Professional Society Activities
INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERS
Key Leadership Roles
- IEEE Board of Directors, 2006-2010.
- Vice-President, Member and Geographic Activities,
2010.
- Chair, Member and Geographic Activities Nominations and
Appointments Committee, 2011-2012.
- IEEE Secretary, 2008-2009.
- Chair, IEEE Governance Committee, 2008-2009, Member
2010-2011.
- IEEE Publication Services and Products Board,
2009.
- IEEE Executive Committee, 2008.
- IEEE-USA Board of Directors, 2006-2007
- Chair, IEEE Regional Activities Board, Membership
Business Unit Committee, 2006-2007.
- IEEE Regional Activities Board of Directors,
2006-2007.
- IEEE Education Activities Board,
2004-2006.
- Chair, Section Outreach Committee, IEEE Education
Activities Board, 2005-2006.
- Director, Region 1, 2006-2007. Director-Elect,
2004-2005.
Major Committees
- Fellows Committee, 2014.
- Nominations and Appointments Committee,
2011-2012.
- Chair, Member and Geographic Activities Board of
Directors, 2010.
- Maxwell Ad Hoc Committee, 2013-2014.
- IEEE as a Business Ad Hoc Committee, 2009.
- BMS Ad Hoc Committee, Chair, 2008.
- IEEE Regional Activities Board Strategic Planning
Committee, 2006-2007.
- IEEE Audit Committee, 2006-2007.
IEEE Spectrum Editorial Advisory Board,
2007-2010.
Regions
- Region 1 Executive Committee, 2002-2007.
- Region 1 Strategic
Planning Committee, 2004-2007.
- Board of Governors, IEEE Region 1,
2002-2007.
- Chair, Area C, IEEE Region 1, 2000-2004.
Sections
- Chair, Mid-Hudson Section, 1997-1998 and
1998-1999.
- Vice-Chair, 1996-1997.
Societies
- Photonics Society
- Education Society
- Social Implications of Technology
Conferences
- General Chair, IEEE LEOS Summer Topical Meeting on Electronic-Enhanced Optics, Jul 2000.
- General Chair, Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2003.
- Program Committee, Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, 1996; Keynote Speaker,1995.
SPIE – THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS
- Chair, Education Committee, 2013-2014; member 2011-2012.
- Strategic Planning Committee, 2013-2014.
ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY – ABET INC.
- Board of Directors, 2010-2013.
- Chair, Governance Task Force, 2012-2013.
- Global Council, 2010-2013.
OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
- Chair, Tellers Committee, 2012, Chair-Elect, 2011, Member, 2010.
- Chair, 2005 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) Conference, Tucson, AZ, October 2005.
- Executive Committee of the Science and Engineering Council, 2003-2005.
- Science and Engineering Council, 2003-2005.
- Publications Long-Term Planning Committee, 2002-2003.
- Strategic Planning Committee, 2002-2003
- Topical Meeting Rapid Action Committee, 2001-2002.
- Board of Directors, 1999-2001
- Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, 1999-2001
- Chair, Member and Education Services Council, 1999-2001. Vice-Chair, 1998; Member, 1994-1997.
- Finance Committee, 1999-2001.
- Program Committee, Integrated Image Gathering and Processing Topical Meeting, November 2001.
- Chair, OSA Leadership Award/New Focus Prize Committee, 2002. Member, 2001.
- Chair, Esther Hoffman Beller Award Committee, 1999. Member, 1998.
- Chair, Student Chapter Subcommittee, Member and Education Services Council, 1996-1997.
- New Focus Research Grant Committee, 1996.
- President and Founding Member of the Stanford University Student Chapter, 1991-1992.