The award recognizes the outstanding contribution of a local engineer to the power engineering profession, including, but not limited to:

–          Outstanding technical contributions to the power engineering profession.

–          Outstanding professional and leadership contributions to the power engineering profession.

–          Significant contributions to the local community representing the power engineering profession.

–          Outstanding contributions in the area of power engineering education.

–          Service to the Power & Energy Society and/or Industry Applications Society and/or IEEE.

In 2015 the section criteria for the NCS PES chapter was based on the suggested priorities from the PES OEA website. http://www.ieee-pes.org/ieee-pes-outstanding-engineer-award.

Nominees were ranked by a committee composed of 6 voting members (4 from the PES/IAS chapter and 2 external from NCS) and 1 non-voting subcommittee chair.

The recipient of the award in 2015 was Alexandre Nassif. The award was announced at the 2015 PES/IAS Northern Canada Chapter Annual General Meeting (November 17, 2015).

Colin Madsen presenting the award to Alex Nassif