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| We are happy to introduce the 2021 recipients of MTT-S Society Awards. In doing so, it is important to acknowledge the efforts and care of those in the selection process, and the impressive quality of all candidates who were brought forward for consideration. In 2021, our recipients are being recognized for significant contributions during a career, or within a particular discipline, or for important past contributions.
Congratulations to all! |
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| MTT-S Award | 2021 Award Recipient and Description |
| Microwave Career Award Recognizes a career of meritorious achievement and outstanding technical contribution by an individual in the field of microwave theory and techniques. | David B. Rutledge … for a Career of Leadership, Meritorious Achievement, Creativity and Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Microwave Theory and Techniques. |
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Microwave Pioneer Award Recognizes an individual or a team not exceeding three persons having made outstanding pioneering technical contributions that advance microwave theory and techniques, which are described in an archival paper published at least 20 years prior to the year of the award.
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Kam Yin Lau … in Recognition for Pioneering Developments and Commercialization of RF Over Fiber Devices, Systems and Applications which Launched the Microwave Photonics Industry.
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| Distinguished Service Award Recognizes an individual who has given outstanding service for the benefit and advancement of the MTT Society. | Richard V. Snyder … in Recognition of a Distinguished Record of Service to the IEEE MTT Society and the Microwave Profession over a Sustained Period of Time. |
| Distinguished Educator Award Recognizes a distinguished educator in the field of microwave engineering and science who best exemplifies the special human qualities of Fred Rosenbaum, who considered teaching a high calling and demonstrated his dedication to the Society through tireless service. | Aly Fathy … for Outstanding Achievements as an Educator, Mentor, and Role Model of Microwave Engineers and Engineering Students.
Stephen M. Goodnick … for Outstanding Achievements as an Educator, Mentor, and Role Model of Microwave Engineers and Engineering Students.
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| Microwave Application Award Recognizes an individual or team of no more than five individuals for an outstanding application of microwave theory and techniques, which has been reduced to practice nominally 10 years before the award. |
Lawrence Dunleavy … for contributions made to improving the quality and utility of field effect transistor models for the RF/microwave design community.
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| Outstanding Young Engineer Award Recognizes an outstanding young MTT-S member who has distinguished him/herself through achievement(s), which may be technical (within the MTT-S Field of Interest), may be exemplary service to the MTT-S, or may be a combination of both. | Shilong Pan … for Outstanding Early Career Achievements in Photonics-Assisted Microwave Measurements.
Michael Roberg … for Outstanding Early Career Achievements for contributions to High Power Monolithic Integrated Circuit Design and Analysis. Kaushik Sengupta … for Outstanding Early Career Achievements in Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Integrated Circuits and Systems in Silicon. Adrian Tang … for Outstanding Early Career Achievements for infusing CMOS Millimeter-wave and System-on-chip Technology into Space Instruments in Earth Science, Planetary Science, and Astronomy. |
| N.W. Cox Award Recognizes an individual who has given exemplary service to the Society in a spirit of selfless dedication and cooperation. The award is given in memory of N. Walter Cox, longstanding MTT-S volunteer. |
Kamran Ghorbani … for exemplary service to the Society in a spirit of selfless dedication and cooperation.
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| MTT-S Best Paper Awards | |
| Microwave Prize Recognizes, on an annual basis, the most significant contribution by a published paper to the field of interest of the MTT-S. The Microwave Prize is the Society’s oldest Award. |
Chao Yu, Jianxin Jing, Han Shao, Zhi Hao Jiang, Pinpin Yan, Xiao-Wei Zhu, Wei Hong, and Anding Zhu … for their paper “Full-Angle Digital Predistortion of 5G Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Transmitters,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 67, Issue 7, pp. 2847-2860, July 2019.
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| MCWL “Tatsuo Itoh” Award Recognizes, on an annual basis, the most significant contribution in a paper published in the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component. Letters. |
Jeng-Han Tsai, TiKu Yu, and Wang-Lung Huang … for their paper “An X-Band 29.6-dBm CMOS Power Amplifier Using Folded Radial Splitter and Binary Combiner Network,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters Tatsuo Itoh Prize, Vol. 29, Issue 9, pp. 607-609, September 2019.
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| T-TST Best Paper Award Recognizes, on an annual basis, the most significant contribution in a paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology. |
Maris Bauer, Adam Ramer, Serguei A. Chevtchenko, Konstantin Y. Osipov, Dovile Cibiraite, Sandra Pralgauskaite, Kestutis Ikamas, Alvydas Lisauskas, Wolfgang Heinrich, Viktor Krozer and Hartmut G. Roskos … for their paper “A High-Sensitivity AlGaN/GaN HEMT Terahertz Detector With Integrated Broadband Bow-Tie Antenna,” IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science & Technology,
Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 430-444, July 2019.
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| IEEE Microwave Magazine Best Paper Award Recognizes, on an annual basis, the most significant contribution in a paper published in the IEEE Microwave Magazine. |
Negar Reiskarimian, Aravind Nagulu, Tolga Dinc, and Harish Krishnaswamy … for their paper “Nonreciprocal Electronic Devices: A Hypothesis Turned Into Reality,” IEEE Microwave Magazine, Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. 94-111, April 2019.
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