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UTSA Student Branch Phase I-II Reporting Fall 2015
IEEE Central Texas Section January 16th, 2016 San Marcos, Texas Adviser: Dr. Paul Morton –
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Student Branch Overview
Over 150 members (new sign-ups in the last 2 semesters) Largest active student engineering organization at UTSA. Leadership Team: (19 total officers) Position Name Address Chairman: Ruben Asebedo Vice Chairman: Emmanuel A. Zamora Secretary: Denise Guerra Treasurer: Vishal Sonthalia Robotics Chair: Miguel Medellin Public Affairs Liaison Meghann Lee Marketing Manager Alfredo Avila
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Past Utilization of CTS Funding Phase I & II Funding accomplishments from 2015:
Promotion & Membership Events [$100] Professional Events & Seminars [$230] Student Interest Groups (Robotics) [$500] Student Interest Groups (EMBS) [$500]
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Past Utilization of CTS Funding
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Past Utilization of CTS Funds Cont.
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Branch Goals Met CTS Funding used for 2015: $1330
Promotion [$100] Hosted Social events that succeeded in pushing organizational recognition with the PC based “Frag-A-Thon” and newly launched “Console Wars” Membership Events: Tour for registered student members to experience the onsite “VizLab” demonstrating Virtual Reality and cutting edge computer-human interfacing devices Professional Events [$230] Held various seminars exposing students members to the practices of the professional ecosystem
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Social Events: Console Wars
Utilizing Social Media outlets to reach members in appealing ways
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VizLab Tour Virtual Reality
Cutting edge computer-human interfacing devices
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Professional Events: John Collins Microsoft Hololens Seminar
Past UTSA IEEE Chair Shared experiences working for both Apple and Microsoft Detailed the expectations of an Engineering Project Manager
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Student Interest Groups [$500]
Robotics Team Push to increase Team size Primarily focused on competition Designing modular robotics based around ROS
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Robotics Future Goals Begin to expand and focus more on helping other students learn Design a hands-on curriculum for freshman students based around AVR programming/circuit design for simple robotics
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Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Ravi Sankar
“Atrial Fibrillation Source Detection” September 30th at 3:00pm Multipurpose Room (BSE 2.102) Professional Events
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Center for the Intrepid Early November Virtual Reality Rehabilitation
Industry Tour Center for the Intrepid Early November Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Professional Events
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Movie, Video Games, Board Games
Nerd Night Mid-Late October Movie, Video Games, Board Games Social Events
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