Chair: Yoelit Hiebert, PE, CEM
Email: [email protected]
Leidos Engineering, LLC
Past Chair: Prakash Shahi
Email: [email protected]
Nidec Motor Corporation
Vice Chair: Prasenjit Shil, PhD.
Email: [email protected]
Ameren
Treasurer: Maciej Zawodniok, PhD.
Email: [email protected]
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Secretary: Ben Cardwell
Email: [email protected]
Penta Engineering Company, LLC
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Saint Louis Section of IEEE
Chair’s Column, Summer 2016
Hello and happy summer! We’ve had quite a busy spring that included a number of first-time events for the St. Louis Section.
In March, IEEE STL sponsored a Second Friday profes-sional development seminar at the Engineering Cen-ter of St. Louis focused on topics related to energy efficiency. In May, we participated as co-sponsors of the SmartComp 2016 International Conference on Smart Computing in May and in June we hosted a visit by IEEE Legislative Representative Aline McNaull. Each of these programs was a first for our section and we are looking forward to continuing to expand our involvement in new and interesting programming for our membership.
Another exciting development was the inauguration of our Facebook page, IEEE St. Louis Section, that we hope will serve as a more real-time source of information about the sec-tion. If you have a Facebook, please take the time to follow IEEE STL so that you can stay up to date.
I’d also like to take a moment to congratulate the following section members on their R5 Conference awards:
Outstanding Engineering Educator Award 2015 - R. Joe Stanley
Outstanding Student Member Award 2015 - Leann Krieger
Circuit Design 2016 1st Place - Li Guan and Matthew Wedewer, Missouri University of Sci-ence and Technology
Standards 2016 1st Place - Jei’an Lou, Labbeb Quaisi, Mark Wisniewski; Saint Louis Univer-sity, A Guide Highlighting Improvement for Future Power Systems
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Our summer lull will be followed by a very busy fall including a BBQ Social to be held at SIUE this year, the Senior Member drive, the Black Box Competition, and, of course, our Winter Social scheduled for Sat., Dec. 10, at the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis. Stayed tuned for details via e-notice and on Facebook.
One of the best parts of chairing the section is meeting our membership, and I look forward to meeting more of you in the coming weeks and months. Please don’t hesi-tate to contact me directly with your ideas, questions, or concerns.
And last but not least, a special thank you to our wonderful newsletter team for their invaluable assistance in publishing the ION Summer 2016 newsletter:
Yeun Kim
Claire Stonner
Maura Wilson
Sincerely,
Yoelit Hiebert
Chair, IEEE St. Louis Section
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IEEE St. Louis Section News
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Joanna Lou is a 2016 graduate of Parks College
at SLU with a degree in Electrical Engineering. In
addition to leading the ION Saint Louis publica-
tion, Joanna was also awarded IEEE Outstanding
Student Member in 2015, served as the Region 5
Student Representative, and placed first with fel-
low SLU students at the IEEE Region 5 Standards
Competition.
Thank You & Good Luck!
Devin Cornell graduated from MS&T
with a degree in Electrical Engineering.
His involvement with IEEE spanned from
writing for the ION Saint Louis publica-
tion to MS&T Student Branch President
to Region 5 Student Representative. He
hopes to pursue a PhD in Computational
Science.
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IEEE St. Louis Section News
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Check out our new Facebook page!
IEEE St. Louis Section now has a Facebook page! Like the group in order
to stay on top of all the events and activities going on in the St. Louis
Area. The page can be found by searching IEEE St. Louis Section or go to
https://www.facebook.com/IEEE-St-Louis-Section-1704853056460823/
Share the page with anyone who may be interested!
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On March 11, 2016, IEEE STL sponsored and participated in the Engineering Center of St. Louis’s Second Fridays professional development program. Nearly 40 attendees had the opportunity to learn from experts in energy and energy efficiency. A special thank you to our presenters who took time from their work to participate:
Bill Hudgins and Bruce McCoy - Lighting Associates
Dave Meglio - Meglio & Associates
Bob Baumgartner, Ron Ingram - Leidos Engineering
Prakash Shahi – Nidec Corporation
Dr. Prasenjit Shil - Ameren MO
And special thanks as well to The Engineering Center for hosting the presentation.
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IEEE St. Louis Section News
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The St. Louis section was delighted to host a dis-cussion of IEEE-USA legislative initiatives and IEEE’s work with Congress and the Administra-tion in the area of regulatory proposals, on reau-thorization of the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technol-ogy, and Department of Energy, on how regula-tions federal research funding can be simplified and streamlined and on providing information to legislators on the societal impact of federal programs supporting entrepreneurship, manu-facturing, and energy. engage in the policy deci-sion-making process.
Special thanks to Leidos, Inc. for providing the use of their facility for this program.
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IEEE St. Louis Section News
IEEE-USA Legislative Representative
Aline McNaull
Visits the St. Louis Section
June 8, 2016
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Upcoming Events
IEEE FALL BBQ
The annual IEEE STL Section Fall BBQ Social will be here
soon!
The event will take place at SIUE. Don’t miss out on good times
and good BBQ!
Stay tuned for more details via e-notice and on Facebook!
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