AWARDED ANNUALLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL TO PROMOTE, RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT EARLY CAREER TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETY’S FIELD OF INTEREST
Prize: An award of US$1,000, a plaque; and if needed, travel expenses not to exceed US$1,500 for a recipient residing in the US and not to exceed US$3,000 for a recipient residing outside the US to attend the award presentation.
Eligibility: Candidate must be an IEEE EDS member and must have received his/her first professional degree within the 10th year defined by the August 15 nomination deadline and has made contributions in an EDS field of interest area. Nominator must be an IEEE EDS member. Previous award winners are ineligible.
Selection/Basis for Judging: The nominator will be required to submit a nomination package comprised of the following:
- The nomination form that is found on the EDS web site, containing such technical information as the nominee’s contributions, accomplishments and impact on the profession or economy and a biographical description.
- A minimum of two and a maximum of three letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with the candidate’s technical contributions and other credentials, with emphasis on the specific contributions and their impacts.
The basis for judging includes such factors as: the demonstration of field leadership in a specific area; specific technical contribution(s); impact on the profession or economy; originality; breadth; inventive value; publications; honors; and other appropriate achievements.
Schedule: Nominations are due to the EDS Executive Office on August 15th each year. The candidate will be selected by the end of September, with presentation to be made in December.
Presentation: At the EDS Awards Dinner that is held in conjunction with the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in December. The recipient will also be recognized at the December EDS BoG Meeting.
Nomination Form: Complete the nomination form by August 15, 2017. All endorsement letters should be sent to l.riello@ieee.org by the deadline.
For more information contact: l.riello@ieee.org or visit: http://eds.ieee.org/early-career-award.html
| Early Career Award Winners | ||
| 2016 | Nagarajan Raghavan | SUTD Singapore University of Technology & Design, Singapore |
| 2015 | Mayank Shrivastava | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 2014 | Can Bayram | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2013 | Runsheng Wang | Peking University, Beijing, China |
| 2012 | Jin-Woo Han | NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA |
| 2011 | Mina Rais-Zadeh
Ravi Todi |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA
IBM, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA |
| 2010 | Chen Yang | University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA |
| 2009 | Chi On Chui | University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
