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IEEE Industry Applications Society Publications
All subscribers can access the online version of these publications using their IEEE Account.
The current issue of IEEE Industry Applications Magazine is in the mail and is retrievable now from IEEE Xplore, the IEEE online digital library.  Feature articles in this issue include:
The current issue of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications is in the mail and is retrievable now from IEEE Xplore, the IEEE online digital library.  Feature articles in this issue include:
Volunteer Opportunities
IAS is seeking qualified volunteers to work on publications, committees, and conferences. Please submit an inquiry by filling out a volunteer application on the IAS website.
IEEE Senior Membership
IEEE Senior membership is the highest grade for which application may be made and requires experience reflecting professional maturity. Candidates need to be an engineer, scientist, educator, technical executive, or originator in IEEE-designated fields in professional practice for at least ten years and shall have shown significant performance over a period of at least five of those years.
An application for Senior membership requires three references unless nominated by a Senior member, and in that case requires two references. Congratulations to the newly-elected IAS Senior members for 2016. IAS Distinguished Lecturer Program
The IAS Distinguished Lecturer (DL) and Prominent Lecturer (PL) Program allows Chapters to invite experts to visit Chapter events and give lectures. It is a great opportunity to have direct contact with the best researchers and industrial experts in our field.
The DL and PL lecturers can be reimbursed by IAS US$1,000 and US$600 per lecture travel. The monetary support of travel invitations is limited to three lectures per year. For more information, visit our website. New 2017 IEEE Fellows
The following IAS members have been elevated Fellows for the Class of 2017. Congratulations!
Terry Ericsen Michael Gard Bhuvaneswari Gurumoorthy Jin Jiang Mark David Kankam Hulya Kirkici Sang Bin Lee Kevin Peterson Khwaja Rahman Toshihisa Shimizu Edson Watanabe Dianguo Xu Join the IEEE Transportation Electrification Community
 IAS is a sponsoring society of the IEEE Transportation Electrification Community (TEC). The TEC coordinates broad and deep activities throughout IEEE in the growing electrification revolution across transportation domains, including advances in electric and hybrid cars, more-electric ships and aircraft, rail systems, personal transport, and the motive, storage, power grid, electronic intelligence, and control technologies that make them possible. The Community delivers engagement through leadership opportunities, professional development, standards development, and other programming for practitioners, researchers, students, and all IEEE members interested in electric transportation. It is free to join. As a TEC member, you will enjoy a discount for some excellent online tutorials on machines, fuel cells, batteries, and other topics. |
About the IEEE Industry Applications Society Newsletter  Thank you for reading this issue of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) Newsletter. If you have IAS-specific news to share with your IAS colleagues please send us an email for possible future publication in an upcoming newsletter. 
Did You Know?
"Did You Know" is a new column focused on benefits and inforamtion for IAS members. Each month we will offer a few facts about a different topic. Next month's topic will be Social Media.
IAS members have access to online member benefits such as:
Call for Papers - IAS Annual Meeting  The 2017 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting will address the technical interests related to industrial applications of electrical energy. Meeting papers are solicited on subjects pertaining to the scope of the participating Technical Committees of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, as listed on our Call for Papers. Author Deadlines:
New Offering for IAS Members  In an effort to increase member benefits, IAS has created the IAS Resource Center. This Resource Center will house technical information such as webinars, slides and white papers. IAS members will be requested to sign in to access this information. Anyone that is not an active member of IAS will be charged a fee to access this information. If there is information that you would like to see in the Resource Center, please send an email to ias-administrator@ieee.org.
Myron Zucker Student-Faculty Grant Program
The Industry Application Society is soliciting interested parties to submit proposals to the Myron Zucker Student Faculty Grant Program. The deadline for application submission is 31 January 2017.
Adhering to Mr. Zucker's goal, the principal objectives of the Student-Faculty Grant Program are:
The project must be designed to produce publishable results in one year (12 months). The preferred period of performance (for these 12 months) is 1 September through 31 August of the following year. The funding is such that approximately two grants, not exceeding US$25,000 each, can be awarded during each annual proposal cycle. This endowment is the programs only funding source; no other sources, including IEEE membership dues, are used. Visit our website to view the program guidelines and the program application.
IAS Webinars
Our next webinar, "AC vs. DC: Resurrection of Westinghouse and Edison debate" will be held 1 February 2017. Prof. M. Rezwan Khan will be the speaker.
To register for the webinar, please visit our website. If you have any comments about the webinar program, or would like a particular topic addressed, please send an email to ias-administrator@ieee.org.
IAS Distinguished Lecturers 2017-2018
The IAS Distinguished Lecturers list for 2017-2018 has been released:
IAS Society-Level Awards
From 1 January - 15 March 2017, nominations will be accepted for the IAS Society-Level Awards. Submission sites are now OPEN! Only online nominations will be considered. Self-nomination is not permitted.
IEEE Outstanding Achievement Award (first presented in 1969) This award honors an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in the application of electricity to industry in accordance with the scope of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. Prize: US$5,000 and engraved statuette Basis for judging: any of the following criteria apply:
Distinguished Service Award (first presented in 1988) This award recognizes an individual for dedication and service to the IEEE Industry Applications Society. Prize: US$5,000 and plaque Basis for judging:
IEEE IAS Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Award (established in 1996 and renamed in 2009) This award recognizes outstanding achievement and contribution to the profession through involvement in IEEE IAS activities by an IAS member younger than 35 years of age. Prize: US$2,500, plaque and travel expenses to attend the IAS Annual Meeting Eligibility: Nominees must be less than age 35 at the specified award nomination due date. To be considered as a nominee, a one page form must be completed describing IAS activities and associated contributions made by the nominee. The form must be submitted and received by the IAS President before 15 March. Basis for judging: Outstanding contribution to the profession in the form of IEEE/IAS activities such as (but not limited to):
IEEE IAS Outstanding Young Member Service Award (established in 2015) This award recognizes an individual younger than 35 years of age, who, through dedication and service, distinguished him/herself to IAS. Prize: US$2,500, plaque, and travel reimbursement to an IAS conference for recognition Eligibility: Members of the IEEE Industry Applications Society younger than 35 years of age are eligible. Basis for judging:
6th International Youth Conference on Energy (IYCE)  The 6th International Youth Conference on Energy (IYCE) will be held In Budapest, Hungary, 21-24 June 2017.Our main aim is to provide an opportunity to young professionals (undergraduate, MSc, PhD students and entrant engineers) to present their work in a friendly international environment, to enjoy Budapest and to make new connections for the future. Contributions are welcomed from any field related to energy and power engineering. For additional information, please visit our website. Final papers will be published in IEEE Xplore.
Awareness and Prevention of Electric Accidents Video Available on IEEE.tv
The Global Overhead Powerline Safety Awareness Project (OPSAP), funded by IAS, has reached the first milestone by producing a video. IEEE SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) will serve as its pilot in Hyderabad, India. SIGHT OPSAP-Hyderabad aims to reduce injuries and fatalities from overhead power lines. Satish Chaparala will manage the pilot with local support from the Hyderabad IEEE Section and the IAS/PES Chapter. The video can be found on the IEEE.tv website; members are encouraged to watch the video and socialize the video within their Chapters and universities.
IAS Chapters and Membership Department (CMD) New Milestone
by Dave Durocher, IAS President
A milestone have been reached for the IEEE Industry Applications Society. Dr. Peter Magyar and his top notch CMD Team have officially signed on our 100th IAS Chapter during 2015-2016, the two years of my time serving as IAS President. Assuming you read my President's Message in the Nov-Dec 2016 Industry Applications Magazine, you saw my article stating that "During the past two years, we added more than 100 new IAS Chapters, primarily Student Brach Chapters across Regions 8-10." I submitted this article to Lanny Floyd on 25 July 2016, so for the record, I was taking a little risk in assuming Peter would not stop working over the last five months of the year. In grand fashion, he crossed the finish line with over a month to spare. Congratulations! Visit our website for the detailed statistics.
2017 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC)  The IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC) has been established as a major event. Its inaugural conference was held in Milwaukee, WI, USA in 1997. The IEMDC 2017 anniversary session will be held 21-24 May 2017 in beautiful and sunny Miami, FL, USA close to many tourist attractions and just across the causeway to Miami Beach and the art deco district. The scope of the conference includes technology advances in design, analysis, manufacturing and measurements for electrical machines and drives. Topics covered include rotating electrical machines; special machines, sensors, and actuators; electrical drives; condition monitoring, fault detection, noise and vibration; embedded applications. IEMDC 2017 will include oral and poster technical sessions for papers describing original and previously unpublished work, plenary sessions with invited speakers, tutorials, and exhibits. To learn more about IEMDC 2017, please visit the conference website.
2017 IEEE International Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific 2017)  2017 IEEE International Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific 2017) will be held in Harbin, China, 2-5 August 2017. It is hosted by Harbin Institute of Technology, China. Serving as a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications hub in Northeast China, Harbin is well known for its bitterly cold winters, beautiful snow and ice sculptures and is often called the "Ice City." ITEC Asia-Pacific 2017 is part of a global series of IEEE ITEC conferences, all dedicated to promoting the development of electrical technologies for transportation, land, rail, air and sea. Please, visit our website for more info. We are currently soliciting papers for this conference. Important dates: 31 January 2017: Special Session proposals submission 15 March 2017: Paper submission 30 April 2017: Tutorial proposals submission 15 May 2017: Notification of acceptance 1 July 2017: Final manuscript submission and registration
IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2017)  The Ninth Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2017) will be held in Cincinnati, OH, 1-5 October 2017. ECCE 2017 is the pivotal international conference and exposition event on electrical and electromechanical energy conversion field. ECCE 2017 will feature both industry-driven and application-oriented technical sessions and seminars, as well as exhibitions. ECCE 2017 will bring together practicing engineers, researchers and industry professionals for interactive and multidisciplinary discussions on the latest advances in various areas related to energy conversion. The ECCE 2017 digest submission site is now open. The submission deadline is 15 January 2017. Please visit their website for detailed guidelines regarding digest preparation and submission.
Seeking Nominations for IEEE Transportation Technologies Award
The IEEE Transportation Technologies Award is a technical field award given for advances in technologies within the fields of interest to IEEE as applied in transportation systems. This IEEE-level award is sponsored by the IEEE Industry Applications Society, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, IEEE Power Electronics Society, IEEE Power & Energy Society, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.
Nominations for this award are accepted until early January 2017. Please submit your nominations to: Prof. Kaushik Rajashekara Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair Department of Electrical Engineering The University of Texas at Dallas 800 W. Campbell Rd. EC33, Richardson, TX 75080 Phone: (972) 883-4531 Mobile: (317) 682-8080 K.Raja@utdallas.edu
IAS Conference Calendar
We hold numerous conferences/workshops throughout the year. Please refer to the IAS Conference website for a full listing. 2017 IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW) Reno, NV, USA 28 January - 3 February 2017 Society Cosponsor 2017 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI) Champaign, IL, USA 23-24 February 2017 Technical Cosponsor 2017 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) Tampa, FL, USA 26-30 March 2017 Society Cosponsor 2017 Ninth Annual IEEE Green Technologies Conference (GreenTech) Denver, CO, USA 29-31 March 2017 Technical Cosponsor 2017 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD) Nottingham, United Kingdom 20-21 April 2017 2017 IEEE Rural Electric Power Conference (REPC) Columbus, OH, USA 23-26 April 2017 Society Sponsor 2017 IEEE/IAS 53rd Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference (I&CPS) Niagara Falls, ON, Canada 7-11 May 2017 Society Sponsor 2017 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference Calgary, AB, Canada 18-25 May 2017 Society Cosponsor 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC) Miami, FL, USA Abstract Submission Date: Dec 12, 2016 21-24 May 2017 Society Cosponsor 2017 International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (OPTIM) & 2017 Intl Aegean Conference on Electrical Machines and Power Electronics (ACEMP) Fundata, Romania 25-27 May 2017 Technical Cosponsor |
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