New Region 3 Fellows Named

The following members from Region 3 who have been elevated to the IEEE Fellow:

New Fellow	Section	Citation
Umakishore Ramachandran	Atlanta	for contributions to programming idioms for parallel and distributed systems and design of scalable shared memory systems
Raghupathy Sivakumar	Atlanta	for contributions to the design of algorithms and protocols for wireless networking and mobile computing
John Stasko	Atlanta	for contributions to information visualization, Visual analytics and human-computer interaction
Sudhakar Yalamanchili	Atlanta	for contributions to high-performance multiprocessor architecture and communication
Gautam Biswas	Central Tennessee	for contributions to the modeling and simulation, diagnosis, and fault-adaptive control of complex dynamic systems
Robert Reed	Central Tennessee	for contributions to understanding the effects of single-event particle radiation on integrated circuits
Mircea Stan	Central Virginia	for contributions to power- and temperature-aware design of VLSI circuits and systems
Kent Brown	Chattanooga	for leadership in standards development for design, testing, and utilization of electrical equipment for the nuclear power industry
Charles Melcher	East Tennessee	for the discovery of a cerium-activated lutetium oxy-orthosilicate scintillator and its application to medical imaging
Liyi Dai	Eastern North Carolina	for leadership and contributions to discrete event systems and singular systems
Michael Reiter	Eastern North Carolina	for contributions to computer security and fault-tolerant distributed computing
Guillermo Sapiro	Eastern North Carolina	for contributions to computational mathematics for computer vision
Solveig Ward	Eastern North Carolina	for contributions to power system protective relaying, communications systems, and tele-protection
Aly Farag	Louisville	for contributions to image modeling and biomedical applications
Robert Kozma	Memphis	for contributions to pattern-based computation based on large-scale networks and random graphs
Roger King	Mississippi	for contributions in power systems data analytics to improve grid reliability
Mohammad Alam	Mobile	for contributions to pattern recognition and high resolution image reconstruction
Bradford Roberts	Northwest Florida	for contributions to the uninterruptible power supply industry and battery
Martin Richardson	Orlando	for contributions to the development and application of high-power and ultrafast lasers
Judson Clements	Western North Carolina	for contributions to the evaluation and elimination of electrostatic hazards

Please join me in congratulating these Fellows for their accomplishments.

Call for Nominations - Region 3 Awards - Deadline December 1st

Nominating a deserving volunteer/colleague for one of the prestigious Region 3 awards is rewarding and not difficult! All of us should take the time to think of one person that should be nominated for an award below, and either begin the process of nominating them or help someone else to submit the nomination.  I would like to challenge every Section to submit at least one nomination! Review the purpose of each award below, and submit your nominations.  Feel free to contact me with your questions at jgostin@ieee.org .

* Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award

Purpose: To recognize a member of Region 3 who, through technical and professional abilities, has made an outstanding contribution to the electrotechnology profession.

* Region 3 Outstanding Service Award

Purpose: To recognize a member of Region 3 who, through service to the Region and to the Institute, has made an outstanding contribution to the electrotechnology profession.

* Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award

Purpose: To recognize a member of Region 3 who has shared technical and professional abilities through teaching in industry, government, or in an institution of higher learning and in so doing has made an outstanding contribution to the electrotechnology profession.

* Daniel W. Jackson Award

Purpose: To recognize a Past Director who, through continuing service to the Region and to the Institute, has made exemplary contributions to the electrotechnology profession.

* Region 3 Professional Leadership Award

Purpose: To recognize a member of Region 3 for outstanding leadership efforts in achieving the professional aims of IEEE in the United States.

*Employer Professional Development Award

Purpose: To recognize an employer in Region 3 for outstanding contributions in advancing the professional development of employees.

Nominations, endorsements and evaluations will be handled on-line at the Region 3 Awards and Recognition Portal. Please visit http://ieee-r3.myreviewroom.com and sign up for an account today!

More information on the Region 3 awards program can be found on the Region 3 awards page at http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/awards

Jill Gostin

IEEE Region 3 Awards Chair

jgostin@ieee.org

R3 Power & Energy Society Scholars

Congratulations to the Region 3 Scholars who will be awarded scholarships as part of the 2013-2014 IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative.  The IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarship fund supports this initiative.  They report the following Region 3 awardees on their site that lists all recipients.  Congratulations to all!

Region 3 (Southeastern U.S.)

Nick Aerni, University of Kentucky, 2015*
Ross Beppler, Clemson University, 2014
Amanda Bjorkland, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, 2014*
William Bledsoe, University of South Carolina, 2015
Sokrat Bufi, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
Daniel Cambron, University of Kentucky, 2015
Jason Chan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2014
Turner Cotterman, Clemson University, 2015
Cara DeCoste, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2015
Jordan Ehren, University of Florida, 2015
Heinrich Enslin, North Carolina State University, 2014
Edward Johansen, University of West Florida, 2013
Wesley Johnson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2015
Kristopher Joplin, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 2013
Kevin Joslyn, University of Central Florida, 2015
James Kirkpatrick, University of Kentucky, 2016
Habeeb Kotun Jr., Tennessee Technological University, 2016
Joseph Lavalliere, Clemson University, 2014
Jennifer Little, Clemson University, 2014
Hai Lu, University of South Alabama, 2014
Patrick McAuliff, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
Thomas McCollum, Mississippi State University, 2014
Samantha McPeak, University of Alabama, 2015
Charlie Miles, University of Kentucky, 2014
Steven Moore, University of Virginia, 2015
Jimmy Nguyen, Tennessee Technological University, 2015
Jeffrey Pettyjohn, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
Kori Price, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2014*
Kevin Quave, Mississippi State University, 2015*
Nicholas Ray, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 2015
Rebecca Rougeau, Mississippi State University, 2014
Thomas Ryan, Clemson University, 2015
Shayan Sohbatzadeh, University of Florida, 2014
Jacob Spracher, Old Dominion University, 2015
Mathew Stinnett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2014
Travis Tippens, North Carolina State University, 2016
Devon Woosley, Western Kentucky University, 2014

* These students are third-year scholars, having been selected to receive the scholarship for a third time.

IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE)

The CLE has a wide array of training resources for your IEEE volunteers focused on 1) Training for IEEE Volunteers and 2) Professional Development training.  The resources at the time of this post are:

Has anyone already begun using this resource?  Let us know how well it met your needs and what areas of expansion or improvement you think would make this resource more valuable.

Florida touch point...

The Florida Institute of Technology has added Robotics and Automation Society Chapter.

Congratulations and welcome to IEEE OUs serving the member.

MGA Call for 2014 Service for its committees

MGA (Member and Geographic Activities), the IEEE major board which has oversight of the Region, Sections, Chapters, Affinity Groups, Councils, Student Branches, and Student Branch Chapters is seeking nominations of volunteers to serve on its committees (related to awards, training, support, GOLD, ieee.tv, Students, member benefits, WIE, life members, student activities, etc.).  Please feel empowered to nominate yourself or qualified colleague by the 1 August 2013 deadline.  If you have questions, I would be glad to try to answer them or find someone who can.

The original announcement, full list of positions and descriptions of the volunteer opportunity  can be found on the MGA website.

More touch points in Alabama ...

Congratulations to the team in the Alabama Section who have just formed a Life Member Affinity Group and to the team at the Alabama A&M who have formed a WIE Student Branch Affinity Group.

We wish these new units well and hope that they will engage additional members in IEEE for the benefit of IEEE, the profession, and the members.

More touch points (Memphis style) ...

Congratulations to the team in the Memphis Section who have just formed two new affinity groups to serve their members:

• Women in Engineering
• GOLD

We wish these new units well and hope that they will engage additional members in IEEE for the benefit of IEEE, the profession, and the members.

Please nominate candidates for EAB Awards

I just received the following message about an extension to complete nominations for Educational Activities Awards.  Please nominate the qualified candidates from your areas to be considered for the appropriate award.  If our outstanding candidates are not nominated, they can not be recognized.  Please help.

The following message is being sent on behalf of S.K. Ramesh, Chair, IEEE Educational Activities Board Awards and Recognition Committee.

IEEE Educational Activities Award Nominations - Nomination Submission Deadline extended to 15 May, 2013

The 2013 IEEE Educational Activities Award nominations are now being accepted. Your assistance is requested to find eligible candidates for the ten (10) prestigious awards supported by the IEEE Educational Activities Board.

Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities

Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education                                   

Meritorious Achievement Award in Informal Education   

Major Educational Innovation Award                                                                                                       

Pre-University Educator Award                                                                                               

Meritorious Service Citation 

Standards Education Award                                                                                                                     

Employer Professional Development Award

Society/Council Professional Development Award

Section Professional Development Award

Descriptions for each of the awards and the applicable nomination forms are found at the following site:

http://theinstitute.ieee.org/briefings/nominations/nominations-sought-for-2013-eab-awards

We are also accepting nominations for IEEE-HKN Awards. Who will you nominate? This is a link to an article on IEEE-HKN Awards:http://theinstitute.ieee.org/briefings/nominations/nominations-sought-for-ieee-eta-kappa-nu-awards

Visit EAB Awards Nominations web page: (Please note - extended deadline approaching - 15 May 2013.)

http://www.ieee.org/eab-awards

You can also review a webinar on EAB Awards, taped in April 2013 here:

https://ieeemeetings.webex.com/ieeemeetings/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=74838807&rKey=d7928769c2e36457   

For more information, Email: eab-awards@ieee.org  

More touch points...

Congratulations on the new unit formations:

• IEEE Melbourne Section Jt. Chapter, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society and Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society and Computer Society 
• IEEE IEEE Huntsville Section GOLD Affinity Group

IEEE CEUs

IEEE CEUs can be issued by Sections and other units for qualifying programs and events.  Details on the policy and how to proceed are available on the IEEE-eLearning WebSite.

Dave

We're sorry - a limited e-mail was sent to all Region 3 Members

Today an error was made.  An e-mail constructed for some volunteers in Region 3 was mistakenly e-mailed to most of the Region 3 members.  I was the author of the e-mail and used a mechanism that had staff actually select the recipients and send out the e-mail.  A mistake was made and the desire to limit the e-mail to just Region 3 volunteers who were serving as treasurers was not implemented when the message was sent out.  The staff member was expediting the message for me so I contributed to the problem by pushing for speed of transmission.

The staff, I and the rest of the Region 3 Volunteers understand how valuable your time and e-mail inbox are and we strive to not misuse our communications path to you.  Today we goofed and we, as a team, apologize and will strive not to repeat the mistake.  The staff member, I and others are involved in a project to improve the automation of the tool to reduce the load on staff, improve the speed from composition to sending, and to reduce (somewhat) the potential for this type of error.

Again, apologies.

Dave Green

Region 3 Director 2012-3

Next ExCom Meeting -- 21 January 2013

The Region 3 ExCom will meet on 21st of January using WebEx.  The meeting details are online on the Region 3 ExCom WebSite.  ExCom and Section members have been sent access information by e-mail from the Secretary.  The agenda includes approving the Region 3 Budget, SoutheastCon 2013 and reviewing the goals for 2013.  I look forward to talking with you on Monday night.

Dave

New touchpoints in Region 3

The following new units have been established recently:

• Florida Inst of Tech, Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Student Branch Chapter
• Univ of South Florida, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Student Branch Chapter

Thanks to all involved in getting these member opportunities established.  Best wishes for a great 2013!

Dave