ieee cts status report utsa student chapter
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IEEE CTS Status Report UTSA Student Chapter. Phase I + II Funding. Branch Info. Officers (term in particular office): Kevin Messenhiemer , Chair (3 rd term) Carl Gleinsner , Vice Chair (1 st term) Chris Weldon, Secretary (1 st term) Devon Johnson, Treasurer (1 st term) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
IEEE CTS Status ReportUTSA Student Chapter
Phase I + II Funding
Branch Info• Officers (term in particular office):
– Kevin Messenhiemer, Chair (3rd term)– Carl Gleinsner, Vice Chair (1st term)– Chris Weldon, Secretary (1st term)– Devon Johnson, Treasurer (1st term)– Michael Starkweather, Program Director (1st term)– Michael Villalba, Events Coordinator (1st term)– Chris Lewis, Webmaster (1st term)
• Faculty Advisors– Dr. Jin, [email protected]– Dr. Wang, [email protected]
• Office: EB 2.04.08– Phone: 210-458-5944– Email: [email protected]
Canceled Projects
• Technical Paper Workshop– SPAC speaker will be speaking on this topic– Have an over abundance of workshops
• IEEE-USA Annual Meeting in Austin– Cost was way too much
Projects in the Process
• GNU/Linux Workshop– Redesigned; will be part of the Robotics and
Automation ‘club’ to draw interest– End of the year
• Region 5 Conference– Baton Rouge this year, will be lots of fun– Ten to fifteen students will be attending
• Circuits Team– 2 students will be participating this year
Robotics Competition
• Saw a huge spike in involvement this year– 30-40 interested members– 10+ active
• In the fall, we introduced the new people (and learned ourselves) to Ardunio development– Fast and easy to introduce.
• Spring, we will be continuing to work on the robot for this years competition– Very excited to be working with some new stuff which
we will be showing off at the spring region 5 meet
Projects in Process Cont’d
• Creation of Two Society Branches– Computer Society– Robotics and Automation Society– Both proposals to the school are being written, need
faculty support– This project will be extended through the fall
• T-Shirts / Officer Polo– Design is done, in process of finding a vendor for
printing– Will be ‘subsidized’ by branch price $5-8
Completed Projects
• Fall/Spring Membership Drives– Saw results immediately– Huge growth, with more to come
• Faculty Advising Blitz– Students received student branch branded advising
materials and free soda– Lots of interest in student branch from this
• Resume/Curriculum Vitae– Brent Thompson, the engineering career advisor, presented– Workshops are in conjunction with the career center in
spring
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