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Subject: Miami Section Report 

Miami Section Report 
to the Region 3 & Florida Council Meetings
March 26-28, 1999
Lexington, KY
Osama A. Mohammed, Miami Section Chairman



1. We had quite an active year and the section officers were re-elected for
another year starting January 1, 1999. The section submitted all its
reports to headquarters in time. All seven society chapters of the Miami
section are active and had at least two activities. We are still looking
for chairman of the Engineering Management Society Chapter.

2. This year the Miami Section is celebrating its 50th anniversary and will
receive a special banner for Director Dale Caston in April during the
upcoming section meeting on April 9th, 1999.

3. From January 1, 1999 to present, we already had six activities including
the engineers week picnic, a Y2K issues presentations joined with Broward
and Palm Beach Section, a lecture on IEC Standards and Application Guide.
Also, the PES, EMBS and Communication Society chapters had separate lecture
meetings with invited speakers and good attendance. The student activities
had also several activities of their own under the guidance of the section.

4. We are planning several activities before summer including three lecture
meetings, awards meeting a tutorial and a student activity.

5. During 1998, the Miami section reported a total of 28 total technical,
social and administrative activities conducted by the section and its
society chapters. 

6. The Miami section sponsored along with NASA, State of Florida as well as
several companies and organizations in the Miami area, a summer program
technical competitions involving Junior High and High School students.
Small dollar awards, certificates and congratulation letters were given to
1st, 2nd, and 3ed place winners of three different competitions. These
technical projects included posters, models and essays. The section
provided a total of $200.00 for these awards. The letters and certificates
featured the IEEE Miami section's name and the new IEEE logo with the
networking the world slogan.  This will be repeated again this year.

7. The section will continue its participation in more activities that will
enhance the electrical and computer engineering profession as well as
activities that involve the community, students and deal with issues of
concern to the membership.


Professor Osama A. Mohammed
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Florida International University
Room EAS-3983
Miami, Florida 33174
Telephone: (305) 348-3040
Fax: (305) 348-3707
Lab: (305) 348-6194
e-mail: mohammed@fiu.edu
e-mail: mohammed@eng.fiu.edu
URL: https://aln1.eng.fiu.edu