IEEE Miami Section Report to 
IEEE Region 3 Meeting 
October 28-29, 2006 
Atlanta, Georgia 

Accomplishments and Activities 
  
1. The section is continuing its activities in the form of technical
   meetings, administrative activities as well as community relations. Ten
   technical meetings, four Excom meetings, and three social activities
   (Section and Students) were conducted since April 2006.

2. The section will conduct the 2007 Future City Competition for the
   State of Florida in the third week of January 2007.

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. A new student branch was created at Miami Dade College.

5. The FIU student branch is active and holds many student meetings. The
   Miami Dade student branch kicked its first activity in April and had
   several meetings following that. Both the FIU and Miami Dade student
   branches volunteered during the conferences sponsored by the section in
   May 2006. The Student branch at UM is also active and reported several
   activities. All the student branches will participate in the
   Southeastcon 2007 in Richmond.

6. The section has successfully cosponsored the IEEE/CEFC 2006
   conference, held at the Hyatt Regency Miami, April 30-May 3, 2006. This
   is one of the main conferences of the Magnetics Society. Nearly 500
   participants from some 40 countries attended. Many pictures are posted
   at www.cefc2006.com.

7. The section is also participated in the organization of the annual
   conference of the Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society (ACES
   2006) March 12-16, 2006.

8. Nominated a number of members for elevation to senior member.

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 
August 17, 2006 

Miami Section Current Officers 

CHAIR: Dr. O. A. Mohammed (o.mohammed@ieee.org) 
VICE CHAIR: Dr. Shuo Liu (lius@fiu.edu) 
SECRETARY / TREASURER: Kang Yen (yenk@fiu.edu) 
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Dr. O. A. Mohammed 
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: 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