Standards Medallion
The Standards Medallion is awarded for major contributions to the development of standards. Examples include but are not limited to the following:
- Leadership in standardization of new technologies
- Assuring achievement of standards development goals
- Identifying opportunities to better serve the needs of standards users
- Other contributions viewed as deserving of such recognition
Award
The award consists of a 1 1/2 inch Standards “medallion” and brass plate engraved with the recipient’s name and year of the award affixed to a 2×3 marble paperweight. It is accompanied by a framed certificate. There is no honorarium attached to this award.
Honorees
The award is presented by the IEEE SA President at the SA Awards Ceremony
- Recipient honored at the IEEE SA Awards Ceremony (see previous ceremony)
- Honoree highlight via press release
- Recognition on IEEE SA website and social media post
Eligibility
Recipients need not be members of IEEE, and their contributions may be to standards of other national and international standardization bodies, providing such standards are in the fields of IEEE and constitute a significant contribution to the profession. There are no restrictions or preferences as to the nationality, race, sex, creed or age.
Nomination
Annual Deadline 31 July
Sponsorship
This award is sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association, administered by the IEEE SA Awards and Recognition Committee.
Standards Medallion Past Recipients
2023
Jyotika Athavale
For leadership, technical expertise, and guidance in the development of IEEE 2851™-2023, IEEE Standard for Functional Safety Data Format for Interoperability Within the Dependability Lifecycle
Alla Deronja
For ongoing leadership and contributions to the development of standards in the field of power system protection
Eddie Forouzan
For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE 1725™-2021, IEEE Standard for Rechargeable Batteries for Cellular Telephones
Joel Goergen
For longtime technical contributions and leadership in the development of IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet standards
Chad Jones
For contributions, leadership, and expertise in Power over Ethernet, combining power distribution with data networking
John Jendzurski
For exceptional leadership in the development of a new IEEE performance and test method standard for down-the-road radar
Elizabeth Kochuparambil
For impact and leadership in high-speed electrical interface IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet standards
Rui Li
For contributions to the development of standards for energy-efficiency testing and evaluation of power fittings and conductors
Douglas M. Logan
For outstanding leadership in revising IEEE 762™-2023 to include variable energy resources, also referred to as renewable generation
John Haiying Lu
For leadership in standardization in the area of unmanned aerial vehicle applications and communications
Kent Lusted
For outstanding leadership and contributions to the development of multiple generations of the IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet standard
Sergio Rapuano
For outstanding leadership, determination, and dedication in the development of IEEE 2414™-2020, IEEE Standard for Jitter and Phase Noise
Kate A. Remley
For exceptional technical leadership as the working group chair driving the development of IEEE 1765™-2022
Michael Dean Sigmon Sr.
For influential leadership in the IEEE Power & Energy Society Switchgear Committee and for advancing new methods of educating users, manufacturers, students, and industry
Torbjørn Skauli
For outstanding technical contributions to the development of IEEE P4001™ on the characterization and testing of hyperspectral camera units
Günter Steindl
For outstanding contributions to, and constructive efforts in, the IEEE 802.1™ Working Group
Karla Trost
For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE C37.75™-2023 and IEEE PC37.68™
Miao Wang
For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE 2785™-2023
2022
Stephen Antosz
For continuing long-term leadership and contributions to the development of transformer standards
Sara R. Biyabani
For leading the development of IEEE P1924.1™-2022
Matt Brown
For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet standards
Cheng-Jen (Allen) Chen
For leadership as standards chair of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Paul T. Congdon
For long-term advocacy and for significant contributions that advanced Ethernet bridging technologies in the data center
Jeffrey A. Fordham
For continuous leadership of the revision of IEEE Std149™-2021
Ruth Lewis
For leadership in promoting the development of IEEE technology and society standards
Adam W Ley
For significant contributions to IEEE test technology standards
Gary Nicholl
For longtime technical and editorial leadership of IEEE802.3™ Ethernet standards
Mark Nowell
For leadership, technical expertise, and the provision of sage guidance through many IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet projects
Yonghong Tian
For exceptional leadership and skill in driving the development of IEEE standards on AI model representation, and compression and analysis-oriented visual data coding
Gary Touryan
For long-term leadership of the IEEE Traction Power Standards Committee
2021
Bob Aiello
For sustained leadership in the development of practical, advanced standards for DevOps and configuration management
Edward Au
For exceptional leadership and skill in driving the development of IEEE 802.11™ Wireless LAN standards
Matthew J. Butcher
For dedication and perseverance in contributing to, and fostering the development of, a substantially revised and improved IEEE Std C95.3™-2021
Geoffrey Garner
For contributions to and education about the standardization of timing and synchronization for telecommunications networks
S. Michael Gayle
For longtime leadership and advocacy for jointly developed IEEE and ISO/IEC JTC1 standards for systems and software engineering and software quality
Marc Holness
For pioneering contributions and leadership to describe and implement data modeling using YANG in IEEE 802®
Peter Zollman
For outstanding effort and steadfast persistence in leading the development of a substantially revised and improved IEEE C95.3™-2021
2020
János Farkas
For exceptional skill in championing the standardization development of time-sensitive networking
Wenpeng Luan
For leadership and contributions to the development of standards in the field of distributed energy resource integration
Thomas A. Prevost
For ongoing leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE transformer standards and the standards development process
Peter Reid Wilson
For leadership in standards and technology roadmapping in power electronics
2019
Doug Edwards
For outstanding achievement in circuit breaker and switchgear standards development
Kirsten Matheus
For vision, leadership, and contributions to developing automotive Ethernet networking
Pratap Mysore
For contributions to the development of standards in the field of power systems protection
Jeff Rearick
For years of tireless, enthusiastic service furthering the development efforts of IEEE standards in the test domain
Duane Remein
For contributions to access networks (EPON, EPOC, and BiDi)
Craig Schlenoff
For significant contributions to IEEE standards by serving as the associate vice president of standardization in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, chairing the core ontologies of robotics standards group, and serving as the vice chair of the robot task representation standards group
James Edward Smith
For sustained leadership and contributions to the development of transformer standards
2018
David Chalupsky
Roy Cideciyan
Paul R. Croll
Alan Flatman
Rich Kennedy
Bernard Metzler
Stephen Shull
2017
Mark Adamiak
Alfred Asterjadhi
Jeffrey A. Burnworth
Carlos Cordeiro
Benjamin Cotts
Chengwei Dai
Victor Huang
Charles W. Johnson, Jr.
Glen Kramer
Leonardo Lima
Richard Mellitz
Bertrand Poulin
George Zimmerman
2016
Bruce B. Barrow
Kerry Blinco
Ted A. Burse
Carole C. Carey
Sudhakar E. Cherukupalli
Robert S. Fish
James R. Frysinger
Anthony Ki Cheong Ho
Abhay Karandikar
Brad Lehman
Michael J. Thompson
Mehmet Ulema
Michael W. Wactor
C.T. (Tim) Wall
Jan J. Wittenber
2015
William J. Bergman
Alfred Crouch
Chris DiMinico
Vinko Erceg
Alexander D. Gelman
Stephen Haddock
Apurva N. Mody
Paul S. Schluter
2014
Pete Anslow
Malcolm Clarke
Jean-Philippe Faure
Norman Finn
Lowell Johnson
Jim LeClare
Ken Martin
Brian Reinhold
David Stone
Philip Winstona
2013
Hanna Abdallah
Michael Bennett
Kenneth Brown
Christopher Clark
John D’Ambrosia
Wael Diab
Ramsis Girgis
Adam Healey
Oleg Logvinov
Albert Martin
Robin Tasker
James Wilson
2012
Douglas Bogia
Michael Champagne
Philip Hopkinson
James Liming
Robert Nowell
Purva Rajkotia
Anne Marie Sahazizian
Adrian Stephens