Fellows
IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of IEEE membership, conferred only by the election of the Board of Directors. Candidates must be IEEE Senior Members and have at least five years of IEEE membership. The nominator is responsible for:
- preparing the formal nomination form
- identifying five to eight IEEE fellows that are capable of assessing the candidate's contributions and agree to serve as references
- identifying an IEEE Society or Council whose evaluating committee will assess the candidate's technical qualifications and contributions
All material is sent to the Fellows Committee, which must review all nominations and assessments and prepare a ranked list. The total number of Fellow recommendations each year cannot exceed 0.1% of IEEE membership (exclusive of Students and Associates).
PELS Fellow Evaluation Committee Members (2021)
PELS Members Elevated to Fellows (2023)
Name & Affiliation | Reason | |
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Bilal Akin University of Texas at Dallas |
For contributions to control, diagnosis and condition monitoring of AC Drives |
Stanley Atcitty |
For leadership in advancing power conversion systems for grid energy storage applications | |
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Hassan Bevrani University of Kurdistan |
For contributions to microgrid control |
Ali Davoudi The University of Texas at Arlington |
For contributions to power-electronic dominant microgrid control | |
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Fei Gao University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard |
For contributions to real-time simulation and control techniques for fuel cells and power converters |
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Marko Hinkkanen Aalto University |
For contributions to sensorless control of industrial motor drives |
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Yong Kang Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
For contributions to digital control of inverters and renewable power conversion systems |
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Zhigang Liu Southwest Jiaotong University |
For contributions to fault detection and protection in high-speed railway power systems |
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Ashraf Lotfi Deep Science Ventures |
For pioneer contributions in developing and commercializing high-density 3-dimensional integrated power electronics modules |
Chengxiong Mao Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
For leadership in active control of power systems and its industrial applications | |
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Marta Molinas Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
For contributions to modeling and stability of power electronics |
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Kashem Muttaqi University of Wollongong |
For contributions to modeling and control of renewable and distributed energy resources |
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Munaf Rahimo MTAL GmbH, Switzerland |
For contributions to high-voltage insulated gate bipolar transistors for grid applications |
Jean-luc Schanen Université Grenoble Alpes |
For contributions to Electromagnetic Compatibility in Power Electronics | |
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Tomonobu Senjyu University of the Ryukyus |
For contributions to wind-power generator automation and control |
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Yilmaz Sozer University of Akron |
For contributions to the design and control of electric machine drives |
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Dmitri Vinnikov Tallinn University of Technology |
For contributions to impedance-source converter design |
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Xiongfei Wang KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
For contributions to power-electronic-based power systems |
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Chenghui Zhang Shandong University |
For contributions to control of renewable energy systems |
Other PELS Members Elevated to Fellows
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Alireza Bakhshai | Queen's Univ. | For contributions to the development of synchronization techniques for power electronics converters |
Oriol Gomis Bellmunt | Tech. Univ. of Catalonia | For contribution to grid integration of renewable energy sources |
Yaow-Ming Chen | Natl. Taiwan Univ. | For contributions to grid-connected power converters for renewable energy applications |
Wenzhong Gao | Fuzhou Univ. | For contributions to grid integration of wind power and electric vehicle technology |
Hua Geng | Tsinghua Univ. | For contribution to the control of renewable energy power converters |
Amit Gupta | Kandou Bus | For leadership in power conversion systems |
Dragan Jovcic | Univ. of Aberdeen | For contributions to improvements in multi-terminal HVDC transmission grids and development of HVDC transformers |
Zhengyu Lu | Zhejiang Univ. | For contribution to DC-DC power conversion and control |
Gourab Majumdar | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | For contribution to power semiconductor devices and intelligent power module |
Yasser Mohamed | Univ. of Alberta | For contributions to the control and dynamic analysis of microgrids and power electronic systems |
Sanjib Panda | Natl. Univ. of Singapore | For contributions to iterative learning control of motor drives |
Leila Parsa | Univ. of California Santa Cruz | For contributions to the control of multi-phase permanent magnet electrical drives |
Akshay Rathore | Concordia Univ. | For contributions to the design and advancement of power electronics for drives and automotive industries |
Kalyan Sen | Sen Engineering Solutions Inc. | For the development and application of power flow control technology |
Mahesh Swamy | Yaskawa America Inc. | For the development of power electronics topologies |
Shinzo Tamai | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | For contributions to control for motor drives and three-level converters |
Mi-Ching Tsai | Natl. Cheng Kung Univ. | For leadership in magnetic materials for the electric motor industry |
Mohammad Uddin | Univ. of Wollongong | For contributions to control techniques for AC motor drives |
Sergio Vazquez | Univ. de Sevilla | For contributions to control techniques for power converters and drives |
Ganesh Venayagamoorthy | Clemson Univ. | For contributions to the application of artificial intelligence to power systems |
Jin Wang | Ohio State Univ. | For the development of high-density power converters and their use in electric cars |
Patrick Wheeler | Univ. of Nottingham | For contribution to matrix power converter technology |
Yifeng Wu | Transphorm Inc. | For contribution to Gallium Nitride microwave and power conversion devices |
Firuz Zare | Queensland Univ. of Tech. | For contribution to power converters and leadership role in standardization |
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Mohamed Benbouzid | Univ. of Brest | For contribution diagnosis and fault-tolerant control of electric machines and drives |
Jiann-fuh Chen | Natl. Cheng Kung Univ. | For contributions to power electronics in sustainable energy high power systems |
Kawai Cheng | Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. | For contribution to electric vehicle technology and switched capacitor power conversion |
Keith Corzine | Univ. of California Santa Cruz | For contributions to topology and control of multilevel converters |
Venkata Dinavahi | Univ. of Alberta | For contributions to real-time simulation of power systems with embedded power electronic converters |
Gerard Ledwich | Queensland Univ. of Tech. | For the development of control of power systems and power electronics |
Kevin Lee | Eaton | For contributions to power quality for adjustable speed drives |
Bradley Lehman | Northeastern Univ. | For contributions to high quality LED lighting and modeling for control of DC-DC converters |
Shihua Li | Southeast Univ. | For contributions to the theory of mismatched disturbance rejection in industrial systems |
Yunwei Li | Univ. of Alberta | For contributions to power electronics converters in microgrids and industrial drives |
Burak Ozpineci | Oak Ridge Natl. Lab. | For contributions to transportation electrification and wireless charging of electric vehicles |
Chuntaek Rim | Korea Inst. of Energy Tech. Evaluation and Planning | For contributions to wireless power transfer for electric vehicles and mobile devices |
Wei Qiao | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | For contributions to condition monitoring and control of power electronics interfaced rotating machine systems |
Mahinda Vilathgamuwa | Queensland Univ. of Tech. | For contributions to power quality and grid storage |
Sheldon Williamson | Univ. of Ontario Inst. of Tech. | For contributions to electric energy storage systems for transportation electrification |
Xiao-Ping Zhang | Univ. of Birmingham | For contributions to modeling and control of high-voltage DC and AC transmission systems |
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Iustin Radu Bojoi | Politecnico di Torino | For contributions to the control of electrical drives and power electronics |
Silverio Bolognani | Univ. of Padova | For contributions to permanent magnet synchronous motor technology |
Patrick Chapman | SunPower Corp. | For the application of power electronics devices and systems for solar energy conversion |
Zhe Chen | Aalborg Univ. | For contributions to power electronics for wind energy conversion |
Sewan Choi | Seoul Natl. Univ. of Sci. and Tech. | For contributions to power converter technologies |
Jose Cobos | Univ. Politecnica de Madrid | For contributions to power supply systems |
Timothy Green | Imperial College London | For contributions to power electronics for power systems control |
Jinjun Liu | Xi'an Jiaotong Univ. | For contributions to modeling and control of power systems |
David Torrey | General Electric Global Research | For contributions to modeling, design, and control of electric machines and drives |
Shuo Wang | For contributions to the reduction of electromagnetic interference in electronic systems | |
Pericle Zanchetta | Univ. of Nottingham | For contribution to the control of complex power electronics |
Richard Zhang | GE Power Conversion | For leadership in the development of power electronic converters |
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Leo Casey | Google X | For contribution to high-speed power electronic interfaced for grid-tied distributed resources |
Noriko Kawakami | Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corp. | For contributions to large-capacity power converters and applications |
Hui Li | Florida State Univ. | For contributions to bidirectional converters for utility applications and high-efficiency photovoltaic converters |
Shengyi Liu | Boeing Co. | For the application of multifunctional power conversion and power source integration to aircraft |
Guo-Quan Lu | Virginia Tech | For the development of materials and packaging technologies for power electronics modules |
Udaya Madawala | Univ. of Auckland | For contributions to power electronics for bi-directional wireless power transfer |
Hans-Peter Nee | Royal Inst. of Tech. | For contributions to silicon carbide power electronics and modular multilevel converters |
Zhengming Zhao | Tsinghua Univ. | For contributions to electromagnetic transient analysis and control of high-voltage high-power electronics conversion |
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Terry Ericsen | Ericsen Innovations | For leadership in power electronics |
Michael Gard | Charles Machine Works Inc. | (Elevated by IM) For contributions to instrumentation-and-measurement technology for petroleum exploration, computed tomography, and underground construction |
Bhuvaneswari Gurumoorthy | Indian Inst. of Tech. Delhi | (Elevated by PE) For contributions to the designs and development of enhanced power quality converters |
Lennart Harnefors | ABB Corp. Research | (Elevated by IE) For contributions to control and dynamic analysis of power electronic systems |
Laszlo Huber | Delta Electronics Ltd. | For contributions to ac-dc power converters for portable electronics equipment |
Juri Jatskevich | Univ. of British Columbia | (Elevated by PE) For contributions to the modeling of electric machines and switching converters |
Faa-jeng Lin | Natl. Central Univ. | (Elevated by CIS) For contributions to intelligent control systems for motor drives and motion control |
Josep Pou | Nanyang Tech. Univ. | (Elevated by IE) For contributions to multilevel converters and renewable energy conversion |
Toshihisa Shimizu | Tokyo Metropolitan Univ. | For the development of reliable power converters for industrial and renewable energy applications |
Edson Watanabe | Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro | (Elevated by PE) For contributions to the application of power electronics for power conditioning |
Dianguo Xu | Harbin Inst. of Tech. | For contribution to the control of electrical drives and power electronic converters |
Qing-chang Zhong | Illinois Inst. of Tech. | For contributions to power electronic systems control |
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Vassilios G. Agelidis | Univ. of New South Wales | For contributions to power electronics, renewable energy conversion, and integration with the electricity grid |
Henry Chung | City Univ. of Hong Kong | For contributions to power electronic converters for lighting |
Yungtaek Jang | Delta Products Corp. | For contributions to efficiency optimization of ac-dc power supplies |
Tsorng-Juu Liang | Natl. Cheng Kung Univ. | For contributions to power conversion for lighting and sustainable energy |
Xinbo Ruan | Nanjing Univ. of Aeronautics and Astronautics | For contributions to switching-mode power converter topologies and modulation strategies |
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Josef Drobnik | SPARQ Systems Inc. | For the development of high-performance power converters in industrial applications |
Josep Guerrero | Aalborg Univ. | For contributions to distributed power systems and microgrids |
Paolo Mattavelli | Univ. of Padova | For contributions to power converters for grid-connected applications and power management |
Khai Ngo | Virginia Tech | For contributions to the unified synthesis and modeling of switched-mode converters |
Jian Sun | Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. | For contributions to modeling and control of power electronic circuits and systems |
Navid Zargari | Rockwell Automation | For contribution to medium voltage drive technologies and applications |
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Cursino Jacobina | Federal Univ. of Campina Grande | For contributions to the development of power converters and machine drives |
Pedro Rodriguez | Abengoa Research | For contributions to the control of distributed power generation |
Charles Sullivan | Dartmouth | For contributions to the design of power electronic circuits and magnetics |
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Ali Emadi | McMaster Univ. | For contribution to electric power conversion and control for electric and hybrid vehicles |
Donald Holmes | Royal Melbourne Inst. of Tech. Univ. | For contributions to the modulation and control of solid-state power electronic conversion equipment |
Yan-Fei Liu | Queen's Univ. | For contributions to digital control techniques of power electronics converters |
Cian Mathuna | Tyndall Natl. Inst. Univ. College | For leadership in the development of power supply using micromagnetics on silicon |
David Perreault | Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. | For contributions to the design and application of very high-frequency power electronic converters |
Leon Tolbert | Univ. of Tennessee | For contribution to multilevel power electronic converter technology |
Dehong Xu | Zhejiang Univ. | For contributions to power electronic applications to renewable energy systems |
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Francis Kub | Naval Research Lab. | For leadership in the development of wide bandgap semiconductor power electronics |
Joel Spira | Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. | For leadership in developing and commercializing light control technologies |
Remus Teodorescu | Aalborg Univ. | For contributions to grid-connected renewable energy converter systems technology |
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Ivo Barbi | Federal Univ. of Santa Catarina | For contribution to soft-switching converter technology |
Bo Cho | Seoul Natl. Univ. | For contributions to large-scale distributed power electronics systems |
Fujio Kurokawa | Nagasaki Univ. | For contributions to switching power converter control |
Zheng (John) Shen | Univ. of Central Florida | For contribution to the development of lateral power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors |
Vatche Vorperian | Jet Propulsion Lab. | For contributions to pulse width modulated and resonant converters |
Name | Affiliation | Reason |
Shmuel (Sam) Ben-Yaakov | Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev | For the development of modeling and simulation methodologies for pulse width modulated and resonant converters |
Xiangning He | Zhejiang Univ. | For leadership in establishing a power electronics research institute in China |
Johann Kolar | ETH Zurich | For contributions to three-phase pulse width modulation converter systems |
Seth Sanders | Univ. of California, Berkeley | For contributions to integrated passive component technology and digital control of power electronics systems |
Fei (Fred) Wang | Virginia Tech | For contributions to designs and control of high-power high density converters and drives |
Robert White | Vu1-PSMA | For contributions to digital power management in power systems for computing and telecommunications equipment |