Dr. Zhensheng Zhang

Biography:

Dr. Zhensheng Zhang, IEEE Fellow, received his Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. He has over thirty years’ experience in design and analysis of network architecture, protocols and control algorithms, of the communication (wired and wireless) networks. He has worked at Boeing, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, and Columbia University, respectively, focusing on research and development in wireless networks. He has published over 100 technical papers in IEEE Journals and key IEEE conferences (one paper was listed as the top 10 most reading articles from IEEE Communications Society website in 2007) and held 3 patents.  He was IEEE Comsoc distinguished lecturer; the IEEE LATINCOM Keynote Speaker (2013) and gave many tutorials in IEEE conferences; received the IEEE region 6/Area Outstanding Engineer award in 2013, being recognized by the IEEE member-recruitment and recovery committee for outstanding achievement in member recruitment for San Diego Section in 2019 and 2021.

He is currently on the IEEE Communication Society Fellow Evaluation Committee (2022-2024).  He is also on the IEEE Admission and Advancement Committee, representing region 6, focusing on senior membership.  He was member of IEEE Comsoc Board of Governors (B0G), 2021-2023, IEEE San Diego Section chair 2021.

Dr. Don Tan

Biography:

Dr. Tan has served as Distinguished Engineer, Fellow, Chief Engineer-Power Conversion, Program Manager, Department Manager, and Center Director in a US Fortune 500 corporation. Don earned his PhD from Caltech and is an IEEE fellow. Unusually prolific as a visionary technical leader in ultra-efficient power conversion and electronic energy systems, he has pioneered breakthrough innovations with numerous high-impact industry firsts and record performances that received commendations from the highest level of US Government. He has developed hundreds of designs and thousands of hardware units deployed for space applications without a single on-orbit failure. His suite of world-class electronics performed flawlessly on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), located one million miles away, achieving world-record-breaking performances.
He is currently the President of IEEE Transportation Electrification Council, Chair of IEEE Fellow Advisory and Oversight Subcommittee, and Vice Chair of IEEE Industry Engagement Committee. Among numerous others, Don has served as Division II Director, IEEE Board of Directors; Fellow Committee Chair, IEEE PELS/PES eGrid Steering Committee Chair, PELS Long Range Planning Committee Chair, Nomination Committee Chair, PELS President, Editor-in-Chief (Founding) for IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, APEC (the fourth largest event in IEEE) General Chair, PELS Vice President-Operations, Guest Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Fellow Committee, PELS Vice President-Meetings, IEEE Chair for IEEE/Google Little Box Challenge (awarded $1M cash prize), and IEEE/DoD Working Group Chair, developed IEEE/ANSI standards 1515/1573. Don has delivered 80+ keynotes/invited global presentations. He has received more than $30M external customer funding for research and technology development. He also serves on many national and international award, review and selection committees.
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