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.
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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.
Funded by the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society.
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.
Established in 2013
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.
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
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.
2025
For Pioneering Contributions to Ultra-wide-spectrum Piezoelectric MEMS Devices, Which Have Impacted Both Academia and Industry.
2024
For pioneering frequency scaling high-performance thin-film lithium niobate acoustic devices to millimeter wave frequencies
2023
For his outstanding contributions to shear wave elastography, contrast-free microvascular imaging, and super-resolution ultrasound localization microscopy.
2022
For pioneering contributions to spatial coherence beamforming theory and deep learning methods for ultrasound and photoacoustic image formation
2021
For outstanding contributions to the design and characterization of acoustic wave devices for wireless communications.
2020
For outstanding contributions to ultrasound-mediated drug delivery to the central nervous system.
2019
For pioneering lithium niobate lamb wave micro-acoustic devices for radio frequency applications.
2018
For contributions to numerical modeling of wave propagation
2017
For outstanding contributions to plane wave techniques for contrast visualization and for the development of super-resolution ultrasound.
2016
For his exceptional contributions to ultrasound flow imaging and key discoveries in therapeutic ultrasound biophysics.
2015
For development of ultrasound transducer arrays and their application for particle manipulation.
2014
For work in novel devices combining MEMS, solid-state electronics and photonics for timing and frequency applications.