- Springtime
Greetings!
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- Your Chairman is celebrating his 34th
year of active participation with the Orlando Section.
Just after the January 2nd EXCOM meeting at Grady's on
Route 436, he obtained the committee's approval and
transferred the Section financial accounts to the new
consolidated IEEE International account (though
Piscataway headquarters) to gain the advantages of added
interest, no service fees, no-fee checking, etc. Our very
active and able Treasurer, Jerry Murphy, has everything
under control and our treasury is in good
shape.
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- Apologies are due concerning
confusion over EXCOM meeting dates and sites. Please
always mark your calendar for the first Tuesday of each
month... that has been nearly a "constant" since I joined
in the 1960's. We tried moving the dinner meeting to the
"Orient" buffet on South Semoran Blvd. in March and also
postponed one week to accommodate a few individual's busy
schedules, but the most popular choice is to always
maintain the first Tuesday and keep Grady's as our
favored location. Our May 1st session will begin there at
6 PM, as usual. We especially invite ALL CHAPTER CHAIRMEN
to attend, since we must maintain meetings activity and
co-ordination with our general membership interests and
participation. We need a volunteer Chapters'
Chairman!
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- Special thanks are due to Issa
Bartarseh for his very successful management of the
Awards Banquet. The UCF site was an excellent choice, and
attendees, including yours truly, had very favorable
comments about this event. I also had a chance to visit
with George McClure, a long term Section Fellow, about
the recent request to sponsor a national AUTOTESTCON
Conference in the year 2004. Mr. Steve Karlovic and an
associate from Lockheed Martin wish to present their
proposal for this activity at our next EXCOM meeting. My
wife and I were also honored later that evening at a
country club reception for about forty family members and
co-workers affiliated with four new corporations which we
have formed in the past few months.
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- Your Vice Chairman, Robert Pirella,
has also been very gracious about taking over during my
absence when I have had to be out of town with
high-priority work meetings with venture capitalists and
acquisition and merger specialists. In March and April it
became necessary for me to file for seven new U.S.
patents, secure a new trademark, and register a new
copyright for product improvements on my electromagnetic
medical devices which are being launched into production
this year. Special thanks go also to Jerry Murphy and his
team who brought us the PES tutorial sessions for CEU PE
credits on state-of-the-art technologies in fuel cells,
micro-turbine power generators, etc.
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- Your IEEE /AESS Chapter has been
meeting jointly with the IEEE Consultants Network and
members of the local AIAA at the downtown library, third
floor Patio, Conference, or Oak meeting rooms. We serve
pizza and a beverage beginning at 6 PM and invite your
participation on the second Tuesday in May to hear Ms
MoiraLynn Mefein and Dr. David Webb speak on the
"Simulation Program for Trans-atmospheric Flight". On
April 10th, Dr. Webb, founder of the International
Hypervelocity Institute and former aerospace advisor to
President Reagan, gave a very interesting report on the
politics and status of the United States "National
AeroSpace Plane" (NASP). In February, yours truly
reported on the sophisticated laser electro-optics now
under production contract for detecting atmospheric
dispersion of nerve gases and other biochemical warfare
agents. In December we were privileged to learn from
consultant Jerry Lutz about the covert operations of the
Lockheed Skunkworks and the development of the U-2, ER-2,
Blackbird, and Stealth fighter/bombers. In October, the
topic covered related to consulting activity in the
extremely-large scale semiconductor integrated circuit
industry utilizing robotic, acousto-optic laser scanner
inspection equipment. Upcoming events also include the
international Space Congress during from April 30 to May
4 at Cocoa Beach.
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- Dr. David E.
Flinchbaugh, P.E., C.Mfg.E.
- Director, The Technology
Consulting Center
- 822-24 East Wallace
Street
- Orlando, FL
32809-5170
- Tel: 407-281-6898,
407-765-3265, 407-849-4855
- Fax :407-281-9272,
407-438-3922
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