Willis F. Long And Stig L. Nilsson Receive 2012 Philip Sporn Award
Stig Nilsson, P.E., Exponent principal engineer, and Willis F. Long, University of Wisconsin Professor Emeritus, were honored as recipients of the Philip Sporn Award for their work in high-voltage electric systems.
Both Nilsson and Long accepted the awards at the CIGRÉ U.S. National Committee (USNC) Annual Meeting, held this year in San Diego, CA. The Philip Sporn award is the USNC’s highest award and was established in 1989 to recognize recipients for “Cumulative career contributions to the advancement of the concept of system integration in the theory, design and /or operation of large high-voltage electric systems in the United States.” Recipients must also be actively involved with CIGRÉ.