Standards Medallion

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.

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

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.

Annual Deadline 31 July

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This award is sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association, administered by the IEEE SA Awards and Recognition Committee.

Doug Arnold

For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE standards for time synchronization in networks

Stephen Balakirsky

For outstanding leadership on IEEE standards for robotics and automation

Robert V. Binder

For outstanding contributions to standardized analysis and measurement of software dependability, reliability, availability, supportability, and recoverability

Rodney Cummings

For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE standards for time synchronization in networks

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

Justin Dobbins

For outstanding technical input during the revision of IEEE 149-2021

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

Keith Flowers

For leadership in the creation of process innovations for the evaluation and acceptance of standards projects initiated externally of a Standards Committee

Jon Lewis

For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards

Dan Mulkey

For sustained leadership and contributions to the development of distribution transformer standards

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

Rubén Pérez – Aranda

For key technical contributions in the development of optical Ethernet physical layers and test methods for automotive applications

Adee Ran

For contributions and expertise across multiple generations of high-speed interface IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards

Robby Robson

For outstanding leadership, dedication, and contributions to enabling and facilitating the use of Open Source in standards

Daniel Sabin

For outstanding leadership in the many evolutions of IEEE 1159.3, Power Quality Data Interchange Format (PQDIF)

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

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

Jordon Woods

For leadership and navigating the complex maze of competing ideas with skill through editing IEC/IEEE 60802

Yi Yang

For exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of IEEE standards on transmission and distribution

Jizhong Zhu

For leadership and contributions to the development of standards in the field of distributed energy management systems

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

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

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