IEEE Technical Activities Board Hall of Honor

Irving Engelson
For leadership, contributions, and dedication to Technical Activities and IEEE.

Biography 
After surviving The Holocaust as a child, electrical engineering studies in Germany, and Switzerland, and arrival in the USA, Irv was awarded a B.S. (EE) from Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, M.S. from Rutgers, and a Ph.D. (EE) from Worcester Polytechnic. Irv’s work career began with several organizations followed by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), service in the US Army as a linguist, and a return to RCA where he held leadership positions. Read more (PDF, 86 KB).

Ray Liu
For starting the financial transparency movement, initializing and realizing of IEEE DataPort and IEEE App.

Biography 
K.J. Ray Liu is a Distinguished University Professor and Christine Kim Eminent Professor of Information Technology at University of Maryland, College Park. His research work concentrates on broad areas of information and communications technology with a recent focus on wireless AI for indoor tracking and wireless sensing. Read more (PDF, 114 KB).

José M. F. Moura
For launching and leading TAB and IEEE to adopt financial and governance transparency and adopt diversity, inclusion, and ethics policies.

Biography 
José M. F. Moura holds an EE degree from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal, M.Sc., EE, and D.Sc. in EECS degrees from MIT, MA, USA. His expertise is Signal, Image, and Graph Signal Processing, and Data Science. Read more (PDF, 106 KB).

Jan Brown
For leadership in improving fiscal management of conferences and conference publications.

Biography 
As founder of JB Consulting in 1992, Dr. Brown consulted, lectured, and trained throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan on business considerations for technology transfer and commercialization, technology development and management, strategic planning and business development, technology assessment, research and development measurements, and issues concerning women in science and engineering. Read more (PDF, 226 KB).

William Emery
For contributions to sustainability of TAB publications.

Biography 
William Emery (IEEE M’90–SM’01–F’02) holds a Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu(1975). He was with Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, and in 1978, he moved to the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, where he created a Satellite Oceanography Facility/Education/Research Program. Read more (PDF, 69 KB).

Jacek Zurada
For contributions to TAB educational activities.

Biography 
Dr. Jacek Zurada is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was a post-doc at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, a Visiting Professor at Princeton University, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at NUS and NTU (Singapore). Read more (PDF, 143 KB).

John T. Barr
For service as TAB Treasurer.

Biography 
John Barr received a B.S.EE from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1971, a M.S.EE in 1974 from Stanford University and a M.S. 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. Read more (PDF, 120 KB).

Peter Clout
For transforming the Society Review process into a more beneficial experience for reviewed societies and TAB.

Biography 
Peter Clout founded Vista Control Systems, a spin-off from Los Alamos National Laboratory, in 1989 and retired from the company in December 2017. Vista Control Systems sells a software product for collecting, displaying and storing real-time data. Read more (PDF, 110 KB).

Al Dunlop
For service as TAB Treasurer, increasing TAB financial transparency, and the use of business plans within TAB.

Biography 
Dr. Dunlop received his B.EE from the University of Delaware, M.S.EE and Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1975, 1977 and 1979 respectively. He holds 14 patents in the areas of circuit design, system initialization and algorithms. Read more (PDF, 130 KB).

H. Troy Nagle
For leadership in reforming TAB governance which included giving Society Presidents the same TAB voting rights as Division Directors.

Biography 
Dr. Nagle is Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NCSU, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at UNC & NCSU. He was the Founding Chair of the UNC-NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. Read more (PDF, 120 KB).

Vincenzo Piuri
For promoting holistic cooperation within TAB and across IEEE Operating Units.

Biography 
Ph.D. in computer engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy (1989). He is Full Professor in computer engineering at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (since 2000). Read more (PDF, 112 KB).

Fernando Aldana
For leadership in internationalizing IEEE Technical Activities.

Biography 
Fernando Aldana has developed more than 100 academic and industry projects, collaborated in more than 200 conferences in several positions, and published more than 200 books and articles. Read more (PDF, 80 KB).

Celia Desmond
For promoting and implementing cross-Society technical activities for young professionals and women in engineering.

Biography 
Celia Desmond, established and ran the PMO for Echologics. Her team managed all proposals, contracts and project management processes. She is President of World Class – Telecommunications, providing telecommunications management training. Read more (PDF, 70 KB).

William A. Gruver
For pioneering efforts to include new technologies in IEEE TA, and for exploring social media with young professionals.

Biography 
Dr. William A. Gruver was a highly accomplished academic and professional engineer who voluntarily made extensive contributions to the development of IEEE throughout his long and illustrious career. The focus of his work in both academia and industry was robotics and intelligent manufacturing systems. Read more (PDF, 97 KB).

Rakesh Kumar
For leading and growing TAB’s participation Sections Congresses.

Biography 
Rakesh Kumar is a 43-year semiconductor industry veteran, an entrepreneur, and now an educator. He has been an industry individual contributor, technology leader and a manager. He has been a consulting adviser to numerous emerging, mid-size, and large Fortune 500 companies, and leading research organizations. Read more (PDF, 82 KB).

Kenneth Laker
For championing the use of information technologies and the Internet, contributing to the development of IEEE Xplore.

Biography 
Dr. Laker is a Professor of EE at the University of Pennsylvania where he has taught since 1984. He received the B.S. from Manhattan College and the M.S. and Ph.D. from New York University all in EE. Read more (PDF, 73 KB).

Lewis Terman
For exceptional leadership of IEEE Technical Activities and expanding its suite of activities.

Biography 
Lewis Terman received a B.S. degree in Physics in 1956 and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1958 and 1961 from Stanford University. He retired from IBM’s Research Division in 2006 after 45 years, and currently holds the title of IBM Research Emeritus. Read more (PDF, 84 KB).

Jose Cruz
For leadership in restructuring TAB and achieving balance in Regional/Divisional representation on the IEEE Board of Directors. 

Biography 
Jose (Joe) B. Cruz, Jr. co-developed the Comparison Sensitivity Matrix in 1964, now known as the Cruz-Perkins Comparison Sensitivity Matrix, as a tool for insuring the benefits of feedback in multivariable linear and nonlinear systems to reduce the effects of parameter deviations. Read more (PDF, 123 KB).

Michael Masten
For leadership in restoring TAB to financial health through a new infrastructure cost distribution model.

Biography 
Michael K. Masten is a TI Fellow in Corporate Research and Development at Texas Instruments. During his career at TI, Mike has worked on line-of-sight stabilization, target tracking, inertial navigation, missile autopilot-flight control systems, real-time hardware-in-the-loop test processes, electric motor control, and hard disk drive systems. Read more (PDF, 156 KB).

Bill Moses
For championing major improvements in the quality of technically cosponsored conferences, their proceedings, and support to all IEEE conferences.

Biography 
Bill received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, graduating Magna Cum Laude with Highest Distinction in Physics, and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986. Read more (PDF, 142 KB).

Emily Sopensky
For championing and engaging cross-IEEE interests in emerging technologies, including intelligent transportation systems and radio frequency identification.

Biography 
A business consultant, Emily Sopensky specializes in strategies for technology companies. After 20 years in Central Texas, she became the second IEEE-USA Fellow to the U.S. State Department in Washington, DC. Read more (PDF, 142 KB).

Fred Mintzer
For leadership in developing TAB Open Access policies and for revising TAB's Mission to focus on Technology-Centric Communities.

Biography 
Fred Mintzer (S ’75, M ‘78, SM ‘91, and F ‘99) received the B.S.EE degree from Rutgers University and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University. He joined IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1978. Read more (PDF, 181 KB).

Robert Rassa
For leadership in creating the Panel of Conference Organizers (POCO).

Biography
Robert (Bob) Rassa is Director of Engineering Programs at Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems. His primary responsibilities within Raytheon are focused on furthering the discipline of systems engineering within the US Department of Defense and defense industry. Read more (PDF, 184 KB).

W. Kenneth (Ken) Dawson
For improving Publication Activities and Technical Activities Boards collaboration, initiating electronic publication distribution, and managing a challenging Information Technology upgrade.

Biography 
Born in Quebec City, Ken Dawson earned a B.Sc.A. degree in Physics at Laval University in 1951, followed by a Masters and Ph.D. in Physics at Queens in 1955. Read more (PDF, 263 KB).

Bruce Eisenstein
For initiating the election of the Vice President, Technical Activities by IEEE Society members, improving reserve allocation, and creating the TAB Management Committee.

Biography
Bruce Eisenstein is an engineering educator serving as the Arthur J. Rowland Professor and Vice Dean of Engineering at Drexel University. He also consults on mobile communications and product liability. Read more (PDF, 184 KB).

Dr. Robert Hebner
For developing processes to support Emerging Technologies and to incubate new Technical Communities within IEEE Technical Activities.

Biography
Dr. Hebner is the Director of the Center for Electromechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. The Center teams with companies to get technology into the market. Current projects include improved hybrid vehicles, energy storage, Smart Grid, and microgrids. Read more (PDF, 251 KB).

Dr. Lloyd A. (Pete) Morley
For extraordinary leadership of IEEE Technical and Publication Activities, particularly contributions to the improvement and documentation of operations.

Biography
Dr. Morley received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 1968 and 1972 from the University of Utah, both in mining engineering. His graduate work also included a course concentration in electrical engineering, and he worked in industry for over six years before finishing his degrees. Read more. (PDF, 172 KB).

John Vig 
For improving operations and processes of the IEEE Technical Activities Board.

Biography
John Vig was born in Hungary. He immigrated to the USA in 1957, received his B.S. degree from the City College of New York in 1964, and his Ph.D. in Physics from Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, 1969. Read more (PDF, 183 KB).

Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou (deceased 24 September 2012)
For creating technical communities and establishing IEEE as a worldwide leader in biometrics.

Biography
Professor Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics at Syracuse University, NY, USA. Read more (PDF, 184 KB).

Gerard Henry (Gus) Gaynor
For being the originator and founding editor of Today's Engineer magazine and for major advances in publications and IEEE Xplore^® operations. 

Biography
Gus Gaynor, IEEE Life Fellow, brings experiences from a career that spanned the technical and management disciplines. Read more (PDF, 167 KB).
 

Saifur Rahman
For sustained contributions to quality improvement of IEEE publications and development of processes for diverse publication products.  

Biography
Saifur Rahman is the founding director of the Advanced Research Institute, at Virginia Tech, where he is the Joseph R. Loring professor of electrical and computer engineering. Read more (PDF, 72 KB).

Roger Pollard (deceased 3 December 2011)
For leadership toward the creation of IEEE Xplore and fostering constructive relations between IEEE operating units.

Biography 
Roger Pollard was born in London, England, in 1946. He received his technical education, graduating with the degrees of B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Read more (PDF, 149 KB).

Wanda Reder
For organizing, championing, and leading the IEEE Smart Grid effort, and establishing a sustainable model for subsequent new initiatives.

Biography
Wanda K. Reder is Vice President of Power Systems Solutions at S&C Electric Company, where she is responsible for studies, engineering, procurement, project management, construction, and field service. Read more (PDF, 178 KB).

Harold L. Flescher
For enhancing the ability of TAB/IEEE to support technical activities, particularly through better financial management.

Biography
Harold joined United Nuclear in 1963 as a nuclear physicist, performing military nuclear reactor design. In 1964 he joined Martin Company as a nuclear physicist, beginning his career in radiation effects, analyzing, testing, and designing military and space systems to operate in nuclear weapon and space radiation environments. Read more (PDF, 173 KB).

Ellen Yoffa
For transforming the TAB Society Review Committee through the adoption of new policies and processes to the benefit of societies and all of TAB.

Biography
Dr. Yoffa leads research in a spectrum of technologies at IBM’s TJ Watson Research Center from mobile to human language and image analytics to cybersecurity. Read more (PDF, 160 KB).