Call for Nominations for the Hans Prinz Award

The International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering (ISH) invites nominations for the prestigious Hans Prinz Award. This accolade recognizes the significant contributions by the awardee to high voltage engineering research, teaching, and technological development, thus celebrating the visionary legacy of Professor Hans Prinz.

Professor Hans Prinz

A Graduate with a Dipl.-Ing. in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Munich (TH Munich) in 1930, Professor Prinz initially worked at Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) and later joined the Siemens-Schuckert transformer factory in Nuremberg in 1934.

His academic endeavor continued at TH Munich under Professor Acton Schwaiger, where he conducted pioneering research on corona effects.

After earning his doctorate in 1935 with the thesis "DC Corona", and after completing his habilitation on a new law of “tension” losses at AC corona, he was appointed in 1946 as an Ordinary Professor and Director of the Institute of High Voltage Engineering and Electrical Power Systems at TH Munich.

Throughout his career, he was instrumental in fields such as electrical drives, measurement technology, power plant technology, and high voltage engineering. His work culminated in the publication of "High Voltage Fields" in 1969, and he significantly enhanced the department of "Electrical Power Engineering" at the Deutsches Museum in Munich.

Nomination Requirements

• Nominators must clearly outline the nominee’s contributions to high voltage research, engineering, and education.
• Nominations must include the nominee’s CV, a list of publications, and a report on their professional accomplishments.
• Each nomination must be supported by one individual, who will co-sign the nomination letter to validate the claims and endorsements made.

Submission Process

Nominations, including the co-signed support letter, should be submitted via e-mail to the Secretary of the LOC, Dr. Tsuguhiro Takahashi, at hpac_secretariat@ish2025.org.

• Submission Deadline: November 17th, 2024

Award Presentation

The awardee will be honored at ISH2025 and the awardee shall also deliver the Hans Prinz Memorial Lecture. The awardee will receive a certificate and their attendance at the symposium will be sponsored by the organizers, covering conference costs including accommodation, registration, and travel.

We invite your nominations to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to our field. For submissions and further inquiries, please contact hpac_secretariat@ish2025.org.

Past Recipients of The Hans Prinz Award