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2012 IEEE President and CEO
Gordon Day spent most of his career in research and management at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where he founded and led the NIST Optoelectronics Division. His personal research ranged from fundamental optical measurements to the development of standards for optical fiber and new concepts in instrumentation. More recently, he served as science advisor to Senator Jay Rockefeller and Director of Government Relations for the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association. He has been a Professor Adjoint at the University of Colorado and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton (UK), and has served on many industry, government, and academic advisory groups. He is a past President of the IEEE Photonics Society and of IEEE-USA, and is a Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, the Optical Society of America, and the Institute of Physics (UK). He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois.
IEEE Activities – (S’66-M’67-SM’78-F’94) OFFICES: IEEE Board of Directors, 2009, 2011-12. IEEE President, 2012; IEEE President-Elect, 2011, IEEE-USA, President, 2009.
COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE Strategic Planning Committee, 2008. IEEE New Initiatives Committee, 2008-09. IEEE Public Visibility Committee, 2009-2010. TAB Finance Committee, Member, 2004-06. RAB/TAB Section/Chapter Support Committee, Member, 2003-04. TAB Representative to RAB, 2002-03. IEEE Membership Development Committee, Member, 2002. Technical Activities Board, Member, 2000.
SOCIETY: Photonics Society: Sr. Past President, 2002; Jr. Past President, 2001; President, 2000; President-Elect, 1999; Fellows Committee: Chair, 2002-04; Member, 1996; Nominations Committee, Chair, 2001; Vice President for Finance & Administration, 1997-99; Board of Governors, Elected Member, 1995-97; Long Range Planning, Chair, 2001; Secretary/Treasurer, 1995-96; IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology: Associate Editor, 1993-97; Guest Editor, 1995.
COUNCIL: Sensors Council: Administrative Committee Member, 1999-2003
CONFERENCES: Optical Fiber Communications Conference, Steering Committee, 1997-2002. Optical Fiber Sensors Conference: Program Committee, 1989-96; International Steering Committee, 1992-99; General Chair, 1997. Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements: General Chair, 2000-04; Program Chair, 1980-98.
REPRESENTATIVES: IEEE-USA Liaison to/from IEEE Educational Activities Board, 2010. Member (representing IEEE-USA) to Board of Directors of the American Association of Engineering Societies, 2009. Photonics Society Representative to Nanotechnology Committee, 2000-01. Photonics Society Representative to Coalition for Photonics and Optics, 1998-2001.
AWARDS: IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow, 2005. IEEE Fellow, 1994. IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Service Award, 2004.
2012 IEEE President-Elect
Peter Staecker holds BS and EE degrees from MIT, and MS and PhD degrees from Polytechnic University. His professional career started in 1972 at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he developed microwave design and test techniques for satellite communications. In 1986 he joined M/A-COM, where he led program, product and process development, then helped the company’s transition from defense to commercial markets. During this period he also established strong ties with US and European universities and with research organizations. He retired from M/A-COM as Director of Research & Development.
IEEE Activities –(S’62-S’65-M’72-SM’87-F’95-LF’08) OFFICES: IEEE Board of Directors, 2012, 2009-10, 2007, 2001-02; IEEE President-Elect, 2012; IEEE Treasurer, 2009-10; Technical Activities Board - Vice President, 2007.
2012 IEEE Past President
Moshe Kam
Moshe Kam (Ph.D., P.E.) is Department Head and Robert Quinn Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel University. He leads Drexel’s Center for Excellence in Information Assurance Education, and directs the Data Fusion Laboratory – a research laboratory founded 20 years ago to investigate radar target classification.
Kam's professional interests are in wireless communications, robotics and navigation, detection and estimation, and engineering education. His research has been supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), DARPA, ONR, CERDEC, Lockheed Martin and GlaxoSmithKline.
Kam received his B.Sc. degree in 1977 (Tel Aviv University), and his M.S. (1985) and Ph.D. (1987) degrees from Drexel University, all in electrical engineering. He is an IEEE Fellow "for contributions to the theory of decision fusion and distributed detection" (2001) and a recipient of an IEEE Third Millennium Medal. He served as an NSF Presidential Young Investigator (1990-1995) and is a Professional Engineer licensed in Pennsylvania.
IEEE Activities– (S’75-M’77-S’83-S’85-M’86-SM’92-F’01) OFFICES: Board of Directors, Member, 2010-12, 2003-07; IEEE Past President, 2012; IEEE President, 2011, IEEE President-Elect 2010; Educational Activities, Vice President, 2005-07. Region 2, Director, 2003-04.
COMMITTEES/BOARDS: Educational Activities Board: Member, 2008-09; Vice President, 2005-07. New Initiatives Committee, Chair, 2009. Standards Education Committee, Vice Chair, 2008-09. IEEE Finance Committee, 2008-09. Committee on Global Accreditation Activities, Chair, 2008-09. AdHoc Committee on Relationships with Eta Kappa Nu, Chair, 2007-09. IEEE Strategic Planning Committee, 2006-07. RAB Strategic Planning Committee, 2006-07. Membership Development Committee, Chair, 2005. IEEE Audit Committee: Consultant, 2005; Chair, 2004; Member, 2003. Regional Activities Board, 2003-04. IEEE-USA Board, 2003-04. Compensation Committee, 2004. AdHoc Committee on Executive Director Review, Chair, 2004. AdHoc Committee on Petition Candidacy Requirements, Chair, 2003. RAB Awards Committee, 2001-02. RAB Chapter Rejuvenation Committee, 2001-02. Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Committee, 1998-99. IEEE Paper Prize Committee, 1994-97.
REGION: Region 2: Past Director, 2005-06; Director, 2003-04; Director-Elect, 2001-02; Nominations and Appointments Committee, Chair, 2008, 2006; GOLD Chair, 1998-99.
SECTION: Philadelphia Section: Section Chair, 1998; Section Vice Chair, 1997; Treasurer, 1996; Secretary, 1994-95; Awards Committee, Chair, 1994-2004; Member, 1992-94.
CHAPTERS: Philadelphia Section Vehicular Technology Society Chapter, Chair, 2008-09. Philadelphia Section Joint Circuit and Systems Society, Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and Control Systems Society Chapter, Chair, 1987-2009. Philadelphia Section Joint Communications Society and Information Theory Society Chapter: Chair, 1997-2007; Vice Chair, 1990-96.
STUDENT BRANCH: Drexel University IEEE Student Chapter, Advisor, 1995-2006.
SOCIETIES: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Associate Editor, 1999-2004. Pattern Recognition, Associate Editor, 1999-2005. IEEE Neural Network Council, Awards Committee, 1992-93.
CONFERENCES: Transforming Engineering Education (Dublin, Ireland), Program Chair, 2009. Engineering Education Accreditation Training Conference (Beijing, China), Session Organizer and Lecturer, 2008. Meeting the Growing Demand for Engineers and Their Educators 2010-2020 International Conference (Munich, Germany), Planning Committee Member, 2007. Secure Agent Workshop (Philadelphia, PA), General Chair, 2005. Secure Agent Workshop (Philadelphia, PA), Organizer, 2004. All-day Educational Seminar on Advances in Wireless Communications, IEEE Philadelphia Section, Organizer and Moderator, 1998. Full-day Tutorial Workshop, Neural Networks and Their Applications in Control and Power Systems, International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (Singapore), Organizer and Lecturer, 1991. IFAC International Symposium on Distributed Intelligence Systems, Member of the Program Committee, 1991. Full-day Tutorial Workshop, Neural Networks for Control, The American Control Conference, Organizer and Lecturer, 1990. American Control Conference, Member of the Program Committee, 1990. Intelligent Control Conference, Member of the Program Committee, 1990. Full-day Tutorial, Control with Neural Networks, The Decision and Control Conference, Lecturer, 1990. Neural Networks for Power System Applications, IEEE PES, Panel Member, 1990. IEEE Philadelphia Section Educational Seminar on Neural Networks and Their Applications, Organizer and Moderator, 1987. Optimization and Control with Neural Networks, American Control Conference, Organizer, Invited Session, 1989. Panel Member, Trends in Sensor Fusion, SPIE Conference on Advances in Intelligent Robotics Systems, 1989. Invited Session, Neural Networks and Their Applications, the American Control Conference, Organizer, 1988. Half-day Tutorial, Neural Networks for Control, International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Co-Lecturer, 1988. The Relations Between Information Theory and Control, American Control Conference, Organizer, Invited Session, 1987.
REPRESENTATIVES: IEEE to the Board of Directors of ABET: Representative, 2008-09; Alternate Representative, 2005-08.
AWARDS: Benjamin Franklin Key Award, IEEE Philadelphia Section, 2008. Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference in Autonomic Systems, 2008 (with S. Mancoridis). IEEE Fellow, 2001. IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000. Past Chair Award, IEEE Philadelphia Section, 1999. Excellence in Teaching Award, IEEE Student Chapter, Drexel University, 1988.
IEEE Executive Director
Prior to joining IEEE, Jim served as Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for DuPont Electronic & Communication Technologies, a four-billion dollar global enterprise. His broad technical background leveraged DuPont's strong materials and technology base to accelerate growth in the 'high-tech' markets of electronics and communications. In this capacity, he led the research and development functions, coordinating long-term applied research efforts in corporate R&D centers and searching out new opportunities for growth. New business ventures emerging from this work, in flat-panel displays, PV, fuel cells and photonics, were incubated under Jim’s guidance. In February 2003, he was elected to the DuPont Photomasks (DPMI) Board of Directors and remained through the successful acquisition of DPMI by Toppan in April 2005.
Previously, Jim was Vice President and Director of Motorola’s Physical Sciences Research Laboratories. During his tenure he directed long-range research in future integrated systems (memory, semiconductor materials, nanostructures, quantum devices, etc.), energy (thermoelectrics, fuel cells, etc.), lab-on-a-chip (microfluidics, DNA analyses, etc), and various speculative 'reach-out' initiatives. Other assignments at Motorola included directing the Wireless Research & Development Laboratory, leading the Microcontroller and Mixed-Mode Technology Center and serving as Chief Technologist and Director of Strategy, all within Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector (now Freescale Semiconductor).
Jim’s first role following his doctorate was leading the development, importation, installation and support of process and device modeling tools for silicon and GaAs technologies for AT&T Bell Laboratories.
An IEEE Senior Member, Jim earned a Bachelor's degree in science and a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, both from Sydney University in Australia. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Cambridge University.
