IEEE Central Texas Section JOINT CHAPTER SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS SOCIETY AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS SOCIETY 16 January 2016

IEEE Central Texas Section 2016 Leadership Team l Chair – Walt Downing, SwRI l Vice Chair – Dr. Sos Agaian, UTSA l Secretary/Treasurer – Nils Smith, SwRI

IEEE Central Texas Section SMC28/AES10 l New Joint Chapter (only just established) l Formed from existing SMC28 Chapter l SAMIEEE Central Texas Section Members l SMC28 ~ 86 members l AES10 ~ 124 members l Web Presence l

IEEE Central Texas Section l Systems Engineering l Systems Integration l Complex Systems l Cooperative Systems l System of Systems l Cybernetics l Human-Machine Systems l Signals and Systems l Control Systems l Guidance Systems l Aerospace Systems l Autonomous Systems l Unmanned Systems l Drones and Robots l Communication Systems l Others? Areas of Common Technical Interest

IEEE Central Texas Section 2H 2015 Kickoff Meeting l 16 November 2015 l Speaker: Dr. Scott Weidner, SwRI l Topic: The New Horizons Mission to Pluto l Location: UTSA l 16 Attendees l 14 IEEE members l 2 non-members l Also webcast

IEEE Central Texas Section Plans for 2016 l 22 January 2016 l Speaker: Dr. George Schmidt l AESS Distinguished Lecturer l IEEE Fellow and AIAA Fellow l Topic: Navigation Sensors and Systems in GNSS Degraded and Denied Environments l Two Presentations l SwRI (9:00 am) & webcast? l UTSA (2:00 pm) l AIAA Participation

IEEE Central Texas Section Other Plans for this coming year l UTSA College of Engineering Technology Symposium l 26 April 2016 l HEB University Center l Joint SMC/AES Chapter Meeting l Student Project Award Planned l Summer Social Activity - TBD l Fall 2016 Meetings – TBD l Opportunistic Ad Hoc Meetings

IEEE Central Texas Section Unique Recognition Garrett Hall appointed undergraduate student representative to the AESS Board of Governors l Born: Austin, Texas l USAF veteran l Medical Laboratory Technician l Deployed to Iraq l Associate’s Degree in Chemistry from Austin Community College l UTSA College of Engineering Student l Participant in NASA’s Reduced Gravity Flight Program l Undergraduate research in brain-computer interface using EEG signals to control UAV’s l President of IEEE HKN Kappa Upsilon Chapter

IEEE Central Texas Section Open Issues l Future Meeting Dates & Locations l Rebate Funding From SMC and AES l Possible Future Collaboration with: l AIAA l AUVSI l SAE l IEEE Systems Council l Other Societies in IEEE Systems Council

IEEE Central Texas Section QUESTIONS??? Thanks!