EYE Task Force

The EYE Task Force was established at the council meeting in November 2000 in Helsinki to ensure continuous progress on EYE topics independent from the EYE activities, e.g. the preparation of proposals for the council meetings.

The EYE Task Force consists of nine members in total. There are 4 project coordinators (at every conference 2 get elected for a term of 1 year) and the president of EYE who is responsible for organizing the upcoming EYE conference. The Task Force is headed by the secretary general and deputy secretary general of EYE. For continuity reasons, the past president is also part of the Task Force. A representative of the EYE office is also present, If there is a need to, the task force can decide to invite extra persons.

Major achievements since the establishment of the EYE Task Force are: the EYE Information System, the current web page, the news magazine eye-contact, the eye action plan, the more professional preparation of the council meetings, the professional workshops at the conferences, the renewed website...

Every conference, there are two "open seats" for the Task Force. Persons interested in this position can contact their council member for more information. If you have an interest in European affairs, and are willing to join a dynamic team heading a European organisation... this might be just right for you. Read also the more detailed "job description". Think about it!

If you are interested to find out about the current persons in the team, the rest of this page is just right for you.

Tim Moenkedieck (VDI, Germany)
Secretary general

Dear European engineering colleagues, my name is Tim. I joined the Task Force of the European Young Engineers in 2008. After participating in several EYE conferences, I decided to contribute this amazing European engineering community in terms of expanding its network. Besides my multi-national activities within the EYE, I am in charge of some international affairs of the VDI’s students and young engineers in Germany as well. Therefore, I am attending the World Engineers’ Conventions (WEC), which take place in an Olympic cadence on alternating continents, in order to keep in touch with other engineering organizations. Broadening my personal horizon by experiencing cultural differences, other languages and a professional, international collaboration is my major motivation to work in a more and more connected global engineering community. I am always looking forward to meet open minded students and engineers, willing to discuss and contribute concerns of our (engineering) society.

Besides these organizational involvements I started my professional life as a technical consultant in the field of composite materials in 2007. In correspondence with my studies in industrial engineering in Braunschweig (Germany) and Madrid - focussing aerospace technologies - I started working at Airbus CIMPA in Hamburg.

I hope to meet you soon!

Siobhán McGrath (EI, Ireland)
Deputy secretary general

Mirella Vladimirova (FNTS, Bulgaria)
Project coordinator

David Ooms (KVIV, Belgium)
Project coordinator

Hi all, my name is David and I currently live and work in Belgium. Having attended a couple of EYE conferences already since 2008 and having contributed to the strategy weekend in Cologne in autumn 2009, I was asked to join the Task Force at the EYE 2010 spring conference in Glasgow. The particular topics I am taking on for the moment are the EYE internal and external communication and also the conference we plan to put together for you during the World Engineers' Convention in Geneva in early September 2011. Besides that, I am also a council member representing the Royal Flemish Society of Engineers (KVIV).

I graduated with a master's degree in computer sciences and software engineering from Ghent University in 2004 and I hold an advanced degree in general management from the Antwerp Management School as well. In daily life, I work out of Brussels as an IT project manager for the French utilities corporation GDF SUEZ, focusing on all kind of projects for the Markets&Sales department with a particular interest in e-business integration. Whenever I am not working or handling stuff for KVIV and EYE, I like to spend my time traveling abroad.

Looking forward to meeting you all soon at one of our events!

David Thiel (VDI, Germany)
Project coordinator

Colin Arthur (IET, United Kingdom)
Project coordinator

Claudia Rasche
EYE secretariat Duesseldorf

Past Secretary Generals

Evert van Lieshout	2008-2011
Nico Deblauwe	2007-2008
Roger McLaughlin	2003-2007
Lise Molander	2002-2003
Masjka Cramer	1999-2001
Philippe Stas	1995-1999