About the Award
The IEEE PELS R. David Middlebrook Achievement Award honors an individual who has accomplished outstanding contributions in the technical field of power electronics within one or more subfields, such as modeling and control, design-oriented analysis, development, simulation, and application of electronic devices, passive components, analog sensing, and power circuits for inverters, converters, and motor drives in all power levels.
Prize:
- Bronze medal
- Honorarium (USD 5,000)
- Plaque
- Reimbursement towards the recipient’s necessary conference registration, travel, and accommodation costs incurred to attend the award ceremony (up to USD 1,000)
How to Submit a Nominee
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Details About the
Award

2025:
To be announced
2024
Keyue Smedley
2023
Marco Liserre
2022
Dragan Maksimovic
2021
Shu-Hung (Henry) Chung
2020
Alex Qin Huang
2019
Issa Batarseh
2018
Grahame Holmes
2017
Jian Sun
2016
Mark Dehong Xu
2015
David J. Perreault
2014
Johann Kolar
2013
William Gerard Hurley
2012
Prasad Enjeti