Region 3 Area 6 Report – Ron Ogan 9 May 2011 Alabama IEEE Section, Birmingham, AL https://www.eng.uab.edu/ieeea/ I understood that 2011 officer elections were planned but the website still lists Michael Cannady, 205-992-6730 mdcannad@southernco.com as the current Section Chair The Alabama Section has 5 active societies as listed below and a GOLD chapter. The Montgomery Sub-Section has been inactive for the last year. Industry Applications Geoff Clark 205-972-6430 ClarkG@bek.com Robert Adams 205-972-6281 adamsr@bek.com Communications Society Herb Forsythe 205-977-3048 hforsythe@ieee.org Power Engineering Ted Warren 205-257-3173 jtwarren@southernco.com Steve Black 205-257-3351 sbblack@southernco.com Engineering Management Herb Crim 205-988-0042 crim@bellsouth.net Computer Society Dr. Jeff Gray 205-348-2847 gray@cs.ua.edu Huntsville, AL IEEE Section https://www.ieee-huntsville.org/ Bob Robinson, 2011 HSV Section Chair provides communication to active societies: Aerospace & Electronic Systems, Computer, Control Systems, JCAM-Joint Communications, AP and MTT, Electromagnetic Compatibility, and Technical Management Council. Also, there are active student braches at Alabama A&M and the University of Alabama at Huntsville in addition to a GOLD Chapter. There are approximately 1400 members in the Huntsville Section with some being affected by the termination of the Aeres rocket program and Space Shuttle flight end. Mississippi IEEE Section https://www.ieeems.org/ Catherine Anderson, Mississippi Chair has held six technical meetings in 2011 –DMC Power connections for sub-station applications, Tour of Mississippi Public Broadcasting facilities, for Engineering week- Mr. Richard Harrell, P.E., DEE, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)on “Mississippi's Response to the MC 252 Oil Spil”, Dan Hammon on Financial planning, Dipak J. Negandhi, Unified Brands, “An Overview of the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy star Program” and Student Robotic presentations from Jackson State University,Mississippi State University and the University of Southern Mississippi. On May 27, David Schoggen, Entergy P.E. and past section chair, will present an Ethics Seminar. Mobile, AL IEEE Section ( recently being re-activiated) Current Mobile Section Chair Lance Outerbridge (lance@outerbridges.org) is working to organize meetings with past section chair Dr. Aurangzeb Khan providing transition assistance. Dr. Aurangzeb Khan, Associate Professor Tel: 1-251-460-6923 e-mail: akhan@usouthal.edu https://ee.eng.usouthal.edu/khan/ Director Advanced Thin Film Laboratory Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 307 University Blvd., ECEB51 University of South Alabama Mobile, AL, 36688. Respectfilly submitted, Ron Ogan IEEE REgion 3 Area 6 Chair rtogan@ieee.org cell 972-672-0237