About the Award
The IEEE Modeling and Control Technical Achievement Award honors innovators and researchers who have made outstanding and sustained technical contributions to the advancement of power electronics in modeling and control.
Prize:
- Honorarium (USD 1,500)
- Plaque
- Reimbursement towards the recipient’s necessary conference registration, travel, and accommodation costs incurred to attend the award ceremony (up to USD 1,000)
Submitting a Nominee
To submit a nominee, you will need to log into your existing IEEE account (or register for a new one) to identify as a nominator. Select the “IEEE Modeling and Control Technical Achievement Award” and enter the required data and documents.
***Please note: Up to two endorsement letters can be submitted and must contain the endorser’s name, title, contact data, main field of interest, and signature, the nominee’s achievements, the relationship between the endorser and nominee, and the reason why the endorser personally recommends the nominee.***
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Details About the
Award

2025:
To be announced
Any active IEEE member is eligible for this award. There is no other restrictions as to affiliation, age, IEEE member grade, or nationality.
Criteria: Judgment of the nominees is based on the following:
- Benefit to society
- Enhancement of technology
- Impact on PELS TC 1 and the profession
- Quality of the nomination
- Quality of technical achievement and contribution to the field
2024
Maryam Saeedifard
2023
Josep M. Guerrero
2022
Tobias Geyer
2021
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2020
Lennart Harnefors
2019
Alan Mantooth
2018
Charles Sullivan
2017
Yan-Fei Liu
2016
Paolo Mattavelli
2015
Brad Lehman
2014
Seth Sanders
2013
Jian Sun
2012
Dragan Maksimovic