The 2011 IEEE GHTC (October 30 – November 1, 2011) will bring together members of the engineering community, technology leaders from industries, academics, government agencies, NGOs, charities and others interested in how technology can be used to advance humanity.
See the event website for more information and registration information.
If you are interested in being a mentor for a night for college students, the Puget Sound Engineering Council (PSEC) needs your help! The purpose of the mentor night is to bring as many practicing engineers together with as many students as possible. We are trying to inspire the students, most of whom are sophomores or juniors, toward a career in engineering. The mentoring allows engineers to explain their experiences in the profession and answer questions posed by students. Here’s the agenda for this year’s event:
6:00 pm Welcome & Introductions
6:05 pm Panel Discussion (selected mentors will answer questions after a brief presentation on a special topic about their engineering careers)
6:40 pm Break – Food
7:00 pm Break-Out Sessions (three 20 minute sessions involving all mentors)
8:10 pm Conclusion & Wrap-Up
The panel discussion will be comprised of four professionals from various organizations, disciplines, years of experience, and diversity.
Students will be able to ask general questions about engineering to any of the panelists. Mentors are welcome to come early to hear the panel. Break-out sessions allow for one-on-one mentoring of students. Students rotate between mentors and tables to get a broad overview of answers to their questions.
Please sign up online by October 19th.
Maps and further instruction will be sent out prior to the event.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Join the Seattle EMC Chapter at the Museum of Flight for a free, half day educational seminar. The afternoon starts with a complimentary lunch at 12:00 pm. Speakers include IEEE EMC Society Distinguished Lecturer, Mark Steffka of General Motors and University of Michigan, and John Norgard of NASA-Houston and member of the IEEE EMC Society Board of Directors. In the extended presentations about radiated and conducted emissions, you’ll learn tips and tools to increase your EMC design and test productivity – practical skills you can use on the job the next day! Exhibitors will be on hand with tabletop displays showing the latest in EMC related products and services. The Museum is open to attendees at the end of the event for self-guided tours until 6:00 pm. There is NO COST to attend, but you MUST BE REGISTERED. Click here for more information and to register.
The Seattle Section applied for a grant from the IEEE New Initiatives Committee.
The project was intended to allow members to earn access to the Xplore Member Digital Library.
The response has been underwhelming. Several members started; only one may still be active.
Unless members step forward to take advantage of this program, I will propose that we terminate the project in October, send the remaining money back to IEEE with a report on lessons learned.
If anyone wants more information, contact Joe Decuir.
ITT Technical Institute, a system of schools around the US, has several IEEE Student Branches, including one at their Portland campus and their Spokane campus here in the Northwest. They successfully formed a group and filed the petition to form a student branch in Everett. They join the other active Student Branches. We need a volunteer to serve as Industry Advisor. For more about this campus, see this page.
Josh Scotland of UW Seattle won our Seattle Section Student Paper contest with his paper on “Designing Accessible Textbooks Efficiently” in the contest held on March 26 at Seattle University. He went on to win the Northwest Area (OR, WA, AK) contest on April 2 in Pasco. As winner there, he went on to compete and win the Region 6 (western USA) contest in San Francisco on August 19.
IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
Seattle, WA USA
October 30 – November 1, 2011
We are pleased to inform you that the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) 2011 planning is entering the final stages. This international conference is focusing on the research and development of advanced technologies for application to societal challenges. The Paper submittal and review process has been successfully completed with over 150 papers submitted and reviewed. Acceptance notices have gone out to the approved authors and plans are being made for presentations in Seattle.
If you are interested in humanitarian applications of technology, we strongly encourage your presence at the Conference. The Conference will be held October 30 – November 1, 2011 at the Renaissance Hotel in Seattle, Washington USA. The conference agenda, preliminary program, and further details for logistics arrangements are available through the conference web site, www.ieeeghtc.org.
We are proud to include NASA and the ASME Foundation among our list of co-sponsors for GHTC 2011.
Early registration is open now through 16 September for discounted rates. We look forward to your continued interest and participation and hope to see you in Seattle!
Regards,
Keith Moore
Technical Program Chair
IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
keith.moore@ieee.org
Have you wanted to make a difference in your professional society? Here is an opportunity to contribute, to grow as a professional and network in the industry.
Every year, we elect new Section officers: chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer. In fact, due in part to networking in IEEE, we are losing some of them. So we will have more openings that usual for 2012. The nominating committee will be looking for candidates from existing Section and Chapter volunteers. Members are also encouraged to nominate others or themselves.
These jobs take 1-2 hours per week on average. The duties are described at the following links:
Those of us who have served in this offices are happy to help train our successors. There are executive committee meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, September through June.
Please contact the nominating committee members by the end of July:
We may contact you for interviews this summer. We plan to publish a slate of Nominees by September 6. We invite candidates to attend executive committee meetings on September 13. There are also provisions for petition nominations; see section 9.12 of the MGA Operations Manual.
The election will be conducted in October, for terms running for calendar 2012. Final votes will be due October 16, to be processed and announced at the Fall Banquet on October 18.
IEEE Seattle Section needs more volunteers for some of our Technical Chapter Chairs and other standing committees (Awards, Student Activities, Professional Activities). Many of the positions have names listed, but several people have held these positions for multiple years and would love for new volunteers to take over, so if anything interests you, please contact Kambiz Rahimi.
Welcome to the website of the IEEE Seattle section. Please take a look around.
