IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 04 June 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.

  • 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"
     
  • 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.
     
  • 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

  • January 2009 Dinner Meeting.
 

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- Kansas City AE firm is looking for electrical engineer with 2-5 yrs experience.  Must have passed the fundamentals exam and a four year degree in electrical engineering.  Contact Erin Kenady at erin @ preferredpartnersllc.com (remove the spaces) or (402) 934-6254. 

Licensed Electrical Engineer-  Mid-sized Kansas City firm needs an experienced electrical engineer with 5-10 yrs exp.  PE required.  This individual will be involved in the design of healthcare and private science facilities.  Contact Erin Kenady at erin @ preferredpartnersllc.com (remove the spaces) or (402) 934-6254
 
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
 

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

  • Obituaries
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  • 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
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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 do something that needs doing doesn't make it any easier to do.

 

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