Description: To recognize distinguished research and development accomplishment in quantum and industrial electronics and for industrial electrical engineering.
Administration: Administered by the IES’ Awards and Honor Committee (IES A&H Cmte).
Eligibility: IES members
Prize: Consists of $1,000 and Certificate(s). Multiple authors will divide the prize. Awarded bi-annually, beginning 2008 and every even year afterwards.
Funding: The IEEE Foundation delegates expenditure authority from the Rudolf Chope Award Fund to IES to spend against the fund.
Award Committee: IES A&H Cmte serves as the Award Committee.
Nominee Solicitation: The IES A&H Cmte asks for nominations from IES members.
Selection: The prize individual will be selected by the Award Committee for his distinguished R&D achievement in industrial and/or quantum electronics. The selection will be reviewed by the IES A&H Cmte and be approved by the IES Adcom.
Presentation of Award: At a major international conference of the Society.
Schedule: Nomination period: March-May of each even year. Presentation time: Sept.-Nov. of each even year, at a major international conference of the Society.
Publicity: The announcement of award nomination will be published in the Industrial Electronics Magazine. Then, an article regarding the award will be published a later issue of the Industrial Electronics Magazine.
2008 - TBD
Revised: December 1, 2007 by IES Awards and Honor Committee.