The 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony took place in San Francisco, California, where IEEE President Moshe Kam, and IEEE President-Elect, Gordon Day, co hosted the ceremony that honors scientists, technologists, and engineering professionals who have helped positively shape today's world.

Morris Chang was the 2011 recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor for his outstanding leadership and contributions in the semiconductor industry.

Read: Morris Chang: Foundry Father on IEEE Spectrum

The IEEE Honors A P J Abdul Kalam with Honorary Membership at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE recognizes Wang Jianzhou with honorary membership at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE honors IMEC with the Corporate Innovation Recognition Award at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE honors Alecio Binotto with the Presidents' Change the World Competition at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE honors Tze-Chiang Chen with the Ernest Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition Award at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE honors Tony Hoare with the John von Neumann Medal at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

Sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs. For pioneering contributions to the application of multiantenna technology to wireless communication systems.

Harrison H. Barrett receives the IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology for pioneering contributions to the foundations and applications of biomedical imaging science

The IEEE awards William F. Tinney with the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE honors Shoichi Sasaki with the IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE honors Toby Berger with the Richard Hamming Medal at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE honors Pasquale Pistorio with the Robert N. Noyce Medal at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE Honors Ingrid Daubechies with the Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE Honors Bernard J. Lechner, T. Peter Brody, and Fang-Chen Luo with the Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE Honors Isamu Akasaki with the Edison Medal at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE Foundation honors James F. Gibbons with the Founders Medal at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

The IEEE honors Matt Ettus with HKN Eminent Member Recognition at the 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony.

Eminent Member recognition is conferred upon those select few whose technical attainment and contributions to society through leadership in the fields of electrical and computer engineering have resulted in significant benefits to humankind. Since 1950, only 125 individuals have been selected to receive this honor. In September 2010, IEEE and HKN merged to form IEEE Eta Kappa Nu. For a full listing of Eminent Members, visit the website, www.hkn.org

Sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation. For the pioneering engineering that led to the successful development of the digital battlefield, a lifesaving and integral part of U.S. Army operations

For contributions to graduate education, engineering research and research training in electromagnetic communication.

For leadership in the development of technical standards within IEEE that meet critical industrial and societal imperatives.

James M. Headrick receives the IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications

Marcian E. Hoff receives the IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award for developments in programmable integrated circuitry for a wide range of applications

2011 IEEE Medal of Honor recipient, Morris Chang, received this award for his outstanding leadership in the semiconductor industry. This program highlights Dr. Chang's career, focusing on TSMC, the world's first dedicated integrated circuits foundry company, that he founded in 1987.