Introduction

Members of the Electric Machines Committee (EMC) and its subcommittees and working groups are candidates for EMC Awards, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) Awards and IEEE Technical Field Awards.  The EMC Awards include the EMC Service Award, EMC Prize Paper and EMC Prize Working Group (Standard or Committee Report) which are awarded annually at the IEEE PES Annual Meeting; usually convened in July.  The EMC is especially interested in nominations for prize paper consideration.  The nomination should include the citation in the Transactions and a description of what sets this paper apart from all others receiving Transactions status. Contact nilssonn@sbcglobal.net with nominations.

IEEE PES Awards and IEEE Technical Field Awards are not nominated by the EMC but rather by IEEE members.  EMC members make good candidates for these awards and as can be seen below have been the honorees on many occasions.  For nomination forms, contact s.nason@ieee.org or srellis@ieee.org.  A brief description of these awards is summarized below in order of applicability to the EMC:

IEEE Nikola Tesla Award:  Major EMC participants who have received it include Tom Nehl, Shep Salon, Jim Kirtley, Nabeel Demerdash, Paul Dandeno, Tom Lipo, Carl Flick and Jay White.  The award was established in 1975 by the IEEE Board of Directors and it is presented for outstanding contributions to the generation and utilization of electric power.  Nikola Telsa, whom this awards honors, was a pioneer in many electrical areas but is probably best known as the inventor of the AC induction motor.

IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Award:  Major EMC participants who have received it include Osama Mohammed, Oleg Wasynczuk, Aziz Rahman and Paul Nippes.  This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of electromechanical energy conversion.  Cyril Veinott, whom this award honors, was responsible for numerous practical improvements in the design and application of electric motors over a fifty year time span.

IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award:  This award recognizes exceptional contributions to the development and advancement of standards in electrical and electronics engineering.  While no EMC member has been an honoree, other standards recognition has been given to EMC members such as Jim Michalec.

IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award:  The major EMC participant who has received this award is Jim Oliver.  The award was established in 1986 by the IEEE Board of Directors and it is presented for outstanding contributions in industrial systems engineering.  Richard Kaufmann, whom this award honors, made many contributions to industrial systems engineering.  Rotating machines are a major part of industrial systems.

Nominators should also contact IEEE about the PES Meritorious Service Award, PES Power Engineering Educator Award and PES Young Engineer Award among others.  Also, don’t forget to nominate an EMC colleague for Fellow status.

This posting lists Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) Electric Machinery Committee (EMC) winners of the EMC Distinguished Service Award, EMC Prize Paper Award and EMC Working Group Recognition Award by year for the last several years.  These data were previously tracked by the IEEE Power Engineering Society Organization and Committee Directory in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and can be located in library copies of these directories.

Year         Winner                                                                                                                                                                             
2022         Alberto Tessarolo
2021         Matthew Richwine
2020         Akira Chiba
2019         Jim Lau
2018         Kay Chen and Robert Nelson
2017         Robert Thornton-Jones
2016         Aleksandra Jeremic
2015         Kevin Mayor
2014         Michael Sedlak
2013         Stefano Bomben
2012         Mohamed El-Sharkawi
2011         Michael Brimsek
2010         Chuck Wilson
2009         Om Malik
2008         Azizur Rahman
2007         Isidor Kerszenbaum
2006         Osama Mohammed
2005         Lon Montgomery

Year         Recipient                                                                                                                                                                             
2020         John Yagielski
2019         Kay Chen
2018         Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran

Year        WG Chair                Title 

2020         Nick Stranges         IEEE Std. 112, Standard Test Procedure for Polyphase Induction
                                                 Motors and Generators.

2018         Douglas Conley      IEEE Std. 57, Guide for Insulation Maintenance of Electric Machines.
                                                
2015         Haran Karmaker      IEEE Std. 1812, Trial Use Guide for Testing Permanent Magnet
                                                 Machines.

2014         Remi Tremblay        IEEE Std. 1799, Recommended Practice for Quality Control Testing
                                                 of External Discharges on Stator Coils, Bars and Windings.

2013         Greg Stone             IEEE Std. 1310, Recommended Practice for Thermal Cycle Testing
                                                 of Form-Wound Stator Bars and Coils for Large Rotating Machines.

2011         Haran Karmaker      IEEE Std. 115, Guide for Test Procedures for
                                                Synchronous Machines.

2010         William Bartley        IEEE Std. 1665, Guide for the Rewind of Synchro-
                                                nous Generators 50 Hz and 60 Hz, Rated 1 MVA
                                                and Above.

2008         Geoff Klempner      IEEE Std. 67-2005, Guide for the Operation and
                                                Maintenance of Turbine Generators.

2007         Jim Michalec          IEEE Std. C50.13-2005, IEEE Standard for Cylin-
                                                drical Rotor 50 Hz and 60 Hz Synchronous Mach-
                                                ines Rated 10 MVA and Above.

2006         Paul Dandeno        IEEE Std. 1110-2002, Guide for Synchronous Gen-
                                                erator Modeling Practices and Applications in
                                                Power System Stability Analysis.

Updated May 15, 2021
N. E. Nilsson

• Minutes of 2012 Summer Power Meeting in San Diego
• Attachment D: Standards Report
• Standards (Excel)
• Attachment H: Long Range Planning
• Attachment I: Power System Relaying
• Attachment G: Materials Report
• Attachment J: Fellows Report
• Awards
• Motor Subcommittee Minutes
• Minutes of 2013 Summer Power Meeting in Vancouver
• Attachment C: Standards Report
• Attachment D: Generator Subcommittee Report
• Attachment E: Motor Subcommittee Report
• Attachment F: Materials Subcommittee Report
• Attachment G: Renewables Subcommittee Report
• Attachment H: Long Range Planning Meeting Minutes
• Minutes of 2015 Summer Power Meeting in Denver
• Attachment D: Generator Subcommittee Report
• Attachment F: Materials Subcommittee Report
• Attachment G: Renewables Subcommittee Report
• Minutes of 2016 Summer Power Meeting in Boston
• Long Range Planning Meeting Minutes
• Minutes of 2017 Summer Power Meeting in Chicago
• Long Range Planning Meeting Minutes