About the Award
The IEEE PELS Harry A. Owen, Jr. Distinguished Service Award was established in 1996 to honor long and distinguished service to the welfare of the PELS at an exceptional level of dedication and achievement. Since 2011, it has been dedicated to the memory of Harry A. Owen, Jr. of the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Prize:
- Engraved plaque
- Honorarium (USD 3,500)
- 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
2025:
To be announced
Any active PELS member is eligible. There is no restriction on affiliation, age, IEEE member grade, or nationality.
Criteria: The criteria for this award include evaluating outstanding contributions over a substantial time encompassing the following:
- Creative and invigorating leadership of PELS
- Exceptional administrative and managerial accomplishments on behalf of PELS
- General communication and advocacy of power electronics technology to the technical community as a whole
- Identification of new technologies within the scope of PELS and nurturing activities to support them
- Initiation of innovative programs to encourage wider participation in the full spectrum of PELS activities
2024
Dehong (Mark) Xu
2023
Alan Mantooth
2022
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2021
Braham Ferreira
2020
Dean Patterson
2019
Brad Lehman
2018
William Gerard Hurley
2017
Dong Tan
2016
Dushan Boroyevich
2015
Jerry L. Hudgins
2014
Rik De Doncker
2013
Ralph Kennel
2012
Thomas Habetler
2011
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2010
John M. Miller
2009
Frede Blaabjerg
2008
Philip T. Krein
2007
Thomas M. Jahns
2006
Jacobus Daniel van Wyk
2005
Christopher O. Riddleberger
2004
Arthur W. Kelley
2003
Koosuke Harada
2002
Robert V. White
2001
William M. Portnoy
2000
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1999
Thomas G. Wilson, Sr.
1998
John G. Kassakian
1997
Harry A. Owen, Jr.
