Organizing Committee

General Chair

Alireza Khaligh, University of Maryland at College Park, USA


General Co-Chairs

Burak Ozpineci, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Bulent Sarlioglu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA


Program Chair

Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA


Program Co-Chair

Anand Sathyan, Chrysler Group LLC, USA


Assistant Program Chair

Narayan C. Kar, University of Windsor, Canada


IEEE TAB/FDC Electric Vehicle Committee Co-Chairs and IEEE Transportation Electrification Initiative Chairs

Russell Lefevre, 2008 President, IEEE-USA
Lee Stogner, 2010-2011 Director, IEEE Board of Directors


IAS Representatives

Burak Ozpineci, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ayman El-Refaie, GE
Avoki Omekanda, GM
Mohammad Islam, Nexteer Automotive


PES Representatives

Paul Bishop, Secretary of IEEE P2030.1 Guide for Electric-Sourced Transportation Infrastructure
Abdel-Aty Edris, Quanta Technology


Publications Chair

Omer C. Onar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA


Registration Chair

Berker Bilgin, MacAUTO, McMaster University, Canada


Education Chair

Marshall Molen, Mississippi State University, USA


Awards Chair

John Shen, University of Central Florida, USA


Technical Chair for Electric Machines

Hossein Dadkhah, Chrysler LLC


IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section Liaison Chair

Kevin Taylor


Automotive Industry Liaison Chairs

Suresh Gopalakrishnan, GM
Sanjaka Wirasingha, Chrysler LLC
Michael Degner, Ford
Hong Yang, Chrysler LLC


Commercial Vehicle Industry Liaison Chair

Dimitri N. Kazarinoff, AVL Powertrain Inc.


Rail Vehicle Industry Liaison Chair

Tim Richter, GE Global Research


Off-Road Vehicle Industry Liaison Chairs

Nader Nasr, Oshkosh Corporation

Long Wu, John Deere


Aerospace Industry Liaison Chairs

Waleed Said, Hamilton Sundstrand

Kamiar Karimi, The Boeing Company

Nick Nagel, Triumph Aerospace

Sayeed Mir, Eaton Aerospace


Naval/Ship Industry Liaison Chairs

Uday Deshpande, General Atomics


Battery Industry Liaison Chairs

Said Al-Hallaj, All Cell Technologies

Jian Cao, CODA Automotive