IEEE

National Capital Area

Annual Awards Banquet

April 30, 2004

 

 

Welcome

Steven Weiss

 

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Guest Speakers

John Gilroy and Tom Piwowar, “The Computer Guys” Topic: “The Computer Guy’s Story.”

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Award of Appreciation for Guest Speakers—for helping users get more value and less frustration from technology

 

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Washington Section Award

Past Chair of the Washington SectionSteven Weiss, for his outstanding leadership and services advancing the engineering profession and for his efforts commemorating the 100 Year Celebration of the Washington Section.

 

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Washington Section Award

Administrative AwardDoug Holly for outstanding service as the Vice Chair of the * Washington Section, working on the officer ‘s training workshop and the 100 Year Celebration of the Washington Section.

 

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Washington Section Award

Administrative AwardRon Ticker as a dedicated treasurer who managed finances wisely for the IEEE Washington Section.

 

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Washington Section Award

Administrative AwardHoward Needham as a dedicated secretary who managed the meeting reports for IEEE Washington Section

 

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Washington Section Award

Chapter Chair of the YearSam Ghosh in recognition of significant growth in chapter activities for the Engineering Management Society Chapter.

 

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Washington Section Award

Volunteer of the YearWilliam Wu for leading the Communications Society to win GlobeCom 2007 for the Washington Region.

 

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Washington Section Award

Dedicated Service AwardPamela Abshire for promoting student activities in the Washington Section.

 

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Washington Section Award

Dedicated Service AwardJulie Napp for supporting our continuing education program by giving us access to the computer lab facilities at the University of Maryland.

 

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Washington Section Award

Outstanding Student Chapter of the YearElizabeth Knippenberg, Chair, Capitol College IEEE Student Chapter

 

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Washington Section Award

Outstanding Student Chapter of the YearCharles Conner, Faculty Advisor, Capitol College IEEE Student Chapter

 

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Washington Section Science Fair Winners

Prince George’s Area Science FairJustin Thompson—First Place—"Aerodynamics and The Wind Tunnel.”

 

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Washington Section Science Fair Winners

Montgomery County Science FairCeryen Tan—First Place—“Prevention of Resource Overload in Distributed Networking Systems Through Self Adaptive Algorithms.”

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

Past Chairman of Northern Virginia SectionScott Goldstein in recognition and appreciation for distinguished service and outstanding leadership

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

James F. Strother Meritorious Service AwardRex Klopfenstein for his leadership and dedication to IEEE, Region 2 and the Northern Virginia Section

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

Friend of IEEE Northern Virginia Section ActivitiesKEMA, Inc. for hosting Power Engineering Society meetings at their facility

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

Sustaining Friend of IEEE Northern Virginia Section ActivitiesMitre Corporation for hosting Communications Society meetings and Northern Virginia Section events at their facility

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

Sustaining Friend of IEEE Northern Virginia Section ActivitiesOracle for hosting Computer Society meetings and Northern Virginia Section events at their facility

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

IEEE Northern Virginia Section Outstanding ChapterSignal Processing Society Chapter for providing an excellent speaker program and service to the Northern Virginia IEEE members

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

IEEE Northern Virginia Section Volunteer of the YearMurty Polavarapu for dedicated and distinguished service to the Northern Virginia Section.

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

Outstanding Student Chapter of the YearBijan Jabbari Faculty Advisor, George Mason University

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

Past Chapter ChairAmarjeet S. Basra for Power Engineering Society Chapter

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

DeVry UniversitySeddik Benhamida, Faculty Advisor, for establishing the IEEE Student Chapter

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

George Mason University Student Chapter PresidentDanielle Obuchon

 

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Northern Virginia Section Award

DeVry University Student Chapter PresidentWalter Enow

 

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Northern Virginia Section Science Fair Winners

Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering FairJonathan B. CrossFirst Place—“Effects of Automotive Exhaust on PEM Fuel Cells.”

 

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Northern Virginia Section Science Fair Winners

Prince WilliamManassas Regional Science FairMary Paul - First Place—“Put a Spin on It.”

 

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Northern Virginia Section Science Fair Winners

Northern Virginia Regional Science & Engineering FairMichael Fraser—First Place—“The Effect of Various Propulsive Electromagnet Voltages and Payload Weights on Speed and Acceleration of an Urban Maglev Vehicle.”

 

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Joint Award

Distinguished Service AwardWilliam Kelly for a decade of achievements and support as Editor of the National Capital Area Scanner.

 

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Joint Award

Distinguished Service AwardDoug Holly for planning the creation of the electronic Scanner.

 

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Joint Award

Distinguished Service AwardRon Aasen for planning the creation of the electronic Scanner.

 

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Joint Award

Distinguished Service AwardMurty Polavarapu for planning the creation of the electronic Scanner.

 

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Joint Award

Distinguished Service Award Rex Klopfenstein for planning the creation of the electronic Scanner.

 

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Joint Past Chapter Officer Award

Vincent Karasack, Chair, Antennas and Propagation Society Chapter

 

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Joint Past Chapter Officer Award

Chuck Hagelgans, Secretary, Information Theory Society Chapter

 

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Joint Past Chapter Officer Award

James Christian, Chair, Information Theory Society Chapter

 

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Joint Past Chapter Officer Award

Murty Polavarapu, Chair, Electron Devices Society Chapter

 

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Joint Past Chapter Officer Award

Saurabh Dalal, Chair, Lasers and Electro optics Society Chapter

 

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Joint Past Chapter Officer Award

Richard Sutton, Chair, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Chapter

 

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Joint Past Chapter Officer Award

Michael Cardinale, Chair, Society for Social Implications of Technology Society Chapter

 

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Joint Past Chapter Officer Award

John Margosian, Chair, Life Member Chapter

 

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2003 IEEE Fellow

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2003 IEEE Fellow

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2003 IEEE Fellow

Frederica Darema

National Science Foundation

Arlington, VA, USA

For contributions to the programming of parallel and distributed computers.

 

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2003 IEEE Fellow

Raymond Paul

Department of Defense OASD C31

Arlington, VA, USA

For contributions to metrics-guided testing and evaluation of software systems.

 

 

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2003 IEEE Fellow

Allan Otto Steinhardt

Alphatech

Arlington, VA, USA

For contributions to space-time adaptive sensors.

 

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2003 IEEE Fellow

Yilu Liu

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Blacksburg, VA, USA

For contributions to modeling and diagnostic techniques for power equipment.

 

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2003 IEEE Fellow

Michael Jay Marcus

Federal Communications Commission

Washington, DC USA

For leadership in the development of spectrum management policies.

 

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2003 IEEE Fellow

Patrick Gerard O’Shea

University of Maryland

College Park, MD, USA

For contributions to charged particle accelerators and free-electron lasers.

 

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2003 IEEE Fellow

Jerry L. Prince

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

For contributions to signal and image processing for medical imaging.

 

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2003 IEEE Fellow

H. Bruce Wallace

US Army Research Laboratory

Adelphi, MD, USA

For contributions to millimeter wave devices, sensors, and technologies.

 

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2003 IEEE Fellow

Daniel Ward

Dominion Virginia Power

Richmond, VA, USA

For contributions to electric power distribution systems.

 

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Pictures with Tom Piwowar

 

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IEEE Students and Advisors

 

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Bill Kelly

 

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