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Executive Board (98-00)
Chair Kevin Davis (616) 629-5280 kevin.davis@wmich.edu
Vice-Chair Ron Fredricks (616)791-9134 ron_fredricks@ieee.org
Secretary Joe Melton (616) 956-7516 j.s.melton@ieee.org
Treasurer Hossein Mousavinezhad (616) 387-4057 h.mousavinezhad@wmich.edu
Professional Activities Chair Kevin Davis (acting)
Student Activities Chair John Mason (616) 387-4064 john.mason@wmich.edu
Newsletter Editor Damon Miller (616) 387-4060 d.a.miller@ieee.orgFAX: (616) 387-4096
Awards and Recognition Ray Reed (616) 375-9873
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TOUR OF SMITHS INDUSTRIES
There will be a tour of Smiths Industries Aerospace in Grand Rapids, MI on Thursday evening, January 20, 2000. This location is the headquarters of its Information Management Systems Division. Smiths Industries, Grand Rapids, originally established in 1930, is an engineering and manufacturing operation which provides the latest technology in aviation electronics to both the civilian and defense aerospace markets. Please RSVP to Greg Griffes (griffes_greg@si.com) or Ron Fredricks (616-791-9134) by January 17. This RSVP is absolutely mandatory --- Ron Fredricks.
MARCH SECTION MEETING FEATURES WAVELETS TUTORIAL
This meeting (Van Andel museum, adjacent to the Eberhard Center, Thursday, March 16) will feature a tutorial seminar on wavelets by Dr. Ed Aboufadel of the GVSU Math Department. Dr. Aboufadel has recently published a book on these fascinating representations of transient signals. Watch the section web page for details --- Ron Fredricks.
ENGINEER'S WEEK IS FEBRUARY 20-26!!!!! Watch for upcoming events.
ECE SEMINARS
Each semester the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at WMU presents seminars conducted by industry and academia on a variety of topics (e.g. ASICs, PLCs, photonic crystals, etc.). Three seminars are scheduled (1/26/00, 2/23/00, and 3/22/00, Kohrman Hall, room 3002, 4:00 p.m.). Seminar topics are being finalized. Fliers for each talk will be provided at least one week before the scheduled date on the section’s web site at <www.ewh.ieee.org/r4/west_michigan/calendar.html>. For additional information contact Hossein Mousavinezhad or John Gesink (616-387-4058).
ERRATA
Due to a Y2K problem J , the web page address for the EIT2000 conference in the last newsletter has an error. Please see the correct address in the announcement on the reverse side.
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THE FIRST IEEE ELECTRO/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (EIT2000)
Our section and region is underwriting this conference which will be held at the Chicago Marriott O'Hare hotel, June 8-11, 2000. Topics of interest include all electrical and computer engineering (hardware/software) aspects of information technology. There will be three conference tracks: Information Technology Systems and Applications, Communications, and Digital Signal Processing. Keynote speakers include Nelson Blachman (GTE), Fazlollah Reza (McGill University), Martha Sloan (Michigan Technological University), Mark Smith (Georgia Institute of Technology), and Lotfi Zadeh (University of California at Berkeley). The deadline for full paper submissions has been extended to January 30, 2000. See <
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/4/eit2000.htm> for further information.
IEEE LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE STORE & CATALOG
The IEEE has taken a major leap forward in its ongoing objective to "do business electronically" with the launch of the new IEEE Online Store & Catalog. The site went live on 28 Dec, at http://www.ieee.org/ieeestore. The store is fully searchable and sells IEEE books, conference proceedings, subscriptions, standards, mixed-media products and merchandise in a secure environment. It includes such value-added e-commerce features as shopping lists and a help desk. A kickoff promotion offers a free IEEE shirt with every book purchase. The new service will be publicized to members in the January edition of "The Institute." --- IEEE WIE Newsletter
FELLOW NOMINATION KITS
The IEEE Fellow Nomination Kit for the 2001 class of IEEE Fellows is currently available. Nomination kits are accessible via the IEEE Fellow Program link on the IEEE Awards/Fellow Activities home page -- http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/. To request a hard copy of the kit, please send an email message to fellow-kit@ieee.org. Please be sure to include your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address. Please note that the IEEE Fellow Committee has determined that only hard copy nominations will be accepted. Those returned over the Internet will not be processed. The deadline for receipt of complete IEEE Fellow nominations is 15 March 2000. --- IEEE WIE Newsletter
CHAIR'S CORNER
I would like to wish everyone a happy, safe, and successful new year. Please check the section web site regularly to keep
track of the many professional activities that you can participate in. Someday this paper will go away --- all info will be on the web site.
