IEEE MILWAUKEE 100 ! Carl Crawford, Chair January , 2009 Detroit IEEE MILWAUKEE 100th l 100 th Anniversary in 2010 IEEE Milwaukee Section History February 11, 1910 AIEE Milwaukee Section established Chairman was:Mr. W. H. Powell Secretary was:Mr. L. L. Tatum AIEE written agreement to hold joint meetings with the ESM (Engineers and Scientists of Milwaukee) AIEE / IRE Joint Meetings with a separate Chairman After the merger - IEEE Meetings with one Chairperson IEEE Milwaukee Section History A Few Notes from the Minutes of Past Meetings: Meetings were typically held at: The Allen-Bradley Auditorium The Schlitz Brown Bottle The Pabst Blue Ribbon Hall The Blatz Auditorium Meetings were typically held at: The Miller Inn Milwaukee School of Engineering Also noted in the Minutes from the 1950s: It is a waste of time for these busy men, and also for group members, if the attendance to the lectures is poor. IEEE Milwaukee Section Today Milwaukee Section Current Membership consists of: 5Life Fellows 4Fellows 41Life Senior Members 92Senior Members 76Life Members 879Members 48Associate Members 170Student Members 1,315 Total Members 10Society Chapters 2Affinity Groups A Brief Review of the Technical Chapters in the Milwaukee Section IEEE MILWAUKEE 100th l Milwaukee Section offered 4 technical Section-Chapter meetings l Homeland Security, threat interdiction l Smart Grid: Distribution and Automation l Wind Generation l High Speed Computing l Students Night Posters Contest with awards for the best posters l Spring Social, attended by the members and their families IEEE Milwaukee 100th l Ten Chapters AP/MTT, C, CS, COM, E, EMC, EMB, IE/IA, MAG, PE l One new chapter in 2009: Education (E) Russ Meier, Chair l Revived two inactive chapters by? - finding chairs for CS & COM l Celebrated IEEEs 125 th with help from Don Bramlett & Bob Parro of R4 IEEE Milwaukee 100th Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Chapter Chair: Jim Blaha Ingenium Testing Purpose: Founded in 1957, EMC is the study of all Electrical and Electronic Product Applications to determine how they respond to Exterior Electromagnetic Fields and how the Product itself Pollutes the Electromagnetic Environment we live in. IEEE C Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz Milwaukee 100th IE/IA, PE & Gold IEEE MILWAUKEE 100 th Student Branches Milwaukee School of Engineering University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Marquette University __________________________________________________ Milwaukee Section also sponsors: Senior Project Competition ( Teams) 2009 Winning Project from UWM: Dielectric Spectroscopy using Multi-Array Electrodes IEEE MILWAUKEE 100th Engineers Week in February l Will help Judge Future Cities l Will recognize 100 th anniversary at Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee (ESMs) annual banquette l Russ Meier will receive Young Engineer of the Year award at ESMs Banquette 100 th Anniversary in May l at the Milwaukee Museum featuring a rare exhibit of Dead Sea Scrolls