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2011 - John H. Brunke
2010 - Carlos Katz
Carlos Katz’s vital research on moisture prevention in power cables has extended product life by over 25 years and saved the utility industry substantial money worldwide. As Extruded cables insulated with cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) and ethylene propylene rubber (EPR) age, moisture diffuses into their insulation and in the presence of electric stress a degradation phenomenon originates. It was Mr. Katz’s research that helped discover and explain the moisture phenomenon (known as “water trees”), and it was his efforts that led to a solution. Mr. Katz developed a method that involved running dielectric liquids through the inter-strand spacing of the aged cables. The liquids diffuse into the insulation to replace the moisture, inhibiting further development of water trees and allowing continued operation.
An IEEE Life Fellow, Mr.Katz is currently the president of Cable Technology Laboratories, Inc., New Brunswick, N.J., which provides testing services to manufacturers and utility companies to assure cable system reliability.
2009 - Carson W. Taylor
An international expert in power system stability, Carson W. Taylor has made pivotal advancements in the area of power system performance and reliability. While with the Bonneville Power Administration, Taylor led many projects that improved system reliability and dynamics in the Western North American power system.
He is perhaps best known for the development and on-line demonstration in 2002–2005 of the Wide-Area voltage and stability Control System (WACS). WACS incorporates real-time sensors distributed throughout the power grid with global-positioning-satellite technology for high-speed automatic control of power-grid conditions to quickly stabilize problems before they can affect the rest of the grid.
Mr. Taylor is a distinguished member of CIGRE, one of the leading worldwide organizations on electric power systems, covering their technical, economic, environmental, organizational and regulatory aspects. He is an IEEE Life Fellow, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and has authored Power System Voltage Stability, which was the first book written on the subject.
2008 - Robert C. Degeneff
Robert C. Degeneff is known in the power engineering field for his technical contributions of almost four decades to the modeling of transformer coils and windings. Dr. Degeneff’s research has led to the development of industry standards in the computation of transient voltages within transformer windings, allowing for the efficient design of insulation structures, reducing power loss in a transformer. He is currently a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., and founder and president of Utility Systems Technologies (UST), Inc. of Latham, N.Y. Today, UST is a leading developer of electronic voltage regulators and sag mitigation equipment used to solve voltage sag problems in both utility and industrial power systems. An IEEE Fellow, Dr. Degeneff holds eight patents, published seven dozen papers, and several chapters in books in the electric power area. In addition, he is a professional engineer in New York and a member of several professional societies including Eta Kappa Nu.
2007 - Eric B. Forsyth
Mr. Forsyth’s pioneering work on the design of superconductors has provided vast improvements to power transmission systems including very high power density, benign environmental impact and the ability to transport power for very long distances.
During 35 years at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, he worked on the design of the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) and he led the design and creation of Brookhaven’s superconducting power transmission project, which produced a wealth of knowledge on the performance of conductors, dielectric insulation, cryogenic refrigeration at very low temperatures and system operation under a variety of conditions including simulated emergencies. He also chaired the Accelerator Development Deployment Department, charged with constructing a booster accelerator for the AGS, and constructing magnets for the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas.
An IEEE Life Fellow, and holds a master of applied science from the University of Toronto. He received the Dielectrics Prize from the Japanese Institute of Electric Engineers and also received the award for excellence in Technology Transfer, Federal Lab Consortium, U.S.
2006 - Anjan Bose
Dr. Anjan Bose, dean of the college of engineering and architecture and endowed distinguished professor in power engineering at Washington State University in Pullman, has pioneered major breakthroughs in power system control technology. His achievements include better computer controls for electric generation and transmission systems and a computer simulator used globally to avoid blackouts.
Dr. Bose developed many of the methods and software systems now used in utility power grid control centers around the world. He is especially known for a portable, real-time, computer simulator for training power grid operators, for which he developed the simulation, scenario building and other features that have dramatically improved how transmission grid operators are trained. By working with industrial psychologists to analyze grid operator job tasks, he was able to create programs that allow multiple operators with diverse functions to train simultaneously, thus replicating real-life conditions.
His research in the operation and control of the electric power grid led to breakthroughs in power system control technology now in use, including better computer control of generation and transmission systems to avoid blackouts. Dr. Bose is an expert on how to maintain power grid reliability given the changes resulting from deregulation of the U.S. power industry deregulation. He served on a blue-ribbon study team appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy to evaluate power outages in the Eastern and Midwestern regions of the nation. He was the first to demonstrate the object-oriented automatic display generator, which has become the standard for generating and updating substation schematics in the control center.
An IEEE Fellow, he also is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, a foreign fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and has received the IEEE Outstanding Power Engineer Educator Award from the IEEE Power Engineering Society and the IEEE Third Millennium Medal. Dr. Bose is a member of the board of directors of the Washington Technology Center in Seattle, and a former member of the executive board of the Power Systems Computation Conference on Electric Power Control Centers.
Dr. Bose holds a bachelor’s degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur, a master’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a doctoral degree from Iowa State University in Ames, both in electrical engineering.
2005 - James J. Burke
Mr. James Burke, executive consultant at Synergetic Design Inc., in Cary, North Carolina, has had a profound impact on nearly every aspect of modern electrical power distribution. His vital reference, "Power Distribution Engineering: Fundamentals & Applications," has helped generations of engineers improve how distribution systems are designed,protected and operated. Mr. Burke has held prominent positions at some of the world's largest power technology companies. He managed the world's first 50 kilovolt electrified rail system and was the first to use metal oxide riser pole arresters. Mr. Burke shared his first-hand experience in teaching the industry how to properly apply arresters to protect systems and equipment.He wrote numerous papers on the overvoltage and overcurrent protection of distribution systems. He is co-inventor of the first microprocessor-based fault recorder, and co-developer of the five-wire distribution system.
A Fellow of the IEEE, Mr. Burke is the recipient of the IEEE Power Engineering Society's Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering.
2004 - Andrew John Eriksson
Dr. Andrew J. Eriksson has made fundamental contributions to the calculation of transmission line lightning reliability. His participation on IEEE, IEC and International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) standards working groups for lightning reliability, resulted in many indispensable works, such as IEEE Standard 1243-1997: IEEE Design Guide for Improving the Lightning Performance of Transmission Lines. Dr. Eriksson’s research helped clarify the parameters and striking processes of the ground flash as an engineering event, and he did seminal work on equations and experimental data now used worldwide by the electric power industry.
From 1969 to 1985, Dr. Eriksson worked at South Africa’s National Electrical Engineering Laboratories (NEERI), becoming senior chief research officer and finally assistant director. He also worked as an Honorary professor at the University of Witwatersrand and at Eriksson & Pretorius Inc., both in South Africa, in the early 1980s. In 1986, Dr. Eriksson moved to Zurich, Switzerland to join ABB; where he spent four years as president for worldwide operations in medium-voltage switchgear before being appointed executive vice president and member of the ABB Group executive committee in 2001. He retired from ABB in 2002 and is now an independent director and member of the board of The Performance Group, Oslo, Norway.
Dr. Eriksson’s most notable efforts include his 1978 research on lightning in relation to tall structures, and his contributions to equations correlating ground flash density with the number of thunderstorm days and estimating the number of flashes to transmission lines. In the late 1980s he addressed the shielding of transmission lines by overhead ground wires and advanced the lightning insulation coordination of substations, including a groundbreaking 765-V gas-insulated station.
Andrew J. Eriksson was born on 25 April 1946, in Arusha, Tanzania. Raised in South Africa, he studied electrical engineering at the University of Natal, Durban, and received a master of science in 1969 and a doctorate in 1979.
Dr. Eriksson is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers. A Member of the Institute of Directors and an Honorary Member of CIGRE, he served as chairman of the CIGRE study committee on power system insulation coordination. He has published more than 40 papers and holds a patent as the co-inventor of a commercial lightning warning system.
2003 - P. Sarma Maruvada
Sarma P. Maruvada’s work in the analysis and measurement of audible noise and radio interference on transmission line conductors has significantly furthered the study of electromagnetic fields and corona phenomena associated with high voltage AC/DC power lines.
During his nearly 30-year tenure at the Hydro Quebec Institute of Research (IREQ), Dr. Maruvada’s efforts in the sensitive areas of human and environmental impact have been particularly far-reaching. Through a combination of innovative research, large-scale measurement programs and shrewd analysis, he has increased understanding of electric and magnetic fields, ion densities, space charges, onset voltages, power losses and many other factors that affect the design and development of transmission lines.
Dr. Maruvada’s work has determined acceptable levels of audible noise, based on psychoacoustic studies; the subjective human response to radio interference on AM radio reception and acceptable signal-to-noise ratios. His research has also transformed the field of electromagnetic exposure related to high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) transmission lines. The Canadian Standards Association has used his research to develop standards on radio interference from high-voltage AC lines.
Throughout Dr. Maruvada’s career, he has worked to promote and transfer his knowledge through committees and publications. His book , CoronaPerformance of High-Voltage Transmission Lines serves as a defining guide for professionals in the field.
Sarma P. Maruvada was born on 1 January 1938, in Rajahmundry, India. He received his bachelor’s degree with honors in electrical engineering from Andhra University in 1958, and a master’s degree with distinction in engineering from the Indian Institute of Science in 1959. He also earned a master’s of science in 1966, and doctorate in 1968, from the University of Toronto, both in electrical engineering. Currently he is a consultant.
Dr. Maruvada is a Fellow of IEEE and an honorary member of CIGRE. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition and chairman of CIGRE Study Committee 36 on Power System Electromagnetic Compatibility. His many awards and honors include the Platinum Jubilee Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award of the Indian Institute of Science.
2002 - John J. Vithayathil
Widely recognized as a leading expert of HVdc transmission, Dr. John J. Vithayathil has also made key contributions to HVac transmission, including the invention of the Rapid Adjustment of Network Impedance (RANI) scheme.
Dr. Vithayathil has made significant contributions to the advancement of HVdc system technologies. In two decades of technical leadership at the Bonneville Power Administration in Portland, Oregon, he oversaw the technical aspects of three stages of expansion of the Pacific HVdc Intertie. It grew from a system rated +400KV, 1440MW to one rated +500KV, 3100MW.
His work has also included innovative simulation techniques, harmonics, transient over-voltages on bipolar overhead lines, metallic return transfer breakers, HVdc breakers, series capacitor compensated converters, and transformerless dc converters. He has been involved in numerous other HVdc projects around the world as a consultant.
What is today known as Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor (TCSC) is one of the RANI schemes that Dr. Vithayathil worked on in the mid-1980s. A powerful tool for improving stability of ac transmission systems, TCSC is a cost-effective means of increasing transmission capacity. Currently, there are five TCSC installations in operation, with many more planned.
John J. Vithayathil was born on 17 February 1937, in Kerala, India. He earned a B.Sc. degree in Engineering from the Trivandrum Engineering College at the University of Kerala, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India.
Dr. Vithayathil was a lecturer at the Indian Institute of Science before joining Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in Portland, Oregon, in 1967. In his twenty years at BPA, Dr. Vithayathil held positions of Electronic Analog Specialist, Power System Analyst, Technical Advisor for HVdc, and Chief Electrical Networks Engineer. He left BPA in 1988, to work as an independent engineering consultant.
Dr. Vithayathil is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has written numerous articles related to his field and holds a number of patents inculding that for TSCS.
