St. Mary’s University Student Chapter IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Planning Meeting September 16, 2017 San Marcos, TX
Chapter Leadership Team Position Name Major E-mail Chair Nicole Webb Electrical Engineering nwebb3@mail.stmarytx.edu Co-chair Jeremy Ramirez Computer Engineering jramirez91@mail.stmarytx.edu Secretary Richard Mialkowski Electrical rmialkowski1@mail.stmarytx.edu Treasurer Elena Botello ebotello@mail.stmarytx.edu Service Chair Adam Valadez avaladez9@mail.stmarytx.edu Risk Manager David Culbreth Computer Engineering dculbreth@mail.stmarytx.edu Notes: Branch Counselor: Dr. Wenbin Luo Email: wluo@stmarytx.edu
Chapter Updates: Previous Funding Usage Robotics Team Parts/Components - $400 R5 Robotics Competition Fees - $200 Recruitment and Retention Events - $400 Notes:
Our Previous Two “Major” Undertakings Monthly Electronics workshops Raspberry Pi, Arduino R5 Robotics Competition
Planned Activities for the Current Year Compete in Region 5 Robotics and Xtreme 11.0 competitions Recruitment through advertising Presence in high school robotics competitions Parts for our Region 5 competition robots Student branch meetings once every 2 weeks Collaboration with other organizations to build networking opportunities Notes: Recruitment Advertising: Presence at freshman orientation for EE,SE,CE majors. Demo robots to students in programming classes HS competitions: FIRST and BEST R5 competition: won 3rd last year, aiming higher this year. Other organizations: within school(Career Center, ASME, SPS, other RSOs) outside school: SwRI,
What the Funding would mean for our IEEE Chapter Continued recruitment efforts, especially towards freshmen Outreach programs for students of our local community showcasing aspects of engineering Sponsor STMU-hosted career fairs to encourage our members to network for opportunities Partial Cost coverage for R5 parts, registration, and travel Notes:
Interaction with Other Funding Funds from the CTS of IEEE and the proceeds raised through StMU’s annual Oyster Bake are used to support the activities of our student branch. Notes:
Questions? Thank you for your continued support