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The Canaveral Council of Technical Societies (CCTS) and co-hosts, the Cape Canaveral Sections of AIAA and IEEE are proud to announce the 2012 Engineers Week Awards Banquet to be held Tuesday, 21 February at Gregory's Steak and Seafood Grille.
This banquet will feature awards to outstanding engineers from the Space Coast. This is an excellent opportunity for technical professionals from a diversity of backgrounds to meet and network.
In addition, the event will feature a unique presentation by a guest speaker:
Rod Blocksome, Vice-Director of the ARRL Midwest Division speaking on the topic "Research and Analysis in the Search for Amelia Earhart's Airplane."
For the past ten years, Mr. Blocksome has been heavily involved in research and analysis in the search for Amelia Earhart's airplane and has been donating expertise in radio communications to this effort. This promises to be an outstanding opportunity to see an unforgettable presentation, truly a unique opportunity for anyone interested in radio communications and other modes of communication, such as VHF/UHF.
Details are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Time:
- 6:00 - 6:45 Social with Hors D 'Oeuvres (Cash Bar) --Exhibits by student branches of co-host societies
- 6:45 - 7:30 Buffet Dinner (Prime Rib, Chicken Marsala, Shrimp Alfredo)
- 7:30 - 8:00 Presentation of Awards
- 8:00 - 9:00 Guest Speaker
Location:
Gregory's Steak & Seafood Grille
900 North Atlantic Ave
Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931
The Canaveral Section has reserved three tables (seating for 24) for
the banquet and will pay the expenses of each member and one guest
who wish to attend this celebration of Engineers Week, up to the
capacity of our reserved tables.
Please RSVP by Feb. 15th to Chuck Chapman at:
Email: sec.canaveral@ieee.org
Email: ccmail@bellsouth.net
Cell: Chuck Chapman 321-591-5936
Research and Analysis in the Search for
Amelia Earhart's Airplane
Rod Blocksome
Vice-Director, ARRL Midwest Division
On June 1, 1937, Amelia and her navigator Fred Noonan
departed Miami, Florida bound for California by traveling
around the world. The first destaination was San Juan,
Puerto Rico... from there skirting the northeast edge of
South America and then on to the Red Sea. On July 2,
several short transmission were received by the Itasca
but they were unable to get a fix on location because they
were too brief. At 2014GMT, the Itasca received the last
voice tranmission. President Roosevelt authorized a search of
9 Naval ships and 66 aircraft at an estimated cost of over 4 million dollars.
On July 18, the search was abandoned by ships in the Howland area.
Her husband, George, continued the search efforts until October.
Rod Blocksome grew up in Kansas, lived in Iowa, and has traveled to more than 50
countries. First licensed as KN0DAS in 1960, and an AARL member since 1962, Blocksome
credits his grandmother with getting him interested in Amateur Radio. Rod has 42 years
of professional engineering experience in radio communications systems and equipment
design. He has designed several Collins HF tranmitters and related equipment and managed
engineering design teams responsible for the development of transmitting equipment spanning
.45 MHz-2000 MHz and at RF power levels 10 W to 45 kW. He Managed an IPD team developing
L-band receivers and performing system engineering of communication systems in a full MIL-SPEC
environment on the F-22 program and spent two years redesigning and formalizing the System
Engineering Process at Rockwell Collins.
Rod holds a BSEE and MSEE from Kansas State University. In addition to his career in the private
sector, Rod served four years active duty as an officer in the US Air Force doing HF communications
systems engineering while on leave of absence from Collins Radio Company. One activity that Rod has
been donating his expertise in radio communications to get students interested in science/math by
making presentations in the local school system.
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