From The Chair - March 2011

Mühlbauer Tour

Please join us for the March technical meeting, which will be a tour of the Mühlbauer facility in Newport News. The tour will include an interactive demonstration of their cutting edge manufacturing equipment used to produce ID Cards, Passports, RFID's and others. This is an exciting opportunity to visit a local high-tech business; I can say the Mühlbauer tour in 2009 was very well received by the Hampton Roads IEEE members. The tour is free to everyone (members, guests, and students), please register ASAP so that we can get a good count for refreshments.
I'd like to thank Mickey Wilson of Harger for his presentation last month on lightning protection systems. Jennifer Ammentorp, the Hampton Roads PES Chapter Chair, will be traveling to SoutheastCon March 17-20 in Nashville to represent the Hampton Roads Section in Region 3 activities. If you have any ideas on how IEEE can better serve its members, please feel free to email the officers list or myself so that we can relay this information to Jennifer. I would like to welcome Mr. Richard Williams to the IEEE HR Executive Committee; he will serve as the 2011 Section treasurer.
Volunteer opportunities are still available within the Hampton Roads Section, please contact the officers list if you are interested.

Jason Naramore
2011 Chair
IEEE Hampton Roads Section

The Open Channel for March 2011

Inside The Open Channel

Front Page Mühlbauer Tour
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 2 Directions to Mühlbauer
Page 3 From the PES Corner
Page 4 IEEE SoutheastCon 2011
Page 5 Upcoming Conferences

Upcoming Events

Mar 17 Meeting
Apr 2 Tidewater Science Fair @ The TED Meeting Meeting
Apr 21 Meeting
May 19 Meeting

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EWeek 2011 is ending with two banquets

Next week is EWeek ending with two banquets. Contact William LaBelle at w.labelle@ieee.org or 757.619.9050 for information and tickets.

Engineers Club of Hampton Roads 2011 Engineering Excellence Banquet
The Town Point Club
101 West Main Street, Suite 300
Norfolk, VA 23501
February 25, 2011
Social starts at 6 PM
Online reservations at www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=215861
Peninsula Engineering Council 2011 Engineer of the Year
Point Plaza Suites and Conference Hotel
950 J Clyde Morris Blvd
Newport News, VA 23601
February 26, 2011
Social starts at 6 PM
Online reservations at www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=213905

Help Address Global Humanitarian Challenges Through "Engineering for Change"

Dear Colleague:

As you may have noticed, IEEE has initiated recently several new efforts toward humanitarian and global development challenges. This undertaking represents recognition on our part of the great potential of our members (engineers and experts in computing and technology) to provide effective assistance and leadership in regions with under-developed infrastructure, and in areas where the infrastructure was damaged by natural or human-made disasters. Many of our IEEE members have told us that they have strong interest in taking part of such activities, and we have reached out to other professional associations to explore opportunities for joint action.

I am pleased to announce that as a result of these efforts, IEEE, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), and Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) have launched jointly a new online platform called EngineeringforChange.org (E4C). The E4C platform provides engineers, technologists, computing and networking experts, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local community advocates with tools to collaboratively address humanitarian and global development challenges. Members of the E4C community - working together - will design, apply and share knowledge to develop technical solutions for emerging challenges in local communities throughout the world.

The E4C Web site was designed to provide users with a convenient and user-friendly way to learn, collaborate, and share data, experience, and insights - leading to enhanced problem solving. As part of this growing community, E4C users will be able to:

• Post challenges and problems in order to gain understanding, perspectives and experience from other E4C community members;
• Work collaboratively and virtually on project teams;
• Make use of a growing, open-source archive of documented solutions and related information submitted by organizations from around the world;
• Keep updated with news and information related to the forefront of engineering and global development;
• Learn from expert practitioners on applying engineering in developing communities;
• Track projects of interest.

We are inviting you today to join the E4C community and share information and expertise on humanitarian projects that match your professional profile.

To learn more and become an active participant in this important initiative, visit the Engineering for Change Web site, the E4C Facebook page or Twitter feed.

Sincerely,
Moshe Kam
IEEE President and CEO

To get in touch with the E4C team and to provide user feedback, please contact their administrator .

The Open Channel for February 2011

Inside The Open Channel

Front Page Lightning Protection Systems for IT Data Centers
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 3 Directions to Clark Nexsen
Page 3 PEC 2011 Engineer of the Year Banquet
Page 3 From the PES Corner
Page 4 IEEE SoutheastCon 2011
Page 4 Upcoming Conferences

Upcoming Events

Feb 17 Section Meeting
Feb 20-26 National Engineer's Week
Mar 17 Meeting

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