Youngstown Cleveland Akron Cincinnati Columbus Lima Dayton Ohio Area Chair - D. W. Repperger, WPAFB, Dayton, Ohio

Cincinnati Established: June 1920 Chair: Fred Nadeau Membership: 1,067 Membership Trend: +44 Notable Actions: Awards Banquet Feb 20 th at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal. Guest speaker: Gene Corley (lead investigator on the collapse of the WTC). This event is sponsored by the Engineers and Scientists of Cincinnati. Their newsletter has an interesting salary survey. They list all new members into the section. About 8 meetings are held in Student activities are prominent. Web page:

Dayton Established: June 1943 Chair: Major Roger L. Claypoole Jr. Membership: 1,163 Membership Trend: -37 Notable Actions: Awards Banquet: April 26 th. This is the 100 th anniversary of flight. In the May-September time frame, there are many events in Dayton. The Air Show in July will be one of the largest ever held. Senior Member upgrade in November (10 members). New Chapter: Lasers and Electro-Optics. Web page:

Lima Established: June 1954 Chair: Robert E. Skamfer Membership: 159 Membership Trend: -1 Notable Actions: THE SECTION IEEE MEMBERS SERVE ON A PAPER EVALUATION PANEL FOR STUDENTS AT OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY. GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS AT THE LOCAL COLLEGES. TOURS ARE CONDUCTED WITH LOCAL INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING MANUFACTURING FACILITIES. MOST RECENT TOUR WAS BRITISH AEROSPACE CONTROLS IN FT WAYNE. IN MARCH THEY WILL HAVE A SPEAKER DISCUSSING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. ROBERT PLANS TO BE AT THE REGION 2 MEETING. Web Page: Not yet available

Cleveland Established: September 1907 Chair: Ted Takacs Membership: 1,474 Membership Trend: +2 Notable Actions: February 15 th – Engineering Expo at Great Lakes Science Center. Mid February is also Engineers Week. On May th, Intel will have an International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Cleveland. Request support from Region 2. IEEE President to present award. The section has a Distinguished Lecture Program. Biomedical Engineering and Power Engineering are very active. Work ongoing in revitalizing IAF chapter. Web Page:

Akron Established: August 1920 Chair: Dennis D. Ledel Membership: 777 Membership Trend: +24 Notable Actions: Robert J. Voss will attend the Region 2 meeting for this section. Robert was the chair last year. Meetings are held monthly with many of the traditional activities held. One major thrust this year will be the implementation of a Web page and mailings of the newsletter will be reduced, with reduction of postal costs. Web Page: Not yet available

Youngstown Established: December 1925 Chair: Professor Jalal Jalali Membership: 214 Membership Trend: -1 Notable Actions: The Section Chair is also the Chair of his Department at Youngstown State University. The student section meets every week. The IEEE Section has meetings about every 2 weeks with invited speakers and workshops. They provide tutorials using tapes from IEEE and other sources. They recently had Chuck Alexander from Cleveland State University give a talk. Although close to Cleveland and Akron, their events are usually independent of the other local sections. Web Page: Not yet available

Columbus Established: March 1920 Chair: Lynn M. Congos Membership: 1,699 Membership Trend: -30 Notable Actions: Women are very active in this section which is graphically diverse. A Gold program is starting up. Two societies are joint. Eight other societies are active, five of which have their own web pages. Newsletter is online. Member surveys are performed. They are active with universities. Lynn Congos will attend the Region 2 meeting. This section has many exciting activities planned for Web Page:

Summary and Conclusions Membership Trends: Stable, not increasing. Notable Actions and Points: (1) Having tutorial materials provides good fodder for meetings, especially with students. (2) Size is not as important as the key individuals that make the events happen. (3) More knowledge of Region 2 resources may be a great benefit to the section. (4) Some sections are still working on their Web pages. (5) FoxPro and Web services from IEEE need to be made more useable. Membership information is not accurate. Why do we use the Mellon Bank for deposit of funds? Can we use local banks instead? (6) Cleveland Section request some financial support for ISEF meeting. This award is presented by the IEEE president. 1 st place = $15K from Intel. 2 nd place = $200 from section funds. 1,200 students compete for this scholarship. The presentations are based on only EE principles. The section is active in judging the winning papers/presentations. This is an international competition. The section ask for $1K in support of additional scholarship funding.