Please join us for our October 2025 CVT meeting.

We will again meet on the University of Texas at Dallas campus in the SPN.1 building.
Our meeting talk will be 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, lunch will be available starting around 11:30 AM.

Lunch: We continue to provide a lunch option for our meetings.

Prepay via the IEEE website,
IEEE Members $10.00
IEEE Life Members $5.00
Non-IEEE Members $15.00
Fulltime UTD ECE students: $2.00 (after the first 5 – which are at no cost to the student, provide you pre-register)

Pay in person:
IEEE Members $15.00
IEEE Life Members $10.00
Non-IEEE Members $20.00

October 21 meeting, UT Dallas SPN.1, registration opens at 11:30 AM, talk begins at 12:00 PM

Title:       “IEEE Smart Village – Empowering the Underserved”
Speakers:  Dr. Ron Bose, IEEE Senior Life Member and retired Professor from The University of Texas at Dallas
Date:        October 21, 2025
Location: UTD Synergy Park North Building; 3000 Waterview, Richardson, TX
Directions: NE Corner Synergy Park Blvd and Steward Dr.
Lunch Cost:  see below.

Abstract: 

Of the world’s nearly 8 billion people, nearly 750 million live in places that have no access to an electric grid. In 2010, IEEE launched a humanitarian initiative called IEEE Smart Village (ISV) as part of its 501c3 non-profit mandate to address this issue. ISV provides seed grants of USD 25K-200K to entrepreneurs who are building businesses in parts of the world where there is no electric grid. The starting point is often solar panels, which power homes, schools and businesses. I will describe how ISV is structured and funded inside of IEEE and the work of some of the incredible entrepreneurs that ISV has supported. And if you are interested in volunteering to work with ISV, I am happy to talk with you.

Bio:

Dr. Ron Bose is an IEEE Life Senior Member. Earlier in his career, he was an editor of IEEE Communications Magazine and served on ComSoc’s Board of Governors. He is currently the Treasurer of IEEE Smart Village, where he happily supports the disbursement of funds to deserving entrepreneurs.

He retired from UT Dallas in 2024, where he taught since 2013. Prior to UTD, Ron worked in the telecom industry, including Bell Labs, AT&T, Arthur Andersen, Siemens and Fujitsu.

Ron received his bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur), master’s in systems engineering from Case Western Reserve University and Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife live in Plano.

Pre-registered and paid via the IEEE website:
IEEE Members $10.00
IEEE Life Members $5.00
Non-IEEE Members $15.00
UTD ECE students: $2.00

Pay in person and pre-registered but not yet paid:
IEEE Members $15.00
IEEE Life Members $10.00
Non-IEEE Members $20.00

Anyone not pre-registered will be charged the ‘Guest’ rate.

There is No charge for ‘No Lunch, just attending the talk’.

Thanks in advance, and all the best.

Eric

To register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/505503