About the Award
This award honors an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in the application of electricity to industry in accordance with the scope of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. This award was first presented in 1969.
Eligibility:
Only one nomination per nominee will be evaluated. The first recorded nomination (earliest date) will be forwarded for the evaluation in case of multiple nominations received of a single nominee.
An IAS Board member can neither serve as a nominator nor be a nominee.
Basis for Judging:
Any of the following criteria apply: invention in the field as exemplified by issued patents; contribution to the general engineering or scientific basis of the technologies found within the scope of the IAS; executive or managerial contribution in the organization or operation of enterprises as associated with the scope of the IAS. Self nomination is not permitted for this award.
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:
$5,000 and engraved statuette
Funded by:
The IEEE Industry Applications Society
Presentation:
At IAS Annual Meeting or other IAS sponsored conference chosen by the recipient.
Society-Level Awards
Award Honorees
Latest Award Winner
The 2025 IEEE Industry Applications Society Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to Fei Wang, for contributions to high-power, high-density, high-efficiency power electronics technologies for industry, transportation, and electric grid applications.
Past Recipients Include:
Year | Award Recipient |
2024 | Ronghai Qu |
2023 | Sheesa H. Jayaram |
2022 | Iqbal Husain |
2021 | Prasad Enjeti |
2020 | Fang Z. Peng |
2019 | Zi-Qiang Zhu |
2018 | Dianguo Xu |
2017 | Braham Ferreira |
2016 | Seung-Ki Sul |
2015 | Pragasen Pillay |
2014 | Thomas A. Nondahl |
2013 | Muhammad H. Rashid |
2012 | no recipient |
2011 | Dr. Thomas Jahns |
2010 | Dr. Tomy Sebastian |
2009 | Dr. Kaushik Rajashekara |
2008 | Paresh C. Sen |
2007 | Caio Ferreira |
2006 | Jacobus Daniel van Wyk |
2005 | Nobuyki Matsui |
2004 | Hirofumi Akagi |
2003 | Robert D. Lorenz |
2002 | Rik W. De Doncke |
2001 | L. Bruce McClun |
2000 | Kouki Matsuse |
1999 | Akira Nabae |
1998 | Donald W. Novotny |
1997 | Joachim Holtz |
1996 | Austin H. Bonnett |
1995 | C. James Erickson |
1994 | Ray P. Stratford |
1993 | Bimal K. Bose |
1992 | M. Azizur Rahman |
1991 | Thomas E. Sparling |
1990 | George W. Walsh |
1989 | Donald K. Ross |
1988 | C. Curtis Herskind |
1986 | Thomas A. Lipo |
1984 | Russell W. Mills |
1983 | Ion I. Inculet |
1982 | Anthony C. Lordi |
1981 | Edward A. E. Rich |
1980 | Richard M. Emberson |
1979 | F. A. Furfari |
1978 | Richard Harold Kaufmann |
1977 | Irvin N. Howell |
1976 | Ralph H. Lee |
1975 | Walter R. Harris |
1974 | Harold Winograd |
1973 | Robert V. Wachter |
1972 | Boris Mokrytski |
1971 | Donald S. Brereton |
1970 | Charles F. Dalziel |
1969 | Robert B. Moore |