General PMC Info

Tom R. Burkes Student Awards

In 2002, the IEEE International Power Modulator Conference created two Student Awards in honor of Dr. Tom R. Burkes, Professor, Texas Tech University (1937-1998). The awards are:

Outstanding Graduate Student Award- Established to recognize contributions by a graduate student in engineering, science or technology associated with power modulation, power electronics, or repetitive pulsed power.

Exceptional Undergraduate Student Award- Established to recognize and encourage an outstanding undergraduate student in his/her early career in engineering, science or technology associated with power modulation, power electronics or repetitive pulsed power.

Nominees for both awards must be current students or recent graduates (up to 18 months prior to the conference date) and should be members of IEEE at the time of the award presentation. They will be expected to be participants in the conference and included in the authorship of a paper or papers accepted for presentation at the conference. Recipients will receive a waived conference registration fee, a plaque stating the award, and a monetary award of $500.

The nomination package for all student awards includes:

• A letter of nomination from the student's research director or department head.


• A letter of recommendation from another person who is familiar with the student's research activities (for graduate students) or educational background (for undergraduate students).


• A CV (including the student's research contributions, papers, presentations, and educational accomplishments, including awards, recognition, GPA, etc. Maximum 3 pages)


• Copy of the submitted 2008 IEEE IPMC abstract(s) where the student is the primary author or a co-author.

Please submit nomination packages no later than April 1, 2008, to the Student Awards Chair, Frank Hegeler at Frank.Hegeler@nrl.navy.mil

Previous Student Award Recipients