1. Student Branch Liaisons Student Branch Liaisons Ron Seaman, Liaison Coordinator IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Planning Meeting August 27th, 2011 San Marcos, Texas

2. Five CTS Student Branches 2010-2011 BranchFaculty AdviserCTS Liaison St. Mary’s University San Antonio Dr. Djaffer Ibaroudene dibaroudene@stmarytx.edu Ernest Franke efranke@swri.org Texas State University San Marcos Dr. Larry Larson Larry.Larson@txstate.edu Open, contact Ron or branch if interested Trinity University San Antonio Dr. Farzan Aminian faminian@trinity.edu Ron Seaman rseaman3353@att.net University of Texas Austin Dr. Sriram Vishwanath sriram@ece.utexas.edu Nick Chotiros chotiros@arlut.utexas.edu University of Texas San Antonio Dr. Shuo Wang Shuo.Wang@utsa.edu Scott Weidner scott.weidner@swri.org

3. Budget Item200920102011 Due 2011 Award Phase I, $1,000/branch $ 4,000 $ 5,000 Aug. 13 Aug. 20 Sept. 28 Phase II, total $ 4,000 $ 5,000 $ 4,000Oct. 15Nov. 29 Progress reports, $60/branch ---- $ 300 See Above ---- Region 5 conference attendance $ 2,500 $ 2,000 $ 2,100 April 2012 ---- SPAC support---- $ 500 During 2011 ---- CTS Student Branch Budget

4. Plans / Issues Strengths – Five active student branches – CTS interest and support Weaknesses – How to best use of CTS funding Opportunities – Enhance student experiences – Promote IEEE, membership retention Threats – Competing obligations of students – Fragility of budget

5. IEEE Region 5 Conference Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 2011 Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol CenterMississippi River

6. TSU Delegation to 2011 R5 Conference Jonathan Park, Brandon Sammons, Demetrios Santikos, Alex Innes, Sam Stavinoha, Hudson Diven, Ed Gonzalez, Jesse Clark, Michael Lyons, Victor Garcia, Larry Larson, Adrian Fabian, Bill Stapleton

7. UTSA Delegation to 2011 R5 Conference Kevin Messenhimer, Chris Lewis, Chris Brucks, Chris Riojas, Cesar Carter, Lizardo Buleje, Chris Weldon, Larissa O'Neill, Carl Gleinser, Dylan Caswell, Nolan Manteufel Not present for picture: Terence Leonard, Michael Starkweather, Chris Pitts, Mike McMeans.

8. UT Delegation to 2011 R5 Conference (Robotics Team) Clockwise from left: Frank Weng, Stephen Hall, Cruz Monrreal, Razik Ahmed

9. TSU Outstanding Small Branch Award Texas State student branch president, Ed Gonzalez, and faculty adviser, Larry Larson Most Outstanding Small Student Branch Award Region 5 Conference, Baton Rouge, April 16, 2011

10. TSU Ethics Competition Award Texas State students Jonathan Park and Alex Innes First Place Award for Ethics Competition Region 5 Conference, Baton Rouge, April 16, 2011.

11. UTSA students Nolan Manteufel and Lizardo Buleje Third Place award for circuits design competition Region 5 Conference, Baton Rouge, April 16, 2011. UTSA Circuit Design Award

12. Central Texas Section Contingent Ron Seaman, Garrett Polhamus, Tom Grim, Clif Denny, Thuy Dao, and Scott Atkinson displaying Most Outstanding Large Section Award Region 5 Conference, Baton Rouge, April 16, 2011

13. For Your Consideration Branch -- Member – Presentations – Tours – Mentoring – Proctoring

14. The student branches thank the Central Texas Section for its continued support QUESTIONS???