History of the IEEE
Power Electronics Society and pointers to historical archives
associated with the society.
Welcome to the history home page of the
IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS). Here is the place where
you can find out more about the history of our society and the
people who made it happen and make it work. The Power Electronic
Society is part of the largest technical professional organization
in the world, the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Established in 1884 with
such illustrious names as Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham
Bell among the initial officers, the non profit IEEE has about
320,000 members in 147 countries and publishes 25% of the world's
literature on electrical and electronics engineering and
computers. The IEEE
History Center has a short and interesting
history of the IEEE.
The IEEE is divided into into about 37 speciality areas called
Technical Societies or Councils, and the IEEE Power Electronics
Society is one of these. First formed as a Council of several
Technical Societies in 1983, it began publishing the
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics January 1986. It was
officially chartered as its own Technical Society January 1, 1988.
For a short time after it was chartered, it was the fastest
growing society in the IEEE, reflecting the need to service
members specializing in this discipline. PELS now has about 5,000
members located in countries throughout the world. These members
are further divided into about 27 local chapters around the
world.
- "As I Remember It"
- Beginnings of the
Power Electronics Specialists Conference - Henry
Oman
- Awards
- William
E. Newell Award
- Early Beginnings
- Abstract of
Burns and Kassakian editorials
- Historian Reports
- Message From
the Historian - February 1996
- Annual Report
- March 1996
- Status Report
- June 1996
- Annual Report
- January 1997
- Power Electronics Society History
Archives
- Index of
materials maintained by Jerrold Foutz
- Index of
materials maintained by Stephen D. Freeland