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IEEE
Orlando Section
Monthly
Welcome
to the IEEE Orlando
Section web site.
Established in 1959
and serving over 1,400
members in
Orange,
Osceola,
Seminole,
Lake
and Sumter
counties
Vol.
XXXXI 
No. 09
October
2008
www.ieee.org/orlando
IEEE
Orlando Section News
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Date:
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Tuesday,
October 7, 2008
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Time:
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6:30
- 7:00 p.m. Social and Refreshments
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ExCom Meeting
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Place:
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UCF,
Classroom
111 in HEC (Eng. III).
Directions
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Agenda:
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Student
Recruitment
Awards
Banquet
Appointment
of Election Committee
Budget
Preparation for 2009
RAB
Awards Nominations - Deadline Oct.
15
FCIEEE
Awards - Nov. 1 Deadline
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Cost:
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Free
for all IEEE members and
Non-IEEE
members.
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Contact:
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Martin
S. (Steve)
Karlovic
407-306-2351 -
Office
321-217-3320 -
Mobile
www.ieee.org/orlando
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Date:
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Thursday,
October 23rd, 2008
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Time:
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6:30
- 7:00 p.m. Complementary
appetizers, light entrees
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Meeting
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Place:
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Red
Lobster (in a separate meeting
space)
12557 State Road 535
Orlando, FL (in the Crossroads
Shopping Center, near Lake Buena
Vista)
Telephone: 407-827-1045
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Agenda:
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(1)
Review of Action Items from August
Meeting
(2) Speaker selection on Robotics
and Machine Intelligence
(3) Volunteers for membership
desk at
October 30-31 SMC-sponsored Machine
Learning Conference
at the Buena Vista Palace, Lake
Buena Vista, FL
4) Visits by chapter members
to theme-park applications of
CS-RA-SMC technologies
(5) 2008 society renewals by lapsed
members.
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Cost:
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Free
for all IEEE members and
Non-IEEE
members.
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Contact:
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William
S. Hortos, Local J-CS/RA/SMC Chapter
Chair
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Orlando
Section Annual Awards Banquet
All
Orlando Section members and guests
are cordially invited to IEEE
Orlando Section Annual Awards
Banquet. Please join us to
celebrate the achievements of local
IEEE members and student members,
and network with your fellow IEEE
members and colleagues while you
enjoy a pleasant evening with great
dine and wine.
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Date:
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Tuesday,
October 28, 2008
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Time:
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Cocktail
hour will begin at 6:00 pm
Dinner will be served at 7:00 pm
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Place:
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Orlando
Marriott Downtown
400 West Livingston Street
Orlando, Florida 32801
407-843-6664 (Marriott)
Web
site
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Cost:
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Early
registration: $30 for members and
guests (limit 2)
$20 for student members and $30 for
guests (limit 2)
(It's never too late to join as a
student member!)
Regular registration (after Oct 21)
and general public, $50 per person
Free for award recipients and one
guest
Free for IEEE Fellow and one guest
Free drink ticket for Cocktail
hour!
Free Valet Parking and Wine
Included!.
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Choice
of Entrée:
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1)
10 oz NY Strip Steak
2) Salmon Marinated w/ Lemon and
Capers
3) Chicken Marsala
4) Vegetarian (Chef's Choice)
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RSVP:
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Dr.
Donghui
Wu, , or
call
321-281-4561with number of
guests, your choice of entree.
Space is limited. Please
RSVP by October 24th!
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It's
the time to recognize those stars
who reside in our Orlando Section
again! At this year's awards
banquet, we will present our annual
Orlando Section Awards, as well as
our first (5) Undergraduate and
Graduate Scholarship. Our last year
awards banquet was held at the same
place and we had a wonderful
program. If you attended our last
year's awards banquet, I know you want
to come back! If you missed our
last year event, you should not
miss again! I invite everyone to
attend this year's awards banquet.
We will have an excellent speaker
this year. Last year our speaker
Mr. Rohrbach from investment-models.com
gave a great talk on stock market.
See pictures from last
year's banquet.
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PE/IA/PEL
Tutorial: "Distribution
Reliability Improvement"
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Date:
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Monday,
November 3rd, 2008
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Time:
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9:00
am - 3:00 p.m. (4 PDH's will be
offered)
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Place:
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Progress
Energy
Lake
Mary
Office
1150 Greenwood Blvd
Lake Mary
,
FL
32746
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Summary:
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This
seminar is designed for
distribution engineering managers,
distribution engineering planners
and reliability engineers involved
in asset performance, design and
operations of distribution
systems. The course focuses
on distribution reliability,
measures of reliability, outage
causes, design of feeder and branch
lines for reliability and programs
and initiatives to improve the
reliability of distribution
systems. Predictive
reliability analysis is applied to
show the reliability of
distribution feeder designs and the
benefits of DA application. Maximum Likelihood analysis is
applied to determine probable
causes for unknown caused
outages. An approach to allow
optimization of the mix of
improvement programs and
initiatives is also included. The
class is open to everyone.
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Presenter:
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Charlie Williams, PE, a
Senior Consultant with S&C
Electric Company
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Cost:
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$30 IEEE Members, $40 Non-Members, Free
for Student IEEE Members. (Non
IEEE Student members will be signed up at
the meeting.)
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Refreshments:
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Coffee and donuts will be available in
the morning, Lunch will be brought in
from a local Subway or Firehouse
Subs.
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Contact:
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RSVPs
to james.ferris@tlc-eng.com
if you would like us to order lunch
for you. Please
utilize sub form to order lunch.
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Search
for 2009
Section Officers
- The
Orlando Section elects officers for a term
of one year beginning January 1st. This
year's Nomination Committee formed by
Mr.
Jorge Medina
,
Mr. George McClure , and Dr. William Hortos
, will be accepting nominations for Section
Officers (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and
Treasurer). Nominations must be submitted in
writing to the Nominations Committee on or
before October
6th,
2008..
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Section membership may make a nomination for
new Section Officers by submitting qualify
petitions. A qualify petition shall meet the
following criteria:
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- Specify
the office.
- Bear
the signature of at least 15 voting Section
members.
- Contain
statement of the nominee's consent to serve.
- State
nominee's qualification and biography.
- Be
delivered to the Section Nominations
Committee on or before October 6th,
2008
by 5:00 PM.
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- On September 2nd the Nomination Committee,
headed by Mr. George McClure, presented the
following nominees at the ExCom meeting:
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- Chair
- Donghui Wu
Vice Chair - Xun Gong
Treasurer - Kalpathy B. Sundaram
Secretary - Michael Orlovsky
- Orlando
Section 50th Anniversary
Celebration
- Call
for proposals/suggestions/articles
The IEEE Orlando
Section was established in 1959,
and 2009 will be 50th
anniversary. The Section is
planning a series of major
celebration events. We are calling
for proposals for celebration
events, activities, suggestions,
ideas, and other contributions for
the big celebration. Currently we
are planning an exhibitions
showing the 50 year history of
Orlando Section, and publication
of a collection of articles from
former and current Section
members. We are collecting ideas,
suggestions, and possible
exhibition items, e.g. photos,
stories about major events or
prominent
section members, etc. Articles and
other contributions from former
section officers are particular
welcome and encouraged. Please
send your responses and comments
to Dr. Donghui Wu at
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IEEE
Life Member Affinity
Group
The IEEE Orlando
Section is looking
for IEEE Life Members
who are interested in
forming a group to
provide an
opportunity for
socializing at
meetings and also for
giving back to the
profession through
volunteer activities
and projects. Please
contact Dr. Dave
Flinchbaugh at
Member
Profile
The IEEE Orlando Section Monthly
is proud to feature a
distinguished member each month
in the Section's Profile. If you
have contributed greatly to your
profession and/or to our ranks of
the IEEE we would like to hear
from you.
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in Touch
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