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Central Indiana Section Report

Central Indiana Section Report. William R. Kassebaum, P.E. Chair Region 4 Meeting January 27-28, 2007 Marriott Hotel, Chicago. Highlights of 2006 Activities. 2006 was a busy year in Central Indiana

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Central Indiana Section Report

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  1. Central Indiana Section Report William R. Kassebaum, P.E. Chair Region 4 Meeting January 27-28, 2007 Marriott Hotel, Chicago

  2. Highlights of 2006 Activities • 2006 was a busy year in Central Indiana • Children’s Museum(NEW), International Science &Engr. Fair, TISP, Consultants’ Network, Senior Member Rodeo, Baseball Game, new GOLD group, Tours and Presentations by IAS/PES, CIECN, and PACE. • Two most notable activities • Natl’t Engineers Week event at Children’s Museum • Lead by Bob Evanich and Alan Stillerman, this event attracted many IEEE volunteers to the Children’s Museum in downtown Indianapolis to help expose kids to the engineering in a fun and meaningful way. Lots of great PR and happy kids & parents! • Teacher In-Service Program (TISP) • Lead by Brad Snodgrass, CIS hosted a train the trainer event for IEEE volunteers and several TISP sessions to help take TISP lesson plans into the school systems. • The group has established a productive relationship with the Brownsburg Challenger Center to host trainings and is now reaching out to several more school systems in central Indiana. • We feel that this is a great program to help educate K-12 (and particularly 6-9 th grade) students about engineering so we motivate them to see engineering as a fun and rewarding career to aim for.

  3. Plans for 2007 • Initiatives • Fund Raising for educational activities/initiatives • TISP expansion to 2-3 more school systems • Growing the volunteer base • Calender • Jan. 23 PES/IAS: WIND POWER and the Grid, Niusha Rostamkolai • Feb. 1 CIECN VoIP Presentation at IUPUI • Feb. 13 Joint ASHRAE & IEEE Dinner Meeting @ Marten House • Feb. 13 IBEN: "Components of a Successful Business Plan” • Feb. 17 National Engineers Week Event at Children's Museum • Mar. 1 - CIECN - Purdue Extension at Intech Park Presentation • Apr. 10 Joint ASHRAE Tour of Nanotechnology Facility at Purdue • Apr. 18 TISP Pike Township • May 8 Possible Tour - Lucas Oil Stadium/New Airport • May - PACE Seminar • June - Senior Member Rodeo • August - Indians Baseball Game Outing • November - CIS-IEEE Banquet • LOTS More…

  4. How Can R4 Help in Meeting Your Section’s Goals? • Name 2-3 items that Region 4 can do to help your section achieve its goals • Help/Guidance for fund raising goals • Help/Guidance/Funding in identifying and developing successful distinguished lecture series • Guidance to help GOLD group get going!

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