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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.
XLIV 
No. 08
September 2011
www.ieee.org/orlando
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Oct
9-13: 2011 IAS Annual Meeting, Walt Disney
World Swan and Dolphin Hotel
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Nov
7-10:
The 37th Annual Conference of the
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society,
2011, Crown Conference
Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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Feb
7-9: 2012 Carbon
Management Technology Conference
(CMTC), Orlando, FL
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Mar
15-18: SoutheastCon
2012, Orlando, FL:
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Apr
16-17: WAMICON
2012, Cocoa Beach, FL:
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Oct
8-10: 2012 IEEE International
Professional Communication Conference (IPCC
2012), Orlando, FL
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IEEE Orlando Section Executive Committee Meeting
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Date:
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
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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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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 to all IEEE members and
Non-IEEE members.
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RSVP:
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IEEE
Orlando Section ExCom Members:
Register
Here
Others: Register
Here
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Contact:
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Dr.
Xun Gong,
407-823-5762 -
Office
www.ieee.org/orlando
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Star Search 2011
and Scholarship
Awards
Application
Deadline is Extended to Sep. 16th,
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- The IEEE Orlando
Section announces
the request for
nominations for the
2011 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 enrolled as undergraduate / graduate student in an engineering program located in
Orlando Section's 5 county (central Florida) area as well as at time of the
award. The
Awards Committee
essay topic for the 2011
scholarship award is: "Engineering and Healthcare.
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Write an
essay no less than 800 words. It's can be how engineering have helped to better today's or future's healthcare. It can be your thoughts or point of views how engineering should better the healthcare. Healthcare is broadly defined here can be any parts of the process of healthcare, e.g. delivering, managing, etc. It can be about healthcare in a particular area of the world, or in general.
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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
application
deadline is
extended: the award and scholarship packets must be received by
16th September
2011, NO EXCEPTIONS.
Any questions or further clarifications for awards
and scholarship packets, can be e-mailed to:
- Dr.
Donghui
Wu,*
321-281-4561 -
Office
321-946-0648 - Cell
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- Official
transcripts and/or
application
packets should be
mailed to:
Dr. Donghui
Wu
PO Box
721794
Orlando, FL 32872
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- Call
for Nominations for 2012 Section Officers
- The
Orlando Section elects officers for a term of
one year beginning January 1st. This year's
Nomination Committee will be accepting
nominations for Section Officers (Chair, Vice
Chair, Secretary and Treasurer). Nominations
must be submitted in writing to the
Nominations Committee at
on or before
October 10th, 2011.
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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:
- Specify
the office.
- Bear
the signature of at least 1% of the 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 at
on or before October 10th, 2011
by 5:00 PM
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| IEEE
Orlando Section Congratulates our New Senior
Members! |
- The
IEEE Orlando Section congratulates our
new Senior Members!:
- Eric
W. Worden
- Debbie
L. Hall
- The
last A&A Review Panel meeting was
held on 6 August, 2011 in Calgary,
Canada. The next IEEE Senior Member
Review Panel Meeting will be held on 17
September 2011, in Detroit, MI, USA.
NEWLY ELEVATED SENIOR MEMBERS - RECEIVE
US$25 VOUCHER TOWARDS A NEW IEEE
SOCIETY: IEEE provides all newly
elevated Senior Members with a voucher
worth up to US$25. It can be used to
join one new IEEE Society. The voucher
expires on 31 December of the year in
which it is received.
For details on how to apply for IEEE
Senior Member grade and view the 2011
review panel meeting dates, visit the
IEEE Senior Member homepage:
https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/senior/index.html.
For Senior Member inquiries, contact senior-member@ieee.org.
Helpful
Senior Member web links:
Senior
Member Update
Senior
Member Application
Senior
Member Reference Form
Senior
Member Nomination Event Guide
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For Sale: Top-Quality Multiuse Nylon Bags with Orlando Logo
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The bag has been designed with many zippered compartments and can be carried with either a shoulder strap or handles.
These sturdy, versatile bags are suitable for travel (they fit under an airline seat), for gym/athletic apparel, for electronics accessories, or for books.
The bags have been donated to the IEEE Orlando Section by the Chair of the AUTOTESTCON 2010 Conference. As such, they are available only through the IEEE Orlando Section at the deeply discounted price of $15.00, payable in cash or by check to the IEEE Orlando Section.
To purchase these bags or for additional information please contact
Dr. William (Bill)
Hortos,
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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
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- 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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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 - 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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in Touch
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