IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 06 NOV 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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SWMO Subsection Meetings: 1st Tuesday of
Dec, Jan, Mar, April, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
See the meetings page for details on those meetings. |
Job Opening
Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS is looking for
an adjunct engineering professor for next semester starting Jan
15th, 2009. Duties are teaching ENGR 254 Engineering Dynamics on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8-9:15 in the evening. Jan 15th- May
15th, 2009.Go to
www.jccc.edu and pick on Jobs & Benefits to apply.
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New IEEE Award Sponsored by Toyota
Recognizes Environmental and Safety Technologies
The IEEE Foundation recently announced that Toyota Motor Corporation
will sponsor a new IEEE award, the IEEE Medal for Environmental and
Safety Technologies. This award will recognize outstanding
accomplishments in the application of technology in the IEEE fields
of interest that improve the environment and/or public safety.
Toyota donated US$300,000 to support the awarding of the IEEE
Medal to an individual recipient, or a team of recipients up to
three in number, each year, for the years 2010 through 2019.
Toyota Motor Corporation acknowledges the cooperation and advice
of Prof. Fumio Harashima, Prof. Hiroyuki Sakaki, and Prof. Toshio
Fukuda in the establishment of this award. To learn more about this
and other IEEE Awards, visit
http://www.ieee.org/awards. |
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- "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
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Thought for the Day Would
you feel better when telling your boss why a job went right, or when making
excuses for problems a good plan would have prevented? |
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