The room block reserved for our annual meeting in New Orleans is full but reservations can still be made on a case-by-case (last minute) basis (for now at least) by calling Shana Green, 504-585-4388, at the conference hotel. They will try to accommodate us until …
Congratulations are in order for the 20 members of Region 5 who were recently elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow. The complete list of 2015 Fellows with the full citation is available at the IEEE main website IEEE.org. The new fellows in Region 5 …
Did you know that IEEE has a policy on Social Media? Yes they do and it is posted at http://www.ieee.org/about/social_media/social_media_form.html along with a list of registered sites. IEEE’s goals for social media include empowering the entire community in fulfilling IEEE’s mission and objectives by:
engaging volunteers …
IEEE Region 5 is accepting nominations for Outstanding Large Section, Small Section, Member, Educator, Large Student Branch, Small Student Branch, Student, Branch Counselor, Large Company, Small Company, GOLD Member, and Individual Achievement. A short description of each and nomination forms, as well as the Call …
Congratulations are in order for the 21 members of Region 5 who were recently elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow. The complete list of 2014 Fellows with the full citation is available at http://www.ieee.org/2014Fellowclass. The new fellows in Region 5 by Section are:
Central Texas …
Nominations are due 31 January annually for the IEEE Technical Field Awards (TFA). IEEE TFAs are awarded for contributions or leadership in a specific field of interest of the IEEE and are among the highest awards presented on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors.
All …
The new rules are up and requesting comments at http://goo.gl/3Jf3hx This is a google docs site and is being used this year for soliciting comments regarding the 2014 robotics competition. Watch your email for other news about the competition and the Region 5 Annual Meeting …
Dr. Sanjay Benerjee, a Fellow of IEEE and the Cockrell Regents Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director, Microelectronics Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, has been named the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award for contributions to column-IV MOSFETs …
You may have heard me mention IEEE’s offering of Google Apps the past few months and some of you may even have volunteered to be part of the pilot program. If you are part of the pilot, let me (r5webmaster at ieee.org) know. I’d love …
Nominations Now Open for the 2014 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) PAESMEM nomination materials due June 5, 2013 The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) seek nominations of individuals and …
