Dr. Robert L.
Steigerwald
1993 William E. Newell Power
Electronics Award Recipient
Robert L. Steigerwald has been named the 1993 winner of the annual William E. Newell Power Electronics Award. Dr. Steigerwald holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Clarkson College of Technology and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.He joined the staff of the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center in Schenectady, NY, in 1968. There he has conducted research and advanced development of static power converters for dc and ac motor drives, induction heating, high-frequency lamp ballasts, uninterruptible power supplies, utility interactive photovoltaics, and both low-voltage and high-voltage power supplies, including high-power-factor supplies.
Dr. Steigerwald is presently in the Power Systems Technology Program at GE-CRD. His current interests include the analysis and development of high-frequency high-density soft-switching resonant converters and their components. Recent work has contributed to the development of dense light-weight power converters for commercial satellite applications, shipboard sonar applications, and high-voltage X-ray generators for medical applications. He is presently involved in the development of distributed power systems and their power converters for avionics applications, large phased-array radars, and several industrial and commercial applications.
Prior to joining GE Corporate Research and Development, he was employed in summer assignments while in college at the GE Semiconductor Products Department where he developed high-current diodes and SCRs.
Dr. Steigerwald has published 33 papers, has 65 patents, and has received two prize paper awards. He has served on the program committees for numerous APEC and PESC conferences, was an at-large member of the Power Electronics Society Administrative Committee, is presently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, and is a member of Eta Kappa Nu.
Source: Newsletter of the IEEE PELS, July 1993