Welcome new and returning IEEE members!

First General MeetingA-332

September 30, 2010

What is IEEE?

“IEEE is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing

technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.”

http://www.ieee.org/about/index.html

IEEE Quick Factshttp://www.ieee.org/about/today/at_a_glance.html

more than 395,000 members in more than 160 countries; 45 percent of whom are from outside the United States

more than 90,000 student members 331 sections in ten geographic regions worldwide 1,952 chapters that unite local members with similar

technical interests 1,855 student branches in 80 countries 483 student branch chapters at colleges and universities

IEEE Quick Facts cont'dhttp://www.ieee.org/about/today/at_a_glance.html

338 affinity groups - IEEE Affinity Groups are non-technical sub-units of one or more Sections or a Council. The Affinity Group patent entities are the IEEE-USA Consultants' Network, Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD), Women in Engineering (WIE) and Life Members (LM)

Featured Technology Programshttp://www.ieee.org/about/technologies/index.html

Biometrics

Digital Rights Management (DRM)

Display Technologies

Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare

Earth Observations

Electric Ship

Electronic Health Records

Electronics Recycling

Fingerprinting

WiFi

Hydrogen Economy and Alternative Fuels

Organic Electronics

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Portable Information Devices

Remote Sensing

RFID

Smart Grids

Terabit Networks

Wind Power

IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society

“IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS) is the premier annual international meeting for

technologists involved in all aspects of microwave theory and practice. It consists of a full week of events, including technical paper presentations,

workshops, and tutorials, as well as a full set of social events.”

Registration is free with 8 hours of volunteer time.

http://www.ieee.org/portal/ieeetv/viewer.html?progId=124156

2011 IEEE Radio Wireless Week

The 2011 IEEE Radio Wireless Week (RWW2011) will be held the week of Sunday, January 16, 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel. This exciting week includes

the IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS) and the IEEE Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF

Systems (SiRF). For 2011, we are premiering three topical conferences on power amplifiers (PAWR), wireless sensor

networks (WiSNet), andbiomedical radio and wireless technologies (BioWireleSS).

Workshops, short courses, panels, and a relevantindustry exhibition will be held.

http://www.rawcon.org/rws2011/

2010-2011 IEEE Board

Co-President

Edgar Gonzalez

Joseph Fuentez

External Vice-President

Gregorio Valdivia

Internal Vice-President

Sindhu Radhakrishnan

L.A. Metro Section Liaison

Mike Holloway

Program Chair

Isaac Almaraz

Outreach Chair

Paul Tran

Treasurer

Hugo Gonzalez

Public Relations

Julianna Yip

Webmaster

John Paul

Activities Coordinator

Emil Issimunayyer

2010-2011 IEEE Board

Membership Coordinator

Chris Wong

Historian

Keith Walitvarahgkock

Secretary

Heather Rudow

Freshman Representative

Alejandro Soto

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Jane Dong

http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jdong2/

Guest Speaker

Wells Fargo Bank

Open Forum

Questions? Comments?

Thank you for coming!