1. Nominations Committee Report Dushan Boroyevich Immediate Past President PELS AdCom Meeting APEC 2014, Fort Worth, TX, USA March 21, 2014 2014.03.21

2. 2013 Nominations Committee Members 2014.03.21 NameCountryCompanyPositionReg.Term Dushan Boroyevich USAVirginia Tech - CPESProfessor32014 Dean Patterson AustraliaFASCO Australia Pty. Ltd.Head of Research102013 Atsuo Kawamura JapanYokohama National U.Professor102013 Peter Steimer SwitzerlandABB Switzerland Ltd. Vice President Innovation 82013 Leon Tolbert USAUniversity of Tennessee Professor and Department Head 32014 Dusty Becker USAEmerson Energy Systems Vice President of Technology 42014 Rachana Garg IndiaDelhi Technological U.Associate Professor102014 Jose Rodríguez ChileU. Tecnica Federico Santa MariaProfessor and Rector92015 Ion Boldea RomaniaU. Politechnica of TimisoaraProfessor82015 Sam Ye ChinaLiteOn Technology Corp.Engineering Director102015 1

3. New Election Results President-Elect –Bram Ferreira Members at large, 2014-2016 –Vladimir Blaško –Silva Hiti –Dan Kinzer –Zhengming Zhao –Pat Wheeler –Mario Pacas 2014.03.212

4. 1.“The Nominations Committee shall consist of a chairperson and nine distinguished Members of the Society.” 2.“The chairperson of the Nominations Committee shall be the Immediate Past President of the AdCom.” 3.“The members appointed to the Nominations Committee shall be selected by the Society President and approved by the AdCom. The term of each Nominations Committee member shall be for no more than three years, with at least three new members being appointed each year.” Rules for NomCom Member Selection 2014.03.213

5. 2014 Nominations Committee Members 2014.03.21 NameCountryCompanyPositionReg.Term Dushan Boroyevich USAVirginia Tech - CPESProfessor32014 Leon Tolbert USAUniversity of Tennessee Professor and Department Head 32014 Dusty Becker USAEmerson Energy Systems Vice President of Technology 42014 Rachana Garg IndiaDelhi Technological U.Associate Professor102014 Jose Rodríguez ChileU. Tecnica Federico Santa MariaProfessor and Rector92015 Ion Boldea RomaniaU. Politechnica of TimisoaraProfessor82015 Sam Ye ChinaLiteOn Technology Corp.Engineering Director102015 Chuck Mullett USAON Semiconductor Systems Design Eng. Consultant 62016 Leo Lorenz Germany European Center for Power Electronics (ECPE) Director / Professor / Eng. Dir. at Infineon 82016 Annette Von Jouanne USAOregon State UniversityProfessor62016 4

6. NomCom members are expected to: 1.Assist NomCom Chair between May and September in seeking suitable candidates in the elections for: –6 AdCom Members-at-Large every year, –President-Elect every odd year, –3 Vice Presidents every even year; 2.Attend in person NomCom Annual Meeting every fall to select the final slate of candidates for that year’s elections by secret ballot; 3.Assist as necessary the NomCom Chair and PELS staff every November in conducting the elections; 4.Accept to serve for 3 years. Nominations Committee Charter 2014.03.215

7. 2014 Nominations Committee Activities 2014.03.21 Mid-JuneCall for Nominations by Petition published in E-Newsletter August 1 IEEE Petition Signature website open Invitation to PELS AdCom to propose candidates for M@L September 17NomCom Annual Meeting 6