Contents Time flies. It feels like yesterday that I took over the steering wheel of IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine from Thilo Sauter for a three-year term, and now it is time for me pass it on to the next editor-in-chief (EIC). The IES president has appointed Eric Monmasson to fill this position for the coming three years and I am very happy with this choice. Eric was a tremendous support in his role as “Society News” editor and associate editor during my time. He is very experienced and highly reputed.
The magazine has developed during the last three years. We have published more articles than ever, extended the number of articles per issue, and cleared up quite some backlog with extended issues. This naturally backfired a bit on bibliographical indices, but we are confident that this will normalize again, as we have seen it in other publications that increased their output.
The work as EIC was—despite the time invested—a great time, and also very educative, for me. Magazine articles are usually written by senior authors, who are experienced and have a certain overview on the given field. Reading and reviewing these articles is really a privilege and keeps one “up to date.” Also in this, my last, issue, I am astonished about the coverage of our Industrial Electronics Society.
“The Uplifted-Boost Switched-Inductor/Capacitor Quasi Z-Source Inverter” by Ali Reza Karbalaei and Mohammad Mardaneh introduces us to a new inverter topology with remarkable output voltage quality. “Utility-Scale Energy Storage Systems” by Wensheng Luo et al. features a hot topic and explains the differences, pros, and cons of various electric energy storage technologies and what services they are good at. “Building Billion-Tap Filters” by Manus Henry and John Owen explains the Prism, a signal processing filter that combines features from finite impulse response and infinite impulse response filters and that can be implemented on an field-programmable gate array. “Micro Electric Field Sensors” by Zhifei Han et al. shows different small e-sensors that can be deployed in power system applications. “A Migration Strategy for Profinet Toward Ethernet TSN-Based Field-Level Communication” by Sebastian Schriegel and Jürgen Jasperneite is another article on industrial control/communication networks and explains how to migrate from the legendary Profinet to Ethernet-based networks. “Frequency-Locked Loops in Electrical Power and Energy Systems” by Saeed Golestan et al. covers the frequency-locked loop, an alternative to the well-known phase-locked loop, and sheds some light on common misconceptions.
With that, I would like to say thank you to all of the readers, authors, reviewers, editorial board, and all supporting characters in the Industrial Electronics Society who make this magazine possible. It has been an honor for me to serve as EIC, and I am happy that Eric and I have implemented a smooth handover into his experienced hands.