Achievement Award

For his outstanding four decades of contributions to the fields of piezoelectric composites, ferroelectric ceramics, and thin films as a scientist, innovator, educator, communicator, and leader.

For sustained efforts with NIST colleagues in the development of advanced atomic clocks based on trapped and laser-cooled atomic ions.

For pioneering contributions to ultrasound exposimetry and metrology and the impact they made on diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound applications.

For major contributions to the fields of piezoelectric ceramic - polymer composites, handheld medical ultrasound scanners, and relaxor-based piezoelectric single crystals and continuing advocacy for piezoelectric materials and transducers.

For his pioneering work on bulk and surface acoustic wave quartz resonators and sensors, for being the first to develop a dual-mode thickness-shear based pressure sensor, and exceptional contributions to the borehole sonic technology in the oil and gas industry.

For pioneering contributions to the science and technology of integrated acousto-optics, ultrasonic monodisperse micro droplet generation, acoustic microscopy, and guided-wave magneto-optics.

For her outstanding research on the fundamentals of ferroelectric and dielectric materials, and their applications in novel devices.

For his pioneering contributions to surface acoustic wave (SAW) and acoustoelectric technology, and their signal processing applications.

For his outstanding contributions to biomedical ultrasonics and real-time ultrasound imaging technologies.

For his pioneering work on piezoelectric composite transducers, and for his distinguished service to the teaching of structure-property relations in electroceramics to the national and international engineering communities.

For leadership in establishing a broad knowledge of medically significant acoustic and ultrasound imaging technologies.

For his extensive contributions to the understanding and analysis of bulk, surface and pseudo-surface acoustic waves in single crystals and layered structures, and his years of service to the Society.

For his original contributions to high-stability SAW oscillators and his leadership of the professional community worldwide for increasingly more precise time standards and time transfer.

For his significant contributions in piezoelectric materials, in ultrasonic microscopy, and in materials characterization; and for his dedication to encouraging and guiding young engineers in ultrasonics research.

For his devotion to engineering education and his leadership in physical acoustics, photoacoustics and acoustoelectronics,and for establishing the first UFFC-S Chapter in Japan.

For his wide-ranging contributions to the fundamental understanding, in both theory and practice, of piezoelectric materials and their application to resonators, filters and frequency control devices, and for his energetic pursuit of IEEE standards.

In recognition of his creative and innovative research on ferroelectric and electro-optic phenomena in ceramic materials and devices, and his many years of service to the Society.

For launching innovative and fruitful ideas in ultrasonics by making pivotal contributions to theory and experiment,in photoacoustics, surface acoustic wave devices and sensors.

For combining the concepts of mechanical scanning and the single-surface diffraction-limited lens to create the Scanning Acoustic Microscope.

For his vast scientific contributions in numerous fields and his dedication to student involvement in sonics and ultrasonics technology.

For many contributions, through research and education, to ultrasonics technology.

(Citation is not recorded in any document of the Society, but citation most likely acknowledged de Klerk's development of the first Surface Acoustic Wave devices to be widely used in radar systems [13-bit Barker phase code], and his foresight in establishing and editing the Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings.)