Our Council - IEEE Industry Applications Society (IEEE IAS)

Leadership and Governance

The Industry Applications Society Governing Body is the IAS Council and the Council is comprised of all Society Officers, Department Officers and Committee Chairs, Past Presidents, and Chapter Delegates. The Society Council meets annually and is empowered to elect officers, ratify amendments to the Constitution and establish major policy.

Members of the Executive Board

Ayman EL-Refaie, President
Avoki Omekanda, President Elect
Pericle Zanchetta, Vice President
Tamas Ruzsanyi, Treasurer
Andy Knight, Past President

Technical Department Chairs

Process Industries Chair – Andrew Ackerman
IPCSD Chair – Luca Solero
I&CPS Chair – Sergio Panetta
MSDAD Chair – Akshay K. Rathore

Operating Department Chairs

Awards – Radu Bojoi
Branding and Communications – Usman Muawar
CMD – Srikanth Pillai
Education – Nishad Mendis
Meetings – Emmanuel Agamloh
Publications – Leon Tolbert
Standards – Keith Waters

Members-At-Large

Chaltu Martha Ali
Payman Dehghanian
Thomas Domitrovich
Nehad El-Sherif
R. Kalpana
Xiaodong Liang
Sidra Malik
Kashim Muttaqi
David Felipe Celeita Rodriguez
Adil Usman

Standing Committee Chairs

Past Presidents Who Are Current IEEE Members

Constitution and Bylaws – Andy Knight
Diversity and Inclusion – Mhret Berhe Gebremariam
Financial Planning – Tamas Ruzsanyi
Nominating – Andy Knight
Long Range Planning – Pericle Zanchetta

1988 – Lloyd A. (Pete) Morley
1990 – Linos J. Jacovides
1991 – Ronald M. Jackson
1992 – M. Dayne Aldridge
1995 – Barry C. Brusso
1997 – Paolo Tenti
1998 – Carlton E. Speck
1999 – Ira J. Pitel
2000 – Caio A. Ferreira
2002 – R. Mark Nelms
2003 – Jerry L. Hudgins
2004 – Kevin Peterson
2005-2006 – H. Landis Floyd II
2007-2008 – S. Mark Halpin
2009-2010 – Thomas A. Nondahl
2011-2012 – Bruno Lequesne
2015-2016 – David B. Durocher
2017-2018 – Tomy Sebastian
2019-2020 – Georges Zissis
2021-2022 – Wei-Jen Lee
2023-2024 – Andy Knight

Committee Chairs

MSDAD (Manufacturing Systems Development & Applications) Technical Department

Chair – Akshay Rathore
Vice Chair – Pascal Dupuis
Electrostatic Processes – Noureddine Zouzou
Industrial Automation and Control – Saleh Saleh
Industrial Lighting and Displays – Yijie Wang
Awards and Recognition – Vinod Khadkikar
Fellows and Senior Members – Maciej Noras
Nominations and Appointments – Pascal Dupuis
Secretary – Hak-Joon Kim

PID (Process Industries) Technical Department

Vice Chair – Open
Cement Industry – Brian Keefe
Electrical Safety – Dennis Hill
Metals Industry – Ozgul Salor
Mining Industry – Nicole Neuman
Petroleum and Chemical Industry – Paul Sullivan
Pulp and Paper Industry – Chris Heron
Awards and Recognition – position vacant
Fellows and Senior Members – position vacant
Nominations and Appointments – position vacant

I&CPSD (Industrial & Commercial Power Systems) Technical Department

Vice Chair – Sergio Panetta
Secretary – Saleh Saleh
TBCC – Daleep Mohla
Codes and Standards – JJ Dai
Energy Systems – Marcos Donolo
Power Systems Engineering – Xiaodong Liang
Power Systems Protection – Keith Waters
Rural Electric Power – Sean Kufel

IPCSD (Industrial Power Conversion Systems) Technical Department

Vice Chair – Luca Solero
Standards – Emmanuel Agamioh
Nominations – Pericle Zanchetta
Electric Machines – Rukmi Dutta
Industrial Drives – Jul-Ki Seok
Industrial Power Converter – Yongsug Suh
Power Electronic Devices and Components – Zheyu Zhang
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conversion Systems – Ke Ma
Transportation Systems – John Kisacikoglu
Awards and Recognition – Robert Guenther
Conference Development – Xianoan Lu
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Giovanna Oriti

Awards Operating Department

Nominating – Akshay Rathore
Fellows Review – Sang Bin Lee
Outstanding Achievement Award – Tomy Sebastian
Society Distinguished Service Award – Adam Skorek
Outstanding Young Member Achievement Award – Leila Parsa
Outstanding Young Member Service Award – Abdul Ofoli
Outstanding Educator/Mentor Award – Kaushik Rajashekara

Chapters and Membership Development Operating Department

Chapters Area Chairs

IAS Technical Chapters Area Chair, R1 – Jiangbiao He
IAS Technical Chapters Area Chair, R2 – Andrew M. Novotny
IAS Technical Chapters Area Chair, R3 – Osama A. Mohammed
IAS Technical Chapters Area Chair, R4 – David Mindham
IAS Technical Chapters Area Chair: R5 – TBD
IAS Technical Chapters Area Chair, R6 – Vahid Salehi Pour Mehr
IAS Technical Chapters Area Chair, R7 – Usman Munawar
IAS Technical Chapters Area Chair, R8 – Giuseppe Parise
IAS Technical Chapters Area Chair, R9 – Pedro Jose Duran
IAS Technical Chapters Area Chair, R10 East and South Asia – Rajesh Kumar Pindoriya
IAS Technical Chapters Area Chair, R10 Southeast Asia, Australia and Pacific – Akshay Kumar Rathore

SB Chapters Area Chairs

IAS SB Chapters Area Chair, R1-6 – Abla Hariri
IAS SB Chapters Area Chair, R7 – Nikhil Valsan
IAS SB Chapters Area Chair, R8 Europe/Africa – Habib M. Kammoun
IAS SB Chapters Area Chair, R8 Middle East – Sameth Ezzat Betamo
IAS SB Chapters Area Chair, R9 Latin America – Caio Ruviaro Dantas Osorio
IAS SB Chapters Area Chair, R10 East Asia – Zhou You
IAS SB Chapters Area Chair, R10 South and Southeast Asia, Australia and Pacific – Arif Ahmed

Education Operating Department

Webinar Committee Chair – Payman Dehghanian
Tutorial Committee Chair – Akshay Kumar Rathore
PCDRM Committee Chair – Neshad Mendis

Meetings Operating Department

Vice Chair – Tamas Ruzsanyi
Area Chair – Payman Dehghanian
Area Chair – Surya Doola
2023 Annual Meeting Chair – Andy Knight
2024 Annual Meeting Chair – Ayman EL-Refaie

Publications Operating Department

Transactions Committee – position vacant
Transactions Editor-in-Chief – Kashem Muttaqi
Transactions: Deputy Editor-in-Chief – Xiaodong Liang
Transactions: Deputy Editor-in-Chief – Sukumar Kamalasadan
Magazine Editor-in-Chief – David Durocher
Scholar One Administrator – Pete Wung
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics – Fernando Briz
Open Access Journal Editor-in-Chief – Pericle Zanchetta
Newsletter Editor-in-Chief – Dingrui Li