Region 4 Section Reports

26. West Michigan Section

West Michigan Section Report

IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004Chicago

S. Hossein MousavinezhadSection Chairhossein.mousavinezhad@ieee.org

www.ewh.ieee.org/r4/west_michigan

West Michigan Section Map

West Michigan Section Demographics• Total Members: 826

– Student members 142– Senior members 22– Life members 48– Affiliates 46

• Meetings– Section meetings per year 6– Format (lunch, dinner, talk only) dinner– Type (tour, PACE, technical) social, technical– Section vs Chapter section– Excom meetings per year 4

West Michigan Section Demographics

• Section Leadership for West Michigan Section– Term: Calendar Year 2004– Chair – Hossein Mousavinezhad, WMU– Vice Chair – Greg Griffes, Smiths Aerospace– Treasurer – Massood Atashbar, WMU– Secretary – Elaine VanBelleghem, Pfizer

• Neighboring Sections– Southeast – Chicago– Milwaukee

• Joint Meetings Held with Neighboring Sections– IEEE eit 04 Conference, MSOE

West Michigan Section Demographics

• Section Organization– Subsections

– Society Chapters

– Affinity Groups, Consultants Network

– Student Branches/Joint Activity

West Michigan Section Vitality

• Meetings/attendance during the last year– Jan =>

– Feb => Engineers Week Dinner, Kalamazoo

– Mar => ExComm, GVSU

– Apr => Engineering Education Conference, Kalamazoo

– June => Board Social, Grand Rapids

– June=> Engineering Education Conference, SLC, UT

– Sep => Board Meeting, Kalamazoo

– Oct => 50th Anniversary, Grand Rapids

– Nov => Senior Engineering Projects, WMU, Kalamazoo

– Dec =>

Other Section Activities

• PACE - • S-PAC - • GOLD - • Affinity Groups

– Consultants Network - – Women in Engineering – – Etc -

• Pre-college Education - • Etc -

Successes/Best Practices

• Collaboration between local universities and industry

• Conferences, Seminars

Lessons Learned

• Topic important for good attendance

• Social/Meal events for people with busy schedules

Goals for Next Year

• Section Officers participation in SC05

• Participation in conferences (eit05, ASEE), Seminars

Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By…

• Officers Training

• Publicize Events on R4 Web Site

• Speakers for Seminars