IEEE Atlanta Section Report - October 2006

Section Executive Officers:
Chair Wei Zhao
Vice Chair Jim Remich
Secretary Jeff Kemp
Treasurer Randy Young
Past Chair Bill Marshall

Section Activity Committee Chairs:
Communications Bill Marshall
Awards David Lips
PACE Richard Schwartz
Student-Branch Activities Mary Lynn Smith
Pre-College (K-12) Outreach Amy Wilson
GOLD Wah Garris
Life Member Adolfo Ponce de Leon

2006 has been a wonderful year for the Atlanta Section. Most technical
meetings in the Atlanta Section are hosted by its Society chapters and
special-interest chapters. This year, the Section hosted the annual
banquet in June, other then monthly ExCom meetings. Here are some of
2006 activities:

1. The Section revamped its website.
2. As its part of “Teacher In Service” and “Outreaching” efforts, the
   Section coordinated a mentoring program for students and presented a
   picture of what engineering is about in October at ADEAC 2006.
3. The Section coordinates and supports the PSCE (Power Systems
   Conference & Exposition) awards for students in October 2006.
4. The Section plans to coordinate the ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 Tutorial
   in November.
5. The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair will be in
   Atlanta in 2008. The IEEE Presidents’ Scholarship will be presented at
   the event. The Section’s K-12 chair will be the Chief Judger and the
   panel will be formed to choose the Scholarship winners.
6. The Section is forming a committee and plans to submit a bid to host
   SouthEastCon 2009.
7. Created three new Society/Special-interest chapters:
   The Chapter of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
   The Chapter of Education Society
   The Chapter of Life Members

Respectfully submitted,

Wei Zhao
2006 Atlanta Section Chair
wzhao at ieee.org