Student Branches Ron Seaman IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 26, 2013 San Marcos, TX
Five CTS Student Branches 2010-2011 Faculty Adviser CTS Liaison St. Mary’s University San Antonio Dr. Djaffer Ibaroudene dibaroudene@stmarytx.edu Ernest Franke efranke@swri.org Texas State University San Marcos Dr. Larry Larson Larry.Larson@txstate.edu Joel Sandahl jsandahl@zxtech.net Trinity University Dr. Farzan Aminian faminian@trinity.edu Ron Seaman rseaman3353@att.net University of Texas Austin Dr. Sriram Vishwanath sriram@ece.utexas.edu Nick Chotiros chotiros@arlut.utexas.edu Dr. Shuo Wang Shuo.Wang@utsa.edu Scott Weidner scott.weidner@swri.org Notes:
CTS Student Branch Funding 2012-2013 Phase I $1,000/branch Written proposal Oral presentation at fall planning meeting Awarded September 28 Phase II $4,000 total Awarded November 30 Notes:
UTSA Recent Highlight UTSA, November 14 Dr. Mischa Dohler, Barcelona ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Lunch time presentation
UT Recent Highlight UT, January Potentials article January 2013 issue "The long(horn) and the short of it" Note: Potentials available to all members: go to IEEE Xplore, search on "potentials magazine"
Plans / Issues Strengths Five active student branches CTS interest and support Weaknesses How to best use of CTS funding Opportunities Enhance student experiences Promote IEEE, membership retention Threats Competing obligations of students Fragility of budget Notes:
The CTS student branches thank you for its continued support QUESTIONS???