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June 2019 TDEI Issue

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Every other month, The Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation publishes four categories of technical reports: papers; reviews; communications; and, dielectric letters and discussions. Topics are concerned…

Electrical Insulation Magazine — May/Jun 2019

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Greg Stone Iris Power- Qualitrol gstone@qualitrolcorp.com Changes Sweeping the Field of Rotating Machine Insulation This issue is focused on rotating machine electrical insulation.  Thus I thought it would be appropriate to review…

Golden Omega Award Winner—Mark Gliebe

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The Golden Omega Award is presented on behalf of America’s people of science and industry and the users and producers of electrical/electronic materials, components and equipment. The Award is presented at the Electrical Insulation Conference…

In Memory of T. John Lewis

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Professor T. John Lewis Emeritus Professor T. John Lewis died peacefully at his home on Anglesey with his family on 29thApril 2019, aged 95. John gained his BSc and PhD from the University of London in 1944 and 1947 respectively. In 1966…

2019 IEEE DEIS Bertinoro Summer School

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Summer School on Challenges for Extra-high Voltage DC Organized by: IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation SocietyBertinoro, Italy15thto 20thSeptember 2019 To promote scientific debate between junior researchers in the field…

In Memory Of Lynn Hatfield

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Lynn LaMar Hatfield, retired from Texas Tech University, passed away at the age of 81 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 11, 2018. He had been an active member of the IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)…

In Memory Of John Sabau

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John Sabau, aged 95, passed away suddenly on February 3, 2018.  He was a specialist in the physical chemistry of mineral insulating oils and the principle researcher of INSOIL Canada Ltd., which he founded after his immigration to Canada.…

2020 AdCom Call for Nominations

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS DEIS ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE (AdCom) AdCom manages the affairs of the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS). It is made up of 18 members-at-large, plus ex-officio members.Nominations and Appointment…

Report on the 1st Thematic School on Dielectrics 2018

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The first Thematic School on Dielectrics was organized under the sponsorship of CNRS—French National Research Center, and supported by DEIS, on Porquerolles Island in France, June 24 to 29, 2018. The topic of this first edition was the ageing…

Report on the 2018 IEEE DEIS Summer School in Bertinoro, Italy

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Introduction September 9 to 13, 2018, the fourth annual DEIS-sponsored Summer School on Dielectric Interfaces was held in Bertinoro, Italy. The objectives of the summer school are to organize brainstorms of challenging topics in the field…