IEEE PowEr & EnErgy SocIEty

2012 gEnEral MEEtIng

awardS cErEMony

Tuesday, 24 July 2012Manchester Hyatt RegencySan Diego, California USA

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

Awards and Recognition Mariesa Crow, Chair

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Christopher root

• IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Power Award

stan horowitz

• IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award

hamid elahi

• IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power Systems Engineering Award

marCio szeChtman

• IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award• IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award

wenyuan li

• IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award

dan ward

• IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering

G. larry Clark

• IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award

Steven d. pendarek

• IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award

howard a. smolleCk

• IEEE PES Student Prize Paper Award in Honor of T. Burke Hayes

B. don russell

• IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award

dennis woodford

• IEEE PES Uno Lamm HVDC Award

ward t. Jewell

• IEEE PES Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award

Gören andersson

• IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award

A. P. sakis meliopoulos

• iEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award

roBert pelleGrino

• IEEE PES Robert P. Noberini Distinguished Contributions to Power Engineering Professionalism Award

riChard Brown

• IEEE PES Technical Paper Awards

edward C. Carlsen

• IEEE PES Chapter Awards

roBert d. saint

• IEEE PES/IAS A.P. Seethapathy Rural Electrification Excellence Award

yonGhua sonG

• IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award

PROGRAM

Welcome:NicholasAbi-Samra General Chair, PES 2012 General Meeting Presiding:NoelN.Schulz President, IEEE Power & Energy Society Introductions:MariesaCrow Chair, PES Awards & Recognition Committee

IEEEAWARD Presented by Noel N. Schulz, President, IEEE PES•IEEENikolaTeslaAward Manoj R. Shah

IEEEPOWER&ENERGYSOCIETYAWARDS

•IEEEPower&EnergySocietyLeadershipinPowerAward Armando J. Olivera

•IEEEPESLifetimeAchievementAward melvin I. Olken

•IEEEPESCharlesConcordiaPowerSystemsEngineeringAward Leonard (Len) Garver•IEEEPESNariHingoraniFACTSAward Stig Nilsson

•IEEEPESNariHingoraniCustomPowerAward Hirofumi Akagi

•IEEEPESRoyBillintonPowerSystemReliabilityAward Armando Leite da Silva

•IEEEPESAwardforExcellenceinPowerDistributionEngineering Richard A. Bush

•IEEEPESDouglasM.StaszeskyDIstributionAutomationAward Anil Pahwa

•IEEEPESCyrilVeinottElectromechanicalEnergyConversionAward John Hsu

•IEEEPESMeritoriousServiceAward Saifur Rahman

•IEEEPESUnoLammHighVoltageDirectCurrentAward Bjarne Andersen

•IEEEPESRamakumarFamilyRenewableEnergyExcellenceAward Ned Mohan

•IIEEEPESOutstandingPowerEngineeringEducatorAward Mohammed Shahidehpour

•IEEEPESOutstandingYoungEngineerAward Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia

NEWFELLOWACKNOWLEDGMENT

WORKINGGROUPRECOGNITIONAWARDS

OutstandingStandardorGuide • “IEEE Std C37.06, Nov.6, 2009, Standard AC High-Voltage Circuit Breakers Rated on a Symmetrical Current Basis – Preferred Ratings and Related Required Capabilities for Voltages above 1000 Volts “ George Montillet, Chair

PrizePaperAwards • “On Some aspects of Power System Stabilizer Blocking Logic” Matthias Baechle, David Stutz, Valerijs Knazkins

• “A Fault-Tolerant Technique for Delta-Connected Vector-Control AC Motor-Drives”Ahmed Sayed-Ahmed, Behrooz Mirafzal, Nabeel A. O. Demerdash

OutstandingChapterAwardsLargeChapters

• NewYorkChapter(Co-Winner)

William Montgomery, Chair • PhoenixChapter (Co-Winner)

Naim Logic, Chair

SMALLCHAPTER

• Western Saudi Arabia Chapter Bander Allaf, Chair

Closing:NoelN.Schulz

The IEEE Nikola Tesla Award

Manoj r. Shah

2012 Recipient

For advancements in electromagnetic design and analysis of electrical machines

The IEEE Nikola Tesla Award was established in 1975 by the IEEE Board of Directors, the award is named in honor of Nikola Tesla, an electrical engineer, a distinguished Yugoslav-American inventor, and a pioneer in many fields, who is most renowned for the development of the coil that bears his name and the a-c induction motor. The award is presented for outstanding contributions to the generation and utilization of electric power.

Sponsored by the Grainger Foundation and the IEEE Power & Energy Society, the award consists of a plaque and honorarium.

In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: impact on technology, inventive value, breadth of use, leadership, and quality of the nomination. “Generation” areas may include: automation, instrumentation, control, generation planning, alternative forms (e.g. wind, solar, fuel cells and space power), conservation, safety, and reliability. “Utilization” areas may include: conservation, bio-medical, (e.g. MRI, focused ultra sound, etc), life quality improvement for the handicapped, manufacturing systems, and robotronics.

Past recipients:2011 - Nady Boules 2010 - Paul C. Krause 2009 - Donald W. Novotny 2008 - Timothy J.E. Miller 2007 - Thomas W. Nehl 2006 - Konrad Reichert 2005 - Thomas M. Jahns 2004 - Sheppard Joel Salon 2003 - Austin H. Bonnett 2002 - James L. Kirtley, Jr. 2001 - Stephen Williamson 2000 - Syed Abu Nasar 1999 - Nabeel Aly Omar Demerdash 1998 - Paul Dandeno 1997 - Prabhashankar Kundur 1996 - John A. Tegopoulos 1995 - Thomas A. Lipo 1994 - Carl Flick

The IEEE Nikola Tesla Award

Manoj R. Shah’s innovative methods for analyzing and designing electric machines have provided fault-tolerant equipment that can operate at higher efficiency more reliably.

Dr. Shah developed an electromagnetic analysis method for General Electric generators using electric vector and magnetic scalar potentials. His method provided a greater level of accuracy in calculating the intensity of magnetic fields to address the geometric complications of winding and structural configurations and nonlinear aspects of magnetic materials in the end region of generators. His method has been incorporated in many General Electric air- and hydrogen-cooled generators produced over the last 15 years.

Dr. Shah also developed an advanced wound-field motor for the U.S. Navy, providing greater power output for ship propulsion in a smaller package. His methods for monitoring the health of stator cores can help prevent catastrophic equipment failures that could lead to prolonged power outages. He also contributed to strengthening the fault-tolerant characteristics of permanent magnet machines, increasing their industry acceptance.

An IEEE Fellow, Dr. Shah is currently a senior engineer with General Electric Co.’s Global Research Center, Niskayuna, N.Y.

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Sponsored byThe Grainger Foundation and the IEEE Power & Energy Society

IEEE PES Leadership in Power AwardarMando j. olIvEra

2012 Recipient

Armando Olivera is the retired president and chief executive officer of Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) and one of the largest investor-owned electric utilities in the nation. He was appointed president in 2003, CEO in 2008, and retired on May 2, 2012 after observing his 40th anniversary with the company.

Under Mr. Olivera’s leadership since 2003, FPL grew its assets 79 percent to $31.8 billion, its revenues by 28 percent to $10.6 billion, and its net income by 50 percent to $1.1 billion. FPL’s typical customer bill is the lowest of the state’s 55 utilities and 25 percent below the national average. During the five year period ended Dec. 31, 2011, the company delivered the best service reliability among Florida investor-owned utilities. In addition, FPL produces cleaner electricity with a carbon dioxide emissions rate 36 percent better than the industry average. Mr. Olivera managed a multibillion dollar capital investment program that included expanded nuclear capacity, a new highly efficient, natural gas, combined-cycle power plant, and three new solar energy centers. FPL also has one of the nation’s leading energy efficiency programs.

Mr. Olivera joined FPL in 1972. He holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University and a master of business administration degree from the University of Miami.

Mr. Olivera is a director of AGL Resources Inc. and serves on the Cornell University Board of Trustees.

For delivering outstanding customer value,advancing the power engineering profession through

encouragement of workforce diversity and young people, and improving the quality of life for this and future generations

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 intended 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 evalu-ation of accomplishments as revealed by documented testimonials from industry members. Of particular importance is evidence of the candidate’s promotion of the importance of the power engineering profession and the people practicing it. Work in encouraging industry involvement with university power engineering programs, encourag-ing young engineers through mentoring 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 honorarium and a travel stipend of up to $2,000.

Past Recipients:

• 2008 Robin A. Hurst • 2009 James A. Kelly• 2010 James Alan Greer• 2011 Terry Boston

IEEE PES Leadership in Power Award

Melvin I. Olken has been associated with the electric power industry for over 50 years. His contributions to the profession include distinction in engineering practice, professional leadership and service to the IEEE Power & Energy Society.

Upon graduation from City College of New York, Mel began his practice of electrical engineering with American Electric Power. He developed technical expertise in the design, construction and operation of coal, hydroelectric, and nuclear power plants. He rose to the position of Manager, Electrical Generation. Mel was elected IEEE Fellow in 1988 for “contributions to innovative design of reliable generating stations.”

As a PES member for over 50 years Mel has been actively involved across the spectrum of society activities. He served as a volunteer leader and chair of committees for the PES Winter Meeting. He chaired the Power Generation Committee and served as chair of the PES Technical Council.

Mel joined the IEEE staff in 1984 as Society Services Director for Technical Activities. In 1990 he became the Managing Director of Regional Activities and served as secretary of the IEEE Regional Activities Board.

In 1995, Mel was named the first Executive Director of the Power Engineering Society. Under his leadership the organizational structure of PES was created. Mel held this position until 2002 when he became the first editor-in-chief of Power & Energy Magazine.

Mel and his wife Ethel are the parents of a daughter, Rosanne, and grandparents of Brandon and Molly Laighold.

IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement Award

MElvIn I. olkEn 2012 Recipient

For a broad and sustained technical contribution to the development of power engineering and the power engineering profession

The IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2007 to recognize exceptional power engineers for outstanding career-long contributions to the art and science of electric power engineering.

To be eligible, recipients must have been an IEEE Power & Energy Society member in good standing for at least 10 years. Selection will be based on evaluation of accomplishments as revealed by published works, documented testimonials from industry colleagues, or other objective demonstrations of accomplishments over an extended period of work.

Of particular importance is evidence of the candidate’s contributions to the knowledge base of power engineering profession, whether in research, teaching, product development, electric system design, or electric utility operations.

The recipient receives a sculpture, certificate, honorarium of $2,000, and a travel stipend of up to $2,000.

Previous Recipients:

Stanley H. Horowitz 2008

IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement Award

Leonard L. Garver retired in 1994, a Consulting Engineer in GE Power Systems, Schenectady, NY.

Dr. Garver received his B.S.E.E., M.S., and Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1961.

Since joining GE in 1961, Dr. Garver helped write programs for integrating generation and transmission expansion planning. He is recognized throughout the electric utility industry for his efforts in developing the “horizon year” method of transmission expansion planning. Using this method, the planner sets goals for a future horizon year and then conducts a year-by-year analysis, planning the network that is needed to reach these goals. In a parallel effort, Dr. Garver was responsible for the improvement and extension of probability, frequency and duration methods used in generation reliability analysis.

Since 1981, Dr. Garver was has focused on the development of methods to calculate the effects of the power delivery system on production costing. He has played a key role in the development of the program to evaluate transactions involving various utilities and power pools. The software is an integrated model that calculates chronological hour-by-hour transmission line flow including flows from other companies and contractual obligations.

PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Garver became a Fellow in the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, in 1977, with the citation “...for the development of advanced computer techniques in the solution of transmission expansion problems.” He is author of 49 papers dealing with generation expansion and transmission network planning, and wrote chapters in the Least Cost Electric Utility Planning. 1989.

IEEE PES Charles ConcordiaPower Systems Engineering Award

lEonard (lEn) garvEr2012 Recipient

For contributions to the integrated generation and transmission simulation and planning for large power systems – including the development of chronological security constrained production

simulation systems with calculation of nodal marginal clearing prices

This IEEE PES Award recognizes outstanding individuals who have contributed to high-voltage electric power system engineering. The field encompasses operations, planning, control, modeling, and analysis of high-voltage power systems and includes the system’s interaction with turbine-generators.

Electrification was the singlemost important engineering accomplishment in the 20th

century, according to the National Academy of Engineering. A significant part of this accomplishment has been the development of high-voltage power systems throughout the world. These developments come from the work and creativity of dedicated engineers who have devoted their careers to the utilization and enhancement of high-voltage bulk power systems. The award is to recognize such dedicated individuals

The award is named for a man who contributed greatly to power system engineering during a long career (1926 until his death in 2003). His contributions to the technical advancements of Power System Dynamics during the 20th century are unequaled.

The award consists of a plaque and a $5000 honorarium. The funds for the award are provided by the General Electric Company.

The award was established in 2002 and was presented for the first time in 2003.

Previous Recipients: • 2003 Paul de Mello • 2004 William F. Tinney • 2005 Prabha S. Kundur • 2005 John Undrill • 2007 Richard Farmer • 2011 Hermann W. Dommel

IEEE PES Charles ConcordiaPower Systems Engineering Award

Stig Nilsson has more than 50 years experience as an electrical engineer involved with a wide variety of electrical e n g i n e e r i n g a n d m a n a g e m e n t disciplines. After completing mandatory military service in Sweden he began working with HVdc systems for ASEA in 1962 (now ABB) where he was involved with system simulation studies and later with project engineering specializing in control and protection of HVdc systems.

He came to the US in 1967 as a part of the Pacific HVdc Intertie project team. He worked for Boeing with energy management systems for three years and then for close to 20 years for EPRI involved with numerous R&D projects related to ac substations and HVdc systems. This is where he initiated EPRI’s FACTS initiative that led to demonstration of TCSC and STATCOM systems.

Mr. Nilsson is now a Principal Engineer at Exponent; a multidisciplinary consulting with approximately 900 employees located in 20 offices throughout the US and 5 international offices.

IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS AwardStIg l. nIlSSon2012 Recipient

For his contributions to the development of the FACTS concept and towards the development of the STATCOM

and Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitors

For major contributions to the state of the art of Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) technology and its applications

Power electronics and other static controllers are making a major impact on future power systems through application in transmission, distribution, and small generation. Applications in transmission and distribution include HVDC, FACTS and Custom Power. Since the introduction of the Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) concept, the technol-ogy has been moving 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 con-tribution to the state of the art of FACTS technology and its applications.

The FACTS Award consists of a plaque, engraved medal and an honorarium of one thousand dollars.

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

Recent Past Recipients:• 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.

IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award

IEEE PES Nari HingoraniCustom Power Award

For major contributions to the state of the art of Custom Power technology and its applications.

Power electronics and other stat ic controllers are making a major impact on future power systems through application in transmission, distribution, and small generation. Applications in transmission and distribution include HVDC, FACTS and Custom Power.

Since the introduction of Custom Power concepts, the technology has been moving

ahead at an increasing pace. Very significant near to long term benefits of Custom Power technology are now recognized in the industry.

The Custom Power Award is for individuals who have made a major contribution to the state of the art of Custom Power technology and its applications. The Custom Power Award consists of a plaque, engraved medal and an honorarium of one thousand dollars.

This award is funded by contributions from the following companies:

• ABB• ALSTOM• EPRI• GE Power Systems• Hingorani Power Electronics• National Grid Corporation• S&C Electric• Siemens• Silicon Power Corporation• Westinghouse

Previous Recipient

2003 Charles Edwards2005 Neil H Woodley

IEEE PES Nari HingoraniCustom Power Award

hIrofuMI akagI2012 Recipient

For Fundamental Contributions to the Development of Circuit Topology and Control Theory in Static Power Converters for Distribution and Transmission Systems

Hirofumi Akagi (M’87-SM’94-F’96) received the B. S. degree from the Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan, in 1974, and the M. S. and Ph. D. degrees from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 1976 and 1979, respectively, all in electrical engineering. In 1979, he joined the Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Japan, as an Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor in the department of electrical engineering. From 1991 to 1999, he was a Professor in the department of electrical engineering at Okayama University, Okayama, Japan. Since January 2000, he has been a Professor in the department of electrical and electronic engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

His research interests include power conversion systems, motor drives, and applications of power electronics to industry, transportation and utility. He has been well known as an inventor of the three-level NPC (neutral-point-clamped) inverter, and as a pioneer of the instantaneous reactive power theory in three-phase circuits, which is also referred to simply as the p-q theory.

He has received five IEEE Transactions Prize Paper Awards, the 2001 IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award, the 2004 IEEE Industry Applications Society Outstanding Achievement Award, and the 2008 IEEE Richard H. Kaufmann Technical Field Award.

Dr. Akagi served as the President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society for 2007-2008.

IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award

IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award

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 Engineer-ing, 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 courses on system reliability, and served on IEEE PES committees and other industry 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 development to quantify power system reliability, and, as-sessments to plan and operate reliable electric utility generation, transmission, distribution systems or interconnected power system grids.

The award is funded by the past students and other associates of Professor Roy Billinton and selected organizations. Management of the funds was approved by the IEEE Foundation.

The recipient of the Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award receives a plaque and an honorarium of US $3,000.

Past Recipient

• 2010 Chanan Singh • 2011 Wenyuan Li

For contributions to analytical and Monte Carlo simulation based methods in power system reliability assessment

Armando M. Leite da Silva was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1954. He received the BSc from the Catholic University (PUC-Rio) in 1975, the MSc from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1977, and the PhD from the University of Manchester (UMIST), UK, in 1980.

He worked at the Electrical Engineering Department, PUC-Rio, until 1994. He was a researcher at the Ontario Hydro Research Division, Canada (1990-1991) and also at the Power System Unit, INESC-Porto, Portugal (2003-2004). Since 1994, he has been a Professor at the Institute of Electric Systems and Energy, Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEI), Brazil.

In the last 35 years, the main focus of his scientific contributions has been the development and application of probability methods to assess and minimize the risks related to power system planning, operation, and maintenance. His contributions have laid solid mathematical and statistical foundations for the power system reliability field. He has participated, as the main researcher, in more than forty technical/scientific projects with several utilities in Brazil and abroad. He has more than 300 publications.

Prof. Leite da Silva, an IEEE Fellow since 2000, received the Sebastian Z. de Ferranti Premium Award from the Power Division of the IEE/IET, UK, in 1992. In 2010, he was recognized with the PMAPS Merit Award. In 2011, he received the IEEE PES Technical Committee (PSACE) Prize Paper Award. He is also a Fellow of INESC-Tech in Portugal.

arMando M. lEItE da SIlva2011 Recipient

Rick Bush is the editorial director of Transmission & Distribution World magazine where he shares advances in technology to engineers in every country in the world.

Previously, Rick worked at Georgia Power Company where he performed power delivery related research projects, many funded by the Electric Power Research Institute.

He has advanced the state of the art in areas including: Thermal stability of backfill materials around cables or duct; Short circuit capability of underground distribution cables; Maximum safe pulling lengths for solid dielectric insulated cables; Dynamic capacity of overhead lines and switches.

Mr. Bush has authored or co-authored 24 technical papers, technical reports or research documents. He has won awards including Georgia Power “Engineer of the Year” 1988, EPRI Technology Applications Recognition Award 1994, and American Business Media – Timothy White Award for Editorial Integrity 2010.

Rick received the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and the Masters of Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Rick is a senior member of IEEE.

IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering

RichaRd a. Bush2012 Recipient

For Providing Leadership and Visionto Distribution Engineering

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 awarded 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 bronze plaque naming the recipient and the award, an honorarium of $1000 and a travel subsidy to attend the PES Awards Ceremony.

Recent 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

Anil Pahwa received the B.E. (honors) from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (India) in 1975, the M.S. from University of Maine, Orono in 1979, and the Ph.D. in from Texas A&M University, College Station in 1983; all in electrical engineering.

Since 1983 he has worked at Kansas State University, where presently he is Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His industrial experience includes two years in India in a switchgear manufacturing company and a year of sabbatical at ABB Inc. in Raleigh, NC.

His research and teaching interests include distribution automation, distribution system planning and analysis, intelligent computational methods for power systems analysis, renewable energy, and sustainability. He has worked on many research projects sponsored by the utilities in Kansas, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy.

He has served as officer in several IEEE PES committees over the past 20 years. He was chair of the Distribution Automation Working Group from 2003 to 2006. He is presently chair of Power and Energy Education Committee, vice chair of Power System Planning and Implementation Committee, and an Editor of Transactions on Power Systems. He has been a member of the Advisory Committee of the Distributech Conference and Expo since 1990.

Dr. Pahwa is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and ASEE. He was elected Fellow of IEEE in 2003 for contribution to power distribution system automation and restoration.

IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award

anIl Pahwa2012 Recipient

In recognition of his development of innovative and practical solutions for facilitation of distribution automation technologies

and applications, and for his passion in the dissemination of knowledge to promote distribution automation

IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award

The IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award was established to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution 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 recognizes 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 $1500, and will designate an engineering school to receive a $2,000 scholarship.

Past Recipients:• 2009 Dean Craig and Jack Li • 2010 Robert W. Uluski• 2011 Cameron Lee Smallwood

Dr. John S. Hsu is a distinguished engineer and lead scientist for Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Research Group. An ORNL employee since 1992, Dr. Hsu’s present work is focused on the motor and inverter technologies for electric vehicles including one of his ongoing pioneer works, the brushless non-permanent magnet motor. In contrast to the permanent-magnet synchronous motor that requires costly rare-earth materials, the brushless non-permanent magnet motor concept generates magnetic flux in the stator that is injected into the rotor. The prototype motor built according to this concept has successfully passed validation tests and ongoing improvements are in progress.

With a B.S. in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Bristol University, England, Dr. Hsu contributed to the successes of numerous organizations before coming to ORNL. In 1971, while with Emerson Electric Company, he developed the company’s first brushless permanent-magnet motor. While with the Westinghouse Heavy Industry Motor Division during the late 1970s, Dr. Hsu was responsible for the technical innovations of the “Westinghouse World Series” heavy industry motors. Dr. Hsu also served as the head of Electric Machinery and Power Electronics Program, Center for Energy Studies at the University of Texas from 1986 to 1992.

A UT-Battelle Distinguished Inventor, Dr. Hsu holds 48 US patents. He is the author and co-author of more than 100 technical publications, and is a Fellow of the IET (IEE).

IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award

john ShEung-chun hSu2012 Recipient

For contributions and continuing pioneering workon motor topologiesThis award recognizes outstanding contributions

in the field of electromechanical energy conver-sion. 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 responsible for numerous practical improvements in the design and application of electric motors over 50 years. Dr. Cyril Veinott made seminal contributions to the development of polyphase 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 motors. He was the first person to be inducted into the Hall of Fame created by the Small Motor Manufacturers Association in 1985.

The Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $5,000.

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 Osama A. Mohammed• 2011 Stephen D. Umans

IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award

IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award

For exceptional and sustained technicial,administrative, and professional contributions

to the IEEE Power & Energy Society

Past recipients:

1972- Andrew R. Cooper1974- Howard C. Barnes1977- Thomas H. Lee1980- Juilius G. Derse1989- Charles L Rudasill, Jr.1990- Charles L. Wagner1991- Theodore W. Hissey1992- William R. Brownlee1994- S. Harold Gold1995- Leo L. Grigsby1996- C. John Essel1997- John W. Pope1998- Roger K. Sullivan1999- Virginia Sulzberger2001- Robert A. Dent2006- B. Don Russell2008- John W. Estey2009- Melvin I. Olken

IEEE PES Meritorious Service AwardSaIfur rahMan2012 Recipient

For exceptional and sustainedtechnical, administrative, and professional

contributions to the IEEE Power & Energy Society

Professor Saifur Rahman is the founding director of the Advanced Research Institute at Virginia Tech where he is the Joseph R. Loring professor of electrical and computer engineering. He also directs the Center for Energy and the Global Environment. He is a Fellow of the IEEE. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He is the vice president for publications of the IEEE Power and Energy Society and a member-at-large of the IEEE-USA Energy Policy Committee. Currently he is serving as the chair of the US National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for International Science and Engineering. He serves on the US National Research Council Oversight Committee of the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) program run by USAID and NSF He is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE PES, and has lectured on smart grid, energy efficient lighting solutions, renewable energy, demand response, distributed generation and critical infrastructure protection topics in over 30 countries on all six continents.

He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1978. His industry and government experience includes work with the Tokyo Electric Power Company in Japan, the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, Progress Energy, and consultancy for the World Bank, the United Nations, US Agency for the International Development and the Asian Development Bank.

IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award

“Engineering - Accomplishment Through Imagination and Truth”

The Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award was established in 1980 by the Power Engineering Society of the IEEE on the recommendation of the DC Transmission Subcommittee. It provides a means for special recognition of those outstanding engineers and scientists who have contributed to the advancement of high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology.

The award is named for the man most responsible 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 Fellow 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 Uno Lamm HVDC Award consists of a bronze medal, an engraved certificate and an honorarium of one thousand dollars.

Recent Previous Recipients:• 1998 Tadashi Senda• 1999 Chandra Krishnayya• 2001 Dusan Povh• 2002 Conrad Beriger• 2003 Göte Liss

• 2004 Dennis A. Woodford• 2005 Michael L. Woodhouse • 2006 Gunnar Asplund• 2007 Peter Lips• 2008 Willis F. Long

IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award

BjarnE r. andErSEn2012 Recipient

For his visionary and leading contributions to improve HVDC technology through the dissemination and use of

Voltage Source Converters

Dr. Bjarne Andersen was born in Denmark and educated at the Technical University of Denmark, where he obtained his MSc in Electrical Power Engineering, and his PhD in High Voltage Testing. He joined GEC’s HVDC Department, now Alstom Grid, as a development engineer in 1977, working in the field of System Engineering, eventually covering all bases from harmonic filter design to overall HVDC system design.

During his career with GEC/Alstom he worked in the field of HVDC, becoming Director of Engineering with responsibility for HVDC, FACTS and industrial power electronics. His final role with Alstom was as Technology Director, where he initiated the development work on VSC HVDC, being particularly interested in multi-level solutions, because of their lower power loss.

Dr. Andersen left Alstom in 2003 to set up as an Independent Consultant, where he now works for the end Client for HVDC schemes. He was the HVDC expert for the Client on the Caprivi project, the first commercial VSC HVDC scheme to use overhead lines. He is currently involved with three VSC HVDC projects, including the specification of a multi-level, multi-vendor VSC HVDC scheme, which will enable large amounts of renewable power to be accommodated in North Scotland.

Bjarne is currently the Chairman of CIGRE Study Committee B4, HVDC and Power Electronics, and has initiated several working groups in the area of HVDC Grids. Bjarne is a Fellow of the IET in UK, and a Senior Member of the IEEE.

IEEE Power & Energy SocietyRamakumar Family

Renewable Energy Excellence Award

This award, established in 2011, recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of developing, utilizing and integrating renewable energy resources, particularly those that have minimal carbon footprints, in the national and global energy scenarios. Feeding the electrical energy generated from innovative conversion technologies into conventional utility grids and operating the combined system satisfactorily, plus

the effective use of locally available renewable energy resources in remote and rural areas to improve the human living environment are major components in this mix. The need to stimulate and encourage activity towards these goals is the primary objective of this award.

Prize: Plaque, formal certificate, honorarium of $1,000

Funding: The award is funded through a quasi-endowment fund established through the IEEE Foundation and provided by an External Source/Donor. A corpus of U.S. $50,000 will be endowed by the Ramakumar family.

Eligibility: Nominees must be members of IEEE and PES with clearly identifiable and valuable contributions in the field of renewable energy.

IEEE Power & Energy SocietyRamakumar Family

Renewable Energy Excellence AwardnEd Mohan

2012 Recipient

For pioneering research in renewable energy integration and for developing a novel curriculum

in electrical energy systems with emphasis on sustainability for global dissemination.

Ned Mohan joined the University of Minnesota in 1975, where he is the Oscar A. Schott Professor of Power Electronic Systems. He received his undergraduate education in India. He came to the University of Wisconsin in 1969 and earned his Masters in Nuclear Engineering, and PhD in electrical engineering under the supervision of Prof. Harold Peterson.

He has written 5 textbooks; one of them is translated into Chinese, Greek, Italian, Korean, Turkish and Spanish. He has several U.S. Patents and has supervised nearly 100 graduate students, over 30 of them PhDs. He maintains a strong research program that at present consists of 11 PhD students.

Prof. Mohan is a Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at the University of Minnesota. He received the Outstanding Educator Award from the Power and Energy Society of the IEEE in 2008, and the 2010 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award. Prof. Mohan is a Fellow of the IEEE.

IEEE PES OutstandingPower Engineering Educator Award

Dr. Mohammad Shahidehpour is Bodine Chair Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Director of the Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation at Illinois Institute of Technology. He is currently the Principal Investigator of over $35M projects on smart grid research and development.

He served on the Governing Board of the IEEE Power and Energy Society as VP of Publications and is the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. He was the General Chair of the 2012 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT) in Washington DC, and the Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy in Chicago.

Dr. Shahidehpour has received the Edison Electric Institute Outstanding Power Engineering Faculty Award, IEEE Burke Hayes Award for his research on hydrokinetics, Technologist of the Year Award from the Illinois Technology Association, and the Innovation Award from the Association of Electrical Engineering Department Heads. He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest.

Dr. Shahidehpour is a Research Professor at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia, and an Honorary Professor at North China Electric Power University in Beijing and Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. He is the author of 6 books and 400 papers on electric power systems including a book published in 2003 on communication and control in electric power systems. As an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, he has lectured in 25 countries on electricity restructuring issues. He is an IEEE Fellow.

MohaMMad ShahIdEhPour2012 Recipient

For leadership in the power engineering field and contributionsto the engineering profession and engineering education

IEEE PES OutstandingPower Engineering Educator Award

For leadership in the power engineering field and contributions to the engineering profession and engineering education

This award recognizes excellence in classroom teaching, course development and the promotion of student, local, transnational and technical activities.

To be eligible for this award, an individual must provide classroom instruction 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 endorsed by the chapter or technical committee of which the individual is a member.

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

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

IEEE PES OutstandingYoung Engineer Award

alejandRo d. domínguez-gaRcía2012 Recipient

Alejandro Domínguez-García is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois, Urbana, where he is affiliated with the Power and Energy Systems area. He is also a Grainger Associate since 2011.

His research interests are in the areas of system reliability theory and control, and their applications to electric power systems, and power electronics.He is an Editor for The IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, in 2007 and the degree of Electrical Engineer from the University of Oviedo (Spain) in 2001.

After finishing his Ph.D., he spent some time as a post-doctoral research associate at the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining MIT as a graduate student, he was with the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Oviedo where he held the position of Assistant Professor.

He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2010, and the Young Engineer Award from IEEE Power and Energy Society in 2012.

For outstanding contributions in the leadership of technical society activities, leadership in community and humanitarian

activities, and evidence of technical competence

This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the leadership of technical society activities including local and/or transactional PES and other technical societies, leadership in community and humanitarian activities, and evidence of technical competence through significant engineering achievements.

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 program or equivalent. He r she can be nominated by any PES member and must endorsedby 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 ele trical engineering or equivalent to receive a $2,000 scholarship for an electrical engineering undergraduate.

Recent Past Recipients: (Through 2007, the recipient received the Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer Award)

• 1994 Lei Wang• 1997 Mariesa L. Crow• 1998 Kraig Joseph Olejniczak• 1999 Miguel Velez-Reyes• 2000 Christopher Wayne Hickman• 2002 Jeffrey H. Nelson, Noel N. Schulz• 2003 Richard Eric Brown• 2004 Mark Laufenberg• 2005 Efraín O’Neill-Carrillo • 2006 Marcelino Madrigal, Ganesh Venayagamoorthy• 2007 Karen Nan Miu Miller• 2008 William (Bill) Rosehart • 2009 Zhenyu (Henry) Huang• 2010 Luiz A. Barroso• 2011 Ted K. A. Brekken

IEEE PES OutstandingYoung Engineer Award

Working Group Recognition AwardoutStandIng Standard or guIdE

IEEE FellowsFellows elected to the class of 2012 who are members of the IEEE Power & Energy Society

Ahmad Bahaifor contributions to multi-carrier wireless and wire-line communication systems

Junshan Zhangfor contributions to cross-layer optimization of wireless networks

Daniel Schweickartfor contributions to insulation systems

and design guidelines for aerospace applicationsJohn Kay

for contributions to arc resistantmedium voltage control and protection technologies

Rambabu Adapafor leadership in DC and flexible AC transmission systems

George Arnoldfor leadership in architecture and protocols

for the electric grid and telecommunication networksChristoph Brunner

for development of global standards for substation automation and smart gridsRonnie Chu

for contributions to power systems planningKara Clark

for contributions to modeling of wind power generationAbdel-Aty Edris

for leadership in applications of flexiblealternating current transmission systems to extra high voltage networks

Erich Guntherfor contributions to the development

and standardization of techinques for electric power qualityKunihiko Hidaka

for contributions to measurement and electricalinsulation technologies in high voltage engineering

Haran Karmakerfor contributions to the analysis, design

and standards of large electrical machinesMark Lauby

for leadership in the development and applicationof techniques for bulk power system reliability

Mark McGranaghanfor contributions to the analysis of power quality issues

Farnoosh Rahmatianfor contributions to optical voltage and current sensors

in high-energy electric power systemsWanda Reder

for leadership in power engineering implementation and workforce developmentArturo Roman-Messina

for contributions to analysis of electric power systemNisheeth Singh

for contributions to online control and analysis for power systemsIchiro Tai

for leadership in development of nuclear instrumentation and control systemsJoel Spira

for leadership in developing and commercializing light control technologiesRemus Teodorescu

for contributions to grid-connected renewable energy converter systems technologyChunting (Chris) Mi

for contributions to hybrid electric vehicle modeling and power controlMD Masrur

for contributions to fault diagnostics in electric motor drivesand automotive electric power systems

“IEEE Std C37.06, Nov.6, 2009, Standard AC High-Voltage Circuit Breakers Rated on a Symmetrical CurrentBasis – Preferred Ratings and Related Required

Capabilities for Voltages above 1000 Volts”

gEorgE MontIllEt, Chair

W.J. (Bill) Bergman

Roy Alexander

Mike Anderson

Mauricio Aristizabal

Stan Billings

Wallace Binder

Frank Blalock

Anne Bosma

John Brunke

Eldridge Byron

Chih Chow

Patrick Dilillo

Randy Dotson

Denis Dufournet

Kenneth Edwards

Leslie Falkingham

Tom Field

Marcel Fortin

Alan Kollar

Carl Kurinko

Helmut Heiermeier

Luther Holloman

Robert Jeanjean

Anders Johnson

Steve Lambert

Albert Livshitz

Hua Y. Liu Franco Lo Monaco

Bill Long

Tony Mannarino

Yasin Musa

Jeffrey Nelson

T.W. Olsen

Miklos Orosz

Rod Sauls

Carl Schneider

Devki Sharma

R. Kirkland Smith

Brad Staley

Tom Tobin

Jeff Williams

Charles Wagner

Thomas Wolfe

Richard York

MatthIaS BaEchlE, davId Stutz, valErIjS knazkInS

Matthias Baechle started his career as an electronics technician. He graduated from the University of Applied Science, Constance, Germany, in 2007 with a Dipl. Eng. degree in electrical power engineering. In 2007, he started with ABB in Canada in electrical engineering and excitation systems testing. After returning to Switzerland, he continued as a system-development and power-systems engineer. His current work focuses on development of hardware and software, system modeling, analysis, control, design, and testing.

Valerijs Knazkins received the MSc., Technical Licentiate, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden in 1999, 2001, and 2004, respectively. He held a Research Associate position from 2004 to 2009 in the Department of Electric Power Systems at Royal Institute of Technology. In 2009 he joined the Department of Excitation Systems and Synchronizing Equipment, ABB Switzerland. Since March 2012 he is the Head of Excitation Technology of ATPE.

David Stutz started his career as an electronics technician. He graduated from the University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf, Switzerland, in 2005 with a Dipl. Eng. degree in electrical engineering. In 2005 he started with the Development Group of ABB Switzerland, focusing on the development and testing of UNITROL 6000 control software. Since 2011 he is with the Department of Excitation Systems and Synchronizing Equipment and is currently working as a development and power systems engineer.

Prize Paper Award

“On Some aspects ofPower System Stabilizer Blocking Logic”

ahMEd SayEd-ahMEd, BEhrooz MIrafzal, naBEEl a. o. dEMErdaSh

Ahmed Sayed-Ahmed received the B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University in 2009. From 1999 to 2005, he worked in the oil & gas industry as a senior electrical engineer. He is currently a project engineer in the control firmware team, R&D department, standard drives group at Rockwell Automation. He received Rockwell Automation Innovation Award in 2009 for his technical contributions.

Dr. Mirafzal received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University in 2005. He is an Assistant Professor of ECE at Kansas State University. His current research interests include applications of power electronics in sustainable energy systems and motor drives. Dr. Mirafzal is the recipient of the IEEE IAS Prize Paper Award and an Innovation Award from Rockwell Automation. He is an author on more than 40 papers. He also holds two U.S. patents.

Nabeel A. O. Demerdash received the B.Sc.E.E. degree from Cairo University, Egypt, in 1964, and the M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, in 1967 and 1971, respectively. He is currently a Professor in the ECE Department, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. He is the author or coauthor of more than 100 papers published in various IEEE Transactions. His research interests include power electronic applications to machines and drives, computational electromagnetics and fault diagnostics/prognostics.

Prize Paper Award

“A Fault-Tolerant Technique for Delta-ConnectedVector-Control AC Motor-Drives”

Outstanding Large Chapter Award 2012nEw york chaPtEr (co-wInnEr)

William Montgomery, Chair

The New York Chapter is recognized as co-winner of the 2011 Outstanding Large Chapter Award for its outstanding performance under the leadership of Chapter Chairman William F. Montgomery and the Chapter Executive Committee.

The Chapter Executive Committee of this joint PES/IAS chapter continues a long tradition of activities that support its membership. Numerous committees are in place with dedicated chairs to coordinate and implement various activities.

Some significant 2011 highlights include:

• 14 technical meetings covering a wide range of topics and averaging over 70 attendees.• Various Educational programs that support both PES and IAS interests and provide CEU credit to the attendees• Wide ranging Public Affairs programs and activities that promote and inform about our engineering profession and the electric power industry• Support for student related activities at the elementary, high school and university level are provided in a variety of ways. This included: o Communication and interaction with 15 universities in the NYC area o Scholarships• Strong and continuing tradition of recognizing members through various chapter, region and PES awards• Total membership changes have been minimal, however there are several defined efforts to expand membership• A dedicated focus on membership advancement, especially within the executive committee.• A Chapter golf tournament with over 100 attendees that provides networking opportunities and financial support of the chapter activities• A robust web page with a wide variety of current and historical information to serve the chapter membership very well.

The Phoenix Chapter is recognized as co-winner of the 2011 Outstanding Large Chapter Award for its outstanding performance under the leadership of Chapter Chairman Naim Logic and the Chapter Executive Committee.

The Chapter Executive Committee of this PES chapter had an active year with strong focus on chapter activities, students, section events and the PSCE conference. Focused and dedicated committees are in place to coordinate and implement a wide range of activities.

Some significant 2011 highlights include:

• 7 technical meetings covering a wide range of topics and averaging over 60 attendees.• 6 Educational programs in a new format that utilized the PSERC Electric Power and Energy Systems Seminar series at Arizona State University • Various activities that promote and inform about our engineering profession and the electric power industry to the public• Support for student related activities at the elementary, high school and university level are provided in a variety of ways. This includes: o Significant communication and interaction with Arizona State University o Scholarships at the university and middle/high school levels o Participation in various student competitions• Extensive involvement with the PSCE (Power System Conference and Exposition) by providing key organizing committee support and participation before and during the conference. The PSCE was a great success.• Membership growth of 6%, with ongoing efforts to achieve additional growth and grade advancement.• Recognition of deserving members utilizing the Outstanding Chapter Engineer Award in conjunction with a monetary award.

RunneRs-up in this categoRy weRe the Delhi, MaDRas anD QueenslanD chapteRs

Outstanding Large Chapter Award 2012PhoEnIx chaPtEr (co-wInnEr)

Naim Logic, Chair

Outstanding Small Chapter Award 2012wEStErn SaudI araBIa chaPtEr

Bander Allaf, Chair

The Western Saudi Arabia Chapter is recognized as winner of the 2011 Outstanding Small Chapter Award for its outstanding performance under the leadership of Chapter Chair Bander Allaf and the Chapter Executive Committee.

The Western Saudi Arabia PES Chapter continues to grow in a variety of ways and find new means to serve its members. Its involvement with the IGST (Integrated Smart Grid Technologies) conference is one indicator of this. Chapter membership increased again this year by almost 15%. The Chair and the Executive Committee provide excellent leadership for the chapter and for the benefit of its members.

Some examples of 2011 activities include:

• 4 Technical meetings on various topics that drew an average of more than 50 attendees… including a large contingent of students.• A technical tour of the Al-Jamia 380kV substation• 3 full day tutorials including topics on smart grid communications, reliability and demand response• A focus on membership growth and advancement which has resulted in continuous increases in both for several years. This year the chapter saw a membership increase of 15%• Student support and involvement in a number of the chapter’s activities. High student participation in meetings and events• Creation of a Women in Engineering Affinity group and an associated full day workshop attended by more than 50 women engineers and students• Membership recognition was achieved by utilizing the Outstanding Chapter Engineer Award and several other means throughout the year.• Significant involvement with the IGST (Integrated Smart Grid Technologies) Conference which was well attended and very successful

All these activities are especially impressive given the small size of the chapter… about 40 members!

IEEE Power & Energy SocietyAward Endowment Fund

Founding BenefactorsS&C Electric Company

SiemensExelon Corporation

We EnergiesTokyo Electric Power Company

TXU EnergyAlstom Grid

Dr. Narain & Joyce HingoraniABB

Murty P. BhavarajuIn 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:

Patrick P. Ryan, PES Executive Office445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 USA

E-mail:p.ryan@ieee.org Fax: +1 732 562 3881 Vox: +1 732 465 6618