Fred Nathanson Memorial Radar Award

$1,000 and plaque. Up to $1,000  to attend the award ceremony can be authorized by the AESS President. In addition, the awardee can receive a $1,000 education grant from an endowment established by the Nathanson family pending the submission and approval of a short proposal.

Funded by the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society from funds generated by AESS Systems Panel Conferences. The education grant is funded by the IEEE Foundation from an endowment established by the Nathanson family.

At the IEEE Radar Conference or International Radar Conference

The Nathanson selection committee is comprised of seven (7) members of the IEEE AES Radar Systems Panel, inclusive of the committee chair. Members of this committee generally serve during their tenure on the panel, though they may be rotated more frequently in the case of conflicts, whereby a member is perceived to receive a benefit from the success of one candidate over others. Committee membership strives to maintain a distribution that is internationally representative of the radar community. The award is advertised on the AESS webpage and in the AESS Systems Magazine.  The committee chair solicits the education grant proposal to be funded under the Nathanson family gift, and the AESS Awards Chair provides approval.

Individual contributions to the radar community through technical papers, presentations, inventions, or products.

The selection criteria are based on four equally weighted categories, which are a) the impact of contributions to the advancement of radar systems, b) the breadth of contributions to the radar art, c) engagement with the IEEE/AESS radar community, and d) the strength of the reference letters.

To recognize a young (less than 40 years of age on December 31 before the nomination deadline) AESS radar engineer whose performance is particularly noteworthy as evidenced by contributions to the radar art over a period of several years.

Nominees must be a member (in any grade) of IEEE AESS and must have made outstanding contributions to the radar art; nominations must permit appraisal of the contributions.

An individual may serve as a nominator or reference for only one candidate for the Nathanson Award in the year of consideration. If the individual serves in either role for two candidates, the nomination and reference(s) will be removed from consideration.

For questions, please contact the awards chair.