Awards and Recognition
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WA Section awards
2023
IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Department is pleased to announce that the IEEE WA Section has met both its recruitment and retention goals for the 2023 membership year. Congratulations! Membership development goals were developed based on your Section’s four-year performance. You are to be commended for continuing to grow IEEE membership locally.
2021
Asia-Pacific (R10) Best Membership Growth (rank-1 Medium-size Sections)
Gold Recognition (achieving both annual membership retention and recruitment goals)
2020
Highest Asia-Pacific (R10) Annual Incentive Grant (Rank-1 Medium-size Sections)
Asia-Pacific (R10) Individual Benefits & Services (IBS) Winner (Rank-4)
2018
Gold Recognition (achieving both annual membership retention and recruitment goals)
2016
Silver Recognition (achieving annual membership retention goal)
Outstanding volunteer awards
2023
The winner of the IEEE WA Section Outstanding Volunteer Award is Cesar Ortega-Sanchez
'In recognition of the dedication and outstanding contributions to the Western Australia Section.'
The winner of the IEEE WA Section Outstanding Volunteer Award is Syed Mohammed Shamsul Islam
'In recognition of the dedication and outstanding contributions to the Western Australia Section.'
2020
The winner of the IEEE WA Section Outstanding Volunteer Award is Harry McDonald
'Harry is presented this award for his longstanding valuable contribution towards the Section leadership.'
The winner of the IEEE WA Section Outstanding Student Volunteer Award is Mohammad Bilal Shaikh
'Mohammad is presented this award for his contribution to Student activities and plans.'
The winner of the IEEE WA Section Outstanding Young Professionals Volunteer Award is Jonathan Richetti
'Jonathan is presented this award for his contribution to Young Professionals activities and plans.'
The winner of the IEEE WA Section Outstanding Women in Engineering Volunteer Award is Nancy Zhong
'Nancy is presented this award for her contribution Women in engineering activities and plans.'
2019
The winner of the IEEE WA Section Outstanding Volunteer Award is Dr Douglas Chai:
'Douglas is presented this award for his distinguished accomplishments, significant achievements, professional, administrative and technical leadership contributions to IEEE Western Australia section and chapter activities and operations.'
The winner of the IEEE WA Section Outstanding Student Volunteer Award is Mr Chris Scherini:
'Chris is presented this award for his leadership and administration of the UWA student branch. He also demonstrated a high level of productivity and maturity in promotion of IEEE through other events and interaction with other Western Australian IEEE groups.'
Chapter awards
2021
Most technical activities
WA Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Chapter
Executive: Amirmehdi Yazdani, Muhammad Adnan Hayat, and Farhad Shahnia
Highest membership growth
WA Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Chapter
Executive: Amirmehdi Yazdani, Muhammad Adnan Hayat, and Farhad Shahnia
2020
Most technical activities
WA Joint Electron Devices, Solid-state circuits, and Photonics Societies (ED/SSC/Ph) Chapter
Executive: Gino Putrino, Lorenzo Faraone, and Steven Hinckley
Highest membership growth
WA Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Chapter
Executive: Hai Wang, Amirmehdi Yazdani, and Farhad Shahnia
University student prizes
2021
The winner of the IEEE ECU student prize is Sammy BALIMWACHA
2020
Curtin University 2020 Engineering Students Awards
The IEEE WA Section presented awards to the best Electrical and Electronic Engineer students at Curtin University. A/Prof Cesar Ortega-Sanchez representing the Section.
The students awarded were:
- Mr Michael Betteridge. For outstanding achievement in the core second year units in the Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Program.
- Mr Shen Li. Electrical and Electronic Engineering student with the highest aggregate of marks in the units Power Systems Analysis and Power Electronics.
