The IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award is an award is presented for outstanding contributions to
nanotechnology
Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal ...
and
miniaturization
Miniaturization ( Br.Eng.: ''Miniaturisation'') is the trend to manufacture ever smaller mechanical, optical and electronic products and devices. Examples include miniaturization of mobile phones, computers and vehicle engine downsizing. In el ...
in the electronics arts. It may be presented to an individual or a team of up to three. The award was established in 1975 by the
IEEE
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operati ...
Board of Directors.
Recipients of this award receive bronze medal, a certificate and honorarium.
Basis for judging: In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: innovation, development, social value, uniqueness of concept, other technical accomplishments, and the quality of the nomination.
Nomination deadline: 31 January
Notification: Recipients are typically approved during the June IEEE Board of Directors meeting, usually held towards the end of the month. Recipients and their nominators will be notified following the meeting. Subsequently, the nominators of unsuccessful candidates will be notified of the status of their nomination.
Presentation: IEEE policy requires that its awards be presented at major IEEE events that are in keeping with the nature of the award and the cited achievement.
Recipients
Source
* 2021: Jesus Del Alamo
* 2020: James H. Stathis and Ernest Yue Wu
* 2019: Daniel C. Edelstein, Alfred Grill, and Chao-Kun Hu
* 2018:
Siegfried Selberherr
* 2017: Guido Groeseneken
* 2016:
Akira Toriumi
* 2015: Hiroshi Iwai
* 2014: Martin van den Brink
* 2013: Giorgio Baccarani
* 2012: Yan Borodovsky and Sam Sivakumar
*2011: Massimo V. Fischetti, David J. Frank, and Steven E. Laux
* 2010:
Ghavam Shahidi
Ghavam G. Shahidi (born 1959) is an Iranian-American electrical engineer and IBM Fellow. He is the director of Silicon Technology at the IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center. He is best known for his pioneering work in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) c ...
* 2009:
Burn-Jeng Lin
* 2008: Michel Bruel
* 2007: Sandip Tiwari
* 2006: Susumu Namba
* 2005: William G. Oldham
* 2004: Stephen Y. Chou
* 2003: Andrew R. Neureuther
* 2002:
Mark Lundstrom and
Supriyo Datta
* 2001: R. Fabian W. Pease
* 2000:
Robert Fontana
* 1999:
David K. Ferry
* 1998:
Roger T. Howe and
Richard S. Muller
* 1997: Dieter P. Kern, George A. Sai-Halasz, Matthew R. Wordeman
* 1996: Mitsumasa Koyanagi
* 1995: Henry I. Smith
* 1994: Eiji Takeda
* 1993: Takafumi Nambu, Mitsuru Ida, and Kamon Yoshiyuki
* 1992:
David A. Thompson
* 1991: Hideo Sunami
* 1990: Else Kooi
* 1989:
Shun-ichi Iwasaki
* 1988: Irving Ames, Francois M. d'Heurle, Richard E. Horstmann
* 1987: Michael Hatzakis
* 1986:
Richard M. White
Richard Manning White (1930 – August 17, 2020) was an electrical engineer and a professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley and a Co-Founding Director of the Berkeley Sensor & Actua ...
* 1985:
Alec N. Broers
Alec Nigel Broers, Baron Broers, (born 17 September 1938) is a British electrical engineer.
In 1994 Broers was elected an international member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to electronic beam lithography and microsco ...
* 1984: Harry W. Rubinstein
* 1982:
Robert H. Dennard
* 1981:
Donald R. Herriott
Donald R. Herriott (February 4, 1928 – November 8, 2007) was an American physicist who is known for his contributions to interferometry, and for his efforts towards perfecting the techniques of high-resolution lithography. Herriott also helped b ...
* 1980:
Marcian E. Hoff, Jr.
* 1979: Philip J. Franklin
* 1979:
Geoffrey W. A. Dummer
* 1978:
Robert N. Noyce
* 1978:
Jack S. Kilby
External links
IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award page on IEEE web siteh1>
References
Cledo Brunetti Award
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