Samee U. Khan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, was appointed to the steering committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Technical Area of Green Computing. The committee was formed last year to promote research and education on the general topic of green computing that covers domains, such as cloud computing, utility computing, cluster computing, supercomputing and cyberinfrastructures. During its first year, the committee sponsored and promoted more than 10 conferences. This year, the committee expects to launch several new Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers conferences and a flagship journal.