About the Award
The Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the power electronics field by an engineer under 35 years of age. Since 1999, it has been dedicated to the memory of Richard M. Bass of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Prize:
- Honorarium (USD 1,000)
- 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: Christina DiMarino
For contributions to the packaging and integration of silicon carbide power semiconductor devices.
Christina DiMarino received her B.S. degree in engineering from James Madison University (USA) in 2012 and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech (USA) in 2014 and 2018, respectively. She is currently an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Virginia Tech and faculty in the Center for Power Electronics Systems.
Dr. DiMarino received five best paper and presentation awards at international conferences and the Outstanding New Assistant Professor Award at Virginia Tech in 2022. She is currently a Member-at-Large for PELS, the Chair of the PELS Technical Committee on Power Components, Integration, and Power ICs, an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions of Power Electronics, and a member of the PELS Women in Engineering Committee. Dr. DiMarino has also served on the technical committees for several IEEE conferences and is a member of the PCIM-Europe Advisory Board.
Current Research Interests: High-density integration of wide-bandgap power semiconductors; Power electronics packaging
All IEEE members of any grade who are active in the field of power electronics and less than 35 years of age as of 1 January of the year of the award are eligible. There is no restriction on affiliation, age, gender, IEEE member grade, or nationality.
Criteria: Candidates are judged based on the following criteria:
- Outstanding contributions encompassing a broad range of activities, including innovative product design, project management, research, and teaching
- Outstanding contributions in the multidisciplinary field of power electronics
- The technical disciplines that encompass the field of power electronics, including the analysis, design, development, simulation, and application of electronic devices, magnetics, controls, and power circuits for inverters, converters, and motor drives ranging in power levels from fractions of a watt to megawatts
2023
Minjie Chen
2022
Daniel Costinett
2021
Yongheng Yang
2020
Pradeep Shenoy
2019
Katherine Kim
2019
Katherine Kim
2018
Xiongfei Wang
2017
Ali Davoudi
2016
Huai Wang
2015
Zixin Li
2014
Robert Pilawa-Podgurski
2013
Yunwei (Ryan) Li
2012
Samir Kouro
2011
Jin Wang
2010
Maryam Saeedifard
2009
Rangarajan Tallam
2009
Rangarajan Tallam
2008
Regan Zane
2007
Christian Klumpner
2006
Patrick Chapman
2005
Ali Emadi
2004
Philip Carne Kjaer
2003
Babak Fahimi
2002
Pallab Midya
2001
David J. Perreault
2000
Jose A. Cobos
1999
Steven B. Leeb
1998
Frede Blaabjerg
1997
Vlako Vlatkovic
