The committee currently has 118 members, more than half of whom are affiliated with industry (most of the rest have had substantial industry experience over their careers).
The Industry Committee welcomes additional members with significant industry experience. If you are interested please contact the IndCom chair, Kevin Brooks (Kevin.Brooks(at)apc-smart.com) or the chair of the IndCom Communications subcommittee, Bill Tubbs (bill.tubbs(at)me.com).
Executive Subcomittee
The Executive Subcommittee of the IFAC Industry Committee currently consists of 11 members.
 | Kevin Brooks(chair) | APC SMART/ Univ. of the Witwatersrand(ZA) | kevin.brooks(at)wits.ac.za |
 | Tariq Samad | Univ. of Minnesota (US) | tsamad(at)umn.edu |
 | Moncef Chioua | Polytechnique Montreal (CA) | moncef.chioua(at)polymtl.ca |
 | Stefano Di Cairano | Mitsubishi Electric (US) | dicairano(at)ieee.org |
 | Philippe Goupil | Airbus (FR) | philippe.goupil(at)airbus.com |
 | Steve Kahne | Retired (US) | s.kahne(at)ieee.org |
 | Iven Mareels | Federation University (AU) | i.mareels (at) federation.edu.au |
 | Alisa Rupenyan | FHNW (CH) | ralisa(at)ethz.ch |
 | Atanas Serbezov | Rose-HulmanInst. of Tech. (US) | serbezov(at)rose-hulman.edu |
 | Alex van Delft | Consultant (NL) | alex(at)vandelft.it |
 | Bill Tubbs | Consultant (CA) | bill.tubbs(at)me.com |
Member Roster
Membership roster for the IFAC Industry Committee.
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
| Hans Aalto | Affiliation: Take Control Oy Country: FI Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries (petroleum refining, petrochemicals, chemicals); natural gas transmission Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.4 |
| Daniel Abramovitch | Affiliation: Agilent Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mechatronic storage (optical and magnetic disk drives); high-performance instrumentation; atomic force microscopes; mass spectrometers |
| Sergey Abrashov | Affiliation: Continental Engineering Services Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive (Tier 1) |
| Lounis Adouane | Affiliation: Université de Technologie de Compiègne Country: FR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive (autonomous vehicles, hybrid-electric vehicles), defense (autonomous ground vehicles, cooperative air/land robots, swarm robots) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.5 |
| David A. Anisi | Affiliation: Norwegian Univ. of Life Sci. Country: Norge Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Robotics, Oil&Gas, Agriculture |
| Finn Ankersen | Affiliation: ESA, Consultant Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace; power generation and conversion Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.3 |
| Aitor Arnaiz | Affiliation: Tekniker Country: ES Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): process industries; manufacturing; renewable energy Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.1 |
| Lidia Auret | Affiliation: Stone Three Country: South Africa Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing (sensors, control, monitoring, modelling) IFAC Role(s): TC 6.2 vice-chair (publications) |
| Thomas Badgwell | Affiliation: University of Texas at Austin Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Oil and gas Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.1 |
| Jayesh Barve | Affiliation: GE Country: IN Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power generation, oil & gas, appliances, transportation, water management, cement, discrete manufacturing |
| Martin Bayliss | Affiliation: MBDA UK Ltd Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace and defence |
| Abdessattar Ben Amor | Affiliation: Nat. Inst. of Appl. Sci. & Tech. Country: TU Type: Academia |
| Abdelkrim Benchaib | Affiliation: SuperGrid Institute Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power systems |
| Neila Bhouri | Affiliation: IFSTTAR Country: FR Type: Government Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.4 |
| Rogier Blom | Affiliation: GE Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Renewables; power generation; aviation; oil & gas; transportation; additive manufacturing; robotics |
| Nunzio Bonavita | Affiliation: ABB Country: IT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Technology ventures |
| Ali Borhan | Affiliation: Cummins Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive (connected, electric, and fuel-cell vehicles; powertrains); freight operations |
| Scott Bortoff | Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): HVAC; buildings (elevators); factory automation (robotics); HVAC; aerospace (engines, power distribution) |
| Delphine Bresch-Pietri | Affiliation: Mines-Paristech Country: FR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.6 |
| Kevin Brooks | Affiliation: APC Smart Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): oil refining; pulp and paper; mining, metals, minerals (MMM) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.2 IFAC Role(s): Chair of the Industry Committee |
| John Burchell | Affiliation: Sibanye-Stillwater Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing; mining |
| Leo Chiang | Affiliation: Dow Country: US Type: Industry |
| Moncef Chioua | Affiliation: Polytechnique Montreal Country: CA Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Pulp and paper, oil and gas, chemicals, mining IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Loutjie Coetzee | Affiliation: Draslovka Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing |
| Francesco Corona | Affiliation: Aalto University Country: FI Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; environmental (water treatment) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.4 |
| Robert David | Affiliation: Technord Country: BE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Food and beverage; pharma; cement; water distribution |
| Lane Desborough | Affiliation: Nudge BG Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Biomedical; process industries |
| Stefano Di Cairano | Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; aerospace; industrial automation Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.4 IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Mamadou Lamine Diagne | Affiliation: UCSD Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing |
| Japie Engelbrecht | Affiliation: Stellenbosch University Country: ZA Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Aerospace, UAVs |
| Lars Eriksson | Affiliation: Linkoping University Country: SE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Transportation and vehicle systems IFAC Role(s): Chair CC7 |
| Yongsoon Eun | Affiliation: Daegu Gyeongbuk Inst. of Sci. & Tech. Country: KR Type: Academia |
| Lorenzo Fagiano | Affiliation: Politecnico Milano Country: IT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power systems (generation and transmission); industrial, manufacturing, and grid automation |
| Antonella Ferrara | Affiliation: University of Pavia Country: Italy Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive, Energy Systems, Robotics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.3 IFAC Role(s): Member of IFAC Conference Board, Program Chair IFAC WP 2029, Member of the IFAC Fellow Search committee, Member of the IFAC Manfred Thoma Medal Award Selection Committee |
| Eduardo Gallestey Alvarez | Affiliation: Honeywell Country: CH Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power generation; process industries; mining and minerals processing; upstream oil & gas |
| Ankur Ganguli | Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Mario Garcia-Sanz | Affiliation: Department of Energy Country: US Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Renewable energy |
| Rafael Gonzalez Martin | Affiliation: Repsol Country: ES Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Oil refining |
| Bhushan Gopaluni | Affiliation: Univ. of British Columbia Country: CA Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Forest products; oil & gas; chemicals; pharmaceuticals |
| Philippe Goupil | Affiliation: Airbus Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.3 IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Benny Grosman | Affiliation: Medtronic Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Medical technology |
| Carlos Guardiola | Affiliation: Univ. Polit. Valencia Country: ES Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.1 |
| Oleg Gusekhin | Affiliation: Ford Motor Company Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Supply chain management, manufacturing, IoT, automotive, smart mobility Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.2 |
| Christoforos Hadjicostis | Affiliation: Univ. of Cyprus Country: CY Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Social networks Industry Vice-chair for TC: 1.3 |
| Vahid Hassani | Affiliation: OsloMet University Country: NO Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Marine vehicles and platforms Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.2 |
| Vladimir Havlena | Affiliation: Czech Technical University Country: CZ Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): advanced localization, sensor fusion (GPS, inertial, odometry, video, Lidar etc.), advanced driver assistance systems, and collision avoidance for trams |
| Marcel Heertjes | Affiliation: ASML Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Semiconductor processing; motion control |
| Gernot Herbst | Affiliation: Zwickau Univ. of Applied Sci. Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power electronics |
| Mitsuo Hirata | Affiliation: Utsunomiya University Country: JP Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Mechatronics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.2 IFAC Role(s): TC 4.2 vice chair |
| Marija Ilic | Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power systems Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.2 |
| Laurens Jacobs | Affiliation: Nikwist Country: BE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mechatronics, high-precision motion control, active bearing technology, robotics |
| Christoph Jansen | Affiliation: Flensburg Univ. of Applied Sci. Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Energy management; digital engineering and IT security Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.5 |
| Qing-Shan Jia | Affiliation: Tsinghua University Country: CN Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Buildings; power systems IFAC Role(s): TC 9.3 |
| Thomas Jones | Affiliation: S-PLANE Automation Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace (specifically aero) IFAC Role(s): TC7.3 |
| Ulrich Jumar | Affiliation: IFAK Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Electrical and electronics manufacturing; automation industry |
| Esko Juuso | Affiliation: Univ. of Oulu Country: FI Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (forest, steel, mining); energy systems; biomedical; buildings; machines; water treatment |
| Steve Kahne | Affiliation: [retired] Country: US Type: Other/retired Industry Sector(s): Aircraft systems IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm, IFAC Advisor |
| Manabu Kano | Affiliation: Kyoto University Country: JP Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemical, pharmaceutical, steel, semiconductor); medical/healthcare IFAC Role(s): WC2023 Ind Cochair |
| Jay Katupitiya | Affiliation: Univ. of New South Wales Country: AU Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Agriculture; mining; road construction Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.1 |
| Dejan Kihas | Affiliation: 1) Engineering Consulting 2) BCIT – Instructor / Faculty / Electrical Engineering and Technology Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; process industries; agriculture; heavy machinery; |
| Hiroshi Kitada | Affiliation: Nippon Steel Country: JP Type: Industry |
| Heikki Koivo | Affiliation: Aalto University Country: FI Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (pulp and paper, mining, mineral processing); renewable energy; mechatronics |
| Arthur Kordon | Affiliation: Kordon Consulting LLC Country: BU Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
| Zdzisław Kowalczuk | Affiliation: Gdansk Univ. of Technology Country: PL Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; automotive; aircraft; maritime industries IFAC Role(s): TC7.5 Chair |
| Michael Lees | Affiliation: Carlton & United Breweries Country: AU Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries (food and beverage) |
| Lihua Li | Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; powertrains |
| Ruixing Long | Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Robert Mahoney | Affiliation: Australian National University Country: AU Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): UAVs Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.3 |
| Chris Manzie | Affiliation: Univ. of Melbourne Country: AU Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive; aerospace; mechatronics; transportation; energy systems |
| Andres Marcos | Affiliation: Tech. for Aerospace Control Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace |
| Iven Mareels | Affiliation: Federation University Australia Country: AU Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Healthcare; financial services; energy; buildings; process industries IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Silvia Mastellone | Affiliation: FHNW Country: CH Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power and energy |
| Jérôme Mendes | Affiliation: Universidade de Coimbra Country: PT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industry, Manufacturing |
| Jonathan Meyer | Affiliation: Anvil Sparks Modelling Ltd Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Pharma; mining IFAC Role(s): IFAC Industry Committee Member |
| Ge Ming | Affiliation: KT Control Country: CN Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
| Marysia Nowacka | Affiliation: Alfa Laval Country: DK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Marine energy; powertrains; alternative energy sources; energy storage |
| Eduardo Nunez | Affiliation: Molycop Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing, mining, process control |
| Peter Odgaard | Affiliation: Goldwind Energy Country: DK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Wind energy; fossil-fired power plants; power grid; consumer electronics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.4, 6.3 |
| Bhagyesh Patil | Affiliation: John Deere Country: IN Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Autonomous Off-highway Vehicle Planning & Control, Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research |
| Jaroslav Pekar | Affiliation: Garrett Motion Country: CZ Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Carlos Pereira | Affiliation: UFRGS Country: BR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; buildings IFAC Role(s): TB VC |
| Stefano Pickl | Affiliation: Univ. Bundeswehr Munchen Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.3 |
| Gilberto Pin | Affiliation: Electrolux Country: IT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Electrical & Electronic Home appliances |
| Paul Puleston | Affiliation: Univ. Nacional de La Plata Country: AR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Renewable energy; fuel cells; hybrid energy systems |
| O. Lucia Quintero Montoya | Affiliation: Univ. EAFIT Country: CO Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Oil & gas |
| Mirco Rampazzo | Affiliation: Univ. Padova Country: IT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Buildings; HVAC; Refrigeration; Appliances |
| Russ Rhinehart | Affiliation: Oklahoma State University Country: US Type: Other/retired Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemicals and refining) |
| Daniel Rivera | Affiliation: Arizona State University Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; behavioral medicine; semiconductor manufacturing |
| David Romero | Affiliation: Tecnológico de Monterrey Country: Mexico Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive, Aerospace, Home Appliances Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.3 IFAC Role(s): TC5.3 Vice-chair Industry |
| Alisa Rupenyan | Affiliation: ETH Zurich Country: CH Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; robotics; technology transfer IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Tariq Samad | Affiliation: Univ. of Minnesota Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries, homes and buildings, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Bran Selic | Affiliation: Malina Software Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; subsea oil & gas; telecommunications; embedded software |
| Atanas Serbezov | Affiliation: Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemicals and pharmaceuticals) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.4 IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Hannes Seyrkammer | Affiliation: voestalpine Stahl Country: AT Type: Industry |
| Pedro Sousa | Affiliation: Oncontrol Technologies
Country: PT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry; mining and cement; micro-algae production; energy |
| Greg Stewart | Affiliation: Geco Engineering Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Agriculture; automotive; process industries; papermaking; manufacturing; public health |
| Gian Antonio Susto | Affiliation: Univ. Padova Country: IT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Semiconductor manufacturing; home appliances; oil & gas Industry Vice-chair for TC: 3.2 |
| Trygve Thomessen | Affiliation: PPM Robotics Country: NO Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; robotics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.3 |
| Thanh-Binh To | Affiliation: Volkswagen Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Marta Tortajada | Affiliation: Universidad Cardenal Herrera – CEU Country: España Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Biotechnology, Fermentation, Agrofood, Chemical Industry Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.4 IFAC Role(s): TC 8.4 vice chair |
| Bill Tubbs | Affiliation: B. Tubbs & Associates Consulting Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry, operational excellence IFAC Role(s): Exec comm |
| Nikolai Vatanski | Affiliation: Metso Outotec Country: FI Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing; mining |
| Pratik Vernekar | Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
| Tomas Vyhlidal | Affiliation: Czech Tech University Country: CZ Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Steel industry Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.2 |
| Zhe Wan | Affiliation: China National Gold Group Country: CN Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Finance and economics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.1 |
| Yalin Wang | Affiliation: Central South University Country: CN Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (minerals, metals, oil refining) |
| Georg Weichhart | Affiliation: Primetals Technologies Country: AT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Metals and Steel Industry; Automation; Digital Transformation; Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.3 IFAC Role(s): TC 5.3 vice-chair; Conference Board Member; |
| Tobias Weissbach | Affiliation: TransnetBW Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power systems Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.3 |
| Michael Weyrich | Affiliation: Univ. of Stuttgart Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive; manufacturing Industry Vice-chair for TC: 3.1 |
| Dennis Williams | Affiliation: LyondellBasell Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
| Takashi Yamaguchi | Affiliation: Ricoh Country: JP Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Hard disk drives, printers, medical devices. Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.2 IFAC Role(s): WC2023 Ind Cochair |
| Insoon Yang | Affiliation: Seoul National University Country: KR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 1.4 |
| Inseok Yang | Affiliation: Korea Aerospace Industries Country: KR Type: Industry |
| Xiaofeng Yuan | Affiliation: Central South University Country: CN Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; petrochemicals; iron and steel IFAC Role(s): IFAC TC 1.1 Member |
| Kaiqiang Zhang | Affiliation: UK Atomic Energy Authority Country: UK Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Nuclear engineering (fusion energy, decommissioning); robotics (inspection, surveys, maintenance); mechatronics |
| Alf isaakson | Affiliation: ABB Country: SE Type: Industry |
| Alex van Delft | Affiliation: Consultant Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry (chemicals) IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
| Ronald van Nooyen | Affiliation: TU Delft Country: NL Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Water management (irrigation, drainage, reservoir management, urban drainage, ground water management) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.3 |
