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chive are selections from a book he IEEE Vehicular Technology entitled Land Mobile Communications Society (VTS) got its start in 1949 Engineering that was published by as the Institute of Radio Engineers the Society, as well as papers from (IRE) Committee on Vehicular and the 7 Vehicle Navigation and InforRailroad Radio. The Society's name mation Systems Conferences that has changed five times since then were co-sponsored by VTS, Society and its scope has expanded to of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and include not only the "Radio" of the Intelligent Transportation Society of original name, but all manners of America (ITS America). electronics associated with vehicular You will find your copy of the VTS systems. The Society (then known as Digital Archive bound along with the IRE Professional Group on Vehicthis, the first issue of IEEE Vehicular ular Communications) held its first Technology Magazine. "Meeting" (now Conference) in —Tom Rubinstein Detroit in 1951. The Society's first Transactions was published in 1952. Like the Society, the Transactions has carried many names. Initially, all papers from a single Conference were published as a single issue of the Transactions. Beginning in 1966, Conference Records or, occasionally, Conference Digests were published, with the Transactions consisting solely of non-conference-related papers. The Society has assembled all Transactions, Conference Records, and Conference Digests through 2004 to form a Digital Archive. Additionally included in the Ar- FIGURE 1 Tuesday Awards Lunch.

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VTS Awards The annual VTS Awards Luncheon was held at VTC2005-Fall in Dallas on Tuesday 27 September 2005. The Society recognizes those who contribute to & support VTS in an exceptionally worthy manner. There are several awards and fellowships that VTS considers in expressing its appreciation to members of the Society. Although all of these awards are considered, not all are awarded annually. These awards also have differing prizes: Plaques, Certificates and/or money.

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FIGURE 2 VTS President Dennis Bodson welcomes delegates.

He has over 100 US or international patents issued or pending and has authored, co-authored, and co-edited numerous books in the wireless field, including the popular textbooks Wireless Communications: Principles & Practice (Prentice-Hall, 1996, 2002), Smart Antennas for Wireless Communications: IS-95 and Third Generation CDMA Applications (Prentice Hall, 1999), and Principles of Communication Systems Simulation (Prentice Hall, 2004). He was recipient of the 1999 Stephen O. Rice Prize Paper Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communications Society, and in 2002, he was

named the Frederick Emmons Terman Outstanding Electrical Engineering Educator by the American Society of Engineering Education. A Fellow of the IEEE, Prof. Rappaport currently serves on the Technological Advisory Council for the Federal Communications Commission, and has been appointed to National Academy of Science panels to study the future of telecommunications research in the US . He also served as Technical Program Chairman for the IEEE Global Communications Conference, held in Dallas , TX in 2004. In 1989, Prof. Rappaport founded TSR Technologies, Inc., a cellular radio/PCS software radio equipment firm that he sold in 1993, and in 1995, he founded Wireless Valley Communications, Inc., a pioneering creator of software products for the design, measurement, and management of wireless networks. Wireless Valley was sold to Motorola in 2005.

Fellowships The Dan Noble Fellowship is awarded jointly by Motorola, Inc. and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society to promote graduate-level study in Vehicular Technology. The award is a memorial to Daniel E. FIGURE 3 VTS Awards Chairman Ray Trott introduces the awardees.

FIGURE 4 Prof Ted Rappaport receives the Stuart F Meyer Memorial Award.

Stuart Meyer Memorial Award This award is given to recognize those members of the Vehicular Technology Society who have both served their Society and have contributed to the development of radio technology and science in an outstanding and exemplary manner. The prize is a plaque and a stipend of $2,500. The 2004 award was presented to Professor Theodore Rappaport, founding director of the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG) at the University of Texas Austin campus, which he joined in 2002. From 1988 to 2002, he was on the faculty of Virginia Tech.

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FIGURE 5 Prof Ted Rappaport addresses delegates after receiving his award.

FIGURE 6 Zahra Hayat of Motorola, cosponsors of the award, presents the Dan Noble Fellowship to Bishwarup Mondal.

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Noble, in recognition of his valuable contributions to the development of two-way vehicular communications and solid state technology. The winner for 2005 is Bishwarup Mondal.

Technical & Service Awards Two Outstanding Service Awards were given for 2004. The first went to Glenda McClure, in recognition of her work as Conference Co-ordinator, from early 2003 and the Orlando conference, to the current Dallas conference. The second went to Gordon Stüber, an elected member of the VTS Board of Governors and chairman of the Fellows Committee.

FIGURE 7 George McClure accepts the VTS Outstanding Service Award on behalf of his wife, Glenda McClure.

FIGURE 8 Prof Dave Michelson receives the VTS Chairman Award on behalf of Prof Vijay Bhargava.

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THE 2005 AWARDS LUNCHEON SAW NINE FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS PRESENTED TO VTS MEMBERS IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIETY AND THE PROFESSION. A special award was made to Vijay K. Bhargava for his work as Chairman of VTC2002-Fall in Vancouver.

Best Paper Awards These awards are given annually for the best papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology in particular subject areas. The Jack Neubauer Memorial Award recognizes the best systems paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. The 2004 winners were Sinisa Todorovic and Michael Nechyba for their paper on "A vision system for intelligent mission profiles of Micro Air Vehicles." This paper was published in December 2004. The Neal Shepherd Best Propagation Paper Award is given to the best paper relating to Propagation published in the Transactions. The 2004 winners were Claude Oestges, Vinko Erceg and Arogyaswami Paulraj for the paper, "Propagation modeling of MIMO multipolarized fixed wireless channels," which appeared in the May 2004 issue. The Best Vehicular Electronics Paper Award went to Jayson Tyrus, Ryan Long, Marina Kramskaya, Yuriy Fertman and Ali Emadi. Their paper, on “Hybrid electric sport utility vehicles,” appeared in the September 2004 issue. The Best Land Transportation Paper Award, which recognizes the best paper relating to Land Transportation published in the Transactions on Vehicular Technology, was given to Qiang Ji, Zhiwei Zhu and Peilin Lan for their paper "Real Time Non-intrusive Monitoring and Prediction of Driver Fatigue" which appeared

FIGURE 9 Dr Arogyaswami Paulraj received the VTS 2004 Jack Neubauer Memorial Best System Paper Award. in the July 2004 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

Chapter-of-the-Year Award The 2004 Chapter of the Year award, which is presented to the most active VTS chapter, was fittingly awarded to the Dallas chapter. It was collected by the 2005 chairman, Dinesh Rajan.

FIGURE 10 Dinesh Rajan receives the 2004 Chapter of the Year award on behalf of the Dallas chapter.

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