Technical Committee on Computer-Aided Control Systems Design, IEEE Control Systems Society.
Member of Executive Board, Education Chairman, Instrument Society of America, New Orleans Chapter, 1981-1983.
Gave presentation entitled "Classical and Modern Control Systems" at IEEE Annual Technical Seminar, 1981.
Invited to participate in 1983 IEEE Annual Technical Seminar as panelist in session entitled "What can the power industry expect from the Electrical Engineering Graduates of today?"
International Program Committee, IASTED ASM conferences, Montreal, 1985; Vancouver, 1986. Session chairman.
Elected Chairman of New Orleans Section of IEEE, 1990. Elected Vice-Chairman, 1989. Elected Secretary, 1988. Elected Treasurer, 1987. Elected Director and Member of Executive Board, 1986. Program Chairman, 1992.
Co-organizer and Secretary of IASTED Applied Identification, Modelling, and Simulation (AIMS '87) Conference held in New Orleans, November 10-13, 1987.
Charter member of Society for Electrical Power Research and Implementation (SEPRI). Treasurer, 1988-91.
Co-organizer and Treasurer of the Symposium for Electric Energy Industry Applications (SEEIA '88) held at UNO, November, 1988.
Collegiate Vice-Chairman for IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES) Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Conference held in New Orleans, April 3-7, 1989.
Technical Program Chairman for Southeastcon '90, IEEE Region 3 technical conference held in New Orleans, April 1-4, 1990.
Technical Program Chairman for Supercomm/ICC '94, IEEE Communications Society international conference held in New Orleans, May 1-5, 1994.
Registration Chairman for IEEE Industrial Applications Society 32nd Annual Meeting held in New Orleans, October 5-9, 1997.
Collegiate Chairman for IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES) Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Conference held in New Orleans, April 11-16, 1999.
Co-Technical Program Chairman for ICC 2000, IEEE Communications Society international conference held in New Orleans, June 2000.
Member of Louisiana Council of Engineering Deans, 2003-2010.
Member of Board of Directors Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair, 2003-2010.
Member of Board of Directors Louisiana Engineering Advancement Program (LEAP), 2003-2008.
Member of IT Cluster of GNO, Inc. 2004-2010.
Member of Board of Directors of Louisiana Technology Council, 2005-2010. Member of LTC Audit Finance Legal and Compensation Committee, 2006-2010.
Member of Louisiana Hurricane Flood Protection Advisory Commission Nominating Committee, 2006.
Member of Nominating Committee for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and West, 2006-2010.
Member of District 11 Steering Committee for Unified New Orleans Plan (Post-Katrina Recovery) 2006.
Member of Mayor of New Orleans Technology Advisory Committee, 2006-2008.
Greater New Orleans Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Initiative Advisory Board Member, 2007-2010. Vice-President, 2008-2010.
Sarah T. Reed Advisory Board Member, 2008-2010. President of New Orleans East Charter Academies, Inc. (501C.3 organization founded to charter Sarah T. Reed High School)
Collegiate Vice-Chairman for IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Conference held in New Orleans, April 19-22, 2010.
UNO Research and Technology Foundation - Member of Board of Directors, 2011-present, Vice Chair 2013-present.
Personal Activitives
UNO Interational Alumni Association-Member. Elected as At-large Member of Executive Board of University of New Orleans Alumni Association, 1987, 1999-2003.
Member of University Chapter of UNO International Alumni Association. Elected President, 2004-2006.
University of California, Berkeley-Alumni Association. Life membership.
Friends of the New Orleans Museum of Art
Friends of the New Orleans Zoo and Aquarium
Venetian Isles Civic and Improvement Association-1986-2013. Member of Board of Directors and Treasurer 1990-97.
Train Collectors Association (TCA), Lone Star Division, Louisiana Chapter, 1989-present.
Lionel Collectors Club of America (LCCA), 1990-present.
