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executive panel sessions, invited
speeches, and technical e-poster presentations (including live demonstrations of the work using TV screens
in Powerpoint, video, or any other
media files) from government, industry, and academia. All presentations
will be archived in the IEEE PELS and
PES Resource Centers. The event is
open to all. Researchers, engineers,
and students from the fields of both
power electronics and electric power
systems will present and exchange
their views on the latest advances
in electronic power transmission
and distribution technologies.

Nordkraft, Aalborg, Denmark.

IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative-
Helping Young Engineers
HE IEEE POWER & ENERGY
Society (PES) Scholarship
Plus Initiative recognizes
highly qualified electrical engineering undergraduate students with
multiyear scholarships and assists in
connecting them with relevant and
meaningful career experiences. The
goal of the program is to increase
the number of well-qualified, entrylevel engineers in the power and
energy industry.
Since the program launched in
2011, 723 students have received
1,172 scholarships from 169 universities. The program has had a positive
impact within the industry, with
more students getting involved with
the power industry.
Vincent Zaccone was selected as
a PES Scholar in 2011. He has since
gone on to work for Delmarva Power in Newark, Delaware, as a part
of the transmission and substation

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Vincent Zaccone, PES Scholar alumnus, on
the job with Delmarva Power. (Photo courtesy
of Vincent Zaccone.)

reliability team. His team develops
plans and programs to ensure the
transmission lines and substations
are well maintained.
When he initially heard about the
PES scholarship program, he was a
rising senior and had to declare his
concentration soon. At the time, he
had already taken an elective in
power and electronics but had not
decided on it as a career path. As he

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wrote his PES Scholarship Plus application, he became convinced that
power was the best path for him, as it
is an interesting field with a lot of different job opportunities. Being a PES
Scholar thus helped shape his career.
Zaccone enjoys the fact that the
power industry is one that his family
and friends can understand and see
its relevance-power is universal. Instead of discussing how he is working
on a component of a ballistic missile
system or other complicated project
that is difficult to explain, he can tell
people how he works to make the
power grid more effective. His work is
something that affects them.
Find out how the PES scholarship
program is helping to address the
engineer shortage in the power and
energy industry by visiting the IEEE
PES Scholarship Plus website at www
.ee-scholarship.org.

http://www.ee-scholarship.org

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