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IEEE NEWS
Saifur Rahman
Is 2022 IEEE
President-Elect
BY JOANNA GOODRICH
IEEE LIFE FELLOW Saifur Rahman
has been elected as the 2022 IEEE
president-elect. He is set to begin serving
as president on 1 January 2023.
Rahman, who was nominated by
petition, received 13,296 votes in the
election. Fellow S.K. Ramesh received
13,013 votes, Life Fellow Thomas M.
Coughlin received 11,802 votes, and
Life Senior Member Francis B. Grosz
received 6,308.
At press time, the results were unofficial.
The IEEE Board of Directors was
scheduled to accept the IEEE Tellers
Committee report last month.
Rahman is a professor of electrical
and computer engineering at Virginia
Tech. He is the founding director of
the Advanced Research Institute at
the university, which helps faculty
members get access to research
funding, government laboratories, and
industry research centers.
Rahman is also the founder of BEM
Controls in McLean, Va., a software
company that provides buildings with
energy efficiency solutions.
He served as chair of the U.S.
National Science Foundation Advisory
Committee for International Science
and Engineering from 2010 to 2013.
Rahman is the founding editor
in chief of IEEE Electrification
Magazine and IEEE Transactions on
Sustainable Energy.
He served as the 2018-2019
president of the IEEE Power & Energy
Society. While president, Rahman
established the IEEE PES corporate
engagement program, which allows
employers to receive IEEE benefits
by paying their employees' IEEE
membership dues.
Rahman set up IEEE PES chapters'
councils in Africa, China, India, and Latin
America. The councils have empowered
local leaders to initiate their own
programs. He also led the effort to establish
PES University, which offers courses,
tutorials, and webinars to IEEE members.
Membership by the Numbers
Here are some takeaways from the recently released 2020 IEEE Annual Report.
SOURCE: IEEE ANNUAL REPORT
Countries with
the most members
1. United States:
160,298
2. India:
45,353
3. China:
30,106
4. Canada:
15,106
5. Japan:
13,798
Countries with the most
student members
1. India:
29,244
2. United States:
20,756
3. China:
12,243
4. Canada:
3,138
5. Tunisia:
2,915
Largest societies
1. IEEE Computer
Society
2. IEEE Power &
Energy Society
3. IEEE
Communications
Society
4. IEEE Signal
Processing Society
5. IEEE Robotics and
Automation Society
Rahman was the 2006 chair of the
IEEE Publication Services and Products
Board and a member of the IEEE
Board of Directors.
As an IEEE PES distinguished
lecturer, he has spoken in more
than 30 countries on the smart grid,
energy-efficient buildings, sensor integration,
and other topics.
Rahman has received several
IEEE recognitions including the
2000 IEEE Millennium Medal for
outstanding achievements and
contributions to IEEE, the 2011
IEEE-USA Professional Achievement
Award, the 2012 IEEE PES Meritorious
Service Award, and the 2013
IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering
Educator Award.
To find out who was chosen
as IEEE-USA president-elect,
IEEE Standards Association
president-elect, and more, read the
full results on the election website
(www.ieee.org/election).
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