IEEE East TN Section Report to Region 3
 
CHAIR:         Greg Peterson
VICE CHAIR:    Mark Allen
SECRETARY:     Craig Deibele
TREASURER:     Kathy Kirkland
WEBMASTER:     Brian Swail
DIRECTOR:      Igor Alexeff
PACE CHAIR:    David Bower
 
The East TN Section had several general meetings and Excoms in the past
year. One of the meetings was hosted by NucSafe; NucSafe is based in Oak
Ridge, TN and manufactures nuclear instruments, systems, and accessories
for nuclear safeguards, nuclear security, process control and quality
control markets. The section also supported The Tennessee Inventors
Association (TIA)  presentation of an an invention marketing seminar ,
whose purpose was to give guidance regarding the many types of marketing
techniques that are available for inventions. Dr. Saeed Assadi spoke at
a meeting to discuss the laser wire technology and techniques designed
and deployed at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory (ORNL). Finally, a presentation was given by Dr. Way
Kuo, Dean of Engineering at the University of Tennessee; Dr. Kuo
provided a very lively and interactive forum on the direction of the
college and views on education in the field of engineering.

Other activities included support of student IEEE groups at The
University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Pellissippi State Community
College. Officers, such as David Bower, the Pace Chair, and Brian Swail,
our WebMaster, continued to be very active throughout the 2004 year; and
Kathy Kirkland, our treasurer, attended several regional meetings as a
representative of the section.

The current year has been quiet so far, but a meeting is scheduled for
Monday April 11, and will include the election of new officers for the
coming year. Also at the meeting, a presentation on plasma glow
discharges will be given by University of Tennessee professor Dr. J.
Reece Roth. Scheduled for the next month is a meeting at a local company
that specializes in aviation audio electronics. The section will once
again support student chapters and encourage active participation by
IEEE members in educational activities. And the section will be
represented by a primary and secondary delegate at the Sections Congress
at the end of the year.

Mark Allen
allenmd@ieee.org
Vice Chair
IEEE East TN Section