Dr. Andreas Neuber was elected as Technical Chair of the IEEE Pulsed Power Science & Technology Committee, PPS&T. The PPS&T strives for the advancement of pulsed power science, technology and its application and is committed to maintain and promote high scientific and technical standards among the pulsed power community. The Committee aids in promoting cooperation and exchange of technical information among the pulsed power community.

The P3E Center is proud to announce that Mr. Shelby Lacouture of Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas is the 2016 Arthur H. Guenther Pulsed Power Student Award winner. Mr. Lacouture is a graduate student seeking his PhD in Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University under Dr. Stephen Bayne. He has been recognized for his achievements in the design and build of multiple pulsed power systems and the design and prototyping of a 3-D static magnetic field imager.

Mr. Lacouture will receive his honor at the 2017 Pulsed Power Conference in Brighton, England.

Read more: http://www.p3e.ttu.edu/GuentherAward.asp

James Schrock received the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) for the 2014-2015 year with a monetary reward of $5,000. Mr. Schrock is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under Dr. Stephen Bayne and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.

Mr. Sterling Beeson, an ECE doctoral student in the P3E center has received the Arthur H. Guenther Pulsed Power Student Award at the 2015 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference & Symposium on Fusion Engineering held in Austin, TX. This award recognizes the outstanding student contributions in pulsed power engineering, science or technology including a monetary award provided by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society's International Pulsed Power Conference budget. A recipient is selected annually but is awarded at the biennial Pulsed Power Conference. This award was established in 1997 as the Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee's Outstanding Pulsed Power Student Award later renamed to the Arthur H. Guenther Pulsed Power Student Award in 2007 following the passing of Dr. Guenther.

Read more: http://ieee-npss.org/awards/technical-committee-awards/

Andrew Fierro, a doctoral student and member of the Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, was the recipient of the 2014 Tom R. Burkes Outstanding Graduate Student Award to be presented in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference. This award recognizes contributions by a graduate student in the field of engineering, science, or technology associated with power modulation, power electronics, or repetitive pulsed power.