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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. XLII No. 04
April 2009

www.ieee.org/orlando

News:
Calendar of Events:
Reports:
Others:

Orlando Section Executive Committee Meeting

Date:

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Time:

6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Social and Refreshments
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ExCom Meeting

Place:

Louie & Maria's Italian Restaurant
9728 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL

Cost:

Free for all IEEE members and Non-IEEE members.

Contact:

Donghui Wu
321-281-4561 - Office

321-946-0648 - Mobile
www.ieee.org/orlando

IEEE Computer Society Chapter Meeting: "Identity Theft and Financial Fraud for the New Millennium"

Date:

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Time:

12:00 noon

Speaker:

Dr. Hal Bergeln - Abstract and Biography

Place:

University of Central Florida, HEC building, room 101

Cost:

Free for all IEEE members and Non-IEEE members.

Contact:

Ghaith Haddad, 
407-601-9424 - Cell

www.ieee.org/orlando

IEEE Orlando PES/IAS/PEL - April Technical Tutorial

Dates:

Tuesdays, April 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, 2009

Time:

6:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m.

Place:

OUC Pershing Facility, 6003 Pershing Ave, Orlando, FL 32822 - located just off SR 436 near OIA.

Costs:

IEEE Member: $100 to register for all four classes.
Non-IEEE Member: $125 to register for all four classes. 
Student IEEE Member: Free
Student Non-Member: $30

Contacts:

For further info, contact: Ian.beason@pgnmail.com or dslack@ouc.com - Tutorial info and sub order form

IEEE UCF Student Branch Meeting: "High Performance SOI Embedded DRAM: looking beyond conventional scaling"

Date:

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Time:

10:30 a.m.

Speaker:

Dr. Ravi Todi, IBM Semiconductor Research & Development Center - Abstract and Biography

Place:

University of Central Florida, HEC (Eng.III) room 101- Pizzas and soda will be served.

Cost:

Free for all IEEE members and Non-IEEE members.

Contact:

Vinit Todi,
407-342-5478

www.ieee.org/orlando

EECS Industry Day

Date:

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Time:

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Place:

UCF, Harris Engineering Corp. Center, Room 101

Cost:

Free for all IEEE members and Non-IEEE members.

Contact:

For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.eecs.ucf.edu - Flyer

Call for Volunteers for Chapter Officers and Chapter Officers Elections
Orlando Section has Chapters for the following societies:
  • Aerospace and Electronics Systems
  • Antennas and Propagation
  • Microwave Theory and Techniques
  • Computer
  • Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology
  • Control Systems
  • Robotics and Automation
  • Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
  • Electron Devices
  • Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Power Energy
  • Industry Applications
  • Power Electronics

If you are a member of any of the above societies, we urge to volunteer for chapter activities. Each Chapter has Chair, Treasurer/ Secretary and other positions available. Please send you chapter officer candidate nomination or self-nomination to each chapter Chair or Section Chair, Donghui Wu . Election will be hold at each Chapter's next meeting or one of Section meetings. for more information about existing chapters, please visit https://www.ieee.org/orlando

STATE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR (SSEF) 2009
IEEE members are needed who will be willing to serve as judges.  This is a statewide event, and members donating a day to the cause will be helping our future engineers and scientists.  There are cash prizes for the senior and junior categories.

SSEF 2009 will be held at the downtown Lakeland Center on Thursday, April 16th from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Address is 701 W. Lime St., Lakeland, FL, 33815

Visit the web site at https://www.floridassef.net/FFFS.htm and Florida Council web site https://ewh.ieee.org/r3/fc/

For information, or to volunteer, contact Karl Lohman, k.l.lohman@ieee.org, or 407-644-4411

RFID Conference Needs Student Volunteers
The Orlando Section has agreed to be a technical co-sponsor for the IEEE RFID 2009 conference being held at the Disney Swan and Dolphin hotels Monday/Tuesday April 27-28.  https://www.ieee-rfid.org/2009/index.html  This is the third annual RFID conference.  RFID technology is growing rapidly in new applications, including U.S. passports, access control, animal tagging, inventory control, and even baggage handling at airports for faster retrieval and delivery (fewer lost bags).
 
As Publicity Chair, I have also agreed to coordinate volunteer support for the conference. We are targeting student members for this support.  Volunteers should arrive by 7:30 a.m. each day for orientation, then expect to work a minimum of 4 hours or more to qualify for exhibits access, a CD of the papers, free visitor parking (usually $10), and lunch.  The normal student registration costs $250 to $300, so volunteering is a good return on your time.

The exhibits will open for the reception after the technical papers on the first day, then be available the second day.
 
There will be three parallel technical sessions after the opening plenary session and each will need volunteer support.  We will need about 10 volunteers per day to do the following:

  • Load speaker presentations on laptops
  • Hand out session survey forms
  • Serve as session monitor (count heads in the room, etc.)
  • Serve as runner for the registration desk
  • Staff the IEEE membership table
  • Keep the IEEE-USA display loaded with literature
We need to hear from interested students and getting commitments from them so we can build a schedule
 
Members from nearby sections interested in volunteering should contact George McClure to be placed on the list.  Note date preferences as well.  Email      , with RFID in the subject line, or call 407-647-5092 for further information.

Orlando Section 50th Anniversary Celebration
Call for proposals/suggestions/articles and sponsorship
The IEEE Orlando Section was established on May 13th 1959, and 2009 will be its 50th anniversary. The very same day is also the 125th Anniversary of IEEE. 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 the 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 Donghui Wu

Presently the Section is planning to have an exhibition and banquet at the Orlando Science Center on May 13th, 2009 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of IEEE and the 50th anniversary of the Orlando Section. At the banquet the section will also recognize section members' achievements in its 50-year history, and present awards to outstanding and/or long-time section members.

The section is also call for financial sponsorship for this event. Sponsorship level as following:

  - $2500 Platinum Sponsor
  - $1500 Gold Sponsor
  - $1000 Silver Sponsor
  - $500 Bronze Sponsor

Sponsors will be able to setup booth or place post-board at the exhibit and banquet, or sponsor other items throughout the event. Please check out with your employer for possible sponsorship. IEEE will hold events 
throughout the year to celebrate its 125th anniversary. For details please contact Donghui Wu or Udaya Silva

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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