Activities Report of the Virginia Mountain Section for the period April 2003
- March 2004:

Section Officers:

Past Chairman: Mark Shepard
Chairman: Shawn Addington
Vice Chairman: Cy Harbourt
Secretary/Treasurer: Jim Squire

Section Meetings:

April 2003: DARPA and Information Exploitation Office overview
May 2003: Spring picnic and tour of VMI Observatory
September 2003: Gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles vs fuel cell vehicles
October 2003: Tour of local CBS TV station WDBJ
January 2004: FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) applications in power
transmission and distribution
February 2004: Undergraduate student project contest
March 2004: Digital photography

Section meetings are attended primarily by representatives from local
academic institutions (students, faculty, and retired faculty), and
local industry (active and retired).  Occasionally, the Section holds
joint meetings with the regional American Chemical Society on topics
of mutual interest.  As a complement to the technical programs, the
Section holds one or two "Spouses Night" programs each year, featuring
topics of wider interest.  In addition, last May, the Section held a
Spring Picnic, as the first in a possible annual event.  The Virginia
Mountain Section also supports an Industrial Applications Chapter, a
Computer, Control Systems, and Industrial Electronics Chapter, and a
Microwave Theory and Techniques/Electron Devices Chapter.

Additional Section News:

The Virginia Mountain Section is pleased to announce the establishment
of the Dan Jackson Memorial Award Fund.  Contributions to this fund
will be used to provide an annual cash award to a deserving student
participating in the Western Virginia Regional Science Fair.  The Dan
Jackson Award will be presented for the first time on Saturday March
27, 2004.

Respectfully submitted,
J. Shawn Addington
Chair, Virginia Mountain Section - 2004