1. Awards IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Section Meeting Jan 25, 2014 San Marcos, TX Clif Denny c.denny@ieee.org

2. IEEE Central Texas Section Awards – Updates http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/honors.html Design Automation Conference Service Award – Zhou Li Region 5 Awards – Region 5 Annual Meeting April 5-6, 2013 Denver, Co. 2012 Region 5 Outstanding Large Section Award 2012 Region 5 Outstanding Member – Scott Atkinson 2012 Region 5 Individual Member Achievement - ZhouLi http://ieeer5.org/ MGA Outstanding Large Section Submitted application. 5/15/2013 2013 MGA Outstanding Large Section Award recipient - IEEE North Jersey Section from Region 1 (6/30/2013) 2014 Region 5 Award Nominations Due February 14 http://ieeer5.org/2014/01/21/ieee-region-5-award-nominations-due-14-april-2014/

3. IEEE Central Texas Section Awards – Updates Senior Member Upgrades –14 new Senior Members in 2013 http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/senior/new_senior_members.html Fellow Upgrades – https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/index.html l Andrea Alu University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, USA for contributions to the theory and applications of electromagnetic metamaterials and plasmonic phenomena l Chandrajit Bajaj University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, USA for contributions to image processing, scientific visualization, and computational biology l Inderjit Dhillon University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, USA for contributions to large-scale data analysis and computational mathematics l Zhigang (David) Pan University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, USA for contributions to design for manufacturability in integrated circuits

4. IEEE Central Texas Section Awards – Updates (cont.) Fellow Upgrades – l Sanjay Shakkottai University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, USA for contributions to the modeling, design, and analysis of wireless networks

5. IEEE Central Texas Section 2014 Awards Issues l Contact me if you would like to nominate a member. l It is really easy to do. l Available awards— l Region 5 l http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/honors.html l (copied from R5 community) l IEEE-USA l www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/awards/forms.html l IEEE l www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/index.html l Two endorsements are usually required. l c.denny@ieee.org

6. IEEE Central Texas Section Thank You Cl if