Member Roster
Membership roster for the IFAC Industry Committee.
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
| Hans Aalto | Email Address: Hansaalto852 (at) gmail.com 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 | Email Address: danny001 (at) pacbell.net 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 | Email Address: sergey.abrashov (at) ansys.com Affiliation: Continental Engineering Services Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive (Tier 1) |
| Lounis Adouane | Email Address: lounis.adouane (at) hds.utc.fr 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 | Email Address: anisi (at) kth.se Affiliation: Norwegian Univ. of Life Sci. Country: Norge Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Robotics, Oil&Gas, Agriculture |
| Finn Ankersen | Email Address: finn.ankersen (at) ieee.org Affiliation: ESA, Consultant Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace; power generation and conversion Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.3 |
| Aitor Arnaiz | Email Address: aitor.arnaiz (at) tekniker.es Affiliation: Tekniker Country: ES Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): process industries; manufacturing; renewable energy Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.1 |
| Lidia Auret | Email Address: lidia.auret (at) stonethree.com 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 | Email Address: tom.badgwell (at) gmail.com 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 | Email Address: barve.jayesh (at) gmail.com Affiliation: GE Country: IN Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power generation, oil & gas, appliances, transportation, water management, cement, discrete manufacturing |
| Martin Bayliss | Email Address: mtbayliss72 (at) gmail.com Affiliation: MBDA UK Ltd Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace and defence |
| Abdessattar Ben Amor | Email Address: mrdssrst (at) yahoo.fr Affiliation: Nat. Inst. of Appl. Sci. & Tech. Country: TU Type: Academia |
| Abdelkrim Benchaib | Email Address: Abdelkrim.BENCHAIB (at) supergrid-institute.com Affiliation: SuperGrid Institute Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power systems |
| Neila Bhouri | Email Address: neila.bhouri (at) ifsttar.fr Affiliation: IFSTTAR Country: FR Type: Government Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.4 |
| Rogier Blom | Email Address: blom (at) ge.com Affiliation: GE Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Renewables; power generation; aviation; oil & gas; transportation; additive manufacturing; robotics |
| Nunzio Bonavita | Email Address: nunzio.bonavita (at) it.abb.com Affiliation: ABB Country: IT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Technology ventures |
| Ali Borhan | Email Address: hborhan (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Cummins Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive (connected, electric, and fuel-cell vehicles; powertrains); freight operations |
| Scott Bortoff | Email Address: bortoff (at) merl.com Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): HVAC; buildings (elevators); factory automation (robotics); HVAC; aerospace (engines, power distribution) |
| Delphine Bresch-Pietri | Email Address: delphine.bresch-pietri (at) mines-paristech.fr Affiliation: Mines-Paristech Country: FR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.6 |
| Kevin Brooks | Email Address: kevin.brooks (at) wits.ac.za 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 | Email Address: burchell.john (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Sibanye-Stillwater Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing; mining |
| Leo Chiang | Email Address: hchiang (at) dow.com Affiliation: Dow Country: US Type: Industry |
| Moncef Chioua | Email Address: moncef.chioua (at) polymtl.ca 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 | Email Address: loutjiec (at) mintek.co.za Affiliation: Mintek Country: ZA Type: Industry |
| Francesco Corona | Email Address: francesco.corona (at) aalto.fi Affiliation: Aalto University Country: FI Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; environmental (water treatment) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.4 |
| Robert David | Email Address: r.david (at) technord.com Affiliation: Technord Country: BE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Food and beverage; pharma; cement; water distribution |
| Lane Desborough | Email Address: ldesboro (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Nudge BG Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Biomedical; process industries |
| Stefano Di Cairano | Email Address: dicairano (at) ieee.org 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 |
| Japie Engelbrecht | Email Address: jengelbr (at) sun.ac.za Affiliation: Stellenbosch University Country: ZA Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Aerospace, UAVs |
| Lars Eriksson | Email Address: lars.eriksson (at) liu.se Affiliation: Linkoping University Country: SE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Transportation and vehicle systems IFAC Role(s): Chair CC7 |
| Yongsoon Eun | Email Address: yeun (at) dgist.ac.kr Affiliation: Daegu Gyeongbuk Inst. of Sci. & Tech. Country: KR Type: Academia |
| Lorenzo Fagiano | Email Address: lorenzo.fagiano (at) polimi.it Affiliation: Politecnico Milano Country: IT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power systems (generation and transmission); industrial, manufacturing, and grid automation |
| Eduardo Gallestey Alvarez | Email Address: eduardo.gallestey (at) honeywell.com Affiliation: Honeywell Country: CH Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power generation; process industries; mining and minerals processing; upstream oil & gas |
| Ankur Ganguli | Email Address: ankur.ganguli (at) gm.com Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Mario Garcia-Sanz | Email Address: mario.garcia-sanz (at) hq.doe.gov Affiliation: Department of Energy Country: US Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Renewable energy |
| Rafael Gonzalez Martin | Email Address: rgonzalezm (at) repsol.com Affiliation: Repsol Country: ES Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Oil refining |
| Bhushan Gopaluni | Email Address: bhushan.gopaluni (at) ubc.ca Affiliation: Univ. of British Columbia Country: CA Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Forest products; oil & gas; chemicals; pharmaceuticals |
| Philippe Goupil | Email Address: philippe.goupil (at) airbus.com Affiliation: Airbus Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.3 IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Benny Grosman | Email Address: cerdlbg (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Medtronic Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Medical technology |
| Carlos Guardiola | Email Address: carguaga (at) mot.upv.es Affiliation: Univ. Polit. Valencia Country: ES Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.1 |
| Oleg Gusekhin | Email Address: ogusikhi (at) ford.com 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 | Email Address: chadjic (at) ucy.ac.cy Affiliation: Univ. of Cyprus Country: CY Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Social networks Industry Vice-chair for TC: 1.3 |
| Vahid Hassani | Email Address: vahid.hassani (at) oslomet.no Affiliation: OsloMet University Country: NO Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Marine vehicles and platforms Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.2 |
| Vladimir Havlena | Email Address: Vladimir.Havlena (at) cvut.cz 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 | Email Address: Marcel.Heertjes (at) asml.com Affiliation: ASML Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Semiconductor processing; motion control |
| Gernot Herbst | Email Address: gernot.herbst (at) fh-zwickau.de Affiliation: Zwickau Univ. of Applied Sci. Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power electronics |
| Marija Ilic | Email Address: ilic (at) mit.edu Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power systems Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.2 |
| Christoph Jansen | Email Address: chris.jansen (at) gmx.net 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 | Email Address: jiaqs (at) tsinghua.edu.cn Affiliation: Tsinghua University Country: CN Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Buildings; power systems IFAC Role(s): TC 9.3 |
| Thomas Jones | Email Address: jones (at) s-plane.com Affiliation: S-PLANE Automation Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace (specifically aero) IFAC Role(s): TC7.3 |
| Ulrich Jumar | Email Address: ulrich.jumar (at) ifak.eu Affiliation: IFAK Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Electrical and electronics manufacturing; automation industry |
| Esko Juuso | Email Address: esko.juuso (at) oulu.fi 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 | Email Address: s.kahne (at) ieee.org Affiliation: [retired] Country: US Type: Other/retired Industry Sector(s): Aircraft systems IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm, IFAC Advisor |
| Manabu Kano | Email Address: manabu (at) human.sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp 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 | Email Address: j.katupitiya (at) unsw.edu.au 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 | Email Address: kihas (at) ieee.org 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 | Email Address: kitada.bx8.hiroshi (at) jp.nipponsteel.com Affiliation: Nippon Steel Country: JP Type: Industry |
| Heikki Koivo | Email Address: Heikki.Koivo (at) aalto.fi Affiliation: Aalto University Country: FI Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (pulp and paper, mining, mineral processing); renewable energy; mechatronics |
| Arthur Kordon | Email Address: arthur (at) kordon-consulting.com Affiliation: Kordon Consulting LLC Country: BU Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
| Zdzisław Kowalczuk | Email Address: kova (at) pg.gda.pl 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 | Email Address: Michael.Lees (at) cub.com.au Affiliation: Carlton & United Breweries Country: AU Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries (food and beverage) |
| Lihua Li | Email Address: lihua.li (at) gm.com Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; powertrains |
| Ruixing Long | Email Address: ruixing.long (at) gm.com Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Robert Mahoney | Email Address: robert.mahony (at) anu.edu.au Affiliation: Australian National University Country: AU Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): UAVs Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.3 |
| Chris Manzie | Email Address: manziec (at) unimelb.edu.au Affiliation: Univ. of Melbourne Country: AU Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive; aerospace; mechatronics; transportation; energy systems |
| Andres Marcos | Email Address: andres.marcos (at) tasc-group.com Affiliation: Tech. for Aerospace Control Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace |
| Iven Mareels | Email Address: i.mareels (at) federation.edu.au 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 | Email Address: silvia.mastellone (at) fhnw.ch Affiliation: FHNW Country: CH Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power and energy |
| Jérôme Mendes | Email Address: jerome.mendes (at) uc.pt Affiliation: Universidade de Coimbra Country: PT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industry, Manufacturing |
| Jonathan Meyer | Email Address: jon (at) anvilsparksmodelling.com Affiliation: Anvil Sparks Modelling Ltd Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Pharma; mining IFAC Role(s): IFAC Industry Committee Member |
| Ge Ming | Email Address: ming.ge (at) ktcontrol.com Affiliation: KT Control Country: CN Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
| Marysia Nowacka | Email Address: mariasnowacka (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Alfa Laval Country: DK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Marine energy; powertrains; alternative energy sources; energy storage |
| Eduardo Nunez | Email Address: eduarturo (at) rocketmail.com Affiliation: Molycop Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing, mining, process control |
| Peter Odgaard | Email Address: odgaard (at) ieee.org 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 | Email Address: patilbhagyesh (at) johndeere.com 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 | Email Address: jaroslav.pekar (at) garrettmotion.com Affiliation: Garrett Motion Country: CZ Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Carlos Pereira | Email Address: cpereira (at) ece.ufrgs.br Affiliation: UFRGS Country: BR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; buildings IFAC Role(s): TB VC |
| Stefano Pickl | Email Address: stefan.pickl (at) unibw.de Affiliation: Univ. Bundeswehr Munchen Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.3 |
| Gilberto Pin | Email Address: pingilbert (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Electrolux Country: IT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Electrical & Electronic Home appliances |
| Paul Puleston | Email Address: puleston (at) ing.unlp.edu.ar Affiliation: Univ. Nacional de La Plata Country: AR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Renewable energy; fuel cells; hybrid energy systems |
| O. Lucia Quintero Montoya | Email Address: oquinte1 (at) eafit.edu.co Affiliation: Univ. EAFIT Country: CO Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Oil & gas |
| Mirco Rampazzo | Email Address: mirco.rampazzo (at) unipd.it Affiliation: Univ. Padova Country: IT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Buildings; HVAC; Refrigeration; Appliances |
| Russ Rhinehart | Email Address: rrr (at) okstate.edu Affiliation: Oklahoma State University Country: US Type: Other/retired Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemicals and refining) |
| Daniel Rivera | Email Address: daniel.rivera (at) asu.edu Affiliation: Arizona State University Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; behavioral medicine; semiconductor manufacturing |
| Alisa Rupenyan | Email Address: alisa.rupenyan (at) zhaw.ch Affiliation: ETH Zurich Country: CH Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; robotics; technology transfer IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Tariq Samad | Email Address: tsamad (at) umn.edu 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 | Email Address: selic (at) acm.org Affiliation: Malina Software Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; subsea oil & gas; telecommunications; embedded software |
| Atanas Serbezov | Email Address: serbezov (at) rose-hulman.edu 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 | Email Address: hannes.seyrkammer (at) voestalpine.com Affiliation: voestalpine Stahl Country: AT Type: Industry |
| Pedro Sousa | Email Address: pedro.sousa (at) oncontrol-tech.com Affiliation: Oncontrol Technologies Country: PT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry; mining and cement; micro-algae production; energy |
| Greg Stewart | Email Address: greg.stewart555 (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Geco Engineering Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Agriculture; automotive; process industries; papermaking; manufacturing; public health |
| Gian Antonio Susto | Email Address: gianantonio.susto (at) gmail.com 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 | Email Address: trygve.thomessen (at) ppm.no Affiliation: PPM Robotics Country: NO Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; robotics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.3 |
| Thanh-Binh To | Email Address: thanh-binh.to (at) volkswagen.de Affiliation: Volkswagen Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Bill Tubbs | Email Address: bill.tubbs (at) me.com Affiliation: B. Tubbs & Associates Consulting Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry, operational excellence IFAC Role(s): Exec comm |
| Nikolai Vatanski | Email Address: nikolai.vatanski (at) mogroup.com Affiliation: Metso Outotec Country: FI Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing; mining |
| Tomas Vyhlidal | Email Address: Tomas.Vyhlidal (at) fs.cvut.cz Affiliation: Czech Tech University Country: CZ Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Steel industry Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.2 |
| Zhe Wan | Email Address: 12990534 (at) qq.com Affiliation: China National Gold Group Country: CN Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Finance and economics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.1 |
| Yalin Wang | Email Address: ylwang (at) csu.edu.cn Affiliation: Central South University Country: CN Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (minerals, metals, oil refining) |
| Georg Weichhart | Email Address: georg.weichhart (at) primetals.com 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 | Email Address: t.weissbach (at) transnetbw.de Affiliation: TransnetBW Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power systems Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.3 |
| Michael Weyrich | Email Address: michael.weyrich (at) ias.uni-stuttgart.de Affiliation: Univ. of Stuttgart Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive; manufacturing Industry Vice-chair for TC: 3.1 |
| Dennis Williams | Email Address: Dennis.Williams (at) lyondellbasell.com Affiliation: LyondellBasell Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
| Takashi Yamaguchi | Email Address: takashi.yt.yamaguchi (at) nts.ricoh.co.jp 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 | Email Address: insoonyang (at) snu.ac.kr Affiliation: Seoul National University Country: KR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 1.4 |
| Inseok Yang | Email Address: jewill (at) hanmail.net Affiliation: Korea Aerospace Industries Country: KR Type: Industry |
| Xiaofeng Yuan | Email Address: yuanxf (at) csu.edu.cn 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 | Email Address: kaiqiang.zhang (at) ukaea.uk Affiliation: UK Atomic Energy Authority Country: UK Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Nuclear engineering (fusion energy, decommissioning); robotics (inspection, surveys, maintenance); mechatronics |
| Alf isaakson | Email Address: alf.isaksson (at) se.abb.com Affiliation: ABB Country: SE Type: Industry |
| Alex van Delft | Email Address: alex (at) vandelft.it Affiliation: Consultant Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry (chemicals) IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Ronald van Nooyen | Email Address: R.R.P.vanNooyen (at) tudelft.nl 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 |