IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award Recipients

IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award

2009 - ROGER W. BROCKETT
An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, USA

“For inspirational mentoring of generations of graduate students who have gone on to define the field of control engineering.”

2008 - SUPRIYO DATTA
Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN, USA

“For his unique approach to quantum transport that has inspired and educated graduate students in the field of nanoscale electronic devices”

2007 - MICHAEL SHUR
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

“For inspirational guidance of graduate students & development of novel teaching materials in solid-state electronics”

2006 - TOBY BERGER
Jacobs Professor of Engineering
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

"For sustained excellence in graduate education and research in information theory."

2005 - JAGDISHKUMAR AGGARWAL
Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

'For inspiring graduate students to achieve excellence through mentoring, teaching, and guidance of research in computer vision and signal processing.'

2004 - SIMON HAYKIN
University Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

"For his pioneering contributions to graduate education and curriculum development."

2003 - ROBERT G. MEYER
Professor, Dept of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences,
Univ of California
Berkeley, CA

"For inspirational classroom teaching, outstanding mentoring, and developing excellent teaching materials in microelectronic circuit design."

2002 - VIJAY K. BHARGAVA
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC, Canada

"For excellence in graduate teaching, curriculum development, and inspirational research guidance of graduate students in the area of wireless communications."

2001 - H. VINCENT POOR
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

"For exemplary teaching, inspired guidance of graduate students, and contributions to graduate education in statistical signal processing."

2000 - WENG CHO CHEW
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL

"For contributions to the inspirational teaching of graduate students, developing graduate curricula, and inculcating enthusiasm in graduate research in classical and computational electromagnetics."

1999 - LESTER F. EASTMAN,
John L. Given Foundation Chair of Engineering
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

"For inspirational teaching with an impact on semiconductor devices through interdisciplinary graduate education."

1998 - GABOR C. TEMES
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

"For inspirational teaching and research guidance of graduate students, and for the authorship of widely used graduate level textbooks."

1997 - RONOLD W. P. KING
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

"For exemplary standards in teaching and research, and for a lifetime of dedication to his students."

1996 - SUNG-MO (STEVE) KANG
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

"For inspirational graduate teaching and fostering of interdisciplinary research."

1995 - ALBERTO SANGIOVANNI-VINCENTELLI
University of California
Berkeley, CA

"For excellence in graduate teaching, curriculum development, and research guidance in computer-aided design of electronic circuits."

1994 - THOMAS K. GAYLORD
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA

"For contributions to graduate education in optics and electrical engineering, and for inspirational guidance of Ph.D. students."

1993 - RUDOLF SAAL
Technische Universitaet
Munich, Germany

"For inspired teaching, concerned guidance, and research supervision of electrical engineering graduate students."

1992 - JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR.
Univ. of California
Irvine, CA

"For inspiring graduate students, and leadership in the development of research-based curricula and graduate teaching."