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IEEE Utah Section Holiday Dinner, Friday, December 4, 2009

PDF Version here with map and directions

Hello Utah Section Members,

The Utah Section Executive Committee wishes you and your family a happy Holiday season and a New Year filled with prosperity and success. Please join us o celebrate the holidays at our Utah Section Holiday Dinner. The details of this
event are included below and reservations are required.

Friday, December 4, 2009
Dinner Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM,  Socializing at 5:30

Location: Utah Valley University Alumni House at 519 W. 1200 S. in Orem.  Please see map and directions below.

PDF Version here with map and directions

RESERVATION REQUIRED, Please RSVP by noon Wednesday, December 2.  This event will be limited to the first 50 people.

This will be a catered meal consisting of turkey, mashed potatoes, vegetables, and various pies for desert.

You and your family are cordially invited to come join us for a Section Holiday Dinner. This Section Holiday Dinner is an opportunity to relax and unwind, catch up with friends, and meet some new friends.

Cost for IEEE members and families (after Section subsidy):
$5 - Member, Spouse/Date, Children over the age of 12
$2 - each for children 3-12 years old
$10 - each for those who are neither IEEE members nor immediate family.
► Pay on arrival with cash, or check to “IEEE Utah Section”. ◄

Reservation Information
Make your reservation at your earliest convenience, but before noon on Wednesday, December 2. Send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 801-503-2674. Provide the following info: your name and IEEE member number;
number of persons in your party (by age/price group).

Please visit our website at http://www.ieee.org/utah/ for additional Section information and details on upcoming events.

Utah Section Annual Election

We ave received our nominations for 2010 elected officers, please check back on December 1st for local elections web form to become active.

Congratulations to the IEEE Utah Section 2010 Award Winners!

Engineer of the Year Award: Dan Christenson

Educator of the Year Award: Jeff Cold

Fresh Faces in Engineering: Pei Jung Tsai

Outstanding Leadership and Professional Service Award: Randall G. Redondo

Outstanding Corporate Service to Engineering Community Award: Grass Valley

Outstanding Student Branch Award: Utah State University

Past Social Events

Thanks to all whom organized and attended August's summer picnic social network event in Clearfield.

Download photos from the 2009 Utah Engineers Council banquet and download the UEC Journal pdf below.  Also, be sure to see their local engineers event calendar.

• http://utahengineerscouncil.org/index.html

A special thanks to all that attended the 2009 Awards banquet, to our guest speaker, Cleon Anderson, and all the award winners.

• You can view the pictures from the 2009 Award winners on the new dedicated web page here.

FIRST Robotics

 Congratualtions to West High FIRST Robotics team.  This is a major accomplishment with lots of resources expended by all participants.  Stayed tuned for more information on local FIRST Robotics teams in Utah.

• http://www.westrobotics.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi

IEEE Utah Section Communications

We have numerous ways of contacting our section members in addition to our mass enotice.  Our most current and accurate information is found on the website here.  We also target specific chapters, such as Computer Society members with targeted enotices, Power and Energy Society has a specific list kept by the chair.

The Utah Section has created a Linkedin group to improve our membership communication. If you do not have a LinkedIn account please consider creating one so that you can take advantage of the Linkedin Utah Section group features. You can also use this free tool to develop your professional network with local and global professional who share your expertise and interests.  If you would like to be added please This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or add the following IEEE Utah Section Group to an existing account.

http://www.linkedin.com

IEEE Utah Section LinkedIn Group -

 Past Events

Thanks to all of our recent speakers:

Thanks to Douglas L. Datwyler PE for the good presentation and discussion on professional licensure in Utah and future trends.  We hope to have this presentation on the website in the near future.

All involved with the recent GOLD and SPAC event help at the Univerisity of Utah.

All involved and attendees of the Computer Society tour of BYU data center.

Dr. Donahoe, for his excellent technical presentation, Thermal Aspects of LED Headlamps.

John Tyson, for sharing his experiences in the Entrepreneur Seminar.

Jeffery G. Lewis, for our July GOLD meeting on Financial Health.  

Thank you to all whom participated in our August Senior Member Elevation Event.

Thank you to the Utah Section Computer society for sponsering the Agile Roots conference.

The IEEE USA Annual meeting in Salt Lake City was well received with numerous technical presentations, networking of ideas and exceptional keynote speakers.  Please find archived information including a humorous video with Governor Huntsman at the following link.

http://www.ieeeusa.org/calendar/conferences/annualmeeting/2009/video/default.asp

New local Utah Section Technical Society Chapter, EMC and IAS formation

There is currently an interest to start a local IEEE Utah Section EMC Society.  If you are interested in having this local groups form and would attend activities or would like to volunteer please contact e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

Thanks to all who signed the petition to start a Utah Section Power and Energy Society Chapter.  This was approved on January 30th, 2009.  Please see the Utah Section PES website here .

- Download Recent Presentation Electromagnetics for the working Engineer here

2010 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2010)

Please be advised that the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society will sponsor the conference entitled "2010 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2010)".  This conference will be held September 5-7, 2010.

Please note that IEEE MFI 2010 will not take place at Snowbird as originally intended.  The location of the conference will be: Fort Douglas, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.  

The URL for the conference is www.cs.utah.edu/mfi2010

For further information, please contact,

Thomas C. Henderson
50 S. Central Campus Dr, 3190 MEB
School of Computing
University of Utah
Salt Lake City UT 84112
Ph : +1 801 581 3601
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