2. IEEE Education Society Student Activities Committee Prepared By: Emmanuel A. Gonzalez Chair, IEEE EdSoc SAC

3. Outline l About EdSocSAC l Planned Activities for 2009 l Current Obstacles / Stumbling Blocks l Budget Proposal for 2010

4. About EdSocSAC

5. What is EdSoc SAC l Started in 2005 – Assembled by Dr. Rob Reilly l To provide services that reflect students’ point of view. l Operates the IEEE Multidisciplinary Engineering Education Magazine

6. Current Officers l Chair l Emmanuel A. Gonzalez – Philippines l Vice Chair l Aisha Yousuf – USA l Membership Development Coordinator l Isidoro Mendes Gomes – Portugal l Publications Coordinator (IEEE MEEM EIC) l Seiji Isotani – Japan

7. Current Members l Dimitris Karadimas l Guruprasad Madhavan l Joao Garcia l John Sandoval Moreno l Marcelo C. de Castro (Founding Chair) l Muhammad Wannous l Oscar Martinez Bonastre (Founding Member) l Rainier Ong l Ravi Todi

8. Advisers l Manuel Castro l Oliver Ban l Rob Reilly l Trond Clausen

9. Current Organizational Chart

10. Target Organizational Chart by 2010

11. Planned Activities for 2009

12. Robotica2009: 9 th Edition of the National Robotics Festival l Event: 9 th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions l Venue: Castelo Branco, Portugal l Dates: 6-10 May 2009 l SAC Member Involved: Isidoro Mendes Gomes l Awards Given: l IEEE EdSocSAC Best Student Paper Award l IEEE EdSocSAC Best Student Presentation Award l Status: Successful

13. SBIE2009: Brazilian Symposium on Computers in Education l Event: Brazilian Symposium on Computers in Education l Venue: Santa Catarina, Brazil l Dates: November, 2009 l SAC Member Involved: Seiji Isotani l Activity: Dissertation Contest l IEEE EdSocSAC Best Student Paper Award - Undergrad. Category l IEEE EdSocSAC Best Student Paper Award - M.Sc. Category l IEEE EdSocSAC Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D. Category l Status: Fund Needed

14. 8 th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies l Venue: Riga, Latvia l Dates: 15-17 July 2009 l SAC Member Involved: Seiji Isotani and Oscar Martinez Bonastre l Activity: Doctoral Consortium l Co-Chair: Oscar Martinez Bonastre l Status: Travel fund needed

15. Remote Labs Research Facility for Engineering Education l Project Head: John Sandoval Moreno l About: Construction of a remote lab on control and automation for engineering education use. l Benefit: Research outputs on engineering education using this lab will be submitted to IEEE Trans. on Educ. And IEEE MEEM l Status: Funding/Sponsorship needed for software license and equipment

16. IEEE MEEM Special Issue l Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Applications and Future Trends of Learning Objects l CFP Deadline: 15 June 2009 l Expected Publication: December 2009 l Guest Editor: Oscar Martinez Bonastre

17. Current Obstacles / Stumbling Blocks

18. Lack of Funding For: l Membership development l Publicity l Sponsorship/Organization of events with traveling required l Projects l Seed money for other activities

19. Lack of Publicity and Active Members l We still need to devise other means of publicity to attract new members. l New members are needed to for succession planning. l Active members needed for MEEM and the management of the EdSocSAC Content Management System.

20. Budget Proposal for 2010

21. l Awards for students Up to $1000 dollars/year for awards + 20 free EdSoc memberships. l Advertisement in conferences and other meetings $500 dollars/year for posters and pamphlets. l Travel for supporting activity chairs Up to $3000 dollars/year for traveling, conference fees, accommodations, etc. l Support students to create activities Up to $2000/year for partial sponsorship for activities of EdSocSAC. l Total: 6500 dollars/year + 20 memberships.