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President

John Przybysz

Northrop Grumman Corporation

2 (Eastern U.S.)

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President-Elect

Luisa Chiesa

Tufts University

United States

1 (Northeastern U.S.)

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Luisa Chiesa

1 (Northeastern U.S.)

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Biography

Luisa Chiesa is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts School of Engineering. Her teaching interests include sustainable energy, thermodynamics and applied thermodynamics, cryogenic and superconductivity, strength of materials, mechanics of materials, and material science. Her primary research interest is superconducting materials for large powerful magnets to be used in particle accelerators, medical devices, and fusion energy machines. Her current research focus is the electro-mechanical behavior of superconducting materials for large magnets used in fusion power devices. Fusion reactors could play a key role in the power production of future generations. Powerful superconducting magnets are used to confine the plasma created in the fusion vessel. During operations, these magnets are subjected to extremely large forces that could reduce the overall performance of the superconducting material they are made of, jeopardizing the overall performance of the machine. To succeed in building such systems, it is critical to investigate the electro-mechanical properties of superconducting materials. Experimental and numerical work in this subject is performed at Tufts University, in collaboration with several national laboratories. This research is also of interest for other energy applications, such as superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) and superconducting transmission lines. These technologies could play a significant role in power storage and delivery, which are the backbone for the successful implementation of renewable energy sources. The measurements performed in Chiesa's laboratory are unique and focus mainly on superconductors, but the equipment available can be used to test different categories of materials.

Affiliation(s)

Tufts University

United States

Immediate Past President

Bruce Strauss

United States Department of Energy (retired)

2 (Eastern U.S.)

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Treasurer

Elie Track

nVizix LLC

1 (Northeastern U.S.)

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Elie Track

1 (Northeastern U.S.)

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Biography

Elie Track is founder and CEO of nVizix LLC, a company that focuses on developing and commercializing a new high-efficiency vacuum solar cell. He also continues his lifelong work in superconducting electronics with a focus on commercialization. This included technology transfer of the Primary Voltage Standard designs from NIST to Hypres, Inc., where he was President and CEO (1994-2000) and remained Sr. Partner until recently.

He was a Visiting Professor of Physics at Fairfield University (2003-2005). He is an IEEE Fellow (2014). Since 1998, he has been Chair and Program Chair of major conferences/workshops in superconductivity, including the 2014 Applied Superconductivity Conference.

He was President of the Yale Science and Engineering Association (YSEA, 2007-2010) and chaired the Coalition for the Commercial Applications of Superconductors (CCAS, 2008- 2010). He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University and has authored/co-authored 45+ publications in the field.

IEEE ACTIVITIES

COMMITTEES/BOARD:

Member of the TAB Future Directions Committee 2011-2016
Co-founder and co-Chair of the IEEE Rebooting Computing initiative (started as a TAB initiative and currently a NIC initiative) 2012-present
Member of the Advisory board for transitioning the Biometrics Council from provisional to permanent status
Member of the Advisory board for the successful creation and commissioning by TAB of the Council on RFID 2015-present
Member of the Advisory board for the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS) 2016-present

SOCIETY: Council on Superconductivity
VP-Pubs: 2006-2010;
VP (President-Elect): 2006-2010;
President: 2011-2014;
Treasurer (2015-present)

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Co-founded in 2013 the IEEE Rebooting Computing initiative which established, in 2016, the International Roadmap of Devices and Systems (IRDS), the successor to the ITRS roadmap to carry the technology beyond the end of Moore’s Law and ensure a central role for IEEE.
Successfully demonstrated interdisciplinary success within IEEE which brought twelve IEEE Organizational Units together.
Initiated and shepherded the system for IEEE members to indicate interest in a particular Council. This is now data that is recorded and allows Societies to determine how many of their members are interested in a given Council (leading to maintaining, adding, or discontinuing their sponsorship).
Combining his industry and academic experience and knowledge of IEEE, advised (and continues to advise) two Councils and one Society on efficient and relevant operations.

Affiliation(s)

nVizix LLC

Secretary

Sasha Ishmael

Lupine Materials & Technology, Inc.

3 (Southeastern U.S.)

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VP Conferences

John Spargo

Northrop Grumman Space Technology

6 (Western U.S.)

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VP Finance

Bruce Strauss

United States Department of Energy (retired)

2 (Eastern U.S.)

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VP Publications

Lance Cooley

Florida State University

3 (Southeastern U.S.)

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Lance Cooley

3 (Southeastern U.S.)

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Biography

Lance Cooley is a Florida State University professor in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, in addition to his MagLab roles as director of the Applied Superconductivity Center (ASC) and an associate lab director.

Cooley began his career in superconducting materials in 1986 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, in the Applied Superconductivity Center under the direction of Prof. David Larbalestier. Lance’s early career, starting with his Ph.D. thesis, explored the ultimate limits of electric current in superconducting wires used for magnets. His thesis was awarded the Materials Research Society Graduate Award for the construction of periodic arrangements of flux-pinning centers at nanometer scale in superconducting wires. He earned a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado, and later returned to Madison, Wisconsin, as a member of the research faculty to further investigate limits of superconductors.

The discovery of superconductivity in magnesium diboride in 2001 prompted Cooley to move to Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he eventually became head of the Superconducting Materials Group. He moved to Fermilab in 2007 to lead the SRF Materials Group, and later the Superconducting Materials Department. During this time, he coordinated external programs at multiple universities, laboratories and industry to improve performance of superconducting radio-frequency cavities and superconducting wires. This led to specifications and international standards related to niobium commerce, for which he received the International Electrotechnical Commission 1906 Award. He joined Florida State University and MagLab in 2017. He is also the manager of conductor acquisition for the Large Hadron Collider High-Luminosity Accelerator Upgrade Project as well as the head of Conductor Procurement and R&D for the National Magnet Development Program, both in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of High-Energy Physics.

Cooley serves as vice-president for publications for the IEEE Council on Superconductivity, which publishes the IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. He has served on many review panels of the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He has over 120 refereed publications, and has given more than 30 colloquia, plenary or public lectures.

Affiliation(s)

Florida State University

VP Awards & Recognitions

Joseph Minervini

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (retired)

1 (Northeastern U.S.)

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VP Global Relations

Antonio della Corte

Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA)

8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

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IEEE TAS Editor-in-Chief

Alexander Polasek

Electrical Energy Research Center

Brazil

9 (Latin America)

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Fellow Evaluation Chair

Samuel Benz

National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

5 (Southwestern U.S.)

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