PELS Best Chapter Award

The Power Electronics Society Best Chapter Award was established in 2000 to recognize excellent service by a PELS Chapter – also joint with other societies – to its members and to the power electronics community.  Prize items include $1,500 USD to support activities of the chapter, a certificate that contains the names of the Chapter, Reimbursement for travel expenses up to $500 USD to attend the award ceremony upon request, and free entrance to the award ceremony also when not registered for the conference. The award is usually presented at ECCE America every year during the awards ceremony.

Criteria are substantial chapter accomplishments in fields such as local service to PELS members; chapter meetings with technical, educational or networking contents, including meetings with invited distinguished lecturers from PELS; offering networking opportunities between local industry and academia, between students, young and senior engineers; power electronics related contribution to IEEE activities, such as establishment and promotion of IEEE milestones; essential local support of international IEEE PELS power electronics conferences; visibility e. g. related to high numbers of members and participants in chapter meetings, gain of new PELS members, public relations including website and publications; networking with local societies with a similar scope. 

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	Wuhan Chapter
2019	Not Awarded
2018	Taipei Chapter
2017	PELS San Francisco Bay Area Council (SFBAC) - Santa Clara Valley (SCV) Section Chapter
2016	Serbia and Montenegro Joint Chapter PELS/IES/IAS
2015	Pittsburgh Section, USA
2014	Fukuoka Section, Japan
2013	PELS-IES Delhi Chapter
2012	Argentina Section Joint ChapterIES/CS/RAS/IAS/PELS/VTS
2011	The Joint Delhi Section Chapter, PEL35/IE13
2010	PELS/PES Joint Student Chapter - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2009	The Denmark Chapter
2008	Germany Joint IAS/PELS/IES Chapter
2007	Not Awarded
2006	Not Awarded
2005	United Kingdom - Republic of Ireland PELS Chapter
2004	Brazil North-East, Bahia Section, Joint PELS/IAS/PES Chapter
2003	Hong Kong Joint PELS/PES/IES/IAS Chapter
2002	German Joint IAS/IES/PELS Chapter
2001	Russian Joint PELS/IES/PES Chapter
2000	Morelos Section PELS Chapter