Instrumentation and
Measurement Chapter
IEEE Central Texas Section
Spring Planning Meeting
January, 25th 2014
San Marcos, TX
Chapter Leadership Team
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Chair: Luis Cabeza
Vice-Chair: Jeffrey Vah
Sec./Treas: Farjad Zaheer
Program Chair: Robert Flake, Jeffrey
Lambert
Publicity Chair: Kristi Hummel
IEEE Central Texas Section
2012 Chapter Meetings
Date
Technical/
Admin
Topic
Speaker
1/12/12
Admin
Planning meeting with officers
1/16/12
Technical
A/D Converters – Looking Beyond the
Specifications
Jerome Johnston
(Intersil)
X
2/20/12
Technical
Evolution of Timekeeping and Synchronized
Time over the last 150 years
Ken Reindel (NI)
X
4/16/12
Technical
Seeing their World through their Ears: The
Exotic World of Bats
Dr. George Pollak (UT)
X
5/21/12
Technical
CMOS Handheld Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance (NMR) Systems
Dr. Nan Sun (UT)
X
7/11/12
Admin
Planning meeting with officers
9/17/12
Technical
Designing Instrumentation for Regulated
Industry: Case Study – bioPotential Module
Nachiket M. Kharalkar
(NI)
X
10/15/12
Technical
Microcontrollers in Healthcare
Donnie Garcia
(Freescale)
X
11/19/12
Technical/Offi
cer Elections
RF Measurement Systems for Demanding
RF Applications of Today and Tomorrow
Jaffar Shah (NI)
X
IEEE Central Texas Section
L31
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X
2013 Chapter Meetings (1/2)
Date
Technical/
Admin
Topic
Speaker
1/9/13
Admin
Planning meeting with officers
1/21/13
Technical
Preventing Large Hadron Collider at CERN
From Melting Away: Using FPGAs for
Collimator Control
Dr. Ravi Marawar, NI
X
2/18/13
Technical
*Eweek* Overview of LabVIEW
Jeffey Phillips, NI
X
3/18/13
Technical
Improving Linearity of Multi-Bit Delta-Sigma
Analog to Digital Converters
Dr. Nan Sun, UT
X
4/3/13
Admin
Officer meeting
4/15/13
Technical
Joint I&M and PES meeting: Fusion-Fission
Hybrids: A New Near-Term Solution to
Nuclear Waste and Fuel problems
Dr. Valanju, UT Austin
PES
filed
5/20/13
Technical
Improved Resolution Time Domain
Reflectometer ( TDR )
Dr. Robert Flake, UT
X
7/26/13
Admin
Program Chair Meeting
IEEE Central Texas Section
L31
X
X
X
2013 Chapter Meetings (2/2)
Date
Technical/
Admin
Topic
Speaker
L31
9/16/13
Technical
Understanding Measurement Accuracies
and Uncertainty Analysis
Paul Packebush, NI
X
10/21/13
Technical
What is the Role of MIMO in Future Cellular
Networks: Massive? Coordinated?
mmWave?
Dr. Robert W. Heath Jr.,
UT
X
IEEE Central Texas Section
2014 Chapter Meetings (1/2)
Date
Technical/
Admin
Topic
Speaker
L31
1/20/14
Admin
Planning meeting with officers
2/17/14
Technical
Smart Grid-Ready Instrumentation: A Virtual
Instrumentation Approach for an Advanced
Software-Designed-Intelligent-ElectronicDevice Platform
TBA
Admin
Planning meeting with officers
3/21/14
Technical
Advanced LabView
Courtney Lessard, NI
X
TBA
Technical
Metrology Summit 2 events per year during
Spring or Fall 2014
Jeff Vah, NI
X
TBA
Technical
NI myRIO Academic Measurement
Technology
Jeff Vah, NI
X
TBA
Technical
VST (Vector System Transceiver)
Measurement Technology User
Applications
Jeff Lambert, NI
X
TBA
Technical
Not yet defined
X
TBA
Technical
Not yet defined
IEEE Central Texas Section
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Roberto Piacentini, NI
PES
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2014 Chapter Meetings (2/2)
Date
Technical/
Admin
Topic
Speaker
TBA
Tech
Toyota Tour
X
TBA
Tech
Samsung Tour
X
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IEEE Central Texas Section
L31
Visualizing Success…
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Consistent attendance at every meeting: 20-30
I&M Chapter would have an identity
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Members are involved at higher levels of IEEE
Volunteers are plentiful
Members’ employers value membership in IEEE and
our chapter
Goals for 2013
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Average attendance of 20-25 at each meeting
Hold at least 6 chapter meetings (3 spring, 3 fall)
Hold 1 social event
IEEE Central Texas Section
Proposed IEEE CTS I&M Chapter
Vision Statement
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I&M Chapter Vision Statement
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The vision of the IEEE CTS I&M Chapter is to become the
preferred professional association of choice for engineers,
scientists, faculty and students working or interested in the
instrumentations and measurements in Central Texas.
IEEE Central Texas Section
Proposed IEEE CTS I&M Chapter
Mission Statement
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The Mission of the IEEE CTS I&M Chapter is to:
Facilitate the contact of our members among themselves and other
engineers, scientists, faculty and students for the dissemination and
discussion of multidisciplinary technical ideas as they relate to
Instrumentation and Measurements.
Promote the importance of instrumentation and measurement
professionals in the design, implementation and operation of
engineering and scientific projects, both in industry, government and
academia.
Be the catalysts and facilitator among the three primary society
constituencies-industrial, academic and student members.
Provide a climate which would allow the interaction of well established
members with Graduates of the Last Decade, student members and
vice-versa.
IEEE Central Texas Section
IEEE I&M Society
Questionnaire
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Why do they belong to the I&M Society?
Do they read the magazine and if so, what are they
looking for?
Have they attended an I&M conference? If so, what
did they find useful? Would they attend again? If
not, what would convince them to attend?
What support do they need for chapter meetings?
IEEE Central Texas Section
Visualizing Success…
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Consistent attendance at every meeting: 20-30
I&M Chapter would have an identity
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
Members are involved at higher levels of IEEE
Volunteers are plentiful
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Members’ employers value membership in IEEE and
our chapter
Great interaction Industry/Academy
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Goals for 2014
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Increase membership and diversity
Maintain average attendance of 20-25 at each meeting
Hold at least 6 chapter meetings (3 spring, 3 fall)
Hold 1 social event
Get IEEE I&M Support
IEEE Central Texas Section