Technical Achievement Award for Integration and Miniaturization of Switching Power Converters

About the Award

The IEEE PELS Technical Achievement Award for Integration and Miniaturization of Switching Power Converters recognizes innovators and researchers who have made outstanding technical contributions to the advancement of power electronic circuits, components, devices, and/or systems toward a higher level of integration and/or miniaturization of switching power converters.

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

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Details About the
Award

Robert Pilawa Podgurski
Photo Copyright Noah Berger / 2019

2025: Robert Pilawa-Podgurski

for fundamental and practical contributions to hybrid switched-capacitor and flying capacitor multi-level power conversion technologies

Any active IEEE member is eligible for this award. There is no other restriction as to affiliation, age, IEEE member grade, or nationality.

Criteria: Judgment of the nominees is based on the following:

  • Past relevant activities to the field and PELS TC 2
  • Sustained impact on PELS TC 2 and the profession
  • Quality of the nomination
  • Quality of the technical achievement or innovation
2024

2023

Zheng John Shen

2022

Noah Sturcken

2021

Cian O’Mathuna