Region 4 Section Reports
7. Chicago Section
Chicago Section Demographics
• Section Leadership for Chicago Section Continued…
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Web Master – Carol Davids, Davids Consulting
PACE – James Fancher
Program – Joe Feitler
Publications – Geraldine Ryan
Special Events – Joe Feitler
Student Activities – John Zulaski
History Committee – George Thomas, Contemporay Control
Systems
Washington Awards – Dennis W. Lamont, Weldy/Lamont
Assoc.
Fox Valley Subsection – Chairman – Joe Weesner
Secretary Treasurer – Hugh Edfors
Program Chairman - Jerry Kattke
Northwest Subsection – Jack Sherman
Chicago Section Demographics
• Section Organization
– Subsections: Fox Valley and Northwest
– Society Chapters
• SP/CE Signal Processing/Consumer Electronics
• AP/MTT Antennas and Propagation/Microwave Theory
and Techniques
• IA Industrial Application/IE Industrial Electronics
• CAS/ED/SSC Circuits and Systems/Electron
Devices/Solid State Circuits
• EMB Engineering in Medicine and Biology
• CPMT Components Packaging Manufacturing
Technology
• COM Communications
Chicago Section Demographics
Continued:
• PEL Power Electronics
• PE Power Engineering
• EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
• C Computer
• EM/PC Engineering Management/Professional
Communication
• RL Reliability
• SMC Systems Man and Cybernetics
• NPS/MAG Nuclear and Plasma Science/Magnetics
• DEI Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
• LEO Lasers and Electro-Optics
• PSE Product Safety Engineering
Chicago Section Demographics
Continued:
• Affinity Groups: WIE Women In Engineering,
Consultants Network
– Student Branches: NU, UIC, IIT, DeVry Chicago,
DeVry DuPage, St. Francis University, DePaul,
ITT Mt. Prospect.
Chicago Section Vitality
• Reported Meetings for 2003 - 141 Total
Chicago Section Vitality
• Advertised Meeting for 2003 – 47 Total
IEEE CHICAGO SECTION - 2003 ACTIVITIES
Chicago Section
Subsections
Fox Valley
Subsection
Northwest
Subsection
Society Chapters
January
February
March
April
1/14/2003
Exec Mtg.
2/11/2003
Exec Mtg.
3/11/2003
Exec Mtg.
4/8/2003
Exec Mtg.
1/15/2003
Meeting
2/19/2003
Meeting
May
5/1/2003
Meeting
5/12/2003 Exec.
Mtg.
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
5/21/2003
Meeting
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
3/19/2003
Meeting
AP/MTT
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
Communications
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
June
September
October
November
6/10/2003
Exec Mtg.
9/9/2003
Exec Mtg.
10/14/2003
Exec Mtg.
11/11/2003
Exec Mtg.
6/6/2003
Meeting
9/17/2003
Meeting
9/18/2003
Joint Meeting
10/15/2003
Meeting
11/8/2003
Colloquium
Eng. Mgmt./
Prof. Comm.
4/28/2003
Meeting
EMB
EMC
IA/IE
PE
1/15/2003
Meeting
1/8/2003
Meeting
2/11/2003
Meeting
3/19/2003
Meeting
4/22/2003
Meeting
2/22/2003
Seminar
2/12/2003
Meeting
3/19/2003
Meeting
4/9/2003
Meeting
PSE and RL
Affiiates
Chicago/ Rockford
Consultants
1/21/2003
Meeting
3/31/2003
Meeting
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
5/21/2003
Joint Meeting
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
5/20/2003
Symposium
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
5/21/2003
Luncheon
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
5/1/2003
Joint Meeting
5/20/2003
Meeting
August
9/18/2003
10/29/2003
Meeting
Meeting
9/18/2003 Joint 10/29/2003
Meeting
Joint Meeting
Computers
ED/CAS/SSC
July
6/11/2003
Meeting
11/13/2003
Meeting
11/8/2003
Colloquium
11/17/2003
Meeting
11/18/2003
Meeting
9/17/2003
Meeting
9/29/2003
Meeting
10/14/2003
Meeting
11/19/2003
Meeting
10/15/2003
Meeting
10/8/2003
Meeting
11/19/2003
Meeting
11/12/2003
Meeting
11/24/2003
Meeting
Chicago Section Vitality
• Meetings during the Nov. 2003
– Events
• IEEE’s Communications Society & IEEE’s Fox Valley Subsection
– IIT Student Colloquium – Voice over Internet Protocols
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003
• Chicago Chapter of the IEEE Power Engineering Society
– Northeastern Regional Blackout of August 14, 2003
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003
• AP/MTT Societies
– Microstrip Antennas with Reduced Surface & Lateral-Wave
Excitiation Thursday, Nov. 17, 2003
• IEEE Communication Society – Distinguished Lecturer Tour
– Future of Wireless Communications Monday, Nov. 17, 2003
Chicago Section Vitality
• IEEE-ED/CAS/SSC
– Extraordinary Advantage of Migrating from Discrete
to Integrated Optical and Opto-electronic
Components Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003
• IEEE EMC Society Meeting
– Conducted Immunity Transient Testing for CE
Marking Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003
• IEEE IAS/IES Dinner Presentation
– Grounding of Generator Sets and Transforming of the
Neutral Conductor Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003
• IEEE Chicago/ Rockford Consultant’s Network
– Business Structures for the Engineering Consultant
Monday, Nov. 24, 2003
Section Newsletter Sample
Section Web Site Home Page
www.ewh.ieee.org/r4/chicago/
Other Section Activities
• PACE • S-PAC – with Student Branches
• Affinity Groups
– Consultants Network
– Women in Engineering
– Pre-college Education – E-week,
science fair judges
• Booth at Engineering Expo During
Engineers Week at IIT.
Successes/Best Practices
• Large number of Chapter Activities
• Multiple Meetings Per Month
• Choice of dinner/lunch/topic/tour
meetings
• SCANFAX
• 110 Year Re-enactment of First
Section Meeting
• Established Program for Granting
PDH for PE’s
Section Strengths
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Membership Size
Large Diverse Industry in Chicago
Active Chapters
History
Challenges
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Maintain Balanced Budget
Increase membership participation
Find new officers
Unemployment in Area Industry
Lessons Learned
• Involve lower officers in Region
Meetings
• Format & locations must be fitted to
the group
• The need to be open to change with
regard to meeting topics and meeting
format
Goals for Next Year
• Promote Idle Chapters to Active
Status
• Revitalize Northwest Subsection
Goals for Next 5 Years
• Financial Strategy for a Balanced
Budget
• Membership Interest
• Revitalize Idle Chapters
• Encourage Activity in Affinity Groups
Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By…
• Information of other Section
Activities
• Approve Revised Bylaws
• Encourage Conferences to share
revenue with sections and invite
sections to participate
Summary
• We are ACTIVE.
• We are having FUN.
• We are a large Section with Large
Subsections and Chapters
• Our Executive Committee functions
as a Council to our Chapter Activities