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IEEE Fellow

A Distinction for Select IEEE Members with Extraordinary Accomplishments

IEEE fellow is the highest grade of IEEE membership that is given only by the IEEE Board of Directors. A candidate must be an IEEE member for at least five years and is currently an IEEE Senior Member.

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A nominator is responsible for:

  • Determining which IEEE Society's or Council's evaluating committee will assess the candidate's technical qualifications and contributions
  • Finding three to five IEEE Fellows that will agree to assess the candidate's contributions and serve as references
  • Preparing the formal nomination form

All materials are sent to the Fellows Committee, which reviews all nominations and prepares a ranked list. The total number of Fellow recommendations each year cannot exceed 0.1% of IEEE membership (excluding Student an Associate members).

PELS Members Elevated to Fellows

PELS Fellows in 2026

Peter Barbosa
Ronaldo P. Burgos

For contributions to high-power-density power electronics and stability of electronic power systems

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Rajib Datta

For contributions to high-power conversion in industrial applications and DC architectures

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​Maeve C. Duffy

For contributions to advances in the modelling of planar magnetics and wireless power

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Makoto Hagiwara

For contributions to control and applications of multilevel converters

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Alireza Khaligh

For contributions to power electronics for transportation electrification

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Jonathan W. Kimball

For contributions to modeling and analysis of dual active bridge converters and switched capacitor converters

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Brendan P. McGrath

For contributions to multi-level converter modulation and controller synthesis for closed-loop converter operation

Other PELS Members Elevated to Fellows by Other Societies

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Angel V Peterchev

Electronics Packaging Society

Katherine J Pearsall

Industry Applications Society

Francesco Iannuzzo; Sukumar Kamalasadan; Yung C. Liang; Jianguo Zhu

Industrial Electronics Society

Majid Pahlevaninezhad

Power & Energy Society

Yousu Chen; Johan L Driesen; Charles Hanley; Mahesh K Mishra; Jung-Wook Park

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