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Toledo Section Section Report. Steve Root Chair Region 4 Meeting January 27-28, 2007 Marriott Hotel, Chicago. Highlights of 2006 Activities. Six Technical Dinner Meetings and One Tour Physician Order Entry System Trends in Airborne Radar Systems – Student Appreciation Night
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Toledo Section Section Report Steve RootChair Region 4 Meeting January 27-28, 2007 Marriott Hotel, Chicago
Highlights of 2006 Activities • Six Technical Dinner Meetings and One Tour • Physician Order Entry System • Trends in Airborne Radar Systems – Student Appreciation Night • Active Learning for Speech Recognition – Department of Defense • Modeling and Simulation of Biological Constructs - WPAFB • Arc Flash Hazard Calculations • “Trek in the Himalayas” – Institute Night • Toledo Edison RDO Tour • Most Successful Activities • Physician Order Entry System • Combined Medical and Engineering Disciplines • Attracted New Faces to the Meeting • Arc Flash Hazard and Toledo Edison RDO Tour • Offered 1.0 PDH for each meeting for License Renewal • Increased participation by ~ 50%
Plan for 2007 • Present a Technical Program each Month • New Technical Programs Chair is GOLD • Tailor Technical Program to the interests of Recent Graduates • Continue to offer PDH for License Renewal • Provide Value to IEEE Membership • Celebrate Toledo Section Centennial • Plan joint Centennial Celebration with nearby Cleveland Section • Attract a Well Known Speaker for Institute Night • Publicize event via Local Media
How Can R4 Help in Meeting Your Section’s Goals? • Membership Development • Average age of Executive Committee approximately 60 • Younger Ex. Comm. will attract and retain Younger Members • Improve Student Branch Activities • Toledo Section is great at writing checks to Student Branch • Working to increase interaction between Student Members and Section Members