IEEE Power Electronics Magazine - September 2023 - 85

President Brad Lehman and PELS VP
of Membership Mark Xu delivered
addresses on the state of PELS, and
highlighted the many opportunities
that are available in today's society
for power electronics engineers.
Additionally, the winners of the photo
contest were announced, as were the
winners of the 2023 PELS Ph.D. Thesis
Talk (P3) award!
In conclusion, the 2023 edition of
the PELS Day celebrations were a success
in bringing together members
both locally and globally, increasing
the number of chapters and participants
engaging with the overall society.
Please stay tuned for PELS Day
2024! Excitement for, and around, our
profession will be a helpful step in
creating the workforce we need to
" Power our Sustainable Future! "
About the Authors
John Noon (john.noon@ieee.org) is
a Senior Electrical Engineer with Otis
Elevator Company, Farmington, CT,
by Haifah Sambo, Bruna Seibel Gehrke,
Ripun Phukan, Anshuman Sharma,
Nayara Brandão de Freitas,
and Joseph P. Kozak
USA. He is the Co-Chair of the IEEE
PELS Day 2023 Committee. He is also
the Founder and Chair of the Connecticut
Section IEEE PELS Chapter.
Joseph P. Kozak (joseph.kozak@
jhuapl.edu) is a Senior Electrical Engineer
with The Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory,
Laurel, MD, USA. He is the Chair of
the IEEE PELS Day 2023 Committee.
He is also the Vice-Chair of the IEEE
PELS' Students and Young Professionals'
Committee.
The S&YP Spotlight
Program
Shining the Light on PELS' Rising Stars
T
he IEEE Power Electronics
Society (PELS) Students and
Young Professionals (S&YP)
Committee launched a new initiative
in July 2023; the IEEE PELS
S&YP Spotlight Program. The goals
of this spotlight program lie at the
core of the committee's mission,
which is to support the engagement
and development of students and
early career engineers in PELS. By
highlighting the work and accomplishments
of S&YP members, the
spotlight program aims to connect
this organizational committee with
PELS members and showcase the
promise lying in its young talent.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPEL.2023.3301376
Date of publication: 26 September 2023
The IEEE PELS S&YP spotlight
program was kicked off with a highlight
of the S&YP Committee as a
whole. With over 15 active volunteers
in various industries and regions
around the world (Figure 1), the
S&YP Committee leads and organizes
the engagement, networking, and
mentorship opportunities that tie students
and young professionals
together and to PELS. This opening
issue featured a few of the dynamic
activities organized by the committee
(YP receptions, WiE YP and You
Breakfasts at select conferences, and
PELS Day Contests), as well as the
overarching mission and goals driving
its volunteers (Figure 2).
Following this overview of the
S&YP Committee, future issues of
the spotlight program will focus
on an individual member of S&YP
at a time. Starting with the active
volunteers on the committee, each
issue will unveil the unique accomplishments
as well as the work and
volunteer ing exper ience of the
spotlighted member. Issues will be
released periodical ly on PELS's
social media platforms allowing
for new stories about our rising
engineers to be shared regularly
across the globe. To stay updated
with IEEE PELS, the S&YP Committee,
the spotlight program and
instructions to be featured, follow
IEEE PELS on Twitter (@ieeepels),
Instagram (@ieeepels), and LinkedIn
(IEEE Power Elect ron ics
Society).
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