For pioneering sustained and high impact research in ultrasonic tissue characterization and quantitative echocardiography

For his outstanding contributions to the invention, development, and clinical applications of elastography.

For outstanding accomplishment in the development of image guided ultrasound therapeutics and in particular for pioneering the use of focused ultrasound as a means of noninvasively ablating brain tissue and reversibly opening the blood brain barrier.

For outstanding fundamental contributions to the field of low temperature superconductivity using bulk and surface wave ultrasonics and for extensive service to the IEEE UFFC Society.

For outstanding contributions to the physics and application of time reversal methods and for academic and commercial development of shear wave imaging.

For outstanding contributions and pioneering developments in novel micro and nano ultrasound transducer technologies.

For outstanding technical contribution to the field of high frequency ultrasound, especially applications to small animal imaging, and for extensive service to the IEEE UFFC Society.

For pioneering research in acoustic imaging, leadership in the development of nondestructive evaluation systems for industrial applications, and career-long service to the IEEE UFFC Society.

For pioneering contributions in acoustics and medical diagnostics research and education and for devoted service to the IEEE UFFC Society.

For outstanding leadership and pioneering contributions to the fields of piezoelectric materials and devices, and for his continued dedication to education.

For outstanding past and continuing contributions to acoustoelectronics, acoustooptics, microwave acoustics, and surface acoustic waves.

For pioneering research in piezoelectric materials, in acoustic microscopy, and in materials evaluation as well as for his many years of service to the IEEE UFFC Society.

For pioneering and continuing contributions to medical diagnostic research and education.

For pioneering contributions in ultrasonics to the development of SAW interdigital transducers, laser ultrasonics and Lamb wave acoustic sensors and for continuing contributions to the field of education.

For pioneering contributions to the development of the scanning acoustic microscope and the atomic force microscope.

For his devoted service and contributions to the IEEE UFFC Society in the field of Ultrasonics and for his original work in the areas of surface wave propagation in anisotropic materials.