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AACC Officers and Directors

Executive Officers

Board of Directors

AIAA Director	Jurek Z. Sasiadek Mech. & Aerospace Engineering Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada 613-520-5698 FAX 613-520-5715 jsas@ccs.carleton.ca		Alternate	Mark Campbell Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Cornell University 208 Upson Hall Ithaca Ny 14853 607-255-4268 FAX 607-255-1222 mc288@cornell.edu
AIChE Director	Richard D. Braatz Chemical Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, 61801-3602 217-333-5073 FAX 217-333-5052 braatz@uiuc.edu		Alternate	Kenneth R. Muske Chemical Engineering Villanova University 118 White Hall Villanova, PA 01003-3110 610-519-6195 FAX 610-519-6195 kenneth.muske@villanova.edu
AIST Director	Christopher D. Kelly Ispat Steel 3001 East Columbus Dr. East Chicago, IN 46312 219-399-6313 FAX 219-399-6562 chris.kelly@ispat.com		Alternate	Michael Dudzic P.O. Box 2460 Dofasco, Inc. 1330 Burlington Street, East Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3J5, Canada 905-548-7200 FAX 905-548-4580 mike_dudzic@dofasco.ca
ASCE Director	Erik A. Johnson Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California 3620 S Vermont Ave, KAP2103 Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531 213-740-0610 FAX 213-744-1426 johnsone@usc.edu		Alternate	Sami F. Masri Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531 213-740-0602 FAX 213-744-1426 masri@usc.edu
ASME Director	S. Jayasuriya Dept. of Mech. Engr. Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX 77843-3123 979-845-0271 FAX 979-845-3081 sjayasuriya@tamu.edu		Alternate	Jeffery Stein Dept. of Mech. Engr. University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 734-936-3336 FAX 734-647-3170 stein@umich.edu
IEEE Director	Ted Djaferis College of Engineering Univ of Massachusettes Amhert, MA 01003 413-545-3561 FAX 413-545-1993 djaferis@ecs.umass.edu		Alternate	David Castañón Electrical & Computer Engineering Boston University 8 Saint Mary's Street Boston, MA 02446 617-353-9880 FAX 617-353-6440 dac@bu.edu
ISA Director	Karlene Hoo Department of Chemical Engineering Texas Tech University Mail Stop 3121 Lubbock, TX 79410 806-742-4079 FAX not available		Alternate	Walter A. Bajek 43 West Potomac Ave. Lombard, IL 60148 630-627-5744 FAX 630-627-0927 wabajek@aol.com
SCS Director	Robert P. Judd Electrical Eng. & Computer Science Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 740-593-0106 FAX 740-593-0007 juddrp@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu

Information for AACC Directors

The Board of Directors of the AACC is composed of the executive officers and the director of each member society of the AACC. Directors or their appointee, with the consent of the AACC President, are the voting members of the Board. All matters pertaining to the AACC activities including financial; policy; membership activities (including AACC awards); technical activities, conference, symposia and workshop activities; and IFAC related issues fall under the Board's jurisdiction. Please review the information to better understand your responsibilities.

1. AACC Constitution, By-Laws, and Awards information are available via the AACC Home Page. The full version of the Awards Manual is available upon request
2. IFAC information brochure is directly from IFAC.
3. AACC/IFAC manuals for organizing IFAC Technical Meetings and ACC Manual are also available on request.
4. Directors (or Alternate Directors) are expected to represent their societies on the AACC Board which meets twice a year: once in summer during the ACC and once in the winter (usually during the CDC, unless CDC is held outside the USA).
5. Material to be voted on or discussed at the AACC Board Meeting is usually available in advance to allow the Directors to consult with their societies.
6. Issues considered by the Board includes: ACC, IFAC (including dues, candidates for IFAC offices, endorse the AACC vote as the US-NMO), IFAC Technical Meetings or Congress in the USA, AACC Awards, AACC Operations, AACC Finances.
7. Directors and Alternates are appointed by their societies for a two-year term. The societies are expected to notify the AACC Secretariat by December 31 of the previous year the name of the Directors (Alternates) for the next two year. Outgoing Directors are expected to ensure that their societies appoint their successors.
8. Directors are expected to nominate society representatives to the ACC Program Committee and inform the ACC Program Chair of the names of the Society Review Chairs for the ACC.
9. Directors are expected to nominate candidates for membership on the Awards Committee at the request of the Awards Committee Chair.
10. Director are expected to have their societies solicit nominations for the AACC Awards to be considered by the Awards Committee.
11. Directors are expected to notify the AACC Secretariat of any changes in the names of the persons on the Headquarter Staff to be placed on the AACC Mailing List.
12. Directors are expected to notify the AACC Secretariat of changes in the names of the person in their Society Headquarters to receive a copy of the ACC Proceedings.
13. Directors are invited to attend the meeting of the ACC Steering Committee which includes the present and all future ACC General and Program Chairs. The Committee is chaired by the AACC Vice-President.
14. Directors are expected to approve the Awards recipients by e-mail/FAX vote.
15. Directors are expected to provide the AACC Secretariat an up-to-date list of their Society Magazine or Journal Editors for listing the ACC and IFAC Technical Meetings.

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