Awards

2023

• Rafael Barmak receives the Scientific and Technical Innovation Award at the 2023 Joint SIPDA-ICLPS conference

• Ehsan Mansouri receives the Young Researcher Award at the 2023 Joint SIPDA-ICLPS conference

2022

• Elias Le Boudec receives the Best Student paper Award at the 2022 Global Electromagnetics International Conference (GLOBALEM’22)

2021

• Hannes Kohlmann received the Young Scientist Award from the 35th International Conference on Lightning Protection
• Akiyoshi Tatematsu, Farhad Rachidi and Marcos Rubinstein receive the Distinguished Paper Award from the IEEJ (The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan)
• URSI Young Scientist Award to Dr. Zhaoyang Wang

2020

• Best student Paper Award to Sajad Mohammadi at the 6th IEEE Global Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference

2019

• Farhad Rachidi appointed as a member of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna Institute
• Nicolas Mora and Farhad Rachidi received the 2019 Motohisa Kanda Award for the most cited paper of the IEEE Transactions on EMC in the past five years
• The 2018 Richard B. Schulz Best Transactions Paper Award was given to a paper authored by members of the EMC and the DESL labs

2018

• Joint IEEE EMC and Asia Pacific EMC Symposium’s Outstanding Young Scientist Award to Dr. Jun Guo ​​​​​​

2017

• EPFL special distinction to Reza Razzaghi for his thesis “Fast Simulation of Electromagnetic Transients in Power Systems: Numerical Solvers and their Coupling with the Electromagnetic Time Reversal Process”
• ISWL Best Presentation Award to Mohammad Azadifar
• URSI Young Scientist Awards to Mohammad Azadifar and David Becerra, Montreal
• Farhad Rachidi was the recipient of 2017 Motohisa Kanda Award for the most cited paper of the IEEE Transactions on EMC in the past five years
• The 2016 Richard B. Schulz Best Transactions Paper Award was given to a paper authored by members of the EMC and the DESL labs
• Zhaoyang Wang receives the ASIAEM Best Student Paper Award

2016

• Farhad Rachidi is the recipient of the Karl Berger award for his distinguished achievements in lightning research
• Best Paper Award for the EMC Laboratory
• Farhad Rachidi was appointed Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE EMC Society
• Certificate of Appreciation from the IEEE EMC Society to Farhad Rachidi for outstanding contributions as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on EMC

2015

• Nicolas Mora and Akiyoshi Tatematsu received for the second consecutive year the title of Distinguished Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. 
• Best MS Thesis Award for Giacomo Cicconi 
• Young Scientist Award for Nicolas Mora

2014

• Nicolas Mora and Akiyoshi Tatematsu received the title of Distinguished Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. 
• Alexander Smorgonskiy receives the Young Scientist Award at the 32nd International Conference on Lightning Protection, Shanghai, China
• Prof. Rachidi has been conferred the title of Honorary Professor of the Xi’an Jiaotong University, China.
• 4 papers of the EPFL EMC Lab are among the top 50 most referenced papers of the IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility (1964-2013)

2013

• “Basil Papadias” Best Paper Award for Reza Razzaghi, IEEE PowerTech, Grenoble, France

2012

• Best Paper Award for Felix Vega, EUROEM, Toulouse, France, July 2012
• Awards to Alexander Smorgonskiy and Carlos Romero at the 31st International Conference on Lightning Protection

2011

• Frank Gunther Award of the Radio Club of America for Nicolas Mora and Felix Vega

• Best Student Paper Award for Alexander Smorgonskiy, 7th Asia Pacific International Conf. on Lightning

• URSI Young Scientist Award for Nicolas Mora, August 2011, Istanbul

• ABB 2011 Award for Abbas Mosaddeghi

2010

• ICLP 2010 Young Scientist Award for Dr. A. Shoory, September 2010, Cagliari, Italy.

• Farhad Rachidi elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow, Fort Lauderdale, August 2010.

2008  

• URSI Young Scientist Award for Felix Vega, URSI General Assembly, Chicago, August 2008.

• Abbas Mosaddeghi and Keyhan Sheshyekani Awarded at the 29th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), Uppsala, Sweden, June 2008.

• The paper “Influence of a Lossy Ground on Lightning_induced Voltages on Overhead Lines” by F. Rachidi et al. among the most referenced IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility papers.
• The Ph.D. Thesis of Davide Pavanello ranked among the top ten (best 3%) theses of EPFL in 2007.

2006

• Farhad Rachidi receives the 2006 Blondel Medal.
• Davide Pavanello, the recipient of an award at the 28th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), Kanazawa, Japan, September 2006.
• Farhad Rachidi Elected to the Grade of EMP Fellow for contributions to the coupling of EM fields radiated by lightning, July 2006.

2005

• CIGRE (International Council on Large Electric Systems) Technical Committee Award to Farhad Rachidi
• ABB Award to Emmanuel Marthe
• URSI Young Scientist Award to Ana Vukicevic
• IEEE Technical Achievement Award to Farhad Rachidi for outstanding contributions to the understanding of lightning discharge and its electromagnetic effects

2003

• José Luis Bermudez recipient of ABB Award and the Award of the Swiss Association of Natural Sciences

2001

• Best Student Paper Award to José Luis Bermudez, IEEE International Symposium on EMC, Montreal

1999

• Best IEEE EMC Transactions paper award,
  • F. Tesche, A Kalin, B. Brandli, B. Reusser, M. Ianoz, D. Tabara, P. Zweiacker, “Estimates of Lightning Induced Voltage Stresses Within Buried Shielded Cables”, IEEE Trans. on EMC, Vol. 40, No 4, pp. 492-504, November 1998

1996

• Best Paper Award, International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Rome, September 1996,
  • D. Orzan, F. Rachidi, M. Ianoz, P. Baraton, F. Audran, “Electromagnetic field coupling to shielded cables: methodology and experimental validation”, International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, EMC’96 Roma, Vol. 2, pp. 532-537, September 17-20 1996