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INDEX About the Section Calendar of Events Recent Events SRT Program Newsletter Archive Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Students Branch Links Daytona IEEE Section April 23, 2009 Dinner/Meeting To those of you who have missed our monthly meetings, the April meeting is always the highlight of the year. This year the Embry-Riddle students will describe their efforts at last months SouthEastCon robotics competition. This meeting is a great opportunity for the students to stand on their feet and describe their competitive hardware and software in their own words. A large audience will make the evening even better. More details on the program can be found on the Calendar of Events page on this Website. Join us for cocktails at 6:30 PM, with the dinner at 7:00 PM and the technical program at 8:00 PM. Join us for some fellowship and an interesting presentation by our Student Branch members. Daytona Computer Society Chapter Holds Technical Meeting 13 April 2009 On 13 April 2009 the IEEE Computer Society Chapter of the Daytona Section will host a technical program. The speaker for the evening will be Tom Hilburn Professor of Software Engineering, Emeritus at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The topic of the presentation will be "Toward Certification for Software Engineers." The program will be held at 5:00 PM, April 13, 2009 in the Lehman Engineering Building, Room 170, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida. For additional information on this talk or on the Computer Society Chapter of the IEEE Daytona Section, contact Dr. Tim Wilson at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (386) 226-6994. You can also reach him by email at wilsonti@erau.edu	Welcome to the Daytona Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Small Radio Telescope Project In February the Small Radio Telescope (SRT) Program, funded by the IEEE Life Member Committee, placed the initial purchase orders necessary to obtain a commercial small radio telescope instrument. On 20 November 2008 the components for the Small Radio Telescope arrived in Daytona and were delivered to Room 186 in the Lahmen Building. As of the 10th of December the mechanical portion of the antenna system had been completed and operated under control of a remote laptop computer. Some pictures of the current status of the hardware development can be found on the SRT page of this website. On January 7th the SRT system was removed from the ERAU campus and trucked to an aircraft hanger at the Spruce Creek Fly-In in Port Orange, Florida. During the months of January and February the SRT was calibrated and a series of tracking test were conducted at the hanger facility. On February 12th an agreement was reached with the Daytona Museum of Arts and Sciences to allow the SRT to be installed at their facility. On February 17th the SRT was moved from the Spruce Creek Hanger to the courtyard behind the Museums' planetarium. On the 21st of February, 2009. A demonstration and luncheon was held at the Halifax River Yacht Club for a representative number of the Life Members Committee meeting in Orlando Florida. A presentation was given describing the Small Radio Telescope being built, under funding from the LM Committee, by the Daytona IEEE Section. The presentation was followed by a buffet luncheon. After the luncheon the Life Members traveled to the Daytona Museum of Arts and Sciences for a demonstration of the SRT hardware. Photos of the Luncheon and Demonstration can be found on the SRT Page of this Web Site. On March 19th, 2009 a work party removed the existing 7.5 foot parabolic reflector from the SRT and replaced it with a 10 foot parabolic reflector. The 10 foot parabolic reflector was a gift of Dr. Hugh Ward of the Daytona IEEE Section. The effort was completed and a series of test were run to establish the alignment and tracking capablity of the SRT with the new parabolic reflector. The test results were very good and the new reflector will double the systems sensitivity. On 1 April 2009 a crew from Advanced Cable removed the "L" band satellite dish from the mast on the roof of the Daytona Museum of Art and Science and replaced it with the SRT. Photos of the movement of the SRT to the roof the the MOAS can be found on the SRT Page of this Web Site. Future Meeting Dates The scheduled meeting date for the remainder of the 2008-2009 Season Calendar year is: September 24, 2009. Please mark your calendar. Changes of meeting dates or location, if necessary, will be posted on this website. If you have any comments about these pages, or suggestions for other items that should be added, please e-mail the Webmaster at the address at the bottom of this page.

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