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Excom/Section Delegate Registration for R5 Annual Meeting

Note: the deadline for hotel registration has been extended to Mar 31.
A  vTools form has been created to capture registration information for our region excom members and section delegates to the annual region meeting in New Orleans, April 17 – 19, 2015.  This form …

Seeking Nominations for the IEEE Region 5 Director Elect 2016-17

The IEEE Region 5 Executive Committee is seeking nominations for Region 5 Director-Elect for 2016-17. For this election cycle the member must come from the Region 5 South Area (Central Texas, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Galveston Bay, or Houston Sections). Candidates selected would appear …

IEEE Social Media Policy

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 Award Nominations due 14 Feb 2014

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 …

2014 IEEE Fellows Announced

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 …

Robotics Competition Rules for 2014

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 …

Region 5 Members Receive 2014 IEEE Technical Field Awards

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 …

An IEEE Day note from the Director

 
Region 5 members,
I wanted to remind all of you that the 3rd Annual IEEE day is coming up on October 2nd and will be celebrated internationally.  This is an opportunity for special events that celebrate the contributions of members and the organization and is a …

MTT-S Chapter Chairs meeting

MTT-S Chapter Chairs from Region 5 at IMS2012
The IMS2012 (International Microwave Symposium) MTT-S Chapter Chair Meeting was held Monday, June 18th 2012 between 8:00PM and 10:00PM at the Hyatt Regency Montreal.  Dr. Qi Zhang – Hittite, Dallas Section, Dr. Charles P. Baylis – Baylor University, …

IEEE Fourth Annual Green Technologies Conference

The IEEE Fourth Annual Green Technologies Conference will be held April 19-22, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Abstract and paper submissions will be accepted beginning September 15, 2011 with a deadline for submission of November 15, 2011. Check the Green Technologies Conference website (www.ieeegreentech.org) for the …