Palm Beach FL Section IEEE Activity Report - January-December 2007

2007 Section Appointed (i.e., Section Inactive from 2005-2006) Officers:

Chair:  Mr. Carl L. Hussey, P.E.
Vice Chair:  Mr. Ankur Agarwal, Ph.D.
Secretary:  Mr. Daniel B. Juarez
Treasurer:  Mr. Miguel (Mike) Gutierez
Assistant Treasurer:  Mr. Xin Wang
Professional Activities (PACE) & Membership Development Chairman:  Mr. Carl L. Hussey, P.E.
Student Activities Chairman:  Mr. Hari Kalva, Ph.D.
Section Conference Chairman:  Mr. Bassem Alhalabi, Ph.D.
Program Chairlady:  Ms. Shihong Huang, Ph.D.
Senior Resource Member:  Mr. Anthony (Tony) Jamroz
Junior Resource Member:  Mr. Xingquan (Hill) Zhu, Ph.D.
Educational Activities Chairman:  Mr. Norman A. Bleshman

2007 Communication Society Chapter:
Co-Chair:  Mr. Hari Kalva, Ph.D.

2007 Joint Computer & Signal Processing Societies Chapter:
Co-Chairman:  Mr. Ankur Agarwal, Ph.D.
Co-Chairlady:  Ms. Shihong Huang, Ph.D.

2007 Power Engineering Society Chapter:
Chairman:  Mr. Carl L. Hussey, P.E.

2007 Life Member Affinity Group:
Chairman:  Mr. George H. Siegel
Program Chairman:  Mr. Edward (Ed) Wolff

Section Dinner/Technical Meetings held during 2007:

February 22nd Meeting:  Engineer's Week Banquet ˆ Mr. Joe Hernandez, Pres., Innovative Biosensors, Inc.
March 22nd Meeting:  Life Member Affinity Group Luncheon.
May 15th Meeting: Section Executive Committee (EXCOM) at Florida Atlantic University.
July 17th Meeting: Section EXCOM at Florida Atlantic University.
August 14th Meeting:  Joint Computer & Signal Processing Chapters - Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, University of Texas
     (Arlington)-„Optimizing the Battery Power, Bits and Visual Quality in Pervasive Video Applications‰ˆ
     Co-hosted by the IEEE Broward & Palm Beach Sections.
October 2nd Meeting:  Power Engineering (PES) Chapter Tour of the AMCON Exposition in the Broward County
     Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
October 19th Meeting:  PES Chapter - Mr. Marco W. Migliaro, Pres. Of Industry Standards & Technology
     Organization, Piscataway, NJ-„Battery Sizing, Installation, Maintenance, and Replacement for Stationary
     Applications‰ - Co-Hosted by the IEEE Florida West Coast & Palm Beach PES Chapters at Polk Community
     College, Lakeland, FL.
November 13th Meeting:  Life Member Affinity Group Luncheon ˆ Tom Wysmuller - „The Colder Side of Global
     Warming‰ presented at Duffy‚s Sports Grill, Boynton Beach, FL.
November 17th:  Tour of the Cape Kennedy (Canaveral) Space Center - „Cape Canaveral - Then And Now ˆ
     The Last 50 Years ‰-In Cooperation with the Florida Model Rocket Club of Royal Palm Beach, Florida.
December Meeting (TBD):  Section Awards Banquet.

Submitted by Carl L. Hussey, P.E., Palm Beach FL Section Acting Chairman for 2007