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IEEE Power & Energy Society

2014 General Meeting

Awards Ceremony

Tuesday, July 29, 2013 Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center

National Harbor, MD

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Awards and Recognition Don Morrow, Chair

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Dan Ward

IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power

Distribution Engineering

Bruce Wollenberg

IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System

Engineering Award

Steven D. Pekarek

IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical

Energy Conversion Award

Anil Pahwa

IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky

Distribution Automation Award

Marcio Szechtman

IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS and

Custom Power Award

Gören Andersson

IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering

Power Educator Award

A. P. Sakis Meliopoulos

IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer

Award

Mark Lauby

IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System

Dynamics and Control Award

Wenyuan Li

IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System

Reliability Award

Christopher Root

IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in

Power Award

Leo Grigsby

IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime

Achievement Award

Ward T. Jewell

IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar

Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award

Dennis Woodford

IEEE PES Uno Lamm HVDC Award

Shay Bahramirad

IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power

Award

Mariesa Crow

IEEE PES Technical Committee Awards

Edwin C. Carlsen

IEEE PES Chapter Awards

PROGRAM

Welcome: Barbara Tyran General Chair, PES 2014 General Meeting Presiding: Miroslav M. Begovic President, IEEE Power & Energy Society Introductions: Don Morrow Chair, PES Awards & Recognition Committee IEEE AWARDS Presented by Peter Staecker, IEEE Past President

IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award

Mark McGranaghan

IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY AWARDS Presented by Don Morrow, PES Awards Chair

IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution

Engineering

Thomas J. Tobin

IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power Systems Engineering Award

Joe Hong Chow

IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy

Conversion Award

James S. Edmonds

IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award

George Larry Clark

IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Power Award David W. Roop

IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award Virginia C. Sulzberger

IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award

Harshad Mehta

IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award

Ned Mohan

IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineer Educator Award

Ali Abur

IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award

Shay Bahramirad

IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and

Control Award

Peter W. Sauer

IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable

Energy Excellence Award

J. Charles Smith

IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award

Mark G. Lauby

IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award José Antonio Jardini

IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award

Jessica J. Bian

NEW FELLOW CLASS OF 2014 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

IEEE PES Prize Paper Award

• “Probing the Intermittent Energy Resource Contributions from Generation

Adequacy and Security Perspectives”

Wijarn Wangdee and Roy Billinton

IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Awards - Outstanding Technical Report

• Special Report—Effect of Distribution Automation on Protective Relaying Fred Friend, Chair Gerald Johnson, Vice Chair

IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Awards - Outstanding Standard or Guide • IEEE Std. 1249-2013, Guide for Computer-based Control for Hydroelectric

Power Plant Automation

Douglas B. Seely Chair

IEEE PES Outstanding Large Chapter Award 2013

• Boston Chapter

Susan Soergel, Chair

IEEE PES Outstanding Small Chapter Award 2013

• Panama Chapter

Ivan Castillo, Chair

CLOSING: Miroslav M. Begovic


The IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award was established by the Board of Directors in 1979. Recipient selection is administered through the Technical Field Awards Council of the IEEE Awards Board. This award recognizes individuals who have made exceptional contribu-tions to the development and/or advancement of standards in electrical and electronics engineering. IEEE policy requires that its awards be presented at major IEEE events that are in keeping with the nature of the award and the cited achievement. The award consists of bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium. This award is sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association.

Past Recipients:

• 1980 Leon Podolsky • 1982 Ralph M. Showers • 1983 William a. McAdams • 1984 H. Baron Whitaker • 1985 Charles L. Wagner • 1986 Chester H. Page • 1987 Bruce B. Barrow • 1989 Joseph L. Kopefinger • 1990 Warren H. Cook • 1991 Fletcher J. Buckley • 1992 Donald C. Fleckenstein • 1993 Ivan G. Easton • 1994 Clayton H. Griffin • 1995 L. Bruce McClung • 1996 Marco W. Migliaro • 1997 L. John Rankine and Donald N. Heirman

• 1998 William J. McNutt • 1999 Dennis Bodson • 2000 Hiroshi Yasuda • 2001 Stanley Baron • 2002 Ben C. Johnson • 2003 Donald C. Loughry • 2004 Julian Forster • 2005 Wallace S. Read • 2006 Steven Mark Halpin • 2007 Vic Hayes • 2008 Roy Billinton • 2009 James Thomas Carlo • 2010 Richard DeBlasio • 2011 James W. Moore • 2012 Daleep C. Mohla • 2013 Mohindar Sachdev


MARK McGRANAGHAN 2014 Recipient

For sustained leadership in IEEE standards and global harmonization of standards including power quality, system monitoring, transients and harmonics, smart grid

interoperability, and application

MARK MCGRANAGHAN’S expertise and dedication to power-engineering standards development have improved power qua l i ty worldwide . Mr . McGranaghan has been a pioneer in the advancement of power quality stand-ards since the creation of IEEE Stand-ards Coordinating Committee 22 in the early 1990s. He was a leading force in the development of industry standards for power system harmonics (IEEE 519) and has contributed to standards and industry guides in a variety of other power quality areas including flicker, voltage sags, and transients. He is also known for his contributions to IEEE Standard 1547 regarding the connection of distributed generation sources to the power grid, which is considered one of the most important power-engineering standards of the past decade. An IEEE Fellow, Mr. McGranaghan is vice president of power delivery and utilization with the Electric Power Research Institute, Knoxville, Tenn.

IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering

Distribution represents a major utility investment for the transportation of electrical power. It is critical to the quality, reliability and economy of the product. This award was established to recognize those individuals who have contributed to the growth and value of the technology. Since many people have contributed to the advancement of distribution technology, this award is not named honoring one individual. It is award-ed annually by the IEEE PES to recognize the individual who has made a remarkable engineering contribution to the field of distribution technology. The selection committee considers all candidates brought to its attention whose work will result in substantial improvements to the effectiveness and utilization of power distribution. The award is funded by long-term grant commitments received from the Asplundh Co., Chance Co., Commonwealth Edison Co., Georgia Power Co., Kearney-National Inc., Pacific Gas & Electric Co., PECO Energy Co., and the S&C Electric Co. The award consists of a plaque, an honorarium of $1,000 USD and a travel subsidy to attend the PES Awards Ceremony.

Past Recipients:

• 1999 John G. Anderson • 2000 Daniel J. Ward • 2001 Ronald H. Stillman • 2002 John D. McDonald • 2003 Robert Ellis Owen • 2004 David R. Smith • 2005 Roger Craig Dugan • 2006 Wayne Beaty

• 2007 Cheryl A. Warren • 2008 T. A. Short • 2009 Reigh A. Walling • 2010 Phillip P. Barker • 2011 Lee Taylor • 2012 Rick Bush

TOM TOBIN graduated from Rensse-laer Polytechnic Institute with a Bache-lor’s and Master’s Degree in Electric Power Engineering, and embarked on a 43-year career with S&C Electric Com-pany. He has been involved in product development as a product development engineer, Director of Engineering for all of S&C products, Vice President – R&D, and his present position as Chief Technology Officer. Product develop-ment spanned equipment from 230kV circuit switchers to whole-facility, unin-terruptable power systems. Included among the breakthrough developments is the R&D 100 award-winning IntelliRupter PulseCloser. Presently, Tom oversees S&C’s development program ensuring the flow of innovative new products and services and the identification and adoption of new technologies. He also has responsibility for the Nicholas J Conrad Laboratories, a world-class, high-voltage and high-power testing laboratory including two 850 megawatt short-circuit generators. Tom’s expertise lies in the design, testing, and application of switching devices and controls for electric power systems. Tom is an IEEE Life Fellow and a member of various IEEE Switchgear Committee working groups, and is active in international standards devel-opment through the IEC, where he was the U.S. Technical Advisor to Technical Committee 17—Switchgear and Controlgear. Tom has also participated in several CIGRE committees, providing analysis and guidance for future standards writing. Tom is currently a member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart Grid Federal Adviso-ry Committee. He holds 28 U.S. patents and several international patents related to high voltage switches, fuses, or circuit interrupters, and is a Reg-istered Professional Engineer in Illinois.

IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering

THOMAS J. TOBIN 2014 Recipient

For excellence in power distribution engineering and technical leadership in distribution lightning protection and reliability


This award recognizes outstanding Power System Engineering contribu-tions. Electrification is the most im-portant engineering accomplishment in the 20th century according to the National Academy of Engineering. A significant part of this accomplish-ment has been the development of high-voltage power systems through-out the world. These developments come from the work of dedicated engineers who have devoted their careers to the utilization and enhance-ment of high-voltage bulk power sys-

tems.

The award is named for a man who has contributed greatly to power sys-tem engineering during a long career (1926 to present). His contributions to the technical advancements of Power System Dynamics during the 20th century are unequaled.

The Award: The award consists of an engraved plaque and an honorarium of $5000 USD.

Past Recipients:

• 2003 Paul de Mello • 2004 William F. Tinney • 2005 Prabha S. Kundur • 2006 John Undrill • 2007 Richard Farmer

• 2008 Einar V. Larsen • 2009 Ralph Masiello • 2011 Hermann W. Dommel • 2012 Leonard (Len) Garver

DR. JOE H. CHOW was born in Shanghai, China. He is a Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, and Administrative Dean of Engineering, at Rensselaer Polytech-nic Institute, Troy, New York. He received his BS degrees in EE and Math from the University of Minneso-ta, Minneapolis, in 1974. He received his MS and PhD degrees from the Uni-versity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 1975 and 1977, respectively, working on singular perturbations theory and large scale systems. He worked in the power systems business at General Electric Company, Schenectady, for 9 years before joining Rensselaer in 1987. He is also the Site Director of the Rensselaer Campus for the NSF/DOE Engineering Research Center (ERC) CURENT (Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks).

Dr. Chow’s technical contributions include: power system coherency and model reduction, power system damping control, synchrophasor data ap-plications, Flexible AC transmission system controllers, and AQ-bus type for voltage stability analysis. He is also a co-developer of the Power Sys-tem Toolbox. He has published over 250 journal and conference proceed-ings papers, and several books and monographs, including the recent mon-ograph entitled, “Power System Coherency and Model Reduction.” Dr. Chow is active in the IEEE Power and Energy Society, and is the Chair of the Power System Dynamic Measurements Working Group. Previously he was the Co-Chair of the Research Initiative Task Team of NASPI. He is an editor of the Springer Power Electronics and Power System Series. He is a past recipient of the Donald Eckman Award from the American Automatic Control Council and the Control Technology Award from the IEEE Control Systems Society.


JOE HONG CHOW 2014 Recipient

For the development of analysis techniques and innovative control and measurement systems to improve power system performance and reliability

IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award

This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of electrome-chanical energy conversion. Research and developments on electric motors continued throughout the 20th century and into the 21st to the point that such devices have now become an integral part of our lives. The current ubiquitous presence of the electric motor in everything we do has resulted from the work of dedicated engineers throughout the world. The award is named for the man re-sponsible for numerous practical im-provements in the design and applica-tion of electric motors over 50 years.

Dr. Cyril Veinott made seminal contributions to the development of poly-phase induction motors, 400 Hz aircraft motors, and was a pioneer in the application of digital computers to the design of electric motors. He was responsible for the early measurements and mitigation of electric motor noise. He helped write many IEEE and NEMA standards for electric mo-tors. He was the first person to be inducted into the Hall of Fame created by the Small Motor Manufacturers Association in 1985. The IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $5,000 USD.

Past Recipients:

• 2000 Paul I. Nippes • 2003 M. Azizur Rahman • 2004 Hamid A. Toliyat • 2005 Ronald G. Harley • 2006 Scott D. Sudhoff • 2008 Oleg Wasynczuk

• 2009 Emil Levi • 2010 O. A. Mohammed • 2011 Stephen D. Umans • 2012 J. Sheung-Chun Hsu • 2013 Clyde V. Maughan

JAMES S. EDMONDS is a Principal in Exponent’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science practice. In this po-sition, Mr. Edmonds has been responsi-ble for leading design and failure investi-gations in the field of power electrical systems. This has included the study and analysis of rotating electrical ma-chinery (generators, motors, and motor drive systems). His generator expertise includes investigations of all aspects of large turbo-alternators; large, medium and small hydro generators; and wind-turbine generators: stator core, stator windings, rotor elements and excitation systems.

Prior to joining Exponent, Mr. Edmonds was Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of MCM Enterprise Limited, responsible for the introduc-tion and application of the company’s prime products: rotor mounted scanners for hydro-generators and non-invasive lead acid battery monitor-ing systems.

For 13 years Mr. Edmonds was a Project/Program Manager for the Elec-tric Power Research Institute (EPRI), where he led advanced-technology research and development programs for improved power generation. Prior to joining EPRI, he held a similar management position at DOE-ERDA. While at ERDA, he was chosen to chair a Source Evaluation Board for the selection of a contractor to develop a 300-MVA superconducting generator for power plant demonstration and co-managed three Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) demonstration projects. At EPRI, Mr. Edmonds managed the 300 MVA Superconducting generator demonstration project.

Mr. Edmonds electric utility experience began at American Electric Power as Staff Electrical Engineer responsible for all aspects of electric rotating machinery applications. This included evaluation of new equipment de-signs and establishing existing plant maintenance and refurbishment pro-grams. Mr. Edmonds was appointed AEP’s liaison engineer for advanced generation technology, prior to the formation of EPRI.

IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award

JAMES S. EDMONDS 2014 Recipient

For contributions to the design of large AC motors and generators


The IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award was established to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribu-tion to ensure the practical realization of distribution system automation. This award is named in honor of Douglas M. Staszesky who worked with enormous energy and passion to bring new technologies and concepts to the field of distribution automation and to promote the value of investments in such systems to electric utility decision makers. The Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award recog-

nizes individuals who displayed that same energy and passion and who have demonstrated success in the implementation of systems that provide real benefits for electric utilities and their customers. The funds for this award are provided by S&C Electric Company. The award is administrated by the IEEE Power & Energy Society. The recipient receives a plaque and a travel stipend of up to $1,500 USD, and will designate an engineering school to receive a $2,000 USD scholar-ship.

Past Recipients:

2009 Dean Craig and Jack Li

2010 Robert W. Uluski

2011 Cameron Lee Smallwood

2012 Anil Pahwa

2013 Nokhum Markushevich

GEORGE LARRY CLARK is Principal Engineer-Power Delivery for Alabama Power Company (APC), Birmingham, AL and supports the deployment of the Distribution Automation, Distribu-tion SCADA, Electronic Mapboard and Switching Operations technologies at APC, and the development of the Integrated Distribution Management System and the Smart Grid Strategy for APC and the Southern Company. Mr. Clark is Chairman of the IEEE PES Smart Distribution Working Group, member of the IEEE PES Intelligent Grid Coordinating Committee, member and past chair of the Smart Distribution Subcommittee of the DistribuTECH Advisory Committee and member of Smart Grid Road-show Conference Committee. During 47-years of employment at APC, Mr. Clark’s previous assignments include responsibilities for the operation and maintenance of Transmission and Distribution substations, and for the planning, operation and mainte-nance of the electric distribution system. Mr. Clark is a frequent industry conference speaker making presentations in the areas of Distribution Auto-mation and SCADA, and most recently the Smart Distribution Grid. Mr. Clark has published 24 papers and made 100 presentations in the areas of Distribution Automation and SCADA, is co-instructor for several Smart Distribution Grid tutorials since 2009 presented at industry and IEEE ven-ues including PSCE, T&D conference and General Meeting, and is a coau-thor of the book Electric Power Engineering Handbook, first, second and third editions. Mr. Clark was selected as the 2001 recipient of the Engineer of the Year Award presented by the Alabama Section of IEEE. Mr. Clark received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree in 1970 from the University of South Alabama. Mr. Clark is a Life Senior Member of IEEE and is a registered engineer in the State of Alabama.


GEORGE LARRY CLARK

2014 Recipient

For pioneering significant contributions to advanced distribution automation technology deployment and integration of smart distribution applications

IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Power Award

The IEEE PES Leadership in Power Award was established in 2007 to recognize industry leaders for exceptional contributions to the promotion of the electric power engineering profession. The award is particularly in-tended to highlight actions which have encouraged the development and growth of electric power engineering practitioners and the recognition of the contributions electric power engineers have made to society. In this era, electric utility leaders who recognize the crucial importance of power engineering in the safe, reliable and economical generation, transmission and distribution of electricity are rare and this award is to recognize them for their insight and wisdom. To be eligible, recipients must be active in the electric power industry but do not need to be IEEE members. Selection is based on evaluation of accomplishments as revealed by documented testimonials from industry members. Of particular importance is evidence of the candidate’s promo-tion of the importance of the power engineering profession and the people practicing it. Work in encouraging industry involvement with university power engineering programs, encouraging young engineers through men-toring and career development programs, recognition programs for power engineers, encouragement of professional activities by practitioners, etc. are also considered. The recipient receives a sculpture, certificate, $2,000 USD honorarium and a travel stipend of up to $2,000 USD.

Past Recipients:

2008 Robin A. Hurst

2009 James A. Kelly

2010 James Alan Greer

2011 Terry Boston

2013 Michael Heyeck

IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Power Award

DAVID W. ROOP

2014 Recipient

For his industry-wide leadership in: changing the landscape of utility human performance and safety; reliability driven asset strategy development; novel catastrophe recovery planning; and the renaissance of the power engineering research and education

DAVID W. ROOP received a B.S. Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1976. He has a Professional Engi-neer Certification in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Mr. Roop has a 38-year career in the electric utility industry focused on elec-tric transmission and substation operation and management and culminating in his present position.

Since 2001, Mr. Roop has been the Direc-tor, Electric Transmission Operations at Dominion Virginia Power/North Carolina Power. He is responsible for the operation of Dominion’s transmission assets, includ-ing substations. He manages an organization covering technical support and engi-neering resources for electrical equipment and protective relays. In addition, he provides technical support for Dominion Generation substations, including protec-tive relaying, for both regulated and merchant plants.

He held various management positions from1984 – 2001. Those areas included transmission & substation engineering, system protection engineering, project man-agement of bulk power facilities, distribution operations and construction, research and development of emerging electro-technologies.

His accomplishments range from having received a U.S. Patent for Grounding Cage and developed innovative technique for surge protection of Distribution facilities in highly resistive soils. He assisted in the development of the 1996 NEC®, section 625 on electric vehicle charging by serving on the Code Making Panel 12 Correlating Committee. He implemented unique transmission grounding solution that resulted in an improvement in lightning related incidences by 40% in 1998.

His affiliations are the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) – Power Engineering Society, Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society, and CIGRE National Committee Treasurer.

Mr. Roop was born in Roanoke, VA and currently resides in Richmond, VA. He is married and has two children, a daughter and a son.

IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award

The IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2007 to recognize exceptional power engineers for outstand-ing career-long contributions to the art and science of electric power engi-neering. To be eligible, the recipient must have been an IEEE PES member in good standing for at least 10 years, and must have accomplishments as revealed by published works, documented testimonials from industry col-leagues, or other objective demonstrations of accomplishments over an extended period of work. Of particular importance is evidence of the can-didate's contributions to the knowledge base of the power engineering profession, whether in research, teaching, product development, electric system design, or electric utility operations. The recipient will receive an honorarium of $2,000 USD, a sculpture, and a travel stipend of up to $2,000 USD for the recipient to attend the presenta-tion ceremony. This award is funded by the IEEE PES Awards Endow-ment Fund through the IEEE Foundation.

Past Recipients:

• 2008 Stanley Harold Horowitz

• 2012 Melvin I. Olken

IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award

VIRGINIA C. SULZBERGER

2014 Recipient

For pioneering leadership in developing reliability analysis methods, performing reliability assessments of interconnected transmission systems, and establishing

transmission reliability planning standards applied in North America during a 50-year career

VIRGINIA C. SULZBERGER began her engineering career in 1962 at Public Service Electric and Gas Company where she developed methods and their application for calculating electric trans-mission system and substation reliability. During her 14 years at PSE&G, she held various engineering and management positions, including Manager of Trans-mission Planning.

From 1976 to 1984, Virginia was a Sen-ior Planning Advisor in advanced energy systems at the Exxon Enterprises affili-ate of Exxon Corporation. In 1985, she became Director-Engineering at the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), Princeton, NJ. She retired from NERC in 2006.

At NERC, her work included responsibility for NERC’s reliability assess-ments and the publication of NERC’s flagship document, which annually reported on the future reliability of the bulk (138-kV and above) electric systems in North America. She also played a key leadership role in the development of the first NERC Planning Standards for electric transmis-sion systems, adopted in 1997. These initial Standards were the foundation for today’s NERC Standards for which compliance is mandatory under the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Virginia is an IEEE Life Fellow, served two years on the IEEE Board of Directors, and served 14 years on PES’s Governing Board. In 1990, she was elected an IEEE Fellow “for development and application of reliability techniques for the analysis of power systems.” In 1999, she received the PES Meritorious Service Award for her 30 years of contributions to PES.

Since 1991, Virginia has been an active member of the U.S. National Com-mittee (USNC) of CIGRÉ, the International Council of Large Electric Systems. She received CIGRÉ’s Distinguished Member Award in 2006 and the USNC’s Attwood Associate Award in 2007.


For major contributions to the state of the art of Flexible

AC Transmission System (FACTS) technology and its applications

Past Recipients:

1999 Laslo Gyugui

2000 David J. Young

2001 Einar Larsen

2002 Ibrahim A. Erinmez

2003 Dusan Povh

2004 Colin D. Schauder

2005 Masatoshi Takeda

2006 Abdel-Aty Edris

2007 Aniruddha M. Gole

2008 Xiaoxin Zhou

2010 Chris Horwill

2011 John J. Paserba, Jr.

2012 Stig L. Nilsson

2013 Edson H. Watanabe

Power electronics and other static con-trollers are making a major impact on future power systems through applica-tion in transmission, distribution, and small generation. Applications in trans-mission and distribution include HVDC, FACTS and Custom Power. Since the introduction of Custom Pow-er concepts, the technology has been moving ahead at an increasing pace. Very significant near to long term ben-efits of Custom Power technology are now recognized in the industry.

The award is for individuals who have made a major contribution to the state of the art of Custom Power technology and its applications. It con-sists of a plaque, engraved medal and an honorarium of $1,000 USD. This award is funded by contributions from the following companies:

ABB

ALSTOM

EPRI

GE Energy

Hingorani Power Electronics

National Grid Corporation

S&C Electric

Siemens

Silicon Power Corporation

Westinghouse

HARSHAD MEHTA is the founder and

president of Silicon Power Corporation.

In 1994 Dr. Mehta purchased the Pow-

er Semi-Conductor Manufacturing Divi-

sion from General Electric.

From 1983 to 1994 he worked at the

Electric Power Research Institute

(EPRI) where he managed the develop-

ment and commercialization of ad-

vanced power electronics technologies

for custom power applications.

His passion is the early commercializa-

tion of advance technologies, and his

vision is wide spread application of “Power Processes” empower by Silicon

Power Corporation.

Dr. Harshad Mehta received a PhD. in Electrical Engineering from the

University of Florida.


HARSHAD MEHTA 2014 Recipient

For leading the development of the solid state transfer switch


For major contributions to the state of the art of

Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) technology and its applications

Past Recipients:

1999 Laslo Gyugui

2000 David J. Young

2001 Einar Larsen

2002 Ibrahim A. Erinmez

2003 Dusan Povh

2004 Colin D. Schauder

2005 Masatoshi Takeda

2006 Abdel-Aty Edris

2007 Aniruddha M. Gole

2008 Xiaoxin Zhou

2010 Chris Horwill

2011 John J. Paserba, Jr.

2012 Stig L. Nilsson

2013 Edson H. Watanabe

Power electronics and other static con-trollers are making a major impact on future power systems through applica-tion in transmission, distribution, and small generation. Applications in trans-mission and distribution include HVDC, FACTS and Custom Power. Since the introduction of the Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) concept, the technology has been mov-ing ahead at an increasing pace. Very significant near to long term benefits of FACTS technology are now recognized in the industry. The FACTS Award is

presented to individuals who have made a major contribution to the state of the art of FACTS technology and its applications. Funded by contribu-tions from the following companies:

ABB

ALSTOM

EPRI

GE Energy

Hingorani Power Electronics

National Grid Corporation

S&C Electric

Siemens

Silicon Power Corporation

Westinghouse

The FACTS Award consists of a plaque, engraved medal and an honorari-

um of $1,000 USD.

NED MOHAN (LF) joined the Univer-sity of Minnesota in 1975, where he is Oscar A. Schott Professor of Power Electronic Systems and Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur in 1967. His PhD in Electrical Engineer-ing and Master’s in Nuclear Engineer-ing are from UW-Madison. He has written 5 textbooks, one of which is translated into six languages. He has graduated 35 PhDs. His area of re-search is in power electronics applied to power systems. Ned Mohan received the H.T. Morse Distinguished Teaching Award for undergraduate education from the University of Minnesota in 2007. He has received 2008 IEEE-PES Outstanding Educator Award, 2010 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2010 UWIG Achievement Award from Utility Wind Integration Group, 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT-Kharagpur (India), and 2012 IEEE Power & Energy Society Rama-kumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award. In 2013, he received the Innovative Program Award from the ECE Department Heads Associ-ation made up of over 250 U.S. universities. In 2014, he received the Dis-tinguished Graduate Teaching Award from the University of Minnesota. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2014.


NED MOHAN 2014 Recipient

For pioneering research in renewable energy integration and FACTS and for developing a novel curriculum in electrical energy systems education with

emphasis on power electronics

IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award

For leadership in the power engineering field and contributions

to the engineering profession and engineering education

Past Recipients:

1996 S. S. Venkata

1997 Peter W. Sauer

1998 Chanan Singh

1999 Mohamed E. El-Hawary

2000 Vijay Vittal

2001 Charles A. Gross

2002 Bruce F. Wollenberg

2003 Leo Grigsby

2004 Chen-Ching Liu

2005 Robert J. Thomas

2006 James S. Thorp

2007 Göran Andersson

2008 Ned Mohan

2009 Lalit Goel

2010 Richard G. Farmer

2011 Thomas J. Overbye

2012 Mohammad Shahidehpour

2013 Saifur Rahman

This award recognizes excellence in classroom teaching, course develop-

ment and the promotion of student, local, transnational and technical ac-

tivities.

To be eligible for this award, an individual must provide classroom in-

struction in electrical engineering at a college or university with an

accredited electrical engineering program or equivalent, be a member of

PES for at least one year, and be nominated by any PES member and en-

dorsed by the chapter or technical committee of which the individual is a

member.

The award consists of a plaque and honorarium of $1,000 USD.

IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award

ALI ABUR

2014 Recipient

For contributions to the instructional computer-based tools and methods for teaching power system state estimation

ALI ABUR obtained his B.S. degree from Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, Turkey in 1979 and both his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Ohio State University in 1981 and 1985 respec-tively. He was a faculty member at Texas A&M University until Novem-ber 2005 when he joined the faculty of Northeastern University as a Professor and Chair of the Electrical and Com-puter Engineering Department. His research and educational activities have been in the area of power systems. He is a Fellow of the IEEE for his work on power system state estimation and serves as an IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer. He co-authored a book and published widely in IEEE journals and conferences. He served on the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and Power Engineering Letters between 1999 and 2011.


Past Recipients:

1994 Lei Wang

1997 Mariesa L. Crow

1998 Kraig J. Olejniczak

1999 Miguel Velez-Reyes

2000 Christopher W. Hickman

2002 Jeffrey H. Nelson and Noel N. Schulz

2003 Richard E. Brown

2004 Mark Laufenberg

2005 Efrain O’Neill–Carrillo

2006 Marcelino Madrigal and Ganesh Venayagamoorthy

2007 Karen Nan Miu Miller

2008 William (Bill) Rosehart

2009 Zhenyu (Henry) Huang

2010 Luiz A. Barroso

2011 Ted K. A. Brekken

2012 Alejandro D. Dominguez Garcia

2013 Gabriela Hug-Glanzmann

This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the leadership of tech-

nical society activities including local and/or transnational PES and other

technical societies, leadership in community and humanitarian activities, and

evidence of technical competence through significant engineering achieve-

ments.

To be eligible for the Outstanding Young Engineer Award, an individual

must be thirty-five years of age or under on January 1 of the year the award is

presented, be a member of PES for at least one year, and have a minimum of

a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from an accredited electrical engineering pro-

gram or equivalent. He r she can be nominated by any PES member and

must endorsed by the chapter or technical committee of which the individual

is a member.

The recipient receives a plaque and will designate a college or university with

an accredited program in electrical engineering or equivalent to receive a

$2,000 USD scholarship for an electrical engineering undergraduate.

Past Recipients: (Through 2007, the recipient received the Walter Fee Outstanding

Young Engineer Award)

SHAY BAHRAMIRAD is the Manager of Smart Grid and Technology at ComEd; the utility in IL. Her respon-sibilities include leading the Smart Grid organization across ComEd, business case development and per-formance measures for Smart Grid technology deployments, and defining, developing, and implementing Smart Grid initiatives in ComEd’s service territory. She is leading several strate-gic initiatives including microgrid and chair ing ComEd’s innovat ion hub. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Shay holds multiple advanced degrees, including a Ph.D. in Electrical En-gineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. She is a U.S. repre-sentative of power quality monitoring in CIGRE (International Council of Large Electric Systems) and leads the development of the IEEE P1815 Standard: Smart Distribution Application Guide, and serves as Technical Chair of several IEEE conferences such as T&D and the Great Lake Sym-posium. She has published and presented several technical articles and seminars on power systems topics, primarily exploring innovative technol-ogies and practices in the power grid. Shay is the committee chair for the PES Women in Power, a Senior Member of IEEE and the editor-in-chief of Asset Management in Smart Grid transaction journal.


SHAY BAHRAMIRAD 2014 Recipient

For exceptional contributions in research and deployment of microgrids

IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award

As the development of the complex system known as the interconnected bulk power system unfolded around the world, it became critical to under-stand its nonlinear behavior as well as develop and deploy system controls vital to manage dynamic system behav-ior to ensure reliability. Even today, as the bulk power system evolves to ac-commodate an unprecedented change in resource mix and technology inno-vation, it is critical to manage integra-tion of new and emergent technologies. Without this ability to model the gen-eral dynamic behavior of the bulk pow-

er system and devise suitable coordinated systems controls, the moderniza-tion of the bulk power system would be inhibited. These developments come from the work of dedicated engineers who devote their careers to the deep understanding of bulk power system dynamic behavior, including transient, small-signal, voltage, and frequency stability, along with the de-velopment of controls vital to support bulk power system security and quality of power supply.

Nominees for the award must have been an IEEE PES member for at least 10 years with tangible and visible achievements in one or more of the areas listed below. Selection factors include contributions to:

- Bulk power system dynamics and control, including transient, small-signal, voltage, and frequency stability - Modern system analysis tools - Dynamic system modeling including non-linearities, and interconnection-wide dynamic behavior and control, - Originality and impact of technical publications - Professional and industry activities - Development of standards and operating guides - Achievements in other fields

The award consists of an appropriate memento and an honorarium of $3,000 USD.

This award has been funded by donations from Chinese Society for Elec-trical Engineering, Kundur Power Systems Solutions Inc., and Powertech Labs.

IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award

PETER W. SAUER

2014 Recipient

For contributions to power system dynamic modeling, simulation and analysis

and for leadership in power engineering

PETER W. SAUER obtained his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla in 1969. From 1969 to 1973, he was the electrical engineer on a design assis-tance team in the US Air Force Tacti-cal Air Command at Langley AFB, Virginia, working on design and con-struction of airfield lighting and elec-trical distribution systems.

Pete obtained the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1974 and 1977 respectively. He has been on the fac-ulty at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1977 where he teaches courses and directs re-search on power systems and electric machines. He has written over 200 technical papers and the book with M. A. Pai, “Power System Dynamics and Stability”, published by Prentice Hall in 1998.

From August 1991-1992 he served as the Program Director for Power Systems in the Electrical and Communication Systems Division of the Na-tional Science Foundation in Washington D.C. He is a cofounder of PowerWorld Corporation and served as Chairman of the Board of Direc-tors from 1996-2001. He is a cofounder of the Power Systems Engineer-ing Research Center (PSERC) and has served as the Illinois site director from 1996 to the present. He served in the Air Force Civil Engineering reserves at Chanute AFB, Illinois and Scott AFB, Illinois until his retire-ment as a Lt. Col. in 1998. He is currently the Grainger Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at Illinois and is currently serving as the IEEE/PES Vice President for Education. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and Illinois, a Fellow of the IEEE, and a member of the U.S. Na-tional Academy of Engineering.

IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award

Past Recipient: 2012 Ned Mohan 2013 Vladimir Miranda

This award, established in 2011, recog-

nizes outstanding contributions in the

field of developing, utilizing and inte-

grating renewable energy resources,

particularly those that have minimal

carbon footprints, in the national and

global energy scenarios. Feeding the

electrical energy generated from innova-

tive conversion technologies into con-

ventional utility grids and operating the

combined system satisfactorily, plus the

effective use of locally available renewa-

ble energy resources in remote and rural

areas to improve the human living envi-

ronment are major components in this

mix. The need to stimulate and encour-

age activity towards these goals is the primary objective of this award.

This award consists of a plaque, and a honorarium of $1,000 USD.

The award is funded through a quasi-endowment fund established through

the IEEE Foundation and provided by an External Source/Donor. A cor-

pus of U.S. $50,000 has been endowed by the Ramakumar family.

Nominees must be members of IEEE and PES with clearly identifiable

and valuable contributions in the field of renewable energy.

J. CHARLES SMITH is a member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society; a member of CIGRE, the International Council on Large Electric Systems; a member of the American Meteorologi-cal Society; and a Fellow of the IEEE. He is a guest editor for the IEEE Pow-er and Energy magazine, and a past editor for the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. Mr. Smith re-ceived the Technical Achievement Award of the American Wind Energy Association in 2008. He received his BSME and MS degrees from MIT in 1970. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG). Previously, he served as President of Electrotek Con-cepts, a power engineering consulting firm. He has over 40 years of expe-rience in the electric power industry.

IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award

J. CHARLES SMITH 2014 Recipient

For leadership in and contributions to the integration of wind energy sources into the electric utility system


This award was created is in honor of

Roy Billinton, Professor Emeritus at

University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Dr. Billinton is an IEEE Life Fellow,

Foreign Associate of U.S. National

Academy of Engineering, Fellow of

Royal Society of Canada, and Fellow of

Canadian Academy of Engineering. He

has published over 850 papers and 8

books, has given tutorials, presentations

and seminars in over thirty countries,

delivered over one hundred short cours-

es on system reliability, and served on

IEEE PES committees and other indus-

try committees. He supervised more than 120 Ph.D. and Master Degree

candidates who are spread throughout the United States, Canada and other

countries.

Areas covered by the award includes modeling, analysis and data develop-

ment to quantify power system reliability, and, assessments to plan and

operate reliable electric utility generation, transmission, distribution sys-

tems or interconnected power system grids.

The award has been funded by the past students and other associates of

Professor Roy Billinton and selected organizations. Management of the

funds were approved by the IEEE Foundation.

The recipient of the IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability

Award receives a plaque and an honorarium of $3,000 USD.

Past Recipients:

2010 Chanan Singh

2011 Wenyuan Li

2012 Armando M. Leite Da Silva

2013 Ronald N. Allen


MARK G. LAUBY 2014 Recipient

For contributions in the development and application of techniques for bulk power system reliability assessment, composite reliability, and data analysis

MARK G. LAUBY is a senior vice presi-dent and chief reliability officer of the North American Electric Reliability Cor-poration (NERC). He is responsible for implementing NERC’s Vision to maintain and enhance bulk power system reliability, with direct responsibility for ERO’s relia-bility performance groups and functions. Joining NERC in January 2007, Mr. Lauby previously was vice president and director for Standards, and vice president and di-rector of reliability assessments and perfor-mance analysis.

Prior to joining NERC, Mr. Lauby worked since 1987 for the Electric Power Re-search Institute (EPRI) where he held a number of senior positions, including: director, Power Delivery & Markets; managing director, Asia, EPRI International; and Manager, Power System Engineering in the Power System Planning and Operations Program. Mr. Lauby started his career in the electric industry at the Mid‐Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP), in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. His responsibilities included transmission planning, power system reliability assessment, and probabilistic evaluation.

Mr. Lauby earned his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering in 1980 and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1989 from the University of Minneso-ta. In addition, Mr. Lauby attended the London Business School Accelerated Development Program.

He has authored numerous papers on power system reliability, expert sys-tems, transmission system planning, and power system numerical analysis techniques. Mr. Lauby has served as Chair, and is a life member, of the Inter-national Electricity Research Exchange (IERE), and has served as Chair of a number of IEEE working groups. Mr. Lauby has been recognized for his technical achievements in many technical associations, including the 1992 IEEE Walter Fee Young Engineer of the Year Award. In November 2011, Mr. Lauby was named a Fellow by IEEE. He received the honor for "leadership in the development and application of techniques for bulk power system reliability."

IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award

The IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award was established in 1980 by the recommendation of the DC Transmission Subcommittee. It provides a means for special recognition of those out-standing engineers and scientists who have contributed to the advancement of high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology. The award is named for the man most re-sponsible for the research and development that led to the first practical application of an HVDC connection between AC systems. The keys to the solution of this problem

were the development of an electric valve which could be used in high capacity, high voltage converters, and a fundamental system technology. This outstanding engineer and scientist was Dr. Uno Lamm, an IEEE Fel-low and the 1965 recipient of the Benjamin Lamme Medal.

Dr. Lamm graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, in 1927 and acquired his Doctorate of Technology in 1943. He joined ASEA in 1928 with the task of developing mercury arc rectifiers as an early assignment. During his career with ASEA, he received progressively more responsible appointments: head of the Rectifier Department; head of ASEA’s Nuclear Department; Electrotechnical Director; and Consultant to the President of ASEA. Dr. Lamm died in 1989 at the age of 85.

At the invitation of the Subcommittee, ASEA of Sweden provided the initial funds that were used to underwrite this Award. In order to sustain this important Award and to permit selection of a medalist every year, the subcommittee solicited additional funds from selected manufacturers and electric utility companies.

The IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award consists of a bronze medal, a plaque and a honorarium of $1,000 USD.

Recent Past Recipients: (more recipients are listed online)

1997 Jos Arrillaga

1998 Tadashi Senda

1999 Chandra Kirshnayya

2001 Dusan Povh

2002 Conrad Beriger

2003 Gote Liss

2004 Dennis A. Woodford

2005 Michael L. Woodhouse

2006 Gunnar Asplund

2007 Peter Lips

2008 Willis F. Long

2009 Marcio Szechtman

2010 Mohamad M. Rashwan

2012 Bjarne R. Andersen

IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award

JOSÉ ANTONIO JARDINI

2014 Recipient

For contributions to HVDC system studies, HVDC transmission line design and to HVDC_VSC grid modeling

JOSÉ ANTONIO JARDINI was born on March 27, 1941. He received his BSc, MSc and PhD degrees from the Polytechnic School of the Sao Paulo University in 1963, 1970 and 1973, respectively. From 1964-1991 he worked at Themag (Brazilian engineering company) in the area of Power Systems, Automation and Transmission Lines projects. He participated in large projects like the Itaipu (12,000MW) 765kVac (3 lines) and 600kVdc (2 bipoles) 900km transmission system, and the planning of the power plants at the Amazon River tributaries. Recently, he was consultant for the Brazilian Madeira River project (2x3000MW bipoles, 600kV, 2400km), the 2x400MW back-to-back project; and the Belo Monte project (4000MW bipole, 800kV, 2000km). Currently, he is Full Professor at the Energy and Automation Department of the University of São Paulo where he has ad-vised 54 PhD and MSc diss. altogether. He is member of the CIGRE SC-B4 (HVDC and power electronics) group. Formerly, he was the Brazilian representative of the CIGRE SC-38 group. He is an IEEE Life Fellow and Distinguished Lecturer of PES and was of the IAS. His fields of interest include: Generation Automation, Transmission and Power Distribution. At CIGRE he participates in areas related to: Impacts of HVDC lines on the Economics of Projects; Electric Field; recommended models and studies; environment requirements; converter modeling; HVDC electrode design; conversion of AC lines into DC; wind farm connection; AC-DC transmis-sion line. He is also studying the application of 1000kVac in Brazil. His volunteered activities include: South Brazil section Chairman; IEEE R9 treasurer, IEEE Fellow Committee, R9 and IEEE PES nomination board, Education Society Fellow Committee, Editor-in-chief of the IEEE Latin America Transactions, Chairman of the T&D Latin America.


The IEEE PES Women in Power Com-mittee was created to foster a more di-verse leadership by supporting career advancement, networking and education of women in the electric power and energy industry. One important way this mission is supported, is through the formal recognition of a worthy female member of this community. The IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award seeks to recognize a deserving female in the field of power engineering. The Award is intended to provide visibility to the awardee’s ef-

forts, accomplishments and future potential while empowering her to be an inspiration and role model for other women in the industry. The award is in honor of the first female president of IEEE PES, Ms. Wanda Reder. In addition to recognizing the recipient, the Award brings attention to the value of fostering a diverse talent pool. It further empowers the recipient to have a greater influence on the growth and development of others in the industry. Nominees for the award must be female and senior members of the IEEE PES. Tangible and visible achievements in one or more of the following: - Innovation and technology development;

- Entrepreneurship and innovative business models;

- Education and mentorship;

- Related achievements. The awardee will receive a plaque and a honorarium of $1,500 USD.


JESSICA J. BIAN

2014 Recipient

Visionary leader and architect, who has pioneered electric industry’s reliability metrics and grid risk assessment; inspiring role model and mentor to young women

engineers in power

JESSICA J. BIAN is currently with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Prior to FERC, she was the Director of Performance Analysis at North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), responsible for developing electric industry-wide met-rics and reporting on overall state of grid reliability. Under her leadership, a total of eighteen (18) industry-wide reliability indicators and three (3) com-posite indices were established first time to determine the reliability, ade-quacy, and associated risks to the inter-connected North American bulk power system. She is widely recognized as a pioneer and trusted world leader in the field.

In spring 2012, Dr. Bian steered multiple technical industry groups and directed completion of the first-ever industry-wide State of Reliability report. Her trending and statistical analysis has served as vital technical guidance for developing effective and risked-based industry standard requirements. Her work has been cited by many organizations, including CIGRE, RTOs/ISOs, North American Transmission Forum (NATF), Canadian Electricity Association and US Department of Energy (DOE).

Her latest effort has further advanced continent-wide data collection and reporting consistency, which is essential for assessing trends and efforts to maintain or improve reliability and support academic research that has relied upon them to draw conclusions about the grid reliability. It marked a major step forward in benchmarking the North American grid reliability.

Before joining NERC in July 2007, she was with the PJM Interconnection and ERCOT with responsibility for real-time operations support, resource economic dispatch and operator training simulator projects. She started her career at Westinghouse Electric in 1993, was involved in generator design and Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) applications.

New IEEE Fellows Class of 2014

the following are PES Members or were evaluated by the Power & Energy Society

Bjarne Andersen for leadership in

High Voltage DC Transmission Systems, AC Power Electronics, and Reactive Power Compensation

William Bartley

for contributions to the development of generator and transformer standards

for life cycle planning and risk assessment

Carl Benner for contributions to

development of waveform-based analytics for electric power distribution

Kent Brown

for leadership in standards development gor design, testing, and utilization of

electrical equipment for the nuclear power industry

Babu Chalamala for contributions to the development of

advanced materials and device technologies for vacuum microelectronics and field emission displays

Ambrish Chandra

for contributions to power distribution and renewable energy systems



Kwok Cheung for development and implementation

of energy and market management systems for control centers

Peter Donalek

for contributions to grid-connected pumped storage hydro systems

Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad

for development of probabilistic techniques in

power system reliability evaluation

Bjorn Gustavsen for contributions to

frequency-domain modeling techniques

Chris Horwill for contributions to testing

and commissioning of flexible AC transmission systems

Hao Huang for contributions to

electric power generation, conversion, and control in aircraft



Cursino Jacobina for contributions to the

development of power converters and machine drives

Roger King for contributions in

power systems data analytics to improve grid reliability

Benjamin Kroposki for leadership in renewable and

distributed energy systems integration in the electric power system

Thomas McDermott

for contributions to modeling and analysis of electric power distribution systems

and lightning protection

Andrew Ott for leadership in the design, development,

and operation of competitive wholesale electricity markets

Muhammed Rahman for contributions to

direct torque control of integrated Permanent magnet machines



Sandeep Shukla for contributions

to applied probabilistic model checking for system design

Kiruba Sivasubramaniam for contributions to

high power density electric machines or renewable energy and aerospace applications

Dejan Sobajic

for applications of neural networks or power engineering

Hisao Taoka

for contributions to computing technology for power system analysis and control

Germano Torres

for contributions to the application of intelligent systems to power systems

Solveig Ward

for contributions to power system protective relaying,

communications systems, and tele-protection

IEEE PES Prize Paper Award

“Probing the Intermittent Energy Resource Contributions from

Generation Adequacy and Security Perspectives”

WIJARN WANGDEE and ROY BILLINTON

Published in the November 2012 issue of the

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Each year each Technical Committee of the Technical Council is entitled and encouraged choose to award the author(s) of an outstanding technical paper with the IEEE PES Technical Committee Prize Paper Award. Each com-mittee is also encouraged to nominate a paper from their committee for the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Paper Award, most committees choose to select the same paper. One (or two) paper is chosen from all the nomina-tions for the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Paper Award .

The IEEE PES Prize Paper Award consists of a plaque for each author and $200 USD for a single author; $100 USD each for two (2) or more authors.

Funded by the IEEE PES Endowment Fund, managed by the IEEE Foun-dation.

IEEE PES Prize Paper Award WIJARN WANGDEE (S’03–M’06–SM’12) received the bachelor degree in Electri-cal Engineering from Chulalongkorn Universi-ty, Bangkok, Thailand. He obtained the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

From 2006 to 2013, he worked as a senior engineer in System Planning Department at BC Hydro and Power Authority in Canada where he leaded several major project justifications and served as a subject matter expert on power system reliability, probabilistic system planning and wind power integration within the compa-ny. He is currently a faculty member at the Sirindhorn International Thai-German Gradu-ate School of Engineering (TGGS) that is an autonomous graduate school in King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. He has been actively involved in many professional services such as serving as a technical committee for IEEE and a reviewer for several international journals. He is a member of the Interna-tional Technical Advisory Committee of Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS). He is also an author and co-author of 32 technical papers in the international journals and conferences, and 2 book chapters. His research areas of interest are Power System Reliability, Power System Planning and Operation. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. ROY BILLINTON, BSc, MSc, Ph.D, DSc, is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Uni-versity of Saskatchewan, Canada. He is an IEEE Life Fellow, Foreign Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. His area of research is power system reliability, economics and performance and has au-thored/coauthored over 950 papers and 8 books, given tutorials, presentations and semi-nars in over thirty countries, delivered over one hundred short courses on system reliabil-ity, and served on many IEEE PES commit-tees and other industry committees.

IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Awards Outstanding Standard or Guide

IEEE Standard 1249-2013, “Guide for Computer-Based Control for Hydroelectric

Power Plant Automation”

Energy Development and Power Generation Committee

Douglas B. Seely, Chair

Members: Jay Anders Dave Apps Terry Bauman Bruce Benson Steve Brockschink Horst Butz Matthew Davis Russ Fostiak George Girgis Randy Groves Jim Gurney Dave Kornegay Ron Krohn

Lucas Kunz Chuck Lennon Larry Long Corey Mauer Paul Micale Ed Miska Hans Naeff Wayne Rand Chris Shultz Philip Spotts William Terry Wayne Timm John Yale

Each year each Technical Committee of the Technical Council is entitled and

encouraged choose to award one working group with the IEEE PES Tech-

nical Committee Working Group Recognition Award. Each committee is

also encouraged to nominate their working groups for one of the Society-

level Working Group Awards, IEEE PES Working Group Recognition

Awards Outstanding Standard or Guide or Technical Report. Two working

groups are chosen out of all the nominations for these Society-level Awards

and are recognized at the IEEE PES General meeting. The officers are giv-

en a plaque and mounted certificates for the members.

IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Awards Outstanding Technical Report

Working Group D11 “Special Report, Effect of Distribution Automation on

Protective Relaying”

Power System Relaying Committee

Fred Friend, Chair Gerald Johnson, Vice Chair

Members:

Brian Mulalian Calin Micu Charles Sufana Cheong Siew Claire Patti Daniel Goodrich Don Lukach Don Parker Farajollah Soudi Jack Jester Jakov Vico Jay Sperl John Tengdin

Juan Gers Kevin Donahoe Matt Black Mike Meisinger Pat Heavey Patrick Carroll Raluca Lascu S.S. Mani Venkata Steven Hodder Victor Ortiz Wayne Hartmann

Each year each Technical Committee of the Technical Council is entitled and

encouraged choose to award one working group with the IEEE PES Tech-

nical Committee Working Group Recognition Award. Each committee is

also encouraged to nominate their working groups for one of the Society-

level Working Group Awards, IEEE PES Working Group Recognition

Awards Outstanding Standard or Guide or Technical Report. Two working

groups are chosen out of all the nominations for these Society-level Awards

and are recognized at the IEEE PES General meeting. The officers are giv-

en a plaque and mounted certificates for the members.

IEEE PES Outstanding Large Chapter Award

BOSTON CHAPTER SUSAN SOERGEL, Chair

The Boston Chapter is recognized as winner of the 2013 IEEE PES Outstanding Large Chapter Award for its outstanding performance under the leadership of Chapter Chair, Susan Soergel and the Chapter Executive Committee. The Chapter Executive Committee is a well organized and productive team. Through the hard work and dedication of this group of volunteers, they provided significant value to the PES members, students and others in the Boston power community. The chapter continues to make signifi-cant progress in many areas following it’s rejuvenation in 2009. Some significant 2013 highlights include:

8 Technical program meetings (would have been 10 if not for 2 major snowstorms!) Average attendance over 30.

2 Educational Programs providing CEU credit.

Outstanding and wide ranging support for Student related activities. This includes helping form a new student chapter, numerous interac-tion events/meetings.

$10,000 support of the PES Scholarship Plus Initiative (on the heels of $15,000 in 2012).

Membership Advancement efforts showed significant results, 14 total advancements.

Total membership growth continues to be strong with more than 12 new High Grade representing 3.3 % increase.

An ever improving web site that keeps members up to date on chap-ter and other related activities

RUNNERS-UP IN THIS CATEGORY WERE THE BANGALORE and QUEENSLAND CHAPTERS

The Panama Chapter is recognized as winner of the 2013 IEEE PES Outstanding Small Chapter Award for its outstanding performance under the leadership of Chapter Chair, Ivan Castillo and the Chapter Executive Committee. The Panama Chapter was very active during 2013 with a number of tech-nical programs, Affinity group efforts, membership growth/advancement focus, conference support, and member recognition. Through the hard work and dedication of this group of volunteers, they provided significant value to the PES members, students and others in the Panama power com-munity. Some examples of 2013 activities include:

Technical programs including presentations and seminars on various topics focused on professional engineers in the local industry.

Developing an intense program that reached the current and future members and leaders.

Strong support to the affinity groups WIE and GOLD.

A focus on membership growth and advancement which has resulted in continuous increases in both for several years. This year the chapter saw a “high grade” membership increase of over 10%, and even high-er student member growth.

Chapter involvement with the upcoming 2014 CONPACPAN confer-ence

A bi-lingual chapter web site, highlighting upcoming activities and other information for members

All these activities are especially impressive given the small size of the chapter, about 65 members!

THERE WERE NO RUNNERS-UP IN THIS CATEGORY

IEEE PES Outstanding Small Chapter Award

PANAMA CHAPTER IVAN CASTILLO, Chair

IEEE Power & Energy Society

Award Endowment Fund

Founding Benefactors

S&C Electric Company Siemens

Exelon Corporation We Energies

Tokyo Electric Power Company TXU Energy Alstom Grid

Dr. Narain & Joyce Hingorani ABB

Murty P. Bhavaraju In Memory of John W. Pope; The Southern Company

Charitable Foundation and his friends Dr. Rama Ramakumar and Family

The endowments of the Founding Benefactors help provide permanent funding for

IEEE Power & Energy Society awards.

If your corporation is interested in finding out more about this worthy cause, please contact:

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