Recognizing the achievements of its members is an important part of the mission of the IEEE. Each year, following a rigorous evaluation procedure, the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select group of recipients for one of the Institute’s most prestigious honors, elevation to IEEE Fellow.

The IEEE Board of Directors, at its November 2009 meeting, elevated Prof Ben Eggleton to IEEE Fellow (effective 1 January 2010) with the following citation:

for contributions to the development and applications of Bragg gratings and other periodic structures in optical fibers