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PACE Committee Report

PACE Committee Report. Hamid Vakilzadian (2009-2010) and Tarek Lahdhiri (2011-2012) Region 4 PACE Committee Chair Excom Webinar Meeting, January 22, 2011. 2010 Report Dr. Hamid Vakilzadian. 22-Sep-14. Regional Government Activities Coordinator: Steve Kerchberger. Activities included:

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PACE Committee Report

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  1. PACE Committee Report Hamid Vakilzadian (2009-2010) and Tarek Lahdhiri (2011-2012) Region 4 PACE Committee Chair Excom Webinar Meeting, January 22, 2011

  2. 2010 ReportDr. Hamid Vakilzadian 22-Sep-14

  3. Regional Government Activities Coordinator: Steve Kerchberger • Activities included: • Participation in monthly meetings of regional Government Activities Coordinators • Issues: • federal legislation related to IEEE-USA. • Key legislative issues related Intellectual Property Reform, Immigration Reform, Energy Bill, SBIR & STTR reauthorization, Smart Grid (power), and STEM Education. • Posted updates from the GAC to the Region 4 Community site.

  4. SPAC Activities CoordinatorKristi Brooks Organized SPAC at: • Central Michigan • Valparaiso • Michigan State • Wayne State • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign SPAC = Student Professional Awareness Conference SPAVE = Student Professional Awareness Ventures SPAW = Student Professional Awareness Workshop 22-Sep-14

  5. Tech Policy Activities CoordinatorJim Fancher • Energy Policy Committee • 5 Meeting/presentations in the sections • Hot topics include: Smart Grid, Electric/Hybrid Cars • Archaic nuclear concept: under discussion • Congressional Activity on Carbon-related Energy Policy • Working on the annual update of the National Energy Policy Recommendation • Vice-Chair of the Public Policy Committee of the American Nuclear Society • Available for talks on Energy or Nuclear Policy issues 22-Sep-14

  6. Pre-college Education Activities 2010: Will Kassebaum • Very active in Teacher in Service Program (TISP) • Central Indiana Section • E-Week, Engineer Children’s Day – 600+ kids  • FIRST Robotics Essay Competition • Poster Presentation at Annual Meeting • National Science and Engineering Festival – National Mall • IEEE-USA PEC committee sponsoring booth at the NSEF October 23-24th on the national mall. • Development of Junior Eng. Technical Society (JETS) competition project 22-Sep-14 Contact: Will.Kassebaum@IEEE.org

  7. 2010 Professional Activities • Recommendation of 10 PACE projects for funding • Participation at the I PACE committee meetings • Organization of best R4 PACE project posters at the Annual Meeting with help of Will Kassebaum and AyshaYousef • Presentation of Real-time Embedded Systems Session at the 2010 Annual Meeting • Publicizing actively participation at Annual Meeting and organization of PACE projects in R4 sections • PACE training at 2010 Annual Meeting • Communication of IEEE-USA PACE activities to the sections 22-Sep-14

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  9. Section Attendance at 2010 Annual Meeting Section No. Participated Section No. Participated • Arrowhead 0 • Calumet 0 • Cedar Rapids 6 • Central Illinois 0 • Central Indiana 6 • Central Iowa 1 • Chicago 2 • Fox Valley Subsec. 0 • Northwest Subsec. 0 • Fort Wayne 0 • Iowa-Illinois 1 • Madison 1 • 13. Milwaukee 0 • Missouri Slope 0 • Nebraska 2 • Northeast Michigan 0 • Northeastern Wisconsin 0 • Red River Valley 1 • Rock River Valley 2 • Siouxland 2 • Southeastern Michigan 8 • Southern Minnesota 2 • Coulee Subsection 1 • Toledo 0 • Twin Cities 2 • West Michigan 0 Number of Section Participated: 14 Number of Section Xcom members participated: 31 Number of IEEE-USA/Region Xcom members participated:6 Total participation: 37 22-Sep-14

  10. 2011 ReportT. Lahdhiri, PhD, PE, PMP, SM-IEEE 22-Sep-14

  11. 22-Sep-14

  12. 2011 Annual Meeting • When: 3 - 6 March 2011Where: Austin, Texas Theme - Employment & Careers For more details, Visit the following website • http://www.ieeeusa.org/calendar/conferences/annualmeeting/2011/default.asp

  13. Thank You!

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