Upcoming Meetings & Events
Section Leadership
Contact details & affinity groupsSection Officers
Dr. Sasidhar Tadanki, Chair
Farnaz Abdollahi,, Vice-Chair
Stepan Plotytsia, Treasurer
Karthik Mahalingam, Secretary
Standing Committees
Advisory Committee – Alvin Chin
Awards & Recognition Committee Chair – YU CHENG
Communications Committee -Nikhila Yeturi
Conference – Advait Patel
Educational Activities – Irene Tsapara
Historian -George Thomas
Life Member Chair – Lawrence Kotewa
Membership Development – Vishnu Challagulla
Vice Chair, Membership Development – Gurmandeep Kaur
Nominations and Appointments Chair – LATHA RAMAMOORTHY
PACE – Nikhil Ambha Madhusudhana
Program Chair – SUNIL KHEMKA
Student Activities – Mounish Sunkara
Student Representative – Hasti Mehta
YP Representative – Madiha Shakil Mirza
Industry Engagement Committee Chair – Brook ABEGAZ
Nominations – Advait Patel, David Hendrickson
IT & Webmaster – Peter Salerno
Affinity Groups
Chicago/Rockford Consultants’ Network: Rob Klein
Life Member Chair: Mr. Larry Kotewa
Women in Engineering: Dr. Farnaz Abdollahi
Young Professionals Chair – Mr. Shib Shankar Golder
PACE Chair – Mr. Amit Maheshwari
Postal Address
Local Societies
Links to local technical societiesLocal Society Chapters
Antennas & Propagation/Microwave Theory and Techniques (APS/MTT)
Computer (CS)
Communications (COM)
Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB)
Industry Applications / Industrial Elecronics (IAS/IES)
Magnetics (MAG)
Nanotechnology Council
Power and Energy (PE)
Product Safety Engineering (PSES)
Professional Communications (PCS)
Robotics and Automation (RAS)
Sensors
Signal Processing (SP)
Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC)
Technology and Engineering Management (TEMS)
Vehicular Technology (VTS)
Sub-Sections
Recent News
FUTURE CITIES 2026
The IEEE Chicago Section once again sponsored an award for Future Cities this year. Future Cities is the competition for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders where students design their version of a future city requiring them to [...]
Darryl Palmer
It is with great sadness that a great colleague of ours Darryl Palmer, Chair from the IEEE Central Illinois Section and proud supporter of events here in the IEEE Chicago Section, IEEE Central Illinois Section and IEEE [...]
2025 Section Award Call for Nominations
The IEEE Chicago Section Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the 2025 Awards. The Annual Awards & Recognition Program honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the IEEE Chicago Section, as well as organizations that have [...]



