1. Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA-DFW Chapter For Internal Use ONLY CIE/USA-DFW Chapter was established in 1989, a non-profit organization with the focus to promote awareness and advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). STEM Science, Technology Engineering, Mathematics Dec. 13, 2014 2015 Officer Team President Xinfen Chen, Ph.D. Executive VP Simon Chang VP Secretary Xiang Luo, Ph.D. VP Treasurer Jessica Yang Convention Chair Edward Yu VP Public Relations Xinxin Sun, Ph.D. VP Youth Programs Allan Zhong, Ph.D. VP Young Professionals Wen-Shin Wang 2015 Board of Directors Mark Carpenter Simon Chang Xinfen Chen, Ph.D. Charles Chou Claire Jung, Ph.D. David Kao, Ph.D. Wei-Jen Lee, Ph.D. Chinpei Tang, Ph.D. Grace Tyler Michael Wang Year End Donation We encourage our members to make a monetary donation to your organization before the end of 2014. Make a contribution to your organization and take advantage of the tax return benefit. Check out with your employer about volunteer incentive program that matches your contributions. CIE will show your name for your enthusiastic contributions in the 2015 CIE DFW Yearbook! To donate, follow the easy steps: 1.Budget $100, $200, $500 or any other number 2.Write a check payable to CIE/USA-DFW 3.Mail the check to: P.O. Box 833025, Richardson, Texas 75083-3025 4.Send e-mail to Jessica Yang (jy1373@att.com) with your amount, she will issue you a donotion receipt for tax return.Jessica Yang jy1373@att.com Planning Status CIE Night, the traditional Chinese New Year celebration banquet will be held at Maxim's Chinese Restaurant on January 31, 2015. UTD FACSS will be our co-host. 9 course deluxe Chinese feast has been contracted. Kids of members having performance talents are highly desired. Volunteers with decoration experience are demanded! CIE Spring Technology Symposium is scheduled on March 7, 2015 at UTD College of Engineering. Planning was kicked off on December 7. Committee members from CIE technical team, Zhejiang University DFW Alumni Association (co-host), Oncor Electric Delivery and Raytheon have set the blueprint for this forum to be on Internet of Things (IoT) to reflect current technology trends. CIE Annual Convention is scheduled on August 15 Saturday, 2015 at Renaissance Richardson Hotel. After several rounds of hard negotiations, CIE and the bidding hotels are shortening the gaps. The committee are recruiting several key leaders including Banquet chair, Proceeding Chair, and VIP Reception chair. Young Professional Program team will meet at The Orientation to discuss topics and ideas. The first activity is planned to be a happy hour in mid-January. The logistic support team lead by VP Secretary had a meeting to consolidate the plan for membership drive, asset management, newsletter editing, and web support/ development. Skilled volunteers are demanded for Web development, art design and publication editing. The first issue of monthly newsletter will be published on January 15, 2015. Planed event updates Please click here for lately updateupdate Q1 2015 Calendar Please click here for current CalendarCalendar