Personal tools
Major Faculty Awards
National Medal of Science
1996. Professor Kumar Patel: For his fundamental
contributions to quantum electronics and invention of the carbon dioxide
laser, which have had significant impact on industrial, scientific,
medical, and defense applications. The medal was awarded by President
Bill Clinton in a White House ceremony on July 26, 1996.
A professor of physics and astronomy as well as electrical engineering, Patel served as UCLA's vice chancellor for research through 1999. His research interests focus on experimental condensed matter, but he is still involved in the development of new laser systems.
IEEE Medal of Honor
1989. Professor Kumar Patel: For his fundamental contributions to quantum electronics, including the carbon dioxide laser and the spin-flip Raman laser. The IEEE Medal of Honor is the Institute's highest award. The Medal of Honor is the highest IEEE given only to those who had attained preeminence in the field through outstanding technical contributions.
UCLA Medal
2010. Professor Henry Samueli has been awarded the prestigious 2010 UCLA Medal.
The Medal is awarded to individuals who have made extraordinary
contributions to their profession, to higher education, to society and
to the university. Previous medal recipients include former Presidents
Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter; United Nations Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon; planetary physicist Carl Sagan; and others. Dr. Samueli
received all his three degrees, B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., in Electrical
Engineering at UCLA where he also serves as a faculty member in EE and
co-chairs the HSSEAS Dean's Advisory Council. His other recognitions
include election to the National Academy of Engineering in 2003. He is
also a co-founder of Broadcom, which is one of the World's leading
semiconductor companies in the area of communications circuits.
Members of National Academy of Sciences
Election to membership in the Academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer.
2005. Professor Stan Osher
2003. Professor Eli Yablonovitch
1974. Professor Kumar Patel
Members of National Academy of Engineering
Election to membership in the Academy is the highest professional honor accorded to an American engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice or education. Established in 1964, the National Academy of Engineering shares responsibility with the National Academy of Sciences to advise the federal government on questions of policy in science and technology.
2009. Professor Deborah Estrin
2008. Professor Frank Chang
2008. Professor Rahmat Rahmat-Samii
2007. Professor Asad Abidi
2007. Adjunct Professor Nick Alexopoulos
2005. Professor Jason Speyer
2003. Professor Eli Yablonovitch
2003. Professor Henry Samueli
2003. Professor Tatsuo Itoh
1988. Professor Emeritus Robert Elliott
1978. Professor Kumar Patel
Society Fellows
2009. Associate Professor Mihaela van der Schaar, Fellow, IEEE.
2008. Professor Panagiotis Christofides, Fellow, IEEE.
2008. Professor Abeer Alwan, Fellow, IEEE.
2008. Professor Diana Huffaker, Fellow, IEEE.
2008. Professor Jia-Ming Liu, Fellow, IEEE.
2008. Professor Mani Srivastava, Fellow, IEEE.
2007. Professor Warren Mori, Fellow, IEEE.
2005. Professor Greg Pottie, Fellow, IEEE.
2005. Professor Jason Woo, Fellow, IEEE.
2004. Professor Deborah Estrin, Fellow, IEEE.
2004. Professor Bahram Jalali, Fellow, Optical Society of America.
2003. Professor Behzad Razavi, Fellow, IEEE.
2003. Professor Bahram Jalali, Fellow, IEEE.
2003. Professor Abeer Alwan, Fellow, Acoustical Society of America.
2003. Professor Jia-Ming Liu, Fellow, American Physical Society.
2001. Professor Deborah Estrin, Fellow, AAAS.
2001. Professor Ali Sayed, Fellow, IEEE.
2000. Professor Henry Samueli, Fellow, IEEE.
2000. Professor Deborah Estrin, Fellow, ACM.
1999. Professor RajeevJain, Fellow, IEEE.
1998. Professor Chandrasekhar Joshi, Fellow, Institute of Physics (U.K.)
1996. Professor Asad Abidi, Fellow, IEEE.
1996. Professor A. V. Balakrishnan, Life Fellow, IEEE.
1996. Professor M. C. Frank Chang, Fellow, IEEE.
1996. Professor Warren Grundfest, Fellow, SPIE.
1996. Professor Warren Grundfest, Fellow, American Inst. Medical & Biological Engineers.
1995. Professor Warren Mori, Fellow, American Physical Society.
1994. Professor Kung Yao, Fellow, IEEE.
1994. Professor William Kaiser, Fellow, American Vacuum Society.
1993. Professor Chandrasekhar Joshi, Fellow, IEEE.
1992. Professor Kang Wang, Fellow, IEEE.
1990. Professor Harold Fetterman, Fellow, IEEE.
1990. Professor Chandrasekhar Joshi, Fellow, American Physical Society.
1990. Professor Jia-Ming Liu, Fellow, Optical Society of America.
1987. Professor Izhak Rubin, Fellow, IEEE.
1986. Professor Alan Laub, Fellow, IEEE.
1985. Professor Jason Speyer, Fellow, IEEE.
1985. Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Fellow, IEEE.
1985. Professor JasonSpeyer, Fellow, AIAA.
1982. Professor Tatsuo Itoh, Fellow, IEEE.
1980. Professor Harold Fetterman, Fellow, Optical Society of America.
1978. Professor Alan N. Willson, Fellow, IEEE.
1975. Professor Kumar Patel, Fellow, IEEE.
Society Awards
2009. Associate Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences (Professor Asad Abidi).
Professor Asad Abidi has been elected Associate Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences. **TWAS****, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is an autonomous international organization, founded in 1983 in Trieste, Italy. It was officially launched by the secretary-general of the United Nations in 1985. TWAS represents the best of science in developing countries. Its main mission is to promote scientific excellence and capacity in the South for science-based sustainable development. TWAS Fellows, who live and work in developing countries, represent 85 percent of the membership; TWAS Associate Fellows live and work in developed countries. The current membership stands at 950.
2009. EuMA Outstanding Career Award (Professor Tatsuo Itoh).
On the occasion of 39th European Microwave Week in Rome, Italy, on
September 29, 2009, European Microwave Association presented EuMA
Outstanding Career Award to Professor T. Itoh. The award is given
each year to recognize an individual whose career has exemplified
outstanding achievements in the field of microwaves.
2009. IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award (Professor AlanWillson). 2009. Donald P. Eckman Award (Professor Paulo Tabuada). 2009. IEEE LEOS Young Investigator Award (Professor Aydogan Ozcan) 2008. IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award (Professor Asad Abidi) 2007. R.W. Wood Prize from the Optical Society of America (Professor Bahram Jalali) 2007. John Adams Lecture at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Professor Chandrasekhar Joshi) 2007. Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award (Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii) 2007. Radcliffe Institute Fellowship (Professor Abeer Alwan) 2006. IEEE David Sarnoff Award (Professor M. C. Frank Chang) 2006. IEEE/LEOS William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award (Professor Harold Fetterman) 2006. Maxwell Prize from the American Physical Society (Professor Chandrasekhar Joshi) 2005. Terman Award (Professor Ali H. Sayed) 2005. IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Signal Processing Society (Professor Ali H. Sayed) 2005. International Union of Radio Science Booker Award (Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii) 2004. Donald P. Eckman Award (Professor Panagiotis D. Christofides). 2003. Mac Van Valkenburg Award (Professor Alan Willson) 2001. Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (Professor A. V. Balakrishnan) 2001. 2001-2002 Distinguished Lecturer in Plasma Physics by the American Physical Society (Professor Chandrasekhar Joshi). 2001. Elected Foreign Member (Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii) 2001 Julius Springer Prize in Applied Physics (Professor Eli Yablonovitch) 2000. Technical Achievement Award (Professor Alan Willson) 2000. IEEE Third Millennium Medal (Professor Asad Abidi) 2000. IEEE Third Millennium Medal (Professor Asad Itoh) 2000. IEEE Third Millennium Medal (Professor Alan Willson) 2000. IEEE Third Millennium Medal (Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii) 2000. AMTA Distinguished Achievement Award (Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii) 2000. Distinguished Educator Award (Professor Tatsuo Itoh) 2007. UCLA Gold Shield Prize (Professor William Kaiser) 2007. UCLA Faculty Senate Teaching Award (Professor Behzad Razavi) 2006. HSSEAS Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award (Professor Behzad Razavi) 2005. UCLA Copenhaver Award (Professor William Kaiser)
Electrical Engineering Distinguished Professor Alan Willson has been selected to receive the 2010 IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award from IEEE for his ``exemplary teaching and curriculum development and for inspirational guidance of PhD. student research in the area of circuits and systems.''
From the American Automatic Control Council recognizing outstanding achievements by a young researcher under the age of 35 in the field of control theory. It is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the field.
Assistant Professor Aydogan Ozcan has been selected to receive the 2009 IEEE LEOS Young Investigator Award from the IEEE Society for Photonics. Professor Ozcan is being recognized for his pioneering contributions to non-destructive nonlinear material characterization techniques, near-field and on-chip imaging and diagnostic systems.
Professor Asad Abidi has been selected by the IEEE Board of Directors to receive the prestigious 2008 IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits for his "pioneering and sustained contributions in the development of RF-CMOS." This award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1987 to honor an individual, or team of up to three, for outstanding contributions to solid-state circuits, as exemplified by benefit to society, enhancement to technology, and professional leadership. This is an IEEE-wide award and the highest in the field.
For "the Invention and Demonstration of Raman Lasing in Silicon."
From the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society for his "significant contributions to electromagnetics education and for inspiring new methodologies for the design, analysis and measurement of complex antenna systems."
For his "development of HBT power amplifiers leading to their commercialization in wireless communications." The Sarnoff and IEEE-wide award that is bestowed annually by IEEE in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of electronics.
The Streifer award is the highest award by the IEEE Lasers and Electro-optics Society. It is awarded annually by the society to recognize the most meritorious scientific work in the field. Professor Fetterman receives the award in recognition for his seminal work on polymer nonlinear devices and materials. He shares the award with his collaborators W. Steier (USC) and L. Dalton (Univ. Washington).
The prize is the highest award given by the APS for plasma physics research. The prize recognizes Professor Joshi's outstanding and pioneering contributions in the area plasma-based accelerators and laser-plasma interactions.
The Fellowship, awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, is conferred for "unusually distinguished achievement and exceptional promise for future accomplishment." Fellowship winners are selected by a committee of scholars from universities and institutes across the U.S. and Canada.
From the American Society of Engineering Education. The award is bestowed annually upon an outstanding young electrical engineering educator in recognition of the educator's contributions to the profession.
URSI is the largest international scientific body on all aspects of radio science, from fundamentals of wave propagation to radio astronomy and communications. Rahmat-Samii was selected for his contributions to reflector antenna design and practice, near-field measurements and diagnostic techniques, handheld antennas and human interactions, genetic algorithms in electromagnetics, and the spectral theory of diffraction.
From the American Automatic Control Council for pioneering contributions to analysis and control of nonlinear distributed parameter systems accompanied by creative applications to advanced materials processing, particulate processes and fluid dynamic systems.
The Kuwait Prize is awarded annually to outstanding researchers and scientists whose work has significance at the international level. The prize is the highest honor accorded by the Emir of Kuwait for intellectual achievement. Professor Sayed received the 2003 Kuwait Prize in Basic Sciences for his extensive research contributions in the area of adaptive systems.
From the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society for his "major contributions to theory, design methods, and hardware implementation of nonlinear circuits and digital signal processing algorithms, to graduate education, and for leadership in the CAS Society." The Mac Van Valkenburg Award is the top award of the CAS Society. Its purpose is to recognize and honor a person with outstanding technical contributions in a field within the scope of the CAS Society, and with outstanding leadership in the field. Professor Willson received the 2003 award
The Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award is given for distinguished career contributions to the theory or application of automatic control. It is the highest recognition of professional achievement for US control systems engineers and scientists.
The Royal Flemish Academy of Science and the Arts
The prize was awarded to Prof. Yablonovitch "for the impact of photonic crystals on basic research, as well as on a great variety of applications". This prize, awarded annually, has been established by Springer-Verlag Publishing. The recipient is a scientist who has made an outstanding and innovative contribution to the field of applied physics.
From the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society for his seminal contributions to nonlinear circuit theory and his innovative research on the design of digital signal processing circuits over the past thirty-two years.
From the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association.
The IEEE MTT Society bestowed this award on Professor Itoh "for his outstanding achievements as an educator, mentor and role model of microwave engineers and engineering students". The basis for giving the award is that the recipient must be a distinguished educator who exemplifies the special human qualities of the late Fred J. Rosenbaum (in honor of whom the award was founded), who considered teaching a high calling and demonstrated his dedication to MTT-S through tireless service.
Professor Kaiser received this prestigious university-wide recognition for his excellence and innovation in teaching (including use of innovative technology in education).
