Upcoming Chapter/Group Meetings

July 14, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. Professor Ke Wu of Ecole Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Quebec, presents a seminar entitled "Unified Accurate CAD Model for RF, Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits and Antennas", organized by our Electromagnetics and Radiation joint chapter. Click for details July 19, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. Mr.Pietro Manni, President of PQ Logic Corporation, presents a seminar entitled "Computer-Based Harmonic Modelling: Effect of Non-Linear Loads on Stand By Generators", organized by our Industry Applications chapter. Click for details July 28, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. Dr. A. Sheikh, Bugshan/Bell Labs Chair in Telecommunications at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, presents a seminar entitled "Application of Heuristic Algorithms to Multiuser Detection", organized by our Communications chapter. Click for details August 4, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. Ms. Rushin Shojaii, presents a seminar entitled "Automatic Lung Parenchyma Evaluation from Pulmonary CT Images", organized by our Women in Engineering Group. Click for details

Upcoming Courses   Now is the time to register if you have not done so.

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Upcoming Conferences

The Engineering Institute of Canada Conference on Climate Change Technology: Engineering Challenges and Solutions in the 21st Century will be held May 9-12, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario. Please visit their web site for full details

Section News

Please welcome the following members as they assume responsibilties in their respective sections

Power Engineering Chapter - Dr. Alain Tabue as Chapter Vice Chair and Mr. Charles Sao as Chapter secretary
Engineering and Human Environment Chapter - Jan Jekielek as Chapter Vice Chair (Education) and Naresh Kurada as Chapter Vice Chair (Professional Communication)

Member News

Congratulations to two of our members who have been recently elevated to Senior Member grade;
    Anna F. Araujo     Women in Engineering
    Jack Cardozo                          

If you wish to apply for Senior Member elevation, or nominate someone else, please use this link.

For the details of the IEEE Senior Member Program, please visit our IEEE Toronto page for helpful information and links.

Student News

Scholarship Winners   Two students are receiving IEEE Canadian Foundation Scholarships; Ricky Leung at Ryerson University, and Tina Tahmoures-Zadeh at the University of Toronto - they will be invited to our Annual General Meeting on October 22, 2005 at the Old Mill Inn.

IEEE News

IEEE names JAMES W.RAYNES Executive Director

Piscataway, N.J., 11 July 2005 -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) today announced the selection of Jeffry W. Raynes, CAE, as its new executive director.Raynes, 51, will assume the position by November. He will serve as chief operating officer and will manage the IEEE staff organization, which consists of approximately 900 employees in several U.S. and overseas locations. Click for details

Membership

Future Senior Members of the IEEE Toronto Section   Have you been in professional practice for at least ten years and have shown significant performance over a period of at least five of those years?   You should be an IEEE Senior Member.   Need help in obtaining your three references?   We will help you - just contact Alex , our membership chair.   Please click this link to find out the advantages, the requirements, and an explanation of the process including key links to apply online.

Volunteers Invited

Volunteering a few hours a month is a very rewarding experience - we have a great group of about 45 volunteers who contribute to the smooth running of our Section - by distributing the workload over many Section members, the individual load is kept small - we are looking for a few additional members to help out in the following specific areas:
- Vice Chair & Secretary for our Women In Engineering Group    If you are interested, please contact Visda
- Vice Chair for our Engineering and Human Environment Chapter (Reliability Society).   For descriptions of these positions refer to this position profile.   If you are interested in volunteering as a chapter Vice Chair please contact chapter chair Ed

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