Dr. Fawwaz Ulaby, a member of the ARISE Board of Trustees, is the Vice President for Research at the university of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. It is the pleasure of ARISE to announce that Dr. Ulaby has received very high recognition as a scientist and engineer as indicated below:

 Nov 21, 2005

Professor Fawwaz Ulaby was recently selected to receive the 2006 IEEE Edison Medal. This is one of the most prestigious of IEEE medals, and is given to individuals “for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering or the electrical arts.” Ulaby will receive a gold medal and a certificate with the citation:“For pioneering research in microwave and radar remote sensing technology and their environmental and industrial applications.” He shares the honor of this award with many famous scientists, inventors, and innovators such as Charles F. Kettering, John D. Kraus, Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, George Westinghouse - and two EECS William Gould Dow Lecturers, James L. Flanagan and Robert W. Lucky.