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IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award
About the Award
Chair:
Meliha Selak
Committee Members:
Liisa Haarla
Xiaoru Wang
Jennifer T. Sterling
Edina Bajraktarevic
2025 Award Recipient
Award Details
Purpose:
Eligibility:
Nominees for the award must be female and at least senior members of the IEEE PES.
Tangible and visible achievements in one or more of the following:
- Innovation and technology development;
- Entrepreneurship and innovative business models;
- Education and mentorship;
- Related achievements
Prize:
The awardee will receive a plaque and a monetary prize/honorarium of $1500 USD.
Presentation:
The award will be presented annually (if a qualified candidate is nominated) at the PES General Meeting in July, in recognition of achievements during the previous calendar year.
Funding:
IEEE Foundation – IEEE PES Wanda RederPioneer in Power Award Fund.
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:
- 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 – Hong Chen
2023 – Johanna L. Mathieu
2022 – Dipti Srinivasan
2021 – Marianela Herrera Guerrero
2020 – Yilu Liu
2019 – Ruomei Li
2018 – Marina Mondello
2018 – Bhuvaneswari Gurumoorthy
2017 – Meliha B. Selak
2016 – Jennifer T. Sterling
2015 – Sandra Cecilia Vega Gomez
2014 – Jessica J. Bian