About the Award
The IEEE PELS Best Chapter Award recognizes excellent service by PELS Chapters and Joint Chapters to its members and the power electronics community. As of 2024, this award now recognizes one Chapter from each category: Small (12 to 40 members), Medium (41 to 70 members), and Large (70+ members).
Prize:
- Certificate (in the Chapter’s name)
- Honorarium to support Chapter activities (USD 1,500 for large, USD 1,250 for medium, and USD 1,000 for small)
- Reimbursement for necessary conference registration, travel, and accommodation costs incurred to attend the award ceremony. The amount is limited to whatever is lower:
- USD 1,000 or, if a flight with a flying time over six hours is included, USD 2,000
- The award honorarium
How to Submit an Application
Current Chapter Chairs should apply for their Chapter to be considered. They will need to log into their existing IEEE account (or register for a new one) to identify as a nominator.
The portal to submit an application is now closed.
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Details About the
Award
Large: To be announced
Medium: To be announced
Small: To be announced
All active IEEE PELS Chapters and Joint Chapters are eligible.
Criteria: The criteria are based on the substantial accomplishments of the Chapter in fields such as:
- Chapter meetings with educational, networking, or technical content, such as Distinguished Lectures
- Local service to PELS members
- Local support of international PELS conferences
- Networking with local societies with a similar scope
- Offering networking opportunities between local industry and academia and/or students and engineers
- Power electronics-related contributions to IEEE activities, such as establishing IEEE milestones
- Visibility (e.g., number of members and participants in chapter meetings, gaining new members or supporting elevation of member’s IEEE membership grade, public relations)
2024
Large: Bangalore Section
Medium: Northeast Brazil Section (PELS/IAS/PES)
Small: Lebanon Section (PELS/CASS/IES/PES)
2023
Delhi Section (PELS/IES)
2022
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2021
Bangalore Section
2020
Wuhan Section
2019
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2018
Taipei Section
2017
SCV/OEB/SF Section
2016
Serbia and Montenegro Section (PELS/IAS/IES)
2015
Pittsburgh Section
2014
Fukuoka Section
2013
Delhi Section (PELS/IES)
2012
Argentina Section (PELS/CSS/IAS/IES/RAS/VTS)
2011
Delhi Section (PELS/IES)
2010
University of Illinois-Urbana (PELS/IAS/PES)
2009
Denmark Section (PELS/IAS/IES)
2008
Germany Section (PELS/IAS/IES)
2007
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2006
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2005
UK and Ireland Section
2004
Northeast Brazil Section (PELS/IAS/PES)
2003
Hong Kong Section (PELS/IAS/IES/PES)
2002
Germany Section (PELS/IAS/IES)
2001
Russia Siberia Section (PELS/IAS/IES)
2000
Morelos Section
