About the Award
The IEEE PELS Award for Achievements in Power Electronics Education recognizes the work of engineers who have made a major impact on or are groundbreaking for education in the power electronics field.
Prize:
- Honorarium (USD 3,500)
- Plaque
- Reimbursement towards the recipient’s necessary conference registration, travel, and accommodation costs incurred to attend the award ceremony (up to USD 1,000)
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Details About the
Award
2026: Dehong Xu
For contributions to power electronics education through widely used textbooks and leadership of educational activities
Dehong Xu received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University, China, in 1989. He became a full professor in 1996 at Zhejiang University. He used to be a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo, Virginia Tech, and ETH. He was the Director of the Institute of Power Electronics, head of the Department/College of Electrical Engineering, and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Zhejiang University.
His research interests include power electronics conversion, control, and applications to renewable energy, data centers, and energy efficiency. He has authored 9 power electronics books, 3 handbooks, 6 translated books, and over 300 IEEE Journal or Conference papers. He owns over 50 patents. He received 10 IEEE journal or conference prize paper awards. He was an IEEE Fellow in 2013. He was an IEEE PELS Distinguished Lecturer in 2015-2018. He received the IEEE PELS R. D. Middlebrook Achievement Award in2016 and the IEEE Power Electronics Society Harry A. Owen, Jr.Distinguished Service Award in 2024
He was an At-large Adcom member of the IEEE Power Electronics Society for 2006-2008, 2017-2019, and 2020-2022. He served as Vice-President and Membership of the IEEE Power Electronics Society for 2022-2025. He is aCo-Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, etc. He was the General Chair of the IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics-ISIE2012, IEEE Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems-PEDG2013, IEEE Power Electronics and Applications Conference-PEAC2018, etc.
Any active PELS member is eligible. There is no restriction on affiliation, age, IEEE member grade, or nationality.
Criteria: Judging is based on the nominator’s recommendation. The criteria include the work of the nominee which has shown a major impact on education in the area of power electronics or is groundbreaking for education in the area of power electronics, which includes:
- Materials and tools for power electronics education (e.g. software for simulation or visualization, videos, videos, webinars, etc.)
- Teaching activities
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2024
Remus Teodorescu
2023
Jacobus D. VanWyk
2022
Katherine A. Kim