The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

IEEE Baltimore Section

IEEE ExCom Section Meeting

October 20, 2003

Attendees

X Jeff Friedhoffer – Chair

X Hoosam Bandukwalla – Vice Chair

X Brian Sequeira – Secretary

X Boris Gramatikov – Treasurer

X Vil Arafiles – Membership development

Heath Bebout – Chair AES

X Robert Berkovits – Chair EMC

Thad Welch – Annapolis subsection

Carole Carey – ESB and Publications

X Roberto Cuellar –

X John Dentler – Area Chair Maryland

Bill Dixon – PACE

David Sherman – EMB

Neville Jacobs – Student Activities

Tina Kohler – WIE

X Christopher Nemarich – Program Director

Garth McKenzie – Chair Computer Society

X Ron Aloysius – Newsletter Editor

Tom Patton – Awards

Jim Ryan – PES Chair

Leonard Bathgate IAS Treasurer & Publications

Mel Hotz – Chairman of the Maryland State of Licensed Professional Engineers

X Walt Willing – Chair Reliability

Wole Akpose – GOLD

Jeff Friedhoffer chaired the meeting, which was called to order at 6:34 pm.

Executive Reports

Section Chair (Jeffrey Friedhoffer)

Worked with several versions of electronic ballot. One version worked with Internet Explorer but not with AOL. Now using an ASCII text page that allows X to be marked against a nominee and a field for entering a write-in candidate.
Touched on support to Ken Freelain (see Secretary’s report later).

Section Vice-Chair (Hoosam Bandukwalla)

None

Treasurer (Boris Gramatikov)

As of October 9, $35,967.64 in concentration banking and $15,270.31 in other accounts.
Need AES checks to close out accounts for the year. Action 10.1: Boris to contact Bill Dixon to find out status about checks.

Secretary (Brian Sequeira)

Minutes of the June meeting were posted on Section website on September 20. Copies distributed at meeting. John Dentler moved that minutes be accepted, Vil Arafiles seconded, and minutes carried unanimously.
Distributed written report about assistance offered to Ken Freelain (Appendix A). Action 10.2: Forward electronic copy of report to Tracy Hawkins.
Submitted draft proposal on History of Electronics in Flight to Carole Carey per action item 09.3 (Appendix B). Action 10.3: Carole Carey to present action taken with report. Action 10.4: Brian Sequeira to provide copy of proposal for edit and partial inclusion into Newsletter.
Presented results of audit of meetings held by Chapters, Affinity groups and Sections (Appendix C). Action 10.5: Secretary to include student meeting of April 24 in Section tally. Action 10.6: Neville to provide details of meeting held for the Robot Committee at his place. Action 10.7: Secretary to include this meeting within the section tally. Action 10.8: EMC to file August 7 meeting on-line. Action 10.9: Secretary to file other EMC meetings held to date.

Newsletter (Ron Aloysius)

Presented first draft of Newsletter at meeting and asked for feedback. General feedback was that Newsletter is in good shape. This is an e-Newsletter.
Need a paragraph on robots. Action 10.10: John Dentler to provide paragraph.
Been in contact with Nishant Boyer of UMCP for Newsletter sponsorship.
Include article on History of Electronics in Flight excerpted from proposal as described in Secretary’s report.

Awards & Recognition (Tom Patton)

None

Membership Development (Vil Arafiles)

Satish Agarwal requested Section nominate him as a candidate for Region 2 Director and Vil brought in a petition. Those who wish may sign the petition for his candidature.

Student Activities (presented by John Dentler)

We exhibited our Robots at the TEAM (Tech. Ed.) conference on October 17 at the Baltimore Museum of Industry (BMI). There were a lot of teachers from public high schools in attendance and much interest in the robots. Six kits were distributed and we got a number of names of teachers who would check with their students for interest.

Chris Smith is running the Challenges and he is working with Ellie Elgin and Bob Gray at the BMI. Chris has developed an interest in the Robots and agreed to display a working model that John Dentler prepared at a Science and Technology Conference on October 10. I gather that he got quite a few inquiries.

Our next exhibit is at the Association of Independent Maryland Schools (AIMS) conference on October 27. This cost us $200 to get in, but it is likely that we will get a totally different target audience of teachers from Private Schools, many of whom we have not approached in the past.

We were contacted by Newman Dogan, Chair of the Central IEEE section for North Carolina. They have some good programs for college students but are looking for something suitable for high school students. They are very interested in our robots and would like to start with 20 to 30 kits. Will advise shortly.

Seven robot kits and 5 automation kits have been distributed to Beth Tfiloh, one to Milton C. Wright, and 6 to 5 other schools at the TEAM conference. Parkville might be back this year with a fairly large order. We started with about 60 kits, so we can cope with our immediate needs but it is likely that we may run out of supply by the end of the year. Because there is a 2 to 3-month lead time, we will need to make a decision now. Suggest a minimum of 40 kits or a more comfortable 70 kits should demand pick up (current cost is $33.40 + $2.34 S&H – significantly less than we paid before thanks to the new Chinese parts).

We need to contact all schools that had robot teams last year and encourage them to participate again. We need to be sure that we have a support crew to mentor the teams and provide technical support and spare parts as needed.

Expenses for this period will be detailed in the next report.

WIE (Tina Kohler)

None

Region (John Dentler)

None

GOLD (Wole Akpose)

None

Professional Activities (Carole Carey)

None

Programs (Chris Nemarich)

Question arose as to format of centenary celebration of Section. It was determined that we would obtain greater predictability about attendance if the celebration could be coordinated with the Region meeting. Action 10.11: Chris to confer with John Dentler and coordinate with Region meeting and generate a proposal for the celebration.
Further predictability would be obtained by putting an item in the Newsletter and assessing interest from the response. Further action tabled pending proposal.

Chapter Chair Reports

PES (Jim Ryan)

None

EMC (Robert Berkovits)

Held joint meeting with ED/SSC on Sep. 25
Next meeting on Nov. 24.

EMB (David Sherman)

Joint meeting with COMSOC on November 20.

COMSOC (Jeffrey Friedhoffer)

Held meeting last Tuesday (October 14)
Joint meeting with COMSOC on November 20.

Annapolis Subsection (David Boyd)

None

Student Chapters

None

New Business

Chapter chairs not well trained in using web tools. Chair proposed that section would buy copies of Frontpage/Dreamweaver for use by section and chapters. Action 10.13: Look into licensing of web tools (Hoosam)

Look into training section and chapters (Jeffrey Friedhoffer)

Motion to adjourn proposed by John Dentler, seconded by Chris Nemarich, and unanimously carried. The meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm.

Action Items

Number	Action/Disposition
03.4	Compile a history of the section over the past 100 years (Chris Nemarich). /Open
03.1	Write up award citation for Neville Jacobs (Carole Carey)./see 10.12
03.4	Compile a history of the section over the past 100 years (Chris Nemarich). /Open
09.1	Invite nominations for officers from section membership./ Closed
09.2	Close nominations for officers on September 19. Send list of nominees to Leonard Bathgate for production and distribution of ballots./ Closed
09.3	Submit draft proposal to Carole for History of Aviation in Flight./Closed
09.4	Assist Ken Freelain with event at HEM on October 18./Closed
10.1	Contact Bill Dixon to find out status about AES checks (Boris Gramatikov)
10.2	Forward electronic copy of report to Tracy Hawkins. (Brian Sequeira)
10.3	Present action taken with proposal on History of Electronics in Flight (Carole Carey).
10.4	Provide copy of proposal to Newsletter editor (Brian Sequeira).
10.5	Include student meeting of April 24 in Section tally (Brian Sequeira)
10.6	Provide details of meeting of Robot committee (Neville Jacobs)
10.7	Include robot committee meeting in section tally when details provided (Brian Sequeira)
10.8	EMC to file August 7 meeting on-line. (Bob Berkovits)
10.9	File other EMC meetings on line (Brian Sequeira)
10.10	Provide PR paragraph about robots for Newsletter (John Dentler).
10.11	Confer and coordinate with John Dentler about Region meeting and generate a proposal for the celebration (Chirs Nemarich).
10.12	Write up award citation for Neville Jacobs (Vil Arafiles)./Open
10.13	Investigate licensing of web tools (Hoosam Bandukwalla)
10.14	Arrange for web training (Jeffrey Friedhoffer)

Appendix A

ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Ken Freelain of the Historical Society approached the Section for help in connection with activity hosted at the HEM on October 18, 2003. Mr. Freelain asked if IEEE Baltimore would suggest speakers who would agree to discuss the history of electronics in aviation in a recorded program that might be shown on local cable TV channels.

The Section, through its secretary, took the following actions:

· Contacted four individuals from local industry who could speak authoritatively on aspects of this topic. These individuals were Leonard Carlson from TSC, Andrew Schust from ARINC, Agam Sinha from MITRE Corporation, and Gene Strull (retired) from Northrop Grumman.

· In keeping with IEEE policy not to release member information without their consent, the secretary sought and obtained the consent of the individuals to have their contact information passed on to Ken Freelain. Secretary also asked Mr. Freelain for permission to have his contact information passed on to the potential speakers.

· Having received consent, the Section Secretary provided all parties with the appropriate contact information.

Ken Freelain indicated to Section Secretary that his preference was for Gene Strull to receive the award from the Historical Society and present his talk as part of an acceptance speech.

· Ken asked for additional Section help in recommending Gene Strull for the award based on Gene’s authorship of a book on the subject. Because this request was made rather late, Section Secretary and Chair forwarded information about the book to Section Officers with the hope that someone might have already read the book and was in a position to make a speedy response. Secretary is unaware of any further outcome (now moot) from this action.

Appendix B

Proposal for an exhibit on the evolution of electronics in flight

The year 2003 represents the 100^th anniversary of the first historic flight undertaken by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. As the Aerospace industry celebrates 100 years of flight, the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has the opportunity to create an exhibit that reflects on the important role that electronics played and continues to play in the evolution of flight.

Initial developments of electronic systems focused on radio communications between ground and aircraft and between aircraft in squadrons. Early developed in radar concentrated on detection of airborne marauders during the World Wars. Soon those developments became more cooperative as radars quickly became an essential part of the flight cockpit. Special techniques such as Displaced Phase Center, Pulse Doppler, and Synthetic Aperture were developed as the radar went airborne. Today, these techniques provide the pilot with unprecedented situation awareness and decision options, and landing aids.

The progression of navigation from celestial to radio represents another important impact that electronics has had on flight. The radar work mentioned above revealed the all-weather nature of radio signal propagation and by extension its ability to service navigation needs irrespective of weather. Consequently, radio navigation systems evolved from modest beginnings: Variable Omni Range (VOR), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), LOng RAnge Navigation (LORAN), and the military’s TACtical Air Navigation (TACAN). Continuous improvements with these systems and the addition of Traffic control and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) firmly secured the importance of electronics in navigation. The arrival of the Global Position System (GPS) revolutionized the entire concept of navigation to the point where new systems have been conceived such as the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) and Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) that will allow wide flexibility of flight plans, direct-as-the-crow-flies routing, and automated landing irrespective of human visibility.

None of the modern developments would be possible without the ubiquitous digital processor, which, in turn, owes its existence to the development of the electronic integrated circuit. Increasing processing speeds and shrinking chip sizes translate to a high density of functions that can be crammed into limited cockpit space. Impressive strides in display technology offer great flexibility in presentation format of the data, and important extensions to human senses. For example, the speeds of digital processors enable guidance and control functions that exceed the capabilities of human reaction times. In short, electronics is now linked with nearly every aspect of flight, from the sensors that provide situational information to the guidance and control systems that respond to it.

We propose an exhibit that presents the historical role that electronics played in shaping the future of flight. Many of the assets for this exhibit are already on display at the Historical Electronics Museum in Baltimore. We will work with the Museum’s curator to reassemble the sequence of the exhibits to more clearly bring out the interplay between electronics and flight. We request a 1-month investigation that leads to a down-selection of a set of artifacts that best weaves the theme that we wish to present. This investigation will also determine the logistics involved and the costs associated with the construction of such an exhibition.

2003 IEEE SECTION MEETING SUMMARY REPORT

R20003 BALTIMORE

MEETING TYPE: Code Meeting Date Tech Educ Prof Admn Soc Members Guests

BALTIMORE SECTION 13-Jan-03 0 0 0 1 0 14 0

BALTIMORE SECTION 10-Feb-03 0 0 0 1 0 13 0

BALTIMORE SECTION 10-Mar-03 0 0 0 1 0 10 0

BALTIMORE SECTION 14-Apr-03 0 0 0 1 0 13 0

BALTIMORE SECTION 12-May-03 0 0 0 0 1 34 44

BALTIMORE SECTION 09-Jun-03 0 0 0 1 0 11 0

BALTIMORE SECTION 08-Sep-03 0 0 0 1 0 11 1

Subgroup Total 0 0 0 6 1 107 45

ANNAPOLIS SUBSECTION 09-Jan-03 0 0 0 1 0 5 0

ANNAPOLIS SUBSECTION 06-Feb-03 1 0 0 0 0 28 2

ANNAPOLIS SUBSECTION 13-Feb-03 1 0 0 0 0 26 6

ANNAPOLIS SUBSECTION 26-Feb-03 0 1 0 0 0 10

ANNAPOLIS SUBSECTION 20-Mar-03 1 0 0 0 0 23 6

ANNAPOLIS SUBSECTION 10-Apr-03 1 0 0 0 0 34 7

Subgroup Total 4 1 0 1 0 126 21

AP03/MTT17 02004 10-Apr-03 1 0 0 0 0 32 8

AP03/MTT17 02004 15-May-03 1 0 0 0 0 10 5

Subgroup Total 2 0 0 0 0 42 13

COM19 02009 07-Jan-03 1 0 0 0 0 30 4

COM19 02009 04-Feb-03 1 0 0 0 0 25 5

COM19 02009 04-Mar-03 1 0 0 0 0 20 3

COM19 02009 01-Apr-03 1 0 0 0 0 17 2

COM19 02009 09-Apr-03 1 0 0 0 0 12 5

COM19 02009 06-May-03 1 0 0 0 0 14 1

COM19 02009 10-Jun-03 0 0 0 1 0 4 0

COM19 02009 09-Sep-03 1 0 0 0 0 11 1

Subgroup Total 7 0 0 1 0 133 21

ED15/SSC37 02138 27-Aug-03 0 0 0 1 0 5 0

ED15/SSC37 02138 25-Sep-03 1 0 0 0 0 27 25

Subgroup Total 1 0 0 1 0 32 25

EMB18 02008 20-Feb-03 1 0 0 0 0 7 8

EMB18 02008 13-Mar-03 1 0 0 0 0 20 12

EMB18 02008 25-Sep-03 0 0 1 0 0 2 12

Subgroup Total 2 0 1 0 0 29 32

EMC27 02012 20-Feb-03 1 0 0 0 0 5 8

EMC27 02012 25-Sep-03 0 0 1 0 0 27 25

Subgroup Total 1 0 1 0 0 32 33

IA34 02014 04-Apr-03 0 0 0 1 0 6 0

IA34 02014 16-Apr-03 1 0 0 0 0 45 30

IA34 02014 13-May-03 0 0 0 1 0 11

IA34 02014 21-May-03 0 0 0 0 1 40 29

IA34 02014 08-Jul-03 0 0 0 1 0 8 0

IA34 02014 12-Aug-03 0 0 0 1 0 12 0

Subgroup Total 1 0 0 4 1 122 59

WIE ? 8-Jan-03 0 1 0 0 0 10 3

WIE ? 5-Feb-03 0 1 0 0 0 11 1

WIE ? 30-May-03 0 0 1 0 0 25 5

Subgroup Total 0 2 1 0 0 46 8

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REBATE:

- SECTIONS MUST HOLD 5 OR MORE MEETINGS. THIS CAN INCLUDE CHAPTER MEETINGS.

- CHAPTERS MUST HOLD 2 OR MORE MEETINGS.

NOTE: The following meetings are unreported via L-31:

EMC27 1 meeting

PE31 11 meetings

R07 1 meetings

GOLD 4 meetings

Observations and actions

1. Annapolis subsection reported meetings to IEEE but not to section as highlighted with teal color. Section did not receive copy of other five meetings in your list. I have updated section records to reflect these reports.

2. IA34 copied only three of the 6 listed meetings to me. I have updated section records to reflect these reports.

3. Listed additions in red color are reports filed to Baltimore section via Microsoft Word L-31 but does not appear on your list. I will file L-31s for these meetings online after ensuring that the chapter secretaries do not duplicate this action. I need the code numbers for WIE and GOLD to complete this action.

4. There are 18 meetings that have no L-31 filings either with you or me (see yellow highlighted text on previous page). I have knowledge that these meetings were held because of oral presentations made to that effect by chapter representatives at section meetings or because the meetings were listed on the web sites of the chapters. I am pursuing this with the appropriate chapter secretaries.