The Technical Committee Award was initiated in CIGRE in 1993. It is generally given annually to recognize the outstanding contributions of a number of CIGRE Study Committee members to the work of their respective Study Committees.
Past Award Recipients
2020 — Renuka Chatterjee (Power system operation and control)
2018 — Harley Wilson (Transmission & Distribution Equipment), Mark McVey (Substations & Electrical Installations)
2014 — William G. Moore (Rotating Electrical Machines)
2013 — David Lindsay (Insulated Cables), Nenad Uzelac (High Voltage Equipment), Vladimir A. Rakov (System Technical Performance)
2012 — Stig Nilsson (HVDC and Power Electronics), Mladen Kezunovic (Protection and Automation), Andrew Ott (Electricity Markets and Regulation)
2011 — Hanna Abdallah (Substations), Shirish Mehta (Transformers), Jeff Palermo (System Development and Economics)
2009 — Willis Francis Long (HVDC and Power Electronics), Albert DiCaprio (Electricity Markets and Regulation)
2008 — Richard A. Wakefield (System Development and Economics)
2007 — Alexander Apostolov (Protection and Automation), Dale A. Douglass (Overhead Lines), Walter Zenger (Insulated Cables)
2006 — Dennis K. Holstein (Protection and Automation), Pouyan Pourbeik (System Technical Performance)
2005 — John J. Vithayathil (HVDC Links and Power Electronics), Roy W. Alexander (High Voltage Equipment), Mietek T. Glinkowski (Transformers)
2004 — John W. Harley (Transformers)
2003 — Keith E. Lindsey (Overhead Lines)
2002 — Ivars Vancers (HVDC Links and AC Power Electronic Equipment)
2001 — William F. Reinke (Power System Planning and Development)
2000 — Robert E. Fenton (Rotating Machines), B. S. Bernstein (Materials for Electro Technology), Charles J. Mozina (Power System Protection and Local Control), Erich W. Gunther (Power System Electromagnetic Compatibility)
1999 — Joe C. Pohlman (Overhead Lines)
1997 — William N. Kennedy (Transformers), Mark A. Reynolds (HVDC Links and AC Power Electronic Equipment), Ingo P. Thurein (Power System Operation and Control)
1996 — John A. Casazza (Power System Planning and Development)
1995 — Thomas L. Weaver (DC Links and Power Electronic Equipment), Raymond M. Maliszewski (Power System Planning and Development), Arun G. Phadke (Protection), Leonard Sagan (Power System Electromagnetic Compatibility)
1994 — Andrew R. Hileman (Overvoltages and Insulation Coordination), John W. Chadwick, Jr. (Protection), Arun G. Phadke (Protection)
1993 — D. Jack Christofersen (DC Links and Power Electronic Equipment), Allan Greenwood (Switching Equipment), Charles L. Rudasill Jr. (Power System Planning and Development), William A. Mittelstadt (Power System Analysis and Techniques)