IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award
About the Award
The IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award has been an IEEE Technical Field Award since 2006. Before this, it was a society-level award of PELS.
Award Details
Recognizing Outstanding Achievements
Past Recipients
| Year | Recipient |
| 2025 | Atsuo Kawamura |
| 2024 | David Perreault |
| 2023 | Dragan Maksimovic |
| 2022 | Fang Zheng Peng |
| 2021 | Robert Erickson |
| 2020 | Ivo Barbi |
| 2019 | Patrizio Vinciarelli |
| 2018 | Rainer Marquardt |
| 2017 | Seung-Ki Sul |
| 2016 | Johann Kolar |
| 2015 | Shu-Yuen (Ron) Hui |
| 2014 | Frede Blaabjerg |
| 2013 | Rik De Doncker |
| 2012 | Leo Lorenz |
| 2011 | Praveen Jain |
| 2010 | Akio Nakagawa |
| 2009 | Tadashi Fukao |
| 2008 | Istvan Nagy |
| 2007 | Dushan Boroyevich |
| 2006 | Deepakraj Divan |
| 2005 | Bimal K. Bose |
| 2004 | M. Azizur Rahman |
| 2003 | Philip T. Krein |
| 2002 | Emanuel E. Landsman |
| 2001 | Hirofumi Akagi |
| 2000 | Luigi F. Malesani |
| 1999 | Thomas Jahns |
| 1998 | Joachim Holtz |
| 1997 | Pierre Thollot |
| 1996 | Akira Nabae |
| 1995 | J. Daan van Wyk |
| 1994 | Laszlo Gyugyi |
| 1993 | Robert L. Steigerwald |
| 1992 | Werner Leonhard |
| 1991 | B. Jayant Baliga |
| 1990 | Thomas A. Lipo |
| 1989 | Fred C. Lee |
| 1988 | Koosuke Harada |
| 1987 | John G. Kassakian |
| 1986 | Philip L. Hower |
| 1985 | Klemens Heumann |
| 1984 | Loren F. Stringer |
| 1983 | Francise C. Schwarz |
| 1982 | R. David Middlebrook |
| 1981 | Thomas G. Wilson |
| 1980 | Alexander Kusko |
| 1979 | Shashi Dewan |
| 1978 | William McMurray |
| 1977 | Richard G. Hoft |
Questions?
Please send any questions to the PELS Awards Committee.
