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Systems Engineering Certification Tutorial Webinar

Interested in receiving your INCOSE Systems Engineering (SE) certification and becoming an INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)? Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) is hosting a tutorial webinar to help you learn SE and prepare for the certification exam. The tutorial is taught by John O. Clark, Chief Engineer at the NGC Information Systems Sector and Director of Education & Training for the INCOSE Hampton Roads Area Chapter. The tutorial covers the CSEP process and the SE Handbook version 3.1 (the basis for the CSEP exam). It also provides tips on filling out your application. A certificate of completion is provided.

Beginning Thursday, November 19th and running through April 2010, the tutorial consists of 16 weekly sessions, held from noon to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Time USA, for up to 250 participants. Prior to each session, participants are encouraged to read the sections and appendices of the SE Handbook to be presented. Course materials include the tutorial slides (including PowerPoint Notes), sample questions, and prior-session audio recordings. The current schedule (including the specific session, section/appendix, and topic) is available at the links below. This schedule is subject to change as the course progresses. Check the links below for the course materials and to obtain the latest schedule.

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2010 IEEE Election Results

IEEE Members Select Moshe Kam 2010 President-Elect

8 October - Moshe Kam, department head and Robert Quinn Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., USA, has been selected as 2010 IEEE President-Elect. Pending acceptance of the Teller's Committee report by the IEEE Board of Directors on 22 November, Kam will begin serving as IEEE president on 1 January 2011. He will succeed 2010 IEEE President Pedro Ray, president, Ray Engineers, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The other candidates for 2010 IEEE President-Elect were J. Roberto Boisson de Marca, professor, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Joseph V. Lillie, AT&T (retired) Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. All of the candidates were nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors.

Of the members who voted, 15,690 selected Kam, 14,903 selected Lillie, and 12,704 selected de Marca.

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Region 3 selects David G. Green as Director Elect for 2010-2011

David G. Green of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, has been selected as the IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2010-2011

David G. Green has been on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) since 1981. His areas of interest include software engineering, collaboration systems, computer networking, and the engineering design process. He is a member of the project management team for the university´s Active Directory (Windows Services) and Exchange (E-Mail) projects. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (BSE, 1975; MSE, 1977) with an Electrical Engineering specialization. David Green has received numerous IEEE awards including the IEEE Millennium Medal, IEEE Educational Activities Meritorious Service Award, Region 3 Outstanding Service Award, Regional Activities Board Innovation Award, USAB Regional Professional Leadership Award, IEEE´s Outstanding Branch Counselor, and the Region 3 Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Education Award. He is a senior member of IEEE, a member of ASEE, HKN, and Tau Beta Pi, and a life member of ARRL.

The other candidate for IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2010-2011 was Eric S. Ackerman, Assistant Dean Nova Southeastern University, Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

Of the members who voted, 1,474 selected Ackerman and 2,178 selected Green.

The Open Channel for November 2009

Note our next newsletter will be in January 2010

Inside The Open Channel
Front Page - 2009 Annual Student Paper Presentations
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 3 Directions to Culinary Arts Institute
Page 3 IEEE HR Annual Elections - Last Call
Page 3 From the PES Corner
Page 4 Brain Teaser Challenge Solution - August 2009
Page 5 Brain Teaser - September 2009
Page 5 Moshe Kam is 2010 IEEE President - Elect
Page 5 Other IEEE Election Results

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November PES Update

PES had a successful first stand alone meeting with "The New Face of Nuclear Power." Presented by Ray Riha, Ph.D on Oct 8th. There have been several improvements in the area of safety; all moving in the direction of passive safety where the need for human interaction is not required to deploy the safety feature in Generation III and Generation III + Reactors. Some designs of newer reactors also consume a greater portion of the fuel, leaving less waste (in one case it can use the spent fuel rods from older facilities).

A motion was made and carried to have a tour of a Nuclear power facility, and details will follow on that effort.

We continue the Green Power Engineering with the November 10th meeting: "Practical Lessons in Wind Farm Collector Systems and Interconnections" by Wanda Reder of S & C Electric. Ms. Reder is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE and PES. This is a great follow up to the Sept. Presentation on Off Shore Wind Farm Project presented by Justin Turner .

If you are interested in attending the Nov 10 Meeting please RSVP early to inure your seat.
This meeting will be opened to the public and announced through the local media, and the limited seats could fill quickly.

It will be held at Town Point Club in Norfolk, and their dress code applies (business attire, coat and tie preferred)

Cost for members Early RSVP and advance payment (IEEE, PES) is $25 and Guests $30.

Checks payable to HR-PES can be mailed to IEEE HR-PES at 210 Graves Circle Newport News, VA 23602-7536


Early RSVP closes Nov 2. Late RSVP is $35, and is from Nov 3 - 6, when Registration closes.

Please submit your reservation(s) online at http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1231.
Your feedback and comments are invited. Tell HRPES what tours, and topics you want to see in our Spring line up.

I look forward to working with you in the future!

Sincerely,
Jennifer Ammentorp