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Next Meeting
January 29, 2004
Annual Student Paper Competition
Mark Stokes
As usual, we’re starting off our New Year with our annual Student Paper Competition. Each year our section sponsors a competition between the students in our section. Usually, the students come from Clemson; however, this is not part of the rules. It can be any student member of the Piedmont Section of the IEEE in an EE type of undergraduate program (i.e. Computer Engineering is ok also). We devote one of our meetings to this competition where the students are to present their paper to the people present. There will be a few members who will volunteer as judges, which will make the final call on placement. There are cash prizes awarded to the first, second, and third placeholders. The students are judged on more than technical content. The categories (weight) are:
Speaking Techniques (25)
Style (15)
Intro and Conclusion (20)
Technical Presentation (30)
Discussion (10)
The top two placeholders are invited to take their presentations to the next level of competition where they will compete against others from around the region.
This is a great chance for the students to get a feel for speaking about their profession in front of a group of their peers without the pressure of a job loss or other pressure and for members of the section to get the scoop on new and emerging technologies. We encourage discussion on how the speaker has done and can potentially improve on his/her speaking skills. Please make a point to come out to support our young IEEE professionals.
Dinner will be served in classic college style with multiple varieties of pizzas. There will be no cost for dinner. The meeting will be held on the campus of Clemson University in the EIB building. The building is to the back and right of the ECE department building.
Meeting Details:
6:30pm Social 1/2 Hour
7:00pm Dinner Served
7:30pm Meeting begins
Please email Rob Scruggs if you plan to attend and especially if you plan to eat. He will be ordering the pizza's and needs to know how many to buy. Rob’s email address is: scruggsr@squared.com.
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 "Fluor 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
IEEE VIRTUAL MUSEUM LAUNCHES NEW EXHIBIT.
The IEEE Virtual Museum has a new exhibit titled "World War II: How War Impacted Technology; How Technology Impacted War." It contains information on:
The causes of the war
The technologies impacted battle and changed how war is now fought
Technologies that grew out of wartime urgency, such as radar, the jet engine, nuclear weapons and rocket technology
Individuals who created and used wartime technology in new and innovative ways.
Visit the museum at http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/.
ABOUT THE IEEE HISTORY CENTER
The IEEE History Center is a staff unit of IEEE that is located not at the IEEE Operations Center, but on the nearby New Brunswick campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, which cosponsors the Center’s activities. The Center’s mission to preserve, research, and promote the legacy of IEEE technologies is overseen by the IEEE History Committee, a standing committee of the IEEE Executive Committee. Since most of the activities in carrying out this mission are educational in nature, the Staff Director of the History Center reports to the IEEE Managing Director for Educational Activities, and Center staff work closely with EAD staff on many programs. Those interested in more information are invited to look at the Center’s website (http://www.ieee.org/history_center) or to email the Center at history@ieee.org.
CHAIRMAN Mark Stokes (864) 647-2065 m.stokes@ieee.org
VICE-CHAIRMAN Rob Scruggs (864) 886 1348
scruggsr@squared.com
TREASURER
SECRETARY Jerry Clark jclark89@hotmail.com
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Lee Stogner (864) 281-8276
l.stogner@ieee.org
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Adib Chebli (864) 241-6583
a.chebli@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