Australia Council Committee - 2023

Australia Council Officers

The elected officers of the Australia Council are the Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Officers are elected for two-year terms. The current term is 2023-2024.

Candidates for the position of Council Chair are limited to Australian IEEE members not belonging to sections from which the incumbent and immediate past Council Chairs have been selected.

The elected officers, together with representatives of the seven Australian sections, make up the Australia Council Executive Committee, otherwise known as the Australia Council.

A copy of the Australia Council bylaws is available here.

By convention, the Australia Council appoints a webmaster and a student activities coordinator annually.

In March 2018 the Australia Council created a new committee position: Standards Coordinator. The roles and responsibilities of the Standards Coordinator are defined here.

In April 2022 the Australia Council created two new committee positions: AC WIE Forum Coordinator and AC WIE Forum Liaison Officer. The roles and responsibilities of the WIE Forum Coordinator Officer and the WIE Forum Liaison Officer are defined here.

An application form for the WIE Forum Coordinator Officer position is available here.

An application form for the WIE Forum Liaison Officer position is available here.

Elected Officers

Chair

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Dr Fouad Karouta


Semiconductors Technologist
Contact Fouad Karouta




Vice-chair

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Prof Mohan Jacob

College of Science and Engineering
James Cook University
Contact Mohan Jacob



Secretary

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Melanie Olsen



Contact Melanie Olsen




Treasurer

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Mike Robinson





Contact Mike Robinson




Immediate Past Chair

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Dr Daniel Eghbal


Energex
Contact Daniel Eghbal




Student Activities Coordinator

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Dr Xin Yuan (Vernon)


University of Adelaide
Contact Xin Yuan




Women in Engineering Coordinator

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Sherry Randhawa



Contact Sherry Randhawa




TISP Coordinator
Webmaster

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Mike Robinson


Contact Mike Robinson


Section Representatives

Australian Capital Territory

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Ambarish Natu


Australian Taxation Office
Contact Ambarish Natu




New South Wales

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Colin Elston


Contact Colin Elston




Northern Australia

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Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi



James Cook University
Contact Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi




Queensland

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Om Perkash


Senior Technical Program Manager
Wabtec Corporation
Contact Om Perkash




South Australia

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Shela Cook


Accenture
Contact Shela Cook





Victoria

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Annick Boghossian



Telstra
Contact Annick Boghossian




Western Australia

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Dr Kevin Wong



Murdoch University
Contact Kevin Wong