IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - September/October 2017 - 104

awards

PES awards
congratulations to the 2017 winners

THE IEEE POWER & ENERGY
-Society (PES) congratulates the recipients of its 2017 Society-level awards.
The winners are selected through a
comprehensive nomination and evaluation process. Please join us to congratulate this year's awardees for their exceptional achievements.
IEEE PES Award for Excellence in
Power Distribution Engineering
✔✔ Jim Bouford, in recognition of
years of leadership and innovation in distribution engineering.
IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award
✔✔ Gérard-André Capolino, for contributions in condition monitoring and fault detection for electrical machines and drives.

IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom
Power Award
✔✔ Bhim Singh, for advancements
in active filters, three-phase
multipulse converters, and power quality improvement in solar
photovoltaic grid interconnected
systems.
IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award
✔✔ Claudio Canizares, for fostering
partnerships between industry
and power engineering education and for developing innovative online power-engineering
programs.

IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power
System Engineering Award
✔✔ Ongun Alsac and Brian Stott, for
leadership in the development
and application of optimal powerflow analysis.

IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award
✔✔ Le Xie, for outstanding research
in power systems analytics and
for leadership in big data.

IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky
Distribution Automation Award
✔ ✔ Dav id Wa de, for le a der sh ip
and visionary work in advancing the deployment of distribution automation.

IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award
✔✔ Alton DeWitt Patton, for the development and applications of
power system reliability models
and methods.

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IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award
✔✔ Murty Bhavaraju, for leadership
and educational contributions to
PES.

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IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage
Direct Current Award
✔✔ Zehong Liu, for technical leadership and pioneering work in

ultrahigh-voltage dc technology
for bulk power generation integrated to large power grid.
I EEE PES Leadership in Power
Award
✔✔ Joseph -Svachula, for mentorship
and fostering future engineering
leaders and promoting innovative technologies and business
models in the utility industry.
IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement
Award
✔✔ Hugh Rudnick, for passion and
unwavering energy in electric
power engineering and for pioneering solutions in power system economics.
IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award
✔✔ Deshu Chen, for pioneering research and student advancement
in the development of adaptive
protection for power systems.
IEEE PES Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award
✔✔ Thomas S. Key, for pioneering
contributions in renewable energy resource development and
integration.
IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power
System Dynamics and Control Award
✔✔ Nikolaos Hatziargyriou, for contributions in the dynamic performance
and control of power systems with
dispersed energy resources.
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