Best Chapter
The PELS Best Chapter Award was established in 2000 to recognize excellent service by a PELS Chapter and Joint PELS Chapters to its members and the power electronics community.
Criteria:
- 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 the establishment and promotion of IEEE milestones
- Essential local support of international IEEE PELS power electronics conferences
- Visibility related to high numbers of members and participants in chapter meetings, an increase of new PELS members, public relations including website and publications
- Networking with local societies with a similar scope
Presentation: The award is usually presented at ECCE America every year during the Awards Ceremony.
Award Items:
- Certificate in the name of the Chapter
- A one-time honorarium of USD 1,500 to support activities of the Chapter
- Reimbursement of up to USD 1,000 toward the Chapter's necessary conference registration, travel, and accommodation costs incurred to attend the Awards Ceremony
Submitting a Nominee: Applications for this award should be effectuated through the current Chapter Chair. They will be asked to log into their existing IEEE account (or register for a new one) to identify as a nominator.
The portal to submit applications is now open. Please submit your nomination by 31 March 2023.
Please send any questions to the PELS Awards Committee.
Year | Chapter Name |
2022 | No Award given this year |
2021 | IEEE PELS Bangalore Section Chapter, PEL35 |
2020 | Wuhan Chapter |
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 Chapter IES/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 |
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 |