IEEE Huntsville Section Activity Report 2012 Section Officers: * Chair: Bob Robinson * Vice Chair: Tommy McGuire * Secretary: Sonya Dillard * Treasurer: Roger Bolton * Educational Activities Chair: Jennifer Deang * Membership Development Chair: Woody Williams * Professional Activities (PACE) Chair: Sonya Dillard Society Chapters * Aerospace Electronics and Systems Society (AESS) * Computer Society (CS) * Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (EMC) * Joint Communications, AP, and MTT Society (JCAM) * Joint Robotics & Controls Systems Societies (JRACS) * Technical Management Council (TMC) Student Branches * University of Alabama in Huntsville * Alabama A&M University Affinity Group * Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD Synopsis: Huntsville Section continues technical, STEM, and other community activities. The Section hosted the first Region 3 Metro Area Workshop in Fall 2011 at the Von Braun Center, and recently chartered a Huntsville Employee Network to stimulate job networking and bring together employers and potential employees. As the case for many years, the Section sponsors, judges, and focuses significant effort on numerous STEM events/projects, including Alabama Regional Future City Competition (ARFCC, at UAHuntsville), BEST Robotics Competition, FIRST Robotics and LEGO League, Alabama Council on Technology in Education (ACTE, at Von Braun Center), North Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair (NARSEF, at UAHuntsville), Alabama Science and Engineering Fair (ASEF, at UAHuntsville), and HATS STEDTRAIN (competitive grants to K-12 STEM teachers). All our Society Chapters are active, holding two or more meetings per year. Huntsville Section has few barriers to success outside strained human resources to support judging various competitions and providing technical support at STEM-related competitions. Bob Robinson IEEE SM, CSDP IEEE Huntsville Section Chair IEEE Huntsville Computer Society Chair President, Huntsville Association of Technical Societies (HATS) Boeing Tech Fellowship IDS Advanced Network & Space Systems Huntsville, Alabama robert.a.robinson5@boeing.com robert.a.robinson5@ieee.org 256-464-4799 (Voicemail) 256-426-8383 (Blackberry) 314-777-5818 (Boeing Fax)