IEEE Region 3 Area 8 Report for March 7, 2011:

The IEEE Evansville-Owensboro Section has an active website:
https://ewh.ieee.org/r3/evansville_owensboro/
Last updated on November 17, 2010
technical tour of Flanders Electric on October 27, 2010 
Officer Elections, and Show and Tell on November 17, 2010
Officers & Volunteers meeting, December 8, 2010
2011 Planning Meeting, Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011
University of Evansville Engineers Week Banquet, planned for Feb 2011

The IEEE Louisville Section has an active website:
https://ewh.ieee.org/r3/louisville/
Last updated on February 21, 2011
Technical meeting about Gait Recognition, April 9, 2010 
Technical meeting about how Google tests software, April 19, 2010 
Technical meeting about Inverters, April 26, 2010 
Toured Ohio Falls Hydro Generating Station, August 26, 2010
Technical meeting, Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid, 
 September 28, 2010
Technical Tour of E.On-US Simpsonville Transmission Operation Center, 
 October 25, 2010
Joint social meeting with Lexington Section, December 9, 2010, 
 Guest Speaker Gill Holland, co-developer of The Green Building 
 in Louisville
EXCOM meeting January 18, 2011
Technical Tour of Conn Center for Renewable Energy Researchat U of L. 
 March 8, 2011

The IEEE Lexington Section has an active website:
https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_home/index/R30029
Technical presentation about Touch Screens, January 21, 2010
University of Kentucky Branch Student Paper Contest, February 9, 2010
Technical panel discussion on Sudden Unexplained Acceleration, 
 March 11, 2010
Movie Night with UK Branch, and Robot Camp recruiting, April 29, 2010
Technical presentation on Sustainability, May 20, 2010
Robot Camp volunteer training, June 17, 2010
Technical tour of Tom Lowery's energy efficient solar house, August 12, 2010
Cookout for UK Engineering students, with battle-bot competition, 
 August 26, 2010
Technical presentations about Lead-free Electronics, 15 KV cable 
 terminations, and Conductive Raised Floors, September 30, 2010
Technical presentation about Energy Efficiency, October 21, 2010
Joint social meeting with Louisville Section, December 9, 2010, 
 Guest Speaker Gill Holland, co-developer of The Green Building 
 in Louisville
Technical tour of Duke's Envision Center (Smart Grid), January 27, 2011
University of Kentucky Student Paper Presentation & T-shirt Logo 
 Presentation, February 17, 2011
University of Kentucky E-Day Display, February 26, 2011

Submitted by Jerry Goerz, Area 8 Chair and Lexington Section Chair