Ewald F. Fuchs

Ewald F. Fuchs received his Dipl.-Ing. (MS) degree from Universität Stuttgart in 1967; his PhD from University of Colorado in 1970; followed by 8 years' industrial experience at Siemens AG power plant manufacturing facility in Mülheim/Ruhr. He was appointed to faculty ranks in Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at University of Colorado, Boulder in 1977-2011, when he was appointed as Professor Emeritus.

He published 113 journal articles and 95 conference papers in power quality, energy conversion, power systems and renewable energy, and holds two US patents on AC machines with increased torque and speed for hybrid/electric propulsion employing flux-weakening compensation. Co-authored textbooks: "Power Conversion of Renewable Energy Systems", Springer (2011, 2nd Printing in 2012); "Power Quality in Power Systems and Electrical Machines” (1st and 2nd Editions 2008, 2015), Elsevier, and "Power Quality in Power Systems, Electrical Machines, and Power-Electronic Drives" (3rd Edition, 2023), Elsevier; “Introduction to Energy, Renewable Energy and Electrical Engineering, Essentials for Engineering Science (STEM) Professionals and Students”, Wiley in 2021. His textbooks discuss suitable components for limiting global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees C by 2050, including renewable energy via windpower and photovoltaic plants, hydro and geothermal power, and energy-storage devices such as fuel cells, batteries, and hydrogen (electrolysis, methanation) to fuel automobiles and airplanes. Ammonia is a flexible fuel for ships, has an energy density by volume ~30% higher than hydrogen, and is safer to handle. All textbooks have an Instructor Manual available from publisher.

He received a Fulbright Scholarship to USA in 1967, University of Colorado Fellowship in 1969-1970, Best Paper Prize 1972 awarded by Verein Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE) for “Magnetic Fields in Nonlinear Turbogenerators at No-Load and Balanced Loads," Third Reno Conference on Magnetic Fields, University of Nevada, 1971; IEEE 1989 Power System Relaying Committee Award; IEEE 1989 prize paper award of the Power Engineering Society: “Influence of Harmonics on Power Distribution System Protection," IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, 1988, Vol. PWRD- 3, No. 2. IEEE Life Fellow, 1990. In 2023 he received the IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award of the Industry Applications Society with the citation “For contributions to power quality in power system operation, electric machines, renewable energy, and drives.”