The Fellow grade of membership is the highest level of membership, and cannot be applied for directly by the member – instead the candidate must be nominated by others. This grade of membership is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors in recognition of a high level of demonstrated extraordinary accomplishment.[1]
| Year | Fellow | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | For contributions to precision tracking radar and radar systems engineering | |
| 1972 | Laveen Kanal | For contributions to the theory of statistical pattern classification |
| 1973 | Edward Wolff | For contributions to antennas, geoscience instrumentation, and management of scientific projects |
| 1980 | V Prasad Kodali | For leadership in the planning of radar development |
| 1982 | Stanley White | For contributions to digital signal processing techniques and applications |
| 1984 | For contributions to the theory of stochastic systems and of multitarget tracking | |
| Arvid G Larson | For contributions to the development and application of ultra-wide instantaneous bandwidth antennas | |
| Milton Radant | For leadership in development of pulse Doppler radar and digital signal processing | |
| 1985 | William Skillman | For contributions to the field of pulse Doppler radar |
| 1989 | Steven Kay | For contributions to the theory and application of parametric spectral estimation and detection |
| Robert Nevin | For technical leadership in the development of lightweight airborne multimode pulse-Doppler radar | |
| 1990 | Fred Lee | For contributions to high-frequency quasi-resonant and multiresonant converters and for the development of a program of engineering education in power electronics |
| Roberto Sorrentino | For contributions to the modeling of planar and quasi-planar structures for microwave and millimeter-wave circuits | |
| 1991 | W. Ross Stone | For contributions to the fields of inverse problems and computational eletromagnetics |
| William Delaney | For leadership in the conceptual definition, promotion and management of air and space defensive systems | |
| For technical leadership and contributions to developing and exploiting the millimeter wavelengths in radar applications | ||
| John Schindler | For leadership in the development of effective programs in radar signal processing and antenna technology | |
| 1993 | Martti Hallikainen | For contributions to microwave remote sensing of forests, snow, and sea ice |
| For contributions to performance analysis and modeling of computer systems and networks and for providing a new direction for solutions to the problem of network congestion | ||
| 1994 | Richard Johnson | For contributions to the development of radio direction finding and location systems |
| For leadership in the development of programmable signal processors and low probability of intercept radar | ||
| Lloyd Krause | For contributions to world-wide satellite-based passive location system | |
| Robert Mcmillan | For development of phase and frequency, control techniques for millimeter-wave electromagnetic sources | |
| Jitendra Tugnait | For contributions to statistical signal processing and stochastic systems analysis | |
| 1995 | James Rowland | For leadership in electrical engineering education |
| R Longuemare | For contributions to radar systems and architecture | |
| John Pierro | For contributions to solid-state microwave low noise amplifiers, and integrated circuit developments | |
| 1996 | Takehiro Izumi | For leadership in the planning and institution of direct broadcasting by satellite and the development of channeling plan for such broadcasting |
| 1997 | David Lamensdorf | |
| For contributions to the development of computational electromagnetics and technological leadership of defense research and development in Australia | ||
| Michael Tuley | For contributions to radar cross section reduction technology and education | |
| For contributions to the theory and applications of distributed detection and data fusion | ||
| 1998 | Asad Madni | For leadership in the development of programmable signal processors and low probability of intercept radar |
| Dennis Knepp | For contributions to understanding the effects of random ionized media on signal propagation, leading to the development of mitigation techniques for satellite communications and radar systems | |
| Nadav Levanon | For contributions to radar signal analysis and detection | |
| Roger Peterson | For contributions to spread spectrum communication system design and personal communication systems | |
| 1999 | For contributions to pulse compression and target recognition theory and practice | |
| For development of innovative research radars and radar studies of polar sea and glacial ice | ||
| Kaushik Rajashekara | For contributions to advancement of propulsion systems for electric and hybrid vehicles | |
| 2000 | For development and application of adaptive signal processing methods for radar systems | |
| Hugh Griffiths | For contributions to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Interferometric SAR, and Sonar | |
| Meir Pachter | For contributions to theory and practice of flight control, and guidance | |
| Soo-chang Pei | For contributions to the development of digital eigenfilter design, color image coding and signal compression, and to electrical engineering education in Taiwan | |
| 2001 | Leslie Novak | For contributions to optimal processing of polarimetric radar data |
| For contributions to pattern recognition, sensor fusion, automated intelligent decision system design and image processing | ||
| Richard Linderman | For contributions to the design of embedded high performance computing technology and its use in aerospace signal and image processing systems | |
| Ram Narayanan | For contributions to the development of coherent ultra-wideband random noise radar systems for high-resolution imaging applications | |
| 2002 | William Blair | For technical leadership in and contributions to developing multitarget-multisensor tracking technology and applications |
| Leo Ligthart | For contributions to antenna research and radar technology | |
| 2003 | Bruce Danly | For contributions to the development of high-power millimeter-wave sources for fusion, accelerator, and defense applications |
| Simon Watts | For contributions to radar clutter modeling and detection theory | |
| For contributions to detection, target tracking, and signal processing | ||
| 2004 | Russell Lefevre | For leadership and contributions to civil applications of radar technology |
| Alberto Moreira | For contributions to synthetic aperture radar systems and high resolution signal processing and image formation algorithms | |
| Surendra Pal | For contributions to space-borne communication systems | |
| Robert Rassa | For contributions to automated system testing | |
| George Schmidt | For contributions to integrated guidance and navigation systems | |
| Paul Steffes | For contributions to the understanding of planetary atmospheres | |
| For contributions to wideband wireless transmission | ||
| 2005 | Rick Blum | For contributions to detection, data fusion, and signal processing for multiple sensors |
| Mark Davis | For contributions in modern airborne radar systems and their implementation with emerging technologies | |
| Joseph Guerci | For contributions to advanced radar theory and its embodiment in real world systems | |
| 2006 | Eric Evans | For technical leadership in development of advanced air and missile defense systems |
| Eastwood Im | For contributions to spaceborne atmospheric radar remote sensing | |
| Paul Nielsen | For leadership in aerospace electronic and space systems | |
| Muralidhar Rangaswamy | For contributions to mathematical techniques for radar space-time adaptive processing | |
| Thomas Robertazzi | For contributions to parallel processor scheduling | |
| 2007 | For contributions to image and signal processing algorithms for sensor systems | |
| Gregory Bottomley | For contributions to wireless communication systems | |
| Paul Antonik | For contributions to knowledge-based radar systems | |
| Ben Chen | For contributions to linear systems theory, robust control theory, and industrial control applications | |
| Victor Chen | For contributions to time-frequency analysis for radar imaging and target feature extraction | |
| Fulvio Gini | For contributions to optimal radar signal processing techniques | |
| Yaakov Oshman | For contributions to information fusion and estimation theory for aerospace applications | |
| Braham Himed | For contributions to signal processing in multistatic radar | |
| Richard Hochberg | For leadership in engineering and management of advanced electronic systems | |
| 2008 | William Melvin | For contributions to adaptive signal processing methods in radar systems |
| John Schmalzel | For leadership in engineering education | |
| 2009 | For contributions to adaptive signal processing for detection and estimation in radar arrays | |
| Pasquale Daponte | For contributions to the metrology and standardization of analog to digital and digital to analog converters | |
| Frederick Daum | For the integration of modern mathematical signal processing and tracking techniques to practical radar implementation | |
| Konstyantyn Lukin | For contributions to research in noise and chaotic waveform radars | |
| Ramjee Prasad | For leadership in developing personal wireless communications technologies | |
| Felix Yanovsky | For contributions to airborne radar for flight safety | |
| 2010 | Jennifer Bernhard | For development of multifunctional, reconfigurable, and integrated antennas |
| Daniel Fuhrmann | For contributions to adaptive radar signal processing | |
| Soren Madsen | For leadership in the design and development of airborne and spaceborne remote sensing instruments | |
| John Vesecky | For contributions to marine remote sensing and technology | |
| 2011 | D Barrick | For development of high frequency radars and applications |
| Mark Bell | For contributions to signal design and processing in radar and communication systems | |
| Veronique Ferlet-cavrois | For contributions to understanding of radiation effects on electronic devices | |
| Maria Greco | For contributions to non-Gaussian radar clutter modeling and signal processing algorithms | |
| Eric Mokole | For leadership and contributions to ultra-wideband radar, waveform diversity, and transionospheric space radar | |
| Paul Rosen | For contributions to Earth and planetary radar remote sensing | |
| Masanobu Shimada | Motoyuki Sato | For contributions to radar remote sensing technologies in environmental and humanitarian applications |
| 2012 | For contributions to linear and nonlinear equalizers for adaptive systems | |
| For contributions to multi-target tracking, classification, and sonar signal processing | ||
| 2013 | For contributions to design and development multi-channel radars | |
| Om Prakash Calla | For leadership in space applications of microwave technology and remote sensing | |
| For contributions to information mining of high resolution synthetic aperature radar and optical earth observation images | ||
| For contributions to radar signal processing | ||
| For contributions to compressed sampling, generalized sampling, and convex optimization | ||
| For development of digital avionics intra-communication systems and Mil-Std-1553 | ||
| For contributions to advanced synthetic aperture radar systems | ||
| James Libous | For contributions to switching noise minimization in CMOS technology | |
| 2014 | For contributions to millimeter-wave satellite communications | |
| For leadership in signal processing and test methods for radars detecting advanced aircraft and cruise missiles in severe terrain clutter | ||
| B Arbesser-Rastburg | For leadership in satellite communications, navigation, and remote sensing | |
| Robert Ewing | For contributions to electronic system design in avionics | |
| For contributions to the design and application of predictive and diagnostic algorithms in power electronics converters | ||
| For contributions to the analysis of cost and life-cycle of electronic systems | ||
| For contributions to spaceborne meteorological instruments and radar | ||
| 2015 | For contributions to statistical signal processing with radar and sonar applications | |
| For contributions to signal processing for global navigation satellite systems | ||
| William Song | For contributions in high-performance low-power embedded processors | |
| For leadership in satellite remote sensing programs | ||
| Daniel Bliss | For contributions to adaptive sensor systems in radar and communications | |
| For contributions on characterization and design of nonlinear RF circuits | ||
| 2016 | Christopher Baker | For contributions to cognitive sensing in passive and diversity radars |
| For leadership in signal processing for radar systems | ||
| For contributions to radar waveform diversity and design | ||
| David Doman | For contributions to flight dynamics and control | |
| For contributions to adaptive array signal processing in over-the-horizon radar systems | ||
| For contributions to modelling and controlling of marine crafts | ||
| For contributions to signal processing and information fusion for situational awareness | ||
| Erik Larsson | For contributions to the technology of multi-antenna wireless communications | |
| For contributions to navigational aspects of space systems | ||
| 2017 | Raviraj Adve | For development of signal processing techniques for airborne radar |
| Uwe Hanebeck | For contributions to nonlinear estimation and control | |
| Qilian Liang | For contributions to interval type-2 fuzzy logic systems | |
| Michael Rice | For contributions to communication waveforms, detection algorithms, and channel models for aeronautical telemetry | |
| Frank Robey | For leadership in development of advanced radar systems | |
| Lars Ulander | For advances in VHF- and UHF-band synthetic aperture radar | |
| 2018 | Erik Blasch | For leadership in aerospace information fusion systems |
| Earl Mc Cune | For leadership in polar modulation circuits and signals | |
| Stephen Welby | For leadership in defense and aerospace systems engineering | |
| Martin Haardt | For contributions to multi-user MIMO communications and tensor-based signal processing | |
| Yilong Lu | For contributions to array antenna techniques in radar systems | |
| Ronghai Qu | For contributions to flux modulation machines and wind generators | |
| Brian Rigling | For contributions to synthetic aperture radar imaging | |
| Kevin Sangston | For contributions to coherent detection of radar signals in clutter | |
| David Whelan | For leadership in space-based navigation, synchronization, and surveillance | |
| 2019 | Steven Butler | For technical leadership in aerospace systems |
| Marco Lops | For contributions to radar target detection and estimation in clutter | |
| Bruce Suter | For contributions to data acquisition for aerospace sensory information systems | |
| 2020 | Jeff Krolik | For contributions to statistical signal and sensor array processing for radar and sonar |
| Marco Martorella | For contributions to multi-static inverse synthetic aperture radars | |
| Daniel Rabideau | For contributions to radar architectures and technologies | |
| Christ Richmond | For contributions to adaptive array processing algorithms | |
| 2021 | Stefano Coraluppi | For contributions to multi-sensor multi-target tracking |
| Michael D. Griffin | For leadership in space infrastructure and Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Hubble, and other missions | |
| Robert T-I. Shin | For leadership in electromagnetic modeling of radar systems and in microwave remote sensing | |
| For contributions to synthetic aperture radar and passive imaging | ||
| 2022 | Maruthi Akella | For contributions to spacecraft control systems |
| Chee-Yee Chong | For contributions to information fusion methods for multi-sensor tracking | |
| Jerald Nespor | For contributions Digital AESA Radar Systems | |
| Daniel Tazartes | For contributions to inertial sensors and navigation systems | |
| Frank van Diggelen | For contributions to assisted global navigation satellite systems for consumer applications | |
| 2023 | Michael Braasch | For contributions to GPS multipath error characterization and mitigation |
| Karen Haigh | For contributions to closed-loop control of embedded systems | |
| Anthony Martone | For contributions to the development and validation of cognitive radar systems | |
| Khanh Pham | For leadership in military aerospace decision support systems and strategic small business innovation |