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Region 4 Reports

Region 4 Reports. 22. Southeastern Michigan. South East Mich Section Report. IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004. S E Mich Section Demographics. Total Members (May 2004): 3958 Members 2289 Student members 879 Senior members 186 Life members 275 Affiliates 354 Meetings

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Region 4 Reports

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  1. Region 4 Reports 22. Southeastern Michigan

  2. South East Mich Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004

  3. S E Mich Section Demographics • Total Members (May 2004): 3958 • Members 2289 • Student members 879 • Senior members 186 • Life members 275 • Affiliates 354 • Meetings • Section meetings per year 38 • Format (lunch, dinner, talk only) Talks/dinner/showcases/demos • Type (tour, PACE, technical) 80/20 Techn/PACE • Section vs Chapter Section & Chapter • Excom meetings per year 11 • Quorum for Excom meetings 12 members

  4. S E Mich Section Demographics • Section Leadership for S E Mich Section • Term: Calendar Year 2004 • Chair Sam Barada • Vice Chair Hassan Hassan • Treasurer Chuck Albrecht • Secretary Mark Ciechanowski • Director of Membership Mohamad Berri • Director of Tech. Act Subra Ganesan • Director of Professional Act. Adel Marzougui • Director of Educational Act. Chris Mi • Advisor Don Bramlett • Past Chair Maurice Snyder • Communications Jim Woodyards

  5. S E Mich Section Demographics • Neighboring Sections • North: North East Michigan • South: Toledo • East: Region 7 • West: West Michigan • Joint Meetings Held with Neighboring Sections • New invitations sent to attend SEM Section Fall Conference

  6. S E Mich Section Demographics • Section Organization • Subsections • Society Chapters • Circuits & Systems, Signal Processing, Information • Vehicular Technology • Communications & Aerospace Electronics • Antennas, Wave propagation • Computers • Geo-science & remote sensing • Power Engineering and Industrial Applications • Electro-Magnetic Compatibility • Power Electronics • Engineering management • Engineering in Medicine and Biology • Control Systems

  7. S E Mich Section Demographics • Section Organization (continued) • Affinity Groups • GOLD (in the making) • Women in Engineering (in the making) • Minorities in Engineering (formed) • Student Branches/Joint Activity • Section has 10 Student branches. • One branch is selected to act as an assistant branch for each of the two bi-annual section conferences. • A Student Track session is organized as part of the bi-annual section conferences.

  8. S E Mich Section Vitality • Meetings/Attendance during the Last Year • 10 out of 12 chapters are in good standing this year • 2 Section meetings/conferences: Spring and Fall • An average of 3 Chapter meetings per year. Min of 2, Max of 10 per chapter per year • An average of 15 attendees per meeting Malooley addresses Chapter X on intellectual property.

  9. S E Mich Section Vitality • Samples of Spring 2004 Section Conference Topics • Engineering Education in the 21st Century, Priorities and Challenges • Re-Interpreting the MOS transistor for the 21st Century: Generalized Methods and Their Extension to Nanotechnology • Total System Engineering: Challenges and Prospects, With Examples • Mechatronics Epistemology Using Educational Robotics: A Primer on Ciruits to Mehanical Interface Rapid Prototyping techniques • Software Engineering in .NET Today • Hybrid Vehicles

  10. S E Mich Section Vitality • Samples of Spring 2004 Section Conference Topics (cont) • Electromagnetic Simulation in Power Devices • Signal Processing for a Capacitive BioMEMS • Designing a Controller for a Brushless DC Motor Using Matlab-Simulink-Stateflow: A Comparative Simulation of Several Controllers • Creative Leadership

  11. S E Mich Section Vitality • A Sample of Spring 2004 Section Conference Don Bramlett recognizes the University of Windsor as the section's outstanding student branch.

  12. Other Section Activities • PACE • IEEE-USA Professional Awareness Workshop (March, 2004, Atlanta). Three delegates. • New Officers Leadership Training Conference • S-PAC • Co-sponsorship of S-PAC at Univ. of Windsor, Canada, Nov 2003. Presentation at conference. • Affinity Groups • Minorities in Engineering – Held a kick-off event in June 2004 at FORD. • Women in Engineering – Will hold a seminar on Nov 11th, Oakland university, Rochester, Mich. • GOLD - is planning a kick-off event soon .

  13. Other Section Activities • Pre-college Education • 10th annual Michigan regional Future Society Competition, January 2004. • Science and Engineering fair of Metropolitan Detroit, March 2004. • ROBOFEST 2004 Competition, April 2004, LTU.

  14. Other Section Activities • Technical/Professional Collaboration • Participation with the Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) Affiliate Council. Monthly meetings. Attendance at special occasions. • Co-Sponsorship of 7th and 8th IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics in Transportation, 2003 and 2004 • Co-Sponsorship of R4 EIT 2004 Conference

  15. Successes/Best Practices • Comprehensive Format of Fall and Spring Section Conferences • Wide Variety of Activities • Attraction of Student Involvement in Section Activities • New Initiatives for forming Affinity groups and Standing Committees • Some chapters are outstanding and act as Models

  16. Lessons Learned • Planning is Critical • Cooperation is Key • Desire to serve the collective Interest is more important than Personal glory • Recognition and Awards are very helpful.

  17. Challanges • Saving chapters 3 and 6 • Raising level of attendance at Spring and Fall Section Conferences • Improving Educational Acts • Providing effective support for the unemployed and for employee members at their jobs

  18. Goals for Next Year • Finalize formation of new Affinity groups (GOLD, EIE, MIE) • Improve Spring and Fall Section Conferences • EIT 2005 • WPET 2004 and 2005 • SPAC 2005 • Improving web site and Newsletter

  19. Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… • Providing financial Support to specific projects • Sending delegates and presenters to our Spring and Fall conferences • Strengthening Communication: electronic, etc. • Improving democratic procedures by enacting elections of all members of R4 EXCOM

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