{"title":"History of the International Symposium on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum (ISDEIV)—60 Years So Far","authors":"H. Craig Miller","doi":"10.1109/MEI.2025.11039203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEI.2025.11039203","url":null,"abstract":"This article gives the history of the International Symposia on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum (ISDEIV). The author describes details of individual symposia and comments on the changes in the symposia.","PeriodicalId":444,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine","volume":"41 4","pages":"31-38"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144308255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bulletin Board: 2025 DEIS Eric O. Forster Award","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/MEI.2025.11039232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEI.2025.11039232","url":null,"abstract":"Simon Rowland, professor of electrical materials at the University of Manchester, UK, is the recipient of the 2025 IEEE DEIS Eric O. Forster Memorial Award. The award recognizes “outstanding contributions and sustained leadership in the advancement of the field of dielectrics and electrical insulation.” The award is named in honor of Eric Forster, who was a prolific volunteer for the IEEE DEIS during its early years and who created many of the DEIS conferences the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society now organizes. The Forster Award is only presented in odd-numbered years to carefully selected colleagues. Rowland received his BSc degree in 1980 from the University of East Anglia in Norwich and his PhD degree in 1984 from Chelsea College, The University of London. In his academic career, he was appointed a senior lecturer in 2003 and a professor in 2009 at the University of Manchester. Prof. Rowland was head of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering School at Manchester from 2015 to 2019. Before his academic career, he worked as a research engineer at STC in 1980–1981 and 1984–1989; in several engineering and management positions at BICC, a cable manufacturer, from 1989 until 1999; and in senior management at CCS, a part of Corning Inc., beginning 1999.","PeriodicalId":444,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine","volume":"41 4","pages":"52-52"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11039232","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144308325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Young Professionals","authors":"Deepak Kanumuri","doi":"10.1109/MEI.2025.11039199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEI.2025.11039199","url":null,"abstract":"When I began my PhD in high voltage and insulation engineering at IIT Guwahati, I was driven by a desire to contribute something meaningful to the energy sector, something that could help make future power systems more sustainable and more resilient. This was rooted in a question that drives much of my research: How can we create eco-friendly, high-performance alternatives to traditional insulating oils in transformers, especially for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems?","PeriodicalId":444,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine","volume":"41 4","pages":"46-47"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11039199","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144308326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Apparent Charge Measurement According to IEC 60270. How is it Done?","authors":"Mathieu Lachance;Udo Ranninger;Stefan Hoek","doi":"10.1109/MEI.2025.11039197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEI.2025.11039197","url":null,"abstract":"This article summarizes how the apparent charge is calculated during partial discharge measurements according to IEG 60270.","PeriodicalId":444,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine","volume":"41 4","pages":"6-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144308327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"News from Japan","authors":"Yoshimichi Ohki","doi":"10.1109/MEI.2025.11039228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEI.2025.11039228","url":null,"abstract":"The role of power facilities in delivering electricity, which supports our modern society, from power plants to consumers is becoming increasingly important. There are many different types of electric power equipment. Among them, switchgear receives high-voltage electricity and converts it into a voltage suitable for distribution to various systems. As a result, switchgear is used in many harsh environments, including in factories that handle corrosive gases and in facilities located in areas prone to salt damage. As shown in Figure 1, switchgear is composed of many pieces of equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, instrument transformers, and circuit conductors. Polymeric insulating materials such as polyester resin and epoxy resin are used in many components [1].","PeriodicalId":444,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine","volume":"41 4","pages":"39-42"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11039228","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144308430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Tribute to Steven J. Gitomer (1942–2025)","authors":"Paul Dressendorfer;Edl Schamiloglu","doi":"10.1109/TPS.2025.3570335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2025.3570335","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":450,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science","volume":"53 6","pages":"1115-1115"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11037932","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144314889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Member ad suite","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/TPS.2025.3576565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2025.3576565","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":450,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science","volume":"53 6","pages":"1430-1430"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11037930","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144308332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From the Editor","authors":"Tony Lujia Chen","doi":"10.1109/MEI.2025.11039238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEI.2025.11039238","url":null,"abstract":"This issue features three articles, the first of which is Lachance, Ranninger, and Hoek's article titled “Apparent Charge Measurements According to IEC 60270. How Is It Done?” It provides a comprehensive explanation of apparent charge measurement in partial discharge (PD) testing in accordance with IEC 60270. The article outlines the theoretical basis of PD, the challenges of accurate charge quantification, and the practical implications of quasi-integration and calibration. It also discusses the influence of test object size and distributed impedance on measurement accuracy. This detailed study may be of significant interest to engineers working in high-voltage insulation diagnostics and condition monitoring of electrical assets.","PeriodicalId":444,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine","volume":"41 4","pages":"4-4"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11039238","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144308429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bulletin Board: IEEE CEIDP 2025 Updates","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/MEI.2025.11039225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEI.2025.11039225","url":null,"abstract":"The 100th International Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP) is taking place in Manchester, United Kingdom, from Sunday, 14th to 17th of September 2025. The CEIDP was established within the Division of Engineering and Industrial Research, National Academy of Sciences – National Research Council in 1920 in nearby Manhattan, NY, and continues to provide opportunity for specialists from around the world to meet and exchange their expertise, annually, now under sponsorship from the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society. The goal of this annual Conference is to bring together researchers in all disciplines from industry, universities, government, and other laboratories to discuss the latest results and developments in the area of electrical insulation and dielectric phenomena. The CEIDP is aimed at fostering free discussion of scientific and technical topics but conference participants are expected to avoid any commercialization of their research activities or research results.","PeriodicalId":444,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine","volume":"41 4","pages":"55-55"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11039225","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144308281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}