Co-sponsored by: Iris Weeden MacroFab is kicking off our monthly Hardware and Electronics Engineering meetup, beginning in April. Every month, there'll be a focus on a specific topic important to hardware companies and startups in the Houston area, along with refreshments, and giveaways from Mouser Electronics and MacroFab.Our first event is around the State of Electronics Engineering and Manufacturing in Houston on Wednesday, April 26 from 6pm - 9pm. These meetings are free to attend and are open to anyone in the industry.We would love your help in spreading the word. Are you able to share the event with your group and other networks? I am happy to drop off postcards, send you an email with details, etc.Finally, we are looking for panelists for this month's event. If you or anyone you know is interested, please let me know. We will have an open call for speakers each month, based on the topic. If you are interested in speaking on a particular subject, we may have a meeting topic that closely aligns with your speciality. Happy to discuss this in more detail over the phone. Location: Houston, Texas

Co-sponsored by: Kheng Swee Goh IEEE HOU Section ExCom meeting is open to Committee and Society leaders to update the Section Executive Committee. If you are not an EXCOM member and wish to attend, please contact the Section’s Chair at Kheng Swee Goh ([email protected])   Location: Bldg: HESS Club 5430 Westheimer Rd Houston, Texas 77056

Co-sponsored by: Celsa PAchlhofer The IEEE HOU Sec in parnership with IEEE HOU Sec Oceanengineering Society is honored to host Mr. Jerry Woodfill. Mr. Woodfill for more than 50 years, has been employed by NASA in Houston. At the onset of the lunar landing program, he managed the spacecraft warning systems that was monitoring spacecraft Eagle's descent when Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon. On April 13, 1970, he was monitoring Apollo 13's warning system when the vehicle exploded. His system was the first alert of the life-threatening malfunction depicted in the Tom Hanks-Ron Howard movie APOLLO 13. For his role in the rescue of Apollo 13, he shared the Presidential Medal of Freedom as a member of the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team. It is our honor to host Mr. Jerry Woodfill as our Distinguish Speaker at our next meeting.  Speaker(s): Jerry Woodfill, Agenda: 6:00 pm Registration / Ntworking 6:45 pm Dinner  7:15 pm Presentation 8:15 Q&A Location: HESS CLUB 5430 Westheimer Road Houston, Texas 77056