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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.
XLIII 
No. 08
September 2010
www.ieee.org/orlando
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IEEE Orlando Section Executive Committee Meeting
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Date:
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Tuesday, September 7th., 2010
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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: |
Orlando
Business Development Center,
District 2 (affiliated with the UCF
and the S.B.A.) at 3218 East
Colonial Drive, Suite #G, Orlando,
FL 32802
Directions: In Herndon
Plaza just east of Maguire Blvd.
This is the shopping center across
Colonial Drive from Fashion Square.
It is on the west end of the
building around to the South-West
corner from the HH Gregg entrance.
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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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Donghui Wu
321-281-4561 - Office
321-946-0648 - Mobile
www.ieee.org/orlando
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Star Search 201
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and Scholarship
Awards
- Due
September 1st!
- The IEEE Orlando
Section announces
the request for
nominations for the
2010 Orlando Section
Awards, which will
be presented this
fall. The Orlando
Section presents six
awards annually:
- Outstanding
Engineering Educator
- Outstanding
Engineer
- Outstanding
Service
- Outstanding
Entrepreneur
- Outstanding
Undergraduate
Student
- Outstanding
Graduate Student
- Nominees must be
IEEE members in good
standing and have
been a resident of
the Orlando Section
for the past three
years.
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- Any Orlando
Section member in
good standing may
make a nomination
for the Orlando
Section Awards.
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- Also,
the Orlando
Section presents Undergraduate
/ Graduate
Scholarship Awards
each calendar
year.
Nominees
must be IEEE
student / graduate
student members in
good standing,
currently an
active member in
one of the Orlando
Sections’ IEEE
Student chapters,
and currently
enrolled as
undergraduate /
graduate student
in an engineering
program at time of
the award. The
Awards Committee
essay question
for the 2010
scholarship award is: "What
are the three most
important
leadership
qualities/traits
which make an
Engineering leader
successful and
explain your
reasons why you
picked them."
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- Nomination forms
can be found at
https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/orlando/awards.htm
and additional
information about
the nomination
procedure can be
found at
https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/orlando/Awards_forms/Awards_guidelines.doc
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- The award and scholarship packets must be received by
1 September 2010, NO EXCEPTIONS.
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- The mailing address for all award
and scholarship packets is:
Tom Wandeloski
Chief Technology Officer
C/O TDW Consultants, LLC
5224 West SR 46, Suite 141
Sanford, FL 32771
Any questions or further clarifications for awards
and scholarship packets, can be e-mail to Thomas M.
Wandeloski,
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IEEE
Life Members Affinity Group Meeting
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Date:
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Saturday,
October 2nd., 2010
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Time:
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2:00
- 4:00 PM
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Speaker:
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Dr. Forrest M.
Bird, inventor of the life-saving respirator which is found in most hospitals around the world. He is a very accomplished inventor, entrepreneur, and aviator, and he was installed in the Inventor's Hall of Fame several years ago.
Click here
for more information.
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Place: |
The
Orange County Public Library, at the
corner of Magnolia and Robinson in
Downtown Orlando.
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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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Dr.
David Flinchbaugh,
407-760-7200
www.ieee.org/orlando
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IEEE Membership Benefits: bringing together a trusted voice, global community, and profession
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The IEEE is the world's largest technical society, bringing members access to the industry's most essential technical information, networking opportunities, career development tools, and many other exclusive benefits.
New
Benefits:
- IEEE
memberNet
IEEE's online membership directory, connecting members worldwide. Offered as an exclusive benefit of membership.
- Microsoft
Software Offer for IEEE Students
IEEE, in conjunction with Microsoft, is pleased to offer a wide selection of development software to IEEE Student members.
- E-book
Archive
IEEE and Wiley Press offer members access to over 220 e-books via IEEE Xplore
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Forming an IEEE Women in Engineering Affinity Group
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The Orlando section is interested in organizing an affinity group for Women in Engineering, following the Florida West Coast Section and Northwest Florida Section which have already done so. The group is open to all who support women in engineering, regardless of gender. The annual membership fee is $25 and includes electronic access to the WIE membership directory and WIE Newsletter. Membership is free to Life Members, Student Members and Graduate Student Members.
Those interested should contact Membership Development chair,
Dr. William
(Bill)
Hortos,
by email with WIE in the subject line.
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Benefits and Status of IEEE Life Membership
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- Dues and Regional assessments are waived for a Life member.
- For qualifying Life members, Society fees are waived
(IEEE Bylaw
I-108.8).
- Individuals may receive reduced member rates at IEEE sponsored conferences.
IEEE Policy 10.1.15 (Conference Registration Fees) indicates "There must be a reduced fee, waiver of fees, or fee differential for Student members. Reduced fees, waiver of fees, or fee differential for unemployed IEEE members, retired members, and Life members, and for special registrants (e.g., guests, speakers, and exhibitors) are permitted at the discretion of the Conference Committee. The individual registration fee for retired members and for Life members must be no more than that for Students."
- Life members continue to receive the same
benefits that are available to other IEEE members.
- IEEE Financial Advantage Program (includes IEEE Insurance Program)
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Volunteers
Needed for AUTOTESTCON 2010
Conference, Marriott World Resort and
Conference Center, Sep. 11-16, 2010
The
AUTOTESTCON 2012 Conference
needs volunteers - both active
student and non-student IEEE
members in the Orlando Section
to staff Registration Booths.
Registration will be open daily
from Sunday, September 12,
through the morning of Thursday,
September 16. Hours for
conference registration can be
found at the conference website,
www.autotestcon.com .
Details of
the compensation for student and
non-student volunteers are
available from the Registration
Chair, William Hortos,
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requires a commitment of at
least 4 contiguous hours for the
day(s) designated by the
volunteer. Volunteers for
Registration Booths must notify
the Registration Chair of
intended day(s) and hours of
service prior to September 6,
2010.
The AUTOTESTCON 2012 Conference
also need volunteers (restricted
to non-student IEEE members of
the Orlando Section) to staff
the Information Booth.
Volunteers must have knowledge
of the sites and resources in
the Greater Orlando area. The
Information Booth will be open
during the hours of conference
registration. Details of the
compensation for volunteers to
the Information Booth are
available from the Registration
Chair, William Hortos,
. Compensation
requires a commitment of at
least 4 contiguous hours for the
day(s) designated by the
volunteer. Volunteers for the
Information Booth must notify
the Registration Chair of
intended day(s) and hours of
service prior to September 6,
2010.
Note that basic conference
registration for AUTOTESTCON
2012, including the Technical
Conference and Exhibits, is
free
to active IEEE Graduate Student
Members, Student Members, and
Life Members with the provision
of Member ID#s. Additional items
and events at the conference are
not complementary. Online
registration is now open until
August 23, 2010 at
www.autotestcon.com. After
August 23, 2010, conference
registration is on site.
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Volunteers
Needed - SoutheastCon 2012 Conference in
Orlando
The
Region 3 annual conference, SoutheastCon,
will be held in Orlando in the spring of
2012. This is a good opportunity for
section members to get experience in helping
to manage a significant technical
conference. Currently there are
opportunities in committees for local
arrangements, technical program,
registration, sponsorship solicitation,
papers reviewers, exhibits, publicity,
contest competitions, and hospitality (among
others). For further information, send
email to
, with "2012" in the subject line.
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Member
Recognition
The Orlando Section Monthly seeks member
achievements: If an IEEE colleague received an award, promotion, appointment, or any other achievement, please inform The Orlando Section Monthly so it can run a notice in its monthly Member
Recognitions column. In addition to providing the member's name, please include a brief biography of the member's career and a description of the achievement. Send all notices to
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Keep
in Touch
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to the Orlando Section E-mail List to keep
in touch with all the Orlando Section
activities. Just send an e-mail with
SUBSCRIBE in the subject line to IEEE
Orlando Section.
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