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Daytona IEEE Section
March 2013
Technical/Dinner Meeting

On Thursday, April 25th, 2013 the Daytona IEEE Section will hold a Technical/Dinner meeting at the Halifax River Yacht Club on 331 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach Florida.

Each year the April meeting is usually dedicated to the activities of the young engineers studying Engineering in our local Colleges and Universities.  This year students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Bethune-Cookman University will be the presenters.  They will report on their recent robotic competition as well as senior projects.

In addition the student winners of the IEEE Daytona Section Special Awards at the 2013 Tomoka Region Science and Engineering Fair will be introduced and recognized.

More details on the program and the dinner arrangements can be found on the Calendar of Events segment of this website.



Daytona IEEE Section
March 2013
Technical/Dinner Meeting

On Thursday, March 27, 2013 the Daytona IEEE Section held a Technical/Dinner meeting at the Halifax River Yacht Club on 331 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach Florida.

The speaker for the evening was Remzi Seker a Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, Sofware, and Systems Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Dr. Seker spoke on "Cyber Security and Privacy". His talk will surveyed some privacy issues and the impact of involuntary disclosures of personal information with examples.  The speaker also provided examples of how data is collected from users and the potential long-term impact of such practices.

For more information on the technical topic and  the  dinner  arrangements for this meeting look at the Recent Events link on this Website.



Science Fair News

The Tomoka Regional Science and Engineering Fair was held on January 19, 2013 at Atlantic High School in Port Orange.  The winners of the IEEE Daytona Section Special Awards were:

Junior Division - Jude Flynn
Ormond Beach Middle School

Senior Division - Nicholas Fichera
Spruce Creek High School

These students will be honored at our April Dinner Meeting.



Computer Society Chapter of the IEEE Daytona Section

For information on the Computer Society Chapter of the IEEE Daytona Section, contact Dr. Keith Garfield at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (386) 226-7081.  You can also reach him by email at k.garfield@erau.edu


Changes in the Distribution
 of the SPARKs Newsletter


After a review of expenditures, in November 2011, we found the cost of mailing the Daytona Sections Sparks Newsletter was a major Section expense. Looking at Post Office regulations for bulk mail and the high cost of mailing the hard copy version,  it was determined, that the primary distribution of SPARKS in the future will be by email and on our web site.

As a reminder, it's important to update your email address with the IEEE to make sure you continue to receive your Sparks Newsletter. Please go to www.ieee.org and update your profile. 



Newsletter Available on Line

On this website the current copy of the "Sparks" newsletter will be provided by clicking on Sparks Newsletter at the top of this page. Copies of the newsletter for the past several years are available by clicking on the Newsletter Archives at the top of this page, and then selecting the  appropriate newsletter from the archives by date.



Internet Address Shortcut

At the suggestion of several members of the Section the web master requested an alias web site address from IEEE Headquarters.  For people with short memories we can now be reached on our old web address http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/daytona or our new alias address:   http://www.ieee.org/go/daytona IEEE-USA .


Calendar of Events

SouthEastCon2013
Scheduled for Jackson, Florida    April 4-7, 2013
                                 


Proposed IEEE Control  Systems Society Chapter

Dr. Jing Wang from Bethune-Cookman University expressed  interest in establishing an IEEE Control Systems Society Chapter under our section.  Initially, we will need signatures of 12 IEEE Control Society members.  If you are a member, please contact Dr. Wang at wangj@cookman.edu, and  your support of this endeavor will be much appreciated.


Proposed Daytona State College (DSC) Student Branch

Daytona Section is currently working towards establishing a new student branch at Daytona State College (DSC).  Dr. Bob Mertens is leading the effort to recruit student members and promote IEEE's visibility among DSC 
faculty/students. On Oct. 1st and Nov. 6th, promotional meetings were held at the Advanced Technology Center at DSC, where presentations were made describing the benefits of IEEE membership for students and facility. At the November 6th meeting James Gregoire, the ERAU Student Chapter Chairman spoken on the organization and activities of ERAU's IEEE Student Branch.   





Welcome to the Daytona Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).



Life Member Tour
American Aero Services

On Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 at 10:00 AM, the Life Members of the Daytona Section had a wonderful tour of American Aero Services.  American Aero Services occupy a 10,00 square foot hanger at the New Smyrna Beach Airport, 333 South Street in New Smyrna Beach.

American Aero Services repairs and restores World War II Aircraft and military vehicles.  They have also build replicas of aircraft, space vehicles etc.  Their customers are usually private individuals, but may also be private or federal museums.  The company started in its current premises in 1981.  Gary Norville has been the sole owner since 1998.  They have an FAA certified technician on staff, so they are able to certify their work.

They have recently built a new 20,000 square foot hanger space at the South end of the New Smyrna Airport and will be moving all of their Warplanes and equipment over the next several months.

A more comprehensive idea of the type of work that is done in their facility can be seen  here.


Daytona Section Expansion
Activities

The Daytona Section is actively seeking further growth.  Currently, we are working towards establishing a new student branch at Daytona State College.  Also, a student affinity group in artificial intelligence is being formed at ERAU. We are considering the possibility of starting an affinity group for women-in-engineering  at ERAU as well.  Finally, members of the IEEE Control Systems Society in our section are working on starting a Control Society Chapter.


IEEE Section Polo Shirts
and Coffee Mugs

We are pleased to offer Daytona Section polo shirts and coffee mugs for our Section members.  Shirt's are embroidered with the IEEE logo and Daytona Section on the left and your name and grade, if desired, on the right. For additional size, contact and pricing information please see the article in the April version of the Sparks Newsletter. Specifications and prices for the Coffee Mugs are also available in the same publication.

Small Radio Telescope Project

The objective of the Small Radio Telescope Program was to acquire and operate a small radio telescope in support of a comprehensive educational and research program.  This program was directed at increasing the understanding of science and electrical engineering in the local schools and universities of the greater Daytona Area.

In early 2007 a grant application was submitted by the Daytona IEEE Section to the IEEE Life Member Committee (LMC) to provide funding for a Small Radio Telescope (SRT) Program.   The purpose of the SRT Program was to acquire, assemble and calibrate a small radio telescope to be used for teaching radio astronomy, electronics, communications, antenna theory, and data processing. The device will be used to support the teaching of these technologies at the University Level, High School and Middle School Level, and provide workshops to home schooled students.

In February the Small Radio Telescope (SRT) Program, funded by the IEEE Life Member Committee, placed the initial purchase orders necessary to obtain a commercial small radio telescope instrument.

In November 2008 the components for the Small Radio Telescope were delivered to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where the mechanical portion of the system was assembled and tested.   In early January of 2009 the SRT was moved from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to a private aircraft hanger in Spruce Creek Fly-In.  At the hanger the microwave portion of the system was tested and initial tracking and calibration tests were performed.

In late February 2009 the completed SRT system was delivered to the Daytona Museum of Arts and Sciences (MOAS).  On 21 February 2009 the system was demonstrated to the Life Members Committee (LMC)  as part of their Orlando Florida meeting agenda.  After the Life Members meeting the 7.5 foot parabolic dish was replaced with a 10 foot dish to dramatically improve the systems sensitivity.

In early April 2009 the antenna system was mounted on a 20 foot mast at the Museum of Arts and Sciences and integrated into the planetarium's  control console position. With the antenna installed in the museum's planetarium a series of detailed tests were run prior to integrating it into the planetarium program.

During November 2009 a small team of engineers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University started looking at the existing SRT software interfaces to make it more user friendly and more meaningful to the potential users. We want to thank Dr. Hugh Ward, Dr. Billy Barott, Jeanette Barott, Jonathan Marolf, Logan Meers and Nick Bartolotta for there help and support.

In early 2010 permission was given by the Daytona Section Executive Committee to install the hardware and software to permit remote operation of the SRT for research and educational purposes.  The hardware was successfully installed and now remote operation of the SRT is currently available to a limited number of researchers, from any location, in the world, that has internet access.

A prototype website with the URL
http://www.daytonaSRT.org is under construction to permit a general gateway to the SRT to allow operation of the small radio telescope for research and educational purposes. 

Detailed photos and a description of the development and testing of the SRT can be found on the SRT Program section of this website

On March 19, 2011 a conference  paper "Development of a Small Radio Telescope for Engineering Education" was presented at SoutheastCon.  The  paper was authored by Charles Husbands, Dr. William Barott, and Jeanette Barott.  Copies of this paper can be obtained for personal use by contacting the authors.  The authors all appear on the Section Officers Page of this website.




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