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Mark Stokes
I just wanted to remind each of you that SoutheastCon2003 is coming up soon and if you are attending, you need to go ahead and get your updated passport ready. Travel to Jamiaca for SoutheastCon 2003 will require you to have a valid passport. For information about SoutheastCon2003, please check out http://www.southeastcon.com. An online registration form is coming soon.
January 30, 2003
Student Paper competition
Mark Stokes
Our annual January Student Paper competition joint meeting is upon up this month. Come out and join us as we find out what the students at Clemson have been doing over the last year. The presentations are always very interesting and informative. Free pizza will be served. The meeting will take place on the Clemson University campus.
Date: January 30, 2003
Place: room 132 EIB building, Clemson University
Time: 6:30 PM
Please email or call Mark Stokes with any questions or to RSVP.
Directions to EIB are on page 2.
Nick Pasquerilla
The Piedmont Section of the IEEE, with assistance from Region 3 has financially sponsored FIRST team 343 for 2003. Team 343 is the "Metal-in-Motion" Robotics Team from Oconee County SC. The excerpt below is from the FIRST website www.usfirst.org:
"FIRST inspires in young people, their schools and communities an appreciation of science and technology, and of how mastering these can enrich the lives of all.
Corporate America provides economic and professional support to FIRST. Many Fortune 500 companies have significantly helped FIRST grow and are committed to its continued progress. Government organizations such as NASA are key partners in this worthwhile cause. FIRST represents a cooperative team effort by students, teachers, communities, corporations, and our government."
Your Executive Committee decided to sponsor this team not only because it is a worthwhile activity but also to try to get more of our members involved in this program. Web sites of some of the teams in our area are provided below. These teams need help not only financially, but could use your help with technical assistance for their robots design and fabrication. If you are currently involved or become involved in the future, please let one of the listed officers know.
Upstate FIRST teams (county):
www.metalinmotion.com Oconee
www.snow-bird.com/upstart Greenville
www.teambosch.org
Anderson
www.solidorange.com
Greenville
www.cuttingedgerobotics.com Pendleton
IEEE-SA Launches Portal for the Americas
IEEE Scoop
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) has launched StandardsAmericas(TM), a Web portal for its standards community in North, Central and South America. The portal supports those who want to learn about, participate in and access technical standards, especially in the fields of IT, telecommunications, and power and energy. It also integrates information on IEEE-SA's offerings with relevant regional and global links related to the IEEE and other standards development organizations.
The IEEE-SA launched its first geographical portal, StandardsAsia(TM), in July. It will publicly introduce StandardsEurope(TM) during the first quarter of 2003.
Learn to Search the IEEE Member Digital Library
The Institute
Two IEEE search experts will explain how to navigate through the new IEEE Member Digital Library during a half-hour Web conference on 11 Feb. To find out more details, visit
http:// ieee.org/products/ieeemdl and use the link to the free web conference.
The Institute
Don't miss the conference you might need to advance your career. The IEEE sponsors more than 300 technical conferences and workshops each year, highlighting the latest technological advances. Find events through the IEEE Conference Search Web site at http://ieee.org/conferencesearch
Mark Stokes
Please read our new president’s column here: http://www.ieeeusa.org/newspubs/presidentscolumn.
Directions from Anderson or Greenville: turn left on Hy 93 (either from Hy 123 or Hy 76). Come to the second light (from Hy 76) and make a left. Proceed straight through the stop sign and follow the road around a slight left curve. Straight through another stop sign and the ECE building is straight ahead. After making a sharp right turn, take the next left. Down to the end of this road, the EIB building is across the street. It is marked the "Flour Daniel Building". Parking passes will be provided inside the meeting room #132.
Directions from Seneca: Exit on Hy 76 from Hy 123. Follow the above directions from there
Nick Pasquerilla
We are still looking for members willing to present a topic at future Piedmont Section meetings. If you are interested, please contact an officer.
CHAIRMAN Mark Stokes (864) 647-2065 m.stokes@ieee.org
VICE-CHAIRMAN
TREASURER Rob Scruggs (864) 886 1348
scruggsr@squared.com
SECRETARY Andrew Pang (864) 282-1105
andrewpang@hotmail.com
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Allen Thomas (864) 228-4322
a.thomas@ieee.org
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Nick Pasquerilla (864) (864) 886-1771
n.pasquerilla@ieee.org
STUDENT ACTIVITIES Dr. John Komo (864) 656-5916
john.komo@ces.clemson.edu
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Lee Stogner (864) 281-8276
l.stogner@ieee.org
NEWSLETTER EDITOR Mark Stokes (864) 647-2065 m.stokes@ieee.org
AWARDS Dr. Randy Collins (864)656-5920
randy.collins@ces.clemson.edu
The Piedmont section of the IEEE is still offering sections of its newsletter for advertising space. If you are interested in supporting this effort, please contact one of the officers listed above.
-Mark