IEEE Nikola Tesla Award

Sponsored by: The Grainger Foundation and the IEEE Power and Energy Society

Nomination Form | Recipients | Committee Roster

Nomination Deadline - January 31st

The IEEE Nikola Tesla Award was established in 1975 through agreement between the IEEE Power Engineering Society and the IEEE Board of Directors.

It may be awarded each year on the recommendation of the Technical Field Awards Council of the Awards Board to an individual or a team that have made outstanding contributions to the generation and utilization of electric power.

Generation areas may include: automation, instrumentation, control; generation planning; alternative forms, e.g. wind, solar, fuel, cells, space power, etc; conservation; safety and reliability.

Utilization areas may include: conservation; biomedical, e.g. MRI focused ultra sound; life quality improvement for the handicapped, manufacturing systems, robotronics.

The Award is named in honor of Nikola Tesla, an electrical engineer, a distinguished Yugoslav-American inventor, and a pioneer in many fields, who is most renowned for the development of the coil that bears his name and the a-c induction motor.

In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: impact on technology, inventive value, breadth of use, leadership, and quality of the nomination."Generation" areas may include: automation, instrumentation, control, generation planning, alternative forms (e.g. wind, solar, fuel cells and space power), and conservation safety and reliability, "Utilization" areas may include: conservation, bio-medical, (e.g. MRI, focused ultra sound, etc), life quality improvement for the handicapped, manufacturing systems, robotronics.

The award consists of a plaque and honorarium.