Awards

2019 IEEE Power & Energy Award in recognition of service as Chairman of the IEEE Smart Grid (1/2014-8/2018): “Under Dr. Amin’s leadership, IEEE Smart Grid unprecedentedly grew in all aspects, including: reach, impact, highest-quality content, coverage, and channels of delivery. He bridged across diverse societies within IEEE and beyond, with impressive results: Engaged and obtained active participation of 14 IEEE societies, resulted in an effective organizational structure with creation of the 7 operational committees, led the creation and execution of strategic and annual plans, resulted in part to an immersive membership growth — from about 11,000 members in 2014 to ~155,000 members — from 194 nations in 2018, and much more… Thanks to his leadership, the IEEE Smart Grid is now used as the model for all IEEE Strategic Initiatives.” IEEE PES General Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Aug. 8, 2019 (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/massoudamin_smartgrid-ieee-pes-activity-6570028518434975744-kO0n and https://www.linkedin.com/posts/massoudamin_ieeesmartgrid-proactive-security-activity-6600541070067585024-FXa6)
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), elected for leadership in smart grids and security of critical infrastructures. “The IEEE Fellow Award is a special recognition for members with extraordinary accomplishments in the IEEE technical fields. To ensure that the recognition is extraordinary, the total number of recipients each year cannot exceed 0.1% of the total higher grade membership.”
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), elected for contributions in education and leadership in the profession. “Dr. Amin is recognized for contributions in education and leadership in the profession. Specific accomplishments include: Dr. Amin has led national initiatives to enhance security, resilience and efficiency of our nation’s critical infrastructure. At EPRI, he pioneered RD&D in smart grids and led the development of over 24 technologies. At Minnesota, he leads three graduate programs at the Technological Leadership Institute; he founded the Master of Science in Security Technologies program and leads the Master of Science in Management of Technology program. He served ASME as chair of energy security team for ASME’s CAPI, received recognition for services as a leader of CAPI’s helping US formulate strategies to protect against future attacks and has given 7 congressional briefings for ASME.” June 2011
2015 Visionary Leader Award, Cyber Security Summit (CSS), first-ever Visionary Leader Award, October 2015: “ Dr. Amin was honored for conceptualizing the annual event, and his unwavering support of the summit’s mission to bring together industry, government and academic interests in an effort to improve the state of cyber security. In 2011, it was Dr. Amin who identified Minnesota’s unique position to build awareness and lead in the area of cyber security. Due to the state being the home of many Fortune 500 companies, he and TLI Senior Fellow Gopal Khanna suggested an annual Summit as a way to help spark collaboration between academia, government and private business. Thanks to Dr. Amin’s vision, the Cyber Security Summit is thriving, and has established itself as a place where leaders can meet to exchange ideas and generate solutions.” … “Dr. Amin has not only personally dedicated his own time and energy to ensuring the Summit is a success year after year, the University of Minnesota Technological Leadership Institute has also remained a proud presenting sponsor,” says Eileen Manning, executive producer of the Cyber Security Summit. “Dr. Amin is steadfast in his support and dedication to this cause, and more than deserving of the Visionary Leader Award.”
2015 Thought Leader of the Year, Energy Thought Summit (ETS), “this first-ever award recognizes an individual with an inventive, brave vision to inspire the global energy ecosystem. Dr. Amin was selected by an ETS committee from among 175 of peers around the world for outstanding contributions to energy knowledge exchange and thought leadership.” March 2015
2015-2016 Outstanding Community Partnership Award, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows, UofM Law School and the Human Rights Center, for having had the “highest impact on the HHH Fellows over the last year. Dr. Amin began meeting with the Humphrey Fellows beginning in the fall of 2015, leading sessions where they would discuss everything from human rights and security, to smart grids and smart cities (while enhancing civil engagement, human rights and civil liberties) to leadership and innovation. Through his engineering and complex dynamical systems background lens, he has a creative way of taking on the most persisting challenges of our world, the ‘hard & impossible problems’ and an ability to think outside of the box when it comes to human rights. He shared from his heart and pushed the Fellows to think about things in a different way.” The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings accomplished mid-career leaders and professionals from about 50 developing nations and emerging democracies to the United States for a year of professional development, related academic study and cultural exchange. Dr. Amin was honored with the 2015-16 Outstanding Community Partnership Award during the program’s graduation ceremony in April 2016
2014 Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Movers & Shakers: For the creation of the M.S. program in Medical Device Innovation at the University of Minnesota to prepare students to understand, anticipate and manage innovation challenges in the global medical device industry. http://www.startribune.com/business/251495061.html
2013 University of Massachusetts’ College of Engineering Outstanding Senior Alumni Award: “Recipients of this award have brought recognition and honor to the College of Engineering through their professional achievements, leadership, and service to the profession, university, and society.” October 2013
2013 Government Technology’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers: “as one who sets the standard for using innovative technology to solve public sector challenges and improve the performance of critical government programs.” http://www.govtech.com/top-25/
2011 Alumni Achievement Award, School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS), Washington University in St. Louis. February 24, 2011
2008 University of Minnesota Award for Outstanding Contributions to Post-baccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, and was inducted into the University’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers “in recognition of excellence in instruction, instructional program development, intellectual distinction, advising and mentoring, and involvement of students in research, scholarship, and Professional development,” April 28, 2008
2007 Fellow of the Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance (IIIA), “for contributions to homeland security, scholarly achievements in infrastructure protection and information assurance, effective leadership, and commitment to teaching and mentoring university students.” Washington, DC, May 2007
2004 ASME certificate of appreciation, “for services as a leader of Critical Asset Protection Initiative (CAPI), launched in February 2002, to help the U.S. government formulate practices and strategies to protect against future attacks.” American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), NYC, May 2004
2002 Chauncey Award, the highest annual EPRI Award in recognition for “leadership in creation and execution of the Infrastructure Security Initiative”, March 2003
2002 President’s Award, for the Infrastructure Security Initiative, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, April 2002
2002 Performance Recognition Award, “for creating and implementing the Infrastructure Security Initiative”, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, September 2002
2002 Performance Recognition Award, “for development, preparation and major focusing of the 2003 Power Delivery and Markets R&D programs”, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, October 2002
2001 Special Commendation, “for outstanding contribution in the development of the Electricity Infrastructure Security Assessment”, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, December 2001
2001 Performance Recognition Award, “for helping build the CEIDS R&D plan (Consortium for Electricity Infrastructure for a Digital Society, http://www.epri.com/ceids)”, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, September 2001
2001 Performance Recognition Award, “for commitment to society in the development and advocacy of the Common Information Model (CIM), the Application Program Interface (API) standards and the application of API to Grid Operations and Planning software products”, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, June 2001
2000 Chauncey Award, the highest annual EPRI Award in recognition for “creation of a world-class analytical capability for electricity market design” by the six-member power market design team, March 2001
1999 Performance Recognition Award, “for leadership in launching the EPRI/DoD Complex Interactive Networks/Systems Initiative”, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, July 1999
1992-93, 93-94 , 94-95 Professor of the Year, School of Engineering & Applied Sci. , Washington University
1995-96 AGES “Big Fish” Award, given to the faculty member “who best exemplifies excellence in graduate education” by the Association of Graduate Engineering Students (AGES), Washington Univ., February 1996
Best Session Paper Presentation Awards, American Control Conference, sessions WA9 and TA5, June 1997
Leadership Award, Washington Univ., May 1995
Young Professional Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (St. Louis, May 1991)

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