About the Award
The IEEE PELS Award for Achievements in Power Electronics Education recognizes the work of engineers who have made a major impact on or are groundbreaking for education in the power electronics field.
Prize:
- Honorarium (USD 3,500)
- Plaque
- Reimbursement towards the recipient’s necessary conference registration, travel, and accommodation costs incurred to attend the award ceremony (up to USD 1,000)
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Details About the
Award
2024: Remus Teodorescu
For pioneering power electronics education in renewable energy applications
Remus Teodorescu (Fellow, IEEE) received his Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnical University of Bucharest (Romania) in 1989, Ph.D. degree in power electronics from the University of Galati (Romania) in 1994, and Dr.HC in 2016 from Transilvania University of Brasov (Romania). In 1998, he joined the Department of Energy Technology at Aalborg University as a Full Professor. He is also the founder and current coordinator of the Center of Research for Smart Battery at Aalborg University, which focuses on improving the performance of Li-Ion battery packs in the transportation and energy sector by using power electronics and artificial intelligence. Between 2013 and 2017, he was a Visiting Professor at Chalmers University.
Dr. Teodorescu became an IEEE Fellow in 2012 for contributions to grid converter technology for renewable energy systems. He has co-authored over 10 industry-licensed patents, over 500 IEEE papers, and 6 books, including Grid Converters for Photovoltaics and Wind Power Systems. He is an Editor of the Future Batteries Journal by Elsevier and Automotive Innovation by Springer.
He has coordinated many industrial projects, including the Vestas Power Program (2008-2013) focused on developing a new generation of large offshore wind turbines. Dr. Teodorescu received the Istvan Nagy Award from PEMS in 2022 for developing smart battery technology and the Villum Investigator Project Smart Battery (2021-2027).
Current Research Interests: AI techniques for future BMS; Battery storage systems; Modular multilevel converters for HVDC/FACTS; Power converters for PV; Smart batteries; Wind turbines
Any active PELS member is eligible. There is no restriction on affiliation, age, gender, IEEE member grade, or nationality.
Criteria: Judging is based on the nominator’s recommendation. The criteria include the work of the nominee which has shown a major impact on education in the area of power electronics or is groundbreaking for education in the area of power electronics, which includes:
- Materials and tools for power electronics education (e.g. software for simulation or visualization, videos, videos, webinars, etc.)
- Teaching activities
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