1. Student Branches Ron Seaman IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 28, 2012 San Marcos, TX

2. IEEE Central Texas Section 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. IEEE Central Texas Section CTS Student Branch Funding 2011-2012 l Phase I $1,000/branch l Written proposal l Oral presentation at fall planning meeting l Awarded September 28 l Phase II $4,000 total l Written proposal l Awarded November 30

4. IEEE Central Texas Section Region 5 Conference, Tulsa, Plans l St. Mary’s University l Robotics l Trinity University l Robotics l UTSA l Robotics (2?), Circuit Design, Ethics l Texas State University l Robotics, Ethics(?) l UT - Austin l Robotics (RAS) Circuit Design, Ethics Competitions Robotics Student Ethics Circuit Design Student Papers IEEE/CCET Student Design Activities S-PAC Leadership Workshop

5. IEEE Central Texas Section The CTS student branches thank you for its continued support QUESTIONS???

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