April 2012 Newsletter

Aloha!

Welcome to the IEEE Hawaii Section Newsletter, 22 April, 2012.
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Summary:
1. Special - May 1 - The Student Branch’s End of Year Banquet
2. Congratulations to Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair Winners!
3. FREE - EXCOM (Executive Committee) meeting at Vineyard Zippy's
      (Date Change) Monday, 14 May

More IEEE Hawaii news, events and links can be found here:
http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/
The section chair's personal calender
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1. Special - May 1 - The Student Branch’s End of Year Banquet

We voted to donate $250 to support the UH-Manoa Student Branch Banquet.
It is being held at 5:30-8:00 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Dinner is at
6:00 pm. They will host up to 5 members of the Hawaii IEEE Section at
the function. This is going to be their last general meeting of the
Student Branch for the year. They will have elections, farewell to our
senior officers, recap of this year, and have a speaker talking about
what life after college is like for an engineer. They also hope to have
a raffle prize for attendees and some time for people to be able to
mingle.
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2. Congratulations to Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair Winners!

The 55th Hawai‘i State Science and Engineering Fair (HSSEF) was held
April 2-4, 2012, at the Hawai‘i Convention Center. Tep Dobry and Chris
Russell, our vice chair, are to be congratulated for helping out again
this year.
The IEEE Science Fair winners this year are:
Senior Research
Student:        Dianne Agpaoa
Grade:          12
Project Title:  Investigating Video Game Patch Algorithm Corrections to
Integrate into Operator Control Systems
School:         Waipahu High School
Teacher:        Lucille Imamura
Junior Research
Student:        Sophia Frasz and Alyssa Estenson
Grade:          6
Project Title:  Which Battery Will Last Longer?
School:         Island Pacific Academy
Teacher:        Michelle Bradley
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3. FREE - Monday, 14 May - EXCOM (Executive Committee) meeting at
      Vineyard Zippy's (Date Change)

The EXCOM Meeting in May will be delayed until the Monday, 14 May 2012
because of the IEEE-USA meeting. Anyone interested helping plan our
upcoming activities or volunteer their time to help out is encouraged to
attend. The official start time is 5:30 PM, but feel free to come late,
have some food and join the discussion! RSVP to aet@ieee.org

** Please feel free to send comments or suggestions to:
   david.morse@ieee.org
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Upcoming IEEE Meetings and Date Changes

April 25, 2012 - Dinner Meeting with Mr. Walz, President of the Computer Society

We are having a 5 PM dinner meeting at Willoughby’s Restaurant (American, Chinese, and Italian) which is located lobby level in the OHANA Honolulu Airport Hotel, 3401 N Nimitz Hwy, Honolulu, Oahu, HI 96819. Everyone interested in advancing the Computer Society Chapter here in Hawaii is encouraged to attend. We will be meeting with the President of the Computer Society, John Walz. His flight arrives at 3:21 PM on Wed., 25 April, 2012, and he has a return flight to Maui at 8:16 PM the same day.  Come early if can or late if you must, but come and join us for an enjoyable evening with our illustrious guest. RSVP to john.camery@ieee.org  Link to Google Map

May 1, 2012 - The Student Branch’s End of Year Banquet

We voted to donate $250 to support the UH-Manoa Student Branch Banquet.  It is being held at 5:30-8:00 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Dinner is at 6:00 pm.  They will host up to 5 members of the Hawaii IEEE Section at the function. This is going to be their last general meeting of the Student Branch for the year.  They will have elections, farewell to our senior officers, recap of this year, and have a speaker talking about what life after college is like for an engineer.   They also hope to have a raffle prize for attendees and some time for people to be able to mingle.

May 14, 2012 - EXCOM Meeting at Zippy’s on Vineyard  (Date Change from May 7, 2012)

The EXCOM Meeting in May will be delayed until the Monday, 14 May 2012 because of the IEEE-USA meeting.  The Hawaii Section Chair will be away 30 Apr – 11 May, 2012. Anyone interested helping plan our upcoming activities and especially anyone willing to volunteer their time to help out is encouraged to attend. The official start time is 5:30 PM, but come late if you must. RSVP to aet@ieee.org

May 3-6, 2012 - IEEE-USA Annual Meeting takes place in in Cincinnati, Ohio

55th Hawai‘i State Science and Engineering Fair

The 55th Hawai‘i State Science and Engineering Fair (HSSEF) was held April 2-4, 2012, at the Hawai‘i Convention Center. Tep Dobry  and Chris Russell, our vice chair, are to be congratulated for helping out again this year.

The IEEE Science Fair winners this year are:

Senior Research
Student:             Dianne Agpaoa
Grade:               12
Project Title:      Investigating Video Game Patch Algorithm Corrections to Integrate into Operator Control Systems
School:              Waipahu High School
Teacher:            Lucille Imamura

Junior Research
Student:              Sophia Frasz and Alyssa Estenson
Grade:                6
Project Title:       Which Battery Will Last Longer?
School:               Island Pacific Academy
Teacher:            Michelle Bradley

EXCOM Meeting Agenda

 Agenda for the April 2, 2012 EXCOM Meeting of the IEEE Hawaii Section

A. Awards.  Does anyone want to be our section awards chair?  April 30^th is the area awards nomination deadline.  There are six awards given:

      1.  Area of Region 6 Outstanding Engineer Award

      2.  Area of Region 6 Outstanding Leadership and Professional Service Award

      3.  Area of Region 6 Outstanding Section Award

      4.  Area of Region 6 Outstanding Corporate Service to Engineering Community Award

      5.  Area of Region 6 Outstanding Student Branch Award

      6.  Area Chair’s Special Award in Region 6

Who should we nominate?  What about the UH-Manoa Student Branch for 5.  What about Oceanit or Archinoetics for 4. Information needed: (a) Company contributions to engineering, (b) Company support of IEEE activities, (c) Company contributions to the community (monetary and other relevant contributions) (d) Company profile: Type of Business, # of employees, etc

B. Science Fair.  The 55th Hawai‘i State Science and Engineering Fair (HSSEF) is being  held April 2-4, 2012, at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.  Chris Russell, our vice chair, has returned from a long tour in Afghanistan in time to help out with the judging at the Hawaii‘s State Science and Engineering Fair(HSSEF). Each year we help support the fair by providing IEEE awards to students in Senior and Junior Research and their teachers. We have been fortunate to have Tep  Dobry serve as the IEEE POC. If anyone else can help out, please let us know. It is not too soon to volunteer for next year.

C. Goals for 2012-2013. We are having an IEEE Hawaii Section Dinner Meeting on the new vision for our section, 9 April, 6:30pm, Maple Garden Restaurant in Moiliili.  Oscar, Marji and David have agreed to be on the panel. Can anyone else help out? Arrangements? Computer, projector, screen, etc?

D. Meeting Request. CS President John Walz's will attending the VTS Conf, Hawaii, 23-26 April 2012. Our 2012 CS President John Walz is making his visit to the VTS 2012 conference as President. He will attend the 30th VLSI Test Symposium (VTS) to be held at Hotel Hyatt Maui, Hawaii, 23-26 April, 2012 and is scheduled to meet several groups of stakeholders associated with the conference.  John would very much like to arrange a meeting with the leaders of the Hawaii CS chapter and the Section.

E. IEEE-USA. The deadline for making hotel reservations is April 9, 2012. The IEEE-USA Annual Meeting is May 3-6 in Cincinnati. The region encourages each Section to send a representative. Hotel room reservation deadline is April 9. Early bird registration ends April 13. We are told the hotel may sell out so make your reservations now. IEEE-USA has provided a pot of money to be used to subsidize the registration fee ($475 early rate) which we divide among the Sections who send someone. Note that in addition the travel expense is borne by the Section, although we can also use some of the PACE funds (up to 25%) to help. Sections can send more than one person if desired (although only one can be subsidized). Contact Doug Askegard with any questions (<dougaskegard@ieee.org>). Doug is also creating a listserv of Section PACE chairs and contacts (much like we have with the MD list). Let Doug know if you do not have a PACE contact who you would like from your Section on this list.

F. IEEE Global Humanitarian Conference.  The region has budgeted $10,000 again this year for the conference in Seattle. Several sections including Hawaii and San Francisco have asked to be put on the list as possible sites for the conference in 2013.

G. Joint CS/Section Meeting. What topic would draw out the most members or potential members?  What about a survey of computer topics not generally covered in the news, such as, Opel’s 100 GHz computer chip technology, Siemens RFID chips, IBM’s quantum computing chips, translators and CACI’s high level compiler, computer security issues like the STATFOR email disclosures, etc?

   

H. SQL Saturday.  The annual SQL Saturday event coming up on Friday, April 27, 2012 (I know, weird, it’s called SQL Saturday but the Hawaii .NET Users Group does it on a Friday).  They ask for volunteers. Should the IEEE be involved?

I. Stems. I see Maker Space supporting STEMS and all sorts of projects.  How can the IEEE be more relevant to this?

J. Arrears Recovery Outreach.  We will launch our arrears recovery outreach program this month.  What activities should we highlight to engage members to renew their membership?

K. Other Issues.  What other business should we be discussing?