Solveig Ward (1954) is an electrical engineer from Quanta Technology in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1]
Ward is originally from Stockholm, Sweden, where she was born on August 22, 1954; she grew up nearby, in Vällingby. As a student at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, she was interested in nuclear engineering, but instead studied electrical engineering; after the first semester of studies, she was the only woman in her class. After finishing her master's degree in 1978, she began her career as an engineer in training at ASEA.[2]
Awards and honors
editWard received the PSRC Distinguished Service Award of the IEEE Power System Relaying and Control Committee in 2013.[3] She was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014, "for her contributions to power system protective relaying, communications systems, and teleprotection".[4] She was the recipient of the 2020 IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award "for leadership in and contributions to protection and communication standards for improved power system reliability".[5]
References
edit- ^ "Solveig Ward - Engineering and Technology History Wiki". 7 May 2020.
- ^ "Interview with PAC World guru Solveig Ward". Protection, Automation & Control World. September 2021. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ^ "PSRC Distinguished Service Awards". IEEE Power System Relaying and Control Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ^ "2014 elevated fellow". IEEE Fellows Directory. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2021. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
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