Member Roster
Membership roster for the IFAC Industry Committee.
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
| Hans Aalto | Affiliation: Take Control Oy Country: FI Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries (petroleum refining, petrochemicals, chemicals); natural gas transmission Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.4 |
| Daniel Abramovitch | Affiliation: Agilent Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mechatronic storage (optical and magnetic disk drives); high-performance instrumentation; atomic force microscopes; mass spectrometers |
| Sergey Abrashov | Affiliation: Continental Engineering Services Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive (Tier 1) |
| Lounis Adouane | Affiliation: Université de Technologie de Compiègne Country: FR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive (autonomous vehicles, hybrid-electric vehicles), defense (autonomous ground vehicles, cooperative air/land robots, swarm robots) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.5 |
| David A. Anisi | Affiliation: Norwegian Univ. of Life Sci. Country: Norge Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Robotics, Oil&Gas, Agriculture |
| Finn Ankersen | Affiliation: ESA, Consultant Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace; power generation and conversion Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.3 |
| Aitor Arnaiz | Affiliation: Tekniker Country: ES Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): process industries; manufacturing; renewable energy Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.1 |
| Lidia Auret | Affiliation: Stone Three Country: South Africa Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing (sensors, control, monitoring, modelling) IFAC Role(s): TC 6.2 vice-chair (publications) |
| Thomas Badgwell | Affiliation: University of Texas at Austin Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Oil and gas Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.1 |
| Jayesh Barve | Affiliation: GE Country: IN Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power generation, oil & gas, appliances, transportation, water management, cement, discrete manufacturing |
| Martin Bayliss | Affiliation: MBDA UK Ltd Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace and defence |
| Abdessattar Ben Amor | Affiliation: Nat. Inst. of Appl. Sci. & Tech. Country: TU Type: Academia |
| Abdelkrim Benchaib | Affiliation: SuperGrid Institute Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power systems |
| Neila Bhouri | Affiliation: IFSTTAR Country: FR Type: Government Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.4 |
| Rogier Blom | Affiliation: GE Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Renewables; power generation; aviation; oil & gas; transportation; additive manufacturing; robotics |
| Nunzio Bonavita | Affiliation: ABB Country: IT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Technology ventures |
| Ali Borhan | Affiliation: Cummins Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive (connected, electric, and fuel-cell vehicles; powertrains); freight operations |
| Scott Bortoff | Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): HVAC; buildings (elevators); factory automation (robotics); HVAC; aerospace (engines, power distribution) |
| Delphine Bresch-Pietri | Affiliation: Mines-Paristech Country: FR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.6 |
| Kevin Brooks | Affiliation: APC Smart Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): oil refining; pulp and paper; mining, metals, minerals (MMM) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.2 IFAC Role(s): Chair of the Industry Committee |
| John Burchell | Affiliation: Sibanye-Stillwater Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing; mining |
| Leo Chiang | Affiliation: Dow Country: US Type: Industry |
| Moncef Chioua | Affiliation: Polytechnique Montreal Country: CA Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Pulp and paper, oil and gas, chemicals, mining IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Loutjie Coetzee | Affiliation: Draslovka Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing |
| Francesco Corona | Affiliation: Aalto University Country: FI Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; environmental (water treatment) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.4 |
| Robert David | Affiliation: Technord Country: BE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Food and beverage; pharma; cement; water distribution |
| Lane Desborough | Affiliation: Nudge BG Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Biomedical; process industries |
| Stefano Di Cairano | Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; aerospace; industrial automation Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.4 IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Mamadou Lamine Diagne | Affiliation: UCSD Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing |
| Japie Engelbrecht | Affiliation: Stellenbosch University Country: ZA Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Aerospace, UAVs |
| Lars Eriksson | Affiliation: Linkoping University Country: SE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Transportation and vehicle systems IFAC Role(s): Chair CC7 |
| Yongsoon Eun | Affiliation: Daegu Gyeongbuk Inst. of Sci. & Tech. Country: KR Type: Academia |
| Lorenzo Fagiano | Affiliation: Politecnico Milano Country: IT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power systems (generation and transmission); industrial, manufacturing, and grid automation |
| Antonella Ferrara | Affiliation: University of Pavia Country: Italy Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive, Energy Systems, Robotics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.3 IFAC Role(s): Member of IFAC Conference Board, Program Chair IFAC WP 2029, Member of the IFAC Fellow Search committee, Member of the IFAC Manfred Thoma Medal Award Selection Committee |
| Eduardo Gallestey Alvarez | Affiliation: Honeywell Country: CH Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power generation; process industries; mining and minerals processing; upstream oil & gas |
| Ankur Ganguli | Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Mario Garcia-Sanz | Affiliation: Department of Energy Country: US Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Renewable energy |
| Rafael Gonzalez Martin | Affiliation: Repsol Country: ES Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Oil refining |
| Bhushan Gopaluni | Affiliation: Univ. of British Columbia Country: CA Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Forest products; oil & gas; chemicals; pharmaceuticals |
| Philippe Goupil | Affiliation: Airbus Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.3 IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Benny Grosman | Affiliation: Medtronic Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Medical technology |
| Carlos Guardiola | Affiliation: Univ. Polit. Valencia Country: ES Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.1 |
| Oleg Gusekhin | Affiliation: Ford Motor Company Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Supply chain management, manufacturing, IoT, automotive, smart mobility Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.2 |
| Christoforos Hadjicostis | Affiliation: Univ. of Cyprus Country: CY Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Social networks Industry Vice-chair for TC: 1.3 |
| Vahid Hassani | Affiliation: OsloMet University Country: NO Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Marine vehicles and platforms Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.2 |
| Vladimir Havlena | Affiliation: Czech Technical University Country: CZ Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): advanced localization, sensor fusion (GPS, inertial, odometry, video, Lidar etc.), advanced driver assistance systems, and collision avoidance for trams |
| Marcel Heertjes | Affiliation: ASML Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Semiconductor processing; motion control |
| Gernot Herbst | Affiliation: Zwickau Univ. of Applied Sci. Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power electronics |
| Mitsuo Hirata | Affiliation: Utsunomiya University Country: JP Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Mechatronics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.2 IFAC Role(s): TC 4.2 vice chair |
| Marija Ilic | Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power systems Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.2 |
| Laurens Jacobs | Affiliation: Nikwist Country: BE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mechatronics, high-precision motion control, active bearing technology, robotics |
| Christoph Jansen | Affiliation: Flensburg Univ. of Applied Sci. Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Energy management; digital engineering and IT security Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.5 |
| Qing-Shan Jia | Affiliation: Tsinghua University Country: CN Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Buildings; power systems IFAC Role(s): TC 9.3 |
| Thomas Jones | Affiliation: S-PLANE Automation Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace (specifically aero) IFAC Role(s): TC7.3 |
| Ulrich Jumar | Affiliation: IFAK Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Electrical and electronics manufacturing; automation industry |
| Esko Juuso | Affiliation: Univ. of Oulu Country: FI Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (forest, steel, mining); energy systems; biomedical; buildings; machines; water treatment |
| Steve Kahne | Affiliation: [retired] Country: US Type: Other/retired Industry Sector(s): Aircraft systems IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm, IFAC Advisor |
| Manabu Kano | Affiliation: Kyoto University Country: JP Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemical, pharmaceutical, steel, semiconductor); medical/healthcare IFAC Role(s): WC2023 Ind Cochair |
| Jay Katupitiya | Affiliation: Univ. of New South Wales Country: AU Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Agriculture; mining; road construction Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.1 |
| Dejan Kihas | Affiliation: 1) Engineering Consulting 2) BCIT - Instructor / Faculty / Electrical Engineering and Technology Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; process industries; agriculture; heavy machinery; |
| Hiroshi Kitada | Affiliation: Nippon Steel Country: JP Type: Industry |
| Heikki Koivo | Affiliation: Aalto University Country: FI Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (pulp and paper, mining, mineral processing); renewable energy; mechatronics |
| Arthur Kordon | Affiliation: Kordon Consulting LLC Country: BU Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
| Zdzisław Kowalczuk | Affiliation: Gdansk Univ. of Technology Country: PL Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; automotive; aircraft; maritime industries IFAC Role(s): TC7.5 Chair |
| Michael Lees | Affiliation: Carlton & United Breweries Country: AU Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries (food and beverage) |
| Lihua Li | Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; powertrains |
| Ruixing Long | Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Robert Mahoney | Affiliation: Australian National University Country: AU Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): UAVs Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.3 |
| Chris Manzie | Affiliation: Univ. of Melbourne Country: AU Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive; aerospace; mechatronics; transportation; energy systems |
| Andres Marcos | Affiliation: Tech. for Aerospace Control Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace |
| Iven Mareels | Affiliation: Federation University Australia Country: AU Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Healthcare; financial services; energy; buildings; process industries IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Silvia Mastellone | Affiliation: FHNW Country: CH Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power and energy |
| Jérôme Mendes | Affiliation: Universidade de Coimbra Country: PT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industry, Manufacturing |
| Jonathan Meyer | Affiliation: Anvil Sparks Modelling Ltd Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Pharma; mining IFAC Role(s): IFAC Industry Committee Member |
| Ge Ming | Affiliation: KT Control Country: CN Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
| Marysia Nowacka | Affiliation: Alfa Laval Country: DK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Marine energy; powertrains; alternative energy sources; energy storage |
| Eduardo Nunez | Affiliation: Molycop Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing, mining, process control |
| Peter Odgaard | Affiliation: Goldwind Energy Country: DK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Wind energy; fossil-fired power plants; power grid; consumer electronics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.4, 6.3 |
| Bhagyesh Patil | Affiliation: John Deere Country: IN Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Autonomous Off-highway Vehicle Planning & Control, Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research |
| Jaroslav Pekar | Affiliation: Garrett Motion Country: CZ Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Carlos Pereira | Affiliation: UFRGS Country: BR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; buildings IFAC Role(s): TB VC |
| Stefano Pickl | Affiliation: Univ. Bundeswehr Munchen Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.3 |
| Gilberto Pin | Affiliation: Electrolux Country: IT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Electrical & Electronic Home appliances |
| Paul Puleston | Affiliation: Univ. Nacional de La Plata Country: AR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Renewable energy; fuel cells; hybrid energy systems |
| O. Lucia Quintero Montoya | Affiliation: Univ. EAFIT Country: CO Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Oil & gas |
| Mirco Rampazzo | Affiliation: Univ. Padova Country: IT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Buildings; HVAC; Refrigeration; Appliances |
| Russ Rhinehart | Affiliation: Oklahoma State University Country: US Type: Other/retired Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemicals and refining) |
| Daniel Rivera | Affiliation: Arizona State University Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; behavioral medicine; semiconductor manufacturing |
| David Romero | Affiliation: Tecnológico de Monterrey Country: Mexico Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive, Aerospace, Home Appliances Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.3 IFAC Role(s): TC5.3 Vice-chair Industry |
| Alisa Rupenyan | Affiliation: ETH Zurich Country: CH Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; robotics; technology transfer IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Tariq Samad | Affiliation: Univ. of Minnesota Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries, homes and buildings, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Bran Selic | Affiliation: Malina Software Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; subsea oil & gas; telecommunications; embedded software |
| Atanas Serbezov | Affiliation: Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemicals and pharmaceuticals) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.4 IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Hannes Seyrkammer | Affiliation: voestalpine Stahl Country: AT Type: Industry |
| Pedro Sousa | Affiliation: Oncontrol Technologies
Country: PT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry; mining and cement; micro-algae production; energy |
| Greg Stewart | Affiliation: Geco Engineering Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Agriculture; automotive; process industries; papermaking; manufacturing; public health |
| Gian Antonio Susto | Affiliation: Univ. Padova Country: IT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Semiconductor manufacturing; home appliances; oil & gas Industry Vice-chair for TC: 3.2 |
| Trygve Thomessen | Affiliation: PPM Robotics Country: NO Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; robotics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.3 |
| Thanh-Binh To | Affiliation: Volkswagen Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Marta Tortajada | Affiliation: Universidad Cardenal Herrera - CEU Country: España Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Biotechnology, Fermentation, Agrofood, Chemical Industry Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.4 IFAC Role(s): TC 8.4 vice chair |
| Bill Tubbs | Affiliation: B. Tubbs & Associates Consulting Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry, operational excellence IFAC Role(s): Exec comm |
| Nikolai Vatanski | Affiliation: Metso Outotec Country: FI Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing; mining |
| Pratik Vernekar | Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Tomas Vyhlidal | Affiliation: Czech Tech University Country: CZ Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Steel industry Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.2 |
| Zhe Wan | Affiliation: China National Gold Group Country: CN Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Finance and economics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.1 |
| Yalin Wang | Affiliation: Central South University Country: CN Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (minerals, metals, oil refining) |
| Georg Weichhart | Affiliation: Primetals Technologies Country: AT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Metals and Steel Industry; Automation; Digital Transformation; Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.3 IFAC Role(s): TC 5.3 vice-chair; Conference Board Member; |
| Tobias Weissbach | Affiliation: TransnetBW Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power systems Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.3 |
| Michael Weyrich | Affiliation: Univ. of Stuttgart Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive; manufacturing Industry Vice-chair for TC: 3.1 |
| Dennis Williams | Affiliation: LyondellBasell Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
| Takashi Yamaguchi | Affiliation: Ricoh Country: JP Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Hard disk drives, printers, medical devices. Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.2 IFAC Role(s): WC2023 Ind Cochair |
| Insoon Yang | Affiliation: Seoul National University Country: KR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 1.4 |
| Inseok Yang | Affiliation: Korea Aerospace Industries Country: KR Type: Industry |
| Xiaofeng Yuan | Affiliation: Central South University Country: CN Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; petrochemicals; iron and steel IFAC Role(s): IFAC TC 1.1 Member |
| Kaiqiang Zhang | Affiliation: UK Atomic Energy Authority Country: UK Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Nuclear engineering (fusion energy, decommissioning); robotics (inspection, surveys, maintenance); mechatronics |
| Alf isaakson | Affiliation: ABB Country: SE Type: Industry |
| Alex van Delft | Affiliation: Consultant Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry (chemicals) IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Ronald van Nooyen | Affiliation: TU Delft Country: NL Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Water management (irrigation, drainage, reservoir management, urban drainage, ground water management) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.3 |