Previous Committees

2020

Chair: Ifrah Saeed
Vice-Chair: Abeer Alshehri
Treasurer: Attie Kesiilwe
Secretary: Mansoureh Maadi
Activity Organiser: Archana Akhaury
Webmaster: Elaheh Alipourchavary

2021

Chair: Simona Karevska

Simona is a final year Master of Engineering (Electrical) student at the University of Melbourne. Previously she received a Bachelor of Biomedicine degree also at the University of Melbourne. Now she is working on an exoskeleton for her Capstone project. She has an interest in hiking and solving puzzles and riddles.

Vice-Chair: Arni Dhar

This is Arni Dhar, currently pursuing my master’s degree in Information System from the University of Melbourne. I completed my B-Tech in Electronics and Telecommunications by 2019 from India. My interest shifted from electronics to IT management, making me more interested in management. I was also the social manager of IEEE WIE at University of Melbourne, managing LinkedIn as a volunteer in 2020.

Treasurer: Abigail Yuan

Abigail Meng YUAN is a first year PhD student in the School of Computer and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne. She received  the B.Sc. degree and the M.Sc. degree in computer science from The University of Melbourne in 2017 and 2019, respectively. From 2016 to 2020, she worked as a Tutor in the School of Computer and Information Systems. Her research interests include information retrieval and data analysis.

Secretary: Alisha Shewale

“I am Alisha Shewale, pursuing Master’s of Information Technology(AI) at the University of Melbourne. I did my Bachelors in Electronics and Telecommunication. I shifted my career to IT because I am curious about IT and AI as the world is changing itself to IT every single day and top of that, I worked as Software Developer in India.

Activity Organiser: Alice Ferreira Branco

Alice Ferreira Branco is a PhD student in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne (UniMelb). She received the B.Sc. degree in Control and Automation Engineering in 2018 and the M.Sc. degree in Automation Systems in 2019, both from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil. She has been a tutor in many subjects at UFSC and at Unimelb and she has a passion for teaching. Her research interests include Model Based Predictive Control and Renewable Energy Generation.

Webmaster: Elaheh Alipour

Elaheh Alipour is a PhD student in the School of Computer and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne. She received the B.Sc. degree, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from University of Science and Technology, Iran, in 2003, and 2007, respectively. She has worked in the IT industry for more than 10 years before her PhD. Her research interests include machine learning and data mining.

2022

Chair:  Jing Zhu
Jing Zhu is a second-year PhD candidate in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne. She received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Manchester, UK and North China Electric Power University, China in 2018. She has worked as a control room operator in State Grid Corporation of China for 3 years before her PhD. Her research interests include distribution networks and electric vehicles.

Vice-Chair: Yushan Hou
Yushan is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Melbourne. Previously, she received an MSc degree from the Technical University of Denmark (DU). Before that, she used to work as an architectural electrical engineer. Now she is focusing on studying the effect of unbalance on distributed energy resources (DER) hosting capacity in distribution networks.

Treasurer: Lisa Carolina
Lisa Carolina

Secretary: Prabodi Senevirathna
Prabodi Senevirathna is a PhD candidate in School of computing and information systems, at University of Melbourne. Her PhD research involves developing machine learning algorithms to quantify and mitigate digital overdiagnosis, using clinically collected datasets. She received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2019. She is a huge dog lover and loves to explore new

Activity Organiser: Lucas Quiertant
Lucas Quiertant

Webmaster: Qinjing Zeng
Qinjing Zeng is a coursework student studying in Master of Engineering Management at the University of Melbourne. She received the B.Eng. degree in civil engineering from Monash University.

Committee 2023

Chair: Yushan Hou

Yushan is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Melbourne. Previously, she received an MSc degree from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Before that, she used to work as an architecture electrical engineer for 2.5 years. Now she is focusing on increasing the DER hosting capacity of unbalanced LV networks using last-mile voltage control.

Nour Wahba

I am Nour Wahba, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the infrastructure engineering department. My research interests are mechanical building services, energy modeling, and building simulation. I have worked as a graduate mechanical engineer and BIM modeler. I am from Egypt and I am passionate about arts, crafts, cooking, exploring cuisines, and traveling.

Lili Chen

Lili Chen received her Bachelor of Engineering degree with distinction in Measuring & Control Technology from the USTB, China in 2018. She then completed her Master’s degree with distinction in Electrical Engineering at the University of Melbourne in 2021. She was awarded a Melbourne Research Scholarship and for her PhD and her current research is focused on machine learning aided resource management in wireless communications. Outside the research, she likes watching the footy.

Arianna Xiao

Xiuqi (Arianna) Xiao is a penultimate-year Master of Chemical Engineering student, and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Systems from University of Melbourne. She currently serves as the Treasurer for the club with a passion to empower fellow women in STEM by encouraging and facilitating meaningful conversations and experiences. In her free time, she finds joy and relaxation in crocheting and food.

Eugenia Chong (Gene)

Civil Engineering Student
Worked in allied health industry. Currently undergoing a career change, and studying Master of Civl Engineering at the University of Melbourne.

Yuxin Ren

Yuxin Ren holds a Bachelor of Engineering Management from XJTU in China and is currently studying Software Engineering at the University of Melbourne for her Masters. She is currently the Website master of the club and is passionate about working with women engineers to pass on their experiences through positive and meaningful conversations. In her spare time, she is keen on fitness and cooking.