IEEE Celebrates Innovators Shaping the Future

What happened

The honorees are selected by the IEEE Awards Board based on their extraordinary technical achievements, societal impact, and leadership in specialized engineering disciplines and are approved by the IEEE Board of Directors . Every year, IEEE recognizes individual researchers, innovators, and collaborative teams whose technical achievements and leadership have made a lasting impact on technology, engineering, and society worldwide with its Technical Field Awards .

IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award Sponsor: The Brunetti Bequest IEEE Member Edward Charles Gage IEEE Fellow Ganping Ju IEEE Fellow Jan-Ulrich Thiele Seagate Technology in Cupertino, Calif. “For contributions to heat-assisted magnetic technology powering ultra-high-capacity hard disk drives and enabling greater storage of digital information.” Brockett Control Systems Award Sponsors: IEEE Control Systems Society and Friends and Family of Roger W.