12/2025: Huan-Cheng and Ziyuan won the IEEE SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award this year, with Ziyuan receiving the top-2 prize named in memory of Prof. Willy Sansen!

For a small number of promising graduate students, the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Predoctoral Achievement Award provides an honorarium as well as reimbursement of select expenses incurred by the awardee for attending the next International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC.) Awards are made on the basis of academic record and promise, quality of publications, and a graduate study program well matched to the charter of SSCS. The two most outstanding entries deemed by the judges will be granted prizes named in memory of Willy Sansen, former president of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) and a luminary in analog integrated-circuit design research and education; and Kenneth Smith, a tireless contributor to ISSCC for more than 50 years and co-author of the landmark textbook Microelectronic Circuits.

Check the 2025-2026 award recipients here.