President
Jon Hart is a Senior at the University of Vermont, working towards his B.S. in Electrical Engineering, primarily focusing on Power Grid Technology and Renewable Energies. He is a native Vermonter who loves to bowl. One of his more academic pastimes is reading. Steven King is his favorite Author.
Vice President
Kaseya Xia is a junior undergraduate at University of Vermont studying Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. He currently serves IEEE as the Vice President. He has interests in 3D printing and bio ink as well as electronics. He likes to ski and ballroom dancing.
Treasurer
Alice Murphy is a senior electrical engineering major at the University of Vermont. Last year, she held the Executive Secretary position and received UVM’s IEEE Student Service Award. She has interest in signal processing, machine learning, and biomedical instrumentation. In her free time, Alice enjoys live music, snowboarding, and drawing.
Secretary
Tim Laracy is a senior in electrical engineering. He is the Secretary for the IEEE Student Chapter here at UVM. His interests are in control systems, wireless communications and sensor design. Tim is also the President and Head Coach of the UVM Olympic Weightlifting Club! He spends his free time fishing, skiing, or riding his bike.
Project Manager
Evan Fennelly is a senior Electrical Engineering student at the University of Vermont. He is the Project Manager for IEEE. He has interests in wireless communications, sensor technology and renewable energy. At UVM, Evan is also the President of the Golden Key International Honor Society and an Engineering Peer Mentor. In his free time you can find him hiking or skiing at Sugarbush.
Technical Officer
Ming Qin is a senior electrical engineering major and computer science minor at the University of Vermont. He currently hold the Technique Officer position at IEEE. He had some research experiences with professor Xia at UVM, he worked on calibrate the tango App and data analyze. He has interest in circuit design, wireless communications and programing. In his free time, Ming likes fitness, music and drawing.
Advisor
Dr. Hamid Ossareh obtained his BASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2008, and MASc (EE), MS (Mathematics), and PhD (EE) degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2010, 2012, and 2013, respectively. From 2013-2016, he was a researcher at Ford Research and Advanced Engineering, where he investigated advanced control of automotive systems. Since 2016, he has been an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Vermont. His research interests include constrained control, nonlinear control, and predictive control with application to automotive and power systems. He holds several patents and has been a recipient of numerous awards, and has been an active member of the Automotive and Transportation Systems Technical Committee of the American Control Conference and the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference.
