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2015 IEEE Annual Election
Candidate Biographies and Statements
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For the information of IEEE voting members: Candidates’ biographies,
accomplishments, activities and statements are published as furnished and attested
to by the candidates. The sequence of the candidates in this pamphlet are listed by
election category determined by lottery and indicate no preference.
Please read the voting instructions that appear on pages 2-3.
IEEE President-Elect, 2016 Page Region 7
Karen Bartleson..................................................6 Xavier N. Fernando............................................46
Frederick "Fred" C. Mintzer.............................10 Maike Luiken.......................................................48
IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/ Region 9
Director-Elect, 2016 TeÓfilo J. Ramos.................................................50
José-Ignacio Castillo-Velázquez.....................52
Division II Enrique A. Tejera M...........................................54
F.D. "Don" Tan.....................................................12
Hulya Kirkici.........................................................14 IEEE Standards Association
President-Elect, 2016
Division IV Robert S. Fish......................................................56
Tapan K. Sarkar...................................................16 Forrest D. "Don" Wright...................................58
Jennifer T. Bernhard..........................................18
John T. Barr, IV....................................................20 IEEE Standards Association
Board of Governors
Division VI Member-At-Large, 2016-2017
Luke R. Maki........................................................22 Philip B. Winston................................................60
John Y. Hung.......................................................24 W.C. "Chuck" Adams, Jr...................................62
Division VIII IEEE Standards Association
Dejan S. Milojicic................................................26 Board of Governors
Arnold N. Pears...................................................28 Member-At-Large, 2016-2017
Paul Nikolich........................................................64
Division X Stanley Krolikoski...............................................66
John R. Vig............................................................30
Toshio Fukuda.....................................................32 IEEE Technical Activities
Vice President-Elect, 2016
IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/ Douglas N. Zuckerman....................................68
Director-Elect, 2016-2017 Marina Ruggieri...................................................70
Region 1 IEEE-USA President-Elect, 2016
Babak D. Beheshti.............................................34 Karen S. Pedersen.............................................72
Gim Soon Wan ..................................................36 Keith D. Grzelak..................................................74
Region 3 IEEE-USA Member-At-Large, 2016-2017
Gregg L. Vaughn.................................................38 Wole Akpose........................................................76
John E. Montague..............................................40 Daniel N. Donahoe...........................................78
Region 5
Robert C. Shapiro...............................................42
T. Scott Atkinson.................................................44
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For IEEE President-Elect, 2016
IEEE President, 2017
KAREN BARTLESON
(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)
Senior Director of Corporate Programs and Initiatives
Synopsys
Mountain View, California, USA
www.KarenBartleson.net
Karen Bartleson is a Senior Director at Synopsys, an
electronic design automation company. Her responsibilities
include technical standards development, software tool interoperability,
relationships with universities and research institutions worldwide, and customer
engagement through social media.
Karen was 2013-2014 President of the IEEE Standards Association. As
President, she led their new strategic plan, furthered the OpenStand™ market-
driven standardization paradigm, and finalized IEEE’s membership in the Global
Standards Collaboration. She chaired the IEEE Internet Initiative, whose charter is
to raise IEEE’s influence in Internet governance, cyber-security, and cyber-privacy
policy. She was also a member of IEEE’s strategy committee, overseeing the role
of IEEE in global public policy.
She received the 2003 Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Automation
Achievement Award and authored The Ten Commandments for Effective
Standards: Practical Insights for Creating Technical Standards. She holds a BS in
engineering science with an electronic engineering concentration from California
Polytechnic State University.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’78-M’80-SM’10)
My significant, recent contributions include:
• Chairing the IEEE Internet Initiative and driving the development of its
mission, vision, and strategic plan to bring IEEE’s technical expertise to bear
on Internet governance.
• Participating on the IEEE Strategic Planning Committee and leading the
subteam for investigating the role that IEEE can play in global public policy.
• Leading the IEEE Standards Association in its creation of a new five-year
strategic plan. This was accomplished in less than six months, following
a highly-effective process demonstrating strong collaboration between
volunteers and staff.
• Overseeing efforts under my administration as IEEE-SA President to
successfully obtain full membership status for IEEE in the Global Standards
Collaboration, which had been attempted for many years.
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• Promoting the "OpenStand" initiative for global, market-driven standards – a
partnership between IEEE and four organizations which develop standards
that make the Internet work.
Additionally, I contributed to numerous activities including:
• Global Public Policy Committee 2015
• Public Visibility Committee 2015
• IEEE-SA Strategic Planning Committee 2015
• Internet Governance Chair 2014
• Strategic Planning Committee 2014
• Open Access Summit 2014
• IEEE-SA Strategic Planning Advisory Group 2014
• IEEE-SA Ad Hoc Council 2013-2015
• IEEE Board of Directors 2013-2014
• President, IEEE Standards Association 2013-2014
• IEEE Branding Committee 2013-2014
• IEEE Foundation Signature Program Review Committee 2013-2014
• IEEE-SA Finance Committee 2013-2014
• IEEE-SA Appeals Committee Chair 2013-2014
• IEEE-SA Standards Education Committee 2013-2014, 2007
• IEEE-SA President-elect, Past President 2012, 2015
• IEEE-SA Board of Governors 2011-2015
• IEEE Board of Directors-elect 2011-2012
• Women in Engineering 2011-2012, 2014-2015
• Publication Services and Products Board 2011-2012
• TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee 2011-2012
• IEEE-SA Nominations & Appointments Committee 2011
• Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award Committee 2010-2012
• IEEE-SA Audit Committee 2010
• IEEE-SA Awards and Recognition Committee 2010
• IEEE-SA Standards Board 2009-2010
• IEEE-SA Procedures Committee 2009-2010
• IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group 2008-2011
• IEEE-SA New Standards Committee 2008-2009
• Computer Society Design Automation Standards Committee 1995-2014
Statement
As President of IEEE, I will work constantly to:
Bring greater visibility to our profession
We are responsible for the greatest technological advancements of the human
race. I will increase our visibility, so we are well-known and highly valued
throughout the world. I am involved in three globally-visible initiatives in which
IEEE is already making progress. The Internet Initiative’s goal is to help restore
trust in the Internet, given spying, hacking, identity theft, and other misuses that
threaten our way of life. We are becoming involved in global public policy, bringing
our expertise to policy makers. Our global standards are enabling technologies
and industries such as Smart Cities, the Smart Grid, and the Internet of Things.
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Bring you greater value from your membership
The needs of our practitioners today are equally as important as those of our
students and young professionals, our future technologists. I will direct my
attention to both, ensuring you are aware of the breadth of member benefits
available; encouraging you to take full advantage; and enhancing benefits
globally wherever possible.
Bring IEEE to more global and local communities
IEEE is growing in regions all over the world, and I believe this is key to our future.
There is a difference between IEEE being global – everywhere with uniform
goals – and globalizing IEEE – addressing diverse needs at local levels. I will lead
IEEE in enabling technologies that span multiple societies, providing technology-
related insights into public policy, and using powerful communication tools, so
we are both global and globalized.
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For IEEE President-Elect, 2016
IEEE President, 2017
FREDERICK "FRED" C. MINTZER
(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)
IBM (Retired)
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
www.FredMintzer.net
Fred Mintzer received a BSEE from Rutgers University and
a PhD in EECS from Princeton University. He joined IBM’s
Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1978. Beginning in the middle 1980s,
he managed a team that developed new technologies for image database
applications and validated them in projects with cultural institutions that included
the Vatican Library, Russia’s Hermitage Museum, and the Egyptian Museum in
Cairo. From 2001 until 2005, he managed the Visual Technologies Department
which developed new technologies for digital imaging, computer graphics and
data visualization. From 2005 until retirement in 2013, he was the Program
Director for IBM’s Blue Gene Watson facility, which once included the world’s
second fastest supercomputer.
He produced over fifty publications, twenty-five patents, and key features
of several IBM offerings. His honors include recognition as an IEEE Fellow,
membership in the IBM Academy of Technology and twice being named an IBM
Research Master Inventor.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’75-M’78-SM’91-F’99-LF’14)
COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE Board of Directors, 2012, 2008-09. Technical
Activities Board (TAB): Member, 2011-13, 2008-09, 2004-05; TAB Strategic
Planning, Chair, 2013; VP Technical Activities and Chair, TAB and TAB
Management Committee, 2012; IEEE New Initiatives Committee, 2013; TAB
Ad Hoc on a New Level of TAB Recognition, Chair, 2012; TAB Nominations and
Appointments, Chair, 2011. IEEE Nominations and Appointments, 2011. IEEE
Governance, 2010. Employee Benefits and Compensation Committee, Chair,
2009. IEEE Audit Committee, 2008-09. Membership Development Committee,
2007.
SOCIETY: Signal Processing Society (SPS): Past-President and Nominations and
Appointments Committee Chair, 2006-07; President, 2004-05; President-Elect
and Chair of SPS Technical Directions Committee and Long Range Planning
Committee, 2002-03; Board of Governors, Member-at-Large, 2000-01; Vice
President - Finance, 1996-99.
PUBLICATIONS: Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Technical Community Spotlight, 2013-
14.
CONFERENCES: 1995 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing,
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Finance Chair. 1984 IEEE Digital Signal Processing Workshop, Technical Co-Chair.
AWARDS: IEEE Fellow, 1999. IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000. IEEE Signal
Processing Society’s Meritorious Service Award, 2009.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
I joined with leaders of MGA (Member and Geographic Activities) and PSPB
(Publication Services and Products) to successfully advocate a new collaboration
platform to enable IEEE members to better network, collaborate and create – all
within a centralized hub.
I championed the three-pronged Open Access strategy that was endorsed by
the IEEE Board of Directors and helped IEEE move forward in this space. We are
now seeing Open Access successes.
Under my leadership, Technical Activities:
• increased its efforts in emerging technologies.
• created on-line communities, free to all, that are centered on its emerging
technology activities. They now have over 30,000 members.
• created an e-magazine, IEEE Technical Community Spotlight, free to all
members, that republishes Magazine articles on emerging technologies
and tells readers how to participate in emerging technology activities. I also
served as its first editor-in-chief.
Statement
The needs and expectations of today’s technology professionals are changing.
Today’s tech professionals – especially young professionals – expect more and
higher quality interactions within the IEEE and its communities. They also expect
greater opportunities to engage with emerging technologies, which are homes
of tomorrow’s jobs.
We need to create and provide more value for today’s members. Let me share
some ways we might do this.
• Evolve our collaboration platform to support new types of communities –
including volunteers, practitioners, and entrepreneurs.
• Create and strengthen offerings that target members employed in the
private sector.
• Expand our emerging technology efforts and more broadly share their
results.
• Increase our humanitarian efforts. Many members take great pride in their
membership because of them – and they demonstrate our commitment
to our mission.
• Develop crisper value propositions for key member audiences. Four of
special importance are: industrial employees, young professionals, author/
researchers, and tech professionals in emerging economies. They are our
membership base and our membership growth opportunities.
If elected, I will support these and other ideas that create more value for
members.
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For IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2016
IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2017-2018
Division II (CPMTS, DEIS, IAS, IMS, PELS, UFFCS)
F.D. “DON” TAN
(Nominated by IEEE Division II)
Distinguished Engineer and Senior Staff Manager
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Irvine, California, USA
http://tpe101.strikingly.com/
Don is a Distinguished Engineer and Senior Staff Manager
with Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. He earned his
PhD from Caltech and is an IEEE fellow. He is a chief technologist, a researcher
in power electronic systems, and an authority in space power management.
His accomplishments include 2 national standards, 4 industry firsts, 5 editorial
positions, 7 professional educational and under/graduate courses, 15 patents
and trade secrets, recipient of more than 30 awards, served on >70 industry
and professional leadership positions, authored >100 research and technology
articles and presentations, and >300 technology insertions and product
developments with >1,800 space flight designs delivered without a single on-
orbit failure. His Adiabatic Point-of-Load program has attracted US$15M customer
funding in 5 years and his power product line values at greater than US$200M.
His double forward technology was licensed to a major telecommunications
company. His technology for in-space electric propulsion is being licensed to
industry.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’89-M’95-SM’98-F’07)
BOARD/COMMITTEE: Technical Activities Board (TAB), 2013-2014. TAB
Awards and Recognition Committee (TABARC), Division II Representative.
COUNCIL/SECTION/CHAPTER: LA Council, Chapter Program Chair/Vice-Chair/
Chair, 1996-2001. PELS Regional Distinguished Lecturer, 2001-2004.
POWER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY (PELS): Nomination Committee Chair,
2015-present. PELS President, 2013-2014. IEEE Journal of Emerging and
Selected Topics in Power Electronics, EiC (founding), 2013-present. Vice-
President Operations, 2009-2012. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics:
Associate Editor, 1996-2000; Guest EiC, 2011. IEEE Transactions on Industry
Applications: Guest EiC, 2012. Fellow Committee, 2010-2013.
CONFERENCES: Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC): Steering
Committee Chair, 2001; General/Program/Assistant Program Chairs, 1996-
2000. Steering Committee Member of: Energy Conversion Congress
and Exposition (ECCE), 2009-present; ECCE Global Series, 2009-present;
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ECE-Europe Series (EPE), 2010-present; ECE-Asia Series (IPEC/IPEMC/
ICPE), 2011-present; Power Electronics for Distributed Generation (PEDG),
2009-present. Honorary General Conference Chair of: 2015 International
Future Energy Electronics Conference; 2015 International Conference on Power
Electronics – ECCE-Asia; 2014 International Power Electronics Conference –
ECCE-Asia; 2013 International Future Energy Electronics Conference; 2013 1st
IEEE Workshop on Wide Band-Gap Power Device Applications.
OTHERS: Department of Defense/IEEE Joint Working Group on Open Systems,
Chair, 1997-2004. Standards Association: IEEE std 1515, IEEE std 1573.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1. As founding Editor-in-Chief, I helped lead the IEEE JESTPE launch in July
2013 and succeeded in getting it indexed by Thompson Reuters in January
2015.
2. Instrumental in securing TAB approval of the new IEEE Transactions on
Transportation Electrification (four participating societies).
3. Leadership in launching IEEE Power Electronics Magazine within record
time (less than 3 months – something many thought was impossible). As
the first president from industry, I provided leadership in establishing PELS
inaugural Industry Advisory Committee to ensure that the magazine is truly
for practitioners.
4. As Operations Vice-President, my efforts in revitalizing PELS technical
activities led to streamlined structure and more autonomy. Now PELS
technical committees are unprecedentedly vibrant and organize their own
conferences, special issues, and paper awards.
Statement
Having volunteered for 20 years, I know that members and volunteers are the
life blood of the IEEE. They deliver conferences and publications that distinguish
IEEE as the global power house in technical innovation and in technical
information curation.
The first priority, if elected Division II Director, is to provide our volunteers with
easy processes for conference operation, reporting and closure, and effective
tools for publications to monitor financial health.
Another priority is to enhance Division II society collaborations and better
representation. For instance, last year, I strongly supported a motion for our
Sister Society Meeting to include the Dielectric and Electrical Insulation Society.
Similar synergies should be explored for other societies.
Finally, I have many years of experience as a mid-level functional manager
for a diverse group of employees. I am a doer with an established record of
“getting things done.” I intend to meet with every society. By listening to you and
developing our priorities together, we can maximize our service to our members
and volunteers, which in turn will fuel our future successes.
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For IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2016
IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2017-2018
Division II (CPMTS, DEIS, IAS, IMS, PELS, UFFCS)
HULYA KIRKICI
(Nominated by IEEE Division II)
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama, USA
www.eng.auburn.edu/~kirkih/DivisionI I_Director_
Candidate.html
Hulya Kirkici is a Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Auburn University, USA. Dr. Kirkici received the B.S. and M.S. in
physics from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey; and the
Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Polytechnic University (NYU - Poly), Brooklyn,
NY, USA in 1990. She was a visiting scientist/engineer at NASA, Marshall Space
Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA (1999-2000) and Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, OH, USA (2014-2015). Dr. Kirkici’s research interests are in dielectrics and
electrical insulation, high-frequency dielectric breakdown in space/aerospace
environments, cold plasmas, and repetitive pulsed power. She has published
numerous journal and conference papers and given invited talks in these related
topics (in USA, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, China). Dr. Kirkici is a Senior Member
of IEEE, and members of American Physical Society (APS), Sigma Xi Scientific
Honor Society, Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society, and American
Association of University Women (AAUW).
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’86-M’88-S’89-M’89-SM’97)
Boards/Committees:
• Member, IEEE Finance Committee, 2012-2014
• Member, TAB Strategic Planning Committee, 2013
• Member, TAB Finance Committee, 2011-2014
• Member, IEEE Conferences Committee, 2011-2012
• Treasurer and Finance Chair, IEEE Publication Services and Products Board
(PSPB), 2012-2014
• Member-at-Large, IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB),
2011-present
• Member, TAB/PSPB Products and Services Committee, 2015-present
IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS):
• President, 2009-2010
• Vice President Administrative, 2007-2008
• Vice President-Technical, 2005-2006
• Secretary and ExCom Member, 2000-2004
• Ad-Com Member, 1998-2004
• Ad-Com Corresponding Member (DIEIS rep.), IEEE Industry Applications
Society, 2014
IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Society:
• Distinguished Lecturer
IEEE Sensors Council:
• Vice President of Technical Operations, 2014-present
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• Ad-Com Member-at-Large, 2013, 2009-2012
• Chair, Distinguished Lecturer Program, 2014-present
Conferences:
• Chair, Technical Program Committee, 2014 IEEE International Power
Modulator and High Voltage Conference (IPMHVC), 2014
• Chair, Executive Committee, IEEE IPMHVC 2005-2014
• General Chair, IEEE Power Modulator Conference, 2004
• Vice-Chair and Treasurer, IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and
Dielectrics Phenomena (CEIDP), 2004-2005
Publications:
• IEEE Access Editorial Board, 2014-present
• Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 1997-
2007, 2012-present
• Guest Editor, IEEE Trans. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Power
Modulators Special Issue, Aug. 2009
• Guest Editor, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, Power Modulators and Repetitive
Pulsed Power Special Issue, Aug. 2004
• Guest Editor, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, Pulsed Power Science and
Technology Special Issue, Oct. 2002
Other:
• IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, “Novel Dielectrics and Advanced Electrical
Insulation Technology,” 2011 IEEE Panel of Conference Organizers (POCO)
meeting, (Beijing, China)
Awards:
• Sol Schneider Award “for continuing technical and administrative
leadership in the power modulator and high voltage communities”
presented at 2010 IEEE-IPMHVC.
• William G. Dunbar Award “for continuing contribution to high-voltage and
high frequency insulation research and engineering education” presented
at 2014 IEEE-IPMHVC.
Memberships:
• IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society
• IEEE Industry Applications Society
• IEEE Electron Devices Society
• IEEE Photonics Society
• IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Society
Statement
I am interested in this position because I want to give back to the IEEE
community. I joined IEEE as a graduate student and I have been continuously
nurtured, supported and mentored by many IEEE volunteers and colleagues.
As this is a leadership position, my focus will be to foster dialogue among the
communities/societies, support the growth to advance technologies, enhance
the collaboration between the societies, elevate the technical strength of our
scholarly work, support financial transparency, and continue to be part of this
great community that makes IEEE what it is.
I will work towards nurturing communities across cultures to further its reach
and innovations in technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE volunteers and
members, are the drivers behind the technological innovation and excellence
for the benefit of communities. As the Division II Director, I will continue to
support IEEE’s mission to the fullest, by listening, engaging, and working together
alongside the societies. I will continue to strengthen the financial health and
technical strength of societies through publications and technical conferences.
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For IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2016
IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2017-2018
Division IV (APS, BTS, CES, EMCS, MAGS, MTTS, NPSS)
TAPAN K. SARKAR, PHD, PE
(Nominated by IEEE Division IV)
Professor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York, USA
http://ecs.syr.edu/faculty/sarkar/
Tapan K. Sarkar received B.Tech. (IIT, Kharagpur, India),
M.Sc.E. (University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada) and M.S. and Ph.D.
(Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY). He was an engineer at General Instruments,
a faculty member at RIT, Rochester, NY and a research fellow at Gordon McKay
Laboratory, Harvard University. He is now Professor at Syracuse University. He
has authored or coauthored more than 360 journal articles and numerous
conference papers, 32 chapters in books and 15 books. He has an H-index
of 60 with 14,901 citations. He received three Doctor Honoris Causa degrees
from Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand, France, in 1998; Polytechnic
University of Madrid, Spain, in 2004; and Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, in
2012. He is president of OHRN Enterprises, Inc., a small business incorporated
in New York State (1985) performing research for government, private and
foreign organizations in system analysis. He is a professional engineer registered
in New York.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’69-M’76-SM’81-F’92-LF’14)
COMMITTEES/BOARDS:
• Member, Electromagnetics Award Board, 2004-2007.
• Member, TAB-PSPB Committee, 2013.
SECTION/CHAPTER:
• Chairman, IEEE Syracuse Section AP-S/MTT-S Joint Chapter, 1995-2000.
SOCIETY:
• Distinguished Lecturer, Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S), 2000-
2003, 2011-2013.
• Elected Member, AP-S AdCom, 2005-2007.
• President-Elect, AP-S, 2013.
• President, AP-S, 2014.
• Chair, AP-S Nominations Committee, 2015.
• Chair, AP-S Past-Presidents Council, 2015.
• Associate Editor, Feature Articles, Antennas and Propagation Newsletter,
1986-1988.
• Associate Editor, Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2004-2010.
• Associate Editor, Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 1986-
1989.
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CONFERENCES:
• Chair, Technical Program Committee (TPC), IEEE Antennas and
Propagation Society International Symposium and URSI Radio Science
Meeting, 1988.
• Member, TPC, numerous IEEE Antennas and Propagation International
Symposia and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meetings.
• General Chair, Plenary Speaker, Tutorial and Short Course Speaker, and
Session Chair, many AP-S sponsored conferences.
• Chair, Technical Program Review Committee #1, IEEE International
Microwave Symposium, 2008-2010. Member (before 2008 and after
2010).
• Organizer, Panel Session, IEEE International Microwave Symposium, 2012.
• Initiated three new AP-S financially sponsored conferences (Antenna
Applications and Measurements, Computational Electromagnetics and
RADIO), while serving as AP-S President and President-Elect.
OTHERS:
• IEEE Fellow, 1992.
• Associate Editor, Digital Signal Processing – A Review Journal.
• Best Paper Award, Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 1979.
• Started three membership initiatives: in Region 9 under AP-S Region 9
Coordinator, in ASEAN countries, Region 10, and in Africa, Region 8, to
promote IEEE and also Electromagnetic research and education.
• Initiated two new Journals while serving as AP-S President:
• Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (AP-S & MTT-S;
Phase I proposal approved).
• Electromagnetics in Medicine and Biology (AP-S, MTT-S & EMB-S,
Letter of Intent approved, Phase I proposal prepared).
Statement
I will stimulate outreach efforts to increase IEEE members and chapters in those
countries of Regions 8, 9 and 10 specially needed and to project IEEE as a
member-friendly society, devoting time and effort to analyze member needs.
Another goal will be to identify, encourage, nominate and mentor candidates
for higher volunteer positions within IEEE. Also facilitate communication and
cooperation among the seven societies and councils in Division IV which in turn
will help resolve any conflicts and will promote communication, cooperation and
problem resolution across IEEE in general.
I will favor projects related to educational tools and tutorials, very much needed
nowadays in multidisciplinary areas. A better integration of industry members is
also needed so that they are aware of the advantages of working in the frame
of IEEE. I will try to facilitate the communication of needs, concerns, and actions
between TAB and IEEE Board of Directors.
I will promote future directions initiatives involving multiple societies focused
on manufacturing real products and directed towards humanitarian technology
along the line of IEEE SIGHT initiative.
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For IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2016
IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2017-2018
Division IV (APS, BTS, CES, EMCS, MAGS, MTTS, NPSS)
JENNIFER T. BERNHARD
(Nominated by IEEE Division IV)
Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, USA
http://antennas.ece.illinois.edu
Jennifer T. Bernhard (S’89, M’95, SM’01, F’10) earned
the B.S.E.E. degree from Cornell University in 1988.
She earned the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Duke
University in 1990 and 1994, respectively, with support from a NSF Graduate
Fellowship. From 1995-1999, Prof. Bernhard was an Assistant Professor in the
ECE Department at the University of New Hampshire, where she held the Class
of 1994 Professorship. Since 1999, she has been with the ECE Department
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she is now a Professor.
In 2012, she was named the Associate Dean for Research in the College of
Engineering. Prof. Bernhard’s research interests include reconfigurable and
wideband microwave antennas and circuits, wireless sensors/sensor networks,
high speed wireless communication, and electromagnetics for industrial,
agricultural, and medical applications, and has five patents in these areas. She
has authored over 250 publications and has advised 59 graduate students.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’89-M’95-SM’01-F’10)
COMMITTEES/BOARDS:
• PSPB, Member-at-Large, 2014-Present.
• Women In Engineering Committee, PSPB Representative, 2014-Present.
• PSPB, TAB Representative, 2012.
• TAB, Ad hoc Committee on Affiliates, 2012.
• TAB Strategic Planning Committee, 2009-2011.
• TAB, Antennas and Propagation Society President, 2008.
SECTION/CHAPTER:
• NH IEEE State Executive Committee, 1996-1998.
STUDENT BRANCH:
• UNH IEEE Student Branch Advisor, 1996-1998.
SOCIETY: IEEE Antennas and Propagation (APS):
• Distinguished Lecturer Committee, 2011-2014.
• Constitution and Bylaws Committee, 2011-2014; Chair, 2003-2007.
• Past Presidents Council, 2009-Present.
• Nominations Committee, Chair, 2009.
• URSI Liaison, 2009-2011.
• Administrative Committee, 2007-2012.
• President, 2008.
• Administrative Committee, 2004-2006.
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PUBLICATIONS:
• Guest Editor
• Special Issue on Antenna Design and Integration in Smart Sensors,
IEEE Sensors Journal, August 2014 (Joint between Sensors Council
and IEEE APS).
• Special Issue on Antenna Systems and Propagation for Cognitive
Radio, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, March 2014.
• Special Issue on Multifunction Antennas and Systems, IEEE Transactions
on Antennas and Propagation, February 2006.
• Associate Editor
• IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2001-2007.
• IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2001-2005.
CONFERENCES:
• Technical Program Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Antenna
Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, 2006.
• Technical Program Chair, IEEE APS Conference on Antennas and Propagation
for Wireless Communications, 2000.
• Nearly 20 international steering/technical program committees for IEEE
meetings.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• Led major modernization of the APS Constitution and Bylaws, 2003-2005.
• As APS President:
• Led successful AP Publications/Society reviews.
• Established the Editor-in-Chief position for website.
• Initiated membership of APS in Council on Electronic Design
Automation and Sensors Council.
• Initiated first outreach program to Region 9, including new Chapters,
Distinguished Lecturer visits.
• Introduced double-blind review process for the AP Symposium’s student
paper competition, resulting in significant increases in authors from Regions
7-10 and women authors from all regions being recognized as finalists/
honorable mentions (from 0% to nearly 30%). Advised organizers of
the IEEE-MTT International Microwave Symposium in double-blind review
implementation.
Statement
While Division IV encompasses a wide range of fields, we often address similar
technologies and face common challenges. These challenges include finding
new and efficient ways to increase member value, to develop interdisciplinary
technical cooperation, and to steward resources. To strengthen and deepen ties
between our Societies, I will bring our Division together to build a set of best
practices in the areas of member benefits/outreach, volunteer engagement,
inclusion and recruitment of members of underrepresented groups, open/
accountable governance, and new technology directions. Critical to the success
of these efforts will be the establishment of robust communication pathways
between Society leaders. Additionally, I will organize representatives from across
the Division to develop partnerships to advance emerging interdisciplinary
technical activities. Finally, I will promote transparency in operations, finance,
and planning at every level within the IEEE. This transparency allows our
volunteers, the foundation of our Societies, to be confident that the resources
and results produced by their hard work and dedication are allocated wisely
toward the IEEE’s overarching goals of technical excellence and service to the
global community.
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For IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2016
IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2017-2018
Division IV (APS, BTS, CES, EMCS, MAGS, MTTS, NPSS)
JOHN T. BARR, IV
(Nominated by IEEE Division IV)
R&D Manager/Director (Retired)
Agilent Technologies / Hewlett-Packard
Santa Rosa, California, USA
www.johntbarr.net
John Barr received a BSEE from Georgia Institute of
Technology in 1971, a MSEE in 1974 from Stanford
University and a MS in Engineering Management in 1982, from Stanford. Co-Op
at Scientific Atlanta 1967-70. Retired after 37 years from Agilent Technologies /
Hewlett-Packard in 2008. He served in various engineering R&D roles, including
as the R&D Manager/Director for Agilent’s Wireless Semiconductor Test Solutions.
Later served as Agilent’s EEsof Product Marketing Manager for RFIC EDA.
John’s technical activities started with the development and design of RF
& Microwave component measurement systems, including design of RF
downconvertors, IF detectors and automation of these systems. This work
in conventional and six-port network analyzers led to five patents and ten
published papers covering vector error correction, time domain conversion and
multi-parameter measurement systems. This evolved into a concentration in the
development of high throughput manufacturing semiconductor test systems for
RFICs and wireless communications ICs.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’69-M’74-M’81-SM’84-F’02-LF’14)
Committees/Boards
• IEEE Board of Directors 2013-2014
• IEEE Treasurer 2013-2014, FinCom 2007-2015
• Investment Committee 2010-2014
• Ideation Committee 2013-2015
• Infrastructure Strategy and Growth AdHoc 2014-2015
• Technical Activities Board (TAB): Member 2002, 2005-2006, 2009-2012;
Treasurer 2009-2012; FinCom 2005-2015; Management Committee
2005, 2009-2012
• MGA Individual Benefits and Services 2013
• TAB/PSPB Products & Services: Member 2002-2006, Chair 2005-2006
• Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB) 2005-2008; Finance Chair
2007-2008; Vice-Chair 2006; Strategic Planning 2005-2008
• New Initiatives 2008
• Marketing & Sales 2006
• Large/Small Societies Issues AdHoc 2006
Regions/Sections/Chapters
• Redwood Empire Subsection: Co-Founder 1982, Chair 1984, Program
Chair 1985-1986
• Georgia Tech Student Chapter, Vice-Chair 1970-1971
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Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S)
• AdCom 1994-2005
• President 2002, Vice-President 2001, Treasurer 1998-2000
• Numerous chair roles: Membership Development 1992-1993; Membership
Services 1994-1995; Operations 1996-1997; Long Range Planning 2004;
Conferences 2008; Memorials 2014-2015; Parliamentarian 2014-2015
• T-MTT & L-MWC Reviewer 1986-Present
• Also member of “Instrumentation and Measurement Society” and “Society
on Social Implications of Technology”
IEEE Conferences
• International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2006 General Chair
• Radio & Wireless Week (RWW) 2012 General Chair
• RWW2011 TPC Chair
• IMS TPRC (Microwave Measurements) 1990-2001, 2008-2015
• IMS Technical Session Chair - multiple times
Others
• IEEE Fellow 2002
• IEEE-Stds-378 Scattering Coefficient Measurements 1988-1992
• IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award Committee 2005-2008
Major Accomplishments
1. Successful IMS2006 general chair. Led large committee (60+), 11,000+
attendees, 1,000+ technical presentations and 900+ exhibition booths.
Also MTT-S Radio Wireless Week TPC Chair and General Chair (2011-
2012), a multidisciplinary conference with cross-society sponsorship/
participation (APS/ComSoc/EMBS).
2. Worked with TAB/PSPB on R&D funding mechanism for IEEE Xplore.
3. In various roles led efforts to increase data-driven, fact-based decision
making: including “most read content” periodical revenue distribution and
IEEE Reserves Policy based on needs (versus arbitrary percentage).
4. As IEEE Treasurer provided BoD improved financial reporting transparency /
understandability including the implications of their actions.
5. TAB mentor to SSIT’s society re-engineering process.
Statement
Division IV is a diverse group of eight societies/council based on fundamental
principles of engineering and foundational as engineering and academic study
is increasingly multidisciplinary. As Division Director, I would encourage inter-
society events, enhancing the value of the IEEE to these communities.
Many members are unsure of the IEEE value to them. The IEEE and Societies
are working to addressing this, and if elected, I would support the societal efforts
and work within the BoD to provide the needed organizational and financial
support to address these unmet needs.
The most valuable IEEE asset is our volunteers. We need to improve the volunteer
experience, provide better training, mentorship and less bureaucratic overhead
– these are areas the BoD and Division Directors can have a positive impact.
With a long history of interacting with many societies, past BoD member, a
deep understanding of the IEEE interworkings and a passion for the success of
the IEEE mission – I will be an effective Director and worthy of being your BoD
representative.
I look forward to being a part of an ever more successful IEEE.
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For IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2016
IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2017-2018
Division VI (ES, IES, PSES, PCS, RS, SSIT, TEMS)
LUKE R. MAKI, P.E.
(Nominated by IEEE Division VI)
Senior Network Architect
The Boeing Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
http://lukemaki.net
Mr. Luke Maki, BSME ’78, MSCS (EE, Computing Systems)
’84, is a registered Professional Engineer. He has been
involved with data communications technology implementation, and technical
process development and execution, for 30+ years. Prior employment included
GTE South (now Verizon) as a Data Specialist in Marketing, and the Air Force
Flight Dynamics Laboratory, supporting flight simulation. His demonstrated
individual and team leadership has been tapped to: justify the use of 10Mbps
Ethernet to transfer, with the simulation cycle-time, aircraft state information
between multiple simulators (1984 AFIT Master’s Thesis); develop data
communications and systems proposals; develop and execute the process for
ensuring production support readiness for new network products and services;
develop common design approval processes; design and manage test networks
for technology investigations; lead WAN design, new technology investigations,
and deployments; lead regulatory compliance activities relative to network
change management; and, foster a corporate strategic alliance with IEEE.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(A’94-M’98-SM’03)
IEEE Professional Communication Society
• 1999-Present: PCS Member
• 1999-2007 Administrative Committee, Member
• 2003: IPCC 2003, Publications Chair
• 2003: IEEE PCS Emily K. Schlesinger Award (outstanding service
to the society)
• 2004-2005 Vice President, Meetings Chair
• 2006-2007 President
• 2007: IPCC 2007, Publications Chair
• 1999-2007: Liaison from PCS to IEEE-USA Committee on
Communications Policy (CCIP)
• 2003-2004: Chair of IEEE-USA CCIP
• 2005: IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award
• 2008: PCS Representative, Technology Management Council BoG
• 2015: Co-Chair, PCS Chapter, Philadelphia Section
IEEE Technology Management Council
• 2008-2014: Board of Governors, IEEE Technology Management Council
• 2008: PCS Representative on TMC BoG
• 2008-2010: Chair, Communications Committee
• 2009: President-Elect (Executive Committee)
• 2010-2011: President (Executive Committee), Structure Options
AdHoc
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• ITMC 2012, Publications Chair
• 2012-2013: Past-President (Executive Committee), Secretary, and
Nominations Committee Chair
• ITMC 2013, Vice-Chair, established initial MOU with ICE Conference
in Europe
• IEEE Ethics 2014, Launch Event Team Member, Publications Chair
• IEEE ITMC 2014, Conference Committee
IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society
• 2015-2016: Member-At-Large, AdCom
• 2015: Secretary, ExCom
• 2015: Conferences Committee
• IEEE ITMC 2015 and 21st ICE Conference: Vice-Chair
• IEEE Ethics 2016: Conference Committee
IEEE-USA
• Committee on Communications Policy (CCP; formerly the Communications
and Information Policy Committee, CIPC)
• 1999-2007: Liaison from IEEE PCS to IEEE-USA CIPC
• 2003-2004: Chair of IEEE-USA CIPC
• 2005: IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award
• 2008-2014: Liaison from IEEE TMC to IEEE-USA CCP
• 2006-2010: Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee
• IEEE RFID 2007: Launch Event Team
• IEEE RFID 2008: Pubs Chair
• Government Relations Committee
• 2011-2012: Vice Chair
• IEEE Ethics 2014, Launch Event Team, Pubs Chair
• 2015: IEEE-USA Communications Committee, Member-At-Large
TAB Committees Served
• Strategic Planning
• Future Directions
• Awards & Recognition
• TAB Management
• AdHoc Society Advisory
• AdHoc: Structure
• ‘New Technical Community’ Process
Statement
Having helped manage two of the Operating Units (OUs) in Division VI, and
interacting with volunteers from all seven, there is no doubt that all embrace the
IEEE Vision to be “…universally recognized for the contributions of technology
and of technical professionals in improving global conditions.” With the most
diverse set of Fields Of Interest of any, Division VI helps make whole the
technical expertise of the Technical Activities Board. For this reason, when serving
on TAB, I have consistently advocated for retention of this diversity, even in light
of financial challenges. While conferences and publications are a mainstay, I will
work to further develop more direct IEEE-Industry collaboration, and increase
visibility of the Division VI OUs in this regard. Collaboration with some larger,
international, corporations has been successful, and can potentially expand in
new ways; efforts must be made to incubate similar relationships with small and
medium businesses as well. I am honored to be considered for this leadership
position, and with your vote of confidence will look forward to serving Division VI.
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For IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2016
IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2017-2018
Division VI (ES, IES, PSES, PCS, RS, SSIT, TEMS)
JOHN Y. HUNG
(Nominated by IEEE Division VI)
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama, USA
John Hung has been on the Auburn University faculty since
1989, and his technical interests are in control systems engineering. His degrees
were earned at University of Tennessee (B.S.), Princeton University (M.E.E.),
and University of Illinois (Ph.D.) Earlier, he worked for Johnson Controls, Inc.,
helping develop the company’s first digital controller for commercial building
automation systems. He held several visiting appointments in industry over the
past 25 years, worked as an engineering consultant, and was a visiting professor
at National Taiwan University of Science & Technology for one year. He received
department and college-level recognitions for teaching excellence, as well as
best paper awards from the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and IEEE Region
3. He holds several U.S. patents and an amateur radio license.
John and wife Diana have been married since 1984 and have three adult
children, and one grandson. He also enjoys cooking, outdoor life, and fixing old
engines.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’78-S’80-M’81-S’86-S’88-M’89-SM’93-F’11)
IEEE member of 38 years, elected Fellow in 2011.
IEEE Leadership/Service:
• Technical Activities Board (TAB) (2014, 2015)
• IES President (2014, 2015), President-Elect (2012, 2013), Vice-President
for Conference Activities (2008-2010), Treasurer (2002-2007)
• IES Life AdCom Member
• IEEE Conferences:
• General Co-Chair: IECON (2008, 2013), ISIE (2010, 2013, 2016),
ICIT-2011, Industry Summit 2016
• Technical Program Co-Chair: ICIT (2000, 2010), ISIE (2000, 2007),
IECON (2006, 2010), ICM (2011, 2017)
• Finance Chair: 15 IEEE conferences
• Associate Editor:
• Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE): 1996-2005
• Transactions on Control Systems Technology: 1997-1998
• Guest Editor for 4 Special Sections (TIE)
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