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IEEE Orlando Section Monthly
Welcome to the IEEE Orlando Section web site.
Established in 1959 and serving over 1,400 members in
Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake and Sumter counties


Vol. XLIV No. 11
December 2011

www.ieee.org/orlando

Calendar of Events:
News:
Reports/Newsletters:
Employment Assistance:
Conferences:
Others Links:
IEEE Orlando Electron Devices Chapter Technical Meeting: "Future ESD Challenges for IC Components and Systems"

Date:

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Time:

10:30am-11:30am

Speaker:

Charvaka Duvvury, Technology Design and Integration Group, Texas Instruments (Dallas, USA) - Abstract & Bio

Place:

HEC (Harris Center), Room 101, UCF

Cost:

Free to all IEEE members and Non-IEEE members.

Contact:

Wen Liu
IEEE ED Chapter Interim Chair,
wen_liu@ieee.org

 
 
IEEE Orlando Section Executive Committee Meeting

Date:

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Time:

6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Social and Refreshments
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ExCom Meeting
Tentative
Agenda:

- Annual Election Results & Installation of New Officers
- Best Chapter Nomination
- Appointment of 2012 Committee Members
- Appointment of 2012 Audit Committee
- National Engineers Week Preparations
- Central FL Engineers Week Awards Nominees

Place:

Orlando Business Development Center, District 2 (affiliated with the UCF and the S.B.A.) at 3218 East Colonial Drive, Suite #G, Orlando, FL 32802

Directions: In Herndon Plaza just east of Maguire Blvd.  This is the shopping center across Colonial Drive from Fashion Square.  It is on the west end of the building around to the South-West corner from the HH Gregg entrance.

Cost:

Free to all IEEE members and Non-IEEE members.

RSVP:

IEEE Orlando Section ExCom Members: Register Here 
Others:
Register Here

Contact:

Dr. Xun Gong
407-823-5762 - Office
www.ieee.org/orlando

IEEE Orlando Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society Chapter Technical Meeting: "2011 AESS Chapter Summit Out Brief"

Date:

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Time:

8:00 - 8:45 pm (after the Section EXCOM meeting 2011)

Place:

Orlando Business Development Center, District 2 (affiliated with the UCF and the S.B.A.) at 3218 East Colonial Drive, Suite #G, Orlando, FL 32802

Directions: In Herndon Plaza just east of Maguire Blvd.  This is the shopping center across Colonial Drive from Fashion Square.  It is on the west end of the building around to the South-West corner from the HH Gregg entrance.

Cost:

FREE to all IEEE members and non-IEEE technologists.
To attend you must RSVP the contact no later than Monday, 5:00 pm, December 5, 2011

Contact:

Mike Orlovsky,
Chapter Chair, AESS Orlando Section
410.979.0476 (Cell)
407.909.0956 (Home)
mcorlovsky@ieee.org

2011 IEEE Orlando Section Annual Election

The Election Committee wants to take this opportunity to personally express its sincere appreciation for you being an IEEE member! Our duty and responsibility is to ensure that your voting rights are protected and that you are confident that your vote is accurately cast and tabulated.

This year we will utilize the vTools.Voting system for our elections:

• Go to https://voting.vtools.ieee.org/
• Sign-in using your IEEE Web Account
• Click where it says “Click here to vote on a ballot”
• Select the 2011 Orlando Section Annual Election Ballot
• Click “Vote” under the column “Action” and follow the instructions

Please select one candidate for each position or specify a write-in candidate. The candidates are:

  • Chair: Michael Orlovsky
  • Vice Chair: Stanley P. Buchanan
  • Secretary: Ravi Rajaravivarma
  • Treasurer: Lynn Guthrie

Candidate details (biography, reasons for running, etc.) are available here. Please don’t hesitate to contact the Election Committee members Chaired by Jorge Medina at orlando@ieee.org if you have a question, comment, or complaint regarding your voting experience. The election process started on November 15, 2011 and will end on December 06, 2011 at 11:59 AM.

Thank you for voting – your vote counts!

 
For Sale: Top-Quality Multiuse Nylon Bags with Orlando Logo
The bag has been designed with many zippered compartments and can be carried with either a shoulder strap or handles. These sturdy, versatile bags are suitable for travel (they fit under an airline seat), for gym/athletic apparel, for electronics accessories, or for books.

The bags have been donated to the IEEE Orlando Section by the Chair of the AUTOTESTCON 2010 Conference. As such, they are available only through the IEEE Orlando Section at the deeply discounted price of $15.00, payable in cash or by check to the IEEE Orlando Section. 

To purchase these bags or for additional information please contact Dr. William (Bill) Hortos, 

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Volunteers Needed - SoutheastCon 2012 Conference in Orlando
The Region 3 annual conference, SoutheastCon, will be held in Orlando in the spring of 2012.  This is a good opportunity for section members to get experience in helping to manage a significant technical conference.  Currently there are opportunities in committees for local arrangements, technical program, registration, sponsorship solicitation, papers reviewers, exhibits, publicity, contest competitions, and hospitality (among others).  For further information, send email to , with "2012" in the subject line. 

 

Member Recognition
The Orlando Section Monthly seeks member achievements:
If an IEEE colleague received an award, promotion, appointment, or any other achievement, please inform The Orlando Section Monthly so it can run a notice in its monthly Member Recognitions column. In addition to providing the member's name, please include a brief biography of the member's career and a description of the achievement. Send all notices to

 

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