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This year, the Summer Social is shaping up to be a fantastic time for everyone. The event is free, so please stop by. We’d like to give special thanks to Bob Lyons, our Social Chair, for planning the event. The event will be on Sept 12, 2009 from Noon – 4pm at Endicott Park. See page 3 for more information and a map.
Summer Social
Inside This Issue
1 Summer Social
1 Chair’s Message
2 Section Quarterly Review
3-4 Summer Social Program
5 Mizzou Student Branch
6 ITSC 2009
7 MST Computer Society
10-11 WUSTL Student Branch
12 PES Chapter
13 Boeing Award
14 AESS Award
15-16 Fall MoCon
17-23 Section May Meeting
24 Senior Members
25 New Section Members
26 Section Membership Numbers
27 Section History
28 Contacts and Calendar
ION Saint Louis
SUMMER 2009
Members and guests tour an Ameren
Repair Shop on June 17. In this photo, the
tour guide explains Transformers. See story on page12.
Message from the Chair Greetings Fellow Members of the IEEE Saint Louis Section,
I hope all is well and everyone is enjoying their summers. We have reached the midway point of our 2009 operating year and I can honestly say I am excited about what we have accomplished so far and for what we will be accomplishing throughout the remainder of our year. We have had two social events, a Distinguished Lecturer presentation done virtually, as well as participated in Engineer’s Week. We have also been supporting our chapters in their program implementation and recruiting efforts. I had the opportunity to attend the Region 5 Meeting and Green Technology Conference held April 17-20th, 2009 in Lubbock, TX. During this meeting, the sections in the region came together to address and discuss the business of the region. IEEE is making strides and plans to influence policies in Washington and be a strong presence in the energy sectors. I was able to interact with other section chairs and exchange ideas and best practices on different programs and initiatives. In addition, I was also able to see schools from our section such as SIUE, SIUC, and MS&T compete in the robotics competition. The Boeing Company was awarded the Outstanding Large Company Award and Jim Leonard accepted on the company’s behalf.
There has been an increased interest from the membership in Professional Development Seminars and Workshops offering PDUs and/or CEUs. Therefore, the theme for September is Professional Excellence. Your leadership team is working to sort out logistics and understand policies and procedures regarding offering these as a service to you, the membership. While we, the leadership, are able to select these seminars, we would much rather prefer your input on what types of seminars that you would be interested in attending. So please send your thoughts, ideas, and comments to [email protected]. We want to make sure we are offering relevant seminars to maximize our participation. I look forward to hearing from you and meeting more of you at our summer social.
Tyria Riley, 2009 Chair
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Tyria Riley, Chair, and the entire Section Executive Committee had an active 3 months since April 1. Here is a summary of administrative and membership decisions. Many of these are elaborated upon throughout this issue.
- Helping the WUSTL Student Chapter rejunivate itself
o Actively meeting and have planned events for the Fall
o Preparing for the Black Box competition
- Helping the Mizzou Student Chapter rejunivate itself
o Actively meeting and have planned events for the Fall
o Preparing for the Black Box competition
o Attended the Robotics competition in April
- Hosted Joint April Meeting with AESS with about 25 attendees
o Navigation Program w/Dr. Myron Kayton, Distinguished Lecturer
- Hosted Joint May Meeting with AESS with about 28 attendees
o Systems Engineer w/Paul Gartz of Boeing, Distinguished Lecturer
- Planned the Summer Social for September (Bob Lyons)
- Preparing for the ITS Conference at Union Station (See page 6)
Section Quarterly Review The ION Saint Louis is the official publication of the Saint Louis Section of IEEE. It is published approximately once per quarter by the Officers of the Section and distributed electronically via the Section Listserv and posted to the Section website.
Any member may submit IEEE-related information to appear in the publication to Bob Becnel at [email protected].
IEEE Celebrates 125 Years The start of 2009 marked the official kickoff of IEEE's 125th Anniversary celebration. IEEE is commemorating this milestone with a variety of activities surrounding the theme of Celebrating 125 Years of Engineering the Future. The official 125th anniversary mark is already visible on ieee.org, and is being used on IEEE publication covers and other materials throughout the year. The latest anniversary information is available on http://www.ieee125.org.
Volunteers are asked to encourage their OUs and IEEE members to plan their own local events and celebrations. All 125th events should be posted to the calendar on the IEEE 125th Anniversary Web site.
Contributions to this article taken from the February 2009 Issue of IEEE MGA SCOOP.
April Speaker, Dr. Kayton lectures to the attendees about Navigation.
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Summer Social Program
Enjoy some fellowship with your IEEE colleagues. Endicott Park is located adjacent to I-170 and St. Charles Rock Rd. IEEE will be occupying the shelter, located on the map below.
Lunch will be catered by Bandana’s BBQ
Activities/Facilities available *Equipment not provided
2 adjacent softball fields*
Adjacent playground for children
Tennis courts in the park*
Adjacent horseshoe pit *
Disc golf course in the park*
Adjacent restrooms
IEEE Summer Social St. Louis Section IEEE
Date: September 12, 2009 Cost: FREE Time: 12-4pm Place: Endicott Park, St. Louis County 2950 Endicott Ave. St. Louis, MO 63114 For reservations, please RSVP to IEEE socials (Bob Lyons) [email protected] by Monday, September 7
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Summer Social (continued)
The Summer Social will have fun for every age.
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Mizzou Student Branch is Roaring to Go for ‘09 Officers (2009-2010)
• Counselor: Dr. Scott Kovaleski
[email protected] • Chair: Joe Scaduto
[email protected] • Vice-Chair: Daniel Nabelek
• Treasurer: Scott Gayou
• Secretary: Michael Stegeman
• Activities Chair: Chris Kokoska
• Publicity Chair: Brad Nullmeyer
• Webmaster: Josh Thomas
• Social Chair: Phil Hart
• T-shirt Chair: Jonathan Meyer
Events Scheduled for 2009-2010
Date Event Location Note
8/26/09 Officers Meeting Heidelberg
9/1 General Meeting Ketcham Aud
9/11 IEEE/HKN Fall BBQ Stephens Lake Park
10/6 General Meeting Ketcham Aud
10/30 Tiger Night of Fun Hearnes Center *Community Service
11/3 General Meeting Ketcham Aud VP election
11/12 Boeing Plant Tour St. Louis, MO
Nov. TBA Black Box Competition Rolla, MO
12/1 General Meeting Ketcham Aud
1/26/2010 Officers Meeting Heidelberg
2/2 General Meeting Ketcham Aud
March TBA Faraday Racer Competition W1025
3/2 General Meeting Ketcham Aud Officer Elections
3/9 Food Bank Central MO Food Bank *Community Service
4/6 General Meeting Ketcham Aud
4/9 IEEE/HKN Spring BBQ Stephens Lake Park
April TBA Region 5 Conference TBA
5/7 Garmin Tour Olathe, KS
Branch Counselor for
Mizzou, Dr. Kevin
Kovaleski. (Photo from
MU College of Engineering website).
Head Coach for Mizzou,
Gary Pinkel,
compliments the
winning tradition in
Columbia. (Photo from mutigers.com).
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12th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITSC 09) Dates: 4-7 October 2009
Marriott Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri USA.
The Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC 09) is the annual conference for the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society. It targets basic research and applications of leading advances in communications, computer, control, and electronics technologies related to
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). The conference invites submissions for research papers, special sessions, etc. and inquiries for exhibits, etc.
Program Deadlines
Special Session Proposal: 1 April 2009 Manuscript Submission: 1 May 2009
Final Paper Submission: 15 August 2009
For Conference Information and CFP Website: campus.mst.edu/itsc2009
General Chair: Steve E. Watkins, MO S&T [email protected]
What Is the Intelligent Transportation Systems Society?
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are those utilizing synergistic technologies and systems engineering concepts to develop and improve transportation systems of all kinds.
The ITS Society advances the theoretical, experimental, and operational aspects of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies as applied to ITS.
The Society is interested in theoretical, experimental and operational aspects of electrical and electronics engineering and information technologies as applied to ITS, defined as those systems utilizing synergistic technologies and systems engineering concepts to develop and improve transportation systems of all kinds.
Taken from http://www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/its/.
ITSC 09 General Chair,
Former Board of
Governor of ITS and MST
Professor, Dr. Steve E.
Watkins. Photo from ITS website.
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Missouri S&T IEEE computer society student branch has been dormant for years. Now it is coming back with renewed vigor!
Two faculty members from Missouri S & T-- Dr. Choi and Dr. Lin -- are devoting their efforts to setting up a dynamic and active student organization towards the goal of enhancing the academic, professional and technological development of the student members.
The student branch is seeking student leaders to help accomplish the mission. If you ever wanted to develop your leadership skills, that opportunity now knocks on your door. Anyone with an enthusiasm of success can be the leader.
Student members will benefit from various entertaining and informative programs organized by the student branch. You will have chances to get to know cutting-edge technologies, to meet peers for academic and social support, and to network with faculties and industry professionals for professional support and career development. There are also abundant scholarship and funding opportunities waiting for you.
There are over 68,000 student members of IEEE in more than 1300 student branches in 80 countries. The Student Branch at Missouri S & T is a part of this global community.
Join us! It is a great chance to have your ideas shinning and sharing with world professionals.
Dr. Lin’s bio - http://web.mst.edu/~lindan, E-mail: [email protected]
I joined Missouri University of Science and Technology as an assistant professor in Aug. 2008. Before that, I was a postdoctoral research associate at Purdue University working with Prof. Elisa Bertino. During July to Sep. 2005, I was a visiting scholar at Aalborg University (Denmark) working with Prof. Christian S. Jensen. I obtained my B.S. from Fudan University (Shanghai, China) in 2002 and my Ph.D. from National University of Singapore in 2007 under the supervision of Prof. Beng Chin Ooi.
My main research interests cover many areas in the fields of database systems and information security. My current research includes geographical information systems, spatial-temporal databases, location privacy, and access control policy analysis.
Dr. Choi’s bio - http://web.mst.edu/~choim, E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Choi received his Ph.D. degree from Oklahoma State University on August 2, 2002. Then, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science & Technology.
His research mainly focuses on Computer Architecture & VLSI, Embedded Systems, Fault Tolerance, Testing, Quality Assurance, Reliability Modeling and Analysis, Configurable Computing, Parallel & Distributed Systems, Autonomic Computing and Dependable Instrumentation & Measurement. He is a senior member of IEEE.
Missouri S&T IEEE Computer Society Student Branch Is Coming Back!
Dr. Lin, Assistant
Professor, at MST. Photo from Dr. Lin’s website.
MST Student Branch Officers
(2009-2010)
• Counselor: Dr. Jag Sarangapani
[email protected] • President: Fred Reineke
• Vice-President: Alok Eande
• Treasurer: Micah Weber
• Secretary: Jason Dickherber
• STUCO Rep: Edward Stephens
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Section Meeting Information and Map for 2009 Meetings are held at St. Louis University’s Parks College which is McDonnell Douglas Hall on 3450 Lindell Blvd. Meetings begin at 6:00 PM. Parking is available in the garage next door in Olive Garage or you can park on the street. Parking meters are patrolled until 7 PM and take 2 quarters for 1 hour. Enter the building from the side that faces the soccer fields which is opposite of Lindell Blvd. Planning Meetings usually run 1 hour and the Membership Meeting begins at approximately 7:00 PM. Cost is always free along with pizza and soda. Members and guests are always welcome.
Note: We are planning to award PDH certificates in the near future for those that request it. PDH credits are required for Professional Engineering renewal requirements in the State of Missouri and Illinois. More information is to follow. We are looking for a P.E. willing to help administer this task. Direct questions to [email protected].
McDonnell Douglas Hall
Parking
Interested in a Life Members Affinity Group for St. Louis? Mr. Bob Spiegel has agreed to spearhead and lead a Life Members Affinity Group in the Saint Louis Section. Part of the process is to have a certain number of existing Life Members to endorse the idea. More information on the Life Member Affinity Group at http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/committee/lmc/lmchapters.html. Please drop a note to Bob at [email protected].
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MST Faculty Member Recognized Congratulations to Dr. Venayagamoorthy, who was selected as a Runner Up for the Outstanding Engineering Educator Award 2008 in April for Region 5. Venayagamoorthy’s award was issued at the Annual Region 5 Meeting held in Lubbock, TX in April.
The winner was Dr. Sajal Das of the University of Texas at Arlington.
Call for Articles for IEEE Potentials Magazine
Articles of interest to the EE/CE/CS Undergraduate /Graduate community are of interest for publication in the IEEE Potentials magazine. This magazine goes to all student members of the IEEE (US/Canada - about 40,000) and some regular and international members by subscription. The articles should be less than 3000 words and in magazine style rather than journal/transaction. See information at http://www.ieee.org/potentials/, or contact Dr. George W. Zobrist at [email protected]. The magazine is published 6 times / year and requires 3-4 months lead time for review and editing. Send all articles to [email protected].
Washington University Student Branch Makes a Comeback
Officers (2009-2010)
• Counselor: Dr. Paul Min
[email protected] • Chair: Jeffrey Feiereisen
[email protected] • Vice-Chair: David Pilla
• Treasurer: Jeremiah O’Driscoll
• Secretary: Ari Kahn
• Projects Manager: Nicholas Hansing
New Branch Counselor
for Washington
University, Dr. Paul Min.
(Photo from WU College of Engineering website).
The Washington University Students want it to be known that they are making a comeback and in the process of rejuvenating the Branch. Besides the slate officers listed below, they have several key events planned including a September 19 Defibrillator Tester Kit Building Event (see page 11). For those interested, contact Jeff Feiereisen (Chair) who is spending his summer planning a busy year for the Branch or visit the website at http://ieee.wustl.edu.
The Students are very thrilled to welcome new Counselor, Dr. Paul Min, to the helm. Dr. Min is an Associate Professor of communications and networking and a successful entrepreneur in the St. Louis area. We’d like to welcome Dr. Min for agreeing to take over for Dr. O’Sullivan who has provided the IEEE Section and Student Branch with many years of service.
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Power & Energy Society Chapter Update
Events
• 8/5/09 Lecture, Energy Storage, 4 PDH
• 11/17/09 Lecture, EPRI/Ameren Smart Grid research, 4 PDH
The St Louis Chapter of PES held a tour on 6/17 of Ameren's, Dorsett Facility, Transformer Repair Shop. Pictures from the tour are shown below. We offered a morning tour, an afternoon tour, and supplied a buffet lunch at Syberg's. We had a full turnout with 61 attendees in all.
We have our next lecture tentatively scheduled for August 5 at Washington University, Lopata 101. The lecture will be given by the U.S. Department of Energy's Imre Gyuk. Mr. Gyuk will hold a 2 hour discussion on Energy Storage.
Our final lecture for 2009 will be on November 17. It will be a 2 part lecture on the subject of Ameren/EPRI's Smart Grid R&D and an overview of IEC standards activities.
For 2009, we will have offered our members the opportunity to earn 11.5 PDH.
Information and photos provided by Ann Lazarski, 2009 Chair, IEEE-PES,
St. Louis Chapter.
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At the annual IEEE Region 5 Meeting in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday, April 18, 2009, Boeing was honored as the Region 5 "OUTSTANDING LARGE COMPANY" for 2008 "For Outstanding Support of the IEEE and its Members". Region 5 IEEE is designated as the Southwest Region with over 29,000 members in states stretching from Wyoming to Texas, and including Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois.
Boeing was also the main sponsor of the IEEE GO GREEN Conference that just preceded the Region 5 Meeting. In 2008, Boeing signed a partnership agreement with IEEE which included a $25 discount for all Boeing employees who renewed or joined IEEE. This discount will be available during the 2010 Membership renewal cycle beginning in September, 2009.
Boeing St. Louis is within the IEEE St. Louis Section boundaries. There are over 150 Boeing employees here in the St. Louis Section. Boeing engineer Tyria Riley is currently the Chair of the St. Louis Section and Bob Becnel is the Treasurer. In addition, there are six universities with the St. Louis Section, and Boeing provides support for their IEEE Student Branch Members.
Boeing is the Platinum Sponsor of the RADARCON09 Conference held in Early May, 2009, in Pasadena, CA. IEEE is in the top tier of professional organizations known as External Technical Affiliations (ETA) supported by Boeing. If you are an IEEE Member at Boeing, and you have not done so, please go the Boeing Total Access site and register on the ETA website as an IEEE member. This will ensure you receive info regarding the $25 discount and other info regarding activities by the internal Boeing/IEEE team.
Story and photo provided by Jim Leonard, P.E.
Boeing Wins Outstanding Large Company Award from IEEE Region
Jim Leonard (left), Boeing IEEE Company Focal, receives the award plaque from David Pierce, Region 5 Director.
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MST Student Selected for 2009 AESS President’s Achievement Award In 2006, after reading an article in SYSTEMS magazine regarding autonomous flight controls by Dr. Balakrishnen from Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T) (formerly UMR), Jim Leonard conceived an idea of getting a group of IEEE student branch members at MS&T to create a UAV project. After meeting with the MS&T IEEE Student branch councilor, Dr. “Jag” Sarangapani and then requesting interested students to apply, Dave Erdos stepped up and organized the team.
They purchased a small scale “piper cub” and set out to design the autonomous flight control systems. Major funding was provided by AESS with additional funding from Boeing, the local St. Louis IEEE Section, and Region 5 IEEE. After months of design, lab simulation and flight test, they entered the Australian Outback Challenge. The scope of the contest entailed flight safety documentation, pretest flight demonstrations and finally, demonstrating autonomous take off, search, locating and dropping a bottle of water to Outback Joe. Dave has prepared a detailed article for SYSTEMS magazine and I will stop my story here. Stay tuned. The MS&T Team also has a website: http://aessuav.org. And we are organizing a new team to carry on the competition
The award was presented in the venue of the MS&T Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering Meeting on 16 April 2009. The inscription reads” Presented to Dave Erdos For His Outstanding Accomplishments which include: (1) Organizing the AESS UAV Team; (2) Directing the UAV System Design; (3) Flight Test the UAV at MS&T; (4) Winning 2nd Place in the “Outback Challenge”. It is signed by Bob Rassa (AESS President), Erv Gangl (AESS Awards Chair) and Jim Leonard (AESS Jr Past President.
Dave is planning to go to Grad school and possibly earn a PhD in EE. He is also active in other areas and was recently recognized as the 2008 Outstanding IEEE Student Member in Region 5 IEEE. This summer he plans to be an intern at Boeing, working at Boeing Field near Seattle, Washington.
Story and photo provided by Jim Leonard, P.E.
Dave Erdos (Left), AESS/IEEE Student Member accepts the AESS President’s Achivement Award from Jim Leonard (Right).
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The 2009 Spring MOCON was held over a two week period in March (18th thru 27th), 2009. Paul Friemel presented his tutorials: Elecrtical Overcurrent Protection and Advanced Electrical Overcurrent Protection during the first week at the Bussmann labs. This was followed in the second week with three tutorials presented by Dr. Tom Van Doren: Grounding and Shielding Day 1 & 2 and Circuit Board Analysis. These were presented at the UMSL Campus. Dr. Jim Hahn presented: Signal Integrity and Ed Scherry presented: Arc Flash Analysis at the MS&T Graduate Extension center at UMSL. Ken Owens presented: Introduction to TCP/IP Networking and Applications and Advanced Network Implementations at the Savvis Communications bldg.
As is noted above, MOCON had a very good turnout during these very bad economic times. Providing continuing education is one means of keeping our local technical community up to date and employable. This is one of the many benefits provided by IEEE. A preliminary agenda for the upcoming Fall MOCON is shown here: (Note: One of our presenters, Karl Spuhl is planning a one day tutorial entitled “Basic Control Theory”. Please email Jim Leonard ([email protected]) if you would be interested in attending this tutorial. Also, if there are other topics and courses of interest, please send your requests to Jim.
Spring MoCON Update
Dates and times are tentative. An application form will be in the Summer issue or you can go to the website at http://www.moconstl.com or contact MR. BOB MENZEL 314-545-6712.
WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
1. Electrical OverCurrent Protection by Mr. Paul Friemel, PE (Bussmann)
2. Low Noise Design by Dr. Jim Hahn (UMSL)
THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
1. Arc Flash Analysis (1/2 Day) by Mr. Edwin Scherry, PE (UMSL)
2. Robust & Adaptive Control Theory by Dr. Kevin Wise (TBD)
FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
1. Advanced Electrical OverCurrent Protection by Mr. Paul Friemel, PE (Bussmann)
2. Intro to TCP/IP Networking and Appl (1/2 Day) by Mr. Ken Owens (Savvis Com)
3. Advanced Network Implementations(1/2 Day) by Mr. Ken Owens (Savvis Com)
4. Digital Signal Processing by Dr. Jim Hahn (UMSL)
UMSL = Univ of MO at St. Louis Campus
Bussmann = Bussmann HQ, STL County
Savvis Com = Savvis Communications, 1 Savvis Parkway, Town & Country, MO 63017
Fall Schedule – 22nd Annual MoCON Workshop
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MOCON Registration Advanced registration for the 2009 Fall Missouri Conference (MoCon) Workshop is now open. Advanced registration fees are $500.00 for a full day tutorial and $250 for a ½ day tutorial and available at http://www.moconstl.com. Advanced registration will close on 16 (Friday) October 2009. After that, the fees will be $550 for a full day tutorial and the fees for a ½ day tutorial will be $275.00. You may use this form to register or you may register online at the MoCon Workshop web site: www.moconstl.com. Classes start at 8:30 am and end at 5:30 pm. Lunch is provided 12:30-1:30 pm. Lunch is also provided for those taking two ½ day tutorials on the same day. IEEE Members receive a 20% discount. PDHs and CEUs will be awarded.
Name______________________Tutorial #_____________Amt Enclosed$___________
Address_____________________City/State/Zip_________________________________
Email address___________________ Tel No.__________ IEEE Member #___________
Remit check (no credit cards, POs OK) To
Jerry Herman, MoCon Workshop Treasurer
2112 McGregor Circle
Dardenne Prairie, MO 63368
Payable to “2009 Fall MoCon”
More information, call MR. BOB MENZEL 314-545-6712.
In these uncertain market conditions for technical employees, engineers need to consider how to stand apart from their colleagues and peers in communications. One such possibility is WCET Certification created by the Communications Society. One such case study is included from the March issue of the WCET newsletter and it is contained below.
WCET stands for Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies. With the IEEE WCET certification, professionals will be able to clearly demonstrate their knowledge of wireless communication technologies to employers or change engineering fields as new opportunities arise in the wireless industry.
Vendor-neutral and trans-national in scope, the IEEE WCET certification program's focus is explicitly on the knowledge and on-the-job experience that a practicing wireless communications professional needs to possess in order to pass the WCET exam. Nothing testifies more to the international nature of the program than the breadth of industry participation at all stages of the development process.
Contributions from WCET website. More information is available at http://www.ieee-wcet.org/.
COMSOC’s WCET Certification
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St. Louis Chapter Electronic Rep Association "Spirit of St. Louis" In short, the purpose of our chapter is to act as a business league for independent contractor sales representatives in the electronics industry. To educate these industries as to the economic advantages and other benefits of doing business through independent contractor sales representatives, and to promote the continued growth of the members through educational programs.
We are in the midst of organizing our next Electronics, Engineering & Manufacturing Show to be held in April, 2010 (last several shows have been held at the St. Charles Convention Center) - details will be presented on our website: http://www.erastl.org - also our annual golf tournament is to be held at the Links at Dardenne Golfcourse in O'Fallon, Missouri, Sept. 18 at 8:00 AM, openings for foursomes are still available.
Current organization officers are: President, Scott Misbach - Vice-President, Scott Schroeder - Treasurer, Roy Avery - Secretary, Bob Dillon - Delegate, Rich Sartori - Alternate Delegate, Brian Main - Chapter Administrator, Bob Dillon.
Our next scheduled meeting is at Spiro's Restaurant (West County), Monday, July 6 at 11:30 AM.
Information provided by Scott Misbach, President. Scott can be reached at [email protected].
Are Systems-of-Systems in Your Future?
On May 28, 2009, Paul Gartz spoke to the Saint Louis Section as part of the AESS Distinguished Lecturer Series. Paul addressed the topic of Systems Engineering and more specifically, the 787 Gold Care Service. Contained, herein, are the slides that Gartz briefed. The slides presented are covered in the next 6 pages.
Boeing Bio: In Boeing, Paul’s career spans defense, commercial and civil large-scale systems, more than half of which were world firsts. He is currently overall Systems-of-Systems Architect for Boeing’s “GoldCare”, a new, e-based global business for airplane maintenance.
IEEE Bio: In IEEE, Paul has presidency positions in two IEEE business units called “IEEE Organizational Units”. He is Past President of the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) and current President of the IEEE Systems Council. Systems Council address large-scale, integrated, systems-of-systems (SoSs) of “national or global significance”.
Information and photo by Paul E. Gartz, Tech Fellow, [email protected].
May Speaker, Paul Gartz..
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If interested in becoming a Senior Member or nominating an individual, you can visit the IEEE Senior Member Website at http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/senior-members/index.html.
Benefits of Senior Membership
Recognition: The professional recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence.
Senior Member Plaque: Since January 1999, all newly elevated Senior Members have received an engraved Senior Member plaque to be proudly displayed for colleagues, clients and employers to see. The plaque, an attractive fine wood with bronze engraving, is sent within six to eight weeks after elevation.
US$25 Coupon: IEEE will recognize all newly elevated Senior Members with a coupon worth up to US$25. This coupon can be used to join one new IEEE Society. The coupon expires on 31 December of the year in which it is received.
Letter of Commendation: A letter of commendation will be sent to your employer on the achievement of Senior member grade (upon the request of the newly elected Senior Member).
Announcements: Announcement of elevation can be made in Section/Society and/or local newsletters, newspapers and notices.
Leadership Eligibility: Senior Members are eligible to hold executive IEEE volunteer positions.
Ability to Refer Other Candidates: Senior Members can serve as a reference for other applicants for Senior Membership.
Review Panel: Senior Members are invited to be on the panel to review Senior Member applications.
Congratulations – Elevated Senior Member Congratulations to the following Elevated Senior Member in our Section for March, April and May.
Eugene Warnecke Frank Buchmeier
Sungwon Roh Ken Chen
Michael Abba
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New IEEE Members
Congratulations to the following new Saint Louis Section members for April, May and June (through June 25, 2009).
Ravi Akella
Ryan Alexander
Mikhail Berezin
Joseph Bishop
Natalia Bondarenko
Seth Burgett
Ying Chen
Ken Chen
Jeffrey Cox
Jonathan DiLallo
Derek Ditch
Jay Eggert
David Elfanbaum
Jeffrey Feiereisen
Timothy Fite
Travis Forbes
Rashara Givhan
Chad Godsey
Tyson Graham
Gregory Hackmann
Terry Hall
Carter Hand
Adam Harbaugh
Phil Hart
Paul Heffernan
Alec Hughs
Kimberly Jacobsen
Richard Jurcich
Nagaraj Kasiraju
Elliot Kehoe
Seyedmostafa Khazraei
Jingook Kim
Venkata Koka
David Lecko
Hongyu Li
Peng Li
Ryan Lipina
Charles Litecky
Dazhao Liu
Daniel Luck
David Macak
Jacob McKinley
Fanjun Meng
Bryan Morgan
Daniel Nabelek
Peter Norgard
Christopher Osterwise
Jerry Overton
Siming Pan
T C Parry Jr
James Paunicka
David Pilla
Hengsi Qin
Andro Radchenko
Chad Raley
Dustin Sanders
Stephen Schuh
William Seigfreid
John Settle
Dheeraj singiresu
Mohamed Taha
Gongguo Tang
Krystal Thomason
Krishna Vuppala
Tonya Walker
Xiaoyu Wang
shuang wang
Hanfeng Wang
James Watts
Paul Webb
Reginald Williams
Theresa Wolf
William Wood
Naga Yelchuri
Zhongna Zhou
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Section Membership Numbers
Society Saint Louis Section Total
(6/24/2009)
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) 60
Communications Society (COMSOC) 116
Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) 59
Computer Society (CS) 322
Education Society (ES) 28
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) 69
Industry Applications Society (IAS) 91
Power & Engineering Society (PES) 254
Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) 222
Women in Engineering (WIE) 22
Rolla Subsection (2/09) 178
Membership Category Total
(6/24/09)
Member (M) 1061
Life Member (LM) 131
Senior Member (SM) 183
Life Senior Member (LS) 65
Fellow Member (F) 20
Life Fellow Member (LF) 19
Student Member (StM) 226
Grad Student Member (GSM) 183
Associate Member (SM) 73
Honorary Member (H) 0
Total for Saint Louis Section 1961
School Total
(6/24/2009)
University of Missouri 65
Missouri Univ of Science & Technology
88
Southern Illinois Univ – Carbondale 31
Southern Illinois Univ – Edwardsville 29
St. Louis University 8
Washington University 32
St. Louis Community College 1
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Saint Louis Section History
Organization Type Date of Creation
Saint Louis Section Section January 14, 1903
AESS Chapter Chapter January 14, 1994
CS Chapter Chapter March 18, 1967
CIS Chapter (Columbia) Chapter July 25, 2006
COMSOC Chapter Chapter October 7, 1969
EMBS Chapter Chapter December 27, 1999
IAS Chapter Chapter May 25, 1965
PES Chapter Chapter August 26, 1964
CIS Chapter Chapter May 7, 2004
ES Chapter Chapter May 9, 2005
GOLD Affinity March 30, 2000
WIE Affinity March 10, 2005
University of Missouri Student Branch April 6, 1949
Missouri University School of Science & Technology Student Branch June 18, 1964
St. Louis University Student Branch September 23, 1986
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville Student Branch June 20, 1973
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Student Branch August 29, 1978
Washington University Student Branch February 3, 1954
Missouri University of Science & Technology (AESS Chapter) Student Branch Chapter June 1, 1998
Missouri University of Science & Technology (PES Chapter) Student Branch Chapter August 8, 1995
St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley Student Branch June 25, 2008
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Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) [email protected]
Communications Society (COMSC) [email protected]
Computer Society (CS) [email protected]
Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS) [email protected]
Industry Applications Society (IAS) [email protected]
Power and Energy Society (PES) [email protected]
Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) [email protected]
Computational Intelligence Society (Columbia) [email protected]
Education Society Chapter [email protected]
Rolla Subsection [email protected]
2009 Chapter Contacts
MST Marketing of Professional Services July 14, September 15
Energy Storage Lecture at Wash U August 5
Summer Social September 12
ASEE Midwest Section Annual Conference September 16-18
Defibrillator Tester Kit Building Event at Wash U September 19
September Planning Meeting September 24
ITS Conference at St. Louis Union Station October 4 – 7
October Planning Meeting October 22
Fall MoCON October 28, 29, 30
Black Box Competition November
EPRS/Ameren Smart Grid Lecture November 17
Winter Social December
Summer 2009 Upcoming Events
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Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) [email protected]
Women In Engineering (WIE) [email protected]
2009 Affinity Group Contacts
Florissant Valley (St. Louis Community College) [email protected]
Missouri University of Science and Technology (UMR) [email protected]
University of Missouri - Columbia [email protected]
Washington University [email protected]
Saint Louis University - Parks College [email protected]
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale [email protected]
Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville [email protected]
2009 Student Branch Contacts
Website
Officers
http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/stlouis/