Nystrom, Lynn A.2015-10-292015-10-292009-09-21http://hdl.handle.net/10919/62335Two of the nation's icons in the electric power field are Virginia Tech professors Arun Phadke and James Thorp, recipients of the 2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering for their combined contributions of more than 60 years to this industry.text/htmlIn CopyrightCollege of EngineeringUniversity engineers lead nation's efforts to protect power gridPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations