The IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award is a
Technical Field Award of the
IEEE
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that was established by the
IEEE
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Board of Directors in 2005. This award is presented annually for outstanding contribution(s) to the advancement of
power electronics
Power electronics is the application of electronics to the control and conversion of electric power.
The first high-power electronic devices were made using mercury-arc valves. In modern systems, the conversion is performed with semiconduct ...
. The award is named in honor of
William E. Newell.
This award may be presented to an individual only.
Recipients of this award receive a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium.
Recipients
The following people received the ''IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award'':
* 2025: Atsuo Kawamura
* 2024: David J. Perreault
* 2023: Dragan Maksimovic
* 2022:
Fang Zheng Peng
* 2021: Robert W. Erickson
* 2020: Ivo Barbi
* 2019: Patrizio Vinciarelli
* 2018: Rainer Marquardt
* 2017: Seung-Ki Sul
* 2016: Johann W. Kolar
* 2015: Shu Yuen Ron Hui
* 2014:
Frede Blaabjerg
* 2013: Rik W. De Doncker
* 2012: Leo Lorenz
* 2011: Praveen Jain
* 2010: Akio Nakagawa
* 2009: Tadashi Fukao
* 2008: Istvan Nagy
* 2007: Dushan Boroyevich
* 2006: Deepakraj M. Divan
The following people received the ''William E. Newell Award'' from the
IEEE Power Electronics Society
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:
* 2005: Bimal K. Bose* 2000: Luigi F. Malesani
* 2004: M. Azizur Rahman
* 2003: Philip T. Krein
* 2002: Emanuel E. Landsman
* 2001:
Hirofumi Akagi
* 2000: Luigi F. Malesani
References
External links
IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award page at IEEE
William E. Newell Power Electronics Award
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