Society Awards and Honors
2008 Awards
Rob Pratt Receives IEEE Region 6 Northwest Area Outstanding Engineer Award
Rob Pratt received the IEEE Northwest Area Region 6 Outstanding Engineer Award. Rob received this award for his leadership in the Lab's Energy System Transformation Initiative which formed the DOE GridWise program.
IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology. This Award is designed to recognize IEEE members of Region 6 who have made outstanding contributions to their profession. It recognizes the development of new technical concepts, significant patents, development of new devices, development of applications, new designs, and significant cost reductions using known techniques.
Rob is a research scientist for Energy Technology Development. His leadership in the Lab's Energy System Transformation Initiative which formed the DOE GridWise program has also been instrumental in establishing the "smart grid" Movement, including smart grid legislation in the recent federal energy bill. Rob has also made significant contributions to the Grid-Friendly Appliance effort, the Pacific Northwest GridWise Demo, and the Energy Infrastructure which have all helped to advance electrical engineering in the region. (announced 1/1/2008)