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An IEEE Fellow holds an elite distinction. This honor is given to long-term IEEE members whose efforts to advance engineering, science, and technology demonstrate remarkable focus and determination.

About IEEE Fellows

Receiving an IEEE Fellow or Life Fellow designation is an exceptional honor. This prestigious grade elevation can be awarded to an IEEE member who achieves outstanding accomplishments in any IEEE field of interest.

Nominees must hold an IEEE Senior or IEEE Life Senior member title, aka “grade.” They must also be members in good standing, completing a minimum of five cumulative years of IEEE membership in any grade before January 1 of the year of elevation.

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“It’s a very special honor to be named an IEEE Fellow because it means your peers have recognized your contribution’s significance and impact.”
 

Arijit Raychowdhury
Chair, Steve W. Chaddick School for Electrical & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. IEEE Fellow since 2022.

IEEE's Board of Directors grants the Fellow grade, and new Fellows receive a certificate with their name and a citation that states their accomplishment, a congratulatory letter from the IEEE President, and a 10k gold IEEE Fellow lapel pin. 

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History of the IEEE Fellow Program

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1912

The Fellow grade first appeared in the constitution of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE), an IEEE precursor organization. At the time, potential Fellows needed to be age 32 or older and have at least ten years of professional experience. 

1914

Another early group, the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), introduced the Fellow grade in its constitution. For a time, members of AIEE or IRE could apply for an upgrade with references from other members, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.

1915

Another early group, the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), introduced the Fellow grade in its constitution. For a time, members of AIEE or IRE could apply for an upgrade with references from other members, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.

1938

AIEE made a constitutional modification requiring “a proposal of five members or Fellows" to back any member’s application for promotion to Fellow. IRE declared Fellow grade admission possible only by invitation from its Board of Directors the following year. A decade later, AIEE adopted a similar direct-invitation policy, prohibiting self-applications. 

1942

IRE issued citations to new Fellows for the first time, describing their accomplishments. AIEE follows in 1952.

1963

AIEE and IRE merged, becoming a single institute called IEEE. Numerous electrical engineers who are both AIEE and IRE members and Fellows automatically became IEEE Fellows. Post-merger, IEEE continued to issue citations to newly elevated Fellows confirming their accomplishments. 

1982

Renowned physicist and philanthropist Dr. Mani Bhaumik became an IEEE Life Fellow for his contributions to the research and development of high-energy lasers and new laser systems.

1991

The late Roger Brockett, a renowned researcher and educator, received the IEEE Control Systems Award, celebrating his pioneering advancements in nonlinear control, stability, robotics, and control engineering education. In 2026, the award will be renamed the IEEE Roger W. Brockett Control Systems Award in honor of the IEEE Life Fellow.

2021

The highest-ever number of women were named Fellows in this year. Of 85 women nominated for IEEE Fellow, 39, or nearly 46 percent, received elevation to the designation. 

2025

IEEE received 1,058 Fellow nominations—the largest number on record for the program. Of the members nominated, 338 were elevated to Fellow for accomplishments, including advancements in learning technologies for special education needs and social inclusion, public key cryptography, and AI safety.

Today

Our Board of Directors grants Fellow status to engineers and technological experts with superior records of contribution and accomplishment in IEEE fields of interest.

IEEE Fellows by the Numbers

Fellow is the highest grade of IEEE membership. Each year, this honor is limited to no more than 0.1 percent of the total IEEE voting membership. See statistics  about recent Fellows, according to a range of metrics.   

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IEEE members honored with the Fellow grade in 2025 made advances that not only brought recognition to their field. They made the world better.

The review process for 2025’s Fellow class took place throughout 2024. IEEE received 1,058 applications, and 338 members were designated as Fellows. Their contributions ranged from power conversion for induction heating to neuroscience to wireless Internet of Things. Here, you can learn more about just a few of them.

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2025 Fellows Spotlight

    Vishal Monga

    Vishal Monga’s contributions to computationally efficient image analysis and restoration led to his IEEE Fellow elevation. His numerical optimization methods have not only enabled high-quality image acquisition and rendering but also improved the classification of image content. During his 15 years as a professor at Penn State, Monga has made outstanding contributions in the fields of data science, artificial intelligence and signal and image processing. His elevation to IEEE fellow is the most recent, but not least, on a list of research-based awards that include a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and induction into the National Academy of Inventors.

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    Vishal Monga
    Professor of Electrical Engineering, Penn State University, PA, USA
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    “It’s an honor to be recognized by my colleagues … This designation is a direct reflection on the quality and achievements of my students over the past 25 years. It further demonstrates that our research and teaching programs are producing the highest qualified and capable graduates who then go on to create meaningful impacts through their engineering careers.”

    Regan Zane
    Director, NSF ASPIRE Engineering Research Center, and David G. and Diann L. Sant, Endowed Professor, Utah State University, UT, USA. Fellow since 2025.

    To nominate a colleague for IEEE Fellow grade, submit your nomination through the Fellow Portal, our electronic nomination system. Note: The nominator must submit a nomination before a reference or endorser can complete their support form.

    Quick links and guides are below; please refer to the step-by-step Fellow nomination process before beginning.

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    The IEEE Fellow Committee recommends candidates to the IEEE Board of Directors for the rank of Fellow.

    Quick links and guides are below.

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    The IEEE Fellows directory allows members to connect with Fellows or view their profile information. It can be filtered by a range of categories, such as Society, Region, and year elevated. Non-members have limited access.

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