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- We had our second EXCOM meeting in UCF. This was
be a joint meeting with the ED/CPMT and AESS Chapter
our guest speaker was Dr. Kalpathy Sunderam, he spoke
about the CMP Process in Microelectronics, Dr. Peter
Yuan, Chapter Chair was the moderator. We had a great
attendance and the meeting was a total success, once
again our thanks to Dr. Sunderam and Dr. Yuan for
their participation.
Engineers Week culminated with the Banquet and a
presentation by Martin Marietta's Admiral Stanley
Arthur who spoke about smart weapons with impressive
video presentation, he also highlighted his concern
due to the current shortage of engineers, Dr.
Flinchbaugh attended on behalf of our local
section.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday March 5th at
6:00 pm in Room 288 Engineering Building UCF, there
will be a technical presentation by Dr. Issa Batarseh
on "Recent Developments in Power Engineering Research
in UCF." there will be pizza and refreshments, this
promises to be a educational meeting, you are all
invited, don't miss it.
Dr. Al Berg's presentation on "Voice over IP
Telephony" has been postponed due to scheduling
conflicts.
We are looking forward for April meeting we will be
having a presentation and field visit to ATT, stay
tuned for more info on this.
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- On behalf of the IEEE Orlando Section I would like
to extend my congratulations to the Canaveral
and Florida West Coast sections on their
50th IEEE anniversary and to the Florida
Council on their 25th IEEE
anniversary!
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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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