The Nominating Committee for the Cincinnati Section is pleased to announce its slate for our November election:

Chair – Stephen Fridrick

Vice Chair – Fred Nadeau

Treasurer – Marwan Nusair

Secretary – Frank Zhou

Member-At-Large – Jason Wilden

The Section is also accepting Petition Candidates until November 5, 2010.  A petition candidate must have the signatures of at least nine (9) voting members of the Cincinnati Section.

The election will occur in November.  More information about the candidates will be available prior to the election.

RTECC – OCT 12 – DAYTON

The RTECC (Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conference) is for software or hardware engineers or designers, and project managers developing computing systems or time-critical applications for: military/aerospace & defense electronics, industrial control, data communications, telecom/telephony, consumer electronics, embedded appliances and more.

The RTECC brings more than 35 top industry vendors showcasing 143 products in an open exhibition. In addition, you can attend several 45min. technical breakout seminars that run parallel throughout the event.  And, your guest pass includes full free access to everything, i.e. seminars, product demos/exhibits, a complimentary lunch and parking as well.

Visit www.rtecc.com to pre-register and have your visitor guest pass ready and waiting when you arrive.

Remember to vote in the IEEE national elections. Voting is open until October 1st. Just click on this IEEE ballet link, login in with your IEEE userid/password, and you will see the ballet. Beside each candidate is a photo and short biography. It will take 5 minutes at most. Let’s give the Cincinnati Section a good showing.

Charlie Nash, Section Chair

SEPTEMBER MEETING
The GE Aviation museum

DATE: Thursday, September 23, 2010
PLACE : GE Aviation Learning Centre (see below for directions)
TIME : 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. –  Social Time & Hors d’oeuvres
 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. –  Tour
COST:   $5, Dinner will not be served-  Light hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided
NOTE:  $5 Covers the museum, hors d’oeuvres, and beverages, and will be collected at the door

MENU SELECTIONS:   Light hors d’oeuvres and beverages

LOCATION:  GE Aviation Learning Centre, 1 Neumann Way, Cincinnati, OH 45215.  Follow the Neumann Way exit signs from either I-75 northbound or southbound directions.  The Learning Centre is just to the right (south) of the Neumann Way entrance.  Neumann Way is also identified as gate 50.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.246604,-84.44153&spn=0.00511,0.009549&z=17

RESERVATIONS:  Please email Fred Nadeau for reservations at mailto:fnadeau1@earthlink.net (preferred) or call the Section Voice Mail at 513-629-9380 by Noon, Monday, September 20, 2010 if you plan to attend. Please leave your Name, IEEE Member Number, and a daytime telephone number.

PE CREDITS: Depending on the subject matter, attendance at IEEE Cincinnati Section Meetings now qualifies the attendee for Professional Development Hours towards renewal of Professional Engineers Licenses. Required documentation will be available following the meeting!  The Section Meetings also provide a great opportunity to network with fellow engineers in the area.

ABOUT THE MEETING:  The GE Aviation museum captures the history of the jet engine.  This begins with the earliest model I-A through the latest generation GE90.  Both commercial and military engines are represented.  Larger turbo fan and smaller turbo shaft types are shown.  A total of 19 engines are on display.  These engines include America’s first jet engine the I-A, the world’s first high bypass turbofan, and the world’s most popular commercial engine.  There are 8 interactive displays.  Representative engine hardware includes blades, blisks, combustors, and a GE90 fan blade.  There are also a Pioneers hall and a veterans display with scale models of military aircraft.   The tour is presently scheduled to be self-guided.

SAVE THE DATE:  The Cincinnati IEEE Annual Christmas Dinner will be December 2nd.  It promises to be an evening of social interaction and fun.  More information will be provided as the date approaches.

New Cincinnati Section Senior Member
The Cincinnati Section would like to congratulate our newest Senior Member,

Theodore Roosevelt Stoner

whose upgrade application was recently approved.If you are interested in upgrading your membership to Senior Member, please contact any member of the Executive Committee.

The following individuals are IEEE members who are new to our Section:

We wish to welcome these members to the Cincinnati Section!!!

MAY MEETING

STUDENT PROJECTS

 DATE: Thursday, May 27, 2010
PLACE : Raffel’s – 10160 Reading Road (see below for directions)
TIME : 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. –  Social Time
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. –  Dinner
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. –  Presentation

NOTE: DINNERS ARE ALWAYS OPTIONAL – YOU MAY ATTEND THE PROGRAM ONLY.

MENU SELECTIONS: Country Fried Chicken, Spaghetti with Marinara Sauce, Meatloaf served in Brown Gravy, Red Skinned Mashed Potatoes, Succotash, Caesar Salad, Fresh Fruit Salad, Buttermilk Biscuits, Coffee, Tea, Iced Tea, Soft Drinks. There is also a bar available for the purchase of alcoholic drinks.

LOCATION: Raffel’s is located at 10160 Reading Road, south of Glendale-Milford Road on the east side of Reading. Take I-75 to the Glendale-Milford Rd. Exit, go east on Glendale-Milford Road approximately ¾ of a mile to Reading Rd. and turn right on Reading.

RESERVATIONS: Please email Fred Nadeau for reservations at mailto:fnadeau1@earthlink.net (preferred) or call the Section Voice Mail at 513-629-9380 by Noon, Tuesday, May 25, 2010 if you plan to attend. Please leave your Name, IEEE Member Number, and a daytime telephone number.

PE CREDITS: Depending on the subject matter, attendance at IEEE Cincinnati Section Meetings now qualifies the attendee for Professional Development Hours towards renewal of Professional Engineers Licenses. Required documentation will be available following the meeting! The Section Meetings also provide a great opportunity to network with fellow engineers in the area.

ABOUT THE MEETING: Two college’s senior students at UC will give presentations at the meeting. The two colleges are College of Engineering and College of Applied Science. Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science (ECE & CS) programs are in the College of Engineering. Electrical and Computer Engineering TECHNOLOGY (ECET) programs are in the College of Applied Science.

In addition, in each spring quarter, seniors from UC College of Applied Science take their senior design projects to the public at Duke Energy Center and demonstrate their creative design, project management skills and eye-catching ingenuity. This annual senior design project exhibition is called “Tech Expo”. This year, Tech Expo 2010, was on May 4th, 2010, at the Duke Energy Center. For detailed information about Tech Expo 2010, please check it out at http://ceas.uc.edu/expo.html.

whose upgrade application was recently approved.

If you are interested in upgrading your membership to Senior Member, please contact any member of the Executive Committee.

The following individuals are IEEE members who are new to our Section: