Dr. William E. Newell was an author and "noted authority on power electronics". He worked at the Westinghouse

Westinghouse Electric (1886)

Westinghouse Electric was an American manufacturing company. It was founded in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric Company and later renamed Westinghouse Electric Corporation by George Westinghouse. The company purchased CBS in 1995 and became CBS Corporation in 1997...

 Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh.

Influence

The William E. Newell Power Electronics Award was created in 1977 by the Power Electronics Society, and in 2005, the IEEE established another award in his name, this one called the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award.

Works

• Motto, Jr., John William, (editor), Introduction to Solid State Power Electronics, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Semiconductor Division, Youngwood, PA 15697, 1977. 143 p. edited from the posthumous notes of William E. Newell