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Award was Marco Liserre for modelling
and control of power converters in
reliability and stability studies.
The IEEE William E. Newell
Power Electronics Award was
presented to Dragan Maksimovic for
contributions to digital control,
model i ng, and topolog ies of
switched mode power supplies.
The IEEE McMurray Award
for Industry Achievements in
Power Electronics was given to
Shinzo Tamai for contributions to
high-power applications of threelevel
neutral-point-clamped converters
in industry and utilities.
The winner of the IEEE PELS
Harry A. Owen, Jr. Dist inguished
Service Award was Alan
Mantooth for two decades of distinguished
service and leadership in
technical operations, standards,
publications, mentorship activities,
and as society president.
The IEEE PELS Young Professional
Except ional Service
Award was presented to Harish
Krishnamoorthy for exceptional
s er v i ce to the IEEE Power
Elec t ron ics Socie t y t h rough
outstanding contributions to chapters,
committees, conferences, and
TPEL editorial board.
The IEEE Modeling and Control
Technical Achievement
Award was given to Josep M. Guerrero
for contributions to modelling
and control of power electronics
based microgrids.
The winner of the IEEE PELS
Award for Achievements in Power
Electronics Education was Jacobus
D. Van Wyk for pioneering contribut
ions
to power
elect ronics
education of power electronics
experts across the world over five
decades.
The IEEE PELS Sustainable
Energy Systems Techn ica l
Achievement Award was given to
Hua Geng for contributions to control
of renewable energy power conversion
systems.
The IEEE PELS Vehicle and
T r a n s p o r t a t i on Sy s t em s
Achievement Award was received
by Chunting Mi (Chris) for contributions
to the advancement of battery
management systems and of electric
vehicle charging.
The winner of the Outstanding
Achievement Award on Aerospace
Power was Don Tan for
impactful contributions and visionary
leadership in advancing space
power electronics and systems.
The IEEE Power Electronics
Emerging Technology Award
went to Leon Tolbert for technical
leadership and innovation in developing
advanced gate drives for
SiC devices.
The recipient of the IEEE PELS
Technical Achievement Award
for Integration and Miniaturization
of Switching Power Converters
was Zheng (John) Shen for
contribution to the development of
MHz-frequency power MOSFET
Technology for ultrahigh density
power converters.
The Power Electronics Society
Best Chapter Award was presented
to IEEE PELS IES Delhi
Chapter.
The Power Electronics Society
Best Student Branch Award was
given to Sri Sai Ram Engineering
Col lege, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India, PEL35.
by Dong Jiang, Boyang Li, and Wei Sun
IEEE PELS Wuhan Chapter
Celebrates PELS Day
O
n 18 June 2023, IEEE Power
Electronics Society's (PELS)
Wuhan Chapter celebrated
PELS Day at the Huazhong University
of Science and Technology
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPEL.2023.3303129
Date of publication: 26 September 2023
(HUST), Wuhan, China. The forum
brought together members of the
IEEE PELS, the IEEE PELS Wuhan
Chapter, faculty members and students
of HUST, and other institutes
in the Wuhan area, renowned scholars,
and experts from power electronics
industry. More than 100
people attended this event to celebrate
IEEE PELS Day (Figure 1).
The forum began with the invited
lecture from Prof. Jian Sun from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, NY, USA, who presented on
the topic " Data Center Power System
Stability. "
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