• Title

    Hong Chen

    Country
    USA
    Affiliation
    Washington University in St. Louis
  • 2023

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    CAN
    Affiliation
    Ryerson University
    IEEE Region
    Region 07 (Canada)
    Email
    Citation

    For ground-breaking contributions to quantitative ultrasound and photoacoustics.

    2022

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    USA
    Affiliation
    Cal Tech
    IEEE Region
    Region 06 (Western U.S.)
    Citation

    For inventing acoustic reporter genes and other ground-breaking technologies to connect ultrasound to molecular and cellular function.

    2021

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    USA
    Affiliation
    Duke University
    IEEE Region
    Region 03 (Southeastern U.S.)
    Citation

    For pioneering contributions to the field of radiation force imaging and measurements.

    2020

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    USA
    Title

    Paul Dayton

    Affiliation
    University of North Carolina
    IEEE Region
    Region 03 (Southeastern U.S.)
    Email
    Citation

    For contributions to medical ultrasonics, in the behavior, design, and application of microbubbles and nanodroplets for medical ultrasound imaging and ultrasound enhanced therapeutics.

    2019

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    BEL
    Title

    Jan D'hooge

    Affiliation
    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    IEEE Region
    Region 08 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)
    Email
    Citation

    For ground-breaking contributions to the field of echocardiography and ultrasound imaging technologies that impacted both fundamental research and clinical cardiology.

    2018

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    USA
    Affiliation
    Columbia University
    IEEE Region
    Region 01 (Northeastern U.S.)
    Email
    Citation

    For contributions to the field of biomedical ultrasonic imaging, therapeutics, and advancing the field of elasticity imaging.

    2017

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    FRA
    Affiliation
    ESPCI, Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique
    IEEE Region
    Region 08 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)
    Email
    Citation

    For introducing multiple, ground breaking new medical ultrasound imaging technologies that have not only impacted academics but also industry

    2016

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    FRA
    Affiliation
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University
    IEEE Region
    Region 08 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)
    Email
    Citation

    For substantial contributions to the physics of phononic crystals and of the interaction of sound and light.

    2015

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    USA
    Title

    James Friend

    Affiliation
    University of California, San Diego
    IEEE Region
    Region 06 (Western U.S.)
    Citation

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

    2014

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

    For contributions to micromachined ultrasonic and opto-mechanical transducers, and high speed Atomic Force Microscopy.

  • 2023

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

    For his life-long contributions to the education, research, and entrepreneurship on microwave acoustic devices and sensors.

    2022

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

    For seminal innovations in cardiovascular ultrasound.

    2021

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

    For innovative and impactful contributions to the field of ultrasound tissue characterization and invention of shear wave elastography.

    2020

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    USA
    Affiliation
    University of California, Davis
    IEEE Region
    Region 06 (Western U.S.)
    Email
    Citation

    For pioneering the theory and applications of biomedical ultrasound.

    2019

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

    For pioneering developments and outstanding contributions to advances in ultrasound imaging.

    2018

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

    For substantial contributions to therapeutic ultrasound, invention and development of histotripsy.

    2017

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    USA
    Affiliation
    University of Washington
    IEEE Region
    Region 06 (Western U.S.)
    Email
    Citation

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

    2016

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    USA
    Affiliation
    Washington University
    IEEE Region
    Region 04 (Central U.S.)
    Email
    Citation

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

    2015

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

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

    2014

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    CAN
    Affiliation
    Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
    IEEE Region
    Region 07 (Canada)
    Citation

    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.

    2013

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    USA
    Title

    Moises Levy

    Affiliation
    University of Wisconsin (Retired)
    IEEE Region
    Region 03 (Southeastern U.S.)
    Email
    Citation

    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.

    2012

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

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

    2011

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

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

    2010

    Recipient(s)
    Country
    CAN
    Affiliation
    University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute
    IEEE Region
    Region 07 (Canada)
    Citation

    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.

    2009

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

    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.

    2008

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

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

    2007

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

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

    2006

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

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

    2005

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

    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.

    2004

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

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

    2003

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

    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.

    2002

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

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

    2001

    Recipient(s)
    Citation

    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.

  • 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.

  • Title

    Jianwen Luo

    Country
    CHN
    Affiliation
    Tsinghua University
  • Country
    FRA
    Affiliation
    National Institute and School of Applied Sciences of Centre Loire Valley
  • Personal Gender Pronouns
    (he/him/his)
    Country
    FRA
    Affiliation
    Northeastern University