Awards
The IPMHVC Executive Committee will present three professional awards during the 2024 IPMHVC event. Ideally, we expect the recipient to attend the conference to be recognized and receive the award. Award recipients will receive a plaque stating the award, a monetary award of $1,000, and recognition at the conference banquet.
Award nomination packages are due December 22, 2023. Please email the completed nomination package to the Professional Awards Chair. A complete nomination package includes:
- Letter of nomination including a description of the nominee’s accomplishments appropriate for the award and the nominator’s credential (not to exceed 2 typed pages)
- Current curriculum vitae (traditional) and a short narrative bio (no longer than 500 words) of the nominee
- At least two letters of reference from colleagues who are familiar with the nominee’s accomplishments and contributions
The Kenneth J. Germeshausen Award
The Germeshausen Award was established in 1990, at the 19th Power Modulator Symposium. It is named after Kenneth J. Germeshausen, in honor of his pioneering work on power modulators for radar, and for innovation leading to high voltage thyratrons, and for his technical leadership in the field of power modulator technology. The award recognizes outstanding contributions in the science and technology of power modulators and related repetitive pulsed power.
Previous Recipients
2022 Not awarded as two Dunbar awards were presented
2020 Event was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2018 Prof. Weihua Jiang, Extreme Energy Density Research Institute, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
- 2016 Magne Stangenes, Stangenes Industries, Palo Alto, CA, USA
2014 Sang H. Nam, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Korea
2012 Werner Hartmann, Siemens AG Corporate Technology, Erlangen, Germany
2010 Richard L. Cassel, Stangenes Industries, Palo Alto, CA, USA
2008 Hidenori Akiyama, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
2006 William C. Nunnally, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
2004 Klaus Frank, University of Erlangen, Nuremberg, Germany
2004 Nicholas Reinhardt, Diversified Technologies, Inc., Medford, MA, USA
2002 Ken Witham, Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc., Concord, CA, USA
2002 James O’Loughlin, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
2000 Martin A. Gundersen, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2000 Malcolm Buttram, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
The William G. Dunbar Award
The William G. Dunbar Award was first established at the 1982 High Voltage Workshop as the “High Voltage Award”, and was renamed in 2002 to commemorate William G. Dunbar’s lifetime of contributions to high voltage technology and his leadership in the High Voltage Workshops. The Dunbar Award is intended to recognize individuals for continuing contributions to high voltage research, development, or testing technology and for transferring that technology to the engineering and scientific community.
Previous Recipients
2022 Dr. Martin Gundersen, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Dr. Ravi Joshi, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA2020 Event was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2018 Prof. Tao Shao, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2016 Mark Savage, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
2014 Hulya Kirkici, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
2012 Tangali Sudarshan, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
2010 Andreas Neuber, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
2008 Stuart Moran, Naval Surface Weapons Center, Dahlgren, VA, USA
2006 Art Brockschmidt, The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA, USA
2004 Dan M. Goebel, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA
2004 Walter J. (Jim) Sargent, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
2002 Lawrence Walko, AF Research Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, USA
2002 Carl I. Belnap, Design Criteria, Inc., Hudson, NH, USA
2000 Karl Schoenbach, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
The Sol Schneider Award
The Sol Schneider Award was established in 2004 as the Conference Service Award to recognize extensive service, contributions, and leadership, both technically and administratively, in the power modulator and/or high voltage field. The award recognizes both continuing contributions to research, development, and test technology, as well as the dedication to the advancement of the field through fostering the power modulator and high voltage community.
Previous Recipients
- 2022 Richard Ness, Ness Engineering, Inc., San Deigo, CA USA.
- 2020 Event was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2018 Dr. Frank Hegeler, Naval Research Laboratory, USA - 2016 Bucur Novac, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
- 2014 James Dickens, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
- 2012 Robert Barker, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA, USA
- 2010 Hulya Kirkici, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
- 2010 Martin Gundersen, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 2008 Daniel L. Schweickart, AF Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, USA
- 2006 A. Scott Gilmour, Jr., Emeritus Professor, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
- 2004 Sol Schneider, Consultant, Red Bank, NJ, USA
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