Dr. Mladen Kezunovic is the recipient of the 2025 IEEE PES Peter W. Sauer Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award for innovations in protective relaying education as Graduate Power Engineering Educator.
Dr. Kezunovic (Life Fellow, IEEE) received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering in 1974, 1977, and 1980, respectively. He has been with Texas A&M University since 1986, where he is the University Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, Eugene E. Webb Professor, and Site Director of the “Power Engineering Research Center” consortium. His expertise is in Protective Relaying, Automated Power System Disturbance Analysis, Computational Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Smart Grids.
Dr. Kezunovic is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, a recipient of the inaugural IEEE Educational Activities Board Standards Education Award and a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas.
