Members-at-Large 2010-2013

Current

2010 - 2013

Serge Demidenko

Massey University

New Zealand

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Serge Demidenko

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Dr. Serge Demidenko Ph.D. (M’91- SM’94- F’04) is currently a Professor in Electronics, Information, and Communication Systems at the School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, New Zealand.

Professor Demidenko received an ME (Computer Engineering) from the Belarusian State University of Informatics & Radio Electronics in 1977 and Ph.D. (Engineering Cybernetics & Information Theory) from the Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in 1984. He holds also two post-doctoral academic degrees – Senior Scientist (Control Engineering) and Docent (Informatics, Control, and Computer Engineering) awarded by the State Higher Attestation Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR and the Republic of Belarus respectively, as well as a Certificate in Teaching (Higher Education) from Singapore Polytechnic in conjunction with Sheffield University, UK.

His professional career encompasses industry and academia in the Asia Pacific region and Europe (Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand, UK, Italy, Belarus). While with the industry, he progressed from Junior Electronics Design Engineer to a Head of the Joint (Industry-Academy) Test Lab of a large computer systems manufacturing company. Since the mid-90s, he has held several senior academic positions including Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University; Head of the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University; Head of the School of Engineering, Monash University; Head of the Centre (School) of Technology, and Head of the Centre (School) of Communication & Design (concurrent appointments) as well as Vice-President Academic, RMIT International University; Associate Head of the Institute of Information Sciences and Technology, Massey University, and others.

The areas of his research specialization include Signal Processing, Instrumentation and Measurement, Electronics Design and Testing, and Computer Systems. He is the author of 4 books, over 200 papers, and 25 engineering patents. He has been the recipient of several national, regional and university awards for excellence in research and teaching.

In addition to being a Fellow of IEEE, Professor Demidenko is the IEEE Computer Society (CS) Golden Core Member, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association, and a Member of the European Academy of Science and Arts (Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea). He is also UK Chartered Engineer.

Professor Demidenko has been active in the field of technical publications. He is an associate editor of six international peer-reviewed journals and has been a reviewer for numerous journals and conferences. He also devotes his time and energy to professional societies, committees, registration and accreditation bodies while holding various roles in IEEE and IET. He has also contributed to the organization of numerous international conferences and symposia.

Affiliation(s)

Massey University

New Zealand

Current

2010 - 2013

Max Cortner

Boston Scientific Corporation

United States

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Max Cortner

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J. Max Cortner earned a BSEE from Iowa State University and an MSEE from the University of Minnesota. After eighteen years as a Test Engineer in defense division of Sperry Corporation, Max moved to the Cardiac Rhythm Management division of Guidant, now the CRM Division of Boston Scientific. Boston Scientific CRM manufactures medical electronics including pacemakers and defibrillators. Max is currently a Senior Fellow Engineer in Test Engineering, a group responsible for automated electronic testing of components, subassemblies and final product in manufacturing. He is a licensed Professional Engineer, a Certified Project Management Professional, and a Senior Member of IEEE. As an active member of the IEEE Twin Cities Section since 1972, Max has held offices in the Computer Society including local chapter chair and area chair. He worked with a group of activists who organized and successfully ran a five-year series of multi-week technical symposia covering hot topics such as computer graphics and artificial intelligence. Max was among the founders of the Twin Cities Chapter of the Instrument and Measurement Society. He helped organize numerous local test conferences and served as General Chair for the IMTC 1998. In 1999, he served on the committee of the IEEE Sections Congress that was held in the Twin Cities. Max was Co-Chair of I2MTC held in Minneapolis in 2013. He now serves on the Instrumentation and Measurement Society Administration Committee in the role of Education Committee Chair, I2MTC Board Chair, and Industrial Relations Subcommittee Chair.

Affiliation(s)

Boston Scientific Corporation

United States

Current

2010 - 2013

Ferdinanda Ponci

RWTH Aachen University

Germany

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Current

2010 - 2013

Reza Zoughi

Iowa State University

United States

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Reza Zoughi

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R. Zoughi received his B.S.E.E, M.S.E.E, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering (radar remote sensing, radar systems, and microwaves) from the University of Kansas where from 1981 until 1987 he was at the Radar Systems and Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL). He is the Kirby Gray (Battelle) Chair in Engineering and a Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) at Iowa State University (ISU). He is also the Director of Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE) at ISU. He served as the Schlumberger Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) from January 2001 to August 2019. Prior to joining Missouri S&T and since 1987 he was with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Colorado State University (CSU). He is the recipient of the 2007 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Distinguished Service Award, the 2009 American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Research Award for Sustained Excellence, the 2011 IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement and the 2020 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Career Excellence Award. In 2013 and 2020 he and his co-authors received the H. A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (APS). He is also the recipient of the 2023 American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Lester/Mehl Honor Lecture Award. He has twenty issued US patents to his credit (in addition to several issued abroad). He has served the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and the IEEE in various capacities.

Affiliation(s)

Iowa State University

United States

Incumbent(s)

Serge Demidenko

Max Cortner

Ferdinanda Ponci

Reza Zoughi