IAS Gerald Kliman Award

About the Award

This award was established in 2005 to honor innovators who contributed to the technical areas of this department. This award is named in honor of Dr. Gerland Kliman, in memory of his many contributions and innovations to these technical areas.

Basis for Judging:

The award may be presented annually to an individual for meritorious contributions to the advancement of power conversion technologies through innovations and their application to industry. The technical field for this awards includes, but is not limited to Electrical Machines, Electrical Drives, Power Electronic Systems and Power Electronic Devices.

Online Submission Form:

The IEEE IAS Industrial Power Conversion Systems Department (IPCSD) Gerald Kliman Innovator Award was established to honor innovators who contributed to the technical areas of IPCSD Department. The department administers this award program.

For more details on the IAS Gerald Kliman Award, including the nomination deadline and links to the nomination forms, visit the Awards page on the IEEE IAS Industrial Power Conversion Systems Department site.

Sponsored by:

This award is sponsored by General Electric through the IEEE Foundation.

Award Honorees

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Latest Award Winner

The 2025 IEEE IAS Industrial Power Conversion Systems Department Gerald Kliman Innovator Award was presented to Dr. Tobias Geyer for contributions to the advancement of power conversion technologies through innovations and their application to industry.

Past Recipients Include:

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Year

Award Recipient

2024

Mohammad Anwar

2023

Noriko Kawakami

2022

Ayman EL-Refaie

2021

Robert N. Guenther, Jr.

2020

Vladimir Blasko

2019

Alex Qin Huang

2018

Fei “Fred” Wang

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