Vancouver Section 2021 Executives Announced
The Vancouver Section has announced its Section Executives for 2021.
The Section Executive consists of Section Officers, Chapter, AG and Sub-Section Chairs, and various committee chair and liaison positions.
The executives for 2021 are:
| Position | Name | Email Address |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | Jacqueline Nichols | j-nichols at ieee.org |
| Vice-Chair | Mandeep Pannu | mandeep.pannu at ieee.org |
| Treasurer | Osama Ansari | oa.ansari at ieee.org |
| Secretary | Pooya Taheri | ptaheri3 at bcit.ca |
| Past Chair | Matthew Wilder | matthew.wilder at ieee.org |
| Northern BC Chair | Fan Jiang | fan.jiang at unbc.ca |
| Northern BC Vice-Chair | Liang Chen | lchen at ieee.org |
| Okanagan Chair | Youry Khmelevsky | youry at ieee.org |
| Chapter | Position | Name | Email Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electron Devices | Chair | Michael Adachi | mmadachi at sfu.ca |
| Vice-Chair | Bonnie Gray | bgray at sfu.ca | |
| Engineering in Medicine & Biology | Chair | Ilker Hacihaliloglu | ilker.hacihaliloglu at ubc.ca |
| Vice-Chair | Ali Bashashati | ali.bashashati at ubc.ca | |
| Joint Aerospace & Electromagnetics | Chair | Dave Michelson | davem at ece.ubc.ca |
| Joint Applied Physics | Chair | Ahmed Hussein | hussein at unbc.ca |
| Vice-Chair | Pierre-Andre Amaudruz | amaudruz at triumf.ca | |
| Joint Circuits & Systems | Chair | Prerna Batta | battaprerna at gmail.com |
| Joint Communications | Chair | Vincent Wong | vincentw at ece.ubc.ca |
| Vice-Chair | Lee Vishloff | lee.vishloff at ieee.org | |
| Vice-Chair | Alon Newton | anewton at ieee.org | |
| Joint Computing | Chair | Bob Gill | bgill at ieee.org |
| Vice-Chair | Mandeep Pannu | mandeep.pannu at ieee.org | |
| Joint Control, Robotics & Cybernetics | Chair | Ryozo Nagamune | nagamune at mech.ubc.ca |
| Vice-Chair - CS | Dejan Kihas | kihas at ieee.org | |
| Vice-Chair - RA | Vacant | ||
| Vice Chair - SMC | Ljiljana Trajkovic | ljilja at sfu.ca | |
| Joint Industry Applications & Electronics | Chair | Subhadeep Bhattacharya | subhadeep.bhattacharya at mail.mcgill.ca |
| Joint Management | Chair | Darrell Koskinen | darrellk_ca at hotmail.com |
| Oceanic Engineering | Chair | Jacqueline Nichols | j-nichols at ieee.org |
| Vice-Chair | Dave Michelson | davem at ece.ubc.ca | |
| Joint Power & Energy | Chair | Kenny Poon | kenny.poon at bchydro.com |
| Vice-Chair | Anand Shah | anandrs97 at ieee.org | |
| Joint Solid State Circuits & Technology | Chair | Shahriar Mirabbasi | shahriar at ece.ubc.ca |
| Vice-Chair | Sudip Shekhar | sudip at ece.ubc.ca | |
| Power Electronics | Chair | Martin Ordonez | mordonez at ieee.org |
| Vice-Chair | Franco Degioanni | fdegioanni at ieee.org | |
| Sensors Council | Chair | Behraad Bahreyni | behraad at ieee.org |
| Vice-Chair | Bob Gill | bgill at ieee.org | |
| Signal Processing | Chair | Parvaneh Saeedi | psaeedi at sfu.ca |
| Vice-Chair | Ivan Bajic | ivan_bajic at ieee.org | |
| Joint Transportation | Chair | Dave Michelson | davem at ece.ubc.ca |
| Affinity Group | Position | Name | Email Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consultant Networks | Chair | Vacant | |
| Life Members | Chair | S. Carl Zanon | sczanon at shaw.ca |
| Women in Engineering | Chair | Mahsa Bataghva | mahsa_bataghva@ieee.org |
| Young Professionals | Chair | Fares Alsaafani | fares at ieee.org |
| Position | Name | Email Address |
|---|---|---|
| Advertising & Publicity | Vacant | |
| Archivist | Mike Paraskake | mike.paraskake at ieee.org |
| Awards | Mike Paraskake | mike.paraskake at ieee.org |
| Communications Officer | Pieter Botman | p.botman at ieee.org |
| Conferences | Youry Khmelevsky | youry at ieee.org |
| Educational Activities | Bob Gill | bgill at ieee.org |
| History | Chris Scholefield | chris.scholefield at ieee.org |
| Humanitarian Initiatives | Matthew Wilder | matthew.wilder at ieee.org |
| Humanitarian Initiatives | Bob Gill | bgill at ieee.org |
| ICF Liason | Dave Michelson | davem at ece.ubc.ca |
| IEEE Industry Liason | Ken Bell | kbell at bdo.ca |
| Membership | Vacant | |
| Multimedia Team | Ron Heaps | rheapsf1 at gmail.com |
| Multimedia Team | Hui Deng | huid at ieee.org |
| Newsletter Editor | Chris Scholefield | chris.scholefield at ieee.org |
| Nominations and Appointments | Steven McClain | stevenmcclain at ieee.org |
| Student Activities | Mike Paraskake | mike.paraskake at ieee.org |
| STEM | Vacant | |
| Web content editor | Vacant | |
| Webmaster | Vacant |
Some vacancies are still to be filled, and not all volunteer positions are shown.
Members interested in volunteering to serve at the Section level are invited to contact the Section Chair, Steven McClain (email stevenmcclain at ieee.org).
Members interested in serving at the Sub-section, Chapter, AG or committee level are invited to contact the appropriate chair.
Readers can refer to the Section Executives page of this website, which is maintained with up to date names and contact information.