The PES recognizes important technical, educational and service contributions through the conferral of numerous awards. Information on these awards and on the Senior and Fellow Member Programs are found this page.

PES is seeking nominations.
Each year, at the PES General Meeting in July, many of the awards are conferred during the ceremony held in conjunction with a banquet. More than 400 colleagues and their guests gather to recognize those whose outstanding achievements merited acknowledgement by the power and energy community.

You may know someone whose accomplishments make them a worthy recipient of a PES award.
View current and previous Awards Ceremony Programs to learn about the achievements and backgrounds of people to whom awards were presented. Specific qualifications and nomination forms can be found by clicking on the names of the award listed below. Then, nominate your colleague!

About IEEE PES Fellows.
Information about writing an effective Fellow nomination, the IEEE Fellows program, the names of PES members who have been elected to the grade of IEEE Fellows, and names and citations of PES members elected to the latest class of IEEE Fellows.

• Awards presented in 2008-2011 (PDFs of ceremony programs)
• IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES IAS A.P. Seethapathy Rural Electrification Excellence Award 
  Nominations due by February 1st
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power Systems Engineering Award 
  Nominations due by January 31st
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award 
  Nominations due by February 1st
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award 
  Nominations due by January 1st
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES G. Ray Ekenstam Memorial Scholarship 
  Nominations due by January 31st
• IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement Award 
  Nominations due by February 1st
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Leadership in Power Award 
  Nominations due by February 1st
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award
  Information about a recent recipient
• IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award
  Nominations due by January 31st
  Information about a recent recipient
• IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award 
  Nominations due by January 31st
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Award
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award
  Nominations due by January 31st
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award 
  Nominations due by Februrary 1st
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Prize Paper Award
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award
• IEEE PES Robert P. Noberini Distinguished Contributions to Engineeering Professionalism Award Nominations due by February 1st
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award 
  Nominations due by February 1st
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Student Prize Paper Award in Honor of T. Burke Hayes 
  Nominations due by December 15th
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award 
  Nominations due by November 30th
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Awards 
  Information about the latest recipient
• IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award

Contact: Dr. Richard E. Brown
Chairman, Awards Committee
SVP of Operations, Quanta Technology
4020 Westchase Blvd., Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27607 USA
Phone: 919-334-3021
E-mail: rbrown@quanta-technology.com

Each Committee has the following awards

• IEEE PES Technical Committee Distinguished Individual Service Award

• IEEE PES Technical Committee Prize Paper Award
  Information about the latest recipient

• IEEE PES Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award

Contact : Dr. Rama Ramakumar
Chairman, Award Standing Committees, PES Technical Council
PSO/Albrecht Naeter Professor
Director, Energy Engineering Laboratory
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Oklahoma State University
202 Engineering South
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone : 405-744-5157
Fax: 405-744-9198
Email: rama.ramakumar@okstate.edu

• IEEE PES Technical Council Committee of the Year Award

• IEEE PES Technical Council GOLD Award

• IEEE PES Technical Council Service Award

Contact : Ed C. Carlsen
Chairman, PES Chapter Awards and Resources Committee
Georgia Power Co.
Bin 20020
241 Ralph McGill Blvd. NE
Atlanta, GA 30308-3374
Phone: 404-506-3426
Fax: 404-506-7872
E-mail: eccarlse@southernco.com

There are several PES Chapter awards that are presented every year. The details of such awards are given on the PES Chapters website.

• IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award
  Information about the latest recipient

• IEEE Nikola Tesla Award

• IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award

• IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award

• IEEE Educational Activities Board Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education

• IEEE Educational Activities Board Meritorious Service Citation

• IEEE United States Activities Board Electrotechnology Transfer Award

• IEEE Fellows Program

• PES members who have been elected to the grade of IEEE Fellow class of 2011

• PES members who are IEEE Fellows
• How to Write an Effective Fellow Nomination

Becoming an IEEE Senior Member is a major achievement in a member's professional career. Find out how the IEEE Senior Member Program can benefit you, IEEE and your Section or Society at the following link.

• IEEE Senior Member Program

• IEEE Past Award Recipients
  

• IEEE PES Past Award Recipients

• IEEE PES Technical Committee Awards

Dr. Mariesa L. Crow
PES Awards & Recognition

crow@mst.edu                                                                 
Director, Energy Research & Development Center
Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
Missouri University of Science & Technology  (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla)
305 McNutt Hall
1400 N. Bishop Ave.
Rolla, MO 65409-0810
voice:  573-341-6305
fax:  573-341-4192