March 2013

PES Careers

PES Careers is an IEEE PES service designed to specifically help undergraduate and graduate engineering students connect with employers in the power and energy industry.

Now Hiring Students!

You are the engineers who know about the need and opportunities for electrical engineering students in your organization. Do you know how easy it can be to get the word out to students who are actually interested in power and energy engineering careers?

Worldwide Services Offered

IEEE-USA’s award-winning employment services, previously only offered to US based members, are now available to IEEE members outside of the United States.

Power System Relaying Committee Annual Report

Significant Accomplishments in 2011: The PSRC continued its functions by holding three well-attended, successful meetings and by supporting presentations of our output documents at…

IEEE PES Region 3 Highlights

A new PES Chapter was launched last year in the Mississippi Section based in Jackson. A petition signing meeting was organized by Tom Field at Entergy’s Headquarters in February…

PES Receives Award From TESLA Science Foundation

In 2012, the Tesla Science Foundation notified IEEE PES that it was being awarded the Tesla Spirit Legacy Guardian Award. This award recognizes PES for its 37 year-long commitment to honoring the world’s best in the electrical engineering field with the IEEE Nikola Tesla Award, …

Remembrance – Alexander Kusko

Alexander Kusko (Life Fellow), former Vice President and Principal Engineer in Exponent’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Practice, passed away on February 12th at the age of 91.
Dr. Kusko was born in New York and received his degrees from Purdue University and the Massachusetts Institute …

In My View: From the Year 2032

I’ve been involved with the solar industry since 1999 and have seen many peaks and valleys throughout the years. Fortunately, each peak has been higher than the last, and each valley never quite as low.

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies

If you missed the IEEE Power & Energy Society’s 4th annual conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies in Washington, D.C., in late February, you should’ve been there.
Attendees were treated to rich content and diverse networking opportunities over a four-day period when cold, wet Washington weather …