1. Section Committee/Officer Name: Hema Ramaswamy
IEEE Central Texas Section 2018 Spring Planning Meeting January 27, 2018 San Marcus, TX
Section Committee/Officer Name: Hema Ramaswamy
Chapter/Affinity Name: K-12 Central Texas Region
Prepared by: Hema Ramaswamy
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2. Mission and Leadership Team
Vision: Vision is to connect the school system to the needs of the STEM industries, so that teachers can help increase the pipeline of STEM students into our universities. “Catch Them Young”
Mission: To conduct programs and do projects that gives students career exposure and hands-on experience to spur their curiosity and enthusiasm and at the same time create IEEE awareness in the Central Texas Schools for STEM( Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
Leadership Team:
Hema Ramaswamy (Chapter Chairman)
Ananth Dodabalapur (Vice Chair, Outreach)
Jad Jadeja (Vice Chair, Programs)
Objectives:
Connect with local K-12 schools to understand the students’ needs
Devise programs that excites and motivates students to participate in STEM activities
Community Outreach Projects that bring awareness to IEEE CTS organizations
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3. 2017 Accomplishments Theme: Outreach Programs for K-12 Students
Focus Areas
Expose K-12 students to careers and courses in STEM so that they can make appropriate course selections during their high school for a STEM degree in college.
Activities
Spring 2017: Workshop at University of Texas for Freshman and Sophomore high school students
Fall 2017: Westwood high school students at the “2017 IEEE Innovation Summit in Health and Technology”
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4. 2017 Accomplishments
Workshop at University of Texas for Freshman and Sophomore high school students
A 2-half-day workshop
Series of lectures by UT Professors and industry experts on several cutting edge technology and science topics. 
Tailored for a high school audience and was intended to convey what the recent developments in several fields of engineering and science. 
High school students who were onsidering college majors in STEM benefitted from the lectures, Q&A and meeting with the speakers
Highlights of the event
77 registered and 72 attended
Popular segments were
Tour of the Microelectronics nanotechnology labs
Lectures conducted by grad students....Age matters
The faculty who participated were pleased and generally willing to do this again, as were the grad students
Secured a mention in the NSF proposal done by UT professors for university research function for out reach activities
Strong interest to make this a yearly event at UT Austin!
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5. UT Workshop Snaps
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6. UT Workshop Snaps
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7. 2017 Accomplishments
Westwood high school students at the “2017 IEEE Innovation Summit in Health and Technology”
High school students volunteered at the registration, audio-visual, speaker felicitation
Attended 12 speaker sessions in medical, technology, business/industry and policy
Took lab tours
From the Westwood Counsellor
Deep appreciation letters from the counsellors and student ambassadors
Strong desire to provide such opportunities for their students
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8. IEEE Innovation Summit
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9. 2018 Initiatives, Plan, and Needs
Theme:
“Outreach Programs for K-12 Students and hands-on experience on products and projects"
Initiatives
Incubation to promote innovation
STEM workshops for K-12 students
Needs:
Support from K-12 schools and university faculty (UTSA and UTA) to run outreach programs
Funding from CTS to run such outreach programs
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10. Backup
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11. Backup – List of Technical presentations
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