2019 IEEE Sensors Council Award Recipients

We are pleased to congratulate the following recipients of the 2019 IEEE Sensors Council Awards. These awards will be given during our flagship conference, IEEE SENSORS 2019 in Montreal, Canada on Wednesday, October 30, 2019.


IEEE Sensors Council Lifetime Contribution Award
John Vig
John Vig
“For extraordinary impactful contributions to the Council for over a decade while serving in multiple elected leadership roles.”
Christina Schober
Christina Schober
“For extraordinary impactful contributions to the Council for over a decade while serving in multiple elected leadership roles.”

IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award in the field of Sensors – Early Career
Wei Gao
Wei Gao
For pioneering work on wearable and flexible chemical sensors toward continuous and personalized health monitoring.

IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award in the field of Sensors – Advanced Career
Ellis Meng
Ellis Meng
For pioneering contributions to biomedical microelectromechanical sensors and their applications for drug delivery and microfluidics, neural interfaces, and medical implants.

IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award in the field of Sensor Systems or Networks – Early Career
Changzhan Gu
Changzhan Gu
For outstanding research on short-range microwave sensing for biomedical and human-computer interaction.

IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award in the field of Sensor Systems or Networks – Advanced Career
Paul C.-P. Chao
Paul C.-P. Chao
For outstanding research on automotive ball balancer stabilization and photoplethysmography sensors.

IEEE Sensors Council Young Professionals Award
Hadi Heidari
Hadi Heidari
For leadership in service to IEEE Young Professionals program under IEEE Sensors Council in parallel to innovation and entrepreneurship in the development of concepts and applications of sensors for biomedical wearable and implantable devices.

2018 IEEE Sensors Council Outstanding Chapter Award

IEEE Gujarat Section Sensors Council Chapter


IEEE Sensors Journal Best Paper Award
Boon Giin
Boon Giin
For the paper, Smart Wearable Hand Device for Sign Language Interpretation System With Sensors Fusion
Su Min Lee
Su Min Lee
For the paper, Smart Wearable Hand Device for Sign Language Interpretation System With Sensors Fusion

IEEE Sensors Journal Best Paper Runner-Up Award
Salah Zidi
Salah Zidi
For the paper, Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Through SVM Classifier
Tarek Moulahi
Tarek Moulahi
For the paper, Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Through SVM Classifier
Bechir Alaya
Bechir Alaya
For the paper, Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Through SVM Classifier

Sensors Journal Best Performing Topical Editor
Carlos Ruiz Zamarreño
Carlos Ruiz Zamarreño

Sensors Journal Best Performing Associate Editor
Cheng-Ta Chiang
Cheng-Ta Chiang