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IEEE West Virginia Section Officers for 2012
Region 2 Eastern United States
Below are details about our 2012 WV section officers.
Chair: Kourosh Sedghisigarchi, Ph.D.
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Kourosh Sedghisigarchi joined the Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department of Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering,
West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVUIT) as an Assistant Professor in
August 2006. Kourosh received both his BSEE and MSEE from Sharif
University of Technology in 1994 and 1997, respectively, and PhD from
West Virginia University (2004). He has been a research assistant professor at
Advanced Power & Electricity Research Center (APERC) at Lane
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering of West
Virginia University (2004 -2006). His research interests are: Energy Management Systems, Power
System Security, Power System Modeling, Stability and Control,
Power System Operation and Economics, Power Distribution Systems,
Distributed Generation: Modeling and Control, and Intelligent Control.
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Vice-chair: Yadi Eslami, Ph.D.
Yadollah.EslamiAmirabadi@mail.wvu.edu
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Yadollah
Eslami (S’00–M’05) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering
from Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, in 1985, the M.Sc. degree in
communication systems from Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan,
Iran, in 1987, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer
engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in
2005. He was a Lecturer with the Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department, Isfahan University of Technology, from 1987 to 1999, and a
Design Engineer with the Department of DRAM Research and Development,
Micron Technology Inc., Boise, ID, USA, from 2005 to 2009. He is
currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering
Technology of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology
where he was a visiting faculty in 2010-2011 school year. His research
interests are in the areas of digital circuits and systems, VLSI
memories, VLSI implementation of algorithms, and microprocessors
architectures.
Dr. Eslami holds an international patent on FeRAM circuits and a US
patent on high speed DRAM input buffer. He was the recipient of the
Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, the University
of Toronto Open Fellowship, and the Edwards S. Rogers Sr. Scholarship
from 1999 to 2005.
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Secretary: Eric J. Bias, PEebias@ebias.com
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Eric received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the West Virginia University
Institute of Technology. His primary areas of emphasis were Communications,
Microprocessor Controlled Embedded Systems and Programming. He also has
two associate degrees, one in Pre-engineering and one in Chemical
Technology from the Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College.
Eric is a Registered
Professional Power Systems Engineer in four states. After graduation,
Eric worked as an Electronics Engineer for AMCO Automated Systems.
While there, he provided engineering, design, service and support for
RF embedded products, including water and gas transponders and mobile
RF interrogators. He helped to design and build production boards and
he wrote testing software that interfaced with the new Handheld
Interrogator during its design. Currently, Eric
works as an Electrical Engineer for Eta Engineering Consultants, PSC.
His work projects nclude small and large scale electrical,
instrumentation and controls projects for industrial facilities,
including power plants, manufacturing facilities, petroleum loading
terminals and petroleum refineries. He has assumed the lead role in
helping his company provide services and training for biodiesel
integration into loading terminals, including receipt, storage,
transmission and delivery. He also serves as a project manager and
strategic account manager. Eric also teaches evening courses in
Beginning and Advanced Computer Aided Drafting and Design at the
Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College and Microprocessors at
ITT Technical Institute. He is a former student president of Eta Kappa
Nu at WVU Tech. He is also the Video, Audio and Computer Engineer for
St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Nitro, where he attends
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Treasurer: Neil Chakrabartyneil@thechak.net
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work for the WV Department of Environmental Protection WVDEP
Information Technology office in their computer room maintaining
servers, websites, and databases. I am a graduate of Computer
Engineering at WVU 1994. I am married to Renu Chakrabarty PE Air toxics
coordinator for WVDEP division of Air Quality. I am an active hobbyist
in Woodworking, Computer programming, Robotics and Hiking. I also
volunteer in my Church Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Valley
Woodworkers in their Toy for Salvation Army kids program, as a mentor
in the Charleston Catholic High School Robotics team in First Robotics
FTC completion. I occasionally get to be the hero of the day rescuing servers and
databases in short order on 24x7 notice. I served in the US Army where
I was Sargent and a tank mechanic and vehicle maintenance clerk in
Germany 1984-1989. From 1981 though 1984 I owned and operated Custom
Computer Programming Inc. in Huntington WV. Even to this day I still
take on small custom programming contracts. My father was known
as Robbie Chakrabarty PhD at Marshall University 1933-1990.
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Membership Development Officer: L. Bruce McClung
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L. Bruce McClung received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from West
Virginia University in 1960.
In 1997, he became the first electrical engineer to be named a
Corporate Fellow at Union Carbide. In over four decades working for the
Union Carbide
Corporation, Mr. McClung's work in advancing technology, standards, and
work practices
has dramatically improved electrical safety.
His work has achieved exceptional results in
reducing accidents, injuries, and fatalities, and influenced virtually
every standard related to electrical safety in the workplace.
He has served as chair of the Industry Application Society
Standards Department for 11 years. Mr. McClung is a Fellow of the IEEE.
He represents IEEE on the National
Fire Protection Association's standard NFPA 70 (National Electrical
Code) and on NFPA 70E for 1995 and 2000 Editions (Electrical Safety
Requirements for Employee Workplaces). He has
authored 30 technical papers, 18 of
which have made IEEE-IAS Transactions Status, while 10 earned IEEE-IAS
prize paper awards. He received the IEEE Standards Medallion, the IEEE
Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award, the 2000 PCIC Electrical Safety
Excellence Award, the 2001 IEEE Medal for Engineering Excellence and
the 2001 IAS Outstanding Achievement Award. He also received Union
Carbide's Chairman's Award, and has been elected a member of West
Virginia University Academy of Computer Science and Electrical
Engineers.
Mr. McClung is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of
West Virginia, a member of Sigma Pi Sigma, Physics Honor society and of
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He has served as IEEE Distinguished
Lecturer for Electrical Safety
Issues during 2002-2003 during which time he presented electrical
safety background material in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Chicago, Tampa,
Houston, Mumbai, Pune and New Delhi in India and in Rome, Italy. He
continued to be invited to make presentations at electrical safety
workshops in Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, and Australia.
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