Munro RossDr. Ian Munro Ross was an early pioneer in transistors, and for 12 years President of Bell Labs.Ross was born in Southport, England, and in 1948 received his Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. In 1952 he received his M.A. and Ph.D...
- 1962 - Victor H. RumseyVictor H. RumseyDr. Victor H. Rumsey is an electrical engineer, best known for his studies of frequency-independent antennas.Rumsey was born in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on Saint Cecilia's day, and received his BA in mathematics and Sc.D. in physics from Cambridge University...
- 1961 - Leo EsakiLeo EsakiReona Esaki also known as Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Ivar Giaever and Brian David Josephson for his discovery of the phenomenon of electron tunneling. He is known for his invention of the Esaki diode, which exploited that phenomenon...
- 1960 - Jan A. RajchmanJan A. RajchmanJan Aleksander Rajchman was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer.He received the Diploma of Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in 1935, and became a Doctor of Science in 1938.Rajchman emigrated to America in 1935. He joined RCA...
- 1959 - Nicolaas BloembergenNicolaas BloembergenNicolaas Bloembergen is a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate.He received his Ph.D. degree from University of Leiden in 1948; while pursuing his PhD at Harvard, Bloembergen also worked part-time as a graduate research assistant for Edward Mills Purcell at the MIT Radiation Laboratory...
and Charles H. Townes - 1958 - E. L. Ginzton
- 1957 - O. G. Villard, Jr.
- 1956 - Kenneth BullingtonKenneth BullingtonKenneth Bullington was an American electrical engineer known for his studies of radio propagation.Bullington work at Bell Labs, Holmdel, New Jersey...
- 1955 - A. V. Loughren
- 1954 - R. R. Warnecke
- 1953 - John Robinson PierceJohn Robinson PierceJohn Robinson Pierce , was an American engineer and author. He worked extensively in the fields of radio communication, microwave technology, computer music, psychoacoustics, and science fiction. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he earned his Ph.D...
- 1952 - William ShockleyWilliam ShockleyWilliam Bradford Shockley Jr. was an American physicist and inventor. Along with John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain, Shockley co-invented the transistor, for which all three were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.Shockley's attempts to commercialize a new transistor design in the 1950s...
- 1951 - R. B. Dome
- 1950 - O. H. Schade
- 1949 - C. E. Shannon
- 1948 - S. W. Seeley
- 1947 - John Robinson PierceJohn Robinson PierceJohn Robinson Pierce , was an American engineer and author. He worked extensively in the fields of radio communication, microwave technology, computer music, psychoacoustics, and science fiction. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he earned his Ph.D...
- 1946 - Albert RoseAlbert RoseAlbert Rose was an American physicist, who made major contributions to TV video camera tubes such as the orthicon, image orthicon, and vidicon....
- 1945 - P. C. Goldmark
- 1944 - W. W. HansenW. W. HansenWilliam Webster Hansen was a U.S. physicist who was one of the founders of the technology of microwave electronics.-Life:...
- 1943 - Wilmer L. BarrowWilmer L. BarrowWilmer Lanier Barrow was an American electrical engineer, inventor, teacher, industrial manager, and a counselor to government agencies....
- 1942 - S. A. Schelkunoff
- 1941 - Philo T. Farnsworth
- 1940 - Harold Alden WheelerHarold Alden WheelerHarold Alden Wheeler was a noted American electrical engineer.-Biography:Wheeler was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to William Archibald Wheeler and Harriet Marie Alden Wheeler , graduated in 1925 from George Washington University with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and was awarded the...
- 1939 - H. T. Friis
- 1938 - G. C. Southworth
- 1937 - W. H. Doherty
- 1936 - B. J. Thompson
- 1935 - F. B. Llewellyn
- 1934 - Vladimir ZworykinVladimir ZworykinVladimir Kozmich Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray tubes...
- 1933 - Heinrich BarkhausenHeinrich BarkhausenHeinrich Georg Barkhausen , born at Bremen, was a German physicist.Born into a patrician family in Bremen, he showed interest in natural sciences from an early age...
- 1932 - Edmond BruceEdmond BruceEdmond Bruce was an American radio pioneer best known for creating the rhombic antenna and Bruce array.Bruce was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, and Washington, D.C...
- 1931 - Stuart BallantineStuart BallantineCharles Stuart Ballantine , better known as Stuart Ballantine, was a noted American inventor.Ballantine was born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an amateur radio enthusiast by 1908 and served as a ship radio operator during the summers of 1913-1915. He was employed in 1916 by H. K...
- 1930 - Albert HullAlbert HullAlbert W. Hull is most remembered for his early invention of the magnetron.-Education and early career:...
- 1929 - E. V. Appleton
- 1928 - W. G. Cady
- 1927 - A. H. Taylor
- 1926 - Ralph BownRalph BownRalph Bown was a noted American radio pioneer.Bown was born in Fairport, New York, and received his M.E., M.M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University where he also taught physics...
- 1925 - Frank ConradFrank ConradFrank Conrad was a radio broadcasting pioneer who worked as the Assistant Chief Engineer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,...
- 1924 - J. R. Carson
- 1923 - Harold BeverageHarold BeverageDr. Harold Henry "Bev" Beverage is perhaps most widely known today for his invention and development of the wave antenna, which came to be known as the Beverage antenna and which for the last few decades has seen a resurgence in use within the amateur radio and broadcast DXing hobbyist communities...
- 1922 - C. S. Franklin
- 1921 - R. A. Heising
- 1920 - R. A. Weagant
- 1919 - L. F. Fuller