The Outstanding Paper Award is presented to the author(s) of a paper published in the UFFC-S Transactions which exemplifies excellent technical contributions and is clearly written. The winner is selected on the basis of: originality, interest to the membership, contributions to the field, clarity of writing, and timeliness. Selection is made by the Awards Committee. Nominations and comments from the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editors and Guest Editors of the Transactions are solicited.
Papers are reviewed as a group for each Volume of the UFFC-S Transactions (January through December). In a given year, usually one paper is selected, but the Awards Committee may chose to give no award or multiple awards when circumstances warrant. Presentation is usually at one of the Society’s major symposia.
The award consists of a plaque and a certificate.
(Award was first presented in 1956)
“Fourier-Domain Beamforming: The Path to Compressed Ultrasound Imaging” published in the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Volume 61, No. 8, August 2014
“Fourier-Domain Beamforming: The Path to Compressed Ultrasound Imaging” published in the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Volume 61, No. 8, August 2014
“State-of-the-Art RF Signal Generation”, vol. 60, no. 9, September 2013, pp. 1796-1803.
“State-of-the-Art RF Signal Generation”, vol. 60, no. 9, September 2013, pp. 1796-1803.
“Multi-Layer Phase Analysis: Quantifying the Elastic Properties of Soft Tissues and Live Cells with Ultra-High-Frequency Scanning Acoustic Microscopy”, vol. 59, no. 12, April 2012, pp. 610-620.
“Low-Frequency Meandering Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester”, vol. 59, no. 5, May 2012, pp. 846-858.
“Phase Noise in RF and Microwave Amplifiers”, vol. 59, no. 12, December 2012, pp. 2613-2624.
"Sources of Image Degradation in Fundamental and Harmonic Ultrasound Imaging: A Nonlinear, Full-Wave, Simulation Study", vol. 58, no. 6, June 2011, pp. 1272-1283
"Miniaturized Sensors for the Viscosity and Density of Liquids - Performance and Issues", vol. 57, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 111 – 120.
"Phase Coherence Imaging", Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 958-974, May 2009
"Pyroelectric Energy Conversion: Optimization Principles", Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 538-551, March 2008
"MEMS Technology for Timing and Frequency Control", Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 251-270, February 2007
"Ultrasonic Contrast Agent Shell Rupture Detected by Inertial Cavitation and Rebound Signals", Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 126-136, January 2006
"Performance Evaluation of a Valveless Micropump Driven by a Ring-Type Piezoelectric Actuator", Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 463-473, February 2006
"A New Strategy to Enhance Cavitational Tissue Erosion Using a High-Intensity, Initiating Sequence", Vol. 53, No. 8, pp. 1412-1424, August 2006 Multimedia-zipped
"Use of Modulated Excitation Signals in Medical Ultrasound. Part I: Basic Concepts and Expected Benefits", Vol. 52, No 2, pp. 177-191, February 2005; "Use of Modulated Excitation Signals in Medical Ultrasound. Part II: Design and Performance for Medical Imaging Applications", Vol. 52, No 2, pp. 192-207, February 2005; and "Use of Modulated Excitation Signals in Medical Ultrasound. Part III: High Frame Rate Imaging", Vol. 52, No 2, pp. 208-219, February 2005.
"Low Temperature Fabrication of Immersion Capacitive Mecromachined Ultrasonic Transducers on Silicon and Dielectric Substrates", Vol. 51, No 10, pp. 1324-1333, October 2004
"A Novel Sensor for Monitoring Acoustic Cavitation. Part I: Concept, Theory, and Prototype Development", Vol. 50, No. 10, pp. 1342-1350., October 2003
"Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers: Next-Generation Arrays for Acoustic Imaging?", Vol. 49, No. 11, pp. 1596-1610, November 2002
"Acoustic Loss Mechanisms in Leaky SAW Resonators on Lithium Tantalate", Vol. 48, No 6, pp. 1517-1526, November 2001
"Single Crystal PZN/PT-Polymer Composites for Ultrasound Transducer Applications", Vol. 47, No 4, pp. 792 - 800, 2000
"An Ultra-Precision XYZ Piezo-Micropositioner - Part I and Part II" Vol. 46, No 4, pp 897-905 and pp 906-912, July 1999.
Authors of three papers on "Longitudinal Leaky Surface Waves on Lithium Tetraborate" "Propagation Properties", Vol. 45, No. 1, pp 136 - 151, January 1998; "Propagation under Periodic Metal Grating", Vol. 45, No. 2, pp 394 - 408, March 1998; and "SAW Device Applications", Vol. 45, No. 6, pp 1506 - 1516, November 1998.
"A System for Ultrasonic Beacon-Guidance of Catheters and Other Minimally-Invasive Medical Devices", Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 496 - 504, March 1997.
"Estimation of Blood Velocity with High Frequency Ultrasound", Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 149 - 157, January 1996.
"Microwave Oscillators Incorporating Cryogenic Sapphire Dielectric Resonators", Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 111 - 119, January 1995.
"Multilayer Piezoelectric Ceramics for Two-Dimensional Array Transducers", Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 761 - 771, September 1994.
"A Dual-Mode Thickness-Shear Quartz Pressure Sensor", Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 584 - 591, September 1993.
Mathias Fink, François Wu, Jean-Louis Thomas and Didier Cassereau for the combined papers "Time Reversal of Ultrasonic Fields" which appeared in three parts: , "Part II: Experimental Results", and "Part III: Theory of the Closed Reversal Cavity", Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 555 - 566, pp. 567 - 578, pp. 579 - 592, September 1992, respectively.
For the combined papers "Nondiffracting X Waves-Exact Solutions to Free-Space Scalar Wave Equation and Their Finite Aperture Realizations", and "Experimental Verification of Nondiffracting X Waves", Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 19 - 31, January, and No. 3, pp. 441 - 446, May 1992, respectively.
"An Acoustic Micrometer and Its Application to Layer Thickness Measurements", Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 326 - 331, May 1989.
For the combined papers "Precision Surface-Acoustic-Wave (SAW) Oscillators", and "Extremely Low-Phase-Noise SAW Resonators and Oscillators: Design and Performance", Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 342 - 364, May, and No. 6, pp. 657 - 667, November 1988, respectively.
"Optical Detection of Ultrasound", Vol. UFFC-33, No. 5, pp. 485 - 499, September 1986.
For the combined papers "Piezoelectric Composite Materials for Ultrasonic Transducer Applications. Part I: Resonant Modes of Vibration of PZT Rod-Polymer Composites", and "Piezoelectric Composite Materials for Ultrasonic Transducer Applications. Part II: Evaluation of Ultrasonic Medical Applications", Vol. SU-32, No. 4, pp. 481 - 498, and pp. 499 - 513, July 1985, respectively.
For the combined papers "Statistics of Speckle in Ultrasound B-Scans", and "Low Contrast Detectability and Contrast/Detail Analysis in Medical Ultrasound", Vol. SU-30, No. 3, pp. 156 - 163, and pp. 164 - 173, May 1983.
"Computation of the Vibrational Modes for Piezoelectric Array Transducers using a Mixed Finite Element-Perturbation Method", Vol. SU-28, No. 5, pp. 318 - 330, September 1981.
"Differential Imaging with the Acoustic Microscope", Vol. SU-28, No. 2, pp. 59 - 64, March 1981.
"Excitation and Detection of Surface Skimming Bulk Waves on Rotated Y-Cut Quartz", Vol. SU-27, No. 1, pp. 22 - 30, January 1980.
"Surface Acoustic Wave Resonators in Quartz", Vol. SU-26, No. 2, pp. 93 - 104, March 1979.
"Scattering Analysis and Design of SAW Resonator Filters", Vol. SU-26, No. 3, pp. 205 - 230, May 1979.
"Multiple Crossed Beam Ultrasound Doppler Velocimetry", Vol. SU-25, No. 5, pp. 281 - 286, September 1978.
"Reconstruction of Ultrasound Propagation Speed Distribution in Soft Tissue: Time of Flight Tomography", Vol. SU-24, No. 4, pp. 229 - 234, July 1977.
"Analysis of Generation and Detection of Surface and Bulk Acoustic Waves for Interdigital Transducers", Vol. SU-24, No. 3, pp. 147 - 166, May 1977.
"Evaluation of a Random Signal Correlation System for Ultrasonic Flaw Detection", Vol. SU-23, No. 5, pp. 329 - 333, September 1976.
"Plate Mode Coupling in Acoustic Surface Wave Devices", Vol. SU-23, No. 2, pp. 113 - 127, March 1976.
"Diffraction Compensation in Periodic Apodized Acoustic Surface Wave Filters", Vol. SU -21, No. 2, pp. 114 - 119, April 1974.
For the combined papers "Theory and Design of the Surface Acoustic Wave Multistrip Coupler", and "Surface Acoustic Wave Multistrip Components and their Applications", Vol. SU-20, No. 2, pp. 124 - 133, and 134 - 142, April 1973, respectively.
"Improved Electrostatic Probe for Measurement of Elastic Surface Waves", Vol. SU-19, No. 4, pp. 436 - 441, October 1972.
"Holographic Interferometry Applied to Motion Studies of Ultrasonic Bonders", Vol. SU-19, No. 4, pp. 453 - 461, October 1972.
"Mechanical Filters - A Review of Progress", Vol. SU-18, No. 3, pp. 155 - 170, July 1971.
"Zero Temperature Coefficient Ultrasonic Delay Lines Utilizing Synthetic Quartz Crystals as Delay Media", Vol. SU-18, No. 4, pp. 201 - 209, October 1971.
"Acousto-Optic Light Deflection: Design Considerations for First Order Beam Steering Transducers", Vol. SU-18, No. 4, pp. 209 - 214, October 1971.
"Evaluation of Digitally Coded Acoustic Surface Wave Matched Filters", Vol. SU-18, No. 1, pp. 21 - 27, January 1971.
