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Each year, we are proud to highlight leading society members and industry principals for their notable contributions to the power and energy industry through the following distinct honors and awards. Individuals from all 10 Regions have been recognized for their contributions.
Join us in celebrating the 2026 IEEE PES Awards recipients at the 2026 IEEE PES General Meeting on Tuesday, 21 July at 7:00 PM in Montreal, Québec, Canada. The awards gala tickets can be purchased here.
2026 IEEE PES Award Recipients
| Award Name | Recipient Name | Citation |
| IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering | Surya Santoso | For pioneering contributions to power quality analytics for distribution systems |
| IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power Systems Engineering Award | Nicholas W. Miller | For innovations and leadership in developing models, grid-friendly controls, and advancing applications in bulk power systems of large-scale inverter-based resources |
| IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award | Qisheng Li | For outstanding contributions to metal oxide arrester technology, ultra-high voltage standards, and overvoltage protection and insulation coordination in China’s power systems |
| IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Award | Leila Parsa | For seminal contributions to high-torque-density and fault-tolerant electric machines |
| IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award | Tim C. Green | For contributions to power-electronic network architecture and the practical realization of Soft Open Points for enhanced reliability, and renewable integration in modern distribution systems |
| IEEE PES IAS A. P. Seethapathy Rural Electrification Excellence Award | Ankush Sharma | For powering rural villages through micro grid, solar PV, biomass generation, energy storage systems and solar irrigation pumps; enabling better education, irrigation, agriculture and rural self-employment and better social status |
| IEEE PES Leadership in Power Award | Edward Baine | For unwavering support of Dominion’s Engineering involvement in power engineering societies and openness to share leading edge practices throughout the industry |
| IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement Award | Vijay Vittal | For sustained pioneering contributions to research and education in control and stability of power grid operations |
| IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award | Maryam Saeedifard | For pioneering contributions to the architectures, protection, and stability of hybrid AC-DC distribution systems, enabling resilient, high-performance custom power solutions |
| IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award | Jean-Philippe Hasler | For pioneering innovations from classic SVC to grid‑forming E‑STATCOMs, transforming FACTS performance and delivering breakthrough gains in power quality, stability, and converter control across industry and transmission grids |
| IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award | Qianwen Xu | For contributions to advanced control, stability of microgrids and high-IBR power systems |
| IEEE PES Patrick P. Ryan Meritorious Service Award | Miriam P. Sanders | For long-term contributions to PES technical activities with emphasis on power system protection and communications, and for governance of the society, including contributions to modernizing the PES technical committee structure |
| IEEE PES Peter W. Sauer Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award (Undergraduate) | Le Xie (谢乐) | For visionary and sustained contributions to educating power engineers in data science and artificial intelligence |
| IEEE PES Peter W. Sauer Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award – Graduate | Kevin Tomsovic | For innovation and leadership in power engineering education |
| IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award | Pouyan Pourbeik | For contributions towards improving the industry practices associated with dynamic modeling, parameterization, and stability analysis |
| IEEE PES Robert Noberini Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Professionalism Award | Kalyan K. Sen | For leadership and contributions to professional activities in energy policy, student activities, and life members at the branch, chapter, section, region, and society levels of IEEE and PES |
| IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award | Fangxing Fran Li | For contributions to probabilistic methods in market simulation, grid reliability and resilience assessment |
| IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award | Neil M. Kirby | For contributions to design, testing, commissioning and operation of control systems, converters, and protection systems of HVDC stations globally; and to the education and training of HVDC technology |
2026 IEEE PES Chapter and Society Team Awards
IEEE PES Frank Lambert Outstanding Chapter Awards
Large Chapter Category:
Winner: Kolkata Chapter
Runner Up: UK and Ireland Chapter
Medium Chapter Category:
Winner: Queensland & Sweden Chapters
Runner Up: Northeast Brazil Chapter
Small Chapter Category:
Winner: Tunisia Chapter
Runner Up: Colombia & Hungary Chapters
IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Award for Outstanding Technical Report
PES-TR106, Trends in Microgrid Modeling for Stability Analysis
Prepared by the: IEEE PES Power System Dynamic Performance Committee
Chair: Claudio A. Canizares
Secretary: Rodrigo Palma-Behnke
Contributors: Danny Espin-Sarzosa, Udaya Annakkage, Marcelo Elizondo, Wei Du, Lasantha Meegahapola, Patricio A. Mendoza-Araya, Ehsan Nasr, Rodrigo Ramos, Michael Ropp, John Simpson-Porco, Kai Strunz, Fabian Calero, Roberto Cardenas, Ying Chen, Phylicia Cicilio, E. Crisostomi, Enrique Espina, Lingling Fan, Mostafa Farrokhabadi, Tatiane Fernandes, P. Ferraro, Shaahin Filizadeh, Samuele Grillo, Mahmoud Kabalan, Harshani Konara, Federico Milano, Daniel Olivares, Ahda Pavani, Vedran Peric, Artur Piardi, Mike Quashie, J. Reilly, Kevin P. Schneider, Ujjwol Tamrakar, Zhiyuan Tang, Glauco Taranto, Francis Tuffner, Xia Yue, and Tan Zhang.
IEEE PES Work Group Recognition Award for Outstanding Standard or Guide
IEEE C57.160, IEEE Guide for the Electrical Measurement of Partial Discharges in High Voltage Bushings and Instrument Transformers
Developed by the: IEEE PES Transformers Committee
Chair: Thang Hochanh
WG Members: Lee Bigham, Dominique Bollgier, Jonathan Cheatham, Reto Fausch, Marcos Ferreira, Marek Kornowski, Deepak Kumaria, Robert Middleton, Stephen Oakes, Juan Jose Ramirez Gomez, Pierre Riffon, Zoltan Roman, Thomas Sizemore, Steve Snyder, Januz Szczechowski, Jacques Vaniier, David Wallace, Eric Weatherbee, Daniel Weyer, Bill Whitehead, and Shibao Zhang.
IEEE PES Prize Paper Awards
“Controlling Air Conditioners for Frequency Regulation: A Real-World Example”
Authors: Ioannis M. Granitsas, Oluwagbemileke E. Oyefeso, Gregory S. Ledva, Stephen A. Mock, Scott R. Hinson, Ian A. Hiskens, and Johanna L. Mathieu
Publication Data: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 1221-1232, March 2025
“Virtual Inertia Scheduling (VIS) for Real-Time Economic Dispatch of IBR-Penetrated Power Systems”
Authors: Buxin She, Fangxing Li, Hantao Cui, Jinning Wang, Qiwei Zhang, and Rui Bo
Publication Data: IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 938-951, April 2024.