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Monday, December 31, 2012

December Newsletter


IEEE Hawaii Section Newsletter - Holiday Edition 2012

We'd like to welcome the following members into the Hawaii Section:
Douglas Jachowski, Lee Ayers, James Andrews, Yaprak Onat, Jason Ko,
Lubica Tomasovich, Jerica Nolte, Eric Baechle, and Jason Tanabe.

Happy Holidays! We look forward to seeing you at our meetings during the
New Year.


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Contents:
  1. 2012 Highlights
  2. Heroes Deserve Recognition
  3. Election Results
  4. Upcoming Events
  5. Additional Info Links
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1. IEEE Hawaii's 2012 Highlights:


It was a year of growth and community involvement. A brand new chapter
was born at UH Maui College, and its students donated many hours in
support of the NOMS conference. Our Chapters continued to present
technical talks, open to members and the community. Members volunteered
as mentors for STEM clubs and as judges in multiple Robotics
competitions and the Engineer Week Student Paper Contest. The Section
also sponsored students attending the Engineers Week Banquet. We began
to focus on community outreach and coordination with other organizations
via co-hosted events that are free to the public.

* Your input is needed! Should we host continuing-education for your
profession? Would you like to hear a specific speaker or topic? Do you
belong to a community group or school that would like to partner with
IEEE for an activity? Are there legislative items of importance to
members here in Hawaii? Please feel free to contact our PACE Chair at
david.morse@ieee.org.

2. Award Nominations - Start Thinking About 2013's Heroes:


Hawaii has many unsung heroes doing the hard work of helping others.
Let's keep an eye out for members and citizens who should be recognized
for their contribution. Below are links to IEEE awards. Our Hawaii
Section and Chapters can and should provide recognition of local
acheivement.

http://www.ieee.org/awards
https://www.facebook.com/IEEE.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers

3. Election Results for Computer Society:


Voting for officers was held online with 8% of the 82 eligible voters
casting ballots. As of January 1st, for a term of two years, the new
Chair will be David Morse with John Imperial as Vice-Chair. We await
word from members who received votes for Secr/Treas.

The ballot results can be seen on the Section Chair's blog:
http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/2012/12/

4. Upcoming Events:


EXCOM Meeting - 7 Jan 2013, Monday at 5:30 pm, Zippy's on Vineyard:

Synopsis: Our monthly executive committee meeting, together with a
Technical Talk by the Section Chair, John Camery. He will speak on
"Applications of Graphene". It's an open meeting for IEEE members and
guests. Come out and help plan activities for the upcoming year and join
in the discussion of graphene. The address is 59 North Vineyard
Boulevard, Honolulu. Map: http://zippys.com/live/locations/vineyard/.
Please review the meeting agenda at
http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/2012/12/agenda-for-january-meeting.html.

Engineers Week 2013 - Multiple Events, February 16-24, 2013:

- More Engineers Week info at http://www.hces.us/eweek.html

5. Additional Resources for Section and Chapter Info:


Section Homepage: http://ieee-hawaii.org/
Section Chair's blogs:
- Hawaii Section - http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/
- Oceanic Engineering Chapter - http://hi-oe22.blogspot.com/
- Computer Society Chapter - http://hi-ieee-cs.blogspot.com/

IEEE Meeting Announcement:
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/15857

Please send your questions and suggestions to david.morse@ieee.org.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012



IEEE Hawaii Section-- Excom at Zippy's on Vineyard, 7 January, 2013, 5:30pm Monday

Happy New Year!


This meeting, which starts at 5:30 pm (7 JAN 2013) at Zippy's on Vineyard, is our monthly EXCOM meeting together with a technical talk by the Section Chair.  He will speak on "Applications of Graphene”. It's an open meeting for IEEE members and guests. Come out and help plan activities for the upcoming year and join in the discussion of graphene. The address is 59 North Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96817. Map: http://zippys.com/live/locations/vineyard/. Please review the meeting agenda at http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/2012/12/agenda-for-january-meeting.html.


Agenda for the January Meeting

Section EXCOM Meeting


  1. Organize and schedule this year's elections. Announce the results of the December voting by the Hawaii Computer Society Chapter.  
  2. Organize and schedule meetings.
  3. Consider the possibilities for hosting conferences in Hawaii.
  4. Open the floor for other business to be brought up.


The EXCOM meeting will be followed by a talk on the applications of graphene.

Outline of Talk


  • What is graphene? Definition of the unit and super cells.
  • How is it made? Discovered by Scotch Tape Method. Scalable methods for large sheets like CVD on copper. Methods using graphene oxide and how graphene oxide is produced.
  • Properties: Melting point, strength, light absorption, spectrum, Chiral tunneling, plasmons, etc.
  • Applications of graphene sheets and platelets.: Cell phones and touch screens. Radio, photo-detectors and other essentially analogue devices, capacitors, frequency multipliers, 2D-Teflon for cookware, etc.  Addition of platelets to polymers, use in water purification, waste cleanup, etc. Possible future applications in cars, spintronics, valleytronics and space travel.

Saturday, December 22, 2012



NameDatesOrganizationVoter turnout
Hawaii Computer Society Chapter Elections DEC 2012December 07, 2012 - December 21, 2012Hawaii Section Chapter,C168% voted
Position: Chair
Vote distribution:
David Morse100.0%7 votes
Position: Vice-Chair
Vote distribution:
Yi Zhu (write-in)33.3%1 votes
John Imperial (write-in)66.6%2 votes
Position: Secr/Treas
Vote distribution:
John Imperial (write-in)33.3%1 votes
Yi Zhu (write-in)33.3%1 votes
Marjorie Clemente (write-in)33.3%1 votes
Position: Webmaster
Vote distribution:
There are no candidates for this position.

Welcome to the Hawaii Section

We want to welcome Douglas Jachowski, Lee  Ayers, James Andrews, Yaprak Onat, Jason Ko, Lubica Tomasovich, Jerica Nolte, Eric Baechle, and Jason Tanabe to the Hawaii Section of the IEEE.  Happy Holidays!  We hope to see you at our meetings during the new year.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

The Year in Review


2012 Hawaii Section Activities

Here is a listing of our activities for the year.  Let me know if I have missed anything.


  1. 05-January-2012   Hawaii Section January EXCOM Meeting - HAWAII SECTION
  2. 26-January-2012   Dinner Meeting with the NOMS OC Group - HAWAII COM19/SP01 CHAPTER
  3. 06-February-2012 Hawaii Section February EXCOM Meeting - HAWAII SECTION
  4. 24,25, February-2012 Region 6 OpCOM Meeting in San Diego CA
  5. 25-February-2012 Table at the Engineers Week Banquet held at the Hale Koa Hotel in Waikiki - HAWAII SECTION  
  6. 02-April-2012       Judging for Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair Student Paper Contest - HAWAII SECTION
  7. 02-April-2012       Hawaii Section April EXCOM Meeting - HAWAII SECTION
  8. 05-April-2012       Tunable RF Devices Using Liquid Metals - HAWAII MTT17 CHAPTER
  9. 09-April-2012       Panel Discussion on a New Vision for our Section - HAWAII SECTION
  10. 16-20, April-2012 Student Volunteers Help at NOMS 2012 Conference
  11. 25-April-2012       Dinner Meeting with Mr. Walz, President of the Computer Society - HAWAII C16 CHAPTER
  12. 3-6 May, May-2012 IEEE-USA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA
  13. 14-May-2012      Hawaii Section EXCOM Meeting - HAWAII SECTION
  14. 19-May-2012       MATE Rover Event Judging - Pre-event Meeting and Event Judging - HAWAII OE22 CHAPTER
  15. 21-May-2012      Meeting to Work on our Proposal for Hosting GHTC 2013 in Honolulu - HAWAII SECTION
  16. 30-May-2012     Conference Proposal Meeting - HAWAII SECTION
  17. 08-June-2012      Some thoughts about….Technology, Careers, and IEEE - HAWAII MTT17 CHAPTER
  18. 14-August-2012  Arduino & LED Strip - technical talk and hands-on programming. - HAWAII C16 CHAPTER
  19. 03-September-2012 Hawaii Section September EXCOM Meeting - HAWAII SECTION
  20. 03-September-2012 Progress on the E-Cat Since Last Year's Talk - HAWAII SECTION
  21. 21-22, September-2012 Region 6 OPCOM Meeting in Portland Oregon
  22. 01-October-2012     Hawaii Section October EXCOM Meeting - HAWAII SECTION
  23. 01-October-2012     What's new in Communications? - HAWAII COM19/SP01 CHAPTER
  24. 15-October-2012     Promotion Event at Honolulu Community College - HAWAII SECTION
  25. 05-November-2012 Hawaii Section November EXCOM Meeting - HAWAII SECTION
  26. 05-November-2012 Mobile Phone Techonolgy - HAWAII COM19/SP01 CHAPTER
  27. 03-December-2012 Underwater Robotics Tech-Talk - HAWAII OE22 CHAPTER  
  28. 03-December-2012 Hawaii Section December EXCOM Meeting - HAWAII SECTION
  29. 04-December-2012 Tech Talks; Linux Intro, FiberOptics Theory & Practice - HAWAII C16 CHAPTER
  30. 7-21, December-2012 Hawaii Section IEEE Computer Society Chapter Elections


Minutes for the December EXCOM Meeting


Date:  Dec. 3, 2012 (following the Oceanic Eng. Soc.  Chapter Technical Talk)
Location:  Maple Garden Restaurant, Honolulu, HI
Attendees:

  1. John W. Camery, presiding
  2. Chris Russell, Vice Chair
  3. David Morse, PACE Chair
  4. Patrick S. Finneran
  5. Alvin Toda
  6. Song Choi
  7. Eran Agmon

Minutes of Section Meeting

The Hawaii Section has decided that we should announce our meeting through vtools, so that, the website calendar is automatically updated and the L31 can be automatically generated merely by entering the number of member and guest attendees.  With the Dec. meetings, we will have reported the required number of section meetings and the required number of technical talks for all chapters.  We encourage all officers to try to submit the required reports early so the section can get the rebate bonus.

Starting with the Computer Society Chapter elections this year, the Hawaii Section has decided to allow write-in votes and to use vtools to conduct the voting , thereby, eliminating the need for a teller committee.   Note, it has long been the practice in the Hawaii Section to have two year terms for officers.  Next year is the year for the other elections in the section.

The Hawaii Section has decided to pursue the following suggestions for meetings:
  • A talk by Coral Jean Cotterell on the IEEE Teacher In-Service Program (TISP)
  • A member elevation meeting 
  • A business card exchange meeting with the UH-Manoa Student Branch perhaps in April
Members interested in senior elevation for themselves or others are encourage to contact section officers to help setup a senior elevetion event.


Monday, December 3, 2012

Agenda for the December EXCOM Meeting

1. Remind officers to try to get annual reports in early so we can get the rebate and bonus.
2. Ask members to suggest activities that the IEEE can sponsor during the new year.  Those who cannot attend the meeting can email their suggestions or add them as comments to this blog.  Discuss the idea for a talk by Coral Jean Cotterell  on the IEEE Teacher In-Service Program (TISP).
3. Discuss the Computer Society Chapter Meeting tomorrow and  Chapter elections next week.