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Electrical Machines, Drives and Related Automation Technical Achievement Award

About the Award

The IEEE PELS Electrical Machines, Drives, and Related Automation Technical Achievement Award honors innovators and researchers who have made outstanding and sustained technical contributions to the advancement of the areas of electrical machines, drives, or related automation.

Prize:

  • Honorarium (USD 1,500)
  • 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: Burak Ozpineci

For contributions to the advancement of electric traction drive technologies

Burak Ozpineci earned his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Orta Dogu Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1994. He then completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. Since 2001, he has been with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he began as a student and has held positions as a researcher, founding group leader of the Power and Energy Systems Group, group leader of the Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Group. He currently serves as a Corporate Fellow and the Section Head of the Vehicle and Mobility Systems Research Section. Additionally, he has a joint faculty appointment with The University of Tennessee. Dr. Ozpineci is a Fellow of IEEE.

Any active IEEE and PELS member who demonstrates a significant track record of achievements in the areas of electrical machines, drives, or relation automation is eligible. There is no restriction on affiliation, age, IEEE member grade, or nationality.

Criteria: Judgment is based on the following:

  • Advancement of the technology
  • Contribution to the field 
  • Past relevant activities to the field and PELS TC 3
  • Sustained impact on PELS TC 3 and the profession
  • Quality of the nomination, including endorsement letters
  • Quality of the technical achievement
2025

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2024

Ayman M. El-Refaie

2023

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Have Questions?

Contact the PELS Awards Committee