The INTELEC® Advisory and Conference Executive Committees sponsor the Joseph J. Suozzi INTELEC Fellowship in Power Electronics.  This fellowship is named in honor of the late Dr. Joseph Suozzi, a founder and long-time leader of INTELEC.  This grant, increased to $15,000 starting in 2008, is made annually to an electrical engineering graduate student studying in an area of power electronics applicable to communications systems.  Such systems include wireline, optical, wireless or combinations of such systems such as the Internet or embedded telecommunications infrastructures. Alternative energy systems for communications networks or network elements is also a suitable area.

This fellowship is international and is therefore open to electrical engineering graduate students in all countries. It is a one-time grant to an individual and is not renewable.

Interested electrical engineering graduate students should submit:

  • an essay not exceeding one page in length that explains how his/her proposed project can be applied to powering of communications systems
  • a transcript of his/her grades
  • a letter of support from his/her Faculty Advisor.


These materials should be sent by
1 February 2008 to the Chair of the IEEE Power Electronics Society Educational Activities Committee:

Dr. Hui Li
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
2525 Pottsdamer Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32310-6046



The recipient of the 2008 INTELEC fellowship will be notified by 21 April 2008.