IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 20 May 2008

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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.

  • July Dinner Meeting. July 10, 2008.
    Sponsored by PACE, Kansas City Chapter. “Where Do You Find a Leader When You Need One?” presented by Mr. Kirk Hardcastle, Partner and VP Marketing for LeaderPoint–Comprehensive Management Development.
     

  • June Dinner Meeting: June 12, 2008.
    Sponsored by the Engineering in Medical and Biomedical Society. Michael R. Santilli, of the Imaging Center, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO will be presenting "Title: Live Cell Imaging: Using The Frequency Domain For Enhanced Contrast"
     

  • August Dinner Meeting. Thursday, August 14, 2008.
    Sponsored by G.O.L.D., Kansas City Chapter. Doppler Don Harman of the KC Fox Weather Team.
     
  • SWMO Subsection: 1st Tuesday of Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
    See the meetings page for details on those meetings.
     
  • September Dinner Meeting. Thursday, September 18, 2008.
    Sponsored by the Computer Society, Kansas City Chapter. Electronic means of protecting shipping containers, presented by James McConville of General Electric.
    This falls on the third Thursday, because the 2nd one is September 11.
     
  • 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)
     

Meetings with no program information, yet:

  • October Dinner Meeting. October 9, 2008. Sponsored by the Communications Society. No Info. Contact Narayanabhatla.Shiva @ mail.sprint.com

  • November Dinner Meeting. November 13, 2008. Sponsored by PES. No Info. Contact soni@ieee.org
 

Call for Fellow Nominations

Nominations are being accepted for the IEEE Fellows class of 2010. The rank of IEEE Fellow is the institute’s highest member grade, bestowed on an IEEE Senior Member who has had an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The deadline for nominations is 1 March 2009.

Senior Members can be nominated in one of four categories: application engineer/practitioner, research engineer/scientist, educator, or technical leader.

The Fellows Web pages contain information regarding the history of the IEEE Fellows program, the nomination process, access to the Fellows Nomination Kit, lists of Fellows who are eligible to be references and more about the Fellow program.

http://www.ieee.org/fellows
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Job Openings
 

Electrical Engineer/PLC Programmer

Design Control systems for Industrial equipment, including three phase and single phase control circuits. Understand, analyze, and troubleshoot existing PLCs and human interface display programs.


Contact:
M. Patrice H. Belle Isle
Quantum Consultants dba
F-O-R-T-U-N-E Consultants of Southwest Missouri
5309 S. Golden Ave.
Springfield, MO 65810
(417)887-6737
patrice @fpcswmo.com

 

Power Generation Engineer, Emergency Power

KC area Caterpillar dealership seeks BSEE experienced in diesel generator and/or paralleling switchgear applications, electric power distribution and project management. This is a technical liaison position supporting sales and service functions, incorporating some outside sales exposure with area engineering firms.

For a complete description, please visit our career opportunities listing at www.deancat.com. For further information, or to submit your resume, please contact Jennifer at hrdept @deancat.com.

 
Management and Leadership Development Success

LeaderPoint, an approved IEEE Education Partner, offers a discount to members on their simulation-based management and leadership development sessions held in Kansas City.

Jim Berard, 2002 Chair of IEEE Kansas City Section and past participant of a LeaderPoint session, had this to say about his experience:

“Excellent content, very well delivered. On my own, I could not have learned this by reading. The experience was great. An excellent use of 5 days of my life that holds promise for making the rest of my days significant. Thank You!”

The next session is June 9-13, 2008, followed by a September 15-19, 2008, and October 20-24, 2008 session. Please click on the link for more information:

http://www.leaderpoint.biz/ieee.htm
 

Golf Benefit for UMKC

UMKC School of Computing and Engineering Golf Benefit Tee time: 1 p.m. Friday, May 16 Hillcrest Country Club Kansas City, MO.

The School of Computing and Engineering's (SCE) Alumni Association invites you to take advantage of one or more of the many sponsorship opportunities that will enable the SCE alumni board to offer scholarships for undergraduate students.

You are also cordially invited to play in this year's fundraising event at the historical Hillcrest Country Club. Recent and seasoned SCE alumni, as well as practicing industry professionals, SCE students and friends will play for an afternoon of golf and prizes. Join the fun!

Tournament events:

  • Four play scramble
  • Modified shot-gun start
  • Bogy's your friend
  • Multiple tee boxes
  • Golfer friendly rules of play
  • Mulligans
  • Contest holes
  • Hole-in-one event
  • Putting and chipping contests
  • Tiger Woods hole
  • and more

For more information, contact Dave Skitek, Tournament Chair: 816-853-7821, dskitek@comcast.net

Send Us Your News

If you have information of interest to IEEE Kansas City Section members, please send that to the Publications Officer (writer @ ieee.org). Here are some examples of what we're looking for:

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

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

 

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