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Keynote Speaker


Graham Hawkes
Keynote Speaker: "Unique Vehicles: Submarines that Fly"


We live on an ocean planet where 94% of life is aquatic. Over the last twenty plus years, we have analyzed the key limiting factors of current manned and unmanned undersea vehicles, and engineered solutions to overcome these limitations in order to make our oceans more accessible for exploration science and adventure. The Deep Flight manned ... (read more)

Conference Date & Venue


Save the date! This year's Fall Section Conference will be Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at Fairlane Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn 19000 Hubbard Drive, Dearborn, MI.

REGISTER HERE . Early registration extended until November 10th.

Networking

Network and meet engineers from around the area from all fields. The conference program includes time for face-to-face meeting and discussions between the sessions and dinner.

Technical Learning

Learn new technical concepts presented by speakers from chapters ranging from antennas, circuits, controls, EMC, computers, robotics, and more. Speakers include distinguished lecutures from technical societies, as well as professional activities presentations covering soft skills and careers.

The technical sessions run in parallel as two sessions, at 5pm and at 6pm. After the sessions, dinner follows with a keynote talk.

Conference Events

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The keynote this year is "Unique Vehicles: Submarines that Fly."

Keynote Talk »
(Click to learn about the keynote talk.)

Meet the Executive Committee members Mohamad Berri, Aisha Yousuf, CJ Chung, and Adel Marzougui while networking.

Networking & Social »
Volunteer »
SEM Section ExCom »
(Click to find out about networking.)

Volunteer Scott Lytle greets attendees at the registration table at the Section Conference. Scott is the EMC Society Chapter Chair.

Attendees choose sessions in computers, aerospace, EMC, circuits, antennas, management, medicine, robotics, and more.

Technical Sessions »
Chapters »
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100th Anniversary This year the Section held it's 100th Anniversary Event on October 11, 2011 at The Henry Ford Musuem.

Conference speakers come from academia, industry, and government to present technical topics of interest to members.

Technical Sessions »
Chapters »
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Your Chapter Chairs, along with the Chapter Officers provide the technical program. Learn more about your chapter. Get involved!

Technical Sessions »
Chapters »
Volunteer »
(Contribute your skills to your chapter.)

The keynote talk takes place after dinner, and is the highlight of the evening.

Keynote Talk »
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Speakers, technical talks, and professional development presentations -- this is what the Section Conference is about!

Technical Sessions »
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The Section Conference cost less than you think -- $35 for IEEE member early registration -- and includes choice of technical sessions.

Registration »
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Timely technical keynote talks are presented, such as Bryan Palaszewski from NASA Glenn Research Center describing the Maglifter.

Our sponsors are from industry, education, and non-profit engineering organizations. See all our sponsors and supporters on the sponsors page, and find out more about sponsoring the conference.

Sponsors »
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Networking contributes to your career and business. We benefit from these face-to-face opportunities to practice networking.

Dinner has always been a big hit at the conference. Park Place catering in Dearborn provides a wonderful buffet dinner.

Vendor tables offer sponsors the opportunity to showcase their latest products and services.

IEEE-USA presents topics on U.S. Government policy and legislative affairs. This track is provided the Section PACE Activities Committee.

Technical Sessions »
IEEE-USA »
PACE »
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Professional Development topics include career management, leadership, ethics, interviewing, and more.

Technical Sessions »
PACE »
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Meet members of the Section Excutive Committee (ExCom), the various program committees, and the Chapter Officer volunteers.

Networking »
SEM Section ExCom »
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Conference sponsors include universities and other non-profit organizations.

Sponsors »
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Dinner and keynote talk. Eat, relax, and enjoy a technical talk on a timely topic of the technology today.

Keynote Talk »
Dinner »
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Student Branches receive Best Branch awards from the Section for activities on campus.

Students »
Awards »
Posters »
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Program

View the draft Program Overview and speaker details including abstract of the talk and the speaker's background.

The conference program has three parts:

Two Technical sessions run in series, one at 5pm and one at 6pm. View the Program-At-A-Glance for times and topics. The program schedule allows time for networking and vendor tables. The finale of the evening is dinner and the keynote talk. Download the PDF conference flyer .

Conference Speakers