Iven Mareels

Since Oct 2022, Iven Mareels has been the Executive Dean, Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability at Federation University Australia, responsible for the disciplines of Business, Engineering, IT and Science. He is also a Director and Vice-President of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and a non-executive Director of Rubicon Water.

Previously, he was with IBM, as Director of IBM Research in Australia (Feb 2018- Mar 2021); and Dean of Engineering at the University of Melbourne (2007-2018).

Iven received the PhD in Systems Engineering, Australian National University (1987), and the Master of Engineering (Electromechanical), Gent University (1982).

He is a Commander in the Order of the Crown of Belgium, and received the Centenary Medal of Australia for contributions to engineering education and research. He is a Fellow of The Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the International Federation of Automatic Control and Engineers Australia and a foreign fellow of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.