IAS Gerald Kliman Award

The 2018 recipient of the IEEE Industry Applications Society Gerald Kliman Award is Dr. Fei “Fred” Wang.  Dr. Wang is a professor and Condra Chair of Excellence in Power Electronics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is a founding member and serves as the Technical Director of the NSF-DOE Engineering Research Center CURENT. He also holds a joint position in Oak Ridge National Lab and. His experience also includes 8 years as an associate professor and the Technical Director at the Center for Power Electronics Systems, Virginia Tech, and 10 years as an engineer and R&D manager at General Electric. His research interests include WBG power electronics, and power electronics applications in electrified transportation, renewable energy systems and electric grid. Dr. Wang is a fellow of the IEEE and fellow of U.S. National Academy of Inventors.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerald Kliman Award Recipients

2017	Richard Lukaszewski
2016	Jih-Sjeng (Jason) Lai
2015	Manoj Shah
2014	Jan Abraham Ferreira
2013	Fang Zheng Peng
2012	Thomas Habetler
2011	Leo Lorenz
2010	William Peterson
2009	John MIller
2008	Ira J. Pitel
2007	Bruno Lequesne
2006	Kaushik Rajashekara
2005	Russel J. Kerkman