Society Pioneer Award

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The Pioneer Award has been given annually since 1949 to an individual or team for “contributions significant to bringing into being systems that are still in existence today.” These systems fall within the specific areas of interest to the society, that is, electronic or aerospace systems. The contributions for which the award is bestowed are to have been made at least twenty (20) years prior to the year of the award, to ensure proper historical perspective. It is not a condition that any awardees should have been sole or original inventor or developer, “significant contribution” of a specific nature is the key criterion.

Society Pioneer Award Chair:

Fulvio Gini

BoG (2020-2022); BoG (2017-2019); Awards Chair; Fellows Search Committee (2018); IEEE Fellow

The AESS is currently seeking nominations for the Society Pioneer Award.

Nominations are due by 1 December. Please nominate a worthy candidate, seeing your candidate win is a rewarding experience. Nominations may be carried over to succeeding years for continued considerations. Nomination submissions should be sent via email to Fulvio Gini, AES Society Pioneer Award Chair.

Please use this Nomination Form to nominate a candidate for the Society Pioneer Award.

Award Photo:

Prize:

$3,000 Honorarium (shared equally between multiple winners) and a Plaque for each winner.

Funding:

Funded by the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society.

Basis for Judging:

Importance of contributions.

Nomination Form - Due 1 December

Presentation:

At a convenient IEEE or AESS conference.

Azad M. Madni

2019 - "For contributions to advanced simulation-based training and intelligent decision aiding for aerospace systems."

James J. Spilker

2018 - "For Contributions to the Technology and Implementation of the GPS Civilian Navigation System."

Gerard T. Capraro

2017 - "“Modeling, Simulation Analysis, Design of a Real-Time Expert System Constant Falseand Alarm Rate (CFAR)” "

Paul Antonik

2017 - "“Modeling, Simulation Analysis, Design of a Real-Time Expert System Constant False and Alarm Rate (CFAR)” "

Michael C. Wicks

2016 - "Algorithm Development, Experimental Demonstration, and Transition of Expert System Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) to Airborne Radar Systems"

William J. Baldygo

2016 - "Algorithm Development, Experimental Demonstration, and Transition of Expert System Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) to Airborne Radar Systems"

Yakov S. Shifrin

2015 - "“Founding Contributions to Modern Radio Physics and Statistical Antenna Theory (SAT)”"

John Hines

2014 - "For contributions in the development and deployment of the Very High Speed Integrated Circuits Hardware Description Language (VHDL)"

Kam Lau

2013 - "For Enabling NASA’s Deep Space Communications and Radar Imaging System via Ultra-Stable Frequency/Timing Fiber Optic Transfer"

George Lutes

2013 - "For Enabling NASA’s Deep Space Communications and Radar Imaging System via Ultra-Stable Frequency/Timing Fiber Optic Transfer"

Dr. Asad M. Madni

2012 - "For Seminal and Pioneering Contributions to the Development and Commercialization of Aerospace Electronic Systems."

James V. Leonard

2011 - "For Pioneering Work in the Field of Aircraft/Missile Launch Systems"

Daniel A. Tazartes

2010 - "For Pioneering Contributions to the Development of Strapdown Inertial Instruments."

Yakov D. Shirman

2009 - "For the independent discovery of matched filtering, adaptive filtering, and high-resolution pulse compression for an entire generation of Russian and Ukranian radars."

Robert D. Briskman

2008 - "For development of Commercial and Broadcast Satellites Over the Past 40 Years."

George M. Kirkpatrick

2007 - "For the original development of monopulse techniques for radar systems."

William Fishbein

2006 - "For developing the fundamental concepts, system designs, and basic technology underpinning the design, development, testing, and fielding of the U.S. Army Firefinder family of radars."

Charles Edward Muehe

2005 - "For the invention of the Moving Target Detector (MTD) digital signal processor for aircraft surveillance radar."

Erwin C. Gangl

2004 - "For development of MIL-STD-1553: Multiplexed Data Bus Avionic Intra-System Communication Standard."

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Field of Interest

“The field of interest shall be the organization, systems engineering, design, development, integration, and operation of complex systems for space, air, ocean, or ground environments. These systems include but are not limited to navigation, avionics, mobile electric power and electronics, radar, sonar, telemetry, military, law-enforcement, automatic test, simulators, and command and control."