IEEE Miami Section Report to Region 3 
And the Florida Council 
April 8-10, 2005 
Ft. Lauderdale, FL


Accomplishments and Activities 
 
1. The section submitted all its officer, meeting and financial
reports on time.

2. The section conducted the 2005 Future City Competition for the
State of Florida on January 17, 2005. More than 40 schools participated.
The winning school (Epiphany) represented the state in Washington DC at
the National Finals during the Engineers week. They won the second place
Nationally and won five other awards. Many articles about this team were
in the Miami Herald and USA Today. Governor Jeb Bush will meet the team,
and the Florida Organizers at the end of April. This has been a very
important and worthwhile effort for our section.

3. The section is participating as a supporter to several
minority school programs which are funded by the department of education
through the multi- year Gear-up Program to help young school kids form
poor areas seek science and engineering field. Section members give
lectures and presentation, classroom activities and projects as well as
mentoring.

4. The FIU student branch is participating in all the
Southeastcon'05 competitions. The Student branch at UM is also active
and report several activities.

5. Seven section and chapter technical meetings were already held
since January 1, 2005. We will also have a distinguished lecture
activity in early May 2005. We are planning a social even t

6. Our PACE Chair attended the PACE meeting in Arizona.

7. The section is co-sponsoring the IEEE/CEFC conference, April
30-May 3, 2006. This is one of the main conferences of the magnetics
society.

The section will continue to be very active and will participate in many
activities that benefit the members and enhance our interaction with the
community. We will also continue to seek organizing conferences that
will benefit our members and our profession.

Respectfully Submitted; 

Osama Mohammed 
Miami Section Chair 
April 5, 2005 

Miami Section Current Officers 
CHAIR: Dr. O. A. Mohammed (o.mohammed@ieee.org) 
VICE CHAIR: Dr. Shuo Liu (lius@fiu.edu) 
SECRETARY / TREASURER: Dr. Kang K. Yen (yenk@fiu.edu) 
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Dr. O. A. Mohammed 
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Dr. Kang K. Yen 
STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Dr. O. A. Mohammed 
AWARDS: Dr. Kang K. Yen 
COM-19/VT-06 Chapter: Dr. Kia Makki 
PE-31 Chapter: Mr. Juan Farah 
EMB-18 Chapter: Dr. Malcolm Heimer 
IA-34 Chapter: Dr. O. A. Mohammed () 
C-16 Chapter: Dr. Alexander Perez-Pons 
EM-14 Chapter: Ms. Malathi Palaniappa 
FIU STUDENT BRANCH CHAIR: Maryuri Franco
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Professor O. A. Mohammed
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Florida International University
10555 W. Flagler Street
Room EAS-3983
Miami, FL 33174
Tel: (305) 348-3040
Fax: (305) 348-3707
e-mail: mohammed@fiu.edu
Web: https://www.aln.fiu.edu