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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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Meet the recipients of the 2022 IEEE medals, service awards, honorary membership, and corporate recognition. IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google ANANTHA CHANDRAKASAN MIT “For contributions to ultralow-power circuits and systems, and for leadership in academia and advancing diversity in the profession.” IEEE THEODORE W.

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IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers

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IEEE FOUNDERS MEDAL Sponsor: IEEE Richard and Mary Jo Stanley Memorial Fund of the IEEE Foundation RODNEY ALLEN BROOKS MIT “For leadership in research and commercialization of autonomous robotics, including mobile, humanoid, service, and manufacturing robots.” IEEE RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL Sponsor: Qualcomm, Inc. IEEE JACK S. IEEE RICHARD M.

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the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) challenge. Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., million are injured. Bandivadekar, A., Heywood, J.,

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When the center opened in 1970, it was unlike other major industrial research laboratories; its work wasn’t tied, even loosely, to its corporate parent’s current product lines. The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976. and Toronto, Ont.,

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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KAHN Corporation for National Research Initiatives Reston, Va. CHAN MIT “For pioneering technical contributions and leadership in the fields of space and terrestrial optical communications and networks.” VAIDYANATHAN Caltech “For contributions to theory and practice of statistical, graph, and distributed signal processing.”

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