To recognize an individual, whose age has not reached the 41st birthday by the nomination deadline, and who has made outstanding contributions to aerospace and electronic systems. The “early career award” for Radar is the Fred Nathanson Award. This Early Career Award is for an individual working in all the other areas of interest of AESS.
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$2,000 for the awardee and a frame certificate. Up to $1,000 to attend the award ceremony can be authorized by the AESS President.
Funded by the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
At a convenient IEEE AESS conference.
This award is to recognize an individual, whose age has not reached their 41st birthday by the nomination deadline, and who has made outstanding contributions to aerospace and electronic systems. The recipient must be a current member of the IEEE and AESS and have been a member of the IEEE and AESS for at least the previous 3 calendar years plus the year of the nomination.
Current officers and members of the AESS Board of Governors are ineligible, as well as previous recipients of this award, the Fred Nathanson Early Career Award, and winners of IEEE Field Awards. Self-nominations are not accepted. Members of the AESS Board of Governors are not permitted to submit nominations or reference letters.
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2025
For contributions to advance resilient position, navigation, and timing and enhance GNSS performance in challenging environments.
2024
No recipient selected for this year
2023
For his contributions and leadership in the research field of GNSS and multisensor navigation systems integrity and to the aerospace community.
2022
For contributions to the creation of space technologies in developing countries.
2021
For contributions to decentralized inference and sensor fusion in networked sensor systems.
2020
For outstanding research leadership in Human-Machine Systems for Multi-Domain Traffic Management and Trusted Autonomous Airspace Operations.
IEEE AESS Early Career Award Selection Committee
IEEE AESS Early Career Award Selection Committee
Award Selection Committee terms are from October 1 (of the deadline submission year) through September 30.
