IEEE Global Energy Conference 2026
Dec 3-5 2026 // AUS, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

COMMITTEES

HONORARY CHAIRS  

  • Tod Laursen - Chancellor, AUS
  • İdris Demir - Chancellor, Batman University

GENERAL CHAIR 

  • Steve Griffins - VCR, American University of Sharjah (AUS)

General Co-Chairs 

  • Musa Yilmaz - University of California Riverside, US
  • Mehmet Fatih Orhan - American University of Sharjah (AUS)
  • T. Cetin Akinci - University of California Riverside,US
  • O. Faruk Ertugrul- Batman University, Turkey
  • Amani Al-Othman - American University of Sharjah (AUS)
  • Mostafa Shaaban- American University of Sharjah (AUS)
  • Heybet Kilic – Dicle University

Technical Chair 

  • Musa Yilmaz - UCR

Technical Co-Chairs 

  • Ozan Erdinc - Yildiz Technical University
  • Ismael A. Mageed - University of Bradford
  • Necmettin Sezgin - Batman University
  • Hamidreza Nazaripouya - Oklahoma State University
  • Veysel Demir - Northern Illinois University
  • Sabit Ekin – Texas A&M University
  • Mehmet Rida Tur - Batman University
  • Eklas Hossain - Oregon Institute of Technology
  • Mohamed Hamdan - American University of Sharjah (AUS)
  • Alfredo A. Martinez Morales - University of California Riverside, US
  • Yuksel Celik - University at Albany SUNY, US
  • Bilal Gumus - Dicle University, Turkey

IEEE Technical Committee 

  • Nanpeng Yu - University of California Riverside
  • Hamed Mohsenian Rad - University of California Riverside
  • Ozan Erdinc - Yildiz Technical University
  • M. İlhan Akbas - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, US
  • Mehmet Ali Ozcelik - Gaziantep University
  • Okan Ozgonenel - Ondokuz Mayis University
  • Baran Hekimoglu - Batman University
  • Volkan Sezer - Istanbul Technical University
  • Oguzhan Topsakal - Florida Polytechnic University, US
  • Ahmed Osman - American University of Sharjah (AUS)

Local Organizing Committee 

  • Muhammad Tawalbeh – University of Sharjah
  • Omar Sharaf – Khalifa University
  • Miroslav Penchev - University of California Riverside
  • Arun Raju - University of California Riverside
  • Abdulkerim Oztekin - Batman University
  • Umit Kemalettin Terzi – Marmara University
  • Hafzullah Is - Batman University
  • Mehmet Emin Asker - Dicle University
  • Resat Celikel – Firat University

Finance Chairs 

  • Musa Yilmaz-University of California Riverside
  • Mostafa Shaaban- American University of Sharjah (AUS)

Technical Program Chairs 

  • Ozan Erdinc - Yildiz Technical University
  • Nanpeng Yu - University of California Riverside
  • Hamed Mohsenian Rad - University of California Riverside
  • Mehmet Ali Ozcelik - Gaziantep University
  • Baran Hekimoglu - Batman University
  • Oguzhan Ceylan - Marmara University
  • Eklas Hossain – Oregon Institute of Technology

Publication Chairs 

  • Heybet Kilic – Dicle University
  • Abelfattah Ali - AUS

Industry Liaison and Exhibition Chairs 

  • Cleo Califfs – AUS
  • Ramy Jaber – AUS

Women in Engineering Chairs 

  • Amani Al-Othman - American University of Sharjah (AUS)
  • Vian Ahmed - American University of Sharjah (AUS)

Student & Young Professional Chairs 

  • Postdocs (AUS + Graduate students + UG)
  • Luis Feranando Enriquez Contreras-University of California Riverside

Web Masters  

  • Hafzullah Is - Batman University
  • Fatih Ahmet Dag - Batman University, Turkey

Secretaries  

  • Cleo - AUS
  • Cihan Ersali - Batman University
  • Sedat Orenc - Batman University
  • Aysenur Oymak - Batman University

Scientific Committee  

  • Aayush Shrivastava - University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India
  • Adelino Pereira - Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Ahmad Fakharian - Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
  • Ahmed Saber - Cairo University, Egypt
  • Arvind Kumar Jain - Rustam Ji Institute of Technology, India
  • Aydogan Ozdemir - Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
  • Basak Guler - University of California Riverside, US
  • Baseem Khan - Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia
  • Behnam Khakhi - University of California Los Angeles, US
  • Behnam Mohammadi-ivatloo - University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
  • Bharti Dwivedi - Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow, UP, India
  • Bilal Gumus - Dicle University, Turkey
  • Cafer Budak - Dicle University, Turkey
  • Carlos A. Castro - University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Brasil
  • Daniel Frenando Espejel Blanco - Instituto Technologico de Hermosillo
  • Deepak Kumar - University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), India
  • Erkan Kaplanoglu - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, US
  • Ernesto Vazquez - Univerity of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
  • Faisal Khan - COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
  • Farhad Shahnia - Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
  • Farrokh Aminifar - University of Tehran, Iran
  • Fiaz Ahmad - National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan
  • Gouthamkumar Nadakuditi - V R Siddhartha Engineering College, India
  • Hafiz Ahmed - School of Mechanical, Coventry University, UK
  • Hamed Pourgharibshahi - Lamar University, US
  • Hang Qiu - University of California Riverside, US
  • Hassan Bevrani - University of Kurdistan, Iran
  • Hemant Kumar - Gianey Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India
  • Hessam Golmohamadi - Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
  • Heybet Kilic - Dicle University, Turkey
  • Hilmy Awad - Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
  • Hüseyin Acar - Dicle University, Turkey
  • Idris Candan - Kocaeli University, Turkey
  • Jamshed Ahmed Ansari Sukkur - IBA University, Pakistan
  • José A. Domínguez - Navarro University of Zaragoza, Spain
  • Jose Antonio Hoyo Montano - Instituto Technologico de Hermosillo
  • Kalpana Chauhan - Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, India
  • Khaled Ellithy - Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
  • Kim-Doang Nguyen - South Dakota State University, US
  • Kundan Kumar - KIIT University, India
  • Lalit Kumar - GBPIET Pauri, India
  • Leila Mokhnache - University of Batna, Algeria
  • Linquan Bai - ABB Inc., US
  • Matthew J Barth - University of California Riverside, US
  • Md Shafiullah - King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
  • Mohamed Shaaban - University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
  • Mohammed Albadi - Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
  • Mohd Tariq - Aligarh Muslim University, India
  • Mousa Marzband - Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
  • Neeraj Kanwar - Manipal University Jaipur, India
  • Nishant Kumar - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
  • Nitin Kumar - Saxena Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia
  • Nouar Tabet - University of Sharjah, UAE
  • Omar Hafez - Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
  • Omveer Singh - Gautam Buddha University, India
  • Payam Teimourzadeh - Baboli University of Mazandaran (UMZ), Iran
  • Payman Dehghanian - George Washington University, US
  • Peng Hao - University of California Riverside, US
  • Qingquan Sun - CSU San Bernardino, US
  • Ragab A. El Sehiemy - Faculty of Engineering, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt
  • Rajeev Kumar Chauhan - Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, India
  • Rajiv Singh - G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, India
  • Reza Sharifi - Amir Kabir University, Tehran, Iran
  • Rudranarayan Senapati - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, India
  • Saleh Y. Abujarad - University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Sanjay Dambhare - College of Engineering, Pune, India
  • Saptarshi Roy - NIT Warangal, India
  • Serhat Berat Efe - Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Turkey
  • Shailendra Kumar - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
  • Shaolei Ren - University of California Riverside, US
  • Shariq Riaz - The University of Sydney, Australia
  • Shengen Chen - University of Maine, US
  • Syafaruddin - Universitas Hasanuddin, Indonesia
  • T. Sudhakar Babu - VIT University, Vellore, India
  • Thamer Alquthami - King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
  • Theofilos Papadopoulos - Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
  • Tugçe Demirdelen – ATU, Turkey
  • Omer Turk – Mardin Artuklu University
  • Uday P. Mhaskar - CSA Group, US
  • Yogesh Rohilla - K Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, India
  • Yunfeng Wen - School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University, China
  • Zbigniew M. Leonowicz - Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland