Awards and Prizes
Over the past, there have been various awards and prizes available to members of the local IEEE SA Section, as well as through other IEEE organisational units (e.g. Region 10, IEEE HQ, Student Branches). For guidelines on the current prizes, please see IEEE AC Outstanding Volunteer Award V02.
- IEEE SA Section Outstanding Volunteer Award
- IEEE SA Section Outstanding Young Professional Volunteer Award
- IEEE SA Section Outstanding Student Volunteer Award
- IEEE SA Section Outstanding Women in Engineering Volunteer Award
- IEEE Student Subject Award
IEEE SA Section Outstanding Volunteer Award
The IEEE SA Section established a Distinguished Service Award in 1999. This is now known as the Outstanding Volunteer award and is intended to recognise and acknowledge exceptionally meritorious service to the profession of electrical and electronics engineering in South Australia and in particular to the activities and objectives of IEEE South Australia Section.
Nominations are called for each year, and an Awards sub-committee established by the Section Committee evaluates nominations and selects one or more recipients.
Past recipients of this award are:
Doug Gray – 2006
Michael Evans – 2005
Harry Green – 2004
Don Sinnott – 2004
Robert Bogner – 2003
Bevan Bates – 2002
Noel Martin – 2000
Andrew Parfitt – 1999
IEEE SA Section Outstanding Young Professional Volunteer Award
This award, supported by IEEE South Australia Section, is given to recognize extraordinary achievements by a member of the IEEE South Australia Section aged 35 or less, who is engaged in activities conforming to IEEE objectives and purposes.
Past recipients of this award are:
Luke Balzan – 2011
Kin Shing Bobby Yau – 2008
IEEE SA Section Outstanding Women in Engineering Volunteer Award
This is a new award in 2022.
IEEE SA Section Outstanding Student Volunteer Award
This award, supported by IEEE South Australia Section, is given to recognize extraordinary achievements by a student member engaged in activities conforming to IEEE objectives and purposes.
Past recipients of this award are:
Luke Balzan – 2010
David Kinnaird – 2008
IEEE Student Award for Excellence in Engineering and Electronics
Each year the IEEE SA Section presents an award to a student at each of the three South Australian universities for the best achievement in electrical and electronic courses. The students are nominated by the University, and the awardees receive a certificate and a cash prize of $500.
|
Year |
University of Adelaide |
Flinders University |
University of South Australia |
| 2022 | Byron Roman Betts | David Olijnik | |
| 2021 | Adam Rice | David Pedone | Angus James |
| 2020 | Bradyn Walsh | Luke Voigt | Binu Sumanadasa |
| 2019 | Mary-Ann Stephen Kingu | ||
| 2011 | Nghia Nguyen Trong, Catherine Ellen McDonald | Rowan Q. Pivetta | Ben Turner |
| 2010 | Paul Michael Swincer | Harshita Karamchandani | James Kent |
| 2009 | Peter Aquilina | Garry Truong | Sherie Francis |
| 2008 | Joel David Zerna | Sherie Francis | |
| 2007 | Joel David Zerna | William James Newman | Aaron Paul Debono Joshua Samuel White |
| 2006 | Warren Tuck Peter Burnell |
Tom Badgery | Nathan James Grocke |
| 2005 | Sandun Kodituwakku Stephen Migliore James Tisato |
Miriam Whitten | David Kinnaird |
| 2004 | Jarrad Rosser | Travis Bessel | Aaron Mohtar |
| 2003 | Jarrad Paul Rosser | Nathan Grocke | |
| 2002 | Jennifer McIntosh | Andrew Lemmas | Scott Carr |
| 2001 | Hieu Thi Ngoc Nguyen | Om Krishna Gupta | Michael Chen |
| 2000 | Preethi Chandrasek | Darren Freeman | Edward Stokes |
| 1999 | Timothy Wegener | Andrew Vlassopoulos | Mark Prokic |
| 1998 | Monica Chung | Russell Brinkworth | Timothy Lane |
| 1997 | Thi Bich Ngoc Dinh | Jerome Symons | Kellie Caimanos |
| 1996 | Andrew Schaefer | Luke Errington | – |
| 1995 | Matthew McCarthy Brenton Reimann |
Vaughan Lewis | Kong Han Lee |
| 1994 | Bill Siahamis | Christopher Owens | Kam Wing Li |
| 1993 | David Bohn Gavin Morton |
Simon Gerblich | Lay Fung Goh |
| 1992 | William Young | – | Mark Grieg |
| 1991 | Mark Brooks Mark Krieg |
– | Mark Vincent |
Past IEEE SA Section Awards and Prizes
The following awards are (or have been) available through the IEEE SA Section:
IEEE SA Section 10 Years Service Award
Past recipients of this award are:
Bevan Bates – 2001
Noel Martin – 2000
Andrew Parfitt – 1999
Robert Bogner – 1998
Bruce Davis – 1998
IEEE SA Section In Appreciation Award
Past recipients of this award are:
Bevan Bates – 2001
Noel Martin – 1997
D. (Nanda) Nandagopal – 1994
AP/MTT Chapter Young Engineer Award
The IEEE SA AP/MTT Chapter runs a Young Engineer Award to encourage and recognise excellence in the areas of antennas, propagation and microwave theory. See the AP/MTT Chapter page for further information.
Awards from Other IEEE Entities
The following awards are (or have been) available through other IEEE entities:
R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award
This award is presented to one or more volunteers throughout IEEE Region 10 for exemplary volunteer service.
Past recipients of this award from the IEEE SA Section are:
Robert Bogner – 2003
Andrew Parfitt – 2001
R10 Outstanding Small Section Award
The IEEE SA Section was awarded the 2004 IEEE Region 10 Distinguished Small Section Award.
RAB Outstanding Small Section Award
The IEEE SA Section was awarded the 2003 IEEE Regional Activities Board Outstanding Small Section Award. This is awarded to a single Section throughout the world that demonstrates excellent work in the past year and has less than 500 members.
Student Awards
There are many awards available to Student members, including paper prizes and travel grants. Further information can be found on the IEEE Student Concourse and at the Region 10 student activities website.
Member Awards
Information on the awards available to all IEEE members is available on the IEEE Awards webpage.