1. Technical Activities Committee Hamid Vakilzadian Region 4 Technical Activities Committee Chair ExCOM & Region 4 Meeting January 20-22, 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota

2. Tech Committee Area Coordinators 2011-2012 East Area: Subra Ganesan Central Area: Paul Tindal West Area: Christopher Felton Chair: Hamid Vakilzadian 14-Apr-15

3. Support sections and chapters on all activities related to technical as well as help them in membership development and rejuvenation. 14-Apr-15 Technical Committee Mission

4. Organize technical programs Find speakers Explore funding possibilities for technical activities from societies and/or Region 4 Organize conferences (ex: eit) Cooperate with section leaders in membership development 14-Apr-15 Technical Committee Helps Sections to…

5.  IEEE SEM:  Held 2 conferences for 15 chapters in the section  Celebrated 100 years of IEEE  EMC Society chapter held a workshop  Computer Society chapter held a one day workshop on embedded systems  Encouraged the east area sections to organize half-day or full-day technical workshops  Contacted the section chairs to provide the list of the technical workshops that they held. East Area Tech Activities 2011: Subra Ganesan

6. Central Area Tech Activities, 2011: Paul Tindal  Calumet: 3  Central Illinois:1  Chicago: 18 (3 workshops)  Madison: 5  Milwaukee: 12 (1 Technical Workshop)  Northeastern Wisconsin: 5  Rock River Valley: 12  Provided views on some speakers to chapters 14-Apr-15

7. West Area Tech Activities 2010: Christopher Felton 14-Apr-15

8. West Area Tech Activities 2011: Christopher Felton 14-Apr-15

9. Hamid Vakilzadian Helped in writing membership rejuvenation proposal for MGA support Organized telecons to develop strategy for technical activities within R4 Encouraged organization of day-long technical workshops Developed funding request form for technical activities Collaborated with 4 sections in organizing technical workshops 14-Apr-15

10. Cedar Rapids Supported partially by R4 funds  Topic: Learn LabView in Six Hours  Held at Warburg College facilities in Waverly, IA  Attendance: 25  Registration Fee:  Members -- $20  Non-members - $30, Students -- $10  Date held: March 19, 2011  Non members: 3 14-Apr-15

11. Cedar Rapids Supported partially by R4 funds  Topic: Learn LabView in Six Hours  Held at Kirkwood Community College facilities in Cedar Rapids, IA  Attendance: 39  Registration Fee: Same as previous one  Date held: August 27, 2011  Non-members: 3 14-Apr-15

12. Cedar Rapids Supported partially by R4 funds  Topic: Introduction to VHDL  Held at Kirkwood Community College facilities in Cedar Rapids, IA  Attendance: 31  Registration Fee:  Members -- $30, Non-members - $40, Students -- $10  Date held: November 19, 2011  Non-members: 2 14-Apr-15

13. Twin Cities  Supported by R4 funds  Workshop: Communication channels and protocols in Transmission and Distribution Systems  Held at Shoreview Community Center, MN  Date: Oct. 19, 2011  Registration Fee:  Society Members $20, Member at large: $50, Non- members $120.  Number of attendees: 25  Number of non-members:7 14-Apr-15

14. Nebraska Section Supported partially by R4 funds  Workshop: – Lyncole Grounding Seminar  Place Held: Scott Conference Center, Omaha  Date: Oct. 7, 2011  Registration Fee:  Members $250, Senior Members $225, Nonmembers $400  Number of attendees: 23  Number of non-members:5 14-Apr-15

15. Chicago Section Supported Partially by R4 funds Workshop: Power System Grounding Short Course Attendance: Approximately 100 Registration Fee: Free Date held: October 13, 2011 14-Apr-15

16. Chicago Section Workshop: Technical Trends & Challenges Attendance: 80 Registration Fee –Member $75, non-member $115, Student $50 Date held: Nov. 15, 2011 14-Apr-15

17. Chicago Section Workshop: Printed Circuit Board Layout for EMI Suppression Attendance: 260 –Member: 90 Registration Fee –Member $125, non-member $175, Student $25 Date held: Mar. 3, 2011 14-Apr-15

18. Southeastern Michigan Supported partially by R4 funds Workshop: Embedded System Registration Fee: Free Date held: Oct 15, 2011 Attendance: 111 Non-members: 31 14-Apr-15

19. R4 Funds Spent for Membership Rejuvenation 14-Apr-15 SectionAmount Paid Cedar Rapids$933.14 Chicago$1,000.00 Nebraska$1,000.00 SEM (Oakland Univ.)$1,042.64 Twin Cities$1,521.85 Total$5,497.63

20. Workshop for Practicing Engineers

21. Why Are Technical Workshops Important for Practicing Engineers? Help develop technical skills in a specific topic to meet the employer's demand or need for job change. Are topics that cannot be addressed in an hour. At least a day is needed to provide the useful info. Provide CEU/PDH for an engineer in a short time Keep members up-to-date in specific technical topics.

22. Organize One Workshop in 2012 R4 will support up to $3K per section –It is preferred that:  Industry Involvement  Time be allocated for membership promotion  Survey to be made on interest of attending members at the end of the workshop.  Good planning  Registration fee substantially be low for members than non-members 14-Apr-15

26. Thank You!