IEEE Miami Section Report 
IEEE Region 3 Meeting 
November 21-23, 2003 
Atlanta, GA 
 
Engineering Management Society (4/10/2003) Malathi Palaniappa, Chapter
Chair reporting

* Promoting Excellence In Product Development and Project Management,
  by Mr. Michael McAuliffe from Motorola (31 attending)

* One meeting is planned for November 13 and another on November 20,
  2003.

Power Engineering Society (6/16/2003) Juan Farah, Chapter Chair
reporting

* Introduction to Loss of Load Probability by Mr. Jose R. Ribeiro of
  FPL (14 attending)

* Basics of Relay Protection for Industrial Power Systems by
  Mr. Horacio F. Perez of FPL (16 attending)

* Real-Time Performance Management Tools for Wide-Area Operations in
  Competitive Electricity Markets by Dr. Nand Tripathi. (20 attending)

* Field Trip to FPL Equipment Reliability Center (43 attending)

Engineering in Medicine and Biology (4/14/2003) Malcolm Heimer,
Chapter Chair reporting

* Classifying Epilepsy in Children by Dr. Ilker Yaylali of Miami
  Children's Hospital (37 attending)

* Using the Electromyogram for Clinical Assessment of Movement by
  Dr. Leonard Elbaum Physical Therapy Dept., Florida International
  University. (28 attending)

* Planning one more meeting before end of year.

Computer Society (4/30/2003) Alexander Pons, Chapter Chair reporting

* Database design and analysis for performance by Dr. Fabian Pascal of
  UM (31 attending)

* Planning one more meeting by end of year.  

Communication Society 

* The Potential of Ultra Wideband Communication, by Dr. Kazimierz
  Siwiak

* Planning one by end of year  

Industry Applications Society (10/23/2003) Jean Andrean, Chapter Chair
Reporting

* Applications of Wavelets by Dr. Tapan Sarkar, Syracuse University
  (39 attending)

* Real-Time Simulation of Electric Drives and Systems with RT-LAB by
  Simon Abourida (46 attending)

* Planning one more by end of year.  

Student Activities and Membership committee
 
* Start of semester picnic and membership drive, 350 attending,
  resulted in new members increase.

* Creating Lab Kits to IEEE student member at reduced cost. Several
  Meetings and socials.

Miami Section
 
1. Several Excom Meetings 

2. Three Technical meetings and one Social since April 2003 including
   a distinguished Lecturer

3. Future City Competition is underway 32 Schools already
   registered. Florida Competition in on January 17, 2004.

4. International Conference on Nano Scale Devices and System
   Integration, Miami Feb. 15-19, 2004
   (https://www.nanointernational.org)

5. Planning one Distinguished Lecturer activity before yearŐs end

6. Awards Activity 

7. Planning of IEEE/CEFC in Miami in May 2006.  



Osama Mohammed 
Miami Section Chair