Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

The IEEE Board of Directors shapes the future direction of IEEE and is committed to ensuring IEEE remains a strong and vibrant organization—serving the needs of its members and the engineering and technology community worldwide while fulfilling the IEEE mission of advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

This article features IEEE Board of Directors members Antonio Luque, Ravinder Dahiya, and Joseph Wei.

IEEE Senior Member Antonio Luque

Director and vice president, Member and Geographic Activities

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Luque is a professor of electronics engineering at the Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, where he mentors students on digital electronics, devices, and cyber-physical systems.

His work has focused on electronics, sensors, and microsystems for biomedical applications. He also has worked on the creation of disposable smart microsystems for safe production of radiopharmaceuticals applied to medical imaging.

More recently, Luque has been working on cybersecurity and connectivity applied to the Internet of Things and real-time systems.

He holds master’s and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from the Universidad de Sevilla.

Luque has been an active IEEE volunteer since 2002, when he first became involved in the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society’s technical conferences, and developed software to streamline many of the society’s operations. He is also a member of the IEEE Electron Devices and IEEE Education societies.

He was also a coordinator for the IEEE Young Professionals group for the IEEE Spain Section. He later served as section chair.

Luque was elected as the Region 8 director in 2020–2021 and served as director and vice president of IEEE Member and Geographic Activities in 2024. He also has served on the IEEE Governance Committee and IEEE European Public Policy Committee.

He served as an associate editor of the IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems from 2013 to 2019 and the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics since 2014. During his career, he has authored 20 journal articles, 40 conference papers, three book chapters, and a textbook.

Luque received the 2007 Young Researcher Award from the Academia Europaea, which recognizes promising young scholars at the post doctoral level.

IEEE Fellow Ravinder Dahiya

Director, Division X

Ravinder DahiyaIEEE Sensors Council

Dahiya is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University, in Boston. He leads the university’s Bendable Electronics and Sustainable Technologies group.

His research interests include flexible and printed electronics, robotic tactile sensing, electronic skin technology, haptics, wearables, and intelligent interactive systems.

Dahiya developed the first energy-generating tactile skin, which, in addition to providing touch feedback, generates energy that can operate actuators used by robots. His robotic tactile sensing research was recognized by IEEE through his elevation to the grade of Fellow.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dahiya and his research team developed a low-cost DIY ventilator and a smart bandage that accelerated healing and helped detect the signs of coronavirus through respiratory feedback.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Kurukshetra University in Kurukshetra, India, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, and a doctorate in humanoid technologies from Istituto Italiano di Technologia and Università di Genova, Italy.

He served as 2022–2023 president of the IEEE Sensors Council, where he launched several initiatives including journals (e.g., IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics and IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors), conferences (e.g., IEEE International Conference on Flexible Printable Sensors and Systems and IEEE Biosensors) and Sensors in Spotlight networking event. During his time as President, he led the 25th anniversary events of the IEEE Sensors Council.

He was a member of the editorial board of the IEEE Sensors Journal from 2012 to 2020, IEEE Transactions on Robotics from 2011 to 2017 and founding editor-in-chief of IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics from 2022 to 2023. He has authored or coauthored more than 550 research publications, as well as eight books, and he has been granted several patents. He has presented more than 250 keynote addresses and lectures worldwide, including a 2016 TEDx talk on “Animating the Inanimate World.”

Dahiya received an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council fellowship and a Marie Curie fellowship. He was recognized with the 2016 IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award. He is also Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

IEEE Senior Member Joseph Wei

Director, Region 6: Western U.S.

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A veteran of Silicon Valley, Wei combines his more than 40 years of experience in the entrepreneurial and information technology space with his passion for investing in and mentoring startups. He is a frequent speaker at global startup conferences on entrepreneurship and technology.

Wei’s commitment to driving innovation and technological advancement through mentorship has yielded significant results. One of his portfolio healthcare startups recently debuted on the public market, valued at over US $3 billion.

He played a key role in advancing global connectivity through his involvement with the IEEE Standards Association and its development of the IEEE 802.11 standard. Wi-Fi has become the foundation of modern wireless communication, transforming industries, enabling the digital economy, and bridging communities worldwide.

Wei’s career-long efforts to accelerate the widespread adoption of open-source software have helped empower businesses of all sizes to innovate, reduce their technology costs, and foster global collaboration in software development.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

He has served as chair of the IEEE Santa Clara Valley (California) Section, Board of Governors, chair of IEEE Consumer Technology Society’s Santa Clara Valley Chapter, and chair of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society chapter in California. In 2023 it became the society’s largest chapter.

He received a special Section Award from the Santa Clara Valley Section in 2020 for his outstanding volunteerism and service as a positive role model, as well as a Director’s Special Award in 2015 for his outstanding performance as the Santa Clara Valley Section chair, managing and organizing this largest section in the world to make it more effective and for supporting major IEEE Region 6 initiatives.

Wei credits the exceptional training and extensive network of experts he’s amassed through his IEEE volunteer work for enabling him to provide valuable insights, industry connections, and expertise that help him guide startups and innovators.