1. Student Branches Ron Seaman IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Section Meeting September 6, 2014 San Marcos, Texas

2. IEEE Central Texas Section Five CTS Student Branches 2014-2015 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 Joel Sandahl jsandahl@zxtech.net Trinity University San Antonio Dr. Farzan Aminian faminian@trinity.edu Ron Seaman (interim) rseaman3353@att.net University of Texas Austin Dr. Sriram Vishwanath sriram@ece.utexas.edu Nick Chotiros chotiros@arlut.utexas.edu University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Paul Morton PaulMorton@utsa.edu Dr. Lars Hansen Lars.Hansen@utsa.edu Scott Weidner scott.weidner@swri.org

3. IEEE Central Texas Section CTS Student Branch Funding Opportunities 2014-2015 Academic Year Phase I: up to $1,000 per branch can be requested this year Phase II: competition for a total of $5,000 this year *Reimbursement up to $30 for meeting this deadline **This deliverable will be considered in evaluation of Phase I proposals next year. DeliverableDue DateNotification Date Phase I written proposal to Section before midnight August 23, 2014 ---- Phase I oral PowerPoint slides to Section before midnight August 30, 2014* ---- Phase I student oral presentation at CTS fall meeting September 6, 2014 Phase I funding to Branches----o/b September 27, 2014 Phase II written proposal to Section before midnight October 18, 2014 ---- Phase II funding to Branches----o/b November 30, 2014 Oral presentation slides* to Section Earlier than 1 week prior to CTS spring meeting* ---- Oral report on progress at CTS spring meeting** early 2015 date TBA---- Written report on accomplishments based on funding** Late May or early June 2015 date TBA ----

4. IEEE Central Texas Section IEEE Region 5 Conference Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Corpus Christi, Texas, April 5-6, 2014

5. IEEE Central Texas Section See Poster Board for R5 Photos of Students IEEE Region 5 Conference Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Corpus Christi, Texas, April 5-6, 2014 See Poster Board for Other R5 Photos

6. IEEE Central Texas Section IEEE Region 5 Conference Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Corpus Christi, Texas, April 5-6, 2014 DeliverableDue DateNotification Date Phase I written proposal to Section before midnight August 23, 2014 ---- Phase I oral PowerPoint slides to Section before midnight August 30, 2014* ---- Phase I student oral presentation at CTS fall meeting September 6, 2014 Phase I funding to Branches----o/b September 27, 2014 Phase II written proposal to Section before midnight October 18, 2014 ---- Phase II funding to Branches----o/b November 30, 2014 Oral presentation slides* to Section Earlier than 1 week prior to CTS spring meeting* ---- Oral report on progress at CTS spring meeting** early 2015 date TBA---- Written report on accomplishments based on funding** Late May or early June 2015 date TBA ----

7. IEEE Central Texas Section The student branches thank the Central Texas Section for its continued support

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