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Administrative Committee

Administration Committee

Administrative Committee

Below are all of the volunteers who are holding positions in the PELS for the year 2024:

AdCom Officers

President

Brad Lehman
Northeastern University, USA

President-Elect

Johan Enslin
Clemson University, USA

VP - Technical Operations

Pat Wheeler
University of Nottingham, UK

VP - Conferences

Jian Sun
Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

VP - Education and Global Relations

Katherine Kim
National Taiwan University, Taiwan

VP - Membership

Mark Dehong Xu
Zhejiang University, China

VP - Products

Yunwei (Ryan) Li
University of Alberta, Canada

VP - Industry and Standards

Stephanie Watts Butler
WattsButler LLC, USA

Treasurer

Pradeep Shenoy
Texas Instruments, USA

Constitution and Bylaws

Giovanna Oriti
Naval Postgraduate School, USA

Senior Past President

Frede Blaabjerg
Aalborg University, Denmark

Immediate Past President

Liuchen Chang
University of New Brunswick, Canada

Division II Director

Kevin L. Peterson

Members at Large

2024–2026

Han (Helen) Cui
Tianjin University, China

Francesco Iannuzzo
Aalborg University, Denmark

Ralph M. Kennel
Technische Universität München, Germany

Chris Mi
San Diego State University, USA

Jin Wang
Ohio State, USA

Peter Wilson
Dyson, UK

2023–2025

Vivek Agarwal
Indian Institute of Technology, India

Mahshid Amirabadi
Northeastern University, USA

Christina DiMarino
Virginia Tech, USA

Philip Carne Kjær
Vestas, Denmark

Hong Li
Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Sudip K. Mazumder
Univeristy of Illinois Chicago, USA

2022–2024

Stephanie Watts Butler
WattsButler LLC, USA

Ulrike Grossner
ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Axel Mertens
Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Germany

Giovanna Oriti
Naval Postgraduate School, USA

Maryam Saeedifard
Georgia Tech, USA

Shinzo Tamai
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation, Japan

Technical Committee (TC) Chairs

TC 1: Control and Modeling of Power Electronics

Luca Corradini
University of Padova, Italy

TC 2: Power Components, Integration, and Power ICs

Christina DiMarino
Virginia Tech, USA

TC 3: Electrical Machines, Drives, and Automation

Ali Bazzi
University of Connecticut, USA

TC 4: Electrical Transportation Systems

Mahesh Krishnamurthy
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

TC 5: Sustainable Energy Systems

Juan Balda
University of Arkansas, USA

TC 6: Emerging Power Electronic Technologies

Khurram Khan Afridi
Cornell University, USA

TC 7: Critical Power and Energy Storage Systems

Dorin Neacsu
Technical University of Iasi, Romania

TC 8: Electronic Power Grid Systems

Marco Liserre
Kiel University, Germany

TC 9: Wireless Power Transfer Systems

Grant Covic
University of Auckland, New Zealand

TC 10: Design Methodologies

Kevin Hermanns
PE-Systems GmbH, Germany

TC 11: Aerospace Power

Tao Yang
University of Nottingham, UK

TC 12: EnergyAccess and Off-Grid Systems

Issa Batarseh
University of Central Florida, USA

Standing Committee Chairs

Academic Affairs

Qiang Li
Virginia Tech, USA

Awards

Andreas Lindemann
Universitaet Magdeburg, Germany

Chapters and Membership

Mark Dehong Xu
Zhejiang University, China

Digital Media/Education

Prasad Enjeti
Texas A&M University, USA

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Distinguished Lecturer Program

John Shen
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

ECCE Global Steering Committee

D. Grahame Holmes
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

Fellow Evaluations

Leila Parsa
University of California Santa Cruz, USA

History

Dean Patterson
Regal Beloit Asia Pacific, USA

Industry

Xu She
Lunar Energy, USA

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Long Range Planning

Frede Blaabjerg
Aalborg University, Denmark

Mentorship

Robert Balog
Texas A&M University, USA

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Nominations Committee

Liuchen Chang
University of New Brunswick, Canada

Publicity

Helen Cui
Tianjin University, China

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Standards

Matt Wilkowski
EnaChip, USA

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Students

Haifah Sambo
UC Berkeley, USA

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Women in Engineering

Lauren Kegley
Wolfspeed, USA

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Young Professionals

Bruna Seibel Gehrke
The Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil

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IEEE Editors in Chief or Executive Editors

IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

Tsorng-Juu (Peter) Liang
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics

Alan Mantooth
University of Arkansas, USA

IEEE Power Electronics Letters

Xiongfei Wang
Aalborg University, Denmark

IEEE Power Electronics Magazine

Ashok Bindra
Independent Writing and Editing Professional

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Yaow-Ming Chen
National Taiwan University, Taiwan

IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification

Alireza Khaligh
University of Maryland, USA

Liaisons

Industry Applications Society (IAS)

Enrico Santi
University of South Carolina, USA

Industrial Electronics Society (IES)

Marco Liserre
Kiel University, Germany

Power and Energy Society (PES)

Xiongfei Wang
Aalborg University, Denmark

Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA)

Cian Ó Mathúna
Tyndall National Institute, Ireland

Smart Grid

Antonello Monti
Aachen University, Germany

Systems Council Representative

Antonio Marques Cardoso
University of Beira Interior, Portugal

Transportation Electrification Council

Tao Yang
University of Nottingham, UK

IEEE Electrification Magazine Steering Committee

Yunwei (Ryan) Li
University of Alberta, Canada

Regional Chairs

North America (R1-7)
Chair, R1-3

Brian Zahnstecher
PowerRox, USA

Chair, R4-6

Kalyan Sen
Sen Engineering Solutions, Inc., USA

Chair, R7

Ali Nabavi
University of Toronto, Canada

Europe - Africa (R8)
Chair

Drazen Dujic
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Vice-Chair: Germany

Marco Jung
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Vice-Chair: UK

Tao Yang
University of Nottingham, UK

South America (R9)
Chair

Luiz Henrique Silva Colado Barreto
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Vice Chair: Chile

Marco Rivera
Universidad de Talca, Chile

Asia Pacific (R10)
Chair

Sanjib K. Panda
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Vice-Chair: Australia and New Zealand

Mahinda Vilathgamuwa
Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Vice-Chair: China

Kai Sun
Tsinghua University, China

Vice-Chair: India-Pacific

Srinivas Karanki
India Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India

Vice-Chair: Japan

Shinzo Tamai
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation, Japan

Vice-Chair: Korea

Honnyong Cha
Kyungpook National University, South Korea

IEEE PELS Office

Executive Director

Mike Kelly
IEEE

Program Manager

Jane Celusak
EBL, TEC

Program Specialist

Megan Cichocki
Awards, Education

Becky Boresen
Governance, DE&I, YP, WIE

Society Administrator

Mary Beth Schwartz
Publications

Jessica Uherek
Membership, Chapters, DLs, Mentorship, Publications, Publicity

Elizabeth (Liz) Mahon
Conferences

Brianna Fornaro
TCs, Standards, Roadmaps