EPE Awardees

The EPE Awards are presented annually to honour outstanding achievements in power electronics and more generally in the field of EPE activities.

Four types of awards may be bestowed during the EPE-ECCE Europe Conference:

EPE Gaston Maggetto Medal
EPE Outstanding Achievement Award
EPE Outstanding Service Award
Outstanding Young EPE Member Award

The current committee members are:

Pavol Bauer, president
Vladimir Katic, member
Krzysztof Zawirski, member
Philip Kjaer, member
Axel Mertens, attached member as the EPE 2022 conference chairman

EPE 2023 ECCE Europe, Aalborg (Denmark)

Outstanding Achievement Award

Paolo Mattavelli, for the contributions in the field of power electronic converters and in particular in the analysis, modelling and control of grid-connected converters and dc-dc converters. The innovative research and contributions by Professor Paolo Mattavelli have brought substantial progress to power electronics.

EPE Young Author Best Paper Award

Nick Wieczorek, first author of the paper presented during the EPE 2022 ECCE Europe conference “Characterization of GaN-on-AIN/SiC transistors towards monolithic integrability” by Nick Wieczorek, Xiaomeng Geng, Carsten Kuring, Oliver Hilt, Frank Brunner, Mihaela Wolf, Joachim Würfl and Sibylle Dieckerhoff, Technical University of Berlin

Shuang Nie, first author of the paper presented during the EPE 2022 ECCE Europe conference “Ferrite optimization for a three-phase wireless power transfer system for electric vehicles” by Shuang Nie, Mehanathan Pathmanathan and Peter W. Lehn, University of Toronto

Arthur Boutry, first author of the paper presented during the EPE 2022 ECCE Europe conference “Experimental study of the reduction and removal of turn-on snubber for IGCT based MMC submodule using fast silicon diodes” by Arthur Boutry, Cyril Buttay, Besar Asllani, Bruno Lefebvre, Eric Vagnon and Dong Dong, SuperGrid Institute

EPE 2022 ECCE Europe, Hannover (Germany)

Outstanding Achievement Award

Peter Zacharias, for the contributions in the field of power electronic converters and in particular in passive, magnetic components. The book “Magnetic Components – Basics and Applications” is fundamental for the design, research, teaching, and industrial development processes. The innovative research and contributions by Professor Zacharias have brought substantial progress to power electronics.

Outstanding Service Award

Mario Marchesoni, for his constant support to EPE activities, to EPE- and now EPE ECCE Europe conferences, and in particular for being the General Chairman of the EPE ECCE Europe 2019 Conference.

EPE Young Author Best Paper Award

Bariş Çiftçi, first author of the paper presented during the virtual EPE 2021 ECCE Europe conference “Wireless control of modular multilevel converter autonomous submodules” by Bariş Çiftçi, Lennart Harnefors, Xiongfei Wang, James Gross, Staffan Norrga, and Hans-Peter Nee, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Alexandre Battiston, first author of the paper presented during the virtual EPE 2021 ECCE Europe conference “High-Power / High-Voltage (250 kW / 750V) SiC-Based Inverter for Electric Vehicles Applications” by Alexandre Battiston, Laïd Kefsi, Misa Milosavljevic, and Antoine Sabrie, IFP Energies nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, France

EPE 2021 ECCE Europe, Ghent (Belgium - VIRTUAL)

Gaston Maggetto Medal

Prof. Braham Ferreira, TU Delft, The Netherlands

Outstanding Achievement Award

Prof. Ion Boldea, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania

Prof. Johann W. Kolar, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Outstanding Service Award

Prof. Seddik Bacha, Grenoble Alpes University (G2Elab), France

Thomas Harder, ECPE e.V., Germany

EPE Young Author Best Paper Award

Rose A. Abramson, first author of the paper presented during the EPE 2020 ECCE Europe conference “A High Performance 48-to-8 V
Multi-Resonant Switched-Capacitor Converter for Data Center Applications”, by Rose A. Abramson, Zichao Ye and Robert C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Loïc Queval, first author of the paper presented during the EPE 2020 ECCE Europe conference “Feasibility Study of a Superconducting Power Filter for HVDC grids”, by Loïc Queval, Université de Paris-Saclay, France, Olivier Despouys, RTE France,
Bruno Douine, GREEN, France, Frederic Trillaud, UNAM, Mexico

Benedikt Kohlhepp, first author of the paper presented during the EPE 2020 ECCE Europe conference “Detailed Simulation Model of
an Asymmetrical Half-Bridge PWM Converter with Synchronous Rectification including Parasitic Elements”, by Benedikt Kohlhepp, Markus Barwig, Thomas Dürbaum and Valentin Zeller, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

EPE 2020 ECCE Europe, Lyon (France - VIRTUAL)

Gaston Maggetto Medal

Prof. Hirofumi Akagi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Prof. Tore M. Undeland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Outstanding Achievement Award

Prof. Frede Blaabjerg, Aalborg University, Denmark

Outstanding Service Award

Prof. Enrique Dede, University of Valencia, Spain

EPE Young Author Best Paper Award

Jakub KUCKA, for his paper entitled:
“Quasi-Two-Level PWM-Operated Modular Multilevel Converter With Non-Linear Branch Inductors”
by KUCKA Jakub, FRIEBE Jens, LIN Siqi and MERTENS Axel presented during the EPE 2019 ECCE Europe conference

Giuseppe AIELLO, for his paper entitled:
“Mixed Signals Based Control of A SiC Vienna Rectifier For On-Board Battery Chargers”
by AIELLO Giuseppe, CACCIATO Mario, SCARCELLA Giuseppe, SCELBA Giacomo and GENNARO Francesco presented during the EPE 2019 ECCE Europe conference

Asger Bjørn JØRGENSEN, for his paper entitled:
“Thermal Characteristics and Simulation of An Integrated GaN eHEMT Power Module”
by JØRGENSEN Asger Bjørn, BECZKOWSKI Szymon, CHENG Tzu-Hsuan, HOPKINS Douglas, MUNK-NIELSEN Stig and UHRENFELDT Christian presented during the EPE 2019 ECCE Europe conference

EPE 2019 ECCE Europe, Genova (Italy)

Gaston Maggetto Medal

Prof. Robert D. Lorenz, University of Madison Wisconsin (WEMPEC), USA
Post Mortem

Outstanding Achievement Award

Prof. Ralph Kennel, Technische Universität München, Germany

Outstanding Service Award

Prof. Frédérick Bordry, CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), Switzerland

EPE Young Author Best Paper Award

Dan-Cornel Hulea, for his paper entitled:
“High Ratio Bidirectional Hybrid Switched Inductor Converter Using Wide Bandgap Transistors”
by Dan-Cornel Hulea, Octavian Cornea, Babak Fahimi and Nicolae Muntean
presented during the EPE 2018 ECCE Europe conference

Mateja Novak, for her paper entitled:
“Statistical Performance Verification of FCS-MPC Applied to Three Level Neutral Point Clamped Converter”
by Mateja Novak, Frede Blaabjerg, Tomislav Dragicevic and Ulrik Mathias Nyman
presented during the EPE 2018 ECCE Europe conference

Peter Unruh, for his paper entitled:
“Enhanced Grid-Forming Inverters in Future Power Grids”
by Peter Unruh, Ron Brandl, Marco Jung and Axel Seibel
presented during the EPE 2018 ECCE Europe conference

EPE 2018 ECCE Europe, Riga (Latvia)

Gaston Maggetto Medal

Prof. Eisuke Masada, University of Tokyo, Japan

Outstanding Achievement Award

Prof. Marian Kazmierkowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Outstanding Service Award

Prof. Drazen Dujic, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Laussane, Switzerland

EPE Young Author Best Paper Award

Christina DiMarino, for her paper entitled:
“Topic Design and Development of a High-Density, High-Speed 10 kV SiC MOSFET Module”
by Christina DiMarino, Dushan Boroyevich, Rolando Burgos, Mark Johnson and G-Q. Lu
presented during the EPE 2017 ECCE Europe conference

Angel Navarro-Rodriguez, for his paper entitled:
“Stability and Disturbance Rejection Analysis of Voltage Control Loop Strategies for Grid Forming Converters in DC and AC Microgrids with High Penetration of Constant Power Loads”
by Angel Navarro-Rodrıguez, P. Garcıa, J. M. Cano Limits and M. Sumner
presented during the EPE 2017 ECCE Europe conference

Stefanie Heinig, for her paper entitled:
“Implications of Capacitor Voltage Imbalance on the Operation of the Semi-Full-Bridge Submodule”
by Stefanie Heinig, Keijo Jacobs, Kalle Ilves, Staffan Norrga and Hans-Peter Nee
presented during the EPE 2017 ECCE Europe conference

EPE 2017 ECCE Europe, Warsaw (Poland)

Outstanding Achievement Award

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Josef Lutz, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

Outstanding Young EPE Member Award

Frederico De Bosio, for his paper entitled:
“Control Design of VSIs to Enhance Transient Performance in Microgrids”
by Federico de Bosio, Luiz Antonio de Souza Ribeiro, Mehdi Savaghebi, Juan C. Vasquez and Josep M. Guerrero
presented during the EPE 2016 ECCE Europe conference

Erika Stenglein, for her paper entitled:
“The Reluctance of Large Air Gaps in Ferrite Cores”
by Erika Stenglein and Manfred Albach
presented during the EPE 2016 ECCE Europe conference

Cord Prignitz, for his paper entitled:
“Voltage and current behavior in a FixReF controlled offshore wind farm using a HVDC transmission system based on uncontrolled diode rectifier units”
by Cord Prignitz, Hans-Günter Eckel and Hans-Joachim Knaak
presented during the EPE 2016 ECCE Europe conference

EPE 2016 ECCE Europe, Karlsruhe (Germany)

Gaston Maggetto Medal

Dr. Colin Oates, (1950 – 2016)

Outstanding Achievement Award

Prof. Dushan Boroyevich, Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, U.S.A.

Prof. Emeritus Alfred Rufer, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Outstanding Service Award

Prof. Betty Lemaire-Semail, Polytech ‘Lille, University of Lille 1, Lille, France

Prof. Alain Bouscayrol, Polytech ‘Lille, University of Lille 1, Lille, France

Outstanding Young EPE Member Award

Xiaoqing Song, for his paper entitled:
“6.5kV FREEDM-Pair: Ideal High Power Switch Capitalizing on Si and SiC”
by Xiaoqing Song and Alex Q. Huang
presented during the EPE 2015 ECCE Europe conference

Sandra Zeljkovic, for her paper entitled:
“A Three Phase Bidirectional V2G Interface Converter Based on SiC JFETs”
by Sandra Zeljkovic, Radovan Vuletic, Andreas Miller and Alann Denais
presented during the EPE 2015 ECCE Europe conference

Thiago Soeiro, for his paper entitled:
“Three-phase Unidirectional DELTA-Switch Multistate Switching Cells-Based Multilevel Rectifier”
by Thiago B. Soeiro, Márcio S. Ortmann and Marcelo L. Heldwein
presented during the EPE 2015 ECCE Europe conference

EPE 2015 ECCE Europe, Geneva (Switzerland)

Gaston Maggetto Medal

Prof. Marcel Jufer, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Outstanding Achievement Award

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Marquardt, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany

Prof. Emeritus Greg Asher, The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Outstanding Service Award

Prof. Wlodzimierz Koczara, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Prof. Ralph Kennel, TU Munich, Germany

Outstanding Young EPE Member Award

Nick Baker, for his paper entitled:
“Online Junction Temperature Measurement via Internal Gate Resistance during Turn-On and Turn-Off”
by Nick Baker, Stig Munk-Nielsen, Marco Liserre and Francesco Iannuzzo
presented during the EPE 2014 ECCE Europe conference

Felix Kammerer, for his paper entitled:
“Energy Balancing of the Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter based on a New Transformed Arm Power Analysis”
by Felix Kammerer, Mario Gommeringer, Johannes Kolb and Michael Braun
presented during the EPE 2014 ECCE Europe conference

José Maneiro, for his paper entitled:
“Scalable Shunt Connected HVDC Tap Using the DC Transformer Concept”
by José Maneiro, Sarath B. Tennakoon and Carl Barker
presented during the EPE 2014 ECCE Europe conference

EPE 2014 ECCE Europe, Lappeenranta (Finland)

Outstanding Achievement Award

Prof. Dr. Ir. Robert Lorenz, University of Wisconsin-Madison (WEMPEC), United States of America

Prof. Dr. Emil Levi Emil, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

Outstanding Service Award

Prof. Dr. Hirofumi Akagi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Outstanding Young EPE Member Award

Heiko Preckwinkel for his paper entitled:
“A Novel Low Cost Solar Central Inverters Topology With 99.2 % Efficiency”
by Heiko Preckwinkel, Andreas Bünte, Joachim Böcker, Norbert Fröhleke and Krishna Dora
presented during the EPE 2013 ECCE Europe conference

Jerome Baert for his paper entitled:
“Energetic Macroscopic Representation of a Hybrid Electric Locomotive and experimental characterization of Nickel-Cadmium battery cells”
by J. Baert, S. Jemei, D. Chamagne, D. Hissel, S. Hibon and D. Hegy
presented during the EPE 2013 ECCE Europe conference

EPE 2013 ECCE Europe, Lille (France)

Gaston Maggetto Medal

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Kahlen, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany

Outstanding Achievement Award

Prof. Dr. Ir. Tore Undeland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Sabonnadière, Institut polytechnique de Grenoble, France

Outstanding Service Award

Prof. Dr. Ir. Alfio Consoli, University of Catania, Italy

Jean-Marie Peter, France

EPE-PEMC 2012 ECCE Europe, Novi Sad (Serbia)

Outstanding Young EPE Member Award

Jens Due, for his paper entitled:
“Lifetime Investigation of High Power IGBT Modules”
presented during EPE-ECCE Europe 2011

Maialen Boyra, for her paper entitled:
“A review on synchronization methods for grid-connected three-phase voltage-source converters under unbalanced and distorted grid condition”
presented during EPE-ECCE Europe 2011