Dr. Hanna is currently serving as President of IEEE Canada and as IEEE Director (Region 7). He has been an IEEE member since 1974 and served as IEEE Toronto Section Chair in 2002 & 2003. He was General Chair of the 2004 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering". He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (FIEE), UK, and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC).

Dr. Hanna is a registered professional engineer in the provinces of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, and a designated consulting engineer. He specializes in Adjustable Speed Drive applications, power quality studies, emergency equipment and power system analysis. In the last 30 years he has completed complex investigations in various sectors of industry including Petro-chemical, Mining, Pulp & Paper, Nuclear, Steel as well as commercial. The work conducted in these areas has resulted in 75 technical company reports, 35 technical papers including 16 IEEE transaction/conference papers. He holds B.Sc. Degree (Honors) from University of Basra, Iraq in 1971, the M. Sc. Degree (Distinction) from Queen Mary College, University of London, England in 1973, and the Ph.D. from Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, England in 1977, all in electrical engineering.