(IEC: Geneva) -- During the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) general meeting that took place in Seattle this past week, three outstanding individuals were honored with the Lord Kelvin Award for their lifelong contribution to electrotechnology.

The Lord Kelvin Award is the IEC’s highest tribute and is granted to only a maximum of three outstanding individuals in any one year. The award was first created in 1995 and named after the IEC’s distinguished first president, William Thompson, first Baron of Kelvin (1824–1907), who achieved important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and the formulation of the first and second Laws of Thermodynamics. Kelvin was an incessant inventor and through his mathematical genius, significantly contributed to the advancement of modern physics and science, and the understanding and practical application of electrotechnology. He is famously quoted as saying, “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.”

 …