IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 19 December 2007

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Meetings

We have program information available for those meetings that are in bold, below. For details and reservation information, go to http://www.ieee-kc.org and click on the Meetings link.

  • December Dinner Meeting. December 13, 2007
    Sponsored by the Power Engineering Society, Kansas City Chapter
     

  • January Dinner Meeting. January 10, 2008
    Sponsored by G.O.L.D., Kansas City Chapter
     

  • February Dinner Meeting. Thursday, February 14, 2008
    Sponsored by the Computer Society, Kansas City Chapter
     
  • May Banquet. Thursday, May 8, 2008.
    Sponsored by the Section.
     

April: Region 5 Conference in KC. April 17 - 20, 2008.
Sponsored by IEEE-KC Region 5 Conference Committee
 

Meetings with no program information, yet:

  • SWMO Subsection dinner meetings. Contact Gabe Fleck, gfleck @ AECI.org.

  • March Dinner Meeting: March 13, 2008. ComSoc. No Info. Contact Narayanabhatla.Shiva @ mail.sprint.com

  • April Dinner Meeting: April 10, 2008. Consultants Network. No Info. Contact j.fessler @ sbcglobal.net

  • June Dinner Meeting: June 12, 2008. Sponsored by the Medical and Biomedical Engineering Society. Contact pgd104 @ umkc.edu

IEEE Grant Application Guidelines

The IEEE Foundation, Incorporated, the philanthropic arm of the IEEE, announces its 2008 grant application guidelines. To view the application guidelines and deadlines, visit http://www.ieee.org/organizations/foundation/grants.html

FIRST High School Robotics Teams Need Mentors

This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants a resume-builder. If that's your motivation and you can handle feeling guilty for having so much fine, then you should look into this.

Needed skill areas include:

  • C + programming
  • Website work
  • Project management
  • Electrical engineering
  • Mechanical engineering

Beverly J. White, Regional Director of FIRST, says, "The UMKC students have been great, the past two years in helping these teams." Now, there's a challenge to those at other universities--can you step up to the plate? Practicing engineers are also invited to participate.

Contact Beverly at bjpwhite @ kc.rr.com for more information about getting involved.

IEEE-USA Online Engineering Video Scholarship Competition

In October, IEEE-USA launched an online video competition for undergraduate engineering students calling on participants to create 90-second video clips, aimed at 11-13 year-olds, that reinforce engineers' contributions to the quality of life and help debunk engineering stereotypes.

IEEE-USA will award seven scholarship prizes totaling $10,000 to the most creative and effective video clips highlighting the theme "How Engineers Make a World of Difference." The competition is open to all U.S. undergraduate students in engineering and computer science. All entries must be submitted through YouTube by
midnight (Eastern Time) on Friday, 18 January 2008.

For more information on how to enter the IEEE-USA Online Engineering Video Scholarship Competition, go to
http://www.ieeeusa.org/communications/video_competition or e-mail p.mccarter @ ieee.org.

Send Us Your News

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News pertaining to individual IEEE members of all grades, including students:

  • Obituaries
  • Awards, promotions, appointments, honors
  • Notable achievements
  • "Looking for work"--send a paragraph explaining what you do and how to reach you.

News to benefit other members

  • Technical seminars that are open to Section members
  • New courses
  • Job openings
    •

There is no "deadline." Just send information as you get it, and the Publications Officer will add it to the next eNL (if the item is appropriate and if space permits--and space nearly always permits).

Thought for the Day

Waiting to solve a problem never makes it any easier to solve. You simply put up with it longer.

 

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