IEEE Orlando Section Chair's Report Region 3 Meeting Florida Council Meeting 5 April 2005 Section Officers Chair: Joe Juisai Vice Chair: Thomas Wandeloski Treasurer: Debra Prince Secretary: Dr. Yi Guo Recent Activities The IEEE Orlando Section sponsored a table at the Florida Engineering Society's Central Florida Engineering Week Banquet on 26 February 2005. The IEEE Orlando Section held its annual awards banquet on 25 March 2005. The following were recipients of the awards: Outstanding Service Award: Robert Pirela Outstanding Engineer Award: Dr. Ben Abbott Outstanding Engineering Educator Award: Dr. Arthur Weeks Outstanding Entrepreneur Award: Jay Vaidya Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award: Shaohua Lin Outstanding Graduate Student Awards: Sajid Khan and Ravi Todi Our Power Engineering, Industrial Applications and Power Electronics Joint Chapter is extremely active and held its annual technical conference in March. This year's topic was on transmission systems and applications. Our Electron Devices and Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Joint Chapter will be inviting a technical speaker this spring. The local Communications, Signal Processing and Vehicular Technology Joint Chapter plans on inviting a distinguished lecturer this fall. In addition, the Laser and Electro-Optics Chapter; the Antennas and Propagation and Microwave Theory and Techniques Joint Chapter; and the Robotics and Automation, Control Systems and Systems, Man and Cybernetics Joint Chapter plan on having technical speakers throughout the year. We currently appointed a new chair of the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Chapter Chair. He will be reactivating this chapter. We are looking for new chairs for our Computer Chapter as well as the Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Chapter. The section has formed a nominations committee to search for a new treasurer and secretary as the current officers will be stepping down mid-year due to job relocations. In addition the nominations committee has been charged with recommending a new membership development chair. Future Activities Senior Member Drive - Late Summer/Early Fall 2005 (Around Back-to-School) Social/Picnic - Late Fall 2005 Respectfully Submitted, Joe Juisai Chair IEEE Orlando Section Voice: +1 407 330-0585 Mobile: +1 407 808-1301 E-mail: Joe.Juisai@IEEE.org