IEEE Huntsville Section Summary Report March 2007

Section Officers: Chair - Willie Fitzpatrick, PhD; Vice-Chair - Courtney
Spivey; Treasurer - Will Goins; Secretary - Jon Bendickson, PhD; Members
at Large -	Bob Robinson, John Piccirillo, PhD; Past Chairs - Keith
Jadus, Sonya Hutchinson

Active Society Chapters or Affinity Group Chairs:
Aerospace Electronics and Systems (AES)	Buddy Bishop
Joint Communications/APS/MTT (JCAMS)	Hans Schantz
Computer (CS)					Bob Robinson
Controls Systems (CSS)    			Charles Bishop
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)		Glenn Shelby
Engineering Management (EMS)			Sonya Hutchinson
Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD)		Jeff Cotten

The Section hosted monthly ExCom meetings. The Chapters have been quite
active with regular meetings. The EMC Society hosted a one-day tabletop
event in July 206, which featured a tutorial on Electromagnetic
Compatibility.  The GOLD group hosted a presentation entitled "An
Introduction to Radar," which had about 70 attendees." EMS teamed with
other Management Societies. The AES was successful in hosting a well
attended tutorial on the GPS and Inertial Data Processing, utilizing one
of the IEEE Distinguished Lecturers.  Additionally, one of our members
was recognized as the R3 Outstanding Engineer and another as the R3
Outstanding Educator for 2006. 
	
The Educational Activities Committee was quite active in 2006. We began
the year judging and sponsoring the North Alabama Regional Science and
Engineering Fair (NARSEF) and the Alabama Science and Engineering Fair.
We also supplied judges for the Alabama Council for Technology in
Education. The Section continued support of the local HATS STEDTRAIN
K-12 seed grant program. The Section, in cooperation with The University
of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) hosted the Alabama State Future Cities
Competition in January 2007. During February 2007 the Section supplied
judges and was a category sponsor for the 2007 NARSEF.

The SouthEastCon 2008 Committee held monthly planning meetings in 2006
and continues to do so for 2007. Construction of the selected venue, The
Embassy Suites, was completed during 2006. The Section supported the UAH
Student Branch at the SouthEastCon 2006 in various competitions and is
continuing this support for SouthEastCon 2007.

As many Sections in the Region, we are also challenged with a reduction
in membership and increase in arrears members. However, several of our
Chapters were highly successful in increasing membership in their
respective areas. Eleven of our members were upgraded to Senior Member
in 2006. We also submitted two applications for Fellow Member
nominations. 

Submitted by
Willie J. Fitzpatrick, PhD
Chair, IEEE Huntsville Section
wfitzpatrick @ ieee.org
256-876-9945/256-883-4387