Professor Lipo visited EMPE Lab and Texas A&M University as part of Distinguished Speaker Series on October 26th.

Prof. Lipo is a Life Fellow of IEEE and has received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the IEEE Industry Applications Society in 1986 for his work in motor drives, the William E. Newell Award of the IEEE Power Electronics Society in 1990 for contributions to power electronics, and the Nicola Tesla IEEE Field Award from the IEEE Power Engineering Society in 1995 for his work on electrical machinery. In 2002, Dr. Lipo was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering(UK) (one of only about 25 US members) and in 2008 a Member of the National Academy of Engineering(USA). In 2014 he received the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering, the highest award presented by IEEE for research in the field of power engineering.