The IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications was established in 1999, in honor of Dennis J. Picard, whose lifetime of work at Raytheon Company helped make them a leader in tactical missile systems. In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: field leadership, contribution, originality, breadth, inventive value, publications, other achievements, society activities, honors, duration, and overall strength of the nomination.
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The award consists of a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and honorarium.
Funded by the Raytheon Co.
At the annual IEEE Honors Ceremony
For more information and to nominate, visit the IEEE website.
2026
For contributions to polarimetric synthetic aperture radar imaging and its utilization.
2025
For sustained contributions to advancing radar science and technology for remote sensing and automotive and through-the-wall applications.
2024
For research, design, development, analysis, and testing of complex phased array radar systems, making them work in the real world.
2023
For leadership and innovative concepts in the design, deployment, and utilization of airborne and space-based radar systems.
2022
For contributions to radar signal processing across a wide range of applications including through-the-wall imaging and health monitoring.
2021
For contributions to the development of the theory and practice of radar, especially cognitive radar and adaptive filtering.
2020
For contributions to advanced, fully adaptive radar systems and real-time knowledge-aided, and cognitive radar processing architectures.
2019
For contributions to high-resolution radar, adaptive clutter suppression, and publications for the international radar system community.
2018
For technical contributions to advanced aerospace multifunction microwave and foliage penetration radars, and for leadership within the radar community.
2017
For technical leadership and exceptional contributions to multistatic radar.
2016
For contributions to radar signal design and analysis, pulse compression, and signal processing.
2015
For contributions to the development of multiple phase-center airborne surface surveillance and targeting radars.
2014
For seminal contributions to adaptive radar signal processing algorithms and Over-The-Horizon Radar.
2013
For leadership and developments in fully adaptive radar, advanced space-time adaptive processing (STAP), knowledge-based signal processing, and waveform diversity.
2012
For contributions to radar signal processing, clutter modeling, and electronic protection.
2011
For pioneering the international effort to develop high-frequency over-the-horizon radar, combining extraordinary skills in electronics, antenna theory, electromagnetic wave propagation and hands-on experimentation.
2010
For continuous, innovative, theoretical and practical contributions to radar systems and adaptive signal processing techniques.
2009
For pioneering work of fundamental importance in radar waveform design, including the Woodward Ambiguity Function, the standard tool for waveform and matched filter analysis.
2008
For contributions to techniques for radar target tracking in clutter.
2007
For innovation and technical leadership in the implementation and application of earth-observing and planetary radars.
2006
For pioneering contributions to phased array radar system designs, to radar signal processing designs, and to continuing education programs for radar engineers.
2005
For conception and development of innovative range and Doppler bandwidth reduction techniques used in wide-band radars and high resolution
synthetic aperture radars.
2004
For exceptionally outstanding leadership and significant individual technical contributions to the application of radar for the observation of weather
and other atmospheric phenomena.
2003
For pioneering work in pulse Doppler radar design and its utilization for airborne early warning radar systems.
2002
For contributions to radar system design and analysis, the publication of definitive radar reference books, and to the exchange of radar technology information internationally.
2001
For outstanding leadership, technical contributions and the implementation of innovative concepts in the design, development and deployment of large, wide-band phased array radar systems.
2000
For outstanding leadership of Navy radar research, authorship of widely used books on radar, and personal contributions to the advancement of radar technology and systems