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Power & Energy Society

Awards and Recognition

Many of our recipients have

donated their honoraria to the

IEEE PES Endowment Fund,

IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Fund

or one of our many other funds

solicited and stewarded by the IEEE Foundation

Our Profound Gratitude to Awards Recipients

for Their Generosity and Support

If you would like to donate, please contact

Richard Allen at the

IEEE Foundation Development Office

+1-732-465-5871 or [email protected]

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PES Awards and Recognition

Alfredo Vaccaro, PES Awards & Recognition Chair

Juan Carlos Montero, PES V. P. of Membership and Image

Saifur Rahman, PES President

John McDonald, PES Rep. and Zhou Xiaoxin, CSEE Rep. IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award

Chris Brooks and Thomas Gwinn IEEE PES IAS A. P. Seethapathy Rural Electrification Excellence Award John McDaniel

IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering Bruce Wollenberg IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award

Nils Nilsson IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award

Mohammad Shahidehpour IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award Christopher Root

IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Power Award Hugh Rudnick IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award

Robert A. Dent IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award

Rambabu Adapa IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award

Stig Nilsson IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award

Ali Abur IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award

A. P. Sakis Meliopoulos IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award

Mark G. Lauby IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award Robert M. Pellegrino

IEEE PES Robert Noberini Distinguished Contributions to Power Engineering Professionalism Award Wenyuan Li IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award

Ward T. Jewell IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award

Dennis Woodford IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award Guadalupe Gonzalez

IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award Mladen Kezunovic Fellows Chair

Jeffrey Nelson IEEE PES Technical Committee and Technical Council Awards Christopher Diamond

IEEE PES Chapter Awards

Jaime Cepeda PES Awards & Recognition Vice Chair

Award Committee Chairs

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PES Awards Program

IEEE Technical Field Awards

Presented by Jim Jefferies, IEEE Past President

IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award pp. 8 & 9

Innocent Kamwa

IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award pp. 10 & 11

Steven A. Boggs

IEEE PES CSEE JOINT AWARD

Presented by Baosen Zheng, CSEE President and Saifur Rahman, PES President

IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award pp. 12 & 13

Yaozhong Ge

IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY AWARDS

Presented by Alfredo Vaccaro, PES Awards & Recognition Chair

IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering pp. 14 & 15

Charles DeNardo

IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award pp. 16 & 17

Innocent Kamwa

IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award pp. 18 & 19

Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran

IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award pp. 20 & 21

Kevin Paul Schneider

IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Power Award pp. 22 & 23

Maureen A. Borkowski

IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award pp. 24 & 25

Roy Billinton

Welcome: Daniel Diaz

2019 IEEE PES General Meeting Local Organizing Committee Chair

Presiding: Saifur Rahman

Power & Energy Society President

Introductions: Alfredo Vaccaro

PES Awards & Recognition Chair

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PES Awards Program

IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award pp. 26 & 27

Miroslav M. Begovic

IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award pp. 28 & 29

Arindam Ghosh

IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award pp. 30 & 31

Antonio Gómez-Expósito

Class of 2019 IEEE Fellows Recognition pp. 32 - 35

IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award pp. 36 & 37

Sairaj Dhople

IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and pp. 38 & 39

Control Award

Costas Vournas

IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable pp. 40 & 41

Energy Excellence Award

Mohammad Shahidehpour

IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award pp. 42 & 43

Joydeep Mitra

IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award pp. 44 & 45

Abhay Kumar (Jain)

IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award pp. 46 & 47

Ruomei Li

IEEE PES Prize Paper Awards pp. 48 - 51

“Integrated Transmission & Distribution System Power Flow & Dynamic

Simulation Using Mixed Three-Sequence/Three-Phase Modeling” Qiuhua Huang and Vijay Vittal

“Rating of Underground Power Cables with Boundary Temperature Restrictions”

George Anders and Heinrich Brakelmann

IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Awards

Outstanding Standard or Guide pp. 52 - 55

Michael Nispel (Chair) & Jim McDowall (Vice-Chair)

Outstanding Technical Report

Kevin W. Jones (Co-Chair), Pouyan Pourbeik (Co-Chair) & Gary Kobet (Vice-Chair

Secretary)

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PES Awards Program

IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Awards

Large Chapter - Austin Chapter p. 56

Andrew Bluiett (Chair)

Small Chapter - Bosnia & Herzegovina Chapter p. 57

Vedad Bečirović (Chair)

Class of 2019 IEEE Fellows Pictures pp. 58 & 59

Awards Program Editor: Randi Scholnick-Philippidis

Peer Recognition: Do you know someone deserving recognition?

www.ieee-pes.org/pes-communities/awards

On-Line Nominations

will be accepted starting

in September

PES Awards Staff: Shanon Nason

[email protected]

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IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award

The IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award was es-

tablished by the Board of Directors in 1979.

Recipient selection is administered through the Tech-

nical Field Awards Council of the IEEE Awards

Board.

This award was established to recognize individuals for

exceptional contributions to the development and/or

advancement of standards in electrical and electronics

engineering.

In the evaluation process, the following criteria are

considered: engineering and administrative accomplish-

ment and responsibilities, publications (books, stand-

ards, papers, conference); honors; supporting letters; IEEE Activities, other organizations, and

the quality of the nomination.

The award consists of a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium.

Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website Annette D. Reilly (Chair) 2011 James W. Moore

Pamela Kumar (Past Chair) 2012 Daleep C. Mohla

Osama Aboul-Magd 2013 Mohindar Sachdev

Gary Hoffman 2014 Mark McGranaghan

John Kulick 2015 Steven Mills

Rebekka Porath 2016 Hermann Koch

Adrian Stephens 2017 David John Law

2018 Craig M. Wellman

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IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award

INNOCENT KAMWA

2019 Recipient

For sustained leadership in the development of standards for

electrical machines

INNOCENT KAMWA –With the dominant role synchro-

nous machines play in electric power generation around the

world, Innocent Kamwa’s standards work has been integral

to more efficient and safer operation of the power grid.

Kamwa pioneered large synchronous machines standards

for computerized determination of parameters from tests,

which are key in settling contractual terms between utilities

and major manufacturers while providing critical data for

network reliability studies, grid code certification, and elec-

tric drives design. The standstill frequency response testing

method he developed has been accepted as the most inex-

pensive, risk-free, and accurate method of synchronous

machines model identification for use in a wide range of

engineering studies. His wide-area control and protection

systems have increased the power transfer limit of the grid while minimizing the risk of a total

system blackout.

An IEEE Fellow, Kamwa is Manager—power systems simulation and evolution with the Hydro

-Quebec Research Institute, Varennes, Quebec, Canada.

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IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award

The IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and

Distribution Award was established in 1986 through an

agreement between Herman Halperin and the Board of

Directors of the IEEE. The funds were contributed by

Herman and Edna Halperin and are administered by

the IEEE Foundation, Inc.

From 1959 through 1986, the award for outstanding

contributions to the field of electric transmission and

distribution was named the William M. Habirshaw

Award. Herman Halperin was a recipient of the

Habirshaw Award in 1962. Mr. Halperin had a distin-

guished career with the Commonwealth Edison Com-

pany over a period of 40 years. Subsequently, he spent 15 years as a consulting engineer. He was

particularly noted for his pioneering contributions to the design and operation of electric plant

facilities and power cable systems.

This award recognizes outstanding contributions to electric transmission and distribution. The

award consists of a bronze medal, a certificate, and honorarium.

Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website Charlie Henville (Chair) 2011 John H. Brunke

Maria Teresa Correia de Barros 2012 Michel Duval

Ian Jandrell 2013 Vijay Vittal

Jovica Milanovic 2014 Willem Boone

Washington Neves 2015 Wolfram Boeck

Lakshminarayana Satish 2016 George Anders

Vijay Vittal 2017 George Dorwart Rockefeller

2018 Jinliang He

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IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award

STEVEN A. BOGGS

2019 Recipient

For contributions to the improved component reliability in

transmission and distribution systems

STEVEN A. BOGGS—The expertise of Steven A.

Boggs has led to greater understanding of the root

causes of failure in power cable insulation and gas-

insulated switchgear (GIS) for more reliable transmis-

sion and distribution networks. He has developed

methods that compute the transient electric field and

conductivity at nanoscales and introduced quantum

mechanics to the conductivity calculations and the im-

pact of defects. His work has enabled equipment engi-

neers to employ higher design stresses in GIS and

transmission-class cross-linked polyethylene cable with-

out increasing the risk of failure. Boggs developed the

first online partial discharge (PD) detector for GIS,

which utilized ultrahigh frequency for PD detection. This allows detection of the most com-

mon manufacturing, installation, and aging-related issues without destructive tests. He also has

improved the reliability of surge arrestors through modelling deterioration processes.

An IEEE Fellow, Boggs (deceased) was president of Nonlinear Systems, Inc., Ashford, CT,

USA.

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IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award

The IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineer-

ing Award was initiated by the IEEE Power & Energy

Society (IEEE PES) and Chinese Society for Electrical

Engineering (CSEE) in 2009.

The award specifications include the recognition of a

professional who has demonstrated excellent perfor-

mance in the fields of electrical engineering, electrical

machinery and other related areas. The recipient's con-

tributions in electrical engineering shall be evaluated

based on technical innovations and well recognized con-

tributions in electrical power engineering and associated

fields.

The award was established to commemorate Dr. Yu-Hsiu KU (1902-2002), who made great contri-

butions in mathematics, electrical machinery and modern control theory during his longstanding

career in the USA and China.

Dr. Yu-Hsiu Ku was born in 1902; he entered Beijing Tsinghua School (the former Tsinghua Uni-

versity) at the age of 14. In 1923, he was sent to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(MIT), USA. He was the first Chinese who obtained the doctor’s degree at MIT. Dr. Ku was the

recipient of the IEEE Lamme Medal (1972) and the IEEE Millennium Medal (1999). He was also

the founding member of CSEE.

This award includes a plaque and an honorarium of $2,000 USD.

Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information John McDonald (Co-Chair) 2010 HE Jiali

Zhou Xiaoxin (Co-Chair) 2011 LOU Jiafa

Cheng Shijie 2012 YU Erkeng

Mohammad Shahidehpour 2013 WANG Cheng

Jin Hongguang 2014 MA Weiming

Arun Phadke 2015 ZHANG Boming

2016 SUN Guanghui

2017 CHEN Deshu

2018 WEI Shirang

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IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award

YAOZHONG GE

2019 Recipient

For significant contributions to fault analysis and power system protection

YAOZHONG GE was born in China, 1929, and re-

ceived B.Sc. degree from Northwest Institute of

Technology, China, in 1951, M.Sc. from Harbin Uni-

versity of Industry in 1955, and Ph.D. degree from

Moscow Powering Engineering Institute and Riga

Institute of Technology in 1962. Since 1962, I was an

Associate Professor and later a Professor with De-

partment of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong

University.

In 1962, I systematically analyzed the basic theory of

relay protection using channels, including its imple-

mentation method, the relationship to relay protec-

tion performance, and quantitative evaluation index system. Since 1978, I published a series of

papers to analyze the advantages and development trend of microcomputer relay protection, and

promoted its practical application. Subsequently, I studied the theory of adaptive protection and

advocated its implementation in computer-based protection device. In 1984, I firstly proposed

the concept of permanent fault discrimination and initiated the research direction of adaptive

reclosing. Since 1986, I have started the systematical research on the relay protection using the

fault component, and further proposed directional components of the positive sequence fault

component. Additionally, I have studied and advocated the traveling wave fault location and

protection.

I have instructed a large number of outstanding relay protection research staff and engineers,

among which Professor Zhang Baohui (IEEE Fellow), Professor Dong Xinzhou (IEEE Fel-

low), Professor Suonan Jiale, Professor Xu Bingyin, et al. are prominent scholars in related re-

search area. I was awarded the honorary contribution of the doctoral guidance teacher of Xi’an

Jiaotong University, the outstanding doctoral supervisor of Shaanxi Province, and the Xu Ji

Scholarship Outstanding Contribution Award of China Electric Power Education.

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IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering

Distribution represents a major utility investment for the transportation of electrical power. It is

critical to the quality, reliability and economy of the product. This award was established to rec-

ognize those individuals who have contributed to the growth and value of the technology.

Since many people have contributed to the advancement of distribution technology, this award

is not named honoring one individual. It is awarded annually by the IEEE PES to recognize the

individual who has made a remarkable engineering contribution to the field of distribution tech-

nology. The selection committee considers all candidates brought to its attention whose work

will result in substantial improvements to the effectiveness and utilization of power distribution.

The award is funded by long-term grant commitments received from the Asplundh Co., Chance

Co., Commonwealth Edison Co., Georgia Power Co., Kearney-National Inc., Pacific Gas &

Electric Co., PECO Energy Co., and the S&C Electric Co.

The award consists of a plaque, an honorarium of $1,000 USD and a travel subsidy to attend the

PES Awards Ceremony.

Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website J. S. McDaniel (Chair) 2010 Phillip P. Barker

R. C. Dugan 2011 Lee Taylor

L. Taylor 2012 Rick Bush

P. Barker 2013 John McDaniel

D. Ward 2014 Thomas J. Tobin

T. Short 2015 Elisabeth A. Tobin

2016 John J. Grainger

2017 James D. Bouford

2018 Daniel Sabin

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IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering

CHARLES DENARDO

2019 Recipient

For leadership in IEEE Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing, and

Mitigating Stray and Contact Voltage, IEEE Std 1695-2016

CHUCK DENARDO is a native of Northern Illinois and a

graduate of the University of Illinois. Over the course of

his utility industry career Chuck has worked all aspects of

the electric distribution system from linework to project

oversite. Most recently Chuck was a Principal Engineer

with We Energies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At We Ener-

gies he was directly involved in the issues of stray and

contact voltage for more than 30 years. His involvement

included several stray voltage related committee assign-

ments at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin

and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade,

and Consumer Protection. He has been an instructor for

UW Extension Stray Voltage Investigator Training courses and was the Treasurer of the Midwest

Rural Energy Council. Chuck is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin and an active

member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Chuck chaired PES’s Stray and

Contact Voltage Working Group during the drafting of Standard 1695-2016, IEEE Guide to Un-

derstanding, Diagnosing, and Mitigating Stray and Contact Voltage. Chuck is now a private con-

sultant.

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IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award

This award recognizes outstanding Power System

Engineering contributions. Electrification is the

most important engineering accomplishment in the

20th century according to the National Academy of

Engineering. A significant part of this accomplish-

ment has been the development of high-voltage

power systems throughout the world. These devel-

opments come from the work of dedicated engi-

neers who have devoted their careers to the utiliza-

tion and enhancement of high-voltage bulk power

systems.

The award is named for a man who contributed

greatly to power system engineering during a long

career. His contributions to the technical advancements of Power System Dynamics during the

20th century are unequaled.

The award consists of an engraved plaque and an honorarium of $5,000 USD.

Current Committee Members: Past Recipients:

Based on available information Complete listing is available on website

B. Wollenberg (Chair) 2006 John Undrill

E. Larsen 2007 Richard Farmer

N. Miller 2008 Einar V. Larsen

D. Nordell 2009 Ralph Masiello

D. Novosel 2011 Hermann W. Dommel

2012 Leonard (Len) Garver

2014 Joe Hong Chow

2017 Olgun Alsaç and Brian Stott

2018 Carson W. Taylor

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IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award

INNOCENT KAMWA

2019 Recipient

For contributions in enhancing power grid performance by novel measurement

devices, identification techniques, and stability control systems

INNOCENT KAMWA –Work in stability control systems has

a very large impact on the secure operation of the Hydro-

Québec network, which is one of the most complex in the

world in terms of dynamic performance and security assess-

ment. He started his career with the development of Multi-

Band Power System Stabilizer, known as PSS4B in IEEE

421.5-2005, which is mandatory since 2009 in the grid code

of Québec interconnection and praised around the world for

its wide-frequency range performance and tuning robust-

ness. To support PSS4B tuning and promote its acceptance,

he developed modal analysis and control system design soft-

ware built on system identification techniques for bulk pow-

er systems, which are widely cited in the literature and pres-

ently deployed at Hydro-Québec for use in actual power sys-

tems stabilizers and speed governors tuning. Kamwa also

developed and implemented Kalman filter based PMU algorithms for highly accurate phasor meas-

urement without compromising any speed of response while maintaining good performance under

wide frequency range and stressed network conditions characterizing Hydro-Québec long-distance

series-compensated network. His fuzzy-logic based protection schemes designed in early 2000 are

implemented at the core of Hydro-Québec defense plan against blackouts. Four of Dr. Kamwa’s

inventions in network measurements and control systems devices have received Hydro-Québec

Innovation awards for successful commercialization and deployment in the grid. A recipient of the

IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award, Kamwa is also a pioneer of large synchronous machines

standards for computerized determination of parameters from tests, which are key in settling con-

tractual terms between utilities and major manufacturers while providing critical data for network

reliability studies, grid code certification, and electric drives design.

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IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award

This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the

field of electromechanical energy conversion. Research and

developments on electric motors continued throughout the

20th century and into the 21st to the point that such devic-

es have now become an integral part of our lives. The cur-

rent ubiquitous presence of the electric motor in everything

we do has resulted from the work of dedicated engineers

throughout the world.

The award is named for the man responsible for numerous

practical improvements in the design and application of

electric motors over 50 years. Dr. Cyril Veinott made semi-

nal contributions to the development of poly-phase induc-

tion motors, 400 Hz aircraft motors, and was a pioneer in

the application of digital computers to the design of electric

motors. He was responsible for the early measurements

and mitigation of electric motor noise. He helped write

many IEEE and NEMA standards for electric motors. He was the first person to be inducted into

the Hall of Fame created by the Small Motor Manufacturers Association in 1985.

The IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award consists of a plaque

and an honorarium of $5,000 USD.



Nils Nilsson (Chair) 2010 O. A. Mohammed

James Edmonds 2011 Stephen D. Umans

Steven Umans 2012 J. Sheung-Chun Hsu

Scott Sudhoff 2013 Clyde V. Maughan

Jim Michalec 2014 James S. Edmonds

2015 Babak Fahimi

2016 William R. McCown

2017 Gérard-André Capolino

2018 Steve Pekarek

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IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award

KIRUBA SIVASUBRAMANIAM HARAN

2019 Recipient

For contributions to advanced electric machinery technology and application

KIRUBA HARAN obtained his BS in Electrical Engineering

from Nigeria, and a PhD from RPI in Troy, NY. He is

currently an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering

at the University of Illinois. Prior to this, Kiruba was at

GE Research for 13 years, developing advanced electrical

machine technology for all of GE's industrial businesses.

His contributions include a multi-megawatt generator for

the US Air Force to enable airborne pulse power systems.

Haran designed a superconducting machine capable of

over 8 hp/lb employing an HTS coil operating at 30 Kel-

vin with current densities 100X that of conventional tech-

nology. Kiruba worked with a team to build and conduct a

successful load test in 2007. This demonstration of MW-scale aircraft electrical power opened

the door to a wide range of applications, including hybrid electric propulsion for large aircraft.

From 2007 to 2011, Haran led research on advanced wind generators and helped develop a

broad set of drive-train technologies for GE’s $5 Billion Wind business. Since moving to Uni-

versity of Illinois, Kiruba has partnered with NASA to pursue high specific power motor-drives

utilizing both cryogenic and non-cryogenics approaches. In the last 5 years, his group has

demonstrated technology for an air-core, high-frequency permanent magnet motor and drive

that can achieve specific power above 13kW/kg, considered to be a threshold to enable practical

hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion systems. Kiruba is a former chair of the Electric Machinery

Committee of the IEEE Power & Energy Society. He serves on the Steering Committee of the

IEEE Transportation Electrification Community, and the editorial board of the IEEE Transac-

tions on Energy Conversion. Kiruba is an IEEE Fellow, Associate Fellow of AIAA, and a regis-

tered Professional Engineer in New York.

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IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award

The IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Auto-

mation Award was established to recognize individuals who

have made a significant contribution to ensure the practical

realization of distribution system automation.

This award is named in honor of Douglas M. Staszesky who

worked with enormous energy and passion to bring new

technologies and concepts to the field of distribution auto-

mation and to promote the value of investments in such

systems to electric utility decision makers. The Douglas M.

Staszesky Distribution Automation Award recognizes indi-

viduals who displayed that same energy and passion and

who have demonstrated success in the implementation of

systems that provide real benefits for electric utilities and

their customers.

The funds for this award are provided by S&C Electric Company. The award is administrated by

the IEEE Power & Energy Society.

The recipient receives a plaque and a travel stipend of up to $1,500 USD, and will designate an

engineering school to receive a $2,000 USD scholarship.



Mohammad Shahidehpour (Chair) 2010 Robert W. Uluski

Cameron Smallwood 2011 Cameron Lee Smallwood

Tim Qualheim 2012 Anil Pahwa

Christopher McCarthy 2013 Nokhum Markushevich

Anil Pahwa 2014 George Larry Clark

S. S. (Mani) Venkata 2015 S. S. (Mani) Venkata

2016 Mohammad Shahidehpour

2017 David Wade

2018 Michael Simms

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IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award

KEVIN PAUL SCHNEIDER

2019 Recipient

For contributions in reactive power control and conservation voltage reduction

KEVIN PAUL SCHNEIDER (S’00, M’06, SM’08) received

his B.S. degree in Physics and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees

in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wash-

ington. His main areas of research are distribution system

analysis and power system operations. He is currently a

Chief Engineer at the Pacific Northwest National Labor-

atory, working at the Seattle Research Center in Seattle

Washington. Dr. Schneider holds a joint appointment at

Washington State University, is an Affiliate Associate

Professor at the University of Washington, and is a li-

censed Professional Engineer in Washington State. He is

the past chair of the Distribution System Analysis Sub-

Committee and the current Chair of the Analytic Meth-

ods for Power Systems (AMPS) Committee.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Power Award

The IEEE PES Leadership in Power Award was established in 2007 to recognize industry leaders

for exceptional contributions to the promotion of the electric power engineering profession. The

award is particularly intended to highlight actions which have encouraged the development and

growth of electric power engineering practitioners and the recognition of the contributions elec-

tric power engineers have made to society. In this era, electric utility leaders who recognize the

crucial importance of power engineering in the safe, reliable and economical generation, transmis-

sion and distribution of electricity are rare and this award is to recognize them for their insight

and wisdom.

To be eligible, recipients must be active in the electric power industry but do not need to be

IEEE members. Selection is based on evaluation of accomplishments as revealed by documented

testimonials from industry members. Of particular importance is evidence of the candidate’s pro-

motion of the importance of the power engineering profession and the people practicing it. Work

in encouraging industry involvement with university power engineering programs, encouraging

young engineers through mentoring and career development programs, recognition programs for

power engineers, encouragement of professional activities by practitioners, etc. are also consid-

ered.

The recipient receives a sculpture, certificate, $2,000 USD honorarium and a travel stipend of up

to $2,000 USD.



Christopher Root (Chair) 2009 James A. Kelly

Michael Heyeck 2010 James Alan Greer

John McDonald 2011 Terry Boston

Damir Novosel 2013 Michael Heyeck

David Roop 2014 David W. Roop

Al Rotz 2015 John W. Estey

2016 Gordon van Welie

2017 Joseph E. Svachula

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IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Power Award

MAUREEN A. BORKOWSKI

2019 Recipient

For leadership, advocacy and promotion of diversity in science technology,

engineering and math within power systems operations at Ameren Utility

MAUREEN BORKOWSKI is the former president and chief

executive officer of Ameren Transmission Company, a

subsidiary of Ameren Corporation dedicated to electric

transmission infrastructure investment. As President, she

led over 300 people and managed over $3 billion of invest-

ment in new transmission construction and enhancements.

She was also responsible for the planning, operations, en-

gineering, and policymaking for Ameren's system of more

than 7,500 miles of high-voltage transmission lines in Illi-

nois and Missouri. She retired in 2017.

Beginning in 2005, Maureen led Ameren's electric trans-

mission function, initially as Vice President of Transmis-

sion, the first female officer to direct an operational and technical area in the company's history. In

2010, she was named President of Ameren Transmission Company, the first and only female sub-

sidiary president in Ameren’s history.

During her tenure at Ameren, Maureen has devoted her energy to encouraging young people to

pursue STEM careers – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. She has worked with numer-

ous organizations and schools to encourage STEM programs and STEM education, including The

Magic House, STEMpact, Marian Middle School and hosting students for introductory engineer-

ing programs at Ameren. Maureen has also devoted herself to diversity and inclusion efforts, both

at Ameren and in the community, addressing groups of professionals both at Ameren and

throughout the industry. She continues to serve as a mentor to advise and encourage women and

minority professionals and small business owners in pursuing engineering careers.

Maureen graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame, with a Bachelor of Science

degree in mechanical engineering. She resides in Saint Louis, Missouri with her husband, Dan.

They have three adult children and two grandsons.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award

The IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2007 to rec-

ognize exceptional power engineers for outstanding career-long contributions to the art and science

of electric power engineering.

To be eligible, the recipient must have been an IEEE PES member in good standing for at least 10

years, and must have accomplishments as revealed by published works, documented testimonials

from industry colleagues, or other objective demonstrations of accomplishments over an extended

period of work. Of particular importance is evidence of the candidate's contributions to the

knowledge base of the power engineering profession, whether in research, teaching, product devel-

opment, electric system design, or electric utility operations.

This award is funded by the IEEE PES Awards Endowment Fund through the IEEE Foundation.

The recipient will receive an honorarium of $2,000 USD, a sculpture, and a travel stipend of up to

$2,000 USD for the recipient to attend the presentation ceremony.



Hugh Rudnick (Chair) 2008 Stanley Harold Horowitz

Ram Adapa 2012 Melvin I. Olken

Claudio Canizares 2014 Virginia C. Sulzberger

Mark Lauby 2017 Hugh Rudnick

S. S. (Mani) Venkata

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IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award

ROY BILLINTON

2019 Recipient

For lifetime contributions in power system reliability engineering

ROY BILLINTON is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor

at the University of Saskatchewan. He became a faculty

member at the University of Saskatchewan in 1964 and

served in a wide range of academic and administrative

capacities. He joined the IEEE in 1964, became a Fel-

low in 1978 and is now a Life Fellow. Dr. Billinton is a

Foreign Associate of the United States National Acade-

my of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Society of

Canada, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of En-

gineering. His basic area of research is in power system

reliability and he has authored/coauthored 980 confer-

ence and journal publications, and ten books in this area.

His first book published in 1970 is considered to be the first book in English on the subject of

power system reliability. He has a Google Scholar h - index of 89 with 39,745 citations. He has

presented over 100 industrial short courses and lectures and has given tutorials, presentations

and seminars in forty-two countries. He supervised more than 125 PhD and MSc degree stu-

dents in the power system reliability area and ten of his graduate students have become IEEE

Fellows. Dr. Billinton has received a number of awards in addition to Fellow recognitions.

These awards include the IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award (2008) for major contribu-

tions to the development of standards in the field of electrical and electronics engineering, the

IEEE Canada Electric Power Medal (2008), the IEEE Canada Outstanding Engineering Educa-

tor Award (2001), the IEEE Canada McNaughton Gold Medal (1994), and the IEEE PES Out-

standing Power Engineering Educator Award (1992). The Roy Billinton Power System Reliabil-

ity Award was initiated in 2010 by the IEEE Power & Energy Society to honor Dr. Billinton and

to recognize outstanding individuals for their contributions to reliability of electric power sys-

tems.

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IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award

The IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award is given to a PES Member who has made outstand-

ing contributions in leadership, technical activities, and educational activities of the IEEE Power

& Energy Society.

The selection of the awardee is based on outstanding and meritorious service to the IEEE Pow-

er & Energy Society.

The IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award consists of a plaque and travel subsidy of up to

$1,000 USD for the recipient to attend the presentation ceremony.



Robert A. Dent (Chair) 2008 John W. Estey

Murty P. Bhavaraju 2009 Melvin I. Olken

John McDonald 2010 Frank E. Schink

Roger Sullivan 2012 Saifur Rahman

B. Don Russell 2013 Wanda K. Reder

Virginia Sulzberger 2014 Hans E. Weinrich

Hans Weinrich 2015 John D. McDonald

Wanda Reder 2017 Murty P. Bhavaraju

John Paserba 2018 John J. Paserba

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IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award

MIROSLAV M. BEGOVIC

2019 Recipient

For contributions to the technical activities and leadership of the

IEEE Power & Energy Society

MIROSLAV M. BEGOVIC is Carolyn & Tommie Lohman

Professor and Head of Dept. of ECE, Texas A&M Uni-

versity, and Director of Division of ECE, Texas A&M

Engineering Experiment Station. Prior to that, he was a

faculty member (1989-2015) and Professor and Chair of

Electric Energy Research Group at School of ECE at

Georgia Tech.

Dr. Begovic worked with Dr. Arun Phadke’s team on

developing the first synchrophasor unit at Virginia Tech

in 1986, and on renewable energy systems (designed with

Prof. Ajeet Rohatgi the largest roof-mounted solar PV

system at Georgia Tech for the 1996 Olympic Games in

Atlanta). His work on applications of wide area monitoring and protection technologies, as well

as grid integration of renewables, has resulted in nearly 50 projects for government and industri-

al sponsors, over 200 publications and awards, and over 100 invited keynote presentations and

seminars. At PES Atlanta Chapter (1989 – 2014) he was Treasurer, Secretary, and Chair.

He was a member of the IEEE PES Power System Relaying Committee (PSRC) for 25 years,

contributing to many and chairing some of the award winning Working Groups. In Education

Committee, he organized student travel program for attendance at IEEE PES GM. Using funds

from PES and industry, Dr. Begovic was responsible for bringing hundreds of students to the

PES General Meetings. As IEEE PES Treasurer, he supported then President Wanda Reder’s

initiative to create Scholarship Plus program, which has since become one of the IEEE Founda-

tion Signature Programs, along with IEEE Smart Village, an outreach program created during

his term as PES President to support off-grid electrification in the most underprivileged parts of

the world.

Dr. Begovic is a Fellow of IEEE and member of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi and Eta

Kappa Nu. Professor Begovic has served as President-Elect, President and Past President (2012-

2017).

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IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award

Power electronics and other static controllers are making a

major impact on future power systems through application

in transmission, distribution, and small generation. Appli-

cations in transmission and distribution include HVDC,

FACTS and Custom Power.

Since the introduction of Custom Power concepts, the

technology has been moving ahead at an increasing pace.

Very significant near to long term benefits of Custom

Power technology are now recognized in the industry.

The award is for individuals who have made a major con-

tribution to the state of the art of Custom Power technolo-

gy and its applications. It consists of a plaque, engraved

medal and an honorarium of $1,000 USD.

This award is funded by contributions from the following companies:



R. Adapa (Chair) 2008 Xiaoxin Zhou P. Adam 2010 Chris Horwill H. Akagi 2011 John J. Paserba, Jr. B. R. Andersen 2012 Stig L. Nilsson R. W. DeDoncker 2013 Edson H. Watanabe H. Huang 2014 Harshad Mehta B. Mehraban 2016 Rambabu Adapa H. Mahta 2017 Bhim Singh S. Nilsson M. Mojtaba G. F. Tang R. A. Tenorio E. Watanabe M. Szechtman

Hingorani Power Electronics Electric Power Research Institute Westinghouse GEC-UK

Siemens-Germany GE Power Systems Joyce Hingorani

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IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award

ARINDAM GHOSH

2019 Recipient

For designing and integrating innovative custom power devices in

power distribution systems

ARINDAM GHOSH received his Ph.D. from the University

of Calgary in 1983. Since then, he has worked in the Indian

Institute of Technology at Kanpur (1985-2006), Queens-

land University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (2006-

2013) and Curtin University, Perth, Australia (since 2013).

Inspired by the seminal paper by Nari Hingorani that ap-

peared in IEEE Spectrum in 1995, he started working in

the area of power electronics application in power distribu-

tion system. Since then, he has developed various innova-

tive techniques for compensation of distribution systems

and microgrids. His work in the areas of load compensa-

tion and voltage regulation using distribution static com-

pensators (DSTATCOMs) and dynamic voltage regulators

(DVRs) are widely accepted and have been used by researchers around the world. He has published

one of the first books on power quality improvement using custom power technology in 2002. He

is also a leading researcher in the area of power electronic applications in microgrids and smart mi-

crogrids. He has obtained several Australian Research Council (ARC) grants for conducting re-

search in the areas of power distribution system and microgrids. He received the Premium Award

for Best Paper in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution in 2015. He was Fulbright Scholar,

is a Fellow of IEEE and Indian National Academy of Engineering. He is also an IEEE PES Dis-

tinguished Lecturer.

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IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award

This award recognizes excellence in classroom teaching, course development and the promotion

of student, local, transnational and technical activities.

To be eligible for this award, an individual must provide classroom instruction in electrical engi-

neering at a college or university with an accredited electrical engineering program or equivalent,

be a member of PES for at least one year, and be nominated by any PES member and endorsed

by the chapter or technical committee of which the individual is a member.

The award consists of a plaque and honorarium of $1,000 USD.



Ali Abur (Chair) 2010 Richard G. Farmer Ram Adapa 2011 Thomas J. Overbye Ross Baldick 2012 Mohammad Shahidehpour Mariesa Crow 2013 Saifur Rahman Claudio Canizares 2014 Ali Abur M. Ni 2015 Ross Baldick Thomas Overbye 2016 Mariesa L. Crow Antonio Navarro Conejo 2017 Claudio Adrian Cañizares Mohammad Shahidehpour 2018 Antonio J. Conejo

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IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award

ANTONIO GÓMEZ-EXPÓSITO

2019 Recipient

For leadership contributions to education, research supervision and

scholarly publications

ANTONIO GÓMEZ-EXPÓSITO received an Industrial

Engineering degree, major in Electrical Engineering,

and a Doctor Engineering degree (1985), both with

honors from the University of Seville (Spain), where he

has chaired the Department of Electrical Engineering

for nearly twelve years and is currently the “Endesa

Chair” Professor.

He has published about 300 research works, including

120 papers in high impact journals. He has also been a

prolific author of textbooks on Circuit Theory and

Power Systems, both for undergraduate and graduate

students, the most popular ones being: “Power System

State Estimation: Theory and Implementation” (Taylor & Francis, 2004), one of the most widely

cited in the Power Systems area, and “Electric Energy Systems: Analysis and Operation” (CRC

Press, 2008, 2nd edition 2018), a collective project originally published in Spanish, which is the

default textbook in most Spanish and Latin American universities, then expanded to an English

version and translated to Portuguese and Basque Language.

Prof. Gómez-Expósito has delivered 90 seminars or short courses in 16 countries. In 2008 he

launched the “Classroom of Light”, a web-based repository of all seminars, short courses, Ph.D.

dissertations, etc. organized by the Endesa Chair.

He has been principal investigator or participated in over one hundred research and technology

transfer projects, most of them in close cooperation with the major national and European utili-

ties. He leads a research team composed of some 30 researchers, from which the start-up

Ingelectus originated in 2012.

Prof. Gómez-Expósito is a Fellow of the IEEE and past editor of IEEE Transactions on Power

Systems. He has received many professional recognitions, including the recent ones: Golden In-

signia granted by the Spanish Association for the Development of Electrical Engineering (2013)

and Research and Technology Transfer Award, granted by the Government of Andalusia (2011).

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IEEE Fellows Class of 2019

Yoshihiro Baba

for contributions to electromagnetic modeling of lightning

Patrick Chapman

for application of power electronics devices and systems for solar

energy conversion

Zhe Chen

for contributions to power electronics for wind energy conversion

Thomas J. Dionise for contributions to mitigation of transients and harmonics in

power systems

David George Dorrell

for contributions to time efficient design methodology of rotating

electrical machines

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Jiyuan Fan

for leadership in applications for power distribution systems

Claudio R. Fuerte-Esquivel

for contributions to modeling, analysis and operation of Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems

Timothy Green

for contributions to power electronics for power systems control

Syed Islam

for contributions to wind energy conversion systems

Shrikrishna V. Kulkarni

for contributions to transformer engineering education

Seung-Jae Lee

for contributions to power distribution protection and automation

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Charles Mc Shane

for leadership in safety, performance, and sustainability of power

transformers

Joydeep Mitra

for contributions to the development of power system reliability methods

Sasan Mokhtari

for leadership in energy industry technology solutions

Milorad Papic

for contributions to probabilistic planning methods to mitigate

cascading of the bulk power system

Tapan Kumar Saha

for contributions to monitoring and assessment of power

transformers

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Jonathan Sykes

for leadership in the application and management of reliable

protection systems for electric power networks

Guangning Wu

for contributions to traction power supply equipment diagnostics

for high-speed electrified railways

Baohui Zhang

for contributions to power system transient stability prediction

Committee Members:

Mladen Kezunovic (Chair) Solveig Ward (Vice Chair) Thierry Van Cutsem (Vice Chair) Antonio Gomez-Exposito (Vice Chair) Eugene Litvinov Yilu Liu Roger Dugan Wanda Reder Kwok Cheung

Vijay Vittal Kip Morison Chi-Yung Chung Teresa Correia de Barros Sandoval Carneiro Jinliang He Shinta Fukui

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IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award

This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the leadership of technical society activities in-

cluding local and/or transnational PES and other technical societies, leadership in community and

humanitarian activities, and evidence of technical competence through significant engineering

achievements.

To be eligible for the Outstanding Young Engineer Award, an individual must be thirty-five years

of age or under on January 1 of the year the award is presented, be a member of PES for at least

one year, and have a minimum of a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from an accredited electrical engi-

neering program or equivalent. He or she can be nominated by any PES member and must be en-

dorsed by the chapter or technical committee of which the individual is a member.

The recipient receives a plaque and will designate a college or university with an accredited program

in electrical engineering or equivalent to receive a $2,000 USD scholarship for an electrical engi-

neering undergraduate.

(Through 2007, the recipient received the Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer Award)



A. P. S. Meliopoulos (Chair) 2010 Luiz A. Barroso

C. DeMarco 2011 Ted K. A. Brekken

M. Ingram 2012 Alejandro D. Dominguez Garcia

J. Mitra 2013 Gabriela Hug-Glanzmann

S. Widergren 2014 Shay Bahramirad

2015 Siddharth Suryanarayanan

2016 Kory W. Hedman

2017 Le Xie

2018 Ali Mehrizi-Sani

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IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award

SAIRAJ DHOPLE

2019 Recipient

For contributions to the analysis and control of renewable generation

and microgrids

SAIRAJ DHOPLE received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. de-

grees in Electrical Engineering from the University of

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA, in 2007,

2009, and 2012, respectively. He is currently an Associ-

ate Professor with the Department of Electrical and

Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota,

Minneapolis, MN, USA. Dr. Dhople received the Na-

tional Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2015. He

is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on

Power Systems and the IEEE Transactions on Energy

Conversion. His research interests include modeling,

analysis, and control of power electronics circuits in low-

inertia power systems. In particular, his research group

has contributed algorithmic solutions to facilitate the seamless integration of inverter-interfaced

renewable energy resources for timescales spanning real-time control to longer-term optimization.

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IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award

As the development of the complex system known as

the interconnected bulk power system unfolded around

the world, it became critical to understand its nonlinear

behavior as well as develop and deploy system controls

vital to manage dynamic system behavior to ensure relia-

bility. Even today, as the bulk power system evolves to

accommodate an unprecedented change in resource mix

and technology innovation, it is critical to manage inte-

gration of new and emergent technologies. Without this

ability to model the general dynamic behavior of the bulk

power system and devise suitable coordinated systems

controls, the modernization of the bulk power system

would be inhibited. These developments come from the

work of dedicated engineers who devote their careers to the deep understanding of bulk power sys-

tem dynamic behavior, including transient, small-signal, voltage, and frequency stability, along with

the development of controls vital to support bulk power system security and quality of power sup-

ply.

Nominees for the award must have been an IEEE PES member for at least 10 years with tangible

and visible achievements in this area.

The award consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $3,000 USD.

Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website

Mark G. Lauby (Chair) 2014 Peter W. Sauer Nalin Pahalawaththa 2015 Nelson Martins C. Y. Chung 2016 Göran Anderson Mohamed Rashwan 2017 Nikolaos Hatziargyriou Nelson Martins 2018 Vijay Vittal John Paserba Pouyan Pourbeik

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IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award

COSTAS VOURNAS

2019 Recipient

For leadership in analysis of voltage collapse and understanding

power system dynamic phenomena

CONSTANTINE (COSTAS) VOURNAS received the Diplo-

ma of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in

1975, the M.Sc in Electrical Engineering from the Univer-

sity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada in 1978, and the

NTUA Doctor of Engineering degree in 1986. He is cur-

rently Professor in the Electrical Energy Systems Labora-

tory of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineer-

ing of NTUA. He has more than 50 papers published in

International Journals and above 120 presented in Con-

ferences and has co-authored with Thierry Van Cutsem

the book “Voltage Stability of Electric Power Systems”.

His research interests are in the area of power system dy-

namics, stability and control and include voltage stability and security analysis, wind generator inte-

gration in power systems, novel control applications in the distribution and transmission grid, as

well as the effect of deregulation on power system operation and control. He is Fellow of IEEE

since 2005, member of CIGRE, Editor of Electric Power System Research International Journal.

He is Chair of the IEEE/PES Power Tech International Steering Committee, was Region 8 Repre-

sentative on the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Governing Board and is currently chairing

the PES Power Systems Dynamic Performance Committee.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award

This award, established in 2011, recognizes outstanding

contributions in the field of developing, utilizing and

integrating renewable energy resources, particularly

those that have minimal carbon footprints, in the na-

tional and global energy scenarios. Feeding the electrical

energy generated from innovative conversion technolo-

gies into conventional utility grids and operating the

combined system satisfactorily, plus the effective use of

locally available renewable energy resources in remote

and rural areas to improve the human living environ-

ment are major components in this mix. The need to

stimulate and encourage activity towards these goals is

the primary objective of this award.

The award is funded through a quasi-endowment fund

established through the IEEE Foundation and provided by an External Source/Donor. A cor-

pus of U.S. $50,000 has been endowed by the Ramakumar family.

Nominees must be members of IEEE and PES with clearly identifiable and valuable contribu-

tions in the field of renewable energy.

Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information

Ward T. Jewell (Chair) 2012 Ned Mohan

Vladimir Miranda 2013 Vladimir Miranda

Ziyad Salameh 2014 J. Charles Smith

Charlie Smith 2015 Ziyad M. Salameh

Ned Mohan 2016 M. Hashem Nehrir

L. Bertling Tjernberg 2017 Thomas S. Key

E. Muljadi 2018 Nicholas W. Miller

Rama Ramakumar

K. Strunz

Hashem Nehrir

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IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award

MOHAMMAD SHAHIDEHPOUR

2019 Recipient

For contributions to global implementation of renewable energy technologies

in networked microgrids

MOHAMMAD SHAHIDEHPOUR is a University Distin-

guished Professor, Bodine Chair Professor of Electrical

and Computer Engineering, and Director of the Robert W.

Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation at Illinois Institute

of Technology (IIT). He has also been the Principal Inves-

tigator of $60M research grants and contracts on power

system operation and control. His SPIKE initiative facili-

tated the design and the implementation of affordable re-

newable-based microgrids in impoverished nations. His

project on Perfect Power Systems has converted the entire

IIT Campus to an islandable microgrid. IIT Microgrid, a

veritable representation of a renewable-based distributed

energy system, has saved the University over $1M annually,

reduced the daily campus peak load, helped operate the

campus in island mode in critical circumstances, upgraded campus distribution grid reliability indi-

ces, sustained critical campus energy operation during utility outages, and maintained the highest

level of power quality throughout the campus. His CSMART (Center for Smart Grid Applications,

Research, and Technology) at IIT has promoted the smart grid cybersecurity research for managing

the resilience of wireless networked communication and control systems in smart cities. He is the

recipient of the 2009 honorary doctorate from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. Dr. Shahi-

dehpour was the recipient of several technical awards including the IEEE PES T. Burke Hayes Stu-

dent Prize Paper Award for his research on hydrokinetics, IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineer-

ing Educator Award, IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award, and the

Edison Electric Institute’s Power Engineering Educator Award. He has co-authored 6 books and

650 technical papers on electric power system operation and planning, and served as the founding

Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. Dr. Shahidehpour is a Fellow of IEEE,

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fellow of the Na-

tional Academy of Inventors (NAI), and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering

(NAE).

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IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award

This award was created in honor of Roy Billinton, Pro-

fessor Emeritus at University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Dr. Billinton is an IEEE Life Fellow, Foreign Associate

of U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of

Royal Society of Canada, and Fellow of Canadian Acade-

my of Engineering. He has published over 850 papers

and 8 books, has given tutorials, presentations and semi-

nars in over thirty countries, delivered over one hundred

short courses on system reliability, and served on IEEE

PES committees and other industry committees. He su-

pervised more than 120 Ph.D. and Master Degree candi-

dates who are spread throughout the United States, Can-

ada and other countries.

Areas covered by the award include modeling, analysis

and data development to quantify power system reliabil-

ity, and, assessments to plan and operate reliable electric utility generation, transmission, distribu-

tion systems or interconnected power system grids.

The award has been funded by the past students and other associates of Dr. Roy Billinton and se-

lected organizations. Management of the funds are handled by the IEEE Foundation.

The recipient of the IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award receives a plaque

and an honorarium of $3,000 USD.


W. Li (Chair) 2010 Chanan Singh

A. M. Leite da Silva 2011 Wenyuan Li

R. Allan 2012 Armando M. Leite da Silva

C. Grigg 2013 Ronald N. Allen

M. Lauby 2014 Mark G. Lauby

2015 Murty P. Bhavaraju

2016 Robert James Ringlee

2017 Alton DeWitt (Dee) Patton

2018 George J. Anders

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IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award

JOYDEEP MITRA

2019 Recipient

For contributions to research, education and leadership in power system

reliability methods

JOYDEEP MITRA (Ph.D., FIEEE) is Associate Professor

of Electrical Engineering at Michigan State University,

East Lansing, Director of the Energy Reliability & Securi-

ty (ERiSe) Laboratory, and Senior Faculty Associate at the

Institute of Public Utilities. He received a Ph.D. in Elec-

trical Engineering from Texas A&M University, College

Station, and a B.Tech.(Hons.) in Electrical Engineering

from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Prof.

Mitra has conducted research in power system modeling,

analysis, stability, control, planning and simulation, and is

known for his contributions to power system reliability

analysis and reliability-based planning. He has over 200

publications and patents in the power systems area; he is

co-author of the book, "Electric Power Grid Reliability

Evaluation: Models and Methods," and of “IEEE Stand-

ard 762: IEEE Standard Definitions for Use in Reporting Electric Generating Unit Reliability,

Availability and Productivity.” He is recipient of the 2019 IEEE-PES Roy Billinton Power System

Reliability Award. Prof. Mitra's research has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation,

the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. National Laboratories, and several electric utilities. Prof. Mitra

is a Fellow of the IEEE. He serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power

Systems and Power Engineering Letters, and for the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.

In the past he has served as Chair of the IEEE-PES Analytic Methods for Power Systems Commit-

tee, Chair of several IEEE-PES Subcommittees, and as an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on

Smart Grid. Prof. Mitra engages actively in several IEEE activities such as organizing conference

tracks and contributing to the development of IEEE standards.

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IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award

The IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current

Award was established in 1980 by the recommendation of

the DC Transmission Subcommittee. It provides a means

for special recognition of those outstanding engineers and

scientists who have contributed to the advancement of

high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology.

The award is named for the man most responsible for the

research and development that led to the first practical

application of an HVDC connection between AC sys-

tems. The keys to the solution of this problem were the

development of an electric valve which could be used in

high capacity, high voltage converters, and a fundamental

system technology. This outstanding engineer and scien-

tist was Dr. Uno Lamm, an IEEE Fellow and the 1965

recipient of the Benjamin Lamme Medal.

Dr. Lamm graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, in 1927 and acquired his

Doctorate of Technology in 1943. He joined ASEA in 1928 with the task of developing mercury

arc rectifiers as an early assignment. During his career with ASEA, he received progressively more

responsible appointments: head of the Rectifier Department; head of ASEA’s Nuclear Department;

Electrotechnical Director; and Consultant to the President of ASEA. Dr. Lamm died in 1989 at the

age of 85.

At the invitation of the subcommittee, ASEA of Sweden provided the initial funds that were used

to underwrite this award. In order to sustain this important award and to permit selection of a med-

alist every year, the subcommittee solicited additional funds from selected manufacturers and elec-

tric utility companies.

The IEEE PES Uno Lamm HVDC Award consists of a bronze medal, a plaque and honorarium of

$1,000 USD.


D. Woodford (Chair) 2009 Marcio Szechtman

H. Bjorklund 2010 Mohamad M. Rashwan

H. Huang 2012 Bjarne R. Andersen

R. L. Koropatrick 2014 Jose Antonio Jardini

L. Bertling Tjernberg 2015 Rainer Marquardt

2017 Zehong Liu

2018 Hong Rao

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IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award

ABHAY KUMAR (JAIN)

2019 Recipient

For contributions on the development and application of 800 kV

Ultra High Voltage Direct Current technology

ABHAY KUMAR (JAIN), after doing his engineering from IIT

Roorkee in 1982, worked with Indian utility NTPC, in New

Delhi India, for first 13 years, before switching to ABB in

1995. Right from beginning in his career, he has always been

working with HVDC.

First HVDC Project he worked with, was, Vindhyachal back

to Back, followed up by, Rihand – Dadri HVDC Bipole pro-

ject, where he was involved right from preparing specifica-

tion to the commissioning. Thereafter, he worked with many

HVDC projects worldwide, many of them being in China.

After the decision was made by Indian utility, POWER-

GRID Corporation of India Ltd., in 2004, to proceed with execution of first 800 kV HVDC pro-

ject, ABB re-initiated development of 800 kV HVDC. Abhay, together with many of his colleagues

in ABB, has been part of the core team and has been deeply involved with ABB’s development for

800 kV UHVDC technology and equipments. A full-scale test circuit at 800 kV was then installed

and energised in 2006 for long term test at STRI, Sweden. This successful verification laid the

strong foundation for application of UHVDC technology worldwide.

Right from 2007, from ABB’s side, he has been fully responsible for ‘concept to commission’

world’s first multi-terminal UHVDC project at 800 kV (with single 12-pulse converter) and has

dedicated his last 10 years to make it happen, covering every aspect of an HVDC project. The pro-

ject is now fully commissioned and commercialized with all 8 converters in operation in multi-

terminal mode.

Mr. Abhay Kumar has been active with Cigre, for more than last 3 decades and has been Chairman

of Swedish National Committee, Swedish Regular member in Cigre B4, and Member of Adminis-

trative, and overall Technical Council of Cigre. He was also awarded with Distinguished Member

award by Cigre in 2014.

He has authored more than 50 technical papers at various international conferences on HVDC; has

been part of many Cigre Technical Brochures and is also very active with IEC standardization activ-

ity in HVDC field.

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IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award

The IEEE PES Women in Power Committee was created to foster a more diverse leadership by supporting career advancement, networking and education of women in the electric power and energy industry. One important way this mission is supported, is through the formal recogni-tion of a worthy female member of this community.

The IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award seeks to recognize a deserving female in the field of power engineering. The Award is intended to provide visibility to the awardee’s efforts, accomplishments and future poten-tial while empowering her to be an inspiration and role model for other women in the industry. The award is in honor of the first female president of IEEE PES, Ms. Wanda Reder.

In addition to recognizing the recipient, the Award brings attention to the value of fostering a diverse talent pool. It further empowers the recipient to have a greater influence on the growth and development of others in the industry.

Nominees for the award must be female and at least senior members of the IEEE PES with tangi-ble and visible achievements in one or more of the following:

- Innovation and technology development;

- Entrepreneurship and innovative business models;

- Education and mentorship;

- Related achievements.

The awardee will receive a plaque and honorarium of $1,500 USD.


Based on available information

Guadalupe Gonzalez, Chair 2014 Jessica J. Bian

Jessica Bian 2015 Sandra Cecilia Vega Gomez

Michelle Blaise 2016 Jennifer T. Sterling

Darcy Immerman 2017 Meliha B. Selak

J. Pier 2018 Bhuvaneswari Gurumoorthy and

Sarah Ronnberg Marina Mondello

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IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award

RUOMEI LI 2019 Recipient

For contributions on power systems and power electronics engineering and for promoting the electrical power sector in China

RUOMEI LI has started her career as an electrical engineer

since 1982. Her career is ranging from an engineer on power

dispatch center, project manager in a research institute and

CEO of an engineering organization.

By the end of 1980s, she proposed the model and algorithm

with software for the operation planning of the complex

power system with multi-resources, by special methods such

as time & space decomposition, equal incremental principle

and nonlinear network flow method, to meet both economic

and security indicators. In early 1990s, she led a research pro-

ject for the China power grid development prospect of

2000~2020, which proposed the future national grid struc-

ture, such as the main transmission channel from west to east,

the interconnections between regional grids would take priority of HVDC, UHVAC of 1150kv

would possibly be applied. Most of the prediction have been proved by the practice. Her contribu-

tions in research of power electronic field includes: Redefining the wide-area instantaneous reactive

power theory, based on Hilbert space theory; modeling of active power filter on the electric loco-

motive for harmonic filtering and reactive power compensation; the role of parallel hybrid filters in

resonance damping. From 2000, she has worked on full digital real-time simulation of power sys-

tem, and responsible for the project management, the communication and interface of the simula-

tion system.

Her contributions to the society include: Promotion of clean development in the areas of electricity

and energy through organizing academic activities and publications; making cooperation with inter-

national technical organizations; encouraging the international participation of Chinese engineering

community; using public activities to advance the UN's sustainable development goals, particularly

clean energy. Since 2012, she has been organizing activities for empowerment of women engineers

in power and energy field every year, which has produced important social influences.

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IEEE PES Prize Paper Award

Each year each Technical Committee of the Technical Council is entitled and encouraged to award

the author(s) of an outstanding technical paper with the IEEE PES Technical Committee Prize

Paper Award. Each committee is also encouraged to nominate a paper from their committee for

the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Paper Award; most committees choose to select the same paper.

One (or two) paper is chosen from all the nominations for the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Paper

Award.

The IEEE PES Prize Paper Award consists of a plaque for each author and $200 USD for a single

author; $100 USD each for two (2) or more authors.

“Integrated Transmission & Distribution System Power Flow & Dynamic Simulation Using Mixed

Three-Sequence/Three-Phase Modeling”

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems,

Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 3704-3714, September 2017

Authors: Qiuhua Huang and Vijay Vittal

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QIUHUA HUANG is a senior power system research engineer in the

Electricity Infrastructure Group of Pacific Northwest National Labora-

tory (PNNL), USA. He received his B.E. and M.Sc. degrees from South

China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, in 2009 and 2012,

respectively, and his Ph.D. degree from Arizona State University, Tempe,

AZ, USA, in 2016. His PhD thesis was focusing on electromagnetic tran-

sient and phasor domain hybrid simulation as well as transmission and

distribution system power flow and dynamic co-simulation. The IEEE

PES prize paper is part of his PhD work. After joining PNNL, he con-

tinues to develop and apply co-simulation technologies for coordinated

transmission, distribution and communication systems restoration, composite load model calibra-

tion, transactive energy system simulation. He received R&D 100 Award in 2018. He is an Associ-

ate Editor of CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, and Guest Editor of IET Smart Grid.

VIJAY VITTAL received the B.E. degree from the B.M.S. College of En-gineering, Bangalore, India, in 1977; the M.Tech. degree from the Indi-an Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 1979; and the Ph.D. de-gree from Iowa State University, Ames, in 1982, all in electrical engi-neering.

From 1982 – 2004 he served as a faculty member at Iowa State Univer-sity. In 2005, he joined Arizona State University as the Ira A. Fulton Chair Professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engi-neering.

His research interests are in the area of power system dynamics, dynam-ic security assessment of power systems, power system operation and control, and application of robust control techniques to power systems.

He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2004. From 2005-2011, he served as the Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. In 2013, he was awarded the IEEE Herman Halperin T&D Field Award. In 2018, he received the IEEE Power & Energy Socie-ty Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award.

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the author(s) of an outstanding technical paper with the IEEE PES Technical Committee Prize

Paper Award. Each committee is also encouraged to nominate a paper from their committee for

the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Paper Award; most committees choose to select the same paper.

One (or two) paper is chosen from all the nominations for the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Pa-

per Award.

The IEEE PES Prize Paper Award consists of a plaque for each author and $200 USD for a single

author; $100 USD each for two (2) or more authors.

“Rating of Underground Power Cables with Boundary

Temperature Restrictions”

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery,

Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 1895-1902, August 2018

Authors: George Anders and Heinrich Brakelmann

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GEORGE ANDERS is a president of Anders Consulting company in To-

ronto. Between 1975 and 2012 he has been employed by Ontario Hydro

and Kinectrics in Toronto, Canada. He is also a professor in the Faculty

of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the Technical University of

Lodz in Poland. For many years, Dr. Anders has been Ontario Hydro’s

resource person responsible for the development of power cable calcula-

tion methods and application of advanced techniques in power system

analysis. Dr. Anders is the sole author of the original CYMCAP pro-

gram used in over 1000 institutions in more than 50 countries for cable

rating calculation. He is the author of two monographs on ampacity cal-

culations published by IEEE Press in the Power Engineering Series. Dr. Anders is a recipient of

2016 IEEE Herman Halperin Awards in Transmission and Distribution and 2018 IEEE Roy Billin-

ton Award in Power System Reliability.

HEINRICH BRAKELMANN leads the consulting company BCC Cable

Consulting, Rheinberg, Germany. After some years in the cable industry

as a leader of an r&d-unit, engaged in power cable problems, he started

as a chief engineer at the University of Duisburg/Essen, got his habilita-

tion in 1985 and was elected as a full professor in 1994. His main re-

search fields are the high-voltage and high-current technologies and es-

pecially the power cable technologies (ETG-award in 1982).

Most over these years, he was a member of numerous CIGRE working

groups. He is an author of more than 240 technical publications and of five monographs in the field

of cable technique as well as high-voltage and high-current problems. In numerous important cable

projects, Dr. Brakelmann was (and is) involved as a consultant with authoritative investigations in

the optimised layout of cable links, so e.g. with respect to special EMF-measures.

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IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Award Outstanding Standard or Guide


one working group with the IEEE PES Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award.

Each committee is also encouraged to nominate their working groups for one of the Society-level

Working Group Awards, IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Awards Outstanding Standard

or Guide or Technical Report. Two working groups are chosen out of all the nominations for

these Society-level Awards and are recognized at the IEEE PES General Meeting. The officers are

given a plaque and mounted certificates for the members.

IEEE 1679.1, Guide for the Characterization and Evaluation

of Lithium-Based Batteries in Stationary Applications

(Published December 2017)

Chair: Michael Nispel

Vice Chair: Jim McDowall

Working Group Members: Curtis Ashton, Brandon Bartling,

Christopher Belcher, Shoham Bhadra, Michael Carmel,

Charles Cotton, Paul Hectors, Daniel Lambert, Jon Loeliger,

Jose Marrero, Dan McMenamin, Andrew Miraldi, Zbigniew

Noworolski, John Polenz and Randy Schubert

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IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Award Outstanding Standard or Guide

MIKE NISPEL has been in the industrial battery field for over 30 years, in varied aspects including battery manufacturing, engineering and market-ing. His experience includes working for several major battery manufac-turers, as well as a tenure operating his own business importing raw mate-rials for lithium-ion batteries. His experience has focused on industrial lead-acid and lithium batteries, as well as the related application fields of grid storage, renewables and battery monitoring. He holds a BS and MS degree in Chemical Engineering and is a frequent, invited speaker on in-dustrial battery technologies. He is on the Battcon Technical Committee and has been an active member for many years in ESSB and the renewa-ble energy battery working groups of SCC21.

JIM MCDOWALL has worked in the battery industry since 1977 and is currently in the position of Senior Technical Advisor with Saft, primarily associated with grid systems. Involved in the energy storage market since 1998, Jim was a Director of the Energy Storage Association for 14 years and is a past Chair of the organization. Jim is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Past Chair of the IEEE Energy Storage and Stationary Battery Committee, and now serves as its Standards Coordinator. He chaired the working group that wrote IEEE 1679-2010, the parent document of IEEE 1679.1-2017, which is the subject of this award.

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IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Award Outstanding Technical Report

Each year each Technical Committee of the Technical Council is entitled and encouraged to

award one working group with the IEEE PES Technical Committee Working Group Recogni-

tion Award. Each committee is also encouraged to nominate their working groups for one of

the Society-level Working Group Awards, IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Awards Out-

standing Standard or Guide or Technical Report. Two working groups are chosen out of all the

nominations for these Society-level Awards and are recognized at the IEEE PES General Meet-

ing. The officers are given a plaque and mounted certificates for the members.

PES-TR68, Impact of Inverter Based Generation on Bulk

Power System Dynamics and Short-Circuit Performance

(Published July 2018)

Co-Chairs: Kevin W. Jones and Pouyan Pourbeik

Vice-Chair/Secretary: Gary Kobet

Working Group Members: Philip Baker, Rich Bauer,

Aaron Berner, Ritwik Chowdhury, Bob Cummings,

Randi Cunico, Jason Espinosa, Evangelos Farantatos,

Normann Fischer, Kamal Garg, Michael Higginson,

Juergen Holbach, Fred Huang, Michael Jensen, Vahid Madani,

Pratap Mysore, Mukesh Nagpal, Jim O’Brien, John O’Connor,

Mohamed Osman, Ryan Quint, Manish Patel, Michael Ropp,

Nicole Segal, Jun Wen and Tao Yang

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IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Award Outstanding Technical Report

KEVIN W. JONES graduated from the University of Missouri in 1989

with Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Com-

puter Engineering. Kevin W. Jones has served the power industry for

30 years at Southwestern Public Service Company (now Xcel Energy).

Kevin has worked in various departments, including Substation Com-

missioning, Transmission Operations, and System Protection Engi-

neering. He specializes in high-voltage transmission line relaying,

event analysis, and system stability relaying. Kevin is a senior member

of the IEEE and is a member of the Power System Relaying and Control Committee (PSRC),

where he currently chairs two working groups. Kevin is a member of CIGRE, a member of the

Texas A&M Conference for Protective Relay Engineers planning committee, and has participat-

ed in NERC Reliability Standard development, most notably serving as the Vice-chair of the

“Relay Performance During Stable Power Swings” Standard (NERC PRC-026-1). Kevin is a li-

censed professional engineer in the state of Texas.

POUYAN POURBEIK has served the electric power and energy indus-

try as a consultant and a researcher since 1997. He worked for GE

Power Systems from 1997 to 2000. From 2000 to 2006 he was with

ABB Inc. From 2006 to 2016 he worked for the Electric Power Re-

search Institute. In March 2016, he founded Power and Energy,

Analysis, Consulting and Education, PLLC, where he is a principal

consultant.

Dr. Pourbeik is a Fellow of the IEEE, an Honorary and Distinguished

Member of CIGRE and a licensed professional engineer in the States

of North Carolina and Texas. He is also a past chairman of both the IEEE PES Power System

Dynamic Performance Committee and the CIGRE Study Committee C4 – System Technical

Performance. He has also been an active member and/or led numerous international task forces

and working groups within IEEE, CIGRE, NERC, WECC and IEC.

GARY KOBET is an Electrical Engineer for the Tennessee Valley Au-

thority (TVA) in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His responsibilities include

machine and voltage stability studies for the operating horizon, devel-

oping operating guides, and disturbance analysis. He is a member of

the IEEE/PES Power System Relaying and Control Committee. He

recently served as vice-chair of the NERC/IEEE Task Force on Short

-Circuit and System Performance Impact of Inverter Based Genera-

tion.

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IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Award Large Chapter Category

AUSTIN CHAPTER

ANDREW BLUIETT, CHAIR

The Austin Chapter is recognized as the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Large Chapter Award

for its outstanding performance for the accomplishments completed in 2018. The achievements

are recognized under the leadership of Chapter Chair, Andrew Bluiett, and the Chapter Execu-

tive Committee (ExCom).

The Austin Chapter had a successful 2018 with numerous activities conducted for the benefit of

its members, with special attention being paid to educational programs, technical activities, and

engineering profession/PES promotion. The chapter also had a significant increase in total

membership and an increase in advancements to senior membership status.

Some of the significant 2018 accomplishments include:

· More than 13 technical meetings averaging over 25 attendees, covering a wide range of topics.

Topics have included areas such as cyber security, HVDC, electrical equipment, black

start system restoration, and ethics, along with multiple facilities tours.

· Hosted a technical meeting led by a distinguished lecturer.

· One full day educational workshop on IEEE 1547 and one two-day educational workshop on

NEC for electrical engineers.

· Hosted two separate social events specifically targeting engineering and PES promotion to non

-IEEE professionals and to students undecided on their career choice.

· Engagement with students at multiple local universities.

· Recognition of Outstanding Chapter Engineers in both categories (<15 and >15 years) and of

Outstanding Chapter Volunteer.

· Recognition of chapter volunteers with special appreciation dinner.

· A focus on membership growth with considerable year-to-year gains.

· Taking over membership advancement program from section and advanced 10 members to

senior member status in 2018.

· Rebuilt chapter website from scratch to make it more accessible and relevant to members.

Chapter maintains heavy social media presence as well.

RUNNERS-UP IN THIS CATEGORY ARE

Bangalore (R10), Columbus (R2), Malaysia (R10), North Jersey (R1), and Southern Alberta (R7)

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IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Award Small Chapter Category

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA CHAPTER

VEDAD BEČIROVIĆ, CHAIR

The Bosnia & Herzegovina Chapter is recognized as the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Small Chapter Award for its outstanding performance for the accomplishments completed in 2018. The achievements are recognized under the leadership of Chapter Chair, Dr. Vedad Bečirović, and the Chapter Executive Committee (ExCom).

The Bosnia & Herzegovina PES Chapter had an excellent year, providing a variety of technical, educational, and student activities throughout 2018. The chapter officer volunteer team has pro-vided leadership and wide-ranging services for the benefit of the local PES members, students and others in the power industry.

Some examples of 2018 milestone activities include:

· Hosted Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe Conference. This required a tremendous amount of work from the local chapter and benefitted not only those that travelled to the conference, but the local members.

· Multiple technical tutorials were hosted during ISGT.

· Co-organized InTsikt 2018, an annual international symposium with industry, academia, and government institutions.

· Hosted two technical meetings led by distinguished lecturers.

· Hosted the Region 8 chapter chairs training meeting.

· Significant student engagement, particularly in hosting the multi-day event: The Days of Young Engineers 2018, which connects professionals and students through industry tours, lectures, and social events.

· Provided gala dinners at ISGT, InTsikt, and The Days of Young Engineers events.

· Recognition of Outstanding Chapter Engineers in both categories (<15 and >15 years).

· Strong focus on membership growth with over 30% growth in 2018, as well as strong focus on membership advancement.

· Great engagement with YP and WIP affinity groups.

NO RUNNERS-UP FOR THE SMALL CHAPTER CATEGORY FOR THIS YEAR

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Class of 2019 IEEE Fellows

Yoshihiro Baba

David George Dorrell Jiyuan Fan

Claudio R. Fuerte-Esquivel

Patrick Chapman

Thomas J. Dionise

Zhe Chen

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Tapan Kumar Saha

Joydeep Mitra Shrikrishna V. Kulkarni

Milorad Papic Jonathan Sykes

Baohui Zhang

Seung-Jae Lee

Class of 2019 IEEE Fellows

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Who is eligible to be a Fellow?

At the time the nomination is submitted, a nominee must:

Have accomplishments that have contributed importantly to the advancement or application of

engineering, science and technology, bringing the realization of significant value to society;

Hold IEEE Senior Member or IEEE Life Senior Member grade;

Have been a member in good standing in any grade for a period of five years or more preceding

1 January of the year of elevation.

The process consists of two evaluations:

The IEEE Society/Technical Council that the nominator identified on the nomination form

IEEE Fellow Committee - only this committee reviews the reference letters.

Evaluation criteria:

The nominee’s contribution to the field.

The evidence provided that documents this contribution

The impact the contribution has had on the field.

For more information reach out to the 2019 PES Fellows Nomination Resource Committee

Professor Sakis Meliopoulos, Chair

Members Chanan Singh Costas Vournas Murty Yalla Branislav Djokic Chongqing Kang Mani Venkata

Have questions, email the FNRC at [email protected]

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“The goal of the Initiative is get more undergraduate students involved in the Power Industry. It provides scholarships, mentoring opportunities and real-world experiences to undergraduate EE students interested in power and energy engineering careers in Canada, India, Italy, Puerto Rico and the

United States.”

Rick Pieper IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Committee Chair

Support from industry is a key component for success of the program.

We wish to thank our financial supporters:

Visionary Level - Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

Presidential Level - S&C Electric

Platinum Level - G&W Electric

Diamond Level - Doble Engineering & Anonymous Foundation Donor

Gold Level - Burns McDonnell and ShivKrupa

Silver Level - American Transmission Corporation, ComEd, Omicron Energy and Southern Company

Program established in 2011

Awarded 1,556 scholarships to 917 individuals attending 202 universities.

500+ PES Scholars have reported earning full-time jobs with 75% working in the power industry.

To make your donation visit https://www.ieeefoundation.org/Donate_PES_Scholarship Or for more information on the Scholarship Plus Initiative visit https://www.ee-scholarship.org/

New Award Announcement!

PES Outstanding Student Scholarship Award

This award recognizes PES Graduate student members (up to 20) who have chosen an academic path leading to an electric power and energy engineering career. Recipients will be chosen based on their aca-demic achievements, contributions to meeting community and humanitarian needs, and leadership in advancing student engagement within PES. Each recipient will receive US$10,000 and complimentary housing and conference registration to attend a PES Conference within their Region. We will begin ac-cepting nominations for this award in September 2019.

For more information visit PES Awards at https://www.ieee-pes.org/pes-communities/awards

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The Maa Trust - Kenya - Massia Mara Classroom

Photo by Crystal Mogensen

Green Village Electricity Project - Nigeria - Village

of Bisanti ISV electrification project

Photo by Ifeany Orajaka

Global Himalayan Expedition - India - Ladakh

Monastary Illuminated with LED lights provided

by IEEE Smart Village

Photo by Paras Loomba

The Maa Trust - Kenya - New IT Learning Center under construction. Far Left,

Dr. Crystal Mogensen founder ot The Maa Trust. Center: Dr. Robin Podmore co-

founder and vice-chair of IEEE Smart Village with the local construction workers

Photo by Dr. Robin Podmore

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