SEMIKRON Innovation Award and Young Professional Award ceremony to be held at PCIM 2013

For the second time, the SEMIKRON foundation and the ECPE European Center for Power Electronics e.V. will issue the "SEMIKRON Innovation Award" and the "SEMIKRON Young Professional Award" at this year‘s PCIM Europe in Nuremberg. Applications must be submitted by March 31. The award ceremonies will be held at this year's power electronics show, PCIM, in Nuremberg (May 14-16, 2013). The awards are presented once a year during the "PCIM Europe" power electronics show in Nuremberg, Germany. The winners are selected in cooperation with the ECPE European Centre for Power Electronics. The top award is endowed with 10,000 Euro. There is also the "Young Professional Award" for power electronics, endowed with 3,000 Euro, which is awarded to young professionals less than 30 years of age. Apart from the prize money, the criteria for the Young Professional Award are the same as for the innovation award. Both self-submitted applications and suggestions by third parties are welcome. The winners are selected by an independent jury of at least five people consisting of renowned representatives from research and industry. Applications can be submitted by individuals and engineering teams. In their applications, applicants need to outline the innovation they created and its expected social benefit. SEMIKRON