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R2 East Area Chair. Fall 2010 – Submitted for the Region 2 Telecon September 30, 2010 Prepared by Holly M. Cyrus. R2 East Area Leadership Training. Had training September 11 th with: Murty Polavarapu at Temple University Li Bai arranged for the room 14 Participated in training.
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R2 East Area Chair Fall 2010 – Submitted for the Region 2 Telecon September 30, 2010 Prepared by Holly M. Cyrus
R2 East Area Leadership Training Had training September 11th with: Murty Polavarapu at Temple University Li Bai arranged for the room 14 Participated in training
East Area of Region 2 • Philadelphia • Delaware Bay • Lehigh Valley • Southern New Jersey
Philadelphia Section Activities Officers: Chair: Robert Lawson Vice-Chair: Emilio M. Salgueiro Treasurer: Ram Achuthanandam Secretary: Margaret Goodman PACE: Tasos Malapetsas
Philadelphia Section Activities • Membership 5,000+ • IEEE Dinner Meeting Series • IEEE Power & Energy and Industry Applications Societies (September 15th) • Engineering Management/Social Implications of Technology Reliability (September 21th) • Barnes Foundation for Lifetime Members • (Sept 24th)
Philadelphia Section Activities • Very active Section with many active • IEEE Societies • Active Societies: Circuits and Systems, Communications, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Electron Devices, Engineering in Medicine and Biology ect. • Pre-college Education: Established teacher in service program two years ago • Other: Working with Kate McDevitt to establish a WIE Affinity Group in Philadelphia Section.
Philadelphia Section Activities • Best Practices: • Monthly section dinner meetings for gathering and learning new technology • Education courses • Concerns: • Increasing senior memberships and member participations • Website: • www.ieeephiladelphia.org
Delaware Bay Section Activities Officers: Check Chair: Dr. Doug Tipton Vice-Chair: (Open) Treasurer: Mike McCann Secretary: (Open) PACE: (Open)
Delaware Bay Section Activities • Membership ~800 • 500 emailed for events • About 50 locally active members • Use email meeting notices and web page for newsletters and meeting information • IEEE Dinner Meeting Series
Delaware Bay Section Activities • Two active Society Chapters; Computer and Industrial Applications/Power Engineering • Have Gold Coordinator – Bo Wang • Working to connect GOLD members with UD graduating class to help GOLD affinity group become more active
Delaware Bay Section Activities • Working on a pre-university program • Looking at working with Junior • Achievement to introduce engineering and scientific careers • Working on ways to make UD Student Branch more active • Best Practices: • Monthly Section meetings where they rotate venue to different colleges and Universities
Delaware Bay Section Activities Concerns: None at this time Website: http://ewh.ieee.org/r2/delaware_bay
Lehigh Valley Section Activities Officers: Check Chair: Leo Mayoral Vice-Chair: Stephen Csaszar Treasurer: George E. Beam Secretary: David Thompson PACE: (Open)
Lehigh Valley Section Activities • Membership ~450 • IEEE Dinner Meeting Series • System Design and Quality Management (September 28th) • Active Student Chapter at Lehigh University
Lehigh Valley Section Activities • Active Societies: Circuits and • Systems, Power and Energy, • Electronic Devices, and Signal Processing • Best Practices: • Monthly section dinner meetings • Concerns: • Membership due to job loss • Website: • http://ewh.ieee.org/r2/lehigh_valley
Southern New Jersey Section Activities Officers: Chair: Holly Cyrus Vice-Chair: Steven Carr Treasurer: Theresa Basquez Secretary: David Brown PACE: Theresa Basquez
Southern New Jersey Section Activities • Membership ~250 • IEEE Dinner Meeting Series • Adventures in the 2010 Air Race Classic (September 14th) • Additive Manufacturing (October 20th) • Have started a Gold Affinity Group and restarted Computer Society
Southern New Jersey Section Activities • Although a small Section it is a very active Section with one Society • WIE Affinity Group Robot Challenge in April 16, 2011 at Cape May Museum • Community support with Atlantic County Women’s Center • Spring Fling • Adopted a family for Christmas
Southern New Jersey Section Activities • Best Practices: • Monthly section dinner meeting • Awards Banquet • Concerns: • Want to bring in youth and new leadership • People are very busy with work • Website: http://ewh.ieee.org/r2/southern_nj
Contact InformationEast Area Chair • Holly M. Cyrus • FAA WJHTC • AJP-6311, Bldg. 296 • Atlantic City Int’l Airport • Atlantic City, NJ 08405 • Holly.Cyrus@faa.gov • W (609) 485-4887 • C (609) 226-5337