Section News

[Summer 2009 Family Picnic at Durham Bulls Athletic Park]

We will be having a picnic this summer at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

The exact date has not yet been finalized, but we are looking at a July-August time frame. Check back for updates on specifics regarding date, time, meeting area and the modest per-person fee.

[2009 Section Officers] Thanks and congratulations to our new section officers:

Chair: Dev Palmer
Vice Chair: Jim Ray
Treasurer: Paul Goodson
Secretary: Arti Roth

[Section Newsletter] The 1th Quarter 2009 edition is now available online.

[Presentation Download Page] See navigation column on the left. New additions have been made.

• Engineering Research Center for Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems, Dr. Alex Huang, 11/20/2008
• Smart Grid: In Search of a Model, Subroto Bhattacharya, February 10, 2009

[2008 Section Family Outing] Sept. 27 at the New Hope Valley Railway.

View the special edition of the ENCS Newsletter and the photos of the event enjoyed by many IEEE members, families, and guests!

[Deborah S. Proctor recognized] Pictured is WCPE General Manager and Eastern NC Section Chair Thomas Jepsen at the 30th Anniversary of the Community Radio station's celebration. Full story on the WCPE web site.

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PDI Takes a Holiday - The popular series is taking a couple of months off while we gear up a new series of presentations.  Meanwhile, we are looking for people with a MBA or doctorate in business, or extensive business experience to help with a series of workgroups on business.  Please contact Charles Lord at if you can help.  Thanks in advance!

Recognize the Best: Please visit our Awards Page where we are soliciting nominations for awards for some deserving engineers.

Attention Embedded Systems Fans: We have a new Embedded Systems special interest group that is sponsored by our section and our Computer Society chapter.  Check out http://www.ieee-embedded.org or our virtual community at http://www.ieeecommunities.org/embedded   for more information!

Lower Cape Fear(Wilmington) Sub- Section Website: Live in the greater Wilmington area or elsewhere in the SE corner of our state? Interested in participating in Sub-Section activities? Contact the Eastern NC Section Chair.