Rock River Valley Section Report

1. Rock River Valley Section Report IEEE Region 4 Meeting Oct 16/17, 2004

2. Agenda • Section Map • Section Demographics • Section Vitality • Section Newsletter Sample • Section Web Site Home Page • Other Section Activities • Successes/Best Practices • Section Strengths • Challenges • Lessons Learned • Goals for Next Year • Goals for Next 5 Years • Miscellaneous • Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… • Summary

3. Rock River Valley Section Map

4. Rock River Valley Section Aug. 04 Aug. 03 • Total Members: 272 270 • Members 161 164 • Senior members 19 17 • Associates 12 17 • Student members 54 51 • Life members 17 17 • Life Seniors 7 3 • Life Associates 2 1 • Section Meetings • 9 meetings in 2003, 7 meetings in 2004 so far • Format: Dinner, followed by Speaker or Tour • Technical/tour 80/20 • Joint Section/Chapter Meetings

5. Rock River Valley SectionOrganization • Section Organization • Society Chapters • Power Engineering • Computer/Control Systems • Industry Applications • Affinity Groups • Chicago/Rockford Consultants Network • Student Branches • NIU Student Branch

6. RRVS Executive Committee • Jitendra Solanki, ChairJ.Solanki@ieee.org 815- 394 5675 • Alkesh Patel, Vice Chairalkesh.Patel@ieee.org • Mark Eldredge, Secretary Mark_Eldredge@ieee.org • Larry Wachowiak, Treasurer l.wachowiak@ieee.org

7. RRVS ExCom MembersSociety Chapter Chairs • Vietson Nguyen • Neal Clements • Nolan Wanner

8. RRVS ExCom Members • Bob Parro, Newsletter Editor • Don Zinger, PhD, NIU St Br Counselor • Joe Etminan, Educational Activities Chair • Paul Hofmann, PACE Chair • Adrian Vandergrift, GOLD Chair • Chris Wrate, Awards Chair • Byron Mehl, Member-at-large

9. Rock River Valley SectionMeetings Meetings during the last year (2003) • Jan => The Role of Engineering in Nanotechnology • Feb => IEEE/ASME: Robots in the Rock River Valley (National Engineering Week Celebration) • Mar => Space, First Steps….And Beyond Mr. Donald T. Palac- NASA Glenn Research Center • Mar => Pacific Scientific Tour • Apr => History of the Diesel-Electric Locomotive • May => Section Picnic/Elections • Sep => Applications of Active Noise Control • Oct => Model-based Analysis & Generation for Complex Systems • Nov => Joint Meeting with the NIU Student Branch

10. Rock River Valley SectionMeetings Meetings this year (2004) • Jan => High Speed Mobil Data Services & Technology • Feb => Special RRV Section/PACE Meeting with Congressman Don Manzullo • Feb => IEEE/ASME : Electricity Deregulation and August 14th Blackout • Mar => IEEE/ASME: Homeland Security and Science & Technology • Apr => Plant Tour to Minarik Corporation • May => Section Picnic/Elections • Sep => Lunar Helium-3 and Fusion Power

11. RRV Section Newsletter

12. RRV Section Web Site

13. Rock River Valley SectionOther Activities • Affinity Group • Chicago/Rockford Consultants Network • Meetings On Odd Number Months • GOLD – Petition for the Affinity group sent • Planning to form a Student Branch at Rock Valley College • Initial meetings held • Student Leaders Appointed • 6 + members signed up

14. Rock River Valley SectionSuccesses • PACE Event with US Congressman Don Manzullo • Sponsored US First Robotic Team (933) • GOLD Affinity group formed • Member Participation in Section Meetings

15. Rock River Valley Section Successes • RRVS Sponsored Trigos Robot took the • prestigious ‘Engineering Inspiration Award’ • at Regional Competition.

16. Technology FIRST Team #933 - Trigos • 2002 (13 students) • Regional Competition - St. Louis – Finals, Leadership in Controls award • National Competition - Orlando – middle of the pack • - 2003 (22 students) • Regional Competition - Evanston – middle of the pack • National Competition - Houston - 6th of 75 • 2004 (17 students) • Regional Competition - St. Louis – Finals (10th of 52), EngineeringInspiration award • National Competition - Atlanta - middle of the pack • Team 933 students established FIRST Lego League team • Studentsmentoring team of 5th-8th graders • Seeding three other high school teams in Rock River Valley • 10-week Robotics Prep Course in fall

17. RRV Section Strengths • Active Executive Committee • Local Rock Valley College & NIU Staff Active in the EC • Support from Local Industry When Needed • Good cooperation with ASME

18. RRV Section Strengths Active NIU Student Branch Thanks to NIU St. Br. Counselor Prof. Don Zinger

19. Challenges • Convincing Non Members to Become Member • Elevation to Senior Members, need focused attention • Finding More volunteers for school and pre-collage activities

20. RRVS Goals for Next Year • More activities for PACE - Provide Science & Technology Training to Students – Support US FIRST Team - Continue work for increased awareness among engineers for political events effecting engineers • Invite at least one Distinguished Speaker for Each of the Society Chapter • Grow activities for GOLD Affinity Group • Form Student Branch at the Rock River Valley College – Need to sign up at least 20 student members !

21. RRVS Goals for Next 5 Years • Increase membership & Encourage Diverse Membership (270 to 300) • WIE Affinity Group

22. Rock River Valley SectionUpcoming Meeting • October 28, 2004 Advances in High Efficiency Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) Motor Drive Speaker: Dr. M. A. Rahman Professor & University Research Professor Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, Newfoundland Canada • More Info: ieee.flask.com

23. Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By… • Region Committee Members Coming to EC Or Section Meetings • Can Provide Update on Region Activities • Provide Advise • Provide additional financial assistance to cover members for attending events and meetings

24. RRVS Report Summary • Total 270 Members • Active 14 Member Executive Committee • Society Chapters: PEL, CCS & IAS • Monthly Section/Chapter Meetings • GOLD – Petition for the Affinity group sent • Goals to Increase PACE & GOLD Activities • Very active NIU Student Branch • Working to form Student Branch at Rock Valley College • Need To Work on membership Growth