IEEE PELS Harry A. Owen, Jr. Distinguished Service 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 Power Electronics Society at an exceptional level of dedication and achievement. The prize consists of an engraved plaque and a cash award of $3,500 USD. All members of the Power Electronics Society are eligible. Achievements by which an individual is judged to have made outstanding contributions to the Power Electronics Society encompass a broad range of activities over a substantial time period including, but not limited to, creative and invigorating leadership of the Society; exceptional administrative and managerial accomplishments on behalf of the Society; identification of new technologies within the scope of the Society, and nurturing activities to support these emerging technologies; initiation of innovative programs to encourage wider participation in the full spectrum of Society activities, and the general communication and advocacy of power electronics technology to the technical community as a whole.
In 2011 the Distinguished Service Award was renamed the Harry A. Owen Distinguished Service Award.
The IEEE PELS Society Awards Application System submission site will open on 1 January 2021. If you have any questions, please send them to PELS Awards Committee via pels-awards-nomination@ieee.org.
Past Recipients
| 2020 | Dean Patterson
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For service to Power Electronics over an extensive period of time, particularly in international inclusivity, education, technical committee growth, and member enfranchisement |
| 2019 | Brad Lehman
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For his leadership as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics |
| 2018 |
William Gerard Hurley |
For dedicated service to IEEE PELS for over thirty years, particularly in international conferences and seminars and the promotion of power electronics to a worldwide audience through lectures and invited talks |
| 2017 | Dong Tan |
For sustained services in revitalizing technical activities and in positioning PELS for strategic growth |
| 2016 |
Dushan Boroyevich |
For distinguished service, vision, and leadership in guiding the global expansion of the Power Electronics Society and for his skills as a unique communicator, society advocate, mentor and scientist |
| 2015 |
Jerry L. Hudgins |
For over 25 years of service and leadership to PELS as a Society Officer, Division Director, conference organizer, and enthusiastic society advocate |
| 2014 |
Rik De Doncker |
For his contribution to theglobalization of the IEEE Power Electronics Society |
| 2013 |
Ralph Kennel |
For dedicated services to IEEE PELS conferences, workshops and chapter activities around the globe |
| 2012 |
Thomas Habetler |
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| 2011 |
No award |
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| 2010 |
John M. Miller |
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| 2009 |
Frede Blaaberg |
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| 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 | Richard G. Hoft | |
| 1999 | Thomas G. Wilson, Sr. | |
| 1998 | John G. Kassakian | |
| 1997 | Harry A. Owen, Jr. |