The IEEE Medal in Power Engineering was created by the Board of Directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...

 (IEEE) in 2008, and presented for the first time in 2010. This award is given to an individual with outstanding contributions in power engineering

Power engineering

Power engineering, also called power systems engineering, is a subfield of engineering that deals with the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power as well as the electrical devices connected to such systems including generators, motors and transformers...

. The official more extended version is: "for outstanding contributions to the technology associated with the generation, transmission, distribution, application, and utilization of electric power

Electric power

Electric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt.-Circuits:Electric power, like mechanical power, is represented by the letter P in electrical equations...

 for the betterment of society".

Recipients of this award receive a gold medal, a bronze replica, a certificate and an honorarium.

The sponsors of this award are the IEEE societies Industry Applications

IEEE Industry Applications Society

- History :The IEEE Industry Applications Society was formed in 1964 as the Industry and General Applications Group, and changed its name to the IEEE Industry Applications Society on December 3rd of 1971.-Vision Statement:...

, Industrial Electronics

IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

-Vision Statement:The Industrial Electronics Society through its members encompasses a diverse range of technical activities devoted to the application of electronics and electrical sciences for the enhancement of industrial and manufacturing processes...

, Power Electronics

IEEE Power Electronics Society

The IEEE Power Electronics Society is a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers that focuses on the "development of power electronics technology".- History :...

, and Power & Energy

IEEE Power & Energy Society

The IEEE Power & Energy Society , formerly the IEEE Power Engineering Society, is the oldest society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers focused on the scientific and engineering knowledge about electric power and energy....

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Recipients

The following people have received the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering:

• 2011: William F. Tinney
• 2010: Prabha S. Kundur