Student Awards


The IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference is accepting application from students who authors or co-authors a paper that is accepted for inclusion in the conference technical program. The awards are the High Voltage Association Student Excellence Award and the Tom R. Burkes Student Awards.

The nomination package for all student awards includes:

  • A letter of nomination from the student's research director or department head.
  • A CV (including the student's research contributions, papers, presentations, and educational accomplishments, including awards, recognition, GPA, etc. Maximum 3 pages)
  • Copy of the submitted 2012 IEEE IPMHVC abstract(s) where the student is the primary author or a co-author.

The student awards committee will consider all graduate student nominees for either the High Voltage Association Student Excellence Award or the Tom R. Burkes Outstanding Graduate Student Award(s), and all undergraduate student nominees for the Tom R. Burkes Exceptional Undergraduate Student Award.

Please submit nomination packages no later than March 19, 2012, to the Student Awards Chair, Dr. Jon Mayes at mayes@apelc.com

High Voltage Association Student Excellence Award

The High Voltage Association Student Excellence Award was established in 2008 to recognize the contributions made by a graduate student in the area of high voltage systems and composnent research & technology.

The High Voltage Association, formed by several companies who have products and research in high voltage systems and components, financially sponsors the award.

Nominees for this awards must be current graduate students or recent graduates (up to 18 months prior to the conference date) and should be members of IEEE at the time of the award presentation. He/She will be expected to participate in the conference and included in the authorship of a paper or papers accepted for presentation at the conference. The recipient will receive a partial reimbursement of conference, a plaque stating the award, and a monetary award of $1,000.

Previous High Voltage Association Student Excellence Award Recipient

2012 Fahd Banakhr, Loughborough University, UK

2010 James A. VanGordon, University of Missouri, USA

2008 James Thomas Camp, Old Dominion University, USA


Tom R. Burkes Student Awards

In 2002, the IEEE International Power Modulator Conference created two Student Awards in honor of Dr. Tom R. Burkes, Professor, Texas Tech University (1937-1998). The awards are:

Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Established to recognize contributions by a graduate student in engineering, science or technology associated with power modulation, power electronics, or repetitive pulsed power.

Exceptional Undergraduate Student Award: Established to recognize and encourage an outstanding undergraduate student in his/her early career in engineering, science or technology associated with power modulation, power electronics or repetitive pulsed power.

Nominees for both awards must be current students or recent graduates (up to 18 months prior to the conference date) and should be members of IEEE at the time of the award presentation. They will be expected to be participants in the conference and included in the authorship of a paper or papers accepted for presentation at the conference. Recipients will receive a waived conference registration fee, a plaque stating the award, and a monetary award of $500.

Previous Tom R. Burkes Student Award Recipients

Year

Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Exceptional Undergraduate Student Award

2012

Kevin O'Connor, University of Missouri, USA

George Laity, Texas Tech University, USA


2010

Dongdong Wang, Fudan University, China

Titus Chen, Ohio State University, USA

2008

Kalyan Koppisetty, Auburn University, USA

Daniel Weida, Helmut Schmidt University, Germany


2006

John Krile, Texas Tech University, USA

Michael Wolf, Tel-Aviv University, Israel


2004

Shu Xiao, Old Dominion University, USA

Matthew Behrend, University of Southern California, USA

2002

Kelly D. Hahn, University of New Mexico, USA

Matthew Behrend, University of Southern California, USA

Student Travel Grants

The 2012 IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference will provide Student Travel Grants to promising students to help defray the costs of attending the conference. These awards, ranging from $500 to $1000, are reserved for full-time graduate, or undergraduate university students in the fields of engineering, science or technology. The criteria for selection will be based on the student's accomplishments and future plans, level of participation in the conference, and individual need relative to the expected travel costs. The applicant should be the primary author of at least one paper to be presented at the conference. Students who wish to be considered for the Student Travel Grants should submit a complete nomination package consisting of:

  • A letter of nomination from the student's research director (Faculty Advisor) or department head.
  • Copy of the submitted 2012 IPMHVC abstract(s) where the student is the primary author or a co-author.
  • A letter (200 to 300 words) from the student detailing their expected participation in the conference and what they hope to learn by attending.
  • A budget itemizing cost of the travel to student. Please identify cost sharing by the student's faculty advisor or the institution.
  • A summary of the student's educational accomplishments, including, awards, recognition, GPA, etc (no more than 1 page cv or resume), and if available, a brief summary of the student's research contributions and publication (not more than 1/2 page in length).

Recipients will be notified by April 9, 2012 and will receive a monetary award grant to be applied to the cost of attendance. The grants, distributed by check, will be presented to the recipients at the conference.

Please submit nomination packages no later than March 19, 2012, to the Student Travel Grants Chair, Dr. Jon Mayes at mayes@apelc.com