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
- Recognition on the 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
Nominate a Party for This Award
Please note that the nomination package, including at least 3 endorsements must be completed and submitted by 31 July. Nominations packages that are incomplete as of 31 July will not be considered by the IEEE SA Awards and Recognition Committee.
Sponsorship
This award is sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association, administered by the IEEE SA Awards and Recognition Committee.
Standards Medallion Recipients
| Stephen P. Conrad | For long-term leadership and contributions to the development of standards in the field of power system protection | 2026 |
| Mike Dudek | For technical leadership, contributions, and support of the development of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet electrical and optical specifications | 2026 |
| Ashutosh Dutta | For leadership in developing technologies, industry connections activities, and driving the standards for future networks and Open RAN | 2026 |
| Mark Hamilton | For leadership in the standardization, facilitation, and large-scale deployment of IEEE 802.11 technologies in public and large venues | 2026 |
| David Krohn | For outstanding leadership and dedication in guiding the IEEE Photonics Society Standards Committee to develop three standards related to fiber optic sensors: IEEE Std 2067, IEEE Std 3101, and IEEE Std 3461 | 2026 |
| Marc Lacroix | For leadership and sustained contributions to standards for secure and reliable power system communications, including multiple revisions of IEEE Std 1686 | 2026 |
| Chun Sing Lai | For leadership and contributions to the development of standards in the field of AI for energy systems and smart cities | 2026 |
| Yongfu Li | For leadership in establishing IEEE CASS standards activities and advancing cross-disciplinary standards | 2026 |
| Ruiqi (Richie) Liu | For contributions to 5G-Advanced and 6G standardization and technical innovation | 2026 |
| Siwei Ma | For leadership and contributions to the development of the IEEE 1857 series of video compression standards | 2026 |
| Jeff Madden | For leadership in the IEEE Standards Association and IEEE PES Insulated Conductors Committee, advancing standards development, and international collaboration to support innovation in the electric power industry | 2026 |
| Konstantinos Makrodimitris | For leadership and contributions to the development, adoption, and optimization of medical device/healthcare interoperability standards nationwide and globally | 2026 |
| Andrew McStay | For leadership in standardizing emulated empathy in AI systems spanning foundational scholarship, regulatory engagement, and public education | 2026 |
| Hiroaki Nishi | For exceptional leadership in the development of IEEE Std 1451.1.6-2025 and IEEE Std 2992-2025 for interoperable sensing systems, industrial IoT, and smart agriculture | 2026 |
| John Randolph | For exceptional leadership and contributions to developing substation standards and solutions | 2026 |
| Devki N. Sharma | For outstanding contributions to the development of standards within the IEEE Switchgear Committee and the IEEE Transformers Committee | 2026 |
| Adam Leon Smith | For leadership in international standards improving quality and fairness of AI-powered systems | 2026 |
| Bradford G. Van Treuren | For leadership and broad contributions in the development of IEEE Test standards | 2026 |
| Jianhua Zhang | For leadership and contributions to channel model standardization for 4G, 5G, and 6G mobile communications systems | 2026 |
| Sandeep Kumar Agrawal | For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of rural broadband standards and solutions | 2025 |
| Piers Dawe | For contributions across multiple generations of high-speed interfaces defined in IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards | 2025 |
| Tony Xiao Han | For contributions to WLAN sensing standardization and technological innovation | 2025 |
| Shan Liu | For exceptional leadership and contributions to standardization of visual data compression technologies | 2025 |
| Sal Martino | For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE Std 1782-2022, IEEE Guide for Collecting, Categorizing, and Utilizing Information Related to Electric Power Distribution Interruption Events | 2025 |
| Michael J. Meisinger, Sr. | For significant contributions to standards development for power system protection and control | 2025 |
| Kevin L. Peterson | For contributions to the creation and international adoption of shore to ship standards | 2025 |
| Jeff Ravencraft | For establishing a standard European mobile device charger interface, thereby minimizing one component of electronic waste and unbundling sales of devices and chargers | 2025 |
| Vince Rodriguez | For contributions to the revision of several standards related to antennas and propagation | 2025 |
| Carl Schuetz | For outstanding leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE switchgear standards | 2025 |
| Leonard Tsai | For exemplary leadership and continuing dedication in guiding and supporting standards that advance floating-point arithmetic and machine learning | 2025 |
| Menzo Wentink | For exceptional, sustained contributions to the development of IEEE Std 802.11 and license exempt wireless radio regulatory requirements | 2025 |
| Bo Xu | For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE standards in power system intelligent inspection, including IEEE Std 3326-2025, IEEE Std 3327-2025, and IEEE Std 3328-2025 | 2025 |
| Lihai Zhang | For leadership and contributions to the development of a modular framework standard for a robotically-assisted surgical system | 2025 |
| Doug Arnold | For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE standards for time synchronization in networks | 2024 |
| Stephen Balakirsky | For outstanding leadership on IEEE standards for robotics and automation | 2024 |
| Robert V. Binder | For outstanding contributions to standardized analysis and measurement of software dependability, reliability, availability, supportability, and recoverability | 2024 |
| Rodney Cummings | For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE standards for time synchronization in networks | 2024 |
| Randall K. Curey | For leadership and contributions to the development of inertial sensor and system standards, as well as standards for quantities, units, and symbols | 2024 |
| Justin Dobbins | For outstanding technical input during the revision of IEEE 149-2021 | 2024 |
| Touradj Ebrahimi | For leadership and contributions to the next-generation JPEG standards: JPEG XS, JPEG XL, JPEG AI, JPEG Trust, JPEG DNA, and JPEG XE | 2024 |
| Keith Flowers | For leadership in the creation of process innovations for the evaluation and acceptance of standards projects initiated externally of a Standards Committee | 2024 |
| Jon Lewis | For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards | 2024 |
| Dan Mulkey | For sustained leadership and contributions to the development of distribution transformer standards | 2024 |
| Manish Patel | For consistently exceptional leadership of IEEE 2800 and related efforts to maintain power system reliability during the transition to high levels of inverter-based resources | 2024 |
| Rubén Pérez – Aranda | For key technical contributions in the development of optical Ethernet physical layers and test methods for automotive applications | 2024 |
| Adee Ran | For contributions and expertise across multiple generations of high-speed interface IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards | 2024 |
| Robby Robson | For outstanding leadership, dedication, and contributions to enabling and facilitating the use of Open Source in standards | 2024 |
| Daniel Sabin | For outstanding leadership in the many evolutions of IEEE 1159.3, Power Quality Data Interchange Format (PQDIF) | 2024 |
| Christopher (Chris) G. Searles | For expanding the role of an existing technical committee in the IEEE Power and Energy Society to cover the rapidly expanding, but standards-deficient, area of battery energy storage systems | 2024 |
| Eugene Song | For exceptional leadership as Working Group Chair driving the development of IEEE 1451.0-2024 standard for smart transducer interfaces for sensors and actuators | 2024 |
| Jordon Woods | For leadership and navigating the complex maze of competing ideas with skill through editing IEC/IEEE 60802 | 2024 |
| Yi Yang | For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE standards on transmission and distribution | 2024 |
| Jizhong Zhu | For leadership and contributions to the development of standards in the field of distributed energy management systems | 2024 |
| 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 | 2023 |
| Alla Deronja | For ongoing leadership and contributions to the development of standards in the field of power system protection | 2023 |
| Eddie Forouzan | For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE 1725™-2021, IEEE Standard for Rechargeable Batteries for Cellular Telephones | 2023 |
| Joel Goergen | For longtime technical contributions and leadership in the development of IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet standards | 2023 |
| Chad Jones | For contributions, leadership, and expertise in Power over Ethernet, combining power distribution with data networking | 2023 |
| John Jendzurski | For exceptional leadership in the development of a new IEEE performance and test method standard for down-the-road radar | 2023 |
| Elizabeth Kochuparambil | For impact and leadership in high-speed electrical interface IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet standards | 2023 |
| Rui Li | For contributions to the development of standards for energy-efficiency testing and evaluation of power fittings and conductors | 2023 |
| Douglas M. Logan | For outstanding leadership in revising IEEE 762™-2023 to include variable energy resources, also referred to as renewable generation | 2023 |
| John Haiying Lu | For leadership in standardization in the area of unmanned aerial vehicle applications and communications | 2023 |
| Kent Lusted | For outstanding leadership and contributions to the development of multiple generations of the IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet standard | 2023 |
| Sergio Rapuano | For outstanding leadership, determination, and dedication in the development of IEEE 2414™-2020, IEEE Standard for Jitter and Phase Noise | 2023 |
| Kate A. Remley | For exceptional technical leadership as the working group chair driving the development of IEEE 1765™-2022 | 2023 |
| 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 | 2023 |
| Torbjørn Skauli | For outstanding technical contributions to the development of IEEE P4001™ on the characterization and testing of hyperspectral camera units | 2023 |
| Günter Steindl | For outstanding contributions to, and constructive efforts in, the IEEE 802.1™ Working Group | 2023 |
| Karla Trost | For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE C37.75™-2023 and IEEE PC37.68™ | 2023 |
| Miao Wang | For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE 2785™-2023 | 2023 |
| Stephen Antosz | For continuing long-term leadership and contributions to the development of transformer standards | 2022 |
| Sara R. Biyabani | For leading the development of IEEE P1924.1™-2022 | 2022 |
| Matt Brown | For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet standards | 2022 |
| Cheng-Jen (Allen) Chen | For leadership as standards chair of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society | 2022 |
| Paul T. Congdon | For long-term advocacy and for significant contributions that advanced Ethernet bridging technologies in the data center | 2022 |
| Jeffrey A. Fordham | For continuous leadership of the revision of IEEE Std149™-2021 | 2022 |
| Ruth Lewis | For leadership in promoting the development of IEEE technology and society standards | 2022 |
| Adam W Ley | For significant contributions to IEEE test technology standards | 2022 |
| Gary Nicholl | For longtime technical and editorial leadership of IEEE802.3™ Ethernet standards | 2022 |
| Mark Nowell | For leadership, technical expertise, and the provision of sage guidance through many IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet projects | 2022 |
| 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 | 2022 |
| Gary Touryan | For long-term leadership of the IEEE Traction Power Standards Committee | 2022 |
| Bob Aiello | --- | 2021 |
| Edward Au | --- | 2021 |
| Matthew J. Butcher | --- | 2021 |
| Geoffrey Garner | --- | 2021 |
| S. Michael Gayle | --- | 2021 |
| Marc Holness | --- | 2021 |
| Peter Zollman | --- | 2021 |