ProfessorRick Millane

Elected Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ). IPENZ is the primary organisation that serves the engineering profession in New Zealand. Election is by nomination and support of current IPENZ Fellows.

Elected Fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics in 2012. SPIE is one of the most prestigious professional societies for optics and photonics in the world. Fellowship is by nomination and by support of current SPIE Fellows. I was the first SPIE Fellow elected in New Zealand.

Elected Fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics. Fellowship is dated 2012 but the decision was made and the outcome advised in 2011. SPIE is one of the most prestigious professional societies for optics and photonics in the world. Fellowship is by nomination and by support of current SPIE Fellows. I am the only SPIE Fellow in New Zealand.

Elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America (2009-present). OSA is the top optics professional organisation in the world. Election is by nomination which is reviewed by five experts in the field, followed by ratification by the OSA Board. There are currently only 4 Fellows in New Zealand.

Programme Committee, IASTED International Conferences on Signal and Image Processing (Hawaii, 2008 and 2009).

Programme Committee, Robot Vision 2008 (Auckland, 2008).

Programme Committee, Coherence 2007, Pacific Grove, California (2007). This is an important conference that attracts international experts and is one of the main forums for exchanging new ideas, information and results on diffraction imaging of biological molecules.

Technical Programme Committee for Optical Society of America Topical Meetings on Signal Recovery and Synthesis (Vancouver, 2007; San Jose, 2009; Toronto, 2011). These are one of the most important specialist conferences on signal recovery and attract experts from all over the world. TPC members review all submitted papers.

Technical Programme Committee for Optical Society of America Topical Meetings on Signal Recovery and Synthesis (Vancouver, 2007; San Jose, 2009; Toronto, 2011; Seattle, 2014). These are one of the most important specialist conferences on signal recovery and attract experts from all over the world. TPC members review all submitted papers.

Programme Committee, Image and Vision Computing New Zealand conferences (Great Barrier, 2006; Hamilton, 2007; Lincoln, 2008; Palmerston North, 2009; Queenstown, 2010; Auckland, 2011). This is the primary New Zealand conference on image processing and computer vision. It attracts international participation and is locally important in keeping New Zealand researchers in this area connected both within and outside New Zealand. I take a leadership role on the steering committee for this series of conferences.

Elected to the Burnside High School Board of Trustees (2004-2007). Burnside is one of the largest high schools in New Zealand. During my term we appointed a new Principal and Second Principal. I led a community communications review resulting in development of a new school newsletter.

Member American Crystallographic Association (1983 and ongoing)

Membership and Steering Committee Member, Collaborative Computational Project in Fibre Diffraction (UK-based) (1999 and ongoing)

Elected Member US National Committee for Crystallography, National Research Council, USA (1998)

Visiting Erskine Fellowship, University of Canterbury (1999)

Member of IPENZ accreditation panel for Massey University (1999)