DenverAchiev

Denver Section Achievements

• Sponsored five IEEE Milestones

1. Transcontinental Telegraph, 1861 (5 August 1990)
2. Shoshone Transmission Line, 1909 (22 June 1991)
3. Georgetown Steam Hydro Generating Plant, 1900 (31 July 1999)
4. Merrill Wheel-Balancing System, 1945 (1 September 1999)
5. Virginia Smith High-Voltage DC Converter, 1988 (21 May 2015)

• Held IEEE GreenTech/R5 Student Competitions and Annual Conferences 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2023
• Received the IEEE Region 5 Director’s Special Award – 2007
• Received the IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Large Section Award – 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2016

Denver Section Individual Achievements

• IEEE President – Michael Lightner, 2006
• IEEE President – Gordon Day, 2012
  • IEEE-USA President, 2009
• IEEE President – James Jefferies, 2018
  • IEEE-USA President, 2015
• IEEE Region 5 Director – Jim Look, 2020-2021
• IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Engineering Educator Award – Jackie Adams, 2016
• IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Individual Achievement Awards
  • Jim Look, 2007
  • Pankaj Goyal, 2012
  • Jason Rupe, 2019
  • Tim Weil, 2020