<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">(Forwarded on behalf of Paul Israel) <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">The Bernard S. Finn IEEE History Prize  is awarded annually to the best paper in the history of electrotechnology—power, electronics, telecommunications, and computer science—published during the preceding year. Any article published in a learned periodical or collection of essays is eligible if it treats the art or engineering aspects of electrotechnology and its practitioners. The article must be written in English, although the journal or periodical in which it appears may be a foreign language publication. The prize consists of a cash award of $1,000 and a certificate. In addition, IEEE will provide a travel subsidy ($750 domestic, $1,000 international) to allow the winner to attend SHOT’s annual meeting, and SHOT will waive the basic registration and awards-banquet fees for the winner.</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">The deadline for submissions is 15 April 2020. Please email a copy of the paper to Paul Israel <</span><a href="mailto:pisrael@taep.rutgers.edu" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">pisrael@taep.rutgers.edu</a><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">></span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">The webpage for the award is </span><a href="https://www.historyoftechnology.org/about-us/awards-prizes-and-grants/the-bernard-s-finn-ieee-history-prize/" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">https://www.historyoftechnology.org/about-us/awards-prizes-and-grants/the-bernard-s-finn-ieee-history-prize/</a><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">With thanks,</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">Paul</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">-- </span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">Paul Israel</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">Director and General Editor</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">Thomas A. Edison Papers</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">Rutgers University</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">44 Road 3</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">Piscataway, NJ 08854-8049</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">phone: 848-445-2711</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">cell: 732-213-1761</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">fax:  732-445-8512</span><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><span style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">email: </span><a href="mailto:pisrael@taep.rutgers.edu" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">pisrael@taep.rutgers.edu</a><br style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class=""><a href="http://edison.rutgers.edu/" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;" class="">http://edison.rutgers.edu/</a></div></body></html>