Leadership Roles
2013
President, IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS)
2012
Administrative Vice-President, IEEE DEIS
2011
Technical Vice-President, IEEE DEIS
2009–2011; 2006–2008
Elected Member, Administrative Committee (AdCom), IEEE DEIS
2014–2016
Member, Executive Committee, IEEE DEIS
2014–2015
Chair, IEEE DEIS Nominations and Appointments Committee
2018–Present
Chair, IEEE Caixin Sun and Stan Grzybowski Award Committee
Standards and Technical Leadership
2016–2020
Chair, IEEE Standard 1820 – Guide for the Selection of Transmission and Distribution Insulators with Respect to Cold Weather Conditions
2008–2020
Chair, IEEE DEIS/PES Joint Task Force on the Selection of Transmission and Distribution Insulators with Respect to Icing
2007–2009
Chair, IEEE Standard 1783 – Test Methods and Procedures to Evaluate the Electrical Performance of Insulators in Freezing Conditions
2006–2008
Chair, IEEE DEIS/PES Joint Task Force on the Performance of Insulators in Freezing Conditions
2005–2007
Chair, IEEE Task Force on Selection of Line Insulators for Icing Conditions
2002–2005
Chair, IEEE Task Force on Selection of Station Insulators for Icing Conditions
1999–2002
Chair, IEEE Task Force on Procedures to Evaluate the Electrical Performance of Insulators in Freezing Conditions
Committees and Working Groups
2017–2021
Member, Technical Committee on Discharges in Air at UHV, IEEE DEIS
2012–2015
Member, IEEE DEIS Outdoor Insulation Committee
2005–2011
Chair, IEEE DEIS Outdoor Insulation Subcommittee
2008–2016
Member, IEEE Task Force on Insulator Cleaning
2001–2014
Member, IEEE Task Forces on:
– In-Service Classification of NCI Damage
– Electric Field Modeling of Nonceramic Insulators
– Bird-Related Outages
1999–2014
Member, IEEE Working Group on Insulator String Ratings
1998–2013
Member, IEEE Working Group on Application of Non-Ceramic Insulators
1997–2013
Member, IEEE Working Group on Insulator Contamination Testing and Dielectric Aging Performance
Conference Leadership and Organization
2008–2009
Chair, Local Organizing Committee, IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)
2008–2011
Member, Technical Program Committee, IEEE CEIDP
2007–2008
Member, Executive Committee, IEEE CEIDP
2004–2009
Elected Member, Board, IEEE CEIDP
2008–2011
Vice-Chair, IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), Lightning & Insulator Subcommittee
2001
Administrator, Montreal IEEE Conference Inc.
Editorial Role within IEEE
2002–2015
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation (TDEI)