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- We had our first meeting of the
year in Shells, (Grady's was closed), I apologize if
anybody tried to come to the meeting and couldn't find
us. Good attendance, were able to do some planning for
the year; we are planning to have two socials and we
will organize some joint technical meetings to
reactivate some of our inactive chapters. Southcon
(Orlando Convention Center 15-17) had a good
attendance, we visited the exhibit booths and attended
the keynote speaker, Microelectronics Steve Drehobl,
Vice-President of Microchip Technology, Inc, spoke
about "The Embedded Control Universe" integration and
embedded solutions, an excellent presentation that was
complemented with a live demonstration via
internet.
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- We attended the Florida Council
Meeting, presented last year activity report and plans
for current year, next Florida Council meeting will be
on April 5 in Columbia North Carolina.
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- Our next meeting will be a joint
meeting with the ED/CPMT and AESS Chapter, there will
be a technical presentation, our guest speaker will be
Dr. Kalpathy Sunderam, he will offer us a presentation
on CMP Process in Microelectronics, Dr Peter Yuan,
Chapter Chair will be the moderator, the meeting will
be on Tuesday Feb. 5 at 6:00pm in Rm 288 Engineering
Building UCF, there will be pizza and refreshments,
this promises to be a very good meeting, you are all
invited, don't miss it.
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- Our March meeting will also be a
joint meeting, this time with COM/SP and Dr. Al Berg
will talk about "Voice over IP Telephony".
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- Don't forget Engineer's Week in
February!
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- IEEE Orlando Section congratulates
our new Senior Member, Homer O. Bryant
(Computer Society, Engineering
Management Society, Power Engineering
Society) elevated at the 17 November
2001 Admission & Advancement Panel Meeting held in
Mexico City, Mexico.
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- Meet the new Chairman
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Robert J.
Pirela is the president of Engineering
Professional Services, Inc. his Consulting firm, where
he provides Engineering Consulting Services to the
construction industry. Before initiating
EPS, Inc, He worked for major engineering consulting
and industrial firms both locally and abroad; in his
career, he has done design and consulting in various
areas including, power, data processing, controls and
telemetry. Mr. Pirela has an
extensive experience in power studies and issues
related to coordination, harmonics, and short
circuits; he regularly provides consulting services to
Major Electrical Contractors and Fortune 500 companies
in these areas. He was born in
Maracaibo Venezuela, went to school at the Polytechnic
Institute of Brooklyn. He holds a National Engineering
Certification, and is a registered Professional
Engineer in Florida and Alabama. He is a member of the
Florida Engineering Society and the National Society
of Professional Engineers. Mr. Pirela was recently
listed in Who's Who Worldwide registry of Business
Leaders and he and his family are active in their
church. Mr. Pirela is
married to Cecilia (an MD) and they have two children
Elizabeth and Alexander. - Robert J.
Pirela
- IEEE Orlando Section
Chairman
- Tel:
407-657-6616, Email
Sensorunit@AOL.Com
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