Honours and Awards
He was awarded the IEEE Microwave Prize in 1999 for his world-leading research paper on Microwave power transistors for communicating applications and the IEEE Distinguished Educator Award in 2009 by the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society.
The Royal Academy of Engineering awarded him their Silver Medal for 'Outstanding personal contributions to the UK microwave semiconductor industry' in 2004.
Between 1998 and 2005 he was a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Electron Devices Society.
In 2003 he was invited by HM The Queen to Buckingham Palace for the Pioneer Reception recognizing his contributions to communication technology.
Snowden was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to engineering and higher education.
He has just received the 2012 Outstanding Career Award from the European Microwave Association.
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