IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2025)

Section |
Section Chair |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
Section |
Vice Chair |
Matthew Imhoff |
Section |
Past Chair |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Treasury |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Assistant Treasurer |
Bill Sloman |
Section |
Secretary |
Arifuddin Mohammed (Arif) |
Section |
Assistant Secretary |
Antony Zaglas |
Section |
Nominations |
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Section |
eNotice Coordinator |
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Section |
Government Liaison & Industry Relations |
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Section |
Webmaster |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
Section |
Professional Activities |
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Section |
Young Professional Chair |
Hijab Zahra |
Section |
Young Professional Vice Chair |
Naila Mukhtar |
Section |
Student Activities Chair |
Dushmantha Thalakotuna / Arslan Kiyani |
Section |
Student Activities Vice Chair |
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Section |
Student Representative |
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Section |
NSW Section Mentor Chair |
Mohamad Awdallah |
Section |
Educational Activities & TISP |
Graeme B Gwilliam |
Section |
Membership Development |
Bruce Poon |
Section |
WIE Chair |
Naila Mukhtar |
Section |
WIE Vice Chair |
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Section |
Awards and Recognition Committee Chair |
Subhas Mukhopadhyay |
Section |
Conference Coordinator |
David Tien |
Section |
Historian |
Ramutis Zakarevicius |
Section |
Distribution Lists |
Dushmantha Thalakotuna |
Section |
Social Implications of Tech NSW |
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Section |
Fellows Activities Coordinator |
Karu Esselle |
Section |
Circuit Editor |
Bill Sloman |
IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2024)

Section |
Section Chair |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
Section |
Vice Chair |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Past Chair |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Treasury |
Bill Sloman |
Section |
Assistant Treasurer |
Antony Zaglas |
Section |
Secretary |
Arifuddin Mohammed (Arif) |
Section |
Assistant Secretary |
Matthew Imhoff |
Section |
Nominations |
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Section |
eNotice Coordinator |
Sanjib Choudhury |
Section |
Government Liaison & Industry Relations |
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Section |
Webmaster |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
Section |
Professional Activities |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Young Professional Chair |
Hijab Zahra |
Section |
Young Professional Vice Chair |
Naila Mukhtar |
Section |
Student Activities Chair |
Dushmantha Thalakotuna / Arslan Kiyani |
Section |
Student Activities Vice Chair |
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Section |
Student Representative |
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Section |
NSW Section Mentor Chair |
Mohamad Awdallah |
Section |
Educational Activities & TISP |
Graeme B Gwilliam |
Section |
Membership Development |
Bruce Poon |
Section |
WIE Chair |
Naila Mukhtar |
Section |
WIE Vice Chair |
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Section |
Awards and Recognition Committee Chair |
Subhas Mukhopadhyay |
Section |
Conference Coordinator |
David Tien |
Section |
Historian |
Ramutis Zakarevicius |
Section |
Distribution Lists |
Dushmantha Thalakotuna |
Section |
Social Implications of Tech NSW |
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Section |
Fellows Activities Coordinator |
Karu Esselle |
Section |
Circuit Editor |
Bill Sloman |
IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2023)

Section |
Section Chair |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Vice Chair |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
Section |
Past Chair |
Sasha Nikolic |
Section |
Treasury |
Bill Sloman |
Section |
Assistant Treasurer |
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Section |
Secretary |
Antony Zaglas |
Section |
Assistant Secretary |
Arif Sohel |
Section |
Nominations |
Antony Zaglas |
Section |
eNotice Coordinator |
Sanjib Choudhury |
Section |
Government Liaison & Industry Relations |
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Section |
Webmaster |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
Section |
Professional Activities |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Young Professional Chair |
Hijab Zahra |
Section |
Young Professional Vice Chair |
Naila Mukhtar |
Section |
Student Activities Chair |
Arslan Kiyani |
Section |
Student Activities Vice Chair |
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Section |
Student Representative |
|
Section |
NSW Section Mentor Chair |
Mohamad Awdallah |
Section |
Educational Activities & TISP |
Graeme B Gwilliam |
Section |
Membership Development |
Bruce Poon |
Section |
WIE Chair |
Naila Mukhtar |
Section |
WIE Vice Chair |
Helen Lu |
Section |
Awards and Recognition Committee Chair |
Subhas Mukhopadhyay |
Section |
Conference Coordinator |
David Tien |
Section |
Historian |
Ramutis Zakarevicius |
Section |
Distribution Lists |
Dushmantha Thalakotuna |
Section |
Social Implications of Tech NSW |
Kayleen Manwaring |
Section |
Fellows Activties Coordinator |
Karu Esselle |
Section |
Circuit Editor |
Bill Sloman |
IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2021-2022)

Section |
Section Chair |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Vice Chair |
Sudipta Chakraborty |
Section |
Past Chair |
Sasha Nikolic |
Section |
Treasury |
Bill Sloman |
Section |
Assistant Treasurer |
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Section |
Secretary |
Dushmantha Thalakotuna |
Section |
Assistant Secretary |
sherry.moghadassi |
Section |
Nominations |
Mahmoud Elkhodr |
Section |
eNotice Coordinator |
sanjib.choudhury |
Section |
Government Liaison & Industry Relations |
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Section |
Webmaster |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
Section |
Professional Activities |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Young Professional Chair |
Hijab Zahra |
Section |
Young Professional Vice Chair |
Naila Mukhtar |
Section |
Student Activities Chair |
Arslan Kiyani |
Section |
Student Activities Vice Chair |
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Section |
Student Representative |
Luke Wicent Sy, |
Section |
NSW Section Mentor Chair |
Mohamad Awdallah |
Section |
Educational Activities & TISP |
Graeme B Gwilliam |
Section |
Membership Development |
Bruce Poon |
Section |
WIE Chair |
Naila Mukhtar |
Section |
WIE Vice Chair |
Helen Lu |
Section |
Awards and Recognition Committee Chair |
Antony Zaglas |
Section |
Conference Coordinator |
David Tien |
Section |
Historian |
Ramutis Zakarevicius |
Section |
Distribution Lists |
Dushmantha Thalakotuna |
Section |
Social Implications of Tech NSW |
Kayleen Manwaring |
Section |
Fellows Activties Coordinator |
Karu Esselle |
Section |
Circuit Editor |
Bill Sloman |
IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2020)

Section |
Section Chair |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Vice Chair |
Sudipta Chakraborty |
Section |
Past Chair |
Sasha Nikolic |
Section |
Treasury |
Bill Sloman |
Section |
Assistant Treasurer |
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Section |
Secretary |
Dushmantha Thalakotuna |
Section |
Assistant Secretary |
sherry.moghadassi |
Section |
Nominations |
Mahmoud Elkhodr |
Section |
eNotice Coordinator |
sanjib.choudhury |
Section |
Government Liaison & Industry Relations |
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Section |
Webmaster |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
Section |
Professional Activities |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Young Professional Chair |
Affan Baba |
Section |
Young Professional Vice Chair |
Hijab Zahra |
Section |
Student Activities Chair |
Arslan Kiyani |
Section |
Student Activities Vice Chair |
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Section |
Student Representative |
Luke Wicent Sy, |
Section |
NSW Section Mentor Chair |
Mohamad Awdallah |
Section |
Educational Activities & TISP |
Graeme B Gwilliam |
Section |
Membership Development |
Bruce Poon |
Section |
WIE Chair |
Naila Mukhtar |
Section |
WIE Vice Chair |
Helen Lu |
Section |
Awards and Recognition Committee Chair |
Antony Zaglas |
Section |
Conference Coordinator |
David Tien |
Section |
Historian |
Ramutis Zakarevicius |
Section |
Distribution Lists |
Dushmantha Thalakotuna |
Section |
Social Implications of Tech NSW |
Kayleen Manwaring |
Section |
Fellows Activties Coordinator |
Karu Esselle |
Section |
Circuit Editor |
Bill Sloman |
IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2019)

Section |
Section Chair |
Sasha Nikolic |
Section |
Vice Chair |
Georgios Konstantinou |
Section |
Past Chair |
Karu Esselle |
Section |
Treasurer |
Bill Sloman |
Section |
Secretary |
Dushmantha Thalakotuna |
Section |
Assistant Secretary |
Sherry Moghadassi |
Section |
Nominations |
Greg Andrews |
Section |
eNotice Coordinator |
Sanjib Choudhury |
Section |
Government Liaison & Industry Relations |
Luis Catarino |
Section |
Webmaster |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
Section |
Professional Activities |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Young Professional Chair |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
Section |
Young Professional Vice Chair |
Affan Aziz Baba |
Section |
Student Activities Chair |
Arslan Kiyani |
Section |
Student Activities Vice Chair |
Naveed Aziz Khan |
Section |
Student Representative |
Ibrahim Ibrahim |
Section |
NSW Section Mentor Chair |
Saad Ul Hasan |
Section |
Educational Activities & TISP |
Graeme B Gwilliam |
Section |
Membership Development |
Bruce Poon |
Section |
WIE Chair |
Hai Yan (Helen) Lu |
Section |
WIE Vice Chair |
Naila Mukhtar |
Section |
Awards and Recognition Committee Chair |
Antony Zaglas |
Section |
Conference Coordinator |
David Tien |
Section |
Historian |
Ramutis Zakarevicius |
Section |
Distribution Lists |
Dushmantha Thalakotuna |
Section |
Social Implications of Tech NSW |
Lyria Bennett Moses |
IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2018)
Section |
Section Chair |
Sasha Nikolic |
Section |
Vice Chair |
Georgios Konstantinou |
Section |
Past Chair |
Karu Esselle |
Section |
Treasurer |
Raymond A Brown |
Section |
Assistant Treasurer |
Bill Sloman |
Section |
Secretary |
John Aitken |
Section |
Assistant Secretary |
Sherry Moghadassi |
Section |
Nominations |
Greg Andrews |
Section |
eNotice Coordinator |
Sanjib Choudhury |
Section |
Government Liaison & Industry Relations |
Luis Catarino |
Section |
Webmaster |
Syed Abbas |
Section |
Professional Activities |
Colin Elston |
Section |
Young Professional Chair |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
Section |
Student Activities |
Ali Hellany |
Section
Section |
Student Representative
Student Mentor Chair |
Saad Hasan
Trevor Kleinert |
Section |
Educational Activities & TISP |
Graeme B Gwilliam |
Section |
Membership Development |
Bruce Poon |
Section |
WIE Chair |
Hai Yan (Helen) Lu |
Section |
Awards and Recognition Committee Chair |
Antony Zaglas |
Section |
Conference Coordinator |
David Tien |
Section |
Historian |
Ramutis Zakarevicius |
Section |
Distribution Lists |
Dushamantha Thalakotuna |
Section |
Social Implications of Tech NSW |
Lyria Bennett Moses |
AP/MTT Joint Chapter |
Chair |
Raheel Hashmi |
AP/MTT Joint Chapter |
Vice Chair |
Syed Muzahir Abbas |
AP/MTT Joint Chapter |
Past Chair |
Karu Esselle |
AP/MTT Joint Chapter |
Secretary |
Karu Esselle |
AP/MTT Joint Chapter |
Treasurer |
Yang Yang |
Computer |
Chair |
Ian Boyd |
Computer |
Vice Chair |
David Tien |
Computer |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Bruce Poon |
Joint Comms |
Chair |
Stephen Joyce |
Joint Comms |
Vice Chair |
Lionel Ascone |
Joint Comms |
Past Chair |
Ollencio D’Souza |
Joint Comms |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Sherry Moghadassi |
Dielec |
Chair |
Trevor Blackburn |
Dielec |
Vice Chair |
Bao Toan Phung |
Dielec |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Ray Brown |
Education |
Chair |
Sudipta Chakraborty |
Education |
Vice Chair |
Jun shen |
Education |
Past Chair |
Sasha Nikolic |
Education |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Mst Nishat Yasmin Koli |
Education |
Sessional Teaching |
Yasmeen Panhwar |
Education |
WiEE Cgair |
Meriam G. Bautista |
Med&Bio |
Chair |
Stefan Mozar |
Med&Bio |
Past Chair |
Jeff Armistead |
Joint Photo |
Chair |
Saul Carrol |
Joint Photo |
Vice Chair |
Ediz Cetin |
Joint Photo |
Past Chair |
Ediz Cetin |
Joint Photo |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Joe Mok |
Joint Power Elec |
Chair |
Graham Town |
Joint Power Elec |
Vice Chair |
Jahangir Hossain |
Joint Power Elec |
Past Chair |
Jian (Joe) Zhu |
Joint Power Elec |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Dylan Lu |
Joint Power |
Chair |
Georgios Konstantinou |
Joint Power |
Vice Chair |
Harith R. Wickramasinghe |
Joint Power |
Past Chair |
Ray Brown |
Joint Power |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Pouya Jamborsalamati |
Joint Power |
Committee Member |
Ha Pham |
Joint Power |
Committee Member |
Saad Hasan |
Joint Power |
Committee Member |
Pouya Jamborsalamati |
Joint Geo |
Chair |
Zhi Huang |
Joint Geo |
Co-Chair |
Simitkumar Raval |
Joint Geo |
Past Chair |
Fuqin Li |
Systems |
Chair |
Longbing Cao |
Systems |
Vice Chair |
Dacheng Tao |
Systems |
Secretary |
Xinhua Zhu |
Systems |
Treasurer |
Quang Vin |
Vehicular |
Chair |
Abbas Jamalipour |
Vehicular |
Vice Chair |
Wei Ni |
Vehicular |
Secretary |
Ying He |
Vehicular |
Treasurer |
Rajan Shankaran |
EMC |
Chair |
John Aitken |
EMC |
Vice Chair |
Erik Lensson |
EMC |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Ray Brown |
Instruments |
Chair |
Subhas Mukhopadhyay |
Instruments |
Vice Chair |
Ediz Cetin |
Instruments |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Mohsen Asadnia |
Compu Intell |
Chair |
jie lu |
Compu Intell |
Co-Vice Chair |
Chin-Teng Lin |
Compu Intell |
Co-Vice Chair |
Adel Ali Al-Jumaily |
Compu Intell |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Haiyan (Helen) Lu |
Student Branch |
UOW Chair |
Alanna Vial |
Student Branch |
MQU Chair |
Pouya Jamborsalamati |
Student Branch |
UTS Chair |
Noman Haider |
Student Branch |
UNSW Chair |
Jennifer Feng |
IEEE NSW Section’s Committee Members (2017)
Contact the Section’s committee using this form
Name |
POSITION |
Prof. Karu Esselle |
Section Chair |
Ray Brown |
Section Vice Chair |
John Aitken |
Section Secretary |
Dr John Ypsilantis |
Section Treasurer |
Dr. David Tien |
Section Past Chair |
Syed Abbas |
General Committee Member |
Greg Andrews |
Nominations and Appointments Chair |
Dr Lyria Bennett Moses |
General Committee Member & Social Implications of Tech NSW |
Sanjib Choudhury |
eNotice Coordinator |
Ollencio D’Souza |
Government Liaison & Industry Relations |
Dr Mahmoud Elkhodr |
Webmaster |
Colin Elston |
Professional Activities |
Prof Karu Esselle |
Fellow Activities Coordinator |
Dr Raheel Hashmi |
Young Professional Chair |
Dr Ali Hellany |
Student Activities |
Dr Graeme Gwilliam |
Teacher In Service Program(TISP) Co-ordinator |
Dr Graeme Gwilliam |
Educational Activities |
Sherry Moghadassi |
Assistant Secretary |
Bruce Poon |
Membership Development |
Dr Hai Yan (Helen) Lu |
WIE Chair |
Dr Bill Sloman |
CIRCUIT Editor |
Dr Bill Sloman |
Life Members Chair |
Dr Bill Sloman |
Assistant Treasurer |
Dr David Tien |
Conference Coordinator |
Antony Zaglas |
Awards and Recognition Committee Chair |
A Prof Ramutis Zakarevicius |
Historian |