Gerald Kilman Award - IEEE Industry Applications Society

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.

Award Honorees

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