Yonael Teklu

Professor Saifur Rahman was recognized as one of the visionary industry influencers who are innovative in their leadership approaches and strategies to improve the greater power and energy value chain on a regional and global level. Their influential role should be setting benchmarks in their respective organisations, industry sectors including, but not limited to, project design and development, engineering, technology and innovation, data related projects, legislation and finance. Click here for more info.

IEEE Smart Cities interviewed with IEEE President-elect 2022, Saifur Rahman,  on helping to make a smarter city a reality.  In the context of making urban living more safe, secure and environmentally sustainable, we focus on environment governance, public safety, city planning, industry facilitation, resource utilization, energy conservation, traffic control, telemedicine, homecare, interpersonal communications, social activities and entertainment.  In order to materialize some of IEEE’s humanitarian goals, this lecture will also focus on how some of the lessons learned from the IEEE Smart City program can be used in the IEEE Smart Village initiative.

Saifur Rahman, the Joseph R. Loring Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of the Advanced Research Institute, was elected president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Rahman, a 1978 Ph.D. graduate from the College of Engineering, is the first Virginia Tech faculty member to assume this position in the university’s 150-year history and the only resident of Virginia to do so in at least 50 years. An internationally known researcher in the areas of electrical power, renewable energy, and smart grid, Rahman will begin his tenure as president of the 400,000-member global organization on Jan. 1, 2023.

IEEE Life Fellow Saifur Rahman has been elected as the 2022 IEEE president-elect. He is set to begin serving as president on 1 January 2023.  Rahman, who was nominated by petition, received 13,296 votes in the election. Fellow S.K. Ramesh received 13,013 votes, Life Fellow Thomas M. Coughlin received 11,802 votes, and Life Senior Member Francis B. Grosz received 6,308 votes. Click on the link above for more…

IEEE Entrepreneurship interviewed the 2022 IEEE Presidents-Elect Candidates three questions each to assist the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in understanding their choices: (1) Why do you think entrepreneurs are important to IEEE? (2) What experiences have you had in your career with entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, innovation, etc.? And (3) How would you, as IEEE president, support entrepreneurs? Click on the blue link at the top for more info…

The IEEE computer society asked the IEEE president-elect candidates for their responses to four important questions that affect our society and membership. The questions and candidates’ responses (limited to 250 words each) are provided here. Please take a few moments to read what these candidates have to say, and be sure to vote in the election, which opens on 16 August 2021 and closes at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time USA/16:00 UTC on 1 October 2021.  Click on the blue link at the top right for more information…

Exciting careers await those who have technical acumen, drive and communication skills.  An excellent example is Dr. Saifur Rahman, the Joseph R. Loring professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech.  Prof. Rahman earned his master’s degree in electrical engineering from stony brook university in 1975.  Click on the link above for more info…

Prof. Saifur Rahman interviewed with WVTF following the big blackout in Texas due to weather. Click on link above for more info…

Professor Saifur Rahman participated at the seminar “Battery Energy Storage as Backup Power for The Garment Industries” where participants discussed the use of diesel generators as well as batteries as a backup power to provide uninterrupted and quality power to the ready-made garment industry. The Bangladesh Energy and Power Research Council (BEPRC) plans to research the feasibility of the such a system.

At the Strength in Diversity event, Professor Rahman said the following: “Our organization is strong when we all participate. Many of you are likely aware of the wide range of opportunities to serve within our society at various levels, starting from local chapters to conference planning and management to technical committees. These volunteers – of which I am one – are the core of IEEE/PES and play a key role in shaping our industry. As our industry evolves and strives to serve the global population, I would like to see, as the president of IEEE/PES, more gender and ethnic diversity in our technical committees, conferences and on the PES governing board.”  Click on the link above for more…