Women in IEEE PELS: Learning From the Past, Defining the Future [Women in Engineering]

Women in IEEE PELS: Progress and Opportunities [Women in Engineering]

“…The recognition of women members in PELS was previously identified as an area in need of improvement, particularly in Fellow elevations and awards [3]. Although elevation to Fellow is an IEEE-level recognition decided upon by the IEEE Fellow Committee, each nomination first goes through a society-or council-level evaluation.…”

“…In what ways are we doing well, and where do we see gaps that still need to be addressed? Do we see any improvements or further gaps compared to the DEI analysis one year ago [3]?…”

“…Specifically, we are examining the represen-tation of women for membership, positions of leadership, awards, Fellow elevation, and distinguished lecturers within PELS. This is a follow-up article to the first gender statistics review, which was published last year [3].…”

Getting Involved With IEEE Power Electronics Society: Successful APEC Event for WIE, YP, and You!

“…© concept of personally inviting folks to PELS events was one of the calls to action in a previous column [5].…”

Women in IEEE PELS

“…Our investigation into the representation of women in IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) began with an article published in 2021 that introduced key statistics [1], followed by a subsequent article in 2022 that updated and expanded the statistics [2]. In this third edition, we delve again into the statistics spanning the past to the present, assessing the progress made by the IEEE PELS community and identifying areas that require further improvement.…”