Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Award

About the Award

This award (established in 1996; renamed 2009; renamed 2015) recognizes outstanding achievement and contribution to the profession through involvement in IEEE IAS activities by an IAS member less than 35 years of age.

Eligibility:

Nominees must be under 35 years of age at the specified award nomination due date. To be considered as a nominee, a one page form must be completed describing IAS activities and associated contributions made by the nominee. The form must be submitted and received by the IAS President before the specified due date of April 1. Self nomination is not permitted for this award.

Basis for Judging:

Outstanding contribution to the profession in the form of IEEE/IAS activities such as (but not limited to) authorship of technical papers, IAS chapter leadership, IAS committee work, conference leadership, and standards working groups.

Nomination Deadline:

Nominations are accepted until April 15, 2025.

Online Submission Form:

Submit a nomination through our online submission form. Only online submissions will be accepted for award nominations.

Prize:

$3,000, Plaque and travel expenses to attend an IAS sponsored conference for presentation and recognition.

Funded by:

Funded by the IEEE Industry Applications Society.

Presentation:

The selected recipient is notified by June 1 and arrangements for receiving the award are made. Presentation of the award is at IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, or any other IAS sponsored conference that the recipient choses.

Award Honorees

Latest Award Winner

The 2025 IEEE Industry Applications Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Achievement Award was presented to Yueshi Guan, for outstanding contributions to high-frequency power conversion.

Past Recipients Include:

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Year	Award Recipient
2024	Prerit Pramod
2023	Saturupa Bal
2022	Zhaohao Ding
2021	Zheyu Zhang
2020	Yue Zhao
2019	Jiangbiao He
2018	Pinjia Zhang
2017	Xu She
2016	David C. Mazur
2015	Tiefu Zhao
2014	Bin Lu
2013	Akshay Kumar Rathore
2012	Zhi Gao
2011	no recipient
2010	Dr. Wei Qiao
2009	Dr. Ayman M. EL-Rafaie
2008	Nadezhda A. Dvurechenskaya
2007	Leila Parsa
2006	Burak Ozpineci
2005	Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy
2004	Dan Neeser
2003	Michael J. Hittel
2002	Giovanna Oriti
2001	Leon M. Tolbert
2000	Annette von Jouanne
1999	Kimberly K. Eastwood
1998	Iqbal Husain
1997	S. Mark Halpin
1996	Christine M. Kent

IAS Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Achievement Award