Student Awards
The IPMHVC Executive Committee will present two student awards during the 2024 IPMHVC event. Ideally, we expect the recipient to be present at the conference to be recognized and receive the award. Students applying for an award must be an author or co-author of an abstract submitted to the conference. To be considered for the graduate level awards, nominees must be current graduate students or recent graduate degree recipients (within 18 months prior to the conference date) and should be members of IEEE at the time of the award presentation. Award recipients will receive a plaque stating the award, a monetary award ranging from $500 to $1000, and recognition at the conference banquet.
Award nomination packages are due March 8, 2024. Please send complete nomination packages via email to the Student Awards Chair:
- A letter of nomination (maximum one page) from the student’s research advisor or department head, specifying the student’s level of academic degree and status. The nomination letter must also specify which specific award the nomination package should be applied for (i.e. HVA or Tom Burkes).
- A CV (maximum two pages) including the student’s research contributions, papers, presentations, educational accomplishments, previous awards, and GPA.
- A copy of the submitted 2024 IPMHVC abstract(s) where the student is an author.
- An extended version (maximum two pages) of one abstract where the student is the principal contributor. This extended abstract should provide additional details of the accomplished work and can include up to two figures. Please note that nominations for the HVA Student Excellence Award should emphasize the high voltage technology and design aspects that have been incorporated into a project in the extended version of the submitted abstract.
- IEEE membership number of the student (note that IEEE membership is required to be an award recipient)
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, components, research, and technology. Nominations for this award should emphasize the high voltage technology and design aspects that have been incorporated into a project in the extended version of the submitted abstract. The High Voltage Association, formed by several companies who have products and research in high voltage systems and components, financially sponsors the award.
Previous Recipients
- 2022 Alexander Johnston, UT Arlington, USA
- 2020 Event was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
- 2018 Landon Collier, Texas Tech University, USA
- 2016 Roya Nikjoo, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- 2014 Kaashif A.M. Omar, Loughborough University, UK
- 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.
Previous Recipients
- 2022 Su-Mi Park, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
- 2022 Andrew Fairbanks, Purdue University, USA
- 2020 Event was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
- 2018 Hongyu Dai, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China and Anton Gusev, Institute of Electrophysics / RAS, Ural Federal University, Russia
- 2016 Martin Hochberg, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
- 2016 Isaac Cohen, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
- 2014 Hanyu Ye, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Germany
- 2014 Andrew Fierro, Texas Tech University, USA
- 2012 Kevin O’Connor, University of Missouri, USA
- 2012 George Laity, Texas Tech University, USA
- 2010 Dongdong Wang, Fudan University, China
- 2010 Titus Chen, (Undergraduate) Ohio State University, USA
- 2008 Kalyan Koppisetty, Auburn University, USA
- 2008 Daniel Weida, Helmut Schmidt University, Germany
- 2006 John Krile, Texas Tech University, USA
- 2006 Michael Wolf, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
- 2004 Shu Xiao, Old Dominion University, USA
- 2004 Matthew Behrend, (Undergraduate) University of Southern California, USA
- 2002 Kelly D. Hahn, University of New Mexico, USA
- 2002 Matthew Behrend, (Undergraduate) University of Southern California, USA
Student Travel Grants
The 2024 IPMHVC will award a limited number of 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 student applicant should be an author on at least one paper to be presented at the conference.
Student travel grant nomination packages are due March 8, 2024. Please send complete nomination packages via email to the Student Awards Chair:
- A letter of nomination (maximum one page) from the student’s research advisor or department head, specifying the student’s level of academic degree and status.
- A CV (maximum two pages) including the student’s research contributions, papers, presentations, educational accomplishments, previous awards, and GPA.
- A copy of the submitted 2024 IPMHVC abstract(s) where the student is an author.
- A short letter (~300 words) from the student detailing their expected participation in the conference, and what they hope to learn by attending.
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