Committees
University of Cagliari, IT
August 30 | September 2, 2026
August 30 | September 2, 2026
Current Steering Committee members
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Alecksey Anuchin | Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Russia | anuchin.alecksey@gmail.com |
| Dr Ralf Biernatzki | South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany | biernatzki.ralf@fh-swf.de |
| Dr Oguzhan Ceylan | Kadir Has University, Turkey | oguzhan.ceylan@khas.edu.tr |
| Professor Graeme M Burt | University of Strathclyde, UK | graeme.burt@strath.ac.uk |
| Professor Luciane Silva Neves | Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil | lucianeneves.rs@ufsm.br |
| Professor Gianfranco Chicco | Politecnico di Torino, Italy | gianfranco.chicco@polito.it |
| Professor Michael Conlon | Technological University Dublin, Ireland | michael.conlon@TUDublin.ie |
| Dr Mohammed Elgendy | Newcastle University, UK | mohammed.elgendy@newcastle.ac.uk |
| Professor Mohamed Emad Farrag | Glasgow Caledonian University, UK | Mohamed.Farrag@gcu.ac.uk |
| Professor Emilio Ghiani | University of Cagliari, Italy | emilio.ghiani@unica.it |
| Dr Chris Gould | De Montfort University, UK | chris.gould@dmu.ac.uk |
| Professor Manu Haddad | Cardiff University, UK | Haddad@cardiff.ac.uk |
| Professor Noureddine Harid | Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE | noureddine.harid@ku.ac.ae |
| Professor Mattia Marinelli | Technical University of Denmark, Denmark | matm@elektro.dtu.dk |
| Professor Dan D Micu | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania | dan.micu@ethm.utcluj.ro |
| Mr Michael O’Donovan | Munster Technological University, Ireland | michael.odonovan@mtu.ie |
| Dr Theofilos Papadopoulos | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | thpapad@ece.auth.gr |
| Professor Grigoris K Papagiannis | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | gpapagia@ece.auth.gr |
| Dr Gobind G Pillai | Teesside University, UK | g.g.pillai@tees.ac.uk |
| Dr Ioana Pisica | Brunel University of London, UK | Ioana.Pisica@brunel.ac.uk |
| Dr Alexis Polycarpou | Frederick University, Cyprus | eng.pa@frederick.ac.cy |
| Professor Radu F Porumb | National Technical University of Bucharest, Romania | radu.porumb@upb.ro |
| Professor Gareth A Taylor | Brunel University of London, UK | gareth.taylor@brunel.ac.uk |
| Professor Yuriy Vagapov | Wrexham University, UK | yuriy.vagapov@wrexham.ac.uk |
| Assistant Professor Christos Christodoulou | National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) | christodoulou@power.ece.ntua.gr |
| Associate Professor Ahmad Elkhateb | Queen's University Belfast (QUB) | a.elkhateb@qub.ac.uk |
Retired Steering Committee members
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Salman K Salman | Robert Gordon University, UK | sk.salman@btinternet.com |
| Professor Ghanim A Putrus | Northumbria University, UK | ghanim.putrus@northumbria.ac.uk |
| Professor Noel Barry | Munster Technological University, UK | noelmbarry@gmail.com |
| Professor Hassan Nouri | University of West of England, UK | Hassan.Nouri@uwe.ac.uk |
| Professor Roberto Turri | University of Padova, Italy | roberto.turri@unipd.it |
| Professor Naren Gupta | Edinburgh Napier University, UK | n.gupta@napier.ac.uk |
How to become a member?
Membership
criteria
- Demonstrate past contributions to UPEC (applicable to new members)
- Review of papers (5+), plus suggestion of other reviewers
- Participation at Steering Committee meetings
- Contribution of papers to each conference
- Contribution by bringing other participants to UPEC
- Chairing of sessions
- Organising future UPECs where applicable
Other suggestions are invited from SC members.
Procedure for new
membership application
- Prospective members can apply by sending an expression of interest and a copy of their CV to a member of the Steering Committee.
- They will then attend the next UPEC and present themselves at the SC meeting (in person).
- The SC will decide if they meet the criteria set out above.