IEEE Region 2 West Area
Robert A. Walston
E-mail: Robert.Walston@gmail.com
30 SEP 2010 Teleconference Meeting
IEEE Region 2 West Area
IEEE Sections
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Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Lima
Youngstown
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Cleveland Section
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24 APR 2010 IEEE Volunteer Leadership Training
Workshop
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Held in Independence, OH
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Hosted by Murty Polavarapu and Wegman,
Hessler & Vanderburg
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Organized by Drew Hayes, IEEE Cleveland
Section Vice Chair
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17 Attended (includes 1 non-member). Attended
by the IEEE Cleveland Section Officers, R2 West
Area Chair (Columbus Section), 1 Toledo Section
Treasurer (R4), the Univ. Of Toledo IEEE Student
Branch President (R4), 1 Case Western Reserve
Univ. IEEE Student, and 4 IEEE Cleveland State
Univ. Student Branch Members (2 Undergraduate
and 2 Graduate students)
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Cleveland Section
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Past IEEE Cleveland Section Activities are listed at:
http://www.clevelandieee.org/events/past
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2011 IEEE EnergyTech Conference
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Sep 26, 2010
25 – 26 MAY 2011 at Case Western
University
Keynote speakers: Mark Johnson from
ARPA-E, Pat Hoffman from the DOE, and
George Maracas from NSF
Topics: smart grid, energy storage, wind power,
plug-in electric vehicles, co-energy, distributed
generation, efficiency and conservation, power
electronics, photovoltaics, solar energy, and other
alternative and renewable means of power
generation
IEEE Cleveland Section
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2011 IEEE EnergyTech Conference
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Sep 26, 2010
Peer Reviewed Papers and conference
proceedings will be published on IEEE Xplore
IEEE Cleveland Section
New Society Chapter Formed
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Communications Society - 2 technical
meetings with average attendance of 30 (1
meeting was a ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer,
Bhumip Khasnabish from Boston) (link to
pictures below from kickoff event)
http://www.clevelandieee.org/galleria/what-doescleveland-have-common-100gbps-satellite-and-howwill-it-transform-broadband-acces
http://www.clevelandieee.org/content/convergedservices-and-ngn - link to info re DLT event
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Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Cleveland Section
Two Society Chapters Rejuvenated
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Computer Society - 4 technical meetings with
an average attendance of 50+
Link to pictures
http://www.clevelandieee.org/galleria/agile-explained-computer-societyfeneo
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Control Systems Society - 2 technical
meetings with average attendance of 40+
Links to pictures
http://www.clevelandieee.org/galleria/nonsmooth-nonlinearcontrol-introduction
http://www.clevelandieee.org/galleria/mathematical-and-designaspects-sliding-mode-control-theory
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Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Cleveland Section
Two Chapters Being Formed
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GOLD Affinity Group Chapter – Initial officers selected
and planning has started for first meeting
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EMBS Society Chapter 
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Sep 26, 2010
selected initial chair from Lerner Research
Institute at Cleveland Clinic,
recently circulated survey and currently
analyzing results regarding ideal meeting
location/time/topic. Over 70 responses
received to the survey.
IEEE Cleveland Section
Workshops
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ETAP 101 Training - Design, Analysis & Operation of
Power Systems
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HISP Security and Frameworks-related Certification
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NEC Class - Pools and Spas - Article 695
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Teamed up with local industry and universities for the
following workshops (substantial discounts offered to
IEEE Members)
Cleveland Simulcast of the Startup Lessons Learned
Conference
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Cleveland Section
Future Workshops
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2010 Cleveland Nanomedicine Summit - October 18-19,
2010
Medium Voltage Transformer Seminar - Oct 20, 2010
2010 National Electric Code Conference - Cleveland Oct 27, 2010
2010 National Electric Code Conference Akron/Canton - Nov 10, 2010
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Cleveland Section
Cleveland GiveCamp
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The IEEE Cleveland Section Sponsored Cleveland
GiveCamp and many members joined the event to help
code. Description of event http://clevelandgivecamp.org/Home/About
Article writeup from Cleveland Plain Dealer with mention
of IEEE http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/06/cleveland_software_firm_holdin.html
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The Cleveland Section worked closely with all of the
people mentioned in the article to help pull the event
off.
Another GiveCamp is already being planned for 2011.
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Cleveland Section
Other Values for Members
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The IEEE Cleveland Section obtained "Preferred Partner"
status with Quicken Loans Arena, which allows us to
provide exclusive ticket deals to our members for
sporting events and concerts (great response from
members during Cavaliers playoff run last year).
Some of our societies co-organized a golf event on
September 16, 2010 (it rained too).
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Columbus Section
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IEEE Graduate Student Branch
Formation
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At Ohio State University
Advisor: Dr. Paul Berger
150 Graduate Student Members
Core Group of 15
30 – 40 Grad Students interested
in forming a Graduate Student
Branch
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Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Columbus Section
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IEEE Graduate Student Branch GOALs
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Provide an informal setting to:
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Sep 26, 2010
Encourage participation in IEEE
Build Networks / Connections to the
EE profession
Share, Exchange, Develop Ideas
Grow Technically and Professionally
Mentor and provide tutorials to
Undergraduate Students
IEEE Columbus Section
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IEEE Graduate Student Branch
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Three Areas of Focus:
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Sep 26, 2010
First Year Graduate Students
Research and work with IEEE Society
Chapters
Industry Experience and Networking
(especially for the non-thesis Masters
Degree Students)
IEEE Columbus Section
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IEEE Graduate Student Branch
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Sep 26, 2010
Greater than 50 % of Graduate
Students are International Students
Need Region 2 and Region 2 Director
Support with Petition to form the
Ohio State University IEEE Graduate
Student Branch and their activities
Are there any other IEEE Graduate
Student Branches ?
IEEE Columbus Section
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IEEE Online Virtual Student Branch
Formation
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There are 3000 online students in
Engineering at DeVry University
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Hosted by IEEE Region 2 and the DeVry
University Columbus Campus
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Advisor: Professor John Golzy, P.E.
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Is IEEE HQ and IEEE Region 2 looking into
how the Online Virtual Student Branch can
be Formed ?
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Columbus Section
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20 MAY 2010 IEEE Columbus Section Spring
Banquet
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Dr. Ralph Ford was the keynote Speaker
and presented “IEEE Membership and
Benefits: Rocket Fuel for your Career”
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Murty Polavarapu and Parviz Famouri
attended
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Recognized 3 new IEEE Fellows
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Recognized 2 students each from the 4
IEEE Student Branches for Academic
Achievement and Contributions to the
Profession
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Columbus Section
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23 SEP 2010 IEEE Columbus Section Meeting held at Zane
State College in Zanesville, OH to meet with 2 Faculty
Advisors and Student Branch Officers and Students. Also,
a tour of their Laboratories was provided.
15 OCT 2010 Joint IEEE GOLD and OSU IEEE Student
Branch Fall Picnic
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Networking and Rejuvenate the IEEE GOLD
Affinity Group. Javvad Qasimi is organizing
GOLD.
Senior Member Drive being planned
31 OCT 2010 IEEE Columbus Section Picnic to encourage
Membership and to Thank Past Conference Volunteers
Section Elections (NOV – DEC 2010)
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Columbus Section
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Planning a Student Research Conference for Spring
2011 at The Ohio State University
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Students in the IEEE Columbus Section can
present their Research or Senior Project
Planning the 2011 IEEE Columbus Section Spring
Banquet
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Location being determined (Franklin Park
Conservatory or The River Club
Restaurant)
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Any Speaker Ideas ?
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Columbus Section
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ISSUES:
1. E-Notice Usage Limitation
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a)
IEEE HQ now limits the Section and its Society
Chapters to 1 E-Notice per Week
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Members prefer 1 message per activity for
brevity and so they see it (versus being buried
in a large E-Notice Message)
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Events happen at different times and difficult
to coordinate everything ahead of time into 1
E-Notice Message
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Section Officers and Society Chairs could send
out 1 E-Notice for their respective activity and
use up the E-Notice availability for 1 week
without the others being aware of this
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Columbus Section
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ISSUES:
1. E-Notice Usage Limitation (Cont'd)
a) Also, some members aren't reading their
IEEE E-Notices now so a better heading to
attract their attention is needed
b) What are our Options ?
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c)
Does vTools Support Sending out Meeting
Notices (without requiring a meeting to be set
up formally in vtools) ? Does vTools support
Section members E-mail List ?
d)
The IEEE Columbus Section web hosting
services supports 3 options but there is a cost.
Users can manage the Section and Society
notices that they would receive.
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE Columbus Section
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ISSUES:
2. vTools Meeting Activity System Database Issues
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If one makes a mistake on a Meeting Form you can't
go back and correct it.
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What are our Options ?
c)
If you query 2010 IEEE Columbus Meetings you find
83 Meeting Records but only 3 of 8 PES Meetings
are listed. Are records lost or not being selected for
some reason ?
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However, if you query PE31 (for PES) and IEEE
Columbus Section it shows all 8 PES Meetings.
e)
If IEEE (or someone) would query 2010 IEEE
Columbus Meetings they would not pick up all of the
activity. Would this affect the Section Rebate
Amount ?
Sep 26, 2010
IEEE DAYTON SECTION
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18 SEP 2010 IEEE Volunteer Leadership
Training Workshop
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Held at 365 Joshi Center, Wright State
University, in Dayton, OH
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Hosted by Murty Polavarapu and organized
by Felicia Harlow, IEEE Dayton Section
Secretary
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9 Attended. Attended by the IEEE Dayton
Section Officers and 1 Cincinnati Section
Officer, who will be the 2011 – 2012
Section Chair. There were no Student
Branch Officers or members in attendance.
IEEE DAYTON SECTION
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Form a new IEEE Student Branch at the ITT
Technical Institute Facility in North Dayton
17 NOV 2010 IEEE Dayton Section Meeting will
be held at the ITT Technical Institute Facility
(Date is tentative)
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Dr. Charles Cerny, Dayton Section Vice
Chair, will make a presentation
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Fall Keynote Speaker Presentation (TBD)
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To encourage IEEE Membership, student
involvement, Form an IEEE Student
Branch, and conduct a Section Meeting
IEEE DAYTON SECTION
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Establish a new IEEE Region 2 Award in
memory of Dr. Dan Repperger for his 10 years
of service with IEEE Region 2
Issue: What is the process of establishing a new
IEEE Region 2 Award
IEEE LIMA SECTION
Past Events
16 FEB 2010 Technical: Tour of the Advance Materials Comm. Center
Members: 6, Guests: 1
18 MAR 2010 Technical: Wind farms in Hardin County
Members: 11, Guests: 0
29 APR 2010 Technical: ONU ECCS Senior Design Poster Presentation
Members: 25, Guests: 13
27 MAY 2010 Social: Family Picnic
Members: 9, Guests: 10
17 AUG 2010 Administrative: Executive Meeting
Members: 7, Guests: 0
IEEE LIMA Section
Planned (Future) Events
20 OCT 2010 Toledo Section: Medium Voltage Power Transformer
NOV 2010
Technical: Rhodes State will present a Continuing
Professional Development Hour
DEC 2010
Social: Christmas Holiday Dinner and Theater Show
JAN 2011
MAR 2011
APR 2011
MAY 2011
Administrative: Executive Meeting
Technical: ONU Capstone projects in Kenya (Joint OSPE
Meeting)
Technical: ONU ECCS Senior Design Poster Presentation
Social: Family Picnic
IEEE LIMA Section
Awards and Sponsorships
Ohio Northern University Future Practicing Engineering (May 2010): $250,
Joshua Stone
Ohio Northern University Future Practicing Engineering (May 2010): $250,
Allan Hall