IEEE SoutheastCon 2026 Organizing Committee

Steering Committee Members
General Chair Eric Grigorian, P.E., PMP Georgia Tech Research Institute

Vice-Chair Laurie Joiner, Ph.D.

The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Finance Chair Ebonee Walker, Ph.D. US Army DEVCOM

Secretary Robert Elgan

Thunderhill Engineering

Technical Program

Co-Chairs Aleksander Milenkovic, Ph.D. The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Co-Chairs Ahmed Elsayed, Ph.D.

The Boeing Company

Student Program

Co-Chairs Ronald Bowman

The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Co-Chairs Laurie Joiner, Ph.D.

The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Co-Chairs Raziq Yaqub, Ph.D.

Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
Region 3 Student Competitions Bailey Heyman US Space Force

Student Chapters: William “Quin” Goins (UAH), Daniel Lambo (AAMU), and Owen Ellenberg (UNA)

Tutorial

Co-Chair Ravi Gallopoli, PhD

University of North Alabama

Contributors/Exhibits

Contributor Chair Thomas Perry

Publicity/Publications

Website Josh Langford

Georgia Tech Research Institute

DISCORD Thomas Harrison

Logistics

Co-Chair Sonya Dillard

NASA / Marshall Space Flight Center

Co-Chair Tiffany Robinson

US Army