Meliha Selak – Blistava karijera krunisana prestižnom nagradom u Kanadi

Congratulations to Meliha Selak on winning the IEEE Canada 2010 E.F. Glass Western Canada Merit Award

(Meliha i Ekrem Selak, elektroinženjeri iz Sarajeva sa stalnim mjestom boravka u Vancouveru, sa najmladjim sinom. Stariji sin i kćerka nisu bili prisutni prilikom naše posjete)

Meliha B. Selak is a Specialist Engineer with BC Hydro where she is working in the Power System Protection & Control Planning group. She holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sarajevo and has over 30 years of experience in various aspects of power systems engineering including utility protection, research & development, project management and consultingon international projects.

Prior to joining BC Hydro in 2000, she worked as a research engineer in the Power System Group at the University of British Columbia, in connection with the development of an EMTP based real-time power system simulator. Her technical activities include power system protection and control applications, power system analysis, evaluations and interconnection studies for the various plants connecting to the power system, as well as development of BC Hydro’s power system protection guidelines.

She is a registered professional engineer in the Province of British Columbia and she is a senior member of IEEE. Meliha is a member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Governing Board and she is currently serving as the Vice President for Chapters.

Also, she is a member of the IEEE Power System Relay Committee (PSRC). She has written numerous technical reports and papers on the power system subjects and she is also a paper reviewer. Meliha is a distinguished lecturer of IEEE PES.

Currently, Meliha is a member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Governing Board and she is serving as the Vice President for Chapters. As a VP Chapters, she is responsible for the operation of the PES Chapters organization for the chapters throughout Regions 1 – 10 and has both line responsibility for chapters and staff responsibility for the support functions within the Chapters organization. The Chapter organization includes Region Representatives for USA, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia & Pacific, PES Distinguished Lecturers Program (DLP), Awards and Resources, Electronic Communications who report to the Vice President Chapters Meliha will receive her award at the IEEE Canada Awards Gala in Calgary in May.

Ovo je izvod iz saopštenja objavljenog u stručnom kanadskom časopisu iz oblasti elektro-inženjeringa. Meliha je prestižnu nagradu primila na gala ceremoniji početkom maja u Calgary-u.

Naš boravak u Vancouveru poklopio se sa terminom svečane ceremonije uručenja nagrade tako da smo sa Melihom proveli samo jedan dan.

U vrijeme naše posjete, u predivnoj kući Selaka iz koje “puca pogled” na cijeli Vancouver, skupilo se malo društvo Sarajlija nakon čega smo se svi pridružili Prvomajskom uranku i proveli nekoliko sati u druženju sa “Bosančerosima” koje su sudbina ili vjetrovi rata doveli u jedan od najljepših gradova svijeta.

Kao ilustraciju poslovnog uspjeha Melihe Selak, dovoljno je navesti da obavlja dužnost Vice presidenta u velikoj kanadskoj firmi i da je nadležna za široko područje Kanade, USA, Latinske Amerike, Evrope, Bliskog Istoka, Afrike, Azije i Pacifika (tako piše u Melihinom “opisu poslova” – obuhvaćen je skoro cijeli svijet pa je to razlog Melihinih stalnih putovanja po svijetu. Zaista impresivno!

Melihin suprug Ekrem, stari “Energoinvestovac”, nakon dugogodišnjeg boravka na raznim gradilištima Afrike i Azije sada je zadužen za “logističku podršku” Melihi i ostatku porodice i bio nam je koristan vodič po Vancouveru.

Bila je to prilika da napišemo nešto više o izuzetnom poslovnom uspjehu još jedne ličnosti sa naših prostora koja se dokazala na nemilosrdnom području “zapadnog kapitalizma”. Od srca čestitamo!