Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award
The Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of power electronics by an engineer less than 35 years of age. Since 1999, it is dedicated to the memory of Richard M. Bass of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, USA.
The prize consists of a certificate, a cash award of $1,500, and reimbursement for transportation expenses up to $500 to attend the annual PELS Awards Ceremony.
All IEEE members of any grade, active in the field of power electronics and less than 35 years of age on January 1 of the year of the award, are eligible. Candidates are judged for outstanding contributions encompassing a broad range of technical activities including research, innovative product design and application, teaching, and project leadership. The technical disciplines in the field of power electronics include the analysis, design, development, simulation and practical application of electronic devices, magnetics, controls and power circuits for inverters, converters and motor drives ranging in power level from fractions of a watt to megawatts.
If you would like to nominate a Young Power Electronics Engineer for this award, please go to our IEEE Society Awards Application System. To identify, you will be asked in the beginning of this process to log in your existing IEEE account or to register for a new one. Subsequently you should choose Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award and enter the required data.
Nominations received up to March 31st will be considered in the current year. If you have any questions please send them to PELS Awards Committee via pels-awards-nominations@ieee.org
| Past Recipients | |
| 2018 | Xiongfei Wang |
| 2017 | Ali Davoudi |
| 2016 | Huai Wang |
| 2015 |
Zixin Li |
| 2014 |
Robert Pilawa-Podgurski |
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2013 |
Yunwei (Ryan) Li |
| 2012 |
Samir Kouro |
| 2011 |
Jin Wang |
| 2010 |
Maryam Saeedifard |
| 2009 |
Rangarajan Tallam |
| 2008 |
Regan Zane |
| 2007 |
Christian Klumpner |
| 2006 |
Patrick Chapman |
| 2005 |
Ali Emadi |
| 2004 |
Philip Carne Kajaer |
| 2003 |
Babak Fahimi |
| 2002 |
Pallab Midya |
| 2001 |
David J. Perreault |
| 2000 |
José A. Cobos |
| 1999 |
Steven B. Leeb |
| 1998 |
Frede Blaabjerg |
| 1997 |
Vlako Vlatkovic |