- If you missed the last two meetings you
missed some very informative presentations, on March
we had a technical presentation by Dr. Issa
Batarseh on “Recent Developments in Power
Electronics Research in UCF”, it was a very good
presentation that generated a lot of questions, on
April we met at the Roadhouse Grill Restaurant Banquet
Room, this was a joint meeting with the IEEE
Communications Society Orlando Chapter, there was a
technical presentation on "Fourth Generation Cellular
Systems and Smart Antennas" by Dr. Jack H.
Winters, Jack Winters Communications, LLC. This
was also an excellent presentation. Both meetings were
free and had very good attendance.
On Friday April 12 we had the Banquet and Awards
Ceremony at the Student Union in UCF, Dr. M. J.
Soiliau Vice President of Research and Professor
of Optics at UCF was the speaker he spoke about the
importance of sponsors in financing research, there
was live music playing during dinner by a strings
quartet from UCF students. The awards were presented
by Dr. Batarseh to the outstanding professionals and
students in our section; it was an evening of
celebration.
On April 5 we attended the Florida Council and
Region 3 Conference in Columbia SC, great ideas and
recommendations came out of those meeting a and we
have already started implementing some of them and
will be activating some additional programs.
If you have been considering becoming active with
the IEEE, this is perhaps your best opportunity, we
are looking for volunteers, members who want to get
involved.
As you already know we have activated the position
of Public Relations and Strategic Planning with
Christina Caruso and George McClure respectively, they
are both going to be playing key roles on the future
developments of our section, and they will be looking
for volunteers, these are great opportunities to get
involved.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday 7th at Rm 288 Eng.
Building UCF, this will be a working and planning
meeting, next month we will continue with our series
of speakers.
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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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