Award/Recognition Menu

Description

To recognize the achievements of a young researcher in the area of ultrasonics and its applications. The award is specific to those researchers in the early stages of their career. 

Prize

The following items will be given to the awardee: Plaque, Certificate, $1,000 USD honorarium. This award is intended for a single recipient each year. However, in unusual circumstances if two recipients are selected, each recipient will receive a plaque and certificate, and the awardees will evenly share the honorarium.

Funding

Funded by the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society.

Presentation

Award will be presented annually at the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, unless extenuating circumstances prevent an awardee for attending to accept the award. In such an event, an alternate UFFC Society event will be selected that is mutually agreeable to the awardee and the Society.

Historical Background

Established in 2013

Basis for Judging

Nominations will be considered based their contributions to the field of ultrasonics, and their publication record. The selection of the recipient for this award will be made by vote of the Ultrasonics Committee during its first annual meeting. The decision of the committee is final. If, in the opinion of the Committee, no suitable nominee exists, no award will be given.

Eligibility

Awardees are required to be individuals who meet the following criteria: IEEE member, UFFC Society member, 1 to 10 years of research after obtaining the highest degree (Bachelor; Master; PhD), Remarkable contributions to the field/publication record Members of the UFFC Society Ultrasonics Committee are ineligible for consideration for this award during their term of service on this committee

Nomination Details

For the Early Career Award, awardees are required to be individuals who meet the following criteria: IEEE member, UFFC Society member, 1 to 10 years of research after obtaining the highest degree (Bachelor; Master; Ph.D.), Remarkable contributions to the field/publication record Members of the UFFC Society Ultrasonics Committee are ineligible for consideration for this award during their term of service on this committee.

For the Early Career Award and Carl Hellmuth Hertz Award, the nominator is responsible for submitting no more than a two-page nomination letter and a two-page resume.

Nomination Deadline
February 1st
Nomination Form

2024

Recipient(s)
Country
USA
Title

Ruochen Lu

Affiliation
The University of Texas at Austin
IEEE Region
Region 04 (Central U.S.)
Email
Citation

For pioneering frequency scaling high-performance thin-film lithium niobate acoustic devices to millimeter wave frequencies

2023

Recipient(s)
Citation

For his outstanding contributions to shear wave elastography, contrast-free microvascular imaging, and super-resolution ultrasound localization microscopy.

2022

Recipient(s)
Country
USA
Affiliation
Johns Hopkins University
IEEE Region
Region 02 (Eastern U.S.)
Email
Citation

For pioneering contributions to spatial coherence beamforming theory and deep learning methods for ultrasound and photoacoustic image formation

2021

Recipient(s)
Country
DEU
Affiliation
Technical University of Munich
IEEE Region
Region 08 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)
Citation

For outstanding contributions to the design and characterization of acoustic wave devices for wireless communications.

2020

Recipient(s)
Citation

For outstanding contributions to ultrasound-mediated drug delivery to the central nervous system. 

2019

Recipient(s)
Country
USA
Title

Songbin Gong

Affiliation
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
IEEE Region
Region 04 (Central U.S.)
Email
Citation

For pioneering lithium niobate lamb wave micro-acoustic devices for radio frequency applications.

2018

Recipient(s)
Citation

For contributions to numerical modeling of wave propagation

2017

Recipient(s)
Citation

For outstanding contributions to plane wave techniques for contrast visualization and for the development of super-resolution ultrasound.

2016

Recipient(s)
Country
CAN
Title

Alfred Yu

Personal Gender Pronouns
(he/him/his)
Affiliation
University of Waterloo
IEEE Region
Region 07 (Canada)
Email
Citation

For his exceptional contributions to ultrasound flow imaging and key discoveries in therapeutic ultrasound biophysics.

2015

Recipient(s)
Country
CAN
Affiliation
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
IEEE Region
Region 07 (Canada)
Email
Citation

For development of ultrasound transducer arrays and their application for particle manipulation.

2014

Recipient(s)
Citation

For work in novel devices combining MEMS, solid-state electronics and photonics for timing and frequency applications.