IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 19 NOV 2009

Brought to you by the IEEE, Kansas City Section. www.ieee-kc.org

KC Section and Chapter Meetings

For details and reservation information, go to www.ieee-kc.org and click on the Meetings link.
 
December Dinner Meeting. Thursday, December 10, 2009.
Sponsored by the Communications Society, Kansas City Chapter.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Frequency Spectrum Management, Engineering, Issues, and Case Studies.
Mark Gallant, FAA Spectrum Support Manager
Mike Bowers, FAA Frequency Management Officer

The Communications Society, Kansas City Chapter, will be electing its officers at this meeting.

If you may be interested in being a ComSoc officer, please contact Michael Gardner at  tgardner @ ieee.org (remove the spaces)
 
  • January Dinner Meeting. Thursday, January 14, 2009.
    Held by G.O.L.D. and PACE, Kansas City Chapters.
    Student Paper Contest presentations.
     
  • February Dinner Meeting. Thursday, February 11.
    Held by the Medical and Biomedical Engineering Society,
    No program, as of yet.
     
  • March Dinner Meeting, Thursday, March 11.
    Held by the Computer Society.
    No program, as of yet.
     
  • April Dinner Meeting, Thursday, April 08.
    Held by the Power Engineering Society / Industrial Applications Society
    No program, as of yet.
     
  • May Dinner Meeting, Thursday, May 13.
    Held by the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AES)
    No program, as of yet.
     
  • June Dinner Meeting, Thursday, June 10.
    Held by the Communications Society.
    No program, as of yet.

New Senior Member
Congratulations to Timothy Unru for elevation to IEEE Senior Member.

Find out about Senior Member elevation by going to www.ieee.org and clicking the Membership tab. If you aren't a Senior Member but have 10 years of experience, you may be qualified

 

Communications Society on Facebook and Twitter
You can find the ComSoc KC Chapter here:

 
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kansas-City-MO/IEEE-Communications-Society-Kansas-City-Chapter/156901387356?ref=nf

 
http://twitter.com/KC_IEEE_COMSOC

Help a Robot
We need volunteers  for the Greater Kansas City Regional Robotics Competition (being held March 4-6, 2010 at Hale Arena, KCMO).


This is a high school robotics competition focused on teaching students just how fun science, technology, engineering, and math can be.
Any time you give will be time well-spent on your part and will be appreciated by these bright young people. Brighten your life by brightening someone else's.

IEEE-USA Reaches Out to Unemployed Engineers
NEWS from IEEE-USA
2001 L Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036-4910

IEEE-USA E-Book Reaches Out to Unemployed Engineers

WASHINGTON (16 September 2009) -- "The Best of Today's Engineer on Career Survival," available from IEEE-USA E-Books, is a compilation of articles designed to assist engineers who need help searching for a new job, getting in the front door, maintaining their competitiveness and managing their finances while they search. The e-book contains such titles as:

-- What Are Engineering Employers Looking For?
-- Converting Gatekeepers to Greeters
-- Picking a Good Boss
-- Building Your Network Purposefully -- Before You Need a Job
-- Seeking a New Job? Think Like an Employer
-- Cold Calling Your Way to a New Job
-- Transitioning Jobs, Managing Your Finances
-- Five Steps to a New Job
-- Jump Start Your Job Search
-- Globalization and Your Career: Building Career Resilience
-- Successful Career Makeover for Engineers in the 21st Century
-- Sine Qua Non: Networking
-- Finding Employment in an Economic Downturn
-- Six Ways to Maximize Job Search Success

You can purchase your copy of "The Best of Today's Engineer on Career Survival" at www.ieeeusa.org/communications/ebooks for the IEEE member price: $4.95. Nonmember price is $19.95.

IEEE members can purchase other IEEE-USA E-Books at deeply discounted member prices -- and download some free e-books at www.ieeeusa.org/communications/ebooks.

IEEE-USA advances the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of more than 210,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are U.S. members of IEEE. IEEE-USA is part of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society with 375,000 members in 160 countries. See http://www.ieeeusa.org.

Lightning Protection Conference
The Lightning Protection Institute is holding its 2010 Conference in Nashville, TN on March 15 and 16. For details and registration, go to http://www.lightning.org and click on the Events link.

Future City Competition 2009-2010
Mentors needed!

As an Engineer Mentor in the National Engineers Week Future City Competition, you will give 7th and 8th grade students an opportunity to learn about engineering.

Students who participate in the competition will create a city simulation in SimCity 4 Deluxe, build a scale model of a portion of the city, write an abstract about the city and an essay on sustainability, and recite an oral presentation to describe the merits of their creation.

Your role as a mentor would be to give the students information on how engineers help design, build, and improve cities. As an Engineer Mentor, you will work with one teacher and three students from now through January of 2010. You will assist them with the design of their city, visiting the school once about every two weeks.

Schools currently in need of a mentor:

Kansas:

  • Lansing Middle School, 509 W. Ida, Lansing, KS 66043
  • Chisholm Middle School, 832 Trinity Ct., Newton, KS 67114

Missouri:

  • Raytown Middle School, 4900 Pittman Road, Kansas City, MO 64133
  • Raytown Central Middle School, 10601 E. 59th St., Raytown, MO 64133
     

For additional information:

Or contact:

Jeff Sims
Mentor Coordinator
KDOT – Road Section
700 SW Harrison, Topeka, KS 66603
Tel: 785-296-0143
Em: Jeffrey @ ksdot.org (remove the spaces)

Or sign up to be a mentor on the Web at www.futurecity.org

IEEE-USA Online Video Competition for Undergraduates
IEEE-USA is offering $5,000 in scholarship prizes for undergraduates and a paid summer internship for undergraduates/graduates in engineering/technology.

See http://www.ieeeusa.org/communications/files/vid-massmedia.pdf.

Application deadline for online video competition entries and engineering mass media fellows applications is Friday, 15 January 2010.

 

Thought for the Day
If you get it done fast and it's not right, what did you actually accomplish?

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