{"id":2993,"date":"2024-02-07T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ieeepels.wpengine.com\/?post_type=announcements&#038;p=2993"},"modified":"2024-06-20T12:53:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T16:53:04","slug":"2024-ieee-newell-power-electronics-award-winner-david-j-perreault","status":"publish","type":"announcements","link":"https:\/\/www.ieee-pels.org\/announcements\/2024-ieee-newell-power-electronics-award-winner-david-j-perreault\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 IEEE Newell Power Electronics Award Winner: David J. Perreault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2994 alignleft\" title=\"David J. Perreault\" src=\"https:\/\/ieee-pels.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/David-J.-Perreault-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"David J. Perreault\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ieee-pels.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/David-J.-Perreault-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ieee-pels.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/David-J.-Perreault-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ieee-pels.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/David-J.-Perreault-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ieee-pels.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/David-J.-Perreault.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Congratulations to IEEE PELS Member David J. Perreault <\/b><b>who received the 2024 IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award!<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>For contributions to the development of very-high-frequency power converters<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Perreault received the B.S. degree from Boston University in 1989, and the S.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in 1991 and 1997, respectively.\u00a0 In 1997, he joined the MIT Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems as a Postdoctoral Associate and became a Research Scientist in the laboratory in 1999.\u00a0 Currently, he is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.\u00a0 He has held multiple roles within the EECS department, most recently as Associate Department Head from November 2013 \u2013 December 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Perreault\u2019s research interests include design, manufacturing, and control techniques for power electronic systems and components, and their use in a wide range of applications. He also consults in industry, and co-founded Eta Devices, inc. (acquired by Nokia in 2016) and Eta Wireless, inc., startup companies focusing on power management for high-efficiency RF power amplifiers. Dr. Perreault is a fellow of the IEEE. He has received the Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award, the R. David Middlebrook Achievement Award, the ONR Young Investigator Award, and the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, and is co-author of ten IEEE prize papers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to IEEE PELS Member David J. Perreault who received the 2024 IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award! 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