1. UTSA Student Branch Phase I-II Reporting Fall 2015
IEEE Central Texas Section
January 16th, 2016
San Marcos, Texas
Adviser: Dr. Paul Morton –

2. 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

3. 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]

4. Past Utilization of CTS Funding

5. Past Utilization of CTS Funds Cont.

6. 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

7. Social Events: Console Wars
Utilizing Social Media outlets to
reach members in appealing ways

8. VizLab Tour Virtual Reality
Cutting edge computer-human interfacing devices

9. 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

10. Student Interest Groups [$500]
Robotics Team
Push to increase Team size
Primarily focused on competition
Designing modular robotics based around ROS

11. 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

12. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

13. Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Ravi Sankar
“Atrial Fibrillation Source Detection”
September 30th at 3:00pm
Multipurpose Room (BSE 2.102)
Professional Events

14. Center for the Intrepid Early November Virtual Reality Rehabilitation
Industry Tour
Center for the Intrepid
Early November
Virtual Reality Rehabilitation
Professional Events

15. Movie, Video Games, Board Games
Nerd Night
Mid-Late October
Movie, Video Games, Board Games
Social Events

16. Questions?