ABB Research Award in honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg

The ABB Research Award in Honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg is named after Dr. Hubertus von Gruenberg, who was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the technology company ABB from 2007 to 2015.[1]

Endowment and format

Awarded every three years, the prize is endowed with a research grant of US$300,000.[2] The prize is awarded to a postdoctoral researcher working in the fields of energy, manufacturing, transport, infrastructure, digitalization, or related fields. The grant enables the awardee to continue research on his or her topic for three years.[2]

Purpose

The award was created to sustain high levels of research and encourage the development of future technologies and applications.[3]

Awardees

2016

Dr. Jef Beerten from KU Leuven[4] for his PhD thesis on "Modeling and Control of DC Power Systems"

2019

Dr. Ambuj Varshney from Uppsala University/University of California, Berkeley for his PhD thesis on "Enabling Sustainable Networked Embedded Systems"

Jury

2016

The 2016 jury consisted of[5]

• Prof. Robert Armstrong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Prof. Ulrike Grossner, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich)
• Prof. Nina Thornhill, Imperial College London
• Prof. Zheyao Wang, Tsinghua University, Beijing
• Bazmi Husain, ABB's Chief Technology Officer
• Dr. Hubertus von Gruenberg, former ABB Chairman

2019

The 2019 jury consisted of[6]

• Prof. Nina Thornhill (Imperial College London)
• Prof. M. Granger Morgan (Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh)
• Prof. Roland Siegwart (ETH Zurich)
• Prof. C.L. Philip Chen (University of Macau, Taipa, Macau)
• Bazmi Husain, CTO of ABB
• Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg, former ABB Chairman

2022

The 2022 jury consisted of[7]

• Prof. Ambuj Varshney (National University of Singapore)
• Prof. Nina Thornhill (Imperial College London)
• Prof. Roland Siegwart (ETH Zurich)
• Prof. Manfred Morari (University of Pennsylvania)
• Dr. Bernhard Eschermann, CTO of ABB Process Automation
• Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg, former ABB Chairman

References

1. "ABB sets up research award in honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg". ceasiamag.com. May 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
2. "ABB Research Award in Honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg". EPFL - École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.
3. "ABB Research Award in Honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg". kth.se. KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
4. "Jef Beerten". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018.
5. "ABB Research Award in Honor of Hubertus von Gruenberg" (PDF). Cision.
6. "2019 ABB Research Award Announcement".
7. "2022 ABB Research Award FAQ".