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. 09
October 2011
www.ieee.org/orlando
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Oct
9-13: 2011 IAS Annual Meeting, Walt Disney
World Swan and Dolphin Hotel
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Nov
7-10:
The 37th Annual Conference of the
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society,
2011, Crown Conference
Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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Feb
7-9: 2012 Carbon
Management Technology Conference
(CMTC), Orlando, FL
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Mar
15-18: SoutheastCon
2012, Orlando, FL:
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Apr
16-17: WAMICON
2012, Cocoa Beach, FL:
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Oct
8-10: 2012 IEEE International
Professional Communication Conference (IPCC
2012), Orlando, FL
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IEEE Orlando
Section Women In Engineering
Committee Dinner
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Date:
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Wednesday,
October 5th, 2011
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Time:
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7:00 p.m.
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Olive Garden, Fashion Square Mall, 3201 E Colonial Drive, Orlando, Fl 32803.
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RSVP:
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IEEE members please
R.S.V.P. to Parveen.Wahid@ucf.edu if you will be attending.
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Contact:
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Dr.
Parveen Wahid
Parveen.Wahid@ucf.edu
www.ieee.org/orlando
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IEEE Orlando Section Executive Committee Meeting
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Date:
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
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Time:
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6:30
- 7:00 p.m. Social and
Refreshments
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ExCom Meeting
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- Tentative
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Awards Banquet Preparations
- Start
Search 2011 Report
- Nominating Committee Report
- Appointment of Election Committee
- Budget Preparation for 2012
- RAB Awards Nominations - Deadline Oct. 15
- FCIEEE Awards - Nov. 1 Deadline
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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.
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Cost:
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Free to all IEEE members and
Non-IEEE members.
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RSVP:
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IEEE
Orlando Section ExCom Members:
Register
Here
Others: Register
Here
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Contact:
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Dr.
Xun Gong,
407-823-5762 -
Office
www.ieee.org/orlando
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Joint Meeting of the IEEE Life
Members with the Orlando Chapter
of the International Council on
Systems Engineering
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Topic:
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"Critical
Infrastructure: Systems of
Systems Analysis".
Additional details are found on
the website:
www.incose.org/orlando/
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Date:
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011
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Time:
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Complimentary buffet dinner
starts at 5:45pm.
Program 6:15 pm (1-2 hrs) |
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SAIC Science 2 Building in the UCF
Research Park |
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Cost:
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None. Dinner is provided
courtesy of our sponsor SAIC
with RSVP.
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RSVP:
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Please note that there is a
sign-up prompt to
register
for this event by end of October
18 so they can get a
proper attendee count if you
wish to attend.
David E. Flinchbaugh (doctorflinchbaugh@yahoo.com)
IEEE Orlando Section Life Member
Committee Organizer.
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IEEE Orlando Section
Awards Banquet
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Date:
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
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Time:
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6:00
p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Dinner. During this
event, cash bar is available in
the banquet room. |
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Speaker: |
Dr. Jim Anderson, talk:
"Top 10
things every engineer needs to do
for a successful career".
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Place: |
Sheraton Orlando Downtown |
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Cost:
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IEEE Member and Guest:
$25/person
IEEE Student Member and Guest:
$15/person
IEEE Life Member and Guest:
$15/person
Awards Winner and Guest: FREE
Student Scholarship Winner: FREE
Others: $40/person.
Valet parking is $6/car.
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Menu:
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~ Salad ~
Caesar Salad w/Dressing on the
Side
~ Entrées ~
Chicken Marsala
Grilled Shrimp Brochette
Marinated in Lemon Grass
Teriyaki
Roast Sliced Sirloin w/ Cabernet
& Mushroom Sauce
Vegetarian
All Entrées Served with Chef’s
Fresh Seasonal Vegetable and
Freshly Baked Rolls and Butter
~ Sweet Ending ~
Lemon Cake
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RSVP:
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RSVP required to Mike
Orlovsky,
by October 21st, 2011 (Friday) Noon.
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Call
for Nominations for 2012 Section Officers
- The
Orlando Section elects officers for a term of
one year beginning January 1st. This year's
Nomination Committee formed by Dr. Donghui Wu
(chair) (donghui.wu@ieee.org), Mr. George
McClure (g.mcclure@ieee.org) and Dr. Kalpathy
Sundaram (sundaram@mail.ucf.edu) will be accepting
nominations for Section Officers (Chair, Vice
Chair, Secretary and Treasurer). Nominations
must be submitted in writing to the
Nominations Committee
on or before
November 7th, 2011.
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- The
Section membership may make a nomination for
new Section Officers by submitting qualify
petitions. A qualify petition shall meet the
following criteria:
- Specify
the office.
- Bear
the signature of at least 1% of the voting
Section members.
- Contain
statement of the nominee's consent to
serve.
- State
nominee's qualification and biography.
- Be
delivered to the Section Nominations
Committee
on or before November 7th, 2011
by 5:00 PM
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For Sale: Top-Quality Multiuse Nylon Bags with Orlando Logo
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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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Benefits and Status of IEEE Life Membership
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- Dues and Regional assessments are waived for a Life member.
- For qualifying Life members, Society fees are waived
(IEEE Bylaw
I-108.8).
- Individuals may receive reduced member rates at IEEE sponsored conferences.
IEEE Policy 10.1.15 (Conference Registration Fees) indicates "There must be a reduced fee, waiver of fees, or fee differential for Student members. Reduced fees, waiver of fees, or fee differential for unemployed IEEE members, retired members, and Life members, and for special registrants (e.g., guests, speakers, and exhibitors) are permitted at the discretion of the Conference Committee. The individual registration fee for retired members and for Life members must be no more than that for Students."
- Life members continue to receive the same
benefits that are available to other IEEE members.
- IEEE Financial Advantage Program (includes IEEE Insurance Program)
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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.
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Member
Recognition
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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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