the Bulletin

of the IEEE Eastern Idaho Section

Last Updated February 5, 2010

Editor:  Gene Stuffle (gene.stuffle@isu.edu)

CONTENTS:

    Eastern Idaho Section Activities:

            Call for Fellow Nominations

            Are You Out of Touch? << PLEASE READ

            Why not Upgrade to Senior Member Status?

 

    Meetings & Workshops:

            February 5:   Nomination Deadline for IAS 2010 Awards

            February 18:   Engineers Week Banquet at Holiday Inn in Pocatello

            March 11-13:   IAS Annual Meeting and Symposium in Twin Falls

 

    News from IEEE-USA:

            February 5:   New IEEE-USA President Identifies Advancing Viability and Contributions of the Profession as Top Priority for 2010

            January 26:   No Significant Improvement in Fourth Quarter Engineering and Computer Jobs Data

 

    Other News:

            IEEE 2008 Sections Congress Recommendations

            December UI Engineering Dean's E-Letter

 

2010 Archive:

            January 22:   ISU Seminar: Robert Hiromoto -- Propagation of Information in Parallel Computations and the Design of More Optimal Sequential Algorithms

 

    2009 Archive:

            December 4:   EIEC Holiday Social

            November 20:   ISU EECS Seminar: Lieyi Sheng -- Power Efficiency and Integrations of Micron-Scaled Gas Sensors

            November 19:   Brew with the Crew -- Welcome to the Robot Revolution please wait ...

            October 22-23:   President's Sustainability Symposium

            October 15:   Brew with the Crew -- Novel Concepts for Intrusion Detection Systems

            October 9:   ISU EECS Seminar: Stevan Hunter -- ASIC Reliability

            October 2:   ISU EECS Seminar: Steven Novack -- The Nanoantenna Prospect for Harvesting Energy

            September 25:   ISU EECS Seminar: Roy Collins -- IP, Tech Transfer and Related Issues

            September 22:   IEEE-USA President Endorses Strategy for American Innovation

            September 17:   Brew with the Crew -- How to Combine Data Smarter

            September 11:   IEEE/IEEE-USA Seek Nominations for 2010 New Faces of Engineering Program

            September 10:   IEEE-USA and IEEE Computer Society to Develop Professional Exam for Software Engineering

            September UI Engineering Dean's E-Letter

            August 20:   Brew with the Crew -- Frequency Measurement: Putting the Smarts into the Smart Grid

            August 11-13:   2nd International Symposium on Resilient Control Systems -- Idaho Falls

            July 16:   Brew with the Crew -- Ever Wonder Why Your Wireless Won't Work?

            July 7:   Unemployment Rate for Electrical Engineers Soars to New Record

            June 18:   Brew with the Crew -- "Dual-ing" Robots

            May 21:   Brew with the Crew -- Haptic Welding and You

            May UI Engineering Dean's E-Letter

            April 29:   Review of Continuing Professional Development Rules Legislation

            April 16:   Brew with the Crew -- Submitting Research Proposals that Cut the Mustard

            April 6:   Unemployment Rate for U.S. Engineering and Computer Occupations Jumps Significantly in First Quarter

            April 6:   UI Engineering Dean's E-Letter

            March 3:   UI Engineering Dean's E-Letter

            February 24:   IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society Sign Merger Agreement

            February 21:   MATHCOUNTS 2009 SE Idaho Teams Final Ranking

            February 21:   MATHCOUNTS 2009 SE Idaho Individuals Final Ranking

            February 19:   Engineers Week Banquet at Shilo Inn in Idaho Falls

 

    2008 Archive:

            December 5:   All Engineers Christmas Social

            November 7-8:   Region 6 Teacher In-Service Workshop

            Ongoing:   Future City Engineer Mentor Needed for Hawthorne Middle School in Pocatello

            October 24:   Seminar at ISU: Effective Technical Presentations

            October 17:   Seminar at ISU: The Electrical Supply System

            October 10:   Seminar at ISU: Reliability Enhancement by Suppression of Nano-Dentric Defects in Metal-Insulator-Metal Capacitors in Integrated Circuits

            October 3:   Seminar at ISU: College to Career

            September 26:   Seminar at ISU: Digital Image Processing

            September 19:   Seminar at ISU: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer and Related Issues

            September 19:   Idaho Falls Lunch Meeting: Building a Data Center in a War Zone

            September 11:   Seminar at University Place: System-Level Algorithmic Concurrent Error Detection for Improved Resilience in Complex Control Systems

            July 31:   Seminar at University Place: Mechatronics Research and Rule Based Control Algorithms

            May 15:   Join IREA and AWS for a tour of the Skyline High School Wind Turbine

            February 21:   2008 National Engineers Week Banquet

            February 15:   AMIS Facilities Tour

            February 8:   ISU Outstanding Engineer 2008 Nominations Sought

            January 25:   Idaho Falls Luncheon Meeting -- Uniform Feedstock Supply System Design for Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production

 

    2007 Archive:

            October 26:   3rd Annual ISU/AMIS Research Symposium

            October 19:   Idaho Falls Luncheon Meeting -- Energy Systems Technology and Education Center (ESTEC)

            October 12:   AMET Facility Tour

            October 8:   Professional Development Seminar -- "Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World"

            Today's Engineer Update: September 2007

            September 26:   California Condors and Aplomado Falcons in the American West

            August 10:   Idaho Falls Luncheon Meeting: ITER: Realizing Nuclear Fusion Power

            July 27:  Idaho Falls Luncheon Meeting: Exploration and Development of a new Automated Nonlinear Differential Equation-Based System Identification

            April 19 - 21:  Idaho Academy of Science: 49th Annual Meeting and Symposium

            April 12:  Idaho Falls Panel Discussion: MBA or Engineering Masters Degree?

            March 23:  Idaho Falls Luncheon Meeting: Digital Radio Communications using Ionized Meteor Trails

            February 22:  2007 National Engineers Week Banquet

            January 23:  Project Management Professional Certification

            CELEBRATING OUR 50th ANNIVERSARY IN 2007!

 

    2006 Archive:

            December 8:  National Weather Service Facility Tour and Demonstration

            December 8:  All Engineers Christmas Social

            November 21:  Wolverine Creek Wind Farm Tour

            November 14:  Idaho Power Energy Plan

            November 9:  Tour of the Idaho Falls Power Gem State Hydro Facility

            November 3:  Idaho Falls Luncheon Meeting: Future Energy Technologies and the Employment Challenges

            September 8:  Idaho Falls Luncheon Meeting: New Horizons: Shedding Light on Frontier Worlds

            August 16:  FIRST Robotics in Southeastern Idaho

            August 11:  Idaho Falls Luncheon Meeting

 

    2005 Archive:

            Idaho Museum of Natural History Events

            November 4:  Idaho Falls Luncheon Meeting: HAZMAT Cam Wireless System

            June 17:  ITER: Realizing Nuclear Fusion Power

            June 8:  INCOSE Meeting

            News from IEEE Educational Activities and the History Center (3rd Quarter 2005)

            Offshoring is Major Cause of Technical Unemployment

            News from IEEE Educational Activities and the History Center (2nd Quarter 2005)

            May 24: "Race for Atomic Power" Exhibits

            by May 16: Micron Outstanding Science Teacher Award Nominations Requested

            May 13: Prehistory of the Curlew Valley

            May 5: The History of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programs in Idaho

            April 17 - 18: Fossil Fish Workshop and Field Trip

            April 7 - 9: IAS Annual Meeting and Symposium

            March 24-25: IEEE Member Who Designs Robotic Explorers to Participate in EWeek Women's Global Marathon

            March 22: Upcoming Visit by Mad Cow/TSE Researcher

            Science Olympiad SeeksVolunteer Judges

            March 4 & 5: Idaho Environmental Education Summit 2005

            Idaho Academy of Science Awards Program Seeks Nominations

            February 24: 2005 National Engineers Week Banquet

            February 24: Pocatello Meeting: Fuel Cells and Other Alternate Energy Technologies in Idaho

            February 14: IMNH Tsunami Talk

            February 12: Local Mathletes to Compete in Local Math Competition

            February 11: Idaho Falls Luncheon Meeting: Inherent Issues with Securing Control Systems and Applications that Support Reliability of the Electric Grid

            January 21 & 22: Museum Mystery Dinner Theater

            January 21: Tour of Advanced Silicon Materials, Inc.

            New Year Means New Exhibit at Idaho Museum of Natural History

            Update on Future City Competition

 

    2004 Archive:

            December 16: All Engineers Christmas Social

            December 3: Thing'eneering: Socially Responsible, Deep Culture Technology Developmment

            November 11: ISU Student Branch Meeting

            There She Blows ... Again!

            7 Deadly Sins of Time Management

            A View of Our Nuclear Past and Future

            IEEE Seeks EWeek New Faces of Engineering Nominees