Kroemer Wins IEEE Medal of Honor

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers announced that Nobel laureate Herbert Kroemer will receive the society’s highest award, the IEEE Medal of Honor, at the annual honors ceremony next June. Kroemer was one of the recipients of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics (see PHYSICS TODAY, December 2000, page 17).

The medal recognizes Kroemer’s “contributions to high-frequency transistors and hot-electron devices, especially heterostructure devices from heterostructure bipolar transistors to lasers, and their molecular beam epitaxy technology,” says the citation. Kroemer, who is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will also receive a gold medal, bronze replica, and a $50 000 honorarium.

The IEEE Medal of Honor was established in 1917. According to the institute, the medal is presented for a particular contribution that clearly is an exceptional addition to the science and technology of concern to the society.