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In Memoriam: Ekhard Karl Hermann Salje, FRS

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Spring into Learning with IEEE UFFC-S CATAVault

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FerroMaster Online Course Launches on Catavault

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UFFC Society Report and Action Plan Accepted by IEEE TAB

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Welcoming Our New T-UFFC Associate Editors

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Call for Special Program Funding Applications for UFFC Global Outreach Symposiums

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UFFC Member Brendan Hanrahan Honored with Presidential Award for Mentorship

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2025-2027 Elected AdCom Results Announced

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2025

2025-01-14 : Become a Volunteer with IEEE UFFC Society
2025-01-14 : Call for Bids for IEEE ISAF 2028
2025-01-03 : President’s Message – January 2025

2024

2024-12-23 : IEEE IUS 2026: Call for Challenge Proposals
2024-12-13 : Celebrating the 2025 IEEE UFFC Fellows
2024-12-12 : Call for Associate Editor of T-UFFC
2024-12-04 : Call for IUS TPC Volunteers
2024-12-02 : IEEE UFFC Awards Now Open!
2024-10-28 : UFFC Member Tapped As IEEE WIE Distinguished Lecturer
2024-10-24 : Membership Notification: Updates to UFFC Constitution and Bylaws
2024-10-24 : Call for Volunteers: Two New Vice President Positions
2024-10-22 : Celebrating Excellence: The 2024 IEEE UFFC Awardees
2024-10-22 : UFFC France Chapter Cocktail at JS in Taipei
2024-10-22 : Strong UFFC Publication Dynamics at the JS in Taipei
2024-10-22 : 2024 UFFC Publication Awards
2024-10-22 : News from the Outreach Ambassador
2024-09-04 : Call for Special Program Funding Applications for UFFC Global Outreach Symposiums
2024-08-09 : UFFC Joint Symposium Registration Open
2024-07-27 : Long-time UFFC Member Co-Authors New Book: Essentials of Ultrasound Imaging
2024-07-26 : Simon Fraser Student Branch Chapter Event
2024-07-26 : President's Message: UFFC Journal Transformation
2024-07-15 : Call for Featured Achievement Banners at the Joint Symposium
2024-07-12 : FerroSchool 2024 Registration Open
2024-07-12 : WULPUS: An open - source Wearable Ultra - Low Power UltraSound probe
2024-06-10 : Call for Bids for the 5th UFFC Ferroschool
2024-06-10 : June 2024 IEEE UFFC Newsletter Released
2024-06-10 : IEEE Introduces IEEE WIE Family Care Grants
2024-06-10 : IEEE UFFC Offers Support to Attend the NIST Time and Frequency Seminar
2024-05-02 : IEEE UFFC France Chapter Finally Founded
2024-05-02 : The 2023 Symposium on Piezoelectricity, Acoustic Waves, and Device Applications Successfully Held in Chengdu (SPAWDA 2023)
2024-04-18 : UFFC Monthly Publications Table of Contents
2024-04-01 : Deadline Extension: Frequency Control Awards
2024-02-23 : Executive Committee Spotlight - Debra Coler
2024-01-04 : UFFC Scholars Program
2024-01-03 : IEEE Microsystems Boston Chapter: A Year of Inauguration and Collective Synergy
2024-01-03 : IEEE UFFC Distinguished Lecturer Final Report: 2021-2023
2024-01-02 : Call for Nominations: 2025-2027 Elected AdCom
2024-01-02 : Summer School on Frequency Standards, Precision and Quantum Measurement | The 9th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology
2024-01-02 : Executive Committee Spotlight - Lori Bridal
2024-01-02 : UFFC-S Presidents Message - January 2024 - Dragan Damjanovic

2023

2023-12-18 : IEEE UFFC-S Launches CATAVault!
2023-12-07 : UFFC-S Award Nominations Open
2023-11-30 : 2023 4th Ferroelectric School in Xi'an, China - Recap
2023-11-28 : UFFC-S Latin America Webinar Series
2023-11-02 : UFFC Announces Two Outreach Initiative Symposiums!
2023-11-01 : UFFC Seattle Chapter Finally Founded
2023-11-01 : Tumor-destroying soundwaves receive FDA approval for liver treatment in humans
2023-11-01 : Demonstration Show event at IUS 2023
2023-11-01 : Transition in Industry at IUS 2023
2023-11-01 : Virtual Coffee Exchange
2023-10-31 : Student Events at the IEEE IUS 2023
2023-10-31 : 2023 International Ultrasonics Symposium Recap
2023-10-26 : Senior Membership
2023-10-25 : 2023 UFFC-S Awardees
2023-08-24 : Call for Proposals - 2024 Ferroschool in Europe
2023-08-24 : 2023 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium
2023-08-18 : Industry Events at IUS 2023
2023-08-17 : UFFC-S Presidents Message - August 2023 - Mark Schafer
2023-07-24 : 2023 4th Ferroelectric School in Xi'an, China
2023-07-19 : Call for IFCS 2025 and 2026 Organization and Location Proposals
2023-06-12 : 2023 Virtual Coffee Exchange
2023-06-07 : 2022 UFFC Support and Outreach Investments
2023-06-06 : UFFC-S Distinguished Lecturers Met with the Student Branch Chapter at Simon Fraser University
2023-06-05 : IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) - 2027 Call for Proposals
2023-05-01 : Check out our YouTube Channel!
2023-02-21 : Winter FerroSchool 2022
2023-02-06 : The 16th Symposium on Piezoelectricity, Acoustic Waves, and Device Applications Held Successfully in Nanjing
2023-01-12 : UFFC-S Open Journal Article Processing Charge (APC) Waived Through 31 December 2023

2022

2022-12-29 : 2024-2026 Elected AdCom Nominations Now Open
2022-12-28 : Call for President-Elect Nominations
2022-12-13 : Student Social Event at IUS 2022
2022-12-13 : Student-Professional Networking and Meet Your Student Reps at IUS 2022
2022-12-13 : Student Pitch Competition at IUS 2022
2022-12-13 : Student Job Seeking Skills at IUS 2022
2022-12-07 : Call for Applications - Student Representatives
2022-12-07 : IEEE UFFC-S Represented at IEEE HKN Conference
2022-12-07 : Omer Oralkan Awarded Sensors Council Achievement Award
2022-12-07 : IEEE UFFC-S Booth at Focused Ultrasound Foundation Symposium
2022-12-05 : Looking back at highlights from IUS 2022
2022-12-01 : Congratulations to the 2023 Class of IEEE Fellows from UFFC-S
2022-11-28 : UFFC-S 2023-2025 Elected AdCom Slate
2022-11-09 : All UFFC-S Awards Now Open - Nominate Your Colleagues!
2022-11-02 : Call for Proposals - 4th UFFC-S School on Ferroelectricity
2022-10-17 : Waves and Transducers - 2022
2022-09-26 : Call for Nominations - UFFC-S Elected AdCom Members Term 2023-2025
2022-08-25 : The Ultrasonic Industry Association (UIA) will host its Virtual Collaboration
2022-08-24 : Registration Open for IUS 2022
2022-07-25 : 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium - Updates
2022-07-25 : 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium: 10 -13 October
2022-05-17 : ASE and UFFC-S to Co-Host Upcoming Hackathon
2022-05-03 : Member Spotlight: Prof. Zhen Xu's Lab at the University of Michigan develops a noninvasive sound technology
2022-03-17 : New Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows Announced in the Field of Ultrasonics
2022-03-02 : Message from the UFFC-S President Mark Schafer
2022-02-22 : Dr. Mark Schafer and Dr. Muyinatu Bell Elected to the 2022 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
2022-02-09 : UFFC-S Virtual Lecturer Education Series
2022-01-12 : Open Volunteer Positions Available!

2021

2021-11-04 : Industrial Engagement Leadership Development Workshop Series Registration Open
2021-11-02 : Call for Nominations: Deputy Vice President for Ferroelectrics
2021-09-23 : Volunteer Opportunities with UFFC-S
2021-01-15 : IEEE-UFFC co-sponsors the 15th Symposium on Piezoelectricity, Acoustic Waves, and Device Applications
2021-01-06 : IEEE IUS 2021 is Transitioning to a Virtual Conference
2021-01-04 : IEEE EFTF-IFCS 2021 Call For Papers

2020

2020-12-23 : UFFC FerroTalk Webinar series on YouTube
2020-12-23 : Introductory Course on Piezoelectric Materials, Properties, and Devices by Dragan Damjanovic on YouTube
2020-12-23 : 2021 ISAF-ISIF-PFM Joint Conference
2020-12-21 : From the Desk of the Transactions Editor in Chief: Peter A. Lewin
2020-12-13 : Looking for a Deputy UFFC-S Newsletter Editor-in-Chief
2020-12-09 : Ferroelectrics Standing Committee : Looking for volunteers
2020-12-07 : Announcing the new IEEE Open Access Journal of Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control —Submit a paper today!
2020-11-27 : An interview with Walter Guyton Cady
2020-11-25 : Final UFFC-S President's message for 2020
2020-11-23 : Search for Editor-in-Chief and Editor-in-Chief Elect for UFFC-S Journals
2020-11-16 : Nominations sought for VP Ultrasonics
2020-11-14 : IEEE IUS 2020
2020-11-14 : Student Paper Competition and UFFC ePoster Competition Winners at IUS 2020
2020-11-14 : Milestone dedication held on November 5th 2020
2020-11-14 : 2020 IEEE UFFC September AdCom meeting
2020-11-05 : IEEE UFFC Transactions: Special Issue on Ultrasound in COVID-19 and Lung Diagnostics
2020-10-21 : Ferroelectrics Awards – Nominations Due January 15, 2021
2020-10-21 : Invitation : IEEE Milestone Dedication Ceremony
2020-10-21 : IEEE UFFC IUS Medical Ultrasonics Technical Program Committee – Call for New Members
2020-10-10 : Student-Professional Networking at IUS 2020
2020-10-10 : Student Pitch Competition at IUS 2020 : Update
2020-10-10 : Student Social at IUS 2020
2020-10-08 : Challenge on Ultrasound Beamforming with Deep Learning : 2020 IUS
2020-10-07 : Women in Engineering Virtual Event at the IEEE IUS 2020
2020-09-08 : Ultrasonics and UFFC Awards Ceremony at IUS 2020
2020-09-08 : Allen Henry Meitzler (1928-2020)
2020-09-04 : Call for Challenge at IUS 2022
2020-08-30 : Ultrasound Industry Perspectives: Career Development in Industry
2020-08-26 : Dick White (1930-2020)
2020-08-19 : Ekkehard Peik IEEE-UFFC Distinguished Lecturer : Reporting on visits in 2018/2019
2020-08-13 : IEEE UFFC Society AdCom Election Deadline Extended to 9 September
2020-08-05 : IEEE UFFC IUS Program is now on-line
2020-08-04 : IFCS-ISAF 2020 Virtual Conference
2020-08-04 : Student Paper Awards of IFCS-ISAF 2020
2020-08-03 : John Vig Wins the 2020 IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award
2020-07-31 : Ferroelectrics Pub Quiz event at the IFCS-ISAF 2020 Virtual Conference
2020-07-31 : Léandre Pourcelot: Oral History
2020-07-31 : Get Connected: All Stage Networking
2020-07-31 : Second IEEE UFFC-S Student Pitch Competition
2020-07-29 : Calling all creative IEEE UFFC-S members
2020-07-28 : July 2020: UFFC-S President's message
2020-07-28 : IEEE Annual Election: 17 August to 1 October 2020
2020-07-25 : IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology
2020-07-23 : Jan Brown Enters the IEEE TAB Hall of Honor
2020-07-23 : Women in Engineering (WIE) Event at IFCS-ISAF 2020
2020-07-23 : 2020 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada September 6-11, 2020
2020-07-23 : 2020 IEEE UFFC Society Ferroelectrics Awards
2020-07-20 : IEEE Sensors Council
2020-07-20 : Dr. Victor Plessky Awarded the 2020 C.B. Sawyer Memorial Award
2020-07-20 : In memoria: Alain Coron (1971-2020)
2020-07-20 : IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC)
2020-07-20 : Welcome Ceremony and IFCS Awards of IFCS-ISAF 2020
2020-07-20 : Susan T. McKinstry named Evan Pugh Professor
2020-07-16 : Impact and content not to miss in TUFFC
2020-07-14 : Looking forward to the IFCS-ISAF 2020 Conference
2020-07-12 : Ceremony for the placement of the IEEE Milestone in honor of Walter Guyton Cady
2020-07-03 : CALL FOR PAPERS Histotripsy: approaches, mechanisms, hardware, and applications
2020-06-22 : UFFC-S Message on Black Lives Matter
2020-06-22 : 2020 IEEE UFFC Society Election – Begins 29 June
2020-05-26 : Important Information IFCS-ISAF 100% Virtual
2020-05-15 : Transactions in Medical Imaging
2020-05-13 : Student Events at IFCS-ISAF 2020
2020-05-11 : IEEE-UFFC Ferroelectrics Standing Committee – first meeting in 2020
2020-05-10 : First IEEE UFFC-S Star Ambassadors Named
2020-05-10 : 2020 Ferroelectrics School postponed to 2021
2020-05-10 : Distinctions in 2019
2020-05-10 : Ultrasonics Standing Committee Meeting April 25th, 2020
2020-05-10 : IFCS-ISAF 2020 from July 19th to 23rd
2020-05-05 : 2020 IEEE-UFFC Frequency Control Standing Committee Meeting
2020-04-17 : TUFFC News: from the desk of the Editor-in-Chief
2020-04-17 : Questions and Answers with the UFFC-S President
2020-04-17 : James F. Scott (1942-2020)
2020-04-11 : Dr. Zhen Xu Receives the 2019 Andrew J. Lockhart Memorial Prize
2020-04-04 : Charles Cain (1943-2020)
2020-04-04 : CALL FOR PAPERS Fast-Track Special Issue on Ultrasound in COVID-19 and Lung Diagnostics
2020-03-29 : IEEE Is Making Its COVID-19 Related Papers Available for Free.
2020-03-26 : Announcing the Ferroelectrics School 2020
2020-03-13 : IEEE UFFC Announcement regarding the developing situation with COVID-19 and all UFFC events
2020-03-12 : New UFFC-S Student Representatives for 2020
2020-03-10 : Call for Nominations for IEEE Council on RFID Officer Positions (2020-2021)
2020-02-22 : Call for ISAF 2025 Organization and Location Proposals
2020-02-13 : 2019 IEEE UFFC AdCom meeting in Glasgow

2017

2017-07-19 : UFFC-S Newly Approved Constitution
2017-05-30 : Updated UFFC-S Bylaws are Approved by IEEE
2017-05-18 : New WIE Committee Member from Ferroelectrics
2017-05-03 : New Student Representatives
2017-05-02 : Oral History of Dr. Charles Maerfeld
2017-04-16 : Meet the Newest IEEE UFFC Student Chapters
2017-03-22 : Clemens Ruppel: Intl. Electrotechnical Commission's 1906 Award
2017-03-19 : Pierre Tournois (1937 - 2017)
2017-03-16 : New ‘Nanoacoustic Devices, Processes and Materials’ Technical Committee
2017-03-16 : Oral History of Dr. Toshio Mitsui
2017-02-19 : 2017 Joint IEEE ISAF-IWATMD-PFM
2017-02-19 : Women in Engineering (WiE) IEEE UFFC-S Committee, 2017
2017-02-18 : Meet the IEEE UFFC-S Newsletter Team
2017-02-18 : Professor Stuart Foster inducted into the National Academy of Engineering
2017-02-09 : Welcome to the New UFFC-S Website
2017-01-25 : Awards Ceremony IUS 2016
2017-01-24 : New AdCom Officers in 2017
2017-01-19 : UFFC AdCom Officers stepping down from their posts at end of 2016
2017-01-18 : IEEE ISAF/ECAPD/PFM 2016 Women in Engineering event
2017-01-18 : Manuscripts and Media from 2016 IUS
2017-01-14 : Leslie Eric Cross (1929 – 2016)

2016

2016-12-15 : 2016 IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectrics
2016-12-15 : 2nd 2016 IEEE UFFC-S AdCom Meeting
2016-12-15 : In Memoriam
2016-12-08 : UFFC-S Members Elevated 2017 IEEE Fellows
2016-12-01 : News Page Feature
2016-10-08 : IEEE Transactions on UFFC: New version of Manuscript Central (V4)
2016-10-08 : New Transactions Editor-in-Chief
2016-10-08 : IEEE Transactions on UFFC Implements IEEE Open Access
2016-09-23 : IEEE UFFC-S Awards: Ferroelectrics
2016-09-23 : Student Activities at ISAF/ECAPD/PFM 2016
2016-09-23 : Submission to Publication for IEEE Transactions on UFFC is ever becoming more efficient
2016-09-22 : Newly Elected IEEE UFFC-S AdCom Members for 2017-2019
2016-09-22 : 2016 IEEE IUS in Tours, France
2016-09-15 : 1st 2016 AdCom Meeting, in conjunction with the 2016 International Frequency Control Symposium
2016-08-18 : WIE Event at 2016 IFCS
2016-08-11 : Early Ferroelectricity History
2016-06-30 : IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology
2016-06-30 : Photo Highlights from the 2016 International Frequency Control Symposium
2016-06-28 : 2016 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) Highlights
2016-06-23 : IEEE UFFC Society Sponsors Students to Attend NIST Time and Frequency Seminar
2016-06-23 : Impact factor of IEEE Trans. UFFC has risen from 1.512 to 2.287
2016-06-16 : Student Activities at IFCS in New Orleans, May 2016
2016-06-14 : Challenge event at IUS 2016
2016-04-27 : Prof. Dr. Franz Seifert - Oral History
2016-04-17 : 2016 IEEE UFFC Society Travel Support for the NIST Time and Frequency Seminar!
2016-04-07 : Prof. Dr. Franz Seifert - Obituary
2016-04-05 : Two Oral Histories Added
2016-01-27 : IEEE Transactions on UFFC Content Alerts
2016-01-27 : Proceedings of the 2015 Conference on the Applications of Ferroelectrics Available in IEEE Xplore
2016-01-27 : 2015 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings Available in IEEE Xplore
2016-01-27 : 2015 Frequency Control Proceedings Posted in IEEE Xplore
2016-01-27 : ORCID To Be Required of Authors
2016-01-27 : Elevated 2016 UFFC-S Fellow
2016-01-05 : October 2015 AdCom Meeting Minutes
2016-01-05 : 2015 Symposium on Piezoelectricity, Acoustic Waves, and Device Applications (SPAWDA 2015)

2015

2015-12-16 : IEEE UFFC WIE Event, IUS 2015
2015-12-16 : UFFC-S Videos
2015-12-16 : 2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) in Taipei
2015-12-09 : 2nd 2015 AdCom Meeting In conjunction with the 2015 International Ultrasonics Symposium, TICC, Taipei, Taiwan, October 25, 2015
2015-12-09 : 2016-2018 elected AdCom members
2015-12-09 : April 2015 AdCom Meeting Minutes
2015-12-09 : Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb elected to be the next President-Elect
2015-12-09 : Lori Bridal appointed as the new Newsletter Editor-in-Chief
2015-12-09 : UFFC President Jian-yu Lu was recognized for his outstanding service
2015-10-12 : 2015 Meeting Photos and Videos
2015-10-12 : 2017-2019 UFFC Symposia
2015-09-21 : Travel Reimbursement Policy
2015-08-27 : Reports from Distinguished Lecturers
2015-08-13 : Overview of ISAF-ISIF-PFM 2015
2015-07-20 : Student activities at 2015 International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics
2015-07-20 : IFCS-EFTF 2015 News
2015-07-20 : WIE activities at 2015 International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics
2015-07-06 : Intellectual Property Protection
2015-06-08 : Newsletters
2015-06-03 : Spotlight on Students at IFCS 2015
2015-06-03 : 1st 2015 AdCom Meeting
2015-06-03 : Awards at the 2015 International Symposium on Ferroelectrics
2015-06-03 : Women in Engineering Luncheon at 2015 IFCS
2015-06-03 : Spotlight on Students at IUS 2014
2015-06-01 : Oral History of Dr. Eiichi Fukada
2015-06-01 : IEEE T-UFFC Announcements
2015-06-01 : Women in Engineering Page
2015-06-01 : 2014 IUS Student Paper Competition with photo

2014

2014-07-02 : WIE Inspiring Member of the Year Award
2014-05-06 : We thank the following people for their services and contributions to the UFFC-S
2014-05-05 : Walter Guyton Cady Page
2014-05-05 : 2014 Nobel Prize Winners and the IEEE
2014-01-05 : Technical Activities Board Hall of Honor
2014-01-05 : Single Sign-On

2013

2013-10-03 : UFFC-S Administrative Assistant

2012

2012-06-20 : IEEE Memberships and Subscriptions Catalog
2012-05-23 : Calendar page
2012-05-23 : Twitter Page
2012-05-23 : Submitting Papers to the IEEE Transactions on UFFC
2012-03-05 : UFFC Logo

2006

2006-10-01 : IEEE TUFFC Started Publishing Color Figures Online from October 2006 Issue

2003

2003-08-01 : IEEE TUFFC Started Accepting Submission of Multimedia Manuscripts on August 1, 2003

2002

2002-06-01 : IEEE TUFFC Started Using Manuscript Central on June 1, 2002
2002-06-01 : Become a Reviewer of the TUFFC