Awards/Honors
2024 Buffalo Section Recognition Dinner
Region 1 and the Buffalo Section honored six attendees at the Recognition Dinner Friday evening, including recipients of the Region 1 Young Professional Award and the Region 1 Outstanding Teaching Award, and recipients of the highest engineering grade, Senior Member, nominated for technical and professional excellence.
Huamin Li
Region 1 Secretary Joe Ott and Section Chair Ilya Grinberg honored Huamin Li, recipient of the 2023 Region 1 Young Professional Award. Li is Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, SUNY University at Buffalo.
Tarunraj Singh
Region 1 Secretary Joe Ott and Section Chair Ilya Grinberg honored Tarunraj Singh, recipient of the 2023 Region 1 Outstanding Teaching Award. Singh is Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, SUNY University at Buffalo.
Tarunraj Singh UB webpage link
Maryam Nasri
Section Chair Ilya Grinberg honored Maryam Nasri as Senior Member. Nasri is Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Technology Department, SUNY Buffalo State University.
Bibhudatta Sahoo
Section Chair Ilya Grinberg honored Bibhudatta Sahoo as Senior Member. Sahoo is Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, SUNY University at Buffalo.
Bibhudatta Sahoo UB webpage link
Douglas Strang
Section Chair Ilya Grinberg honored Douglas Strang as Senior Member. Strang is President of S & S Engineering, PC.
John Schaf
Section Chair Ilya Grinberg honored John Schaf as Senior Member. Schaf is at Strategic Programs, Space and Defense Group, Moog Inc.
2023 IEEE Buffalo Section Recognition Dinner, April 19, 2023
2023 IEEE Buffalo Section Annual Dinner, Feb 8, 2023
2022 IEEE Buffalo Section Award winners, Sept 2022
Michael Chirico (Buffalo) – Outstanding Support Award
For valued service and outstanding contributions to the IEEE Buffalo Section
Dr. Oliver Kennedy (Buffalo) – Technological Innovation Award
For contributions to incremental view maintenance, understandable reproducible data science, and outreach efforts
Dr. Karthik Dantu (Buffalo) –Technological Innovation Award
For technical contributions to visual localization and mapping technologies for mobile systems and robotics
Dr. Bina Ramamurty (Buffalo) – Outstanding Teaching Award
For outstanding contributions to global education in the emerging area of blockchain technology
June 2022, dedication of Nikola Tesla Park
2022 IEEE Buffalo Section Fellow Elevation, December 2021
Michael Langberg
for contributions to the theory and practice of network coding
Michael Langberg UB webpage link
Shambhu Upadhyaya
for contributions to the mitigation of insider attacks and malware in cyberspace
Shambhu Upadhyaya UB webpage link
Siwei Lyu
for contributions to digital media forensic technologies
2021 IEEE Buffalo Section Award winners, Sept 2021
Zhanpeng Jin (Buffalo) – Technological Innovation (Academic) Award
For pioneering contributions in human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing
Siwei Lyu (Buffalo) – Technological Innovation (Academic) Award
For contributions in technologies that counter DeepFakes
John K. Schneider (Buffalo) – Technological Innovation (Industry or Government) Award
For developing ultrasound technology to capture and process fingerprints for the purpose of secure identification of individuals for transactions and guarding personal information
2021 IEEE Buffalo Section Fellow Elevation, November 2020
Amit Goyal
for contributions to high-temperature superconducting materials
Junsong Yuan
for contributions to human behavior understanding and video analytics
Thomas Thundat
for contributions to multi-modal microelectromechanical systems for chemical and biological sensors
Thomas Thundat UB website link
(For complete list of IEEE Fellows Elevated as of January 2021, see the IEEE Fellows Jan 2021 pdf )
2020 IEEE Buffalo Section Award winners, Sept 2020
Ilya Grinberg (Buffalo) – Outstanding Teaching in an IEEE Area of Interest (University or College) Award, For outstanding contributions to education in the power industry
2020 IEEE Buffalo Section Annual Awards Dinner, Feb 20, 2020
2019 IEEE Buffalo Section Award winners
Dimitrios Koutsonikolas: 3A – Technological innovation (Academic)
Tevfik Kosar: 3A – Technological innovation (Academic)
Wenyao Xu: 3A – Technological innovation (Academic)
Joseph Ott: 3H – Outstanding Support for the Mission of the IEEE, MGA, Region 1 and/or Section
2019 IEEE Spectrum article
featuring Buffalo State College and Professor Ilya Y. Grinberg
spectrum.ieee.org, wanted-engineers-with-cleanenergy-training-and-experience