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All Inductees

2022
David Bader

Inducted in 2022 for his leadership in computer engineering, including the first Linux supercomputer, using consumer off-the-shelf parts.

2021
José Reyes

Inducted in 2021 for co-designing the first small modular nuclear reactor to receive United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Design Approval.

2020
J. Gary Eden

J. Gary Eden, a recipient of the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland (1972), is a pioneer in the discovery, development, and applications of ultraviolet (UV) lasers and lamps, as well as microplasma-based optical and chemical processing systems.

2019
Donald H. Willis

Inducted in 2019 for outstanding inventions contributing to the digitalization of television receivers. 

2018
Charles H. (Chuck) Popenoe

Inducted in 2018 for inventing the SmartBolt®.

2017
Hamid Jafarkhani

Inducted in 2017 for outstanding contributions to the development of space-time methods and algorithms for multi-antenna wireless communication systems and networks.

2016
John Baras

Honored for outstanding contributions to internet over satellite technology and hybrid networks

2015
Naomi Ehrich Leonard

Inducted in 2015 for her research in the field of control and dynamical systems, where she has made contributions both to theory and to application.

2014
Fritz Kub

Inducted in 2014 for his technology innovations related to gallium nitride (GaN) light emitting diodes (LED) and microwave transistors.

2013
Jerry Krill

Inducted in 2013 for his technical leadership in developing the revolutionary sensor network system known as the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), a dynamically reconfigurable data sharing network that provides a common, composite operating picture for Navy battle groups, allowing them

2012
Ashish Bagai

Inducted in 2012 for pioneering innovations in the aerodynamic design of rotocraft blades.

2011
Michael G. Pecht

Inducted in 2011 for pioneering innovations in advanced reliability and prognostic methods for electronics.

2010
Robert Briskman

Inducted in October 2010 for developing key technologies that make efficient satellite radio possible.

2009
Yagyensh (Buno) C. Pati

Inducted in October 2009 for developing phase-shift lithography and attendant processes and technologies to enable production of subwavelength integrated circuits and thereby greatly expand the functional capabilities of electronic devices.

2008
Alex J. Severinsky

Inducted in October 2008 for pioneering work in the development of the Hyperdrive power-amplified internal combustion engine power train for hybrid vehicles.

2007
Raymond J. Krizek

Inducted in October 2007 for advancements in the art and practice of geotechnical engineering.

2006
Rajiv Laroia

Inducted in 2006 for significant advances in telephone and mobile wireless communications.

2005
Edward A. Miller & James W. Plummer

Inducted in September 2005 for outstanding contributions in the area of satellite surveillance.

2004
Jeong H. Kim

Inducted in May 2004 for innovative engineering and entrepreneurship in communications technologies.

2003
Lloyd M. Robeson

Inducted in May 2003 for significant achievements and technological contributions in polymer blends, copolymers, membranes, adhesives and engineering plastics.

2002
Robert E. Fischell

Inducted to the Innovation Hall of Fame May 2002 for a career of highly creative inventions and innovations in biomedical devices

2001
Reinhard Radermacher

Inducted to the Innovation Hall of Fame May 2001 for his work in environmental and energy systems applications.

2000
Brian L. Hinman

Inducted in May 2000 for Entrepreneurship in New Technologies.

Brian L. Hinman, a native of Wheaton, Maryland, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland in 1982, with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the A. James Clark School of Engineering.

1999
C. Frank Wheatley, Jr.

Inducted in May 1999 for pioneering developments in solid state circuits and devices, including the invention of the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT).

1998
R. Byron Bird

Inducted in May 1998 for pioneering work and outstanding contributions in the area of kinetic theory of transport phenomena in polymeric fluids.

1997
Frederick S. Billig

Inducted in May 1997, for “pioneering work and outstanding contributions in the area of supersonic and hypersonic combustion.”

1996
S. Joseph Campanella

Inducted in May 1996 for pioneering work in the development of digital satellite communications technology.

1995
Nathan Bluzer

Inducted May 1995 for pioneering work in the development of advanced microelectronic devices, including infrared, visible, and multispectral sensors.

1994
Angel P. Bezos & Emilio A. Fernandez

Inducted in May 1994 during the celebration of the Engineering Centennial, in recognition of many innovations for the railroad industry, in particular for the development of end-of-train telemetry systems and locomotive magnetic tape event recorder.

1993
George R. Irwin

Inducted in May 1993 in recognition of his pioneering efforts in creating the discipline of fracture mechanics and for his guidance to the technical community in helping to make it a useful engineering design tool.

1992
Robert S. Caruthers

Posthumously inducted in May 1992 in recognition of significant contributions to the fields of multiplexing and long-distance telephony.

1991
George J. Laurer

Inducted in May 1991 in recognition of his significant inventions and for creating the standard form of the universal product code.

1990
Hung C. Lin

Inducted in May 1990 in recognition of his significant inventions and contributions in semiconductor devices and integrated circuits.

1989
Ronald E. Bowles

Inducted in May 1989 for his many innovations in fluidics and fluid mechanics.

1988
Joseph Weber

Inducted in May 1988 for conceiving the idea of coherent microwave emissions which led to the development of the maser and laser.

1987
John E. Younger

Posthumously inducted in May 1987 for his many innovations in all-metal airplane design.

1987
Harry B. Smith

Inducted in May 1987 for invention of pulse Doppler radar and other innovations in airborne electronics.

1987
James A. Clark

Inducted in May 1987 for his many innovations in optical instruments and the manufacture of soft contact lenses.

1987
Glenn L. Martin

Posthumously inducted in May 1987 for his numerous pioneering innovations in the early days of aviation.

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