John Tyndall Award Explained

John Tyndall Award
Awarded For:	An individual who has made pioneering, highly significant, or continuing technical or leadership contributions to fiber optics technology
Presenter:	The Optical Society and IEEE Photonics Society
Location:	Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC)^[1]
Year:	1987
Website:	John Tyndall Award

The John Tyndall Award is given to the "individual who has made pioneering, highly significant, or continuing technical or leadership contributions to fiber optics technology". The award is named after John Tyndall (1820-1893), who demonstrated for the first time internal reflection.^[2]

This award is sponsored and presented by both the IEEE Photonics Society (formerly called IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society)^[3] and The Optical Society (OSA).^{[1] [4]}

Recipients of this award will receive a special crystal sculpture that represents the concept of total internal reflection (endowed by Corning, Inc.), a scroll, and an honorarium.^{[4] [2]}

Recipients

Following people received the John Tyndall Award:^{[4] [2]}

• 2024 David Richardson
• 2023 Ming-Jun Li
• 2022 Meint Smit
• 2021 Michal Lipson^[5]
• 2020: Roel Baets^[6]
• 2019: Kim Roberts^[7]
• 2018: Peter J. Winzer
• 2017:
• 2016: Alan H. Gnauck
• 2015:
• 2014: Kazuro Kikuchi
• 2013: James J. Coleman
• 2012: John E. Bowers^[8]
• 2011: David F. Welch
• 2010: C. Randy Giles
• 2009: Joe C. Campbell
• 2008: Robert W. Tkach
• 2007: Emmanuel Desurvire
• 2006:
• 2005:
• 2004: Larry A. Coldren
• 2003: Andrew Chraplyvy
• 2002: Neal S. Bergano
• 2001: Tatsuo Izawa
• 2000: Stewart Personick
• 1999: John B. MacChesney^[9]
• 1998: ^[10]
• 1997:
• 1996: Kenneth O. Hill^[11]
• 1995: Tingye Li
• 1994:
• 1993: Yasuharu Suematsu
• 1992: Donald B. Keck
• 1991: David N. Payne
• 1990: Thomas G. Giallorenzi
• 1989: Stewart E. Miller
• 1988: Michael K. Barnoski
• 1987: Robert D. Maurer^[12]

See also

• List of engineering awards
• List of physics awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: OFC Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20150306021559/http://www.ofcconference.org/en-us/home/program-speakers/awards/ . dead . 6 March 2015 . . 7 May 2015 .
2. Web site: John Tyndall Award . . 7 May 2015.
3. Web site: 2009 IEEE News Releases - IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Becomes IEEE Photonics Society . . April 9, 2009 . December 28, 2010 . dead . https://archive.today/20130126075941/http://ieeec.com/about/news/2009/9april.html . January 26, 2013 .
4. Web site: John Tyndall Award . . 2018-07-13.
5. Web site: John Tyndall Award Optica . 2023-12-16 . www.optica.org.
6. Web site: John Tyndall Award - IEEE Photonics Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20191114214059/https://www.photonicssociety.org/awards/john-tyndall-award. dead. 2019-11-14. 2019-11-14. 2019-11-14.
7. Web site: Honoring Ciena's Kim Roberts - Ciena . www.ciena.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190308003008/https://www.ciena.com/insights/articles/Honoring-Cienas-Kim-Roberts---recipient-of-the-2019-John-Tyndall-Award.html . 2019-03-08.
8. Sarah. Cogan. The Optical Society Announces 18 Awards for 2012. Physics Today. AIP Publishing. 1945-0699. 10.1063/pt.4.0408. 2 April 2012.
9. OSA Recognizes Contributions to Optics. Physics Today. AIP Publishing. 52. 7. 1999. 0031-9228. 10.1063/1.2802804. 68.
10. Optical Society of America Announces Awards for 1998 . Physics Today . AIP Publishing . 51 . 6 . 1998 . 0031-9228 . 10.1063/1.2805864 . 88.
11. OSA Names Award Recipients for 1996 . Physics Today . AIP Publishing . 49 . 3 . 1996 . 0031-9228 . 10.1063/1.2807554 . 119. 1996PhT....49R.119. .
12. OSA Awards Mark Achievements in Many Facets of Optical Science. Physics Today. AIP Publishing. 42. 7. 1989. 0031-9228. 10.1063/1.2811098. 85. 1989PhT....42g..85..