2012 IEEE Honors Ceremony

The 2012 IEEE Honors Ceremony held on Saturday, 30 June at the Westin Copley Place, Boston, Mass, USA. IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, served as the Master of Ceremonies along with co-presenter, IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker. The theme for the 2012 ceremony was Field of Vision.
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2012 IEEE Honors Ceremony
This program covers the 2012 IEEE Honors Ceremony, in Boston Massachusetts. The Honors Ceremony recognizes over 25 of the world's top technologists who have made a lasting impact on technology, society, and the engineering profession.
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Medal of Honor - John L. Hennessy
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Medal of Honor
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2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Haraden Pratt Award- Hugh Rudnick
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Haraden Pratt Award
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Honorary Membership- Yoshio Utsumi
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker presents the Honorary Membership
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition- Tetsuya Iizuka
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition Award to Tetsuya Iizuka
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE John von Neumann Medal- Edward J. McCluskey
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the John von Neumann Medal
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal - Leonard Kleinrock
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Alexander Graham Bell Medal
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology- Savio L-Y. Woo
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Medal in Power Engineering- Edmund O. Schweitzer, III
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Medal in Power Engineering
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies- John Goodenough, Rachid Yazami & Akira Yoshino
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal - Michael G. Luby & Amin Shokrollahi
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Richard W. Hamming Medal
2012 IEEE Honors: Robert N. Noyce Medal- Yoon-Woo Lee
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Robert N. Noyce Medal
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal- G. Clifford Carter
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal - Mark Bohr, Robert Chau & Tahir Ghani
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Thomas Edison Medal- Michael F. Tompsett
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Edison Medal
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Founders Medal - Faqir Chand Kohli
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Founders Medal
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award- Bruce A. Eisenstein
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staeckerpresent the Richard M. Emberson Award
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Presidents' Change the World Competition- Clean Water
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the IEEE Presidents' Change the World Competition.
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications- Karl Gerlach
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal- Fawwaz T. Ulaby
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award- Gerhard M. Sessler
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Simon Ramo Medal- William Whittaker
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies & IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Simon Ramo Medal
2012 IEEE Honors: IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition- Panasonic Corporation
IEEE President and CEO, Gordon W. Day, Master of Ceremonies IEEE President-Elect, Peter W. Staecker present the Corporate Innovation Recognition to the Panasonic Corporation.