9: 30 Section Activities Report

Contact Lists

• Three Main Lists

• Officers and Committee Chairs
• Chapter officers
• Section Leader Directory
• Note that this list is generated automatically from IEEE member records - fix your member records if there is a problem with the list.

• QUESTIONS ?????????

Awards and Recognition IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Section Conferences CTS Spring Planning Meeting San Marcos January 26, 2008 T. Scott Atkinson Conferences Coordinator

CTS CONFERENCE ACTIVITES

• GOAL

• Promote more conferences
• Increase membership participation
• Support Non-Sponsored Events when IEEE benefits
• Benefit financially (allows increased IEEE activities)

CTS CONFERENCE SUCCESS

• CTS Has Focused On Sponsoring And Conducting Successful Conferences

• CTS Has Experienced Conference Volunteers

• CTS Funds Volunteer Conference Training

• CTS willing to invest in conferences

CTS Conferences

• 2007 (NOT A GOOD YEAR)

• IEMC (Int’l Engrng Mgt Conf, Austin) (30%) (loss of $25,410)
• ICICDT – Austin (100%, $10,000+)
• Wireless HIVE Symposium (100%, loss of $1,178)

CTS Conferences

• 2008 (Bleak Forecast)

• IEEE-UT Engrng Mgt Conf, Austin (CANCELED)
• ICICDT – Overseas, no CTS participation
• Wireless HIVE Symposium (100%)

• 2009

• ICICDT – Back in Austin (100%)
• Wireless HIVE Symposium - ?? (100%)

CONFERENCE CHALLENGES

• Increasing awareness of conference awareness

• Finding volunteers willing to participate

• Educating chapter (and Section) leaders to get involved with their societies so as to bring conferences to CTS

Electronic Communications Chair Report IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26,2008 San Marcos, TX

Agenda

• How do we reach our Members?

• List-server Email

• Analog News Letter

• CTS Website

• US Postal Bulk Mail Account

How Do We Reach Our Members?

• IEEE List Server – Email (Twice monthly - minimum)

• Chapter Email Lists (Monthly ?)

• Chapter Meetings (face-to-face)

• Website (Infrequent)

• US Postal Physical Mailing (Annually?)

IEEE ListServ – Section Email

Analog

• Delivered Via Email the 1st of each Month

• 12 issues went out last year

• 8,163 names on the distribution list

• Mid-Month reminder edited and delivered around the 15th

• 20th of month – email out to Chapter POCs asking for input

• 27th – Consolidation and formatting

• Last day of month – forward to the List-Server for distribution

• Notes: Chapter Meeting schedules can be received at anytime, the earlier the better.

• Please send notices to: Kevin Nickels, (cc to Joe Redfield) [e-mail]

• [e-mail]

Central Texas Section Website

• http://www.ieee.org/CTS

• Webmaster – Clif Denny

• Please:

• Keep your Chapter Website current !!!
• Verify that your Chapter Website is properly linked
• Send any historical data on the Section for inclusion in the Section history page
• Add Clif to your meeting email list so the Web calendar can be maintained
• Give your feedback and suggestions ([e-mail])

CTS Bulk Mail Account

• CTS Bulk Mail Account setup in1990s at San Antonio main post office

• Allows IEEE related mail to be mailed a bulk rate ($0.15 to $0.31)

• Used to mail Analog (pre-electronic delivery)

• Printing and mailing costs (~ $1,100 per mailing)

• Process

• Mail delivered to SA main post office
• Mail must follow bulk mail rules (zip code order, size, ect.)
• Postal money is placed in account
• Postage cost is deducted from account
• Post Office has “options” on timing of bulk mail delivery

• Existing account is dormant – needs to be revised

• Available for IEEE related Section or Chapter mail

QUESTIONS??? Thanks

K-12 Report IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Dean Schneider –K-12 Committee Chair

• Dean Schneider –K-12 Committee Chair

• Coordinate K-12 Activities for CTS

• Implement IEEE TISP
• Recruit Volunteers
• Coordinate Training Events

TISP Implementation

• TISP Implementation

• Initial Cadre of TISP “Champions” trained at Region 5 TISP Training 13-14 July in Dallas (mostly in Austin area)
• Recruiting goal: One member per school district – Including write-ups in Analog
• First TISP event scheduled for March 25th at TEA Region 20 in San Antonio
• Invited to exhibit at Region 13 T-STEM Conference

Required to Support TISP Activities

• Required to Support TISP Activities

• TISP Seminar costs - $1,500
• CTS Member travel to support seminars - $1,000

• Marketing Plan (Nice to have)

• CTS Booth (10x10 or table top) $800-$2700
• CY 2008 Conference costs $3000 (includes TISP & CTS marketing materials)

2008 Membership Development Campaign Kickoff

• 2008 Membership Development Campaign Kickoff

• December 2007 Membership Stats

• New and Improved SAMIEEE

• MD Resources

• MD in the Central Texas Section

Where We Are:

• Where We Are:

• IEEE membership grew 1,500 members in 2007

• Higher Grade increased by 3,000.

• Total membership grew in 3 out of 10 Regions

• Where we are going:

• Engage all parts of the IEEE into a total Membership Development program

• Regions
• Sections
• Societies (and conferences)
• Chapters
• Student Branches
• The Member

• Grow the IEEE by 5% over the 2007 year end total of 376,328 (18,816)

SAMIEEE

• New Web based query program for volunteers

• Same tool HQ staff uses
• New query fields
• Real time ( no weekly update)
• Online training available

SAMIEEE

• Chapter Chairs/MDCs all have access to CTS Society members

• How to use:

• Go to: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/vols/samieee/

• Click “Access SAMIEEE ”

• Click “SAMIEEE – for Volunteers”

• Open “Shared Folders” for canned geographical or Society queries

• Select Query and show results

SAMIEEE

• Example of new information available:

• List of NEW IEEE members

• List of EXISTING IEEE members moving into CTS

• List of Members with no Email address

• List of Members with NO EMAIL flag checked

Membership Development in the CTS Existing and Future

• Senior Member Program (Upgrade Events)

• Spring in Austin - (Planned for end of APRIL)
• Fall in San Antonio

• Renewal support (non-renewing members)

• Re-instatement program (after Feb terminator)

• Membership Analog Column

• Student Enrollment/Retention

• CTS Gold Program

• Chapter Meeting MD Material

Questions

Nominations Report IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Professional Activities (PACE) CTS Spring Planning Meeting San Marcos January 26, 2008 T. Scott Atkinson PACE Coordinator (Acting)

2007 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES “PACE”

• PACE - Professional Activities Committee for Engineers

• All U.S. IEEE members are also members of IEEE USA

• URL: www.ieeeusa.org

• Section PACE Chair for 2008 – Opportunity for new blood

GENERAL PACE ACTIVITIES

• Legislative

• Public position Statements
• Career enhancements

• National Engineers Week

• M-PACs / S-PACs – Member and Student Professional Awareness Conferences

• Career Management

CTS PACE ACTIVITIES

• National Engineers Week (EWeek)

• Section Officers attend IEEE USA PACE and Leadership Workshop

• Senior Member Upgrade Events

• M-PACs

• Planned Industry-IEEE Luncheon (with Region 5)

Any QUESTIONS?

IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning - 2008

IEEE Central Texas Section Student Branches

IEEE Central Texas Section Student Branches

IEEE Central Texas Section 2H07 Accomplishments

• Student Presentations at Fall Planning Meeting

• Site visit at UT Austin and UT San Antonio

• September 30th Funding Proposals

• Renewed emphasis on robotics competition; data acquisition for lab; circuit design kits for high school show-n-tell.

IEEE Central Texas Section 1H08 Plans

• Region 5 Conference in Kansas City (April 2008)

• Spring Site Visits

• Trinity, St. Mary’s

• Possible SA combined student function

• Joint Student/SP Distinguished Lecturer Tour event at UT-Austin, 4/17

IEEE Central Texas Section Notes and Observations

• No undergraduate papers submitted to Region 5 Paper Contest this year; second year.

• Interest from Incarnate Word for branch

• Determining IEEE-member faculty support and level of student interest

• Thank You

• Central Texas Section!

• Your generous support to the Student Branches has been immensely beneficial, been put to good use, and provided rewarding opportunities.

• Your kind support is an investment on the future that will yield multiple returns for IEEE

QUESTIONS??? Thanks

WebMaster Report IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Chapter Officer Reports

Solid State Circuits IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

CAS/SSC

• Mike Seningen - Chairman

2007 CAS/SSC Year In Review

• ISSCC Conference Overview

• ACISC Sponsorship & Attendance

• Joined ACISC Program Committee

• VLSI-Symposium SRAM Review

• Vacuum Nanoelectronics Guest Presentation

• Several ISSCC DVD Tutorial Sessions

• “Start-ups vs. Public Companies” Guest Lecture

• Chair Attended ESSDERC/ESSCIRC Conference in Munich

• Chair invited to CICC Technical Program Committee

Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

CPMT-Chapter in Austin (Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology)

CPMT-Chapter in Austin Leadership Team

• Chair – Om P. Mandhana

• Email: [e-mail]

• Ph# (512)-996-6063

• Technical Program Chair – Moises Cases

• Email: [e-mail]

• Ph# [phone]

• Technical Program Co-Chair – Paul M. Harvey

• [e-mail]

• Ph#: [phone]  

• Treasurer - Jonathan Burnett

• Email: [e-mail]

• Ph# [phone]

• Webmaster – Daniel N de Araujo

• Email: [e-mail]

• Ph# [phone]

CPMT-Chapter in Austin

• CPMT-Chapter in Austin - started in August-2007

• CPMT  Components, Packaging and Manufacturing

• Technology

• Monthly meetings: 1st Thursday

• Webpage: http://cpmtaustinchapter.org/

• Four meeting in 2007-

• August-9, September 6, October 4 and November 1

2008 Meetings

• Date / Speaker or Topic / Attendees

• 2008 planned meetings
• - First Monthly Meeting: Feb 7, 2008

Plans 2008

• Invite Bill Chen, President of the CPMT Chapter

• Invite more speakers

• More members/non-members participation

• Organize industry tours

Issues (if any)

• 1 -- Budget
• 2 -- Speakers
• 3 – Members
• 4 --

QUESTIONS??? Thanks

ComSoc/SP 2007 Overview

• Strong and active results

• 10 Monthly meeting (the weather and holyday got in the way of 2 monthly meetings)
• 7 Officer’s meetings
• Financially positive

• Year’s event WHNS-2007

• Great inaugural event (85 attendees)
• Financially we broke even
• Great support by National Instruments

A IEEE Communications and Signal Processing of Central Texas and National Instruments Event Welcome to IEEE Wireless Hive Networks Conference-2008 Hanan Potash Chairman ComSoc/SP [e-mail]

WHNC-2008 The Vision From the Device Electronics Side

• The next baseline technology

• Transistor (early mainframes, rotary dial telecommunications)
• SSI/MSI TTL (mainframes, minicomputers, electronic telephony switches)
• CMOS (microprocessors, fiberoptics communications, the Internet)
• Next: Wireless Hive Networks, Intelligent units at pennies per device

Upcoming technology-Printed electronics

• Cost per mm2 of processed silicon $.5-$2.0

• Cost per 100 mm2 of Printed Electronics $.1 - $.01

• 1000/1 to 10,000 cost/mm2 differential

• Prototype cost silicon - $250,000

• Prototype cost Printed Electronics - $100 to $10,000

Fully integrated systems

• Printed Electronics enables full integration including parts that do not benefits from feature shrinkage including;

• Antenna
• Display
• Battery
• Solar collector
• Human tactile interface
• Etc.

Leading first applications

• OLED display
• Item tagging RFID ($.01-$.03 per tag)
• Solar cells
• Batteries

• But those are only the ground breakers – as was the “Sony radio” to transistor technology

Leading process

• Organic Semiconductors (conductive polymers)
• Amorphous silicon (including crystalline silicon, etc.)
• Carbon nanotubes

• Printed electronics will probably emerge as the combination of all three.

Present direction in device (silicon) technology

• Each generation the cost of a square mm of processed silicon increases (by about 50%)

• Each generation the logic capacity on a square mm increases by a factor of 2-8

• The size of the smallest part is fixed (about 1.0 mm on the side)

• As long as you strive for increased functionality at a fixed or growing price –that’s nice

• However, if just low cost is the objective, you are left behind

Silicon stays in “Moor’s Law bubble”

• Moor’s law bubble – Silicon based devices in the 25mm2 to 225mm2

• Printed electronics enables the area below the bubble, like 1 cent RFID

• Printed electronics also enables vast “massively parallel” information technology innovations

• Both directions are “Hive Systems”

Questioning Technology

• Why have we seen play stations at the $200 - $500 for a long time but a “$100 laptop for each student” is such a monumental task??

• Why can’t we have laptop-textbook combo for $10 (plus cost of educational content) ??

Fields of Dreams

• RFID tagged retail items
• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Pixy-dust, smart dust
• Perimeter monitoring
• Biomedical automated lab. Tests
• The list is long…

• What is needed is the technology for pennies per device

Dream to Reality

• Printed electronics - a technology for fixed function, relatively large feature (8 micron will do) pennies-cost devices

• The volume is about 1000 times higher than the volume of present electronic devices

• The technology will dominate electronic device manufacturing

Integrated Technology Battery, Antenna, Memory, Sensors and Logic

Technology is within reach “If you build it they will come” Wireless Hive Networks Turning fields of dreams to reality

Thank You for Coming The WHNC-2008 Team

Your LeadershipTeam

• Chair – Ravikumar Ramachandra

• Communications Chair – Steven Stacey

• Program Chair – Steven Teleki

• Past Chair – Steven Teleki

• Webmaster – Salil Ahuja

New LeadershipTeam For 2008

• Chair – John Purvis

• Past Chair - Ravikumar Ramachandra

• Communications Chair – Steven Stacey

• Program Chair – Elizabeth Quintanilla

• Webmaster – Salil Ahuja

IEEE Computer Society, Austin

• Started in April 2002

• Meetings Conducted10 times a year

• Starting 2005, officers will meet thrice a year

• Meeting Venue is National Instruments

• We have around 250 members

• Average attendance at meetings is around 40+ for 2005 and 50+ for Jan 07

IEEE Computer Society, Austin

• Where all do we publish our meeting notices?

• Austin American Statesman AAS [e-mail]
• P. Rogers (Austin Biz Journal) [e-mail]
• Austin SPIN Software Process Imp. Network (ASPIN) [e-mail]
• MSSTC D-List [e-mail]
• Joe Redfield [e-mail]
• IEEE Computer Society Austin [e-mail]
• Austin XL News Items [e-mail]
• [e-mail] [e-mail]
• LaunchPad Job Club - Jobs Posting [e-mail]
• Low Tech Happy Hour

Meetings

• Tuesday, February 6, 2007   Scrum for Video Game Development, by Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat Software / attendance ~ 45

• Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Wireless USB, Dr. Jim Lansford, Chief Technology Officer, Alereon / attendance~ 36

• Thursday, March 22, 2007 People Capability Maturity Model (People CMM), Gian Wemyss, Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the SEI, Location: Austin Hilton

• Thursday, April 18, 2007 Using Virtualization to Improve Testing, Anil Desai, independent consultant based in Austin, TX attendance ~ 44

Meetings (cont….)

• Thursday, May 16, 2007 Mnemonic Password Formulas, by I)ruid, Founder of the Computer Academic Underground and the Austin Hackers Association (AHA!) and does VoIP Security Research at TippingPoint / attendance ~ 36

• Wednesday, Jun 20, 2007 Managing Retail Transaction Costs with IT, by Alina Chircu, Assistant Professor, McCombs Business School, Univ of Texas at Austin

• Wednesday, July 25, 2007  Cabled PCI Express - Implementation Considerations, by Lee Mohrmann, principal hardware engineer with National Instruments/ attendance ~ 35

Meetings (cont….)

• Thursday, October 11, 2007, 7:00 Integrating Project Work Using Collaborative Environments, by Steve Teleki, Director of Software Engineering at IBM, Location: Applied Research Laboratories

• Wednesday, November 28th, 2007, Open Source and The Art of Community By William Hurley ("whurley")

Plans 2008

• Increase the attendance

• Arrange for more hardware oriented sessions
• Get more volunteers – Successful in Oct 07
• Have light snacks
• Involve more students
• Increase awareness in IT Companies

• Plan to participate in conferences

Computer Society – San Antonio IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Introductions

• IEEE Computer Society Chapter of San Antonio

• Scheduled 8 Meetings for the School Season from September 2007 through April 2008

• Meetings held at Trinity University, St. Mary’s University, UTSA, and Rackspace Managed Hosting

• Dinner Meetings: 6:30 Networking, 7:00 Dinner, 8:00 Speaker, 9:00 Brief Q&A

LeadershipTeam

• Chair – Gary Rogers

• Communications - Dale Wilken

• Logistics - Yu Zhang

• Student Night - Kevin Nickels

Computer Society of San Antonio

• Dr. Phillip Youngblood of the University of Incarnate Word has expressed interest in establishing a student chapter at UIW

• He is reviewing interest amoung his fellow faculty members and his students.

• If warranted by interest we (Gary Rogers, Joe Redfield, and Steve Crowl) will help put on an organizing meeting to help them get started.

• They need a petition signed by at least 2 faculity members and 20 student members.

• The computer society will add UIW as a meeting site.

Spring 2008 Meetings

• January 17th Trinity University

• February 21st St. Mary’s University

• March 20th St. Mary’s University

• April 16th UTSA - Annual Student Night

• Meetings Resume in September

Fall 2007 Meetings

• September 20 at Trinity University, Mike Alexander, Seilevel, Beyond “The System Shall . . .” - A Journey from Good to Great Requirements

• October 18 at Rackspace, Thomas Weeks, Rackspace Managed Hosting, “State of the Linus Desktop and Common Windows/Linux Equivalent Desktop Applications”

Fall 2007 Meetings, Continued

• November 15 at St. Mary’s University, Djaffer Ibaroudene, Ph.D., St. Mary’s University, The State of Parallel Processing: Past, Present, and Outlook into the Future

• January 17 at Trinity University, Ernest Franke, SwRI Project Manager, “DepthX - An Autonomous Submarine Used To Develop Search-for-life Algorithms That May Be Used In Future Missions To Europa”

Rackspace Managed Hosting

• Our annual meetings at Rackspace have been very well attended.

• They have very generously sponsored dinner at these meetings.

• Rackspace is working to encourage employees to participate in professional activities such as the IEEE.

• We (Joe Redfield) tried to support their Career Day event but unfortunately it was canceled.

• Other approaches to them may be a good source of additional members for the IEEE.

Issues

• Variable meeting place is both a blessing and a curse. Downside - potential attendees may hesitate because they are unsure of location. Upside - we visit and see great locations and have a chance to draw from that geographical area and from the local student body.
• For now we will continue this practice and even add UIW as a new site.

Issues

• Meetings in early December seem to always be a problem - low attendance, difficulty getting speakers.

• In the future we will avoid the December date and meet in November the week before the Thanksgiving break instead.

Computer Society T-Shirts

• As extensively discussed in the past we plan to obtain a supply of IEEE Computer Society T-Shirts.

• The first use of these T-Shirts will be used as thank-you gifts to the student speakers at the annual student night in April.

• Computer Society Logo:

QUESTIONS??? Thanks

Consultant’s Network IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Consultants Network

• Robert “Bob” Spiegel, Chairman

• Networking for problem solvers

• Meetings every 2nd Thursday evening

• Providing interesting, educational presentations at meetings works well

Leadership Team

• Chair – Robert Spiegel [phone]

• Vice Chair – Ken Rice [phone]

• Sec’y/Treasurer - Kai Wong 502-9292

• Program Chair - Chris Baker 585-3176

Consultants Network

• Brings engineers together to explore their individual interests, form project teams, and provide education

• 80 members on our email list

• 20 non-members on our email list

• Typical meeting attendance 12

Recent Meeting Topics

• Plug-in Electric Hybrid Vehicles

• Photovoltaic Net-Metered Power

• The Shallow End of the Patent Pool

• Technology in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta

• Data Analysis in an Information-Rich Environment

2006 New Years resolutions:

• Set up our programs far in advance

• Generate enthusiasm, participation

• Try field trips

• Talk up a seminar for the public

Issues

• Increase attendance
• Invite other organizations to our meetings

Questions??? Thanks

Education IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

CTS Chapter IEEE Education Society Steve Prough (Acting) Vice Chair

LeadershipTeam

• (Acting) Chair – Oliver K. Ban

• E-mail: [e-mail] or [e-mail]
• Tel: [phone]

• (Acting) Vice Chair – Steve Prough

• [e-mail]/com
• Tel: [phone]

• (Acting) Treasurer – Steve Prough

CTS Chapter IEEE Education Society

• Chartered by IEEE Education Society - 2006

• 10 organizing committee members

• 16 members attended (two) meetings in 2007

• Chair & Vice Chair actively supporting Ed Soc chapter development in China

• Organizational issues in 2007:

• Officers’ heavy travel schedule
• Need more participation in leadership roles
• Need to establish regular meeting schedule
• Still need to hold 2008 election of officers

Plans 2008

• Continue chapter development efforts:

• Elect 2008 officers
• Recruit speakers for chapter meetings
• Post meeting schedule/calendar on chapter web site
• Follow up 2007 panel on resources for continuing education for engineers
• More joint meetings with other CTS chapters

• Support organizing committee for Ed Soc 2009 FIE in San Antonio

• Support IEEE China Council and WGEC

Ongoing Issues

• Low Education Society membership at both CTS and IEEE levels. Society may become a “council” supported by other societies.
• “Education” still perceived as traditional domain of academia rather than a path to Life Long Learning and career development
• Failure to convince engineers (and their management) that “teaching” is a fundamental part of their job.

QUESTIONS??? Thanks

Electromagnetic Compatibility IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Electron Devices Chapter IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Electron Device Chapter

• Electron Device officers

• Electron Device Society & Chapter update

• Schedule of Meetings 2007

• Unique plans for 2008

• http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/eds/index.html

Electron Device Leadership Team

• Chair – Dina Triyoso

• Vice Chair/Treasurer – Thuy Dao

• Secretary – Liang (Frank) Wang

• Recruitment – Dennis Ferguson

• Industry Liaison – Hsing-Huang Tseng

• Chair Emeritus – Paul Aum

Electron Device Chapter

• Society & Chapter update: EDS has been loosing members in the past few years. Recently, there are many activities to increase membership. Our chapter is getting more active with monthly meeting and ~30% increased attendance.

• Members on SAM-IEEE – 150

• Non members on EDC email list – 57

• Average attendance at meetings – 15-17

• Any issues restricting future success – presence of semiconductor companies in Austin. Focus on emerging technology in addition to ‘traditional semiconductor topic’.

2007 Past Meetings

• January 25 – K. Davis / Semiconductor industry outlook

• February 21 – B. Verzi / 10 ns Pulsed IV Characterization of SOI and High-k Transistors (tutorial)

• March 22 – Prof. Celik-Butler (Distinguish Lecturer) / A New Low Frequency Noise Model for Multi-Stack Gate MOSFETs

• April 26 – Prof. Chen / optical interconnect

• May 24 – Dr. Subramanian / MRAM overview

• June 21 – Dr. Fine / chemical and biological sensor

• July 26 – Prof. Register / Modeling and simulation for ultimate CMOS and beyond

• August 23 – Dr. Zvi Yaniv / Nanotechnology

• September 12 -- $100 lap top computer (co-sponsor with SID)

• September 26-28 – 3rd ISAGST conference

• October 25 – Prof. Grant Wilson / nano-imprinting

• November 16 – recruitment event / holiday party

2008 Meetings

• Jan 24 / L. Dunn / Solar Cell based on nanoparticles and polymers

• Feb 28 / K. Davis / Outlook of semiconductor industry

• March 27 / C. Hong / NVM workshop

• Future topics/speakers:

• Multi-gate devices
• SMART MOS
• Bio-engineering
• Future of semiconductor process engineering
• Prof. S. Banerjee (UT Austin)

Plans 2008

• Unique plans for Chapter:

• Sponsor ICICDT May 2009
• ISAGST Sept 2008 – may remain to be technical sponsor
• Recruitment event (university, Samsung, etc)
• Co-sponsor events with UT of Texas
• Expert Advisory Panelist technical meeting

Issues and Future Directions

• There will be further decrease in R&D activities/personnel in Austin site due to

• A portion of Sematech re-locating to Albany
• Freescale advanced research moved to NY starting in 2007.

• Qualcomm is expanding, so does Samsung

• More RF/analog topic, simulations?
• Move some of the meeting to North Austin?

QUESTIONS?

IEEE Technology Management Council Austin Chapter

• CTS Spring Planning Meeting

• January 26, 2008

Leadership Team

• Chair – Leslie Martinich

• Vice Chair, Steve Prough

• ExComm – Steve Teleki, Tom Grim

14 Member Societies

• Aerospace & Electronic Systems

• Broadcast Technology Society

• Circuits & Systems Society

• Communications Society

• Computer Society

• Electron Devices Society

• Industrial Electronics Society

Upcoming Meeting

• Joint meeting of the Technology Management Council and WIE, CS (Austin Chapter), Education Society and Consultants' Network:

• Topic: Personal Futuring

• Speaker: Verne Wheelwright

• Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Planned

• 8 Technical Meetings

• 4 Administrative Meetings

• IEMC – Europe 2008

• June 28 – 30
• Estoril, Portugal

2007 Technical Meetings

• Dec 3, 2007
• Your Future Career
• June 6, 2007
• Resources for Educators, Engineers, and Trainers.
• May 8, 2007
• Speakers: Joyce Statz, Carol Sheehan, Debbie Yedlin
• Topic: Outsourcing Software Products and Services: Be very worried, but be prepared!
• April 3, 2007
• Leading an Effective Engineering Team
• Feb 13, 2007
• Topic: Improving Morale in Your Organization

2007 Conference

• International Engineering Management Conference

• July 29-August 1, 2007

• Hyatt Lost Pines

• THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS CONFERENCE!!

QUESTIONS??? Thanks

IEEE San Antonio Technology Management Council

• CTS Spring Planning Meeting

• January 26, 2008

Leadership Team

• Chair – Nils Smith

• Vice Chair, Program – Bob McAvoy

• Vice Chair, Membership – Roxanne Constable

• ExComm – Scott Atkinson, Chris Camargo, Clif Denny, Bill Flannery, Randal Gescheidle, Mike Pilcher, Garrett Polhamus

Formerly, Formerly

• In December 2007, the CTS Engineering Management Society (EMS) Chapter divided into the Austin EMS and San Antonio EMS Chapters

• On January 1, 2008, the IEEE Engineering Management Society became the IEEE Technology Management Council (TMC)

• The Austin and San Antonio EMS Chapters became the Austin and San Antonio TMC Chapters

IEEE Technology Management Council

• Mission:

• The IEEE Technology Management Council provides information and services to IEEE members and the worldwide audience of practitioners and researchers engaged in the profession of engineering, technology, and innovation management.

Key Points about the TMC

• IEEE Technical Councils do not have individual members as Societies do.

• TMC is currently supported by 14 Societies, including:

• Computer
• Circuits and Systems/Solid State Circuits
• Communications/Signal Processing
• Electron Devices
• Laser and Electro-Optics
• Systems, Man and Cybernetics

• All members of council member societies, in the section, are now Chapter members.

2008 Meetings

• Held

• Administrative/Planning:
• January 16; 7 members

• Planned

• February: Patents & IP, Gail Peterson, date TBD

• Planning in Progress (March, April, May, August, September, October, November)

• Ethics (possibly joint with PES?)
• Leadership
• “Rising Above the Gathering Storm”
• What works & what doesn’t work in Management
• Growing Engineers into Managers
• Maintaining your Tech Savvy as a Manager
• Engineers as Executives – Why Bother? (or… why so long?)
• Roundtable: The Role of the Engineer in the Enterprise
• …

• IEMC – Europe 2008

• June 28 – 30
• Estoril, Portugal

Plans 2008

• One Day Technical Symposium (Fall)

• Joint Meetings with

• Austin TMC
• PMI (and/or PMI Speaker)
• TSPE
• UTSA MoT Class(es)

• Looking into Distinguished Lecturer(s), possibly joint or Section activity

• IEEE-USA & Other IEEE speakers

• Work with Life Members Group to support Industry-IEEE executives luncheon

• Work with Student Chapters on possible roundtable/mentoring/other sessions.

Issues

• How does a Council function with a Section?
• Outreach
• Membership
• Local non-IEEE Organizations
• Creation of SA and Austin TMC lists within/from SAMIEEE?

QUESTIONS??? Thanks

Engineering in Medicine and Biology IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

• Promotion

• Recruit members
• Workshop

• Welcome to my world

• Technical meeting
• Workshop: New in 2008

GOLD IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Graduates Of the Last Decade Current GOLD Leadership Team

• Chair – Michael Frye (San Antonio), [e-mail]

• Vice Chair – Jason Polendo (Past Chair), [e-mail]

• Kristi Hummel (Austin)

IEEE CTS GOLD

• ~636 CTS GOLD members on SAMIEEE (circa 2007)

• >58 email addresses undeliverable

• A handful of responses asking to be removed

2008 Meetings

• Soon to be announced – Networking/Social event

• Past meetings include:

• Special GOLD track at IEMC ’07
• Networking events (poorly attended)
• Administrative meetings

Plans 2008

• A volunteer effort is in planning stages, probably coordinated with similar Southwest Research Institute efforts

• Having networking events at may improve attendance.

Issues

• Poor attendance at networking events, reluctant to schedule a speaker to endure similar result.
• Choosing non-technical meeting topics.
• Once a topic is chosen, how is a speaker efficiently found?

QUESTIONS??? Thanks

Lasers and Electro-Optics IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

San Antonio Life Members Affinity Group Report IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008 T. Scott Atkinson Chair

LIFE MEMBERS DEFINITION

• 35 Years of IEEE membership

• 65 Years of age

• All Section Life Members are considered members of an officially organized Life Members Affinity Group

2008 Officers

• T. Scott Atkinson, Chair

• Ernest Franke, Vice Chair

• Bob Harris, Webmaster

ACTIVITIES

• Held 1 Admin meeting & 1 Technical Meeting in 2007

• Held Admin Meeting January 4th to plan activities for 2008

• Held Joint Meeting with Section & Computer Chapter-San Antonio for presentation by Ernest Franke

Upcoming Events

• Noon meetings in San Antonio

• Industry-IEEE Leadership meeting in San Antonio

• Future meetings to include interesting topics and speakers

• Considering other projects to engage resources of Life Members

QUESTIONS

Power Engineering Society – Austin CTS Spring Planning Meeting Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008 San Marcos, TX

Agenda

• Introductions.

• Schedule of Meetings.

• Unique plans for 2008.

• A Flavor of Austin PES.

• PES Society News.

Austin - PES Team

• Chair – Stacy Smith

• Email: [e-mail], Phone: [phone]

• Vice Chair – Rheuben Hair

• Email: [e-mail], Phone: [phone]

• Treasurer – Robert Speer

• Email: [e-mail], Phone: [phone]

• Secretary – Stan Friend

• Email: [e-mail], Phone: [phone]

• Web Master – Catalina Martinez

• Email: [e-mail]

• Member-at-Large – Don Drumtra

• Email: [e-mail]

PES Past Chairs

• Ron Brown

• Steve Kanetzky

• Roy Matthews

• Walter May

• James Mercier

• Mike Noth

PES 2007 Meetings

PES 2008 Meetings

Plans 2008

• We are currently planning an NEC 2008 Code update class open to all. James Stallcup is the instructor. Registration information is on our home page http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pes/centraltexas/austin/index.html.

• Unconfirmed speakers/events include Theatrical Lighting, a tour of the closed Holly Power Plant and the Fayette Power Plant.

Austin - PES Meetings

• Power Engineering

• Represented Companies
• Utilities – Austin Energy, LCRA, PEC
• Contractors – Elk, Dean Johnson
• AE Firms – PSP, SKE, Spectra, Bay & Associates
• End Users – Spansion, Freescale, Samsung, Applied Material, IBM, UT
• Vendors – 3M, Square D, Fleet Maintenance of Texas, GE

• Meeting open to Non-members

• ~10%– Non-Members

• Average Meeting Attendance: 30 - 40

PES Society News

• PES members will be voting this year on:
• Changing the name to Power and Energy Society.
• New by-laws.
• PES is strongly encouraging outreach programs for new members due to the retirement of so many members.

QUESTIONS??? Thanks

Power Engineering – San Antonio IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Power Engineering Society San Antonio Chapter

• Chair – Steven Mouser

• Grubb Engineering; 210-658-7250; [e-mail]

• Vice Chair – Gary Winters

• BCP Engineers and Consultants; 210-353-2135; [e-mail]

• Secretary/Treasurer – John Brogan

• CPS Energy; 210-353-3375; [e-mail]

• Past Chair – Scott Walowsky

• Jacobs Carter Burgess; 210-494-0088; [e-mail]

2007 Meetings

• Feb: Fiber Optics

• Mar: Canceled

• Apr: How to Analyze a Power System Event

• May: Power Quality – Industry Trends & Technology Update

• Jun: Engineering Ethics

• Jul: Industrial UPS Systems

• Aug: Relay/Breaker Coordination and a Review of Recent NEC Selective Coordination Requirements

• Sep: Low Voltage - Neutral Point Clamped VFDs

• Oct: NFPA 70E and Arc Flash

• Nov: Lightning Protection

• Dec: NO MEETING

San Antonio Power Engineering Society

• 2007 Meeting Attendance

• Topic Members Non Members Total

• Feb Fiber Optics 14 14 = 28

• April SEL Relays 14 8 = 22

• May Power Quality 8 9 = 17

• June Ethics 14 12 = 26

• July UPS Batteries 9 8 = 17

• Aug Relay Breaker Coord 15 12 = 27

• Sept Low Volt Freq Drives 10 7 = 17

• Oct NFPA Arc Flash 14 11 = 25

• Nov Lightning Protection 14 15 = 29

• 2007 Average = 23

• Average attendance at meetings:

• August 2005 – July 2006: 14

• August 2006 – Dec 2007: 23

2008 Meetings

• Jan 24: Spread Spectrum Wireless

• Jim Massey of Phoenix Contact

• Feb 28: MEP Plan Review

• Gary Kreutziger of the City of San Antonio

• Mar 27: Power Factor Correction Capacitors for Industrial and Large Commercial Users

• Ben Banerjee of Square D/Schneider Electric

• Apr 24: Ethics

• David Howell of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers

• May 22: Harmonics

• Lane Bradford of Eaton/Cutler Hammer

• Jun 26: Solid State Power Relaying

• Tom White or Maher Shehata of Schneider Electric

• Jul 24: Highway Lighting – Facts, Figures and Stories

• James Mercier of Texas Department of Transportation

Plans 2008

• Attendance has been steady.

• Location will continue to be:

• Grady’s Barbeque

• 6510 San Pedro

• San Antonio, Texas

• 210-805-8036

• Price for meeting attendance has changed, but only slightly. Started Ended

• a. Non Members $ 15 $ 12

• b. Members $ 10 $ 8

• c. Students Free Free

• Our chapter purchased a projector and a portable screen this year with funding from the section.

Issues (if any)

• Have had one meeting with 33% student attendees. (Lost $17.84)
• Our policy has been to not charge students an admission fee.
• Don’t see this as a problem since it’s rare that the student attendance is high.
• We recognize that students need this exposure to our professional organizations and are happy to provide this service at no charge.
• Started Year with $7.00 in Kitty ended with $232.32

QUESTIONS??? Thanks

Product Safety IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Systems, Man and Cybernetics IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2008

Chair – Cheryl Tulkoff

• Chair – Cheryl Tulkoff

• [e-mail]

• Vice Chair - Vicki Almstrum

• [e-mail]

• Secretary – Allison Sharp

• [e-mail]

• Treasurer - Laura Ramirez

• [e-mail]

• Publicity/Membership – Esther Alexander

• [e-mail]

• WIE website: http://www.austin-wie.org/

• Yahoo Groups for leadership and general members:

• http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/WIE_CTS-leadership/

• http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/WIE_IEEE_CTS/

Esther Alexander – Publicity and Membership Development

• Esther Alexander – Publicity and Membership Development

• Vicki Almstrum – Webmaster

• Leslie Martinich – Liaison to Technology Mgt Council

• WIE is an Affinity Group of the CTS with the goal of furthering the professional development of its members and providing a forum for networking.

• Programs are often held jointly with other chapters.

• WIE Leadership team in Austin in place.

WIE Steering Committee conference calls and face to face meetings

• WIE Steering Committee conference calls and face to face meetings

• Held in Austin at the workplaces of committee members and at area restaurants
• Have included tours of the NI factory, the IBM Solutions Lab, and the Freescale test lab
• Take place routinely except for July and December
• Met in July ‘07 and Jan ‘08 at local restaurants
• Recruited new secretary and treasurer and additional volunteers

• Expand membership

• Plan a social/networking event

• Broad range of upcoming programs

• February 2008
• Joint TMC Program: “Personal Futuring”, 2/12
• Eweek School Visit – Blanton Elementary, TBD
• Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Booth, 2/23
• March 2008
• GirlStart’s Expanding Your Horizons Workshop, 3/29

No WIE activity outside of Austin (in particular, in San Antonio) at present

• No WIE activity outside of Austin (in particular, in San Antonio) at present

• Need to broaden the pool of active WIE members

Trinity University Student Branch Proposal

• January 26th, 2007

Trinity University Officers:

• President: Jonathan Simpkins ([e-mail])

• Vice-President: Luis Araiza ([e-mail])

• Treasurer: Timothy Nunamaker ([e-mail])

• Secretary: Andrea Lopez ([e-mail])

• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Farzan Aminian ([e-mail])

Description of the Proposal

• Amount received: $1500.00

• Breakdown of expenses so far:

• 1) 6 IEEE Pizza Talks and socials ($700)
• a) Presentation by Melvin Pipes of Johnson Controls, Inc.
• b) Summer research presentation by students
• c) Robotics competition among Trinity students
• d) Two socials
• e) Christmas party
• 2) Purchase of robots for the competition ($100)
• 3) IEEE Registration fee for two students ($60)

Description of the Proposal (cont’d)

• Remaining activities for this year:

• Four to five IEEE pizza talks and socials

• Environmental Engineering
• Showcase of Mechatronics projects
• More to be determined by interest

• 2) IEEE junior and senior outstanding awards (two awards at $50 each)

• 3) One more robotics competition

• We have also received $700 in the 2nd round of funding to purchase a wireless DAQ.

St. Mary’s University

• Damon Cardenas, Chair

2007 – 2008 Officers

• Dr. Djaffer Ibaroudene, Faculty Advisor

• [e-mail]

• Damon Cardenas, Chair

• [e-mail]

• Joseph Campbell, Chair-Elect

• [e-mail]

• Alex Ramos, Vice-Chair

• [e-mail]

• Victor Escandon, Secretary

• [e-mail]

• Danny Sevilla, Treasurer

• [e-mail]

• Sebastian Echaguer, Technology Resource Chair

• [e-mail]

• Brian Feller, Advertisement Chair

• [e-mail]

• Mario Garcia, Program Committee Chair & SGA Representative

• [e-mail]

Fall 2007 Events

• Held winter party inviting the engineering department

• 4 Monthly Meetings

• 2 Community Service Events

• Habitat for Humanity
• S.A. BEST Robotic Competition

• Attended IEEE conference hosted by Faculty

Recruitment of New Members

• Accomplishments:

• Over a 20% increase in members

• Over 60% of freshman EE/CE have joined

• Goals:

• Increase member attendance

• Increase member involvement

• Continued Growth

Initiating the “RoboTechs”

• Program to help younger students learn about robotics

• Many incoming freshman attended sessions

• Some principles of electric circuits or components were introduced
• Circuit for line follower was built
• Elementary Basic language programming for microcontrollers introduced

Events for Spring 2008

• Participate in the different student Competitions at the Region 5 Conference (Robotics and circuit design competitions)

• Participation in the Xtreme Programming competition

• Field trip to Professional Engineering company (HP, Texas Instruments, Maxim or other facilities)

• Annual Video Game Tournament

• Community Service Activities

Events for Spring 2008

• Annual Oyster Bake Booth

• Bring guest speakers to St. Mary’s that are representative of the engineering industry

• Get together with SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) for “Engineering Week”

• Visit various elementary, middle and high schools with engineering projects

• Motivating Social Event

• Promote interaction between us and surrounding IEEE campuses

Appealing to the Youth

• Visit various High Schools and Middle Schools

• Future Recruitment for both IEEE and StMU
• Advertise the goals and capabilities of engineers
• Get younger students involved with not only IEEE but with science and engineering
• Show the necessity of engineering in the world

Questions?

• Thank You for your continued support!