Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award

About the Award

The Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the power electronics field by an engineer under 35 years of age. Since 1999, it has been dedicated to the memory of Richard M. Bass of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Prize:

  • Honorarium (USD 1,000)
  • Plaque
  • Reimbursement towards the recipient’s necessary conference registration, travel, and accommodation costs incurred to attend the award ceremony (up to USD 1,000)
Richard M Bass
Richard M. Bass
(1959 - 1999)

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2025:

To be announced

All IEEE members of any grade who are active in the field of power electronics and less than 35 years of age as of 1 January of the year of the award are eligible. There is no restriction on affiliation, age, IEEE member grade, or nationality.

Criteria: Candidates are judged based on the following criteria:

  • Outstanding contributions encompassing a broad range of activities, including innovative product design, project management, research, and teaching
  • Outstanding contributions in the multidisciplinary field of power electronics
  • The technical disciplines that encompass the field of power electronics, including the analysis, design, development, simulation, and application of electronic devices, magnetics, controls, and power circuits for inverters, converters, and motor drives ranging in power levels from fractions of a watt to megawatts
2024

Christina Di Marino

2023

Minjie Chen

2022

Daniel Costinett

2021

Yongheng Yang

2020

Pradeep Shenoy

2019

Katherine Kim

2019

Katherine Kim

2018

Xiongfei Wang

2017

Ali Davoudi

2016

Huai Wang

2015

Zixin Li

2014

Robert Pilawa-Podgurski

2013

Yunwei (Ryan) Li

2012

Samir Kouro

2011

Jin Wang

2010

Maryam Saeedifard

2009

Rangarajan Tallam

2009

Rangarajan Tallam

2008

Regan Zane

2007

Christian Klumpner

2006

Patrick Chapman

2005

Ali Emadi

2004

Philip Carne Kjaer

2003

Babak Fahimi

2002

Pallab Midya

2001

David J. Perreault

2000

Jose A. Cobos

1999

Steven B. Leeb

1998

Frede Blaabjerg

1997

Vlako Vlatkovic