IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 02 APR 2009

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KC Section and Chapter Meetings

For details and reservation information, go to www.ieee-kc.org and click on the Meetings link.
 

April Dinner Meeting. Thursday, April 09, 2009.
Power Engineering Society, Kansas City Chapter.
Something Good Resulted from the Blackout of 2003 - Synchrophasors.
Mike Kelly of the University of Missouri, Kansas City will provide the shocking details.
  • May Banquet. Thursday, May 14, 2009.
    Sponsored by the IEEE, Kansas City Section.
    The topic will be State of Missouri Engineering Education. (speaker TBA, Mr. Forsee or Dean of UMKC Engineering).
     
  • June Dinner Meeting. Thursday, June 11, 2009
    Sponsored by the Communications Society.
    US Protected MILSATCOM Programs. Farakh Zaman, 1st Lt, USAF.
     
  • July Dinner Meeting. Thursday, July 9, 2009.
    Sponsored by the Consultants Network, Kansas City Chapter.
    Building an Engineering Consultancy. Dr. Gary Blank.
     
  • August Dinner Meeting. Thursday, July 9, 2009.
    Sponsored by the Power Engineering Society, Kansas City Section.
    Topic: The Future with Hydrogen.
     
  • September Dinner Meeting. Thursday, September 10, 2009.
    Sponsored by the Computer Society, Kansas City Section.
    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.
     
  • October Dinner Meeting. Thursday, October 8, 2009.
    Sponsored by the Medical and Biomedical Engineering Society, Kansas City Section.
    The topic is Smart Prosthetics.
     
  • November Dinner Meeting. Thursday, November 12, 2009.
    Sponsored by the Communications Society , Kansas City Section.
    This presentation is titled, Smart Grids - What are they? What will secure them?
     
  • December Dinner Meeting. Thursday, October 8, 2009.
    Sponsored by the IEEE Society , Kansas City Section.
    State of Kansas Engineering Education (speaker TBA, Board of Regents or Dean of KU Engineering)

Golf  Outing
The 7x24 Exchange, Midwest Chapter, is having a golf outing on 07MAY prior to its 2009 Conference.

IEEE members are likely to find familiar faces. Two members of the Chapter's Board have served on the Section's Board and the Chapter Director once served on the Section EXCOM.

The Chapter has golf sponsorships available for $300 each. If the Chapter gets enough sponsorships, the outing will be FREE to outing participants. These sponsorships are not limited to Conference participants.

  • Golf is May 7th, the Thursday before the 2009 Conference.
  • The golf is preceded by a lunch of burgers and brats.
  • Sign-in is 11:00 a.m. Lunch is at 11:30 a.m.
  • Tee Off is at 1:00 p.m.

Location

Drumm Farm Golf Club.
http://www.drummfarmgolfclub.com/newpage.asp?id=110&page=1372
15400 East 34th Street
Independence MO, 64055

To sign up, send an e-mail to Ted Carlton, Golf2009 @ mindconnection.com
(paste into your e-mail client and remove the spaces)

In the event of over-registration, Conference attendees will get priority over non-attendees, then it's first-come first-serve.

Golf Tournament
UMKC School of Computing and Engineering is hosting the Alumni Benefit Golf Tournament on Friday, 29 May 2009.

This will be at the Drumm Farm Golf Club.
http://www.drummfarmgolfclub.com/newpage.asp?id=110&page=1372

Tee Time: 1:00 pm.

This event raises much needed scholarships that benefit students at SCE. Bring a foursome! Join recent and seasoned SCE alumni, as well as practicing industry professionals, SCE students, and friends of SCE for an afternoon of golf and prizes.

Start your weekend early and join the fun!

REGISTRATION AND SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

  • CEO Level Sponsorship $1,500
  • COO Level Sponsorship $1,000
  • CFO Level Sponsorship $500
  • Hole-in-One Sponsorship $500
  • Tee Box Sponsorships $150
  • Green Sponsorships $150
  • Golf Team (foursome) $380
  • Individual Player $95
  • UMKC Student Player $75

Registration includes a boxed lunch, greens fee, GPS riding cart, range balls, prizes, tee package, awards ceremony, four Hole-in-One contests and much more.

To pay by credit card, go to www.umkcalumni.com (click on events) for more information and online registration.

To pay by check or other method or for more information on registration, e-mail Nathan Shatto at nate @ umkc.edu or call (816) 235-6260.

Radar Conference

The IEEE, Kansas City Section has agreed to sponsor the 2011 IEEE Radar Conference, to be held at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, MO the week of May 23-27, 2011.

As will be established in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU):

As a co-sponsor with the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society of IEEE, the Kansas City Section will be entitled to a percentage of the monetary surplus of the conference as determined by the respective party’s sponsorship contribution.  The IEEE Radar Conference is the preeminent conference in the field of radar held annually in the US and is attended by world-renowned experts in radar systems and advanced radar technology.

Details and contact information are coming soon. If you have any questions in the meantime, contact radarconf @ieee.kc.org (paste into your e-mail client and remove the spaces; we don't do live e-mail links due to spambots).

Job Opening
Region 6 of the General Services Administration is looking for a Building Management Specialist GS11/12.

An Engineering degree is not required but additional Building Management and/or Energy Management experience is required in lieu of a degree. The job is located at 1500 East Bannister Road KCMO. The salary is $56,411 to $87,893 depending on education and experience. The application period closes 4/10/09.

Interested parties can go to www.gsa.gov or www.usajobs.gov and search on Vacancy Announcement 090602101DE to find information regarding the opening.

Thought for the Day
Process alone doesn't produce meaningful results.

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