IEEE CONNECTICUT SECTION Peter Kootsookis – 2016 IEEE Connecticut Section Chair

AGENDA Connecticut Section Background Connecticut Section Activities Connecticut Section Membership Details

IEEE Connecticut Section - Introduction The Connecticut Section has, for many years, engaged High School students through sponsorship of IEEE- specific prizes at events such as the Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair, the Trinity Robotics Competition, Vex Robotics competitions, and FIRST Robotics competitions. These prizes and the associated judging at the events have continued through 2016.

IEEE Connecticut Section - Activities Teen Robotics Workshops - Biao Zhang and Haoyu Wang, RAS chair and vice-chair Newsletters & website - Peter Kootsookis and Student Member, Hosny Abdelrahman Member Recognition - 10 Year Anniversary Social-Oscar Tonello PACE Events: PACE Training - Gary Felberbaum and Oscar Tonello Women in Engineering (WIE) - re-activated – Charlotte Blair Young Professionals (YP) - re-activated – Saumya Sharma Technical Chapters PES chapter RAS / IAS/ CSS UFFC / MTT/ AP CS / SSIT Communications &Signal Processing

IEEE Connecticut Membership July 2016 Total: 2116

IEEE Connecticut Membership By Grade July 2016

IEEE Connecticut Membership By Society

IEEE Connecticut Engineering Schools July – August Vitality Check

IEEE Connecticut Section - WIE

IEEE Connecticut WIE 2016 EVENTS Robotics/WIE Joint Meeting (January/February) Robotics (Biao Zhang) with WIE (Charlotte Blair) R1 & R2 WIE Global Exchange conference in Boston area (November) SWE & WIE JOINT SOCIAL SWE Connecticut Section (Carla Juhas) March 2016 St Joe’s Self Defense Sept 5 2016 New Haven Road Race Sept 26 Fairfield University Self Defense Oct 2016 Yale and Bridgeport Self Defense