IEEE Awards Booklet - 2013 - 22

2013 IEEE TECHNICAL FIELD AWARDS

IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award

IEEE Nikola Tesla Award

Sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association

Sponsored by The Grainger Foundation and the IEEE Power &
Energy Society

Mohindar S. Sachdev

Norio Takahashi

For contributions to and leadership in
the development of guides, recommended practices, and standards for power
system protection

For contributions to finite element modeling, analysis, and optimal design tools
of electrical machines

Mohindar S. Sachdev's passion for standards development made
him a driving force in creating and revising guidelines for safer
and reliable electric power systems. Through hands-on writing
and key leadership, Dr. Sachdev became a cornerstone of the
IEEE Power System Relaying Committee's success in publishing important standards and guides impacting power system protection. As technology evolved, Dr. Sachdev played an important
role in revising standards originally written for electromechanical
and analog devices to reflect the role of digital technology in the
automation, control, and protection that has led to today's smart
grids. His work focused on areas ranging from differential and
polarized circuit testing to grounding of secondary circuits and
protection of power transformers to protective relay applications
for transmission lines.
An IEEE Life Fellow, Dr. Sachdev is Professor Emeritus with
the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

Norio Takahashi is a world-renowned expert in developing finite element analysis methods for designing electric machines.
His pioneering work allows for the design of electric machines
under real operating conditions, taking into account the effects of
external voltage sources, stress, and temperature. His techniques
have become indispensible tools for the development of highly efficient miniature motors and actuators and have led to significant
cost savings. Dr. Takahashi has written hundreds of papers and
several books on finite element analysis techniques. His methods
have become standard in many commercial software packages and
are part of the design process for electric machines and devices
around the world. He is also known for developing a new type
of electrical steel with low-iron loss and new design methods for
high-efficiency transformer cores.
An IEEE Fellow, Dr. Takahashi is a professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Okayama University, Japan.

IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award

IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award

Sponsored by Dr. Kiyo Tomiyasu, the IEEE Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Society, the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society,
and KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc.

Sponsored by the IEEE Education Society

Carlos A. Coello Coello

Charles K. Alexander

For pioneering contributions to singleand multiobjective optimization techniques using bioinspired metaheuristics

For contributions to the development
and enhancement of undergraduate
students' engineering skills necessary for
successful careers

A trailblazer of evolutionary computation research, Carlos A. Coello
Coello was one of the first scientists to investigate evolutionary multiobjective optimization for solving complex engineering problems.
His algorithms have found application to airplane design optimization, planning the placement of electrical towers, and optimizing
production processes for sugar cane cutting. Dr. Coello pioneered
the development of self-adaptive multiobjective evolutionary algorithms, which can adjust parameters automatically without human
intervention. He is known for developing one of the earliest multiobjective particle swarm optimizers, which can solve highly nonlinear optimization problems. He also created the first multiobjective
artificial immune system, in which algorithms use characteristics of
the human immune system to solve complex problems.
An IEEE Fellow, Dr. Coello is professor and chair of the Computer Science Department with the Center for Research and
Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
City, Mexico.

Charles K. Alexander believes that it is the undergraduate years
when students can be inspired to do great things. Dr. Alexander follows a "participatory learning" style where the students
drive classroom discussions through the questions they ask, and
he guides the direction with the answers he provides. His students credit him as one of the most motivational instructors they
ever had, instilling a love for learning that they have incorporated
into their own careers. Dr. Alexander developed the WriteTalk
and ProSkills programs with Jim Watson to enhance the reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills of engineering students
along with the development and enhancement of the many additional soft skills necessary for career success. He also helped create
the Student Professional Awareness Conference program, Student
Branch Officers Leadership program, and IEEE Potentials magazine to provide opportunities for continued learning.
An IEEE Life Fellow, Dr. Alexander is a professor of electrical
and computer engineering at Cleveland State University, Ohio.

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