Professor Antonio Luque Estepa appointed vice president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE 

Antonio Luque Estepa , professor of Electronic Engineering at the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville, has been elected vice president of the IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and member of the organization's Board of Directors.

In the elections held this year, Luque Estepa has been chosen among many other candidates of different nationalities and will serve as elected vice president from 2024 to 2026. Likewise, during 2025 he will also hold the position of director. The vice president of membership (VP MGA) manages all the structures that serve the organization's more than 420,000 members in 190 countries and coordinates the 10 regional directors, a position that Antonio Luque already held between 2021 and 2022.  

The Board of Directors is the highest governing body of IEEE. Until now, no Spaniard has performed the role of VP MGA. For the University of Seville it means the participation of one of its members in all the strategic decisions of the most important scientific and technical professional organization in the world.  

On a personal level, this election represents the recognition of the members and management of IEEE for the volunteer work carried out by Professor Luque during the last 20 years in the editing of publications, organization of conferences and events, collaboration with students, creation of educational material and carrying out humanitarian activities. IEEE is an institution whose activities are organized entirely by volunteers who believe in the mission and vision of advancing technology and sharing knowledge to benefit humanity.  

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 

IEEE is the world's largest professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Founded in 1884 and with more than 420,000 members, its publications, conferences, norms and standards, and educational and professional activities serve the engineering and technology community worldwide. It is organized into 39 technical societies, 344 geographic sections, 2,702 chapters, and 3,700 student branches in 190 countries. The IEEEXplore digital library contains more than 5 million technical documents, including 1032 standards. It publishes 200 magazines and organizes more than 2,000 conferences and events a year, considered among the most prestigious in the areas of electrical engineering, electronics, computing, physics, biomedicine and mathematics applied to technology.