{"617295":{"#nid":"617295","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Saeedifard Selected for IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMaryam Saeedifard has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award. An associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), she will be presented with this honor at the IEEE Region 3 Awards Dinner. This event will be held on April 13 in Huntsville, Alabama during IEEE SoutheastCon 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESaeedifard was selected for her outstanding teaching and research contributions in power electronics, particularly in modulation and control of multilevel converters and voltage-sourced converter-based high-voltage DC transmission systems. She conducts research in the area of medium- and high-power energy electronics systems for utility and industrial applications. Saeedifard\u0026rsquo;s group focuses on modeling and control of advanced converter topologies, protection of multi-terminal DC grids, and power electronic systems based on emerging wide-band-gap switching devices.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award is given in recognition of an IEEE member in Region 3, who, through technical and professional abilities, has made an outstanding contribution to the electro-technology profession. Region 3 encompasses over 30,000 IEEE members across nine states in the southeastern U.S. and Jamaica.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;Maryam Saeedifard has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Associate Professor\u00a0Maryam Saeedifard has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2019-02-04 20:36:30","changed_gmt":"2019-02-04 20:36:58","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587290":{"id":"587290","type":"image","title":"Maryam Saeedifard","body":null,"created":"1486762099","gmt_created":"2017-02-10 21:28:19","changed":"1500044353","gmt_changed":"2017-07-14 14:59:13","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226256","name":"maryam_saeedifard.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/maryam_saeedifard.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/maryam_saeedifard.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":232279,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/maryam_saeedifard.jpg?itok=j3v1UEuJ"}}},"media_ids":["587290"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/maryam-saeedifard","title":"Maryam Saeedifard"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering "},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ewh.ieee.org\/reg\/3\/","title":"IEEE Region 3"},{"url":"http:\/\/sites.ieee.org\/southeastcon2019\/","title":"IEEE SoutheastCon 2019"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"137611","name":"Maryam Saeedifard"},{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"180377","name":"IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award"},{"id":"180378","name":"IEEE SoutheastCon 2019"},{"id":"173391","name":"Power Electronics"},{"id":"180379","name":"multilevel converters"},{"id":"180380","name":"transmission systems"},{"id":"178538","name":"medium-power energy electronics systems"},{"id":"178537","name":"high-power energy electronics systems"},{"id":"178536","name":"utility applications"},{"id":"180381","name":"industrial applications"},{"id":"178539","name":"advanced converter topologies"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}