IEEE Florida West Coast Section Report to the IEEE Region 3 Meeting, October 2007

Mission: “To Share The Power Of Engineering Knowledge”

Accomplishments and Activities:

1. The section is continuing its activities in the form of technical and administrative
activities as well as community relations.

2. The section continues it involvement in the IEEE's "Teacher In Service" educational
program. Our TISP Chairman is in the process of recruiting volunteers for the upcoming
November 14th, Great-American-Teach-In program in Tampa area schools.

3. The Section’s new Women In Engineering (WIE) group and Engineering in Medicine & Biology
(EMB) Chapter continue to thrive. The WIE group is looking to attract distinguished speakers
in order to generate awareness. The EMB Chapter has already hosted a well attended Chapter
meeting.

4. We have started the planning process for our big 8th annual "Celebrate Engineering" banquet
that will be held on February 15th as a kick-off to Engineering Week. This engineering awards
banquet will be held in partnership with AFE, ASHRAE, ASME, AIChE, & SNAME.

5. The 2007 PL-UG Fest is scheduled for November 15th. This will be a full day event of
technical presentations focused on hardware design using Complex Programmable Logic Devices
(CPLD) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology. Over 100 gusts attended. We
recently had a great seminar on Motor Design and Softstart Control Applications. In the next
month we are planning events to cover “Major Changes—2007 NESC”, and an EWEEK Luncheon that
will cover the future of engineering.

6. Section volunteers played a role in ensuring that the 2007 annual PES meeting that was held
in Tampa in June came off without a hitch. The section is actively planning on supporting the
upcoming 2008 I&CPS conference in May as well as the T&D show in 2012 and the MTT conference
in 2014.

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; 
Jim Anderson, Florida West Coast Section Chairman
jim.anderson @ ieee.org
October 18, 2007


Florida West Coast Section Current Officers:

CHAIR: Jim Anderson [jim.anderson @ ieee.org]     COMPUTER / AESS Chapter: Jim Lumia
VICE CHAIR: (open)                                SP / COMM Chapter: Hüseyin Arslan
SECRETARY: Serge Beauzile                         PE / IAS Chapter: Tom Blair
TREASURER: Ralph Painter                          MTT / AP / ED Chapter: Ken A. O'Connor
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Richard Sanchez           LIFE Chapter: Jack Killingsworth
STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Jim Howard                    USF STUDENT BRANCH CO-CHAIRS: 
AWARDS: Richard Beatie                            Dr. Paul Schnitzler, Dr. Chris Ferekides,