1. Student Branches Ron Seaman IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Section Meeting August 29, 2015 San Marcos, Texas

2. IEEE Central Texas Section Five CTS Student Branches 2014-2015 BranchFaculty AdviserCTS Liaison St. Mary’s University San Antonio Dr. Djaffer Ibaroudene dibaroudene@stmarytx.edu Ernest Franke efranke@swri.org Texas State University San Marcos CS chapter Dr. Larry Larson Larry.Larson@txstate.edu Joel Sandahl jsandahl@zxtech.net Trinity University San Antonio Dr. Farzan Aminian faminian@trinity.edu OPEN University of Texas Austin CS, PES, RAS chapters Dr. Sriram Vishwanath sriram@ece.utexas.edu OPEN University of Texas at San Antonio EMBS chapter Dr. Paul Morton PaulMorton@utsa.edu Scott Weidner scott.weidner@swri.org

3. IEEE Central Texas Section CTS Student Branch Funding Opportunities 2015-2016 Academic Year Phase I: up to $1,000 per branch can be requested this year Phase II: competition for a total of $5,000 this year *Reimbursement up to $30 for meeting this deadline **This deliverable will be considered in evaluation of Phase I proposals next year. DeliverableDue DateNotification Date Phase I written proposal to Section before midnight August 17, 2015 ---- Phase I oral PowerPoint slides to Section before midnight August 22, 2015* ---- Phase I student oral presentation at CTS fall meeting August 29, 2015 Phase I funding to Branches----o/b September 28, 2015 Phase II written proposal to Section before midnight October 19, 2015 ---- Phase II funding to Branches----o/b November 30, 2015 Oral presentation slides* to Section Earlier than 1 week prior to CTS spring meeting* ---- Oral report on progress at CTS spring meeting** early 2016,date TBA---- Written report on accomplishments based on funding** Late May or early June 2016 date TBA ----

4. IEEE Central Texas Section IEEE Region 5 Conference Intercontinental Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana, April 17-19, 2015 444 St. Charles Avenue

5. IEEE Central Texas Section CTS Student Branch Awards 2015 Region 5 Conference CTS Student Branch Awards Haley Alexander and Josh Frazor UT-Austin 3 rd place circuit design competition. Madeline Yin and Cameron McKay Trinity University 2 nd place ethics competition.

6. IEEE Central Texas Section Additional R5 Photos of Students and Robotics Competition on Poster Board IEEE Region 5 Conference Intercontinental Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana, April 17-19, 2015

7. IEEE Central Texas Section The student branches thank the Central Texas Section for its continued support

8. IEEE Central Texas Section Plans / Issues Strengths Five active student branches CTS interest and support Weaknesses How to best use CTS funding Opportunities Enhance student experiences Promote IEEE, membership retention Threats Competing obligations of students Fragility of budget