From: "Devon Gayle" <devon.gayle@cwjamaica.com>
Date: October 15, 2006 12:02:33 AM CDT
To: <r3-excom2006@IEEE.ORG>, <sec-r03@IEEE.ORG>
Subject: Area 9 Report to October ExCom 2006
To: Region 3 ExCom
From: Devon Gayle
Subject: Area 9 Report to October ExCom 2006
Date: October 14, 2006
The Jamaica Section continues to provide leadership in the area of electrical, electronics and computer engineering.
A schedule of technical meetings planned and held to October is shown in Table I. The ExCom meets monthly and update planned activities for the Section and each upcoming presentation. For more details, please visit the IEEE Jamaica Section Website at http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/jamaica.
Technical Presentations:
The Jamaica Section made a deliberate effort to present a wide range of topics to satisfy objective 2, stated below.
The diversity of topics presented is outlined in Table 1.
TABLE I
Activities of the Jamaica Section (2006)
Month |
Activities |
Responsibility |
Topic |
Presenter |
January |
Retreat. Coordination Meeting with UTECH Student Branch |
Section, ComSoc Section, UTECH Student Branch. |
Goals and Objectives Improve cooperation with Engineering & Computing. |
ExCom ExCom & Dr. Paul A. Golding. |
February |
Administrative Meeting/ Fund Raising. Technical Meeting. |
Section, UTECH IEEE Student Branch.
Section, ComSoc
|
Meeting with Sponsor’s Nat’l Commercial Bank for Student Activities. Presentation & Tour of JNAP facilities. |
ExCom, NCB & Student Branch Members.
Mr. Brian Shaw, Business Development Manager, JNAP. |
March |
Technical Meeting.
Social Meeting |
Section.
Section. |
Motors & Variable Frequency Drives. About IEEE. |
Messrs Francisco Leal & Miguel Reis, GE Electrical Engineers. ExCom. |
April |
Technical Meeting |
Section. |
Presentation & Tour of FLOW Facilities. |
Mr. Andrew Fazio, Marketing Manager, FLOW. |
May |
Technical Meeting |
Section. |
Active Geodetic GPS Net- Work in the Caribbean. |
Mr. Gregory Peake, Senior GPS Specialist, Spatial Innovision Ltd. |
June |
Technical Meeting |
Section, ComSoc |
Emergency Telecommunications |
Mr. Basil Davidson, Managing Director, D-Gen Engineering Ltd. |
July |
Technical Meeting |
Section, Computer Society Chapter. |
Broadband over Power Lines. |
Dr. Damith Wickramanayake, University of Technology Jamaica. |
August |
Technical Meeting |
Section, Computer Society Chapter. |
Using a secure SHA1 GPRS technology to provide mobile outpatient care in Jamaica. |
Mr. Sean Thorpe, Project Supervisor, University of Technology, Jamaica. |
September |
Technical Meeting |
Section, Computer Society Chapter. |
An investigation of Radio Frequency Identification technology: A Technical Overview. |
Ms. Vanesa Tennant, Graduate student at University of Technology, Jamaica. |
October |
Administrative Meeting
* Technical Meeting |
Section & University of the West Indies. (UWI) |
UWI IEEE Student Branch Project Management Seminar |
ExCom & Dr. Joseph Kobla, Head of the Physics Dept. UWI. Tarek Lahdhiri, GM Electrical Development & Validation Division. |
November |
* Technical Meeting |
Section, Computer Society Chapter. |
|
|
December |
* Administrative Meeting |
Section |
Annual General Meeting |
ExCom |
* Pending.
The goals of the section were as follows:
1. Increasing membership attendance and participation in meetings.
2. Presenting more diversified technical presentations.
3. Increasing student participation in SoutheastCon.
4. Sending Delegates to Regional and PACE Activities.
Membership Attendance at Meetings.
This objective was not fully met since attendance at meetings was somewhat similar to previous years with an average of 11 members in attendance. The members that attended participated effectively in the activities.
Communications Society Chapter
The Communications Society Chapter (ComSoc) of the IEEE Jamaica Section continues to make their contribution to the development of members in Area 9.
Student Branches:
The Student Branch of the University of Technology, Jamaica remains committed to the ideals of the IEEE. We have met with Dr. Joseph Kobla, Head of the Physics Department of the University of the West Indies (UWI), who has agreed to assist with the development of the UWI Student Branch.
Devon L. Gayle Wilfred A. Roberts
Area 9 Chair Chair, Jamaica Section
Phone (876) 511-5700 (876) 928-6713
d.gayle@ieee.org waroberts@ieee.org