IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies
From ETHW
About
The IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies was established in 2008 for outstanding accomplishments in the application of technology in the fields of interest of IEEE that improve the environment and/or public safety.
Award Recipients
- 2010 - John L. Chalfan, Viccy Salazar, Wayne F. Rifer, “For developing and bringing into operation EPEAT, the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, that measures product’s environmental performance.”
- 2011 - Shoichi Sasaki, “For pioneering contributions to the development and market penetration of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) through the invention of their power output apparatus and control method.”
- 2012 - John Bannister Goodenough, Rachid Yazami, Akira Yoshino, “For developing the lithium-ion battery, which enables significant fuel conservation and reduced emissions as power storage for electric vehicles and for smartgrids incorporating renewables.”
- 2013 - Tsuneo Takahashi, "For pioneering the development of navigation technology in automobiles."
- 2014 - no award
- 2015 - Rodolfo Schöneburg, Marica Paurevic, Hans Weisbarth
- 2016 - Masahiko Miyaki, Yukihiro Shinohara, Katsuhiko Takeuchi
- 2017 - Alberto Broggi
- 2018 - Jerome Faist, Frank Klaus Tittel
- 2019 - Richard Nute, D. Ray Corson, Jim Barrick, “For contributions to hazard-based safety engineering as the basis for product design and product safety standard development.”
- 2020 - Nancy Leveson, “For contributions to software safety and for the development of system safety modeling.”
- 2021 - Kaushik Rajashekara, "For contributions to the advancement of transportation electrification technologies for the reduction of emissions and for improving energy efficiency."
- 2022 - Masato Sagawa and John J. Croat, “For contributions to the development of rare earth-iron-boron permanent magnets for use in high-efficiency motors, generators, and other devices.”
- 2023 - David James Coe, Gerald Deboy, and Tatsuhiko Fujihira, "For contributions to the concept and realization of superjunction power devices that significantly improve power efficiency"
- 2024 - Hagit Messer, “For contributions to sensing of the environment using wireless communication networks.”
