About the Fellowship
The IEEE Joseph John Suozzi INTELEC® Fellowship Award in Power Electronics is named in honor of the late Dr. Joseph John Suozzi, a founder and long-time leader of the IEEE International Telecommunications Energy Conference (INTELEC®).
Contents:
- Certificate (to be presented at the INTELEC® conference)
- Honorarium (USD 15,000)
Submitting a Candidate
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Details About the
Fellowship

2025:
To be announced
This fellowship is open to electrical engineering graduate students specializing in power electronics that apply to information and communication technology and related energy systems. Applicants must be an IEEE Graduate Student Members and a PELS member.
Criteria: Applications are evaluated both on the technical merit and novelty of the study topic proposed for the project and based on the applicant’s performance as a student. The following is required when submitting an application (a translation should be added if the original records are not in English):
- An essay that explains how the proposed project can be applied to powering communication systems (no more than one page in length)
- A letter of support from the student’s faculty advisor
- A transcript of the student’s grades
2024
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2023
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2022
Hussain Sayed
2021
Rose Abramson
2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
Enver Candan
2016
Liyao Wu
2015
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2014
Eunice Ribiero
2013
Ankan De
2012
Hamid Behjati
2011
Alessandro Costabeber
2010
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2009
Omer C. Onar
2008
Jian Lu
2007
Tirthajyoti Sarkar
2006
Bradley Oraw
2005
Alexis Kwasinski
2004
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2003
Mehdi Ferdowsi
2002
Peng Li
2001
Robert Balog