Member Spotlight

Apr 9, 2025

Meet Life Member David Thompson

By |2025-03-28T12:39:11-04:009 April 2025|Member Spotlight|

David Thompson joined IEEE as a student at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in 1976, contributing as Branch Chair 1977-78.   He graduated from SDSM&T in December 1978 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and is a member of HKN and Tau Beta Pi.  He then joined Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New ...

Mar 13, 2025

Meet LM Committee Member Wolfram Lunscher

By |2025-03-13T09:22:23-04:0013 March 2025|Member Spotlight|

Wolfram has been an IEEE member since his engineering undergraduate years in the late 1970s. However, his father was a member before him. So, IEEE has been a part of his life, and he’s been reading Spectrum, almost as long as he can remember. Since retirement he’s been involved as a volunteer with the Ottawa, ...

Feb 24, 2025

Meet LM Committee Member Teofilo Ramos

By |2025-02-24T09:04:36-05:0024 February 2025|Member Spotlight|

We’re so excited to welcome Teofilo Ramos to the LM Committee! Teofilo dedicated his professional career to teaching Electrical Engineering at Tecnologico de Monterrey, a prestigious university in Mexico. He served as a faculty member, Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department, Dean of Engineering and Dean of Institutional Effectiveness. He currently serves as an Emeritus ...

Oct 16, 2024

Life Members Committee Highlight: Peter Magyar

By |2025-02-05T15:59:40-05:0016 October 2024|Member Spotlight|

Meet Peter Magyar – Coordinator for Europe, Africa, and Middle East IEEE Life Fellow Peter Magyar currently serves as our Region 8 (Europe, Africa, and Middle East) Coordinator. He has been involved with the IEEE for 27 years. He was a founding member, Secretary, Vice Chair, and Chair of the Germany Section IES/IAS/PELS Chapter (1998-2004). ...

Aug 21, 2024

Regional Coordinator Highlight: John Purvis

By |2025-02-05T16:03:48-05:0021 August 2024|Member Spotlight|

Meet John Purvis – Coordinator for the Southwest United States IEEE Life Senior Member John Purvis is our current Region 5 Life Member Coordinator. He has been involved with the IEEE for 56 years, starting as an officer of the student branch at the University of Houston. During his career, he worked with companies such ...

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