IEEE South Africa Section - Directory of Committee Chairs - List of Key Volunteers
Last updated: 5 May 2024
The IEEE South Africa Section (R80141) has a Committee which runs the Section. The Committee consists of
- The IEEE Executive Committee (ExCom)
- Professional Activities / Member Engagement Committees (Standing Committee Chairs, Ad-hoc Committee Chairs and Affinity Groups Chairs)
- Technical Activities Committee (Technical Society Chapter Chairs and Technical Council Chapter Chairs)
- Student Activities Committee (SAC) (incl. Chairs of all Student branches, Branch technical chapters and Branch affinity groups)
Executive Committee (ExCom)
Position |
Name |
Email address |
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Section Chair |
Udochukwu Akuru |
[email protected] |
|
Past Chair |
David Oyedokun |
[email protected] |
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Vice Chair (Technical/Industry) |
Komla Folly |
[email protected] |
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Vice Chair (Membership Development) |
Richard Millham |
[email protected] |
|
Treasurer |
Jacques van Wyk |
[email protected] |
|
Secretary |
Joyce Mwangama |
[email protected] |
|
Standing and Ad-Hoc Committee Chairs
| Committee Role | First Name | Last Name | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awards & Recognitions | Albert | Lysko |
lysko at ieee dot org |
|
Conference Coordinator | Admission & Advancement |
Gerhard | Hancke | |
| IEEE X-academic and Educational activities Chair |
Tsholofelo
|
Mogale
|
hope.mogale at ieee .dot. org |
| Membership Development Chair | |||
| Electronic Communications Committee Chair | Alex | Mhungu | |
| VTools Chair | Mpho | Nkosi | |
| Industry Ambassador | Nico | Coetzee | |
| National Sister Society Coordinator | Willem | Cronje | |
| Nominations & Appointment Committee Chair | Albert | Lysko | |
| Professional Activities | Komla | Folly | Contact Komla |
| Student Activities Chair |
Philip |
Strydom |
Affinity Group (AG) Chairs
| Affinity Group | First Name | Last Name | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women In Engineering (WIE): WE80141 |
Tshego
and
Nwabisa |
Cornelious (Chair)
Letsoha (Vice-Chair) |
|
| Young Professionals Affinity Group (Northern Region/Pretoria): GD80141 | Brett | Terespolsky | |
| Young Professionals Affinity Group (Southern Region/Cape Town): GD8014011 |
Craig
|
Plaatjes |
|
Council Chapter Chairs
| Council Chapter | First Name | Last Name | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEM14 / SYS45 Joint Chapter: Technology and Engineering Management Society / Systems Council: CH08782 |
George | Thopil | |
| NANO42 Nanotechnology Council: CH08685 | Ajay | Mishra (Chair) | |
| Technical Committee on Enterprise Architecture and Engineering |
Alta | van der Merwe | |
| Aurona | Gerber |
Technical Society Chapter Chairs
| Technical Society/Societies | First Name | Last Name | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| AES10/GRS29 (Aerospace and Electronic Systems & Geoscience and Remote Sensing): CH08080 |
Colin |
Schwegmann (Chair) |
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| AP03/MTT17/EMC27 (Joint Chapter: Antennas and Propagation, Microwave Theory and Techniques & Electromagnetic Compatibility): CH08019 |
Dirk |
de Villiers (Chair), |
ddv at sun.ac.za Phone +27 21 808 4011 |
|
Gideon (PG) Riana |
Wiid (Vice-Chair: EMC) Geschke (Vice-Chair: MTT) |
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Tinus |
Stander (Past Chair at MTT), |
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| SMC28 / C16 (Joint Chapter:
(Systems, Man & Cybernetics, Computer): CH08647 |
Meera K.
|
Joseph (Chair)
|
josephmeera at ieee.org |
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Alex Aurona |
Mhungu (Vice-Chair) Gerber |
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| CIS11 (Computational Intelligence): CH08656 |
Andries Anna |
Engelbrecht , Chair Bosman, Vice-Chair |
engel at sun.ac.za |
| CSS23/RAS24 (Joint Chapter: Control Systems & Robotics and Automation): CH08081 |
Riaan |
Stopforth |
stopforth at ukzn.ac.za |
| E25 (Education): CH08459 |
Rina
|
Peach
|
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| ED15/PHO36/CAS04/SSC37 (Joint Chapter: Electron Devices, Photonics & Circuits and Systems, Solid-State Circuits) | Petrus Jannes | Venter? | |
| EMB18 (Engineering in Medicine and Biology): CH08817 |
Tinashe Dawie |
Mutsvangwa (Chair) van den Heever (Secretary) |
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| IE13/IA34/PEL35 (Joint Chapter: Industrial Electronics, Industry Applications & Power Electronics): CH08062 | Azeem | Khan | |
| IT12 (Information Theory Society): CH08687 | Theo | Swart | |
| PE31 (Power and Energy): CH08682 | Esrom M. | Malatji | |
| SP01/COM19 (Joint Chapter: Signal Processing & Communications): CH08018 |
Filip Sunil (BTJ) Jaco |
Palunčić (Chair) Maharaj (Past/Vice-Chair) Versfeld (Treasurer) |
http://southafrica.chapters.comsoc.org/
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VT06 (Joint Chapter: Vehicular Technology): CH08861
|
Sunil (BTJ) Reza |
Maharaj (Chair) Malekian (Vice-Chair) |
http://vtsociety.org/2019/03/ieee-vts-south-africa-chapter-profile/ |
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NPS05/MAG33/IM09/PC26 (Joint Nuclear and Plasma Sciences, Magnetics, Instrumentation and Measurement, and Professional Communication Joint Societies Chapter): CH08881 |
Pete
|
Jones (Chair)
|
Email is pm dot jones at ilabs.nrf.ac.za |
Student Activities Committee (SAC)
| University name (abbrv.) |
Committee Role |
First Name |
Last Name |
Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Student Activities Coordinator |
|
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|
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Student Representative |
Darryn |
Cornish |
|
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| WITS |
University of Witwatersrand Student Branch Chair |
Darryn |
Cornish |
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University of Witwatersrand Student Branch Counsellor |
Willem |
Cronje |
|
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University of Witwatersrand Student Branch Communications Society COM19 Chapter Chair |
Yuval Odhiambo |
Genga |
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University of Witwatersrand Student Branch Communications Society COM19 Chapter Advisor |
Ling |
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| UKZN |
University of KwaZulu-Natal Student Branch Chair |
Kiran Gbolahan? |
Aiyetoro? |
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University of KwaZulu-Natal Student Branch Counsellor |
Tahmid |
Quazi |
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University of KwaZulu-Natal IEEE HKN Mu Eta Chapter President |
Dauda |
Ayanda |
https://ieeehkn.ukzn.ac.za/ |
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University of KwaZulu-Natal IEEE HKN Mu Eta Chapter Advisor |
? |
? |
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| UCT |
University of Cape Town Student Branch Chair |
Lindokuhle |
Shongwe |
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University of Cape Town Student Branch Counsellor |
Azeem |
Khan |
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University of Cape Town Student Branch Women-In-Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group (AG) Chair |
Direshni |
Reddy |
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University of Cape Town Student Branch Communications Society (COM19) Chapter Chair |
Josephine Nakato |
Kakande |
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University of Cape Town Student Branch Communications Society (COM19) Chapter Advisor |
Mqhele E |
Dlodlo |
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University of Cape Town Student Branch Power and Energy Society Chapter (PE31) Chair |
-vacant- |
-vacant- |
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University of Cape Town Student Branch Power and Energy Society Chapter (PE31) Advisor |
Shyama Pada?? |
Chowdhury?? |
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University of Cape Town Student Branch Industrial Automation Society Chapter (IA34) Chair |
Magnaem Ngendina |
Simon |
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University of Cape Town Student Branch Industrial Automation Society Chapter (IA34) Advisor |
Mqhele E |
Dlodlo |
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| UP |
University of Pretoria Student Branch Chair |
James |
Smith |
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University of Pretoria Student Branch Counsellor |
Herman |
Myburgh |
|
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University of Pretoria Student Branch Women-In-Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group (AG) |
Lebogang |
Madise |
|
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University of Pretoria Student Branch Communication Society Chapter / COM19 Chair |
Marthinus |
Prinsloo |
|
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University of Pretoria Student Branch Communication Society Chapter / COM19 Advisor |
BodhaswarTJ |
Maharaj |
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University of Pretoria Student Branch Industrial Automation Society Chapter / IA34 Chair |
Lesley |
Arakkal |
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University of Pretoria Student Branch Industrial Automation Society Chapter / IA34 Advisor |
Mahlatsi Esrom |
Malatji |
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University of Pretoria Student Branch Power and Energy Society Chapter / PE31 Chair |
Mahlatsi |
Malatji |
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University of Pretoria Student Branch Power and Energy Society Chapter / PE31 Advisor |
Xiaohua |
Xia |
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University of Pretoria Student Branch Microwave Techniques and technology / MTT17 Chair |
Nishant Edward R. |
Singh Hunter |
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University of Pretoria Student Branch Microwave Techniques and technology / MTT17 Advisor |
Tinus |
Stander |
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| NWU |
North-West University Student Branch Chair |
Melanie??? |
Delport??? |
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North-West University Student Branch Counsellor |
Magdalena |
Grobler |
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| UJ |
University of Johannesburg: IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) Lambda Psi Chapter Chair
and Vice-Chair |
Marcel Ian |
Jannasch |
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University of Johannesburg Lambda Psi Faculty Officer |
Reolyn |
Heymann |
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SUN |
Stellenbosch University Student Branch Chair |
Alford Philip |
Strydom |
contact
at
stellieeesbr . co.za |
Stellenbosch University Student Branch Vice-Chair |
Udochukwu Bola |
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Stellenbosch University Student Branch Counsellor |
Dawie |
van den Heever |
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Stellenbosch University Industry Applications Society Student Branch Chapter |
Maarten |
Kamper |
kamper .at. sun . ac . za |
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UWC
|
Univesity of Western Cape Student Branch Chair Univesity of Western Cape Student Branch Counsellor |
Stephanie Andre |
Agenbag Henney |
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