IEEE Miami Section Report to Region 3 and the Florida Council Meetings at Sections Congress October 13-17, 2005 Tampa, Florida Accomplishments and Activities Ê 1. The section is continuing its activities in the form of technical and administrative activities as well as community relations. 2. The section conducted the 2005 Future City Competition for the State of Florida last January 17, 2005 with more than 40 schools participated. We are continuing activities for next year Future city Competition in January 2006. 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'06 competitions. The Student branch at UM is also active and reported several activities. 5. Eight section and chapter technical meetings were already held since April, 2005. We also have several activities planned for the next several weeks. We are also planning social and award events in the next few weeks. 6. 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. 7. The section is also participating in the organization of the annual conference of the Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society (ACES 2006) in March 2006. 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 October 13, 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 Javier Rivas