IEEE Nanotechnology Council
Advancing Nanotech for Humanity
IEEE

Awards

2024 Awardees

2024 Individual Awards will be presented at IEEE NANO 2024 in Gijon, Spain.

Pioneer Award

The Pioneer Award recognizes individuals who have had a significant impact on the field of nanotechnology by virtue of initiating new areas of research, development or engineering.

Tony Heinz
Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Proposed Award Citation:
For seminal contributions to elucidating the optical and electronic properties of carbon nanotubes, graphene,2D semiconductors, and their heterostructures.

Early Career Award

The Early Career Award recognizes individuals who have made contributions with a major impact on the field of nanotechnology.

Wei Yan
State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials and the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, China

Proposed Award Citation:
For his pioneering and innovative contributions to nanotechnology enabled fiber, fabric and wearable electronics

Chapter of the Year Award

IIT Indore (Indian Institute of Technology-Indore IEEENTC Student Branch Chapter, Bombay Section)

Chair: Mayank Dubey

Proposed Award Citation:
For exceptional dedication to advancing nanotechnology, fostering innovation, and promoting collaboration for the betterment of society.

TNANO Best Paper Award

At the beginning of each year, T-NANO selects a paper that appeared in the Transactions during the previous calendar year for its Best Paper Award. 

“High Sensitive Metasurface Absorber for Refractive Index Sensing”

Authors: Rajan Agrahari; Satyamitra Dwivedi; Pradip Kumar Jain; Manpuran Mahto

2024 Technical Committee Award

TC-10 Modeling and Simulation
Chair: Roza Kotylar

For contributions on technical activities

2024 Technical Achievement Award
This award recognizes on a yearly basis, individuals with outstanding and innovative contributions to the different areas of nanotechnology that are represented by technical committees (TCs) as organizational entities of the Nanotechnology Council (NTC), usually within the past 10 and not more than 15 years.

Xinran Wang
School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, China

Proposed Award Citation
For contributions to the growth of 2D semiconductors and their electronic device applications.”