IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 22OCT 2008
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KC Section 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.
- November Dinner Meeting. Thursday,
November 13, 2008.
Sponsored by PES. Plug-In
Hybrid Vehicles (PHEVs). The presenter is Bob DeVault,
Strategic Planning, Energy and Transportation Science
Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. PES officer
elections will be held at this time, also.
- December Dinner Meeting.
Thursday, December 11, 2008.
Sponsored by the Consultants Network.
Dr. Tom Van Doren
from the Missouri University of Science & Technology
Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory. (Yes, that Dr. Van Doren).
- March Dinner Meeting. Thursday,
March 12, 2009.
Sponsored by the Computer Society. Mobile Security.
Speaker pending.
- September Dinner Meeting. Thursday,
September 10, 2009.
Sponsored by the Computer Society. Rich Marshall, P.E.,
will present "It's About Time." This is a discussion of
computing systems that require clock synchronization and the
technology by which it is achieved. Topics discussed will
include the following:
Meetings with no program
information, yet:
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January 2009 Dinner
Meeting.
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February 2009 Dinner
Meeting.
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April 2009 Dinner
Meeting.
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May 2009 Dinner Meeting.
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June 2009 Dinner Meeting
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At least five years of experience in project engineering is
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It is Posting # 4426 on
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