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IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting for this prestigious grade elevation. Visit the IEEE website to learn more about the history of the IEEE Fellow grade, the elevation process, and how the program evolved through the years to become the program it is today.

The following list of Fellows are those that were elevated by AESS. A full list of IEEE Fellows can be found in the IEEE Directory.

Nomination Deadline
7 February

2025

ITA
Paolo Braca headshot
Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation
Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)
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for contributions to advancements in networked surveillance systems

POL
Krzysztof Kulpa
Warsaw University of Technology
Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)
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for contributions to passive radar

2024

for contributions to cognitive and distributed radar signal processing

for contributions to sequential Monte Carlo methods and applications

Zak Kassas
USA

Zak Kassas

Ohio State University
Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

for contributions to navigation with signals of opportunity

Luke Rosenberg
AUS
Lockheed Martin Australia, Advanced Systems & Technologies
Region 10 (Asia and Pacific)

for contributions to maritime radars

2023

Michael Braasch headshot
USA
Ohio University
Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

for contributions to GPS multipath error characterization and mitigation

USA
Karen Haigh
Haskill Consulting
Region 4 (Central U.S.)
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Website

for contributions to closed-loop control of embedded systems

Anthony Martone
USA
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

for contributions to the development and validation of cognitive radar systems

Khanh Pham
USA

Khanh Pham

The Air Force Research Laboratory

for leadership in military aerospace decision support systems and strategic small business innovation

2022

Maruthi Akella
USA
University of Texas at Austin
Region 5 (Southwestern U.S.)

for contributions to spacecraft control systems

for contributions to information fusion methods for multi-sensor tracking

for contributions Digital AESA Radar Systems

Daniel A. Tazartes
USA
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Region 6 (Western U.S.)

for contributions to inertial sensors and navigation systems

for contributions to assisted global navigation satellite systems for consumer applications

2021

USA
Stefano Coraluppi
Systems & Technology Research
Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.)
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for contributions to multi-sensor multi-target tracking

for leadership in space infrastructure and Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Hubble and other missions​

Robert Shin
USA

Robert Shin

MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.)

for leadership in electromagnetic modeling of radar systems and in microwave remote sensing

Birsen Yazici
USA
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.)

for contributions to synthetic aperture radar and passive imaging​

2020

for contributions to statistical signal and sensor array processing for radar and sonar

Marco Martorella
ITA
University of Pisa
Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

for contributions to multi-static inverse synthetic aperture radars

for contributions to radar architectures and technologies

USA
Duke University
Region 3 (Southeastern U.S.)

for contributions to adaptive array processing algorithms

Evaluated by other Societies

for contributions to radar imaging and motion compensation algorithms

2019

Steve Butler
USA

Steve Butler

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

for technical leadership in aerospace systems

for contributions to adaptive radar signal processing with limited data

Teng Long
CHN

Teng Long

Beijing Institute of Technology

for contributions to high resolution radar systems

ITA

Marco Lops

University of Naples Federico II
Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

for contributions to radar target detection and estimation in clutter

Bruce Suter
USA

Bruce Suter

U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

for contributions to data acquisition for aerospace sensory information systems

2018

for contribution to through-the-wall radar imaging

Erik P. Blasch
USA
US Air Force Research Lab
Region 7 (Canada)

for leadership in aerospace information fusion systems

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USA
University of Dayton
Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

for contributions to synthetic aperture radar imaging

for contributions to coherent detection of radar signals in clutter

for leadership in space-based navigation, synchronization, and surveillance

2017

Raviraj Adve
CAN

Raviraj Adve

University of Toronto
Region 7 (Canada)

for contributions to cognitive sensing in passive and diversity

DEU

Uwe Hanebeck

Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

for contributions to nonlinear estimation and control

Evaluated by other Societies (CIS)

for contributions to interval type-2 fuzzy logic systems

for leadership in radar signal processing, receiver design, and direction finding architectures

Evaluated by other Societies (GRS)

for contributions to atmospheric and meteorological radar science

Michael Rice
USA

Michael Rice

Brigham Young University
Region 6 (Western U.S.)

for contributions to communication waveforms, detection algorithms, and channel models for aeronautical telemetry

for leadership in development of advanced radar systems

SWE

Lars Ulander

Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

Evaluated by other Societies (GRS)

for advances in VHF- and UHF-band synthetic aperture radar

2016

Chris Baker
GBR

Chris Baker

Aveillant
Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

for contributions to cognitive sensing in passive and diversity

for leadership in signal processing for radar systems

for leadership in knowledge-aided radar systems for indoor environments

for contributions to radar waveform diversity and design

for contributions to flight dynamics and control

Giuseppe A. Fabrizio
AUS
Defence Science and Technology Group
Region 10 (Asia and Pacific)

for contributions to adaptive array signal processing in over-the-horizon radar systems

Evaluated by other Societies (CS)

for contributions to modelling and controlling of marine crafts

Lance Kaplan
USA

Lance Kaplan

US Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

for contributions to signal processing and information fusion for situational awareness

Evaluated by other Societies (SP)

for contributions to the technology of multi-antenna wireless communications

for contributions to biomedical microelectromechanical systems

for contributions to navigational aspects of space systems

Martin vossiek
DEU
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Institute of Microwaves and Photonics (LHFT)
Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

Evaluated by other Societies (MTT)

for contributions to the design of wireless and radar positioning systems

Evaluated by other Societies (IM)

for contributions to radar systems for meteorology

2015

for leadership in automatic target recognition technology

for contributions to statistical signal processing with radar and sonar applications

for contributions to adaptive sensor systems in radar and communications

for contributions to advanced over-the-horizon radar

Evaluated by other Societies (C)

for contributions to high-performance computer vision algorithms for airborne applications

for contributions to signal processing for global navigation satellite systems

Evaluated by other Societies (CAS)

for contributions to chaotic communications and nonlinear signal processing

Evaluated by other Societies (COMM)

for contributions to feedback-adaptive wireless communication systems

for contributions to the development of correlation filters for automatic target recognition

for contributions to image and signal processing algorithms for sensor systems

for contributions to adaptive signal processing and radar systems

for contributions to ultra-wideband wireless communications

for leadership in advanced guidance, navigation and information systems

for contributions in high-performance low-power embedded processors

Ji Wu
CHN

Ji Wu

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Evaluated by other Societies (GRS)

for leadership in satellite remote sensing programs

2014

Dr. Joachim Ender
DEU
Fraunhofer FHR
Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

for contributions to multi-channel synthetic aperture radar and radar array signal processing

Robert L. Ewing
USA
Air Force Research Laboratory
Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

for contributions to electronic system design in avionics

Evaluated by other Societies (SysC)

for leadership in the definition of telecommunications satellite architectures and systems through innovation and technological exploitation

Kim Fowler
USA

Kim Fowler

Campbell University
Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

Evaluated by other Societies (IM)

for contributions to mission-critical and safety-critical systems engineering

Evaluated by other Societies (IA)

for contributions to electric power generation, conversion, and control in aircraft

Evaluated by other Societies (IA)

for contributions to the design and application of predictive and diagnostic algorithms in power electronics converters

Evaluated by other Societies (SysC)

for leadership in advanced technologies of defense security systems

for contributions to the understanding of ionospherice effects on global navigation satellite signals

Marina Ruggieri
ITA
University of Roma “Tor Vergata”
Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

for contributions to millimeter-wave satellite communications

for contributions to aviation safety

for leadership in signal processing and test methods for radars detecting advanced aircraft and cruise missiles in severe terrain clutter

2013

Evaluated by other Societies (GRS)

for leadership in space applications of microwave technology and remote sensing

Evaluated by other Societies (GRS)

for contributions to information mining of high resolution synthetic aperature radar and optical earth observation images

Antonio De Maio
ITA
University of Naples Federico II
Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

for contributions to radar signal processing

for development of digital avionics intra-communication systems and Mil-Std-1553

for contributions to design and development multi-channel radars

Evaluated by other Societies (GRS)

for contributions to advanced synthetic aperture radar systems

Evaluated by other Societies (AP)

for contributions to microwave tomography and antenna designs

2012

for leadership in developing consumer global positioning

for contribution in radar signal processing education

for contributions to miniature satellite technologies

Roy Streit
USA

Roy Streit

Metron Inc.
Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

for contributions to multi-target tracking, classification, and sonar signal processing

2011

Maria S. Greco
ITA
University of Pisa
Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

for contributing to non-Gaussian radar clutter modeling and signal processing algorithms

for contributions to satellite navigation for civil aviation

Wolfgang Koch Headshot
DEU
Fraunhofer FKIE
Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

for contributions to radar processing and target tracking theory

Eric Mokole
USA

Eric Mokole

Retired
Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

for leadership and contributions to ultra-wideband radar, waveform diversity, and tranionspheric space radar

2010

for contributions to multisensor data fusion and Bayesian inference

for contributions to Ground-Penetrating Radar

for contributions to adaptive radar signal processing

for leadership in aviation, aerospace, and defense communities

for contributions to the integration of military avionics

for contributions to statistical signal processing

for contributions to importance sampling and distributed detection in radar and communications

for leadership in the development and implementation of advanced space search systems

2009

for contributions to signal design and radio frequency compatibility of global positioning and navigation satellite systems

Frederick E. Daum
USA
Raytheon
Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.)

for the integration of modern mathematical signal processing and tracking techniques to practical radar implementation

for contributions to aerospace electronic systems and Communications, Command, Control And Intelligence infrastructure

for contributions to research in noise and chaotic waveform radars

for leadership in satellite communication and surveillance systems

for contributions to airborne radar for flight safety

2008

for contributions to adaptive thresholding radar signal detection

for leadership in model-based design and integration methods for large-scale embedded systems

for contributions to the standard international aircraft collision avoidance system

for contributions to adaptive antennas and advanced radar systems

for contributions to adaptive signal processing methods in radar systems

for contributions to distributed detection and decision fusion in sensor systems