IEEE Daytona Section Report 2007 2007 Section Officers: Chairman: Charles Husbands Vice Chairman: Roger Grubic Treasure: Tracy Wichmann Secretary/Newsletter Editor: Allen Jusko Membership Development: Roger Grubic Media/PACE Chairman: Dr. Jane Owen Life Member Chairman: Ron Gedney Awards Chairman: Dr. Thomas Yang Student Activities: Dr. Jianhaua Liu Profession Activities IEEE Section Dinner/Technical Meetings held during 2007 January Meeting: R. P. “Bob” Haviland, “Volusia Beach Damage and Restoration” February Meeting: Roger Gubric, “Science of Management” March Meeting: Dr. Albert Helfrick, “Observations of the Past 50 Years in the Electronics Field” April Meeting: Joe Pozmanski, “IEEE Student Section’s Competition Robot Program” September Meeting: Members of the Daytona IEEE Section, “Getting to Know You” October Meeting: Theresa Ronnebaum and Jay Young, “Identity Theft” The Life Members of the Daytona IEEE Section sponsored a Life Members tour of the Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa, Florida. Continued publication of the Section Newsletter, and improved the Section website to permit the rapid distribution of information and the archiving of information and ideas. Student Branch Activities Continue support to the IEEE Student Branch at Emery-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Provide mentoring support to students in the newly organized BSEE program at Emery-Riddle Aeronautical University where there is a lack of graduate or upper class support. Provided financial support to IEEE Student Branch projects, such as the robotic competition at SoutheastCom 2008 Our Challenges: Maintain a strong Dinner/Technical Program to provide topics of General Engineering Interest. Increase meeting attendance and broaden the base of our section leadership. Increasing and upgrading our IEEE section membership. Submitted by, Charles R. Husbands Daytona IEEE Section Chairman Email: chusbands @ ieee.org