EPE ECCE Awards: Guidelines

1. EPE Awards

The EPE Awards are presented 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
  • EPE ECCE Young Author Best Paper Award

One EPE Gaston Maggetto Medal will be awarded annually during the EPE-ECCE Europe Conference.
It is the normal expectation that up to two distinguished personalities will be bestowed with the EPE Outstanding Achievement Award, the EPE Outstanding Service Award, and the EPE ECCE Young Author Best Paper Award annually during the EPE-ECCE Europe Conference.

2. EPE Awards Committee

The committee is formed by four members, appointed by the Executive Council (EC), plus the conference chairperson of the previous EPE ECCE conference. The term of the EPE Awards committee is four years.
The committee is working in committee meetings or in electronic meetings (e-mail, Skype or similar) sessions.
Decisions of the committee are sent to the EPE EC meeting prior to the EPE ECCE conference where the awards will be handed over.

3. Propositions of award nominee

Propositions of award nominees to the EPE Awards Committee are made by:

  • The EPE Award Committee
  • Any EPE Executive Council member addressing a proposition to the President through the EPE secretariat
  • Any EPE members (at least two EPE members should act as nominators)
  • Topic Chairman of the previous EPE ECCE conference (only for the EPE ECCE Young Author Best Paper Award)

Currently active members of the EC and of the Award Committee may not receive awards.

4. Selection Criteria

4.1 EPE Gaston Maggetto Medal

Preamble
Gaston Maggetto was at the very beginning of EPE. As a result of his many contacts, in 1985 the first EPE conference took place in Brussels, chaired by Gaston Maggetto. In 1988, the EPE Association was officially founded, with first chairman Gaston Maggetto. After his two years term he continued to serve as the treasurer of the association until his passing away. He organized the EPE office in Brussels, giving the EPE association a permanent staff to evolve to a professional conference organizer and journal editor on its own. He played a key role in the EPE policy making, with great care for a good balance between financial matters and the meeting of high scientific standards. During the EPE conference in Dresden in 2005, Gaston Maggetto received a special award as key founding member.

The Award
This is the highest EPE Association award. It is proposed annually for the lifetime achievements and contributions. The accomplishments and the contributions of the nominees are assessed by considering specific activities corresponding to the following profile:

  • A senior member of EPE particularly active in the field of EPE activities with significant contributions, as EPE conference chair, member of EPE committees (EC, ISC), chapter chair or similar,
  • Industrial or academic career
  • Industrial achievements or Innovative research
  • Publications in international recognised journals and/or patents and/or EPE seminars, tutorials
  • Management of a major project or program
  • General communication and advocacy of power electronics and motion control technology to the technical community.
  • The candidate should also have been active in local and international organisations in power electronics, electrical energy or control.
4.2 EPE Outstanding Achievement Award

The award is proposed annually for the accomplishments and the contributions of the nominee assessed by considering a broad range of his/her activities including:

  • Important contributions in the field of EPE activities
  • Teaching
  • Innovative research
  • Industrial achievements
  • Publications in international recognised journals and/or patents
  • Professional seminars
  • Management of a major project or program
  • General communication and advocacy of power electronics and motion control technology to the technical community.
4.3 EPE Outstanding Service Award

The award is proposed annually for the accomplishments and the contributions of the nominees are assessed by considering the support and services they have given to the various activities (conferences, chapter meetings, scientific committees, executive committee, EPE bodies, publications, etc.) of the EPE Association.

4.4 EPE ECCE Young Author Best Paper Award

Two to five awards are proposed annually. The accomplishments and the contributions of the nominee are assessed by considering his/her activities in the field of power electronics, Innovative research results and original publication(s) in EPE conferences The choice is based on final conference papers, presented at the previous EPE ECCE conference. The proposal may be made by the topic chairmen (who makes maximum two propositions), in addition to persons stated in the point 2. The proposed awardees and his paper are validated upon following criteria:

  • A candidate must be the first in the author list and less than 35 years old – Eliminatory criteria.
  • The topic of the paper is up-to date – Numeric from 5 to 10
  • Number of authors – Numeric: up to 3 – 10 pt, 4-5 – 9 pt, 6 and more – 8 pt
  • The paper has experimental part – Numeric: YES – 5 pt, NO – 0 pt
  • The references are adequate and recent – Numeric: from 5 to 10
  • The contribution of the paper is significant and evident – Numeric: from 5 to 10
  • Number of citation (by Google Scholar) of the candidate’s papers in which the candidate is the 1st author – Numeric: number of citations
  • Additional criteria (TBD by Award Committee , like: the paper comes from industry or other)

The final choice is made by the Award Committee, taking into account number of points and some additional criteria.

5. Procedure of the Selection Process

The EPE Award Committee Chairman chairs an EPE Award Committee several times prior to the EPE-ECCE Europe Conference.

Nominations are requested from January 15th and received up to May 5th (at least two per nomination). A Nomination Form along with an information sheet, detailing the selection criteria and procedure, are available upon request from the EPE Secretariat. In addition to submitting the Nomination Form, enclosure of a supporting material is encouraged but is not mandatory.

The members of the Award Committee rank the nominees of each category in priority order during the first ballot. The first four candidates participate in a second ballot. In the event of a tie, the EPE President selects the recipient.

The Awards Committee makes it decisions up to June 10th before the June meeting of the EPE EC. The EPE EC approves the decision and the awardees are notified by June 30th.

6. Awards Presentation

The awards will be presented at the EPE-ECCE Conference. The announcements will be made by the Chairman of the EPE Awards Committee. The Awards will be presented to the recipients by the EPE President, PELS President, Conference Chairman and Chairman of the EPE Awards Committee.

Download the EPE Awards Nomination Form here:

Nomination Form