ITRN 2011Aug. 30th, 2011

http://vts-ukri.org

Chaired by Keith Nolan, CTVRThe Telecommunications Research Centrewww.ctvr.ie

The Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) comprises engineers, scientists, students, and technicians, interested in advancing the theory and practice of electrical engineering as it applies to the following areas◦ Land Transportation◦ Railroad/Mass Transit◦ Mobile Communications◦ Vehicular Electrotechnology Equipment and Systems◦ Land, Airborne and Maritime Mobile Services

This new chapter will serve the more than 130 VTS members in the UK and Republic of Ireland Section of IEEE◦ Key speakers and presentations◦ Networking ◦ Highlight and promote the work of the membership◦ Representations and support for member initiatives◦ Driven by the members

What is a Chapter?

◦ A geographically-based group of the members of an IEEE

society (VTS in this case)

◦ Has to have at least 12 supporting signatures from members

of the society within the geographic area of the Chapter

◦ Must maintain at least 10 members

◦ Helps for various reasons if a chapter corresponds to the

local ―section‖ of the IEEE

There is a UKRI section of the IEEE

Strong and productive links between the UK and RI, so it

makes sense for the VTS Chapter to be UKRI too

◦ Chapter must hold at least two meetings per year◦ Meetings can take a (very) wide variety of forms, e.g.,

Formal lectures

Dinner meetings with an after dinner speaker

Field trips to industry sites

Breakfast meetings with a speaker

Tutorial sessions

Social events (picnics, pizza parties, etc.)

Workshops or symposia technical visits

Technical lectures to electrical engineering and computer

students

Joint meetings with other technical groups

Among others...

Time Event Location

10.30am - 12.30pm Presentations ORB101

1pm - 2pm Lunch Staff dining hall

2pm – 4pm EV Project Showcase & Technology Discussions

ORB101

6.30pm - 8.30pm Pre‐conference Launch

City Hall

Housekeeping:Please sign the attendance register

Presenter Topic

James Rohan Materials utilised in lithium batteries and future possibilities

Martin Glavin Connaught Automotive Research (CAR) Group

Frazer McKimm Small screen high performance interfaces

Dirk Pesch Wireless sensors for vehicular networks

Brendan Finn Using ITS to achieve the potential of public transport

Mazhar Bari Printed solar arrays, FP7 project SMARTOP

Keith Nolan Next steps

Tasks◦ Define chapter structure and officers◦ Seek volunteers

Encourage and increase active membership VTS UKRI website

◦ Publish today’s presentations◦ Showcase members’ projects◦ Facilitate the creation of links between members (e.g.,

online profiles)◦ Further ideas?

Proposals for the next meeting—email call◦ Location, date and format◦ Topics to cover◦ Member presentations