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ABB Research Award in honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg

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The ABB Research Award in Honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg is named after Dr. Hubertus von Gruenberg, who was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the technology company ABB from 2007 to 2015.[1]

Endowment and format

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Awarded every three years, the prize is endowed with a research grant of US$300,000.[2]The prize is awarded to a postdoctoral researcher working in the fields of energy, manufacturing, transport, infrastructure, digitalization, or related fields. The grant enables the awardee to continue research on his or her topic for three years.[2]

Purpose

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The award was created to sustain high levels of research and encourage the development of future technologies and applications.[3]

Awardees

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2016

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Dr. Jef Beerten from KU Leuven[4] for his PhD thesis on "Modeling and Control of DC Power Systems"

2019

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Dr. Ambuj Varshney from Uppsala University/University of California, Berkeley for his PhD thesis on "Enabling Sustainable Networked Embedded Systems"

Jury

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2016

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The 2016 jury consisted of[5]

2019

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The 2019 jury consisted of[6]

2022

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The 2022 jury consisted of[7]

References

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  1. ^ "ABB sets up research award in honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg". ceasiamag.com. May 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  2. ^ a b "ABB Research Award in Honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg". EPFL - École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.
  3. ^ "ABB Research Award in Honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg". kth.se. KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  4. ^ "Jef Beerten". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "ABB Research Award in Honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg" (PDF). Cision.
  6. ^ "2019 ABB Research Award Announcement".
  7. ^ "2022 ABB Research Award FAQ".