IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award
About the Award
The IEEE Power & Energy Society calls for the nomination of outstanding individuals to receive the IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to HVDC technology. The technology has developed into an effective power system tool for long-distance energy transport, ac network interconnections, and system stability enhancement. These developments have come from the work of dedicated engineers and scientists in many countries throughout the world.
Chair:
Carl Barker
Committee Members:
Mike Barnes
Ram Adapa
Jenny Zhou
Chandra Mohan Sonnathi
Paul Forsyth
Brian Johnson
Abhay Kumar
Les Brand
Reza Iravani
Phaedra Taiaol
Joerg Dorn
2025 Award Recipient
Award Details
Purpose:
To recognize outstanding contributions to HVDC technology. The award is named for the man most responsible for the research and development that led to the first practical application of an HVDC connection between ac systems.
Eligibility:
Not restricted to IEEE members. No current member of the IEEE Board of Directors, the IEEE PES Governing Board, the IEEE PES Awards and Recognition Committee, the Leadership in Power Award Committee, or IEEE staff may be candidates, or nominate or endorse candidates for this award.
Individuals in the electric power engineering international community who have been or are intensely involved in the development and advancement of the HVDC technology shall be eligible to receive this award.
Selection factors include:
- Candidate Achievements
- Candidate’s technical accomplishments relating to HVDC
- Originality or innovative nature of the contributions
- Impact of the contributions on HVDC technology and on energy transport in general
- Achievements in other fields
- Professional leadership
Prize:
The award consists of a bronze medal, a plaque, and an honorarium of $1,000 USD. Travel expenses of up to $1,000 USD for the recipient to attend the presentation ceremony with Uno Lamm HVDC Award Committee approval based on need. Awards is funded by contributions from the IEEE Power & Energy Society, Hydro-Quebec, Hitachi Energy and General Electric. This award shall be administered by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES). The funds will be managed by the IEEE Foundation.
Presentation:
Annually, at the PES General Meeting or other PES Conference.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Nomination forms must be written in English. One per year. If no suitable candidate is proposed in a given year, the award will not be presented for that year.
PES, being one of IEEE’s Organizational Units, follows IEEE Policy 4.4H.
IEEE Policy 4.4.H
- Eligibility and Process Limitations. Individuals serving on any board or committee involved at any stage of the recipient selection or approval process for an award shall be ineligible to receive, or act as a nominator or reference for that award. This conflict of interest limitation shall apply to all awards given by the IEEE or any of its organizational units.
Past Award Recipients
2024 – Aniruddha Gole
2023 – Rambabu Adapa
2022 – Colin Davidson
2021 – Hans Bjorklund
2020 – Hartmut Huang
2019 – Abhay Kumar (Jain)
2018 – Hong Rao
2017 – Zehong Liu
2015 – Rainier Marquardt
2014 – Jose Antonio Jardini
2012 – Bjarne R. Andersen
2010 – Mohamed M. Rashwan
2009 – Marcio Szechtman
2008 – Willis F. Long
2007 – Peter Lips
2006 – Gunnar Asplund
2005 – Michael L. Woodhouse
2004 – Dennis A. Woodford
2003 – Gote Liss
2002 – Conrad Beriger
2001 – Dusan Povh
1999 – Chandra Krishnayya
1998 – Tadashi Senda
1997 – Jos Arrillaga
1996 – John Reeve
1995 – Ake Ekstrom
1994 – Thomas E. Calverley
1993 – Donald M. Demarest
1992 – Carlos A. Peixoto
1991 – Birger Funke
1990 – Glenn D. Breuer
1989 – Aleksa Gavrilovic
1987 – Karl-Werner Kanngiesser
1985 – Narain G. Hingorani
1983 – John D. Ainsworth
1981 – Erich Uhlmann