Administrative Committee

Administration Committee

Administrative Committee

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

AdCom Officers

President

Brad Lehman
Northeastern University (USA)

President-Elect

Johan Enslin
Clemson University (USA)

Immediate Past President

Liuchen Chang
University of New Brunswick (Canada)

Senior Past President

Frede Blaabjerg
Aalborg University (Denmark)

Jian Sun
Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute (USA)

Katherine Kim
National Taiwan University (Taiwan)

Peter Wilson
Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology (UK)

Dehong (Mark) Xu
Zhejiang University (China)

Yunwei (Ryan) Li
University of Alberta (Canada)

Pat Wheeler
University of Nottingham (UK)

Treasurer

Pradeep Shenoy
Texas Instruments (USA)

Constitution and Bylaws

Giovanna Oriti
Naval Postgraduate School (USA)

Division II Director

Kevin 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
University 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 Chairs

Luca Corradini
University of Colorado – Boulder (USA)

Christina DiMarino
Virginia Tech (USA)

Ali Bazzi
University of Connecticut (USA)

Mahesh Krishnamurthy
Illinois Institute of Technology (USA)

Juan Balda
University of Arkansas (USA)

Khurram Khan Afridi
Cornell University (USA)

Dorin Neacsu
Technical University of Iasi (Romania)

Marco Liserre
Kiel University (Germany)

Grant Covic
University of Auckland (New Zealand)

Kevin Hermanns
PE-Systems GmbH (Germany)

Tao Yang
University of Nottingham (UK)

Issa Batarseh
University of Central Florida (USA)

Standing Committee Chairs

Academic Affairs

Qiang Li
Virginia Tech (USA)

Andreas Lindemann
Universitaet Magdeburg (Germany)

Dehong (Mark) Xu
Zhejiang University (China)

Digital Media

Prasad Enjeti
Texas A&M University (USA)

John Shen
Illinois Institute of Technology (USA)

ECCE Global Steering Committee

Grahame Holmes
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)

Maryam Saeedifard
Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)

Dean Patterson
Regal Beloit Asia Pacific (USA)

Xu She
Lunar Energy (USA)

Long Range Planning

Frede Blaabjerg
Aalborg University (Denmark)

Mentorship

Robert Balog
Texas A&M University (USA)

Nominations

Liuchen Chang
University of New Brunswick (Canada)

John Noon
Otis Elevator Company (USA)

Publicity

Helen Cui
Tianjin University (China)

Matt Wilkowski
EnaChip (USA)

Haifah Sambo
University of California Berkeley (USA)

Lauren Kegley
Wolfspeed (USA)

Bruna Seibel Gehrke
Federal University of Campina Grande (Brazil)

Editors in Chief

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

Alan Mantooth
University of Arkansas (USA)

Power Electronics Letters

Xiongfei Wang
Aalborg University, Denmark

Ashok Bindra
Independent Writing and Editing Professional

Yaow-Ming Chen
National Taiwan University (Taiwan)

Alireza Khaligh
University of Maryland (USA)

Liaisons

IEEE Electrification Magazine

Yunwei (Ryan) Li
University of Alberta (Canada)

IEEE Industry Applications Society

Enrico Santi
University of South Carolina (USA)

IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

Marco Liserre
Kiel University (Germany)

IEEE Power and Energy Society

Xiongfei Wang
Aalborg University (Denmark)

IEEE Smart Grid

Antonello Monti
Aachen University (Germany)

IEEE Systems Council

Antonio Marques Cardoso
University of Beira Interior (Portugal)

IEEE Transportation Electrification Council

Tao Yang
University of Nottingham (UK)

Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA)

Cian Ó Mathúna
Tyndall National Institute (Ireland)

Regional Chairs

North America (R1-7)
Chair
R1-3

Brian Zahnstecher
PowerRox (USA)

Chair
R4-6

Kishan Joshi
Intel Corporation (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
Italy

Paolo Mattavelli
University of Padova (Italy)

Vice-Chair
UK

Tao Yang
University of Nottingham (UK)

South America (R9)
Chair

Luiz Henrique Silva Colado Barreto
University of Fortaleza (Brazil)

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

Ki-Bum Park
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea)