IEEE Power & Energy Society 2014 General Meeting Awards Ceremony

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1 IEEE Power & Energy Society 2014 General Meeting Awards Ceremony Tuesday, July 29, 2013 Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center National Harbor, MD

2 Many of our recipients both current and past, have donated their honoraria to either the IEEE PES Scholarship + Fund, the IEEE PES Endowment Fund or one of our other Award Funds administered by the IEEE Foundation. PES would like to thank them for their generosity. If you would like to donate and enjoy the potential tax benefits, please contact Richard Allen at the IEEE Foundation Development Office or richard.allen@ieee.org

3 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

4 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

5 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 , 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

6 IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award The IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award was established by the Board of Directors in Recipient selection is administered through the Technical Field Awards Council of the IEEE Awards Board. This award recognizes individuals who have made exceptional contributions 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

7 IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award 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 quality worldwide. Mr. McGranaghan has been a pioneer in the advancement of power quality standards since the creation of IEEE Standards 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.

8 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 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

9 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 TOM TOBIN graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor s and Master s Degree in Electric Power Engineering, and embarked on a 43-year career with S&C Electric Company. 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 development spanned equipment from 230kV circuit switchers to whole-facility, uninterruptable 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 development 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 Advisory Committee. He holds 28 U.S. patents and several international patents related to high voltage switches, fuses, or circuit interrupters, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Illinois.

10 IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power Systems Engineering Award This award recognizes outstanding Power System Engineering contributions. Electrification is the most 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 of dedicated engineers who have devoted their careers to the utilization and enhancement of high-voltage bulk power systems. The award is named for a man who has contributed greatly to power system 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

11 IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power Systems Engineering Award JOE HONG CHOW 2014 Recipient For the development of analysis techniques and innovative control and measurement systems to improve power system performance and reliability 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 Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He received his BS degrees in EE and Math from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in He received his MS and PhD degrees from the University 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 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 applications, Flexible AC transmission system controllers, and AQ-bus type for voltage stability analysis. He is also a co-developer of the Power System Toolbox. He has published over 250 journal and conference proceedings papers, and several books and monographs, including the recent monograph 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.

12 IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of electromechanical 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 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 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

13 IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award JAMES S. EDMONDS 2014 Recipient For contributions to the design of large AC motors and generators JAMES S. EDMONDS is a Principal in Exponent s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science practice. In this position, Mr. Edmonds has been responsible for leading design and failure investigations in the field of power electrical systems. This has included the study and analysis of rotating electrical machinery (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 windturbine 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 introduction and application of the company s prime products: rotor mounted scanners for hydro-generators and non-invasive lead acid battery monitoring systems. For 13 years Mr. Edmonds was a Project/Program Manager for the Electric 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 designs and establishing existing plant maintenance and refurbishment programs. Mr. Edmonds was appointed AEP s liaison engineer for advanced generation technology, prior to the formation of EPRI.

14 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 $1,500 USD, and will designate an engineering school to receive a $2,000 USD scholarship. Past Recipients: 2009 Dean Craig and Jack Li 2010 Robert W. Uluski 2011 Cameron Lee Smallwood 2012 Anil Pahwa 2013 Nokhum Markushevich

15 IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award GEORGE LARRY CLARK 2014 Recipient For pioneering significant contributions to advanced distribution automation technology deployment and integration of smart distribution applications GEORGE LARRY CLARK is Principal Engineer-Power Delivery for Alabama Power Company (APC), Birmingham, AL and supports the deployment of the Distribution Automation, Distribution 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 Roadshow 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 maintenance of the electric distribution system. Mr. Clark is a frequent industry conference speaker making presentations in the areas of Distribution Automation 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 venues including PSCE, T&D conference and General Meeting, and is a coauthor 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.

16 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 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 evaluation 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, encouraging 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 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

17 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, He has a Professional Engineer Certification in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Mr. Roop has a 38-year career in the electric utility industry focused on electric transmission and substation operation and management and culminating in his present position. Since 2001, Mr. Roop has been the Director, Electric Transmission Operations at Dominion Virginia Power/North Carolina Power. He is responsible for the operation of Dominion s transmission assets, including substations. He manages an organization covering technical support and engineering resources for electrical equipment and protective relays. In addition, he provides technical support for Dominion Generation substations, including protective relaying, for both regulated and merchant plants. He held various management positions from Those areas included transmission & substation engineering, system protection engineering, project management 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 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.

18 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 outstanding career-long contributions to the art and science of electric power engineering. 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 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 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 presentation ceremony. This award is funded by the IEEE PES Awards Endowment Fund through the IEEE Foundation. Past Recipients: 2008 Stanley Harold Horowitz 2012 Melvin I. Olken

19 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 transmission system and substation reliability. During her 14 years at PSE&G, she held various engineering and management positions, including Manager of Transmission Planning. From 1976 to 1984, Virginia was a Senior Planning Advisor in advanced energy systems at the Exxon Enterprises affiliate of Exxon Corporation. In 1985, she became Director-Engineering at the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), Princeton, NJ. She retired from NERC in At NERC, her work included responsibility for NERC s reliability assessments 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 transmission systems, adopted in These initial Standards were the foundation for today s NERC Standards for which compliance is mandatory under the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 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 Committee (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.

20 IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award 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 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 award is for individuals who have made a major contribution to the state of the art of Custom Power technology and its applications. It consists 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 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 Stig L. Nilsson 2013 Edson H. Watanabe

21 IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award HARSHAD MEHTA 2014 Recipient For leading the development of the solid state transfer switch HARSHAD MEHTA is the founder and president of Silicon Power Corporation. In 1994 Dr. Mehta purchased the Power Semi-Conductor Manufacturing Division from General Electric. From 1983 to 1994 he worked at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) where he managed the development and commercialization of advanced power electronics technologies for custom power applications. His passion is the early commercialization 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.

22 IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award 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 technology 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 contribution to the state of the art of FACTS technology and its applications. 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 The FACTS Award consists of a plaque, engraved medal and an honorarium of $1,000 USD. 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 Stig L. Nilsson 2013 Edson H. Watanabe

23 IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award 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 NED MOHAN (LF) joined the University 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 His PhD in Electrical Engineering and Master s in Nuclear Engineering 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 research 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 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 Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award. In 2013, he received the Innovative Program Award from the ECE Department Heads Association made up of over 250 U.S. universities. In 2014, he received the Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award from the University of Minnesota. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2014.

24 IEEE PES Outstanding Power 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 USD. 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

25 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 respectively. He was a faculty member at Texas A&M University until November 2005 when he joined the faculty of Northeastern University as a Professor and Chair of the Electrical and Computer 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.

26 IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the leadership of technical 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 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 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) 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

27 IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award SHAY BAHRAMIRAD 2014 Recipient For exceptional contributions in research and deployment of microgrids SHAY BAHRAMIRAD is the Manager of Smart Grid and Technology at ComEd; the utility in IL. Her responsibilities include leading the Smart Grid organization across ComEd, business case development and performance measures for Smart Grid technology deployments, and defining, developing, and implementing Smart Grid initiatives in ComEd s service territory. She is leading several strategic initiatives including microgrid and chairing ComEd s innovation hub. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Shay holds multiple advanced degrees, including a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. She is a U.S. representative 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 Symposium. She has published and presented several technical articles and seminars on power systems topics, primarily exploring innovative technologies 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.

28 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 understand its nonlinear behavior as well as develop and deploy system controls vital to manage dynamic system behavior to ensure reliability. Even today, as the bulk power system evolves to accommodate an unprecedented change in resource mix and technology innovation, it is critical to manage integration of new and emergent technologies. Without this ability to model the general dynamic behavior of the bulk power system and devise suitable coordinated systems controls, the modernization 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 development 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, smallsignal, voltage, and frequency stability - Modern system analysis tools - Dynamic system modeling including non-linearities, and interconnectionwide 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 Electrical Engineering, Kundur Power Systems Solutions Inc., and Powertech Labs.

29 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 From 1969 to 1973, he was the electrical engineer on a design assistance team in the US Air Force Tactical Air Command at Langley AFB, Virginia, working on design and construction of airfield lighting and electrical 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 faculty at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1977 where he teaches courses and directs research 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 From August he served as the Program Director for Power Systems in the Electrical and Communication Systems Division of the National Science Foundation in Washington D.C. He is a cofounder of PowerWorld Corporation and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from He is a cofounder of the Power Systems Engineering 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 retirement as a Lt. Col. in 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. National Academy of Engineering.

30 IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar 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. 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 corpus 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. Past Recipient: 2012 Ned Mohan 2013 Vladimir Miranda

31 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 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 Meteorological Society; and a Fellow of the IEEE. He is a guest editor for the IEEE Power and Energy magazine, and a past editor for the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. Mr. Smith received the Technical Achievement Award of the American Wind Energy Association in He received his BSME and MS degrees from MIT in He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG). Previously, he served as President of Electrotek Concepts, a power engineering consulting firm. He has over 40 years of experience in the electric power industry.

32 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 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 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, assessments to plan and operate reliable electric utility generation, transmission, distribution systems 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

33 IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award 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 president and chief reliability officer of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). He is responsible for implementing NERC s Vision to maintain and enhance bulk power system reliability, with direct responsibility for ERO s reliability performance groups and functions. Joining NERC in January 2007, Mr. Lauby previously was vice president and director for Standards, and vice president and director of reliability assessments and performance analysis. Prior to joining NERC, Mr. Lauby worked since 1987 for the Electric Power Research 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 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 Minnesota. In addition, Mr. Lauby attended the London Business School Accelerated Development Program. He has authored numerous papers on power system reliability, expert systems, transmission system planning, and power system numerical analysis techniques. Mr. Lauby has served as Chair, and is a life member, of the International 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."

34 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 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 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

35 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, He received his BSc, MSc and PhD degrees from the Polytechnic School of the Sao Paulo University in 1963, 1970 and 1973, respectively. From 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 advised 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 transmission 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.

36 IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award The IEEE PES Women in Power Committee was created to foster a more diverse 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 efforts, 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.

37 IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award 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 metrics and reporting on overall state of grid reliability. Under her leadership, a total of eighteen (18) industry-wide reliability indicators and three (3) composite indices were established first time to determine the reliability, adequacy, and associated risks to the interconnected 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.

38 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

39 New IEEE Fellows Class of 2014 the following are PES Members or were evaluated by the Power & Energy Society 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

40 New IEEE Fellows Class of 2014 the following are PES Members or were evaluated by the Power & Energy Society 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

41 New IEEE Fellows Class of 2014 the following are PES Members or were evaluated by the Power & Energy Society 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

42 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 committee 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 nominations 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 Foundation.

43 IEEE PES Prize Paper Award WIJARN WANGDEE (S 03 M 06 SM 12) received the bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University, 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 company. He is currently a faculty member at the Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate 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 International 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 University 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 authored/coauthored over 950 papers and 8 books, given tutorials, presentations and seminars in over thirty countries, delivered over one hundred short courses on system reliability, and served on many IEEE PES committees and other industry committees.