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

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

Marija Ilic Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric
Country: US
Type: Academia
Industry Sector(s): Power systems
Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.2

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

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

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

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