PACE Committee Report Hamid Vakilzadian (2009-2010) and Tarek Lahdhiri (2011-2012) Region 4 PACE...
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PACE Committee Report
Hamid Vakilzadian (2009-2010) and Tarek Lahdhiri (2011-2012) Region 4 PACE Committee Chair
Excom Webinar Meeting, January 22, 2011
Activities included:•Participation in monthly meetings of regional Government Activities Coordinators
Issues: • federal legislation related to IEEE-USA. • Key legislative issues related Intellectual Property
Reform, Immigration Reform, Energy Bill, SBIR & STTR reauthorization, Smart Grid (power), and STEM Education.
•Posted updates from the GAC to the Region 4 Community site.
Regional Government Activities Coordinator: Steve Kerchberger
SPAC Activities CoordinatorKristi Brooks
Organized SPAC at:
Central MichiganValparaisoMichigan StateWayne StateUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SPAC = Student Professional Awareness ConferenceSPAVE = Student Professional Awareness VenturesSPAW = Student Professional Awareness Workshop
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Tech Policy Activities CoordinatorJim Fancher
Energy Policy Committee • 5 Meeting/presentations in the sections
• Hot topics include: Smart Grid, Electric/Hybrid Cars• Archaic nuclear concept: under discussion
Congressional Activity on Carbon-related Energy Policy• Working on the annual update of the National Energy Policy
Recommendation
Vice-Chair of the Public Policy Committee of the American Nuclear Society
Available for talks on Energy or Nuclear Policy issuesApr 19, 2023
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Pre-college Education Activities 2010: Will Kassebaum
Very active in Teacher in Service Program (TISP)
Central Indiana Section E-Week, Engineer Children’s Day – 600+ kids FIRST Robotics Essay Competition Poster Presentation at Annual Meeting
National Science and Engineering Festival – National Mall– IEEE-USA PEC committee sponsoring booth at the NSEF October 23-
24th on the national mall.
Development of Junior Eng. Technical Society (JETS) competition project
Apr 19, 2023 Contact: [email protected]
2010 Professional Activities
• Recommendation of 10 PACE projects for funding
• Participation at the I PACE committee meetings
• Organization of best R4 PACE project posters at the Annual Meeting with help of Will Kassebaum and Aysha Yousef
• Presentation of Real-time Embedded Systems Session at the 2010 Annual Meeting
• Publicizing actively participation at Annual Meeting and organization of PACE projects in R4 sections
• PACE training at 2010 Annual Meeting
• Communication of IEEE-USA PACE activities to the sections
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Funds from IEEE-USA for PACE, CY-2010
Item
2010 IEEE-USA Allocation to R4
Actual Spending by R4
Actual 2010 IEEE-USA
Transfer to Region 4
Professional Development Funds for Regions 4 $10, 985.17
$ 11,005.74($2,746.29+$8259.45) $10, 985.17
Funds for attending 2010 Annual Meeting $4,849.59 $13,975.49 $4,849.59
IEEE-USA funds for GOLD Participation at Annual
Meeting $3,000 $3,000 $3,000
Total IEEE-USA funds for attending Annual Meeting $10,595.88
$16,975.49 (spent by R4)
$10,595.88
Total $18,834.76 $25,234.94 $18,834.94
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Section Attendance at 2010 Annual Meeting
1. Arrowhead0
2. Calumet 03. Cedar Rapids 64. Central Illinois 05. Central Indiana 66. Central Iowa 17. Chicago 28. Fox Valley Subsec.
09. Northwest Subsec.
010. Fort Wayne
011. Iowa-Illinois
112. Madison 1
13. Milwaukee0
14. Missouri Slope 015. Nebraska
216. Northeast Michigan
017. Northeastern Wisconsin 018. Red River Valley 119. Rock River Valley
220. Siouxland
221. Southeastern Michigan 822. Southern Minnesota
223. Coulee Subsection
124. Toledo 025. Twin Cities
226. West Michigan 0
Number of Section Participated: 14 Number of Section Xcom members participated: 31 Number of IEEE-USA/Region Xcom members participated:6Total participation: 37
Section No. Participated Section No. Participated
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IEEE-USA Funding Allocation for Region 4CY-2011
Item
2010 IEEE-USA Allocation to R4
2011 IEEE-USA Allocation to R4
Note
Professional Development Funds for Regions 4
$10, 985.17 $10,995.00
Funds for attending IEEE-USA Annual Meeting
$4,849.59 $4,853.93
Up to 25% from Professional Development Funds can be used for the annual meeting
2011 Annual Meeting
• When: 3 - 6 March 2011Where: Austin, Texas
Theme - Employment & Careers
For more details, Visit the following website• http://www.ieeeusa.org/calendar/conferences/annualmeeting/2011/default.asp