Joseph John Suozzi INTELEC® Fellowship Award in Power Electronics
About the Award
The IEEE Joseph John Suozzi INTELEC Fellowship Award in Power Electronics is named in honor of the late Dr. Joseph John Suozzi, a founder and long-time leader of the IEEE International Telecommunications Energy Conference, known as INTELEC®. This fellowship is open to electrical engineering graduate students in all countries.
Award Prize:
A one-time, non-renewable grant of 15,000 USD
Award Details
Recognizing Outstanding Achievements
2023 Honoree:
No Award given in 2023
Eligibility Requirements & Criteria
Eligibility: This fellowship is open to electrical engineering graduate students who are studying the area of power electronics. Applicants must be an IEEE Graduate Student Member.
Criteria: Applications are evaluated based on the merit of a proposed study project in power electronics that are primarily applicable and relevant to the powering of information and communications technology (ICT) energy systems. The proposed study project must be supported by the applicant’s school and facility advisor. The study is to be undertaken in the year following the award.
Past Recipients
| Year | Recipient Name | Affiliation |
| 2023 | No award given | |
| 2022 | Hussain Sayed | University of Houston (USA) |
| 2021 | Rose Abramson | University of California, Berkeley (USA) |
| 2017 | Enver Candan | University of Illinois (USA) |
| 2016 | Liyao Wu | Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) |
| 2014 | Eunice Ribeiro | Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) |
| 2013 | Ankan De | North Carolina State University (USA) |
| 2012 | Hamid Behjati | Univeristy of Texas at Arlington (USA) |
| 2011 | Alessandro Costabeber | University of Padova (Italy) |
| 2009 | Omer C. Onar | Illinois Institute of Technology (USA) |
| 2008 | Jian Lu | University of Central Florida (USA) |
| 2007 | Tirthajyoti Sarkar | University of Illinois at Chicago (USA) |
| 2006 | Bradley Oraw | Arizona State University (USA) |
| 2005 | Alexis Kwasinski | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA) |
| 2003 | Mehdi Ferdowsi | Illinois Institute of Technology (USA) |
| 2002 | Peng Li | Northeastern University (USA) |
| 2001 | Robert Balog | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA) |
Questions?
Please send any questions to the PELS Awards Committee.