Full, unedited live-stream playback of the 2019 IEEE Honors Ceremony. The Awards presented are an expression of recognition for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, communications, environmental and safety technologies, computer science and engineering, engineering education, as well as, the allied branches of engineering and the related arts and sciences and technologies and their application.

The 2019 IEEE Medal of Honor, sponsored by the IEEE Foundation to recognize an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in IEEE fields of interest, is presented to Kurt E. Petersen, for contributions to and leadership in the development and commercialization of innovative technologies in the field of MEMS.

The 2019 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, sponsored by Nokia Bell Labs to recognize exceptional contributions to communications and networking sciences and engineering, is presented to Teresa H. Meng, for technical contributions to and leadership in the development of wireless semiconductor technology.

The 2019 IEEE Edison Medal, sponsored by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. to recognize a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering or the electrical arts, is presented to Ursula Keller, for pioneering and fundamental contributions to and leadership in useable, compact ultrafast laser technology, enabling applications in metrology, sensing, and biophotonics.

The 2019 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies, sponsored by Toyota Motor Corporation to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the application of technology in the fields of interest of IEEE that improve the environment and/or public safety, is presented to Richard Nute, D. Ray Corson and Jim Barrick, for contributions to hazard-based safety engineering as the basis for product design and product safety standard development.

The 2019 IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology, sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society to recognize exceptional contributions to technologies and applications benefitting healthcare, medicine, and the health sciences, is presented to Kamil Ugurbil, for pioneering the development and leading the advancement of ultra-high-field MRI technology for biomedical and brain research.

The 2019 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal, sponsored by Texas Instruments, Inc. to recognize outstanding achievements in signal processing, is presented to Alan S. Willsky, for contributions to stochastic modeling, multi-resolution techniques, and control-signal processing synergies.

The 2019 IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal, sponsored by the Maxwell Medal Fund to recognize groundbreaking contributions that have had an exceptional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering or related fields, is presented to David Flynn and David Jaggar, for contributions to the development of novel Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) architectures adopted in 100 billion+ microprocessor cores worldwide.

The 2019 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, sponsored by MathWorks, Pearson, and the IEEE Life Members Fund to recognize a career of outstanding contributions to education in the fields of interest of IEEE, is presented to John G. Webster, for excellence in classroom teaching as well as the production of numerous reference.

The 2019 IEEE Jun-Ichi Nishizawa Medal, sponsored by The Federation of Electric Power Companies, Japan to recorgnize outstanding contributions to material and device science and technology, including practical application, is presented to Yasuhiko Arakawa, Pallab Bhattacharya and Dieter H. Bimberg, for their contributions to the development and commercialization of quantum dot lasers.

The 2019 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal, sponsored by Intel Foundation to recognize exceptional contributions to the microelectronics industry, is presented to Antun Domic, for leadership in the research and development of advanced microelectronic design automation tools.

The 2019 IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications, sponsored by Raytheon Company to recognize outstanding accomplishments in advancing the fields of radar technologies and their applications, is presented to Richard Klemm, for contributions to high-resolution radar, adaptive clutter suppression, and publications for the international radar system community.

The 2019 IEEE Medal in Power Engineering, sponsored by the IEEE Industry Applications, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics, and Power & Energy Societies to recognize outstanding contributions to the technology associated with the generation, transmission, distribution, application, and utilization of electric power for the betterment of society, is presented to Lionel O. Barthold, for outstanding contributions to and leadership in advancing the technologies of electric power transmission.

The 2019 IEEE Corporate Innovation Award, sponsored by IEEE to recognize outstanding innovation by an organization in an IEEE field of interest, is presented to the Bose Corporation, for sustained innovation and pioneering research in audio technology leading to affordable, high-performance products.

The 2019 IEEE Haraden Pratt Award, sponsored by the IEEE Foundation to recognize outstanding volunteer service to IEEE, is presented to David G. Green, for outstanding leadership, exceptional dedicated service, and tireless energy in support of the mission and goals of IEEE.

IEEE Honorary Membership is sponsored by IEEE and elected by the Board of Directors from among individuals, not members of IEEE, who have rendered meritorious service to humanity in IEEE’s designated fields of interest. The 2019 IEEE Honorary Membership is presented to Telle Whitney, Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, Consultant, and Board Member with the Anita Borg Institute in Palo Alto, CA, for leadership in supporting and promoting women in technology, and for building a highly impactful global organization dedicated to this purpose.

The 2019 IEEE President's Award is sponsored by IEEE to recognize individuals, not necessarily members of IEEE, whose careers have exhibited distinguished leadership and contributions to the public. The 2019 President's Award is presented to Katherine G. Johnson for fundamental computational contributions to the success of America's first and subsequent manned spaceflights, including Apollo 11.