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During the last few years the membership number of our society have surged and hit the 8,000 figure, for the first time, early this year. This was due to the dedicated inputs and collaborative efforts by membership and Growth Centre Team including Prof Lucia Lo Bello for women in Engineering, Prof Kim Fong Tsang the membership champion, Prof Marek Jasinski for Students activities and Prof William Dai for SBC coordination. In addition we have very dedicated committees for Chapters and Membership who generously donate their time and efforts for the benefits of IES members. Given the history, the strength and the character of our International and caring society, achieving 10,000 members in the near future would be considered as a modest ambition!

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The first IEEE International conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, PESGRE2020 was held between 2 and 4 January 2020 and organized by IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala. The technical program of PESGRE2020 consisted of 4 tutorials, 4 plenary talks, 2 student forums, 1 industry session, and 44 technical sessions, with 450 attending power Electronics and Energy Systems professionals and researchers from 15 countries. A great success!

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In this paper, an approach for testing the operation and coordination of medium-voltage dc solid state circuit breakers (SSCB) for shipboard power systems is described. Challenges in such tests include the high-voltage, high current, high rates of change of current, and the interconnection of devices within a system. A combination of tests and analyses are employed, including off-line simulation, controller hardware-in-the-loop simulation, hardware testing of a single SSCB, and coordination testing with multiple SSCBs.