About the Award
The IEEE McMurray Award for Industry Achievements in Power Electronics recognizes the work of engineers working in the field of power electronics that has shown or is likely to show a major impact on the industry and the resulting products possibly on society. Since 2019, it has been dedicated to the memory of William McMurray of General Electric in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Prize:
- Honorarium (USD 3,500)
- 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: Baoxing Chen
For pioneering contributions to integrated signal and power isolation and integrated magnetics
Baoxing Chen is an ADI Fellow and Vice President at Analog Devices, where he has led pioneering innovations in isolation technology and power electronics for over two decades. He is the primary inventor of the iCoupler® digital isolation and isoPower® integrated power isolation technologies, which transformed traditional optocoupler and discrete isolated power markets and enabled multi-billion-channel deployment across industrial, automotive, energy, and medical applications.
Dr. Chen is recognized for his contributions to integrated signal and power isolation and integrated magnetics, advancing power density, efficiency, and system integration in modern electronic systems. His work spans isolation, integrated magnetics, energy harvesting, and integrated power systems, with 65 U.S. patents and numerous publications.
He is an IEEE Fellow. Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. in Physics, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and B.S. in Physics from Nanjing University in China.
Any active IEEE member is eligible. There is no restriction on affiliation, age, IEEE member grade, or nationality.
Criteria: Judgment of the nominees will be based on the following criteria:
- Advancement of the technology
- Benefit to the society
- Impact on the relevant technical community and profession
- Patents, inventions, products, and design
- Relevant activities in the field
- Quality of technical achievement and contribution to the field
- The quality of the nomination
- Validated impact on products
2025
Peter M. Barbosa
2024
Don Tan
2023
Shinzo Tamai
2022
Noriko Kawakami
2021
Amit Gupta
2020
Patrick Chapman