Dr. Shashi B.
Dewan
1979 William E. Newell Power
Electronics Award Recipient
The committee's for the 1979 award is Dr. Shashi B. Dewan of the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. He is well-known and respected for his original design work, teaching, and technical presentations in the field of power electronics.Dr. Dewan's citation is for his outstanding work in teaching and in communicating technology, his many patents and publications in technical journals, co-authorship of a textbook, Power Semi-Conductor Circuits, published by John Wiley in 1975 and adopted as a text by more than 50 institutions, his development of a unique power electronics research and teaching experimental laboratory, his guidance to PhD and MA.Sc students and development of new research-oriented graduate courses in power electronics, his guest lectures at more than 50 institutions around the world, his contributions to the Power Electronics Specialists Conferences as speaker and session chairman, and his leadership in the industry Applications Society as Chapter Chairman fro 1974 to 1977.
After obtaining degrees of Bachelor of Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India (1961) and M.Eng. from the University of Roorkee (1922), and immigration to Canada in 1962, he earned the M.A.Sc. and PhD degrees from the University of Toronto in 1964 and 1966. He is presently Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto. Dr. Dewan has graduated seven PhD's and thirty-five M.A.Sc. students in power electronics and how has seven more PhD and five M.A.Sc. candidates in his program, which consist of two senior-level and eight graduate-level courses in power electronics.
Dr. Dewan is the holder of 12 patents, many of which are now used for Canadian and American industrial products. he has been active in consulting practice with several companies on the subjects of induction heating, transportation, variable speed drives, and special-purpose power electronics. As a technical communicator, he has authored and presented more than 60 technical publications on solid-state electronics. He is now collaborating with Professors A. Straughen and G.R. Slemon on a new book, Variable Speed DC Drives, a very timely and useful subject.
Among the many honors received by Dr. Dewan are the Gold Medal from the University of Roorkee, Graduate Fellowships from the National Research Council, and Ford Foundation Fellowships for the development of new teaching methods.
The 1979 Power Electronics Specialists Conference salutes Dr. Shashi B. Dewan as the third recipient of the William E. Newell Power Electronics Award, and expresses its appreciation to the General Electric Company for its generous sponsorship of this award for 1979.
Source: IEEE Power Electronics Specialist Conference - 1979 Record