IEEE PELS Vehicle and Transportation Systems Achievement Award
About the Award
The IEEE PELS Vehicle and Transportation Systems Achievement Award recognizes innovators and researchers who have made outstanding technical contributions to the advancement of power electronics in-vehicle and transportation systems.
Award Prize:
- A plaque
- An honorarium of 1,500 USD
- Reimbursement of up to 1,000 USD towards the recipient’s necessary conference registration, travel, and accommodation costs incurred to attend the award ceremony
Submitting a Nominee
When submitting a nominee, you will be asked to log into your existing IEEE account (or register for a new one) to identify as a nominator. Subsequently, select the IEEE PELS Vehicle and Transportation Systems Achievement Award and enter the required data and documents.
***Please note: An up to five-page curriculum vitae of the nominee is required along with up to two reference letters that contain the following: endorser’s name, title, contact data, main field of interest, and signature, the nominee’s achievements, the relationship between the endorser and nominee, and the reason why the endorser personally recommends the nominee.***
The portal to submit a nomination is now closed.
Award Details
Recognizing Outstanding Achievements
2024 Honoree:
Sheldon Williamson
for innovative electric energy storage systems and health-conscious charging solutions
Sheldon S. Williamson received the B.E. (Hons.) degree in electrical engineering from the University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, in 1999, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees (Hons.) in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, and the Director of the Smart Transportation Electrification and Energy Research (STEER) Group, within the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, at Ontario Tech University, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. His current research interests include advanced power electronics, electric energy storage systems, and motor drives for transportation electrification and autonomous e-mobility. Prof. Williamson is also an NSERC Canada Research Chair (CRC) in electric energy storage systems for transportation electrification and is a Fellow of the IEEE.
Eligibility Requirements & Criteria
Eligibility: Any active IEEE members are eligible for this award. There are no other restrictions as to affiliation, age, gender, IEEE member grade, or nationality.
Criteria: Judgment of the nominees is based on the following:
- Advancement of the technology
- Benefit to the Society
- Past relevant activities to the field and PELS TC 4
- Sustained impact on PELS TC 4 and the profession
- The quality of the nomination
- The quality of the technical achievement and contribution to the field
Past Recipients
| Year | Recipient Name |
| 2023 | Chunting (Chris) Mi |
| 2022 | Alireza Khaligh |
| 2021 | G. Abas Goodarzi |
| 2020 | Burak Ozpineci |
| 2019 | Kaushik Rajashekara |
Questions?
Please send any questions to the PELS Awards Committee.
