Edison Medal

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The Edison Medal is a prestigious electrical engineering award presented by the IEEE for outstanding contributions to the field of electrical science and engineering.

Aliases (3)
  • IEEE Edison Medal ×12
  • Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers ×1
  • prestigious Edison Medal ×1

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf IEEE award
engineering award
scientific award
administeredBy IEEE Awards Program
awardCategory technical achievement
awardedFor career contributions to electrical engineering
meritorious achievement in electrical arts
meritorious achievement in electrical engineering
meritorious achievement in electrical industry
meritorious achievement in electrical science
outstanding contributions to electrical science and engineering
country United States
field electrical engineering
electrical science
firstAwarded 1909
frequency annual
hasLanguage English
hasRecipient Alexander Graham Bell
Andrew S. Grove
Arthur E. Kennelly
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Claude E. Shannon
Edwin Howard Armstrong
Ernst Alexanderson
Fang-Howard Chang
George Westinghouse
Gordon E. Moore
Harold S. Black
Hendrik Wade Bode
James L. Flanagan
John Bardeen
John R. Pierce
Mervin J. Kelly
Michael I. Pupin
Nick Holonyak Jr.
Nikola Tesla
Robert N. Noyce
Sidney Darlington
Vannevar Bush
William Shockley
inception 1904
namedAfter Thomas Alva Edison
originallyEstablishedBy AIEE
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
partOf IEEE major medals
presentedBy IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
sponsor IEEE Awards Board
status active

Referenced by (21)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Arthur E. Kennelly ("IEEE Edison Medal")
Charles F. Kettering ("IEEE Edison Medal")
Charles Proteus Steinmetz ("IEEE Edison Medal")
Earl Bakken
Edwin H. Armstrong
Fang-Howard Chang
Frank B. Jewett ("IEEE Edison Medal")
Harold Stephen Black
Hiroshi Amano ("IEEE Edison Medal")
Hugo Gernsback ("Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers")
Isamu Akasaki ("IEEE Edison Medal")
John R. Pierce
Lee de Forest
Michael I. Pupin ("IEEE Edison Medal")
Nikola Tesla ("IEEE Edison Medal")
Robert A. Millikan ("IEEE Edison Medal")
Russell Dupuis ("IEEE Edison Medal")
Vannevar Bush
awardReceived
Fang-Howard Chang ("prestigious Edison Medal")
hasRecognition
IEEE medals ("IEEE Edison Medal")
hasSubclass
IEEE Technical Field Awards ("IEEE Edison Medal")
notableSubaward

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