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The IEEE Buenaventura Section and the Los Alamos/Northern New Mexico Section have been included in the IEEE’s 2012 list of Outstanding Life Members Affinity Groups.
The recipients were identified based on 2011 calendar year activities – the number of Life Members events held, the average attendance at those events, and the number of contributors to the IEEE Life Members Fund.
Congratulations to Beunaventura and LANNM for achieving this recognition.
The major purpose of this symposium is to extend and endorse particular concepts that will generate novel research and codify resilience in next generation control system designs.
Energy security and sustainability are important concerns to individuals and industry alike, but even with the promise of a smart grid, increasing research will be necessary to ensure that what is achieved is more resilient in nature. As mobile and industrial robotics form an ever increasing role in both national defense and plant automation, the dependence on these systems elevates a need to ensure continued operability in spite of hazardous environments. Through appropriate sessions and presentations, the symposium will highlight resilience in light of the power system and robotics, bringing to light resilience perspectives important to these applications.
| - Paper Submission Due: | |
| - Notification of Paper Acceptance: | June 4, 2012 |
| - Final Paper Submission: | July 9, 2012 |
| - Author Registration: | July 9, 2012 |
| - Early Registration for Other Participants and Guests Ends: | July 13, 2012 |
Announcing the First IEEE-Orange County GameSIG Intercollegiate Computer Game Showcase
Cheer your favorite University as student teams go head-to-head showing off their games before a panel of judges from our internationally renowned Orange County Video Game Industry.
The Showcase will be held Saturday afternoon, April 28th, 2012 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Folino Theater – Chapman University, 283 N. Cypress St., Orange, CA 92688.
Game Development Students from UC-Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, Chapman University, Cal Poly Pomona, and other local colleges will present their best student developed video games for judging by video game industry leaders. The event will include a reception with refreshments, game demonstrations by the student developers, a job fair, and a Big Screen Game Fest with the XBox 360 and a Wii (so far). Put on your game face and come to cheer your favorite school, watch demos and play games. There will be no speeches, just games. There will be prizes.
Microsoft will award an XBox 360 as a prize. Microsoft will also award two Windows phones to the best Windows phone Games or Apps. Western Digital is giving away 25 My Pocket Essential 500GB drives.
The public is invited to attend this kick-off of what we hope will come to be an annual intercollegiate competition. And its all FREE FREE FREE (if you RSVP here).
Agenda:
Warning: Parking is $2.00, unless you are one of the first 100 to register. Chapman University’s Schmid College will provide free Parking Permits to the first 100 Registrants who request them. Please do not request one if you are not driving. Also, seating is limited.
For attendee Registration, and a concise description of the event: http://gamesig.eventbrite.com
Student Game Developers are invited to submit their game and can get game submission information at our Showcase website: http://gamesig.org/showcase
Do you know of an IEEE member or an organization employing IEEE members that has shown exemplary ethical behavior or practices, or has successfully advocated them? Then consider nominating that person or company for the IEEE Award for Distinguished Ethical Practices. The deadline for nominations is 1 July.
For more information and the nomination form, visit: http://www.ieee.org/about/ethics/ethics_award.html
IEEE Region 6 gives a total of 6 Awards per year recognizing the outstanding contributions and accomplishments of IEEE members, Sections, Student Branches, and Corporations within each Area and also the Region 6 as a whole. This package provides an overview of these 6 annual awards, along with nomination form to cover all categories of these awards.
The six annual awards of Region 6 are as follows:
Region 6 Awards:
1. Region 6 Outstanding Engineer Award
2. Region 6 Outstanding Leadership and Professional Service Award
3. Region 6 Outstanding Section Award
4. Region 6 Outstanding Corporate Service to Engineering Community Award
5. Region 6 Outstanding Student Branch Award
6. Region 6 Director’s Special Award (Maximum of 4 Awards per year)
The same categories of 6 Awards are given to each of the 5 Areas of Region 6.
The 5 Areas are the (1) Central Area, (2) NE Area, (3) NW Area, (4) Southern Area, and (5) SW Area.
The 6 Award Categories for each of the 5 Areas are as follows:
Area Awards:
1. Area of Region 6 Outstanding Engineer Award
2. Area of Region 6 Outstanding Leadership and Professional Service Award
3. Area of Region 6 Outstanding Section Award
4. Area of Region 6 Outstanding Corporate Service to Engineering Community Award
5. Area of Region 6 Outstanding Student Branch Award
6. Area Chair’s Special Award in Region 6
The Nomination Form, along with the details of the Nomination process are described in the attached file.
The nomination deadlines, and the Awards schedules for the 2012 IEEE Region 6 Awards, are as follows:
| Area Call for Nominations | March 16 |
| Area Nomination Submittal Deadline | April 30 |
| Area Recipients Selected | May 30 |
| Area Recipients Notified | June 15 |
| Area Winners Submitted to Region | June 30 |
| Region Winners Selected | July 15 |
| Region Winners Notified | July 30 |
| Region Annual Awards Presentation, Region 6 OpCom Meeting | Sept. 22 |
The details of the Awards categories at the Area levels and at the Region level are given in the attached file, along with the Nomination form. The same Nomination form template can be used for all 6 different Awards categories. However, one form per nominee please.
Please nominate your qualified friends and colleagues, and also get nominated by your friends and colleagues for these IEEE Awards. Please communicate with your Section Chairs and the Section Awards Chairs to submit the Awards nominations by the deadline. The Area Awards winners will then need to be forwarded to me, so that the Area level winners can compete at the IEEE Region 6 level. The contact information of the Area Awards Chairs are given in the attached WORD file, and copied below for your convenience:
| Area | Awards Chair | |
| Northwest Area | Jeffrey Miller | jeffrey.miller@ieee.org |
| Northeast Area | Dan Christenson | Dan.Christenson@hill.af.mil |
| Central Area | Jeffrey Pawlan | pawlan@ieee.org |
| Southern Area | Doug Askegard | dougaskegard@ieee.org |
| Southwest Area | Mark Frankfurth | Mark_Frankfurth@Cymer.com |
The descriptions of these six Awards of Region 6 are as follows:
(The description of the Area Awards are similar to the Region 6 Awards):
1. Outstanding Engineer Award:
Award is designed to recognize IEEE members of Region 6 who through their technical abilities have made outstanding contributions to their profession. It recognizes the development of new technical concepts, significant patents, development of new devices, development of applications, new designs, significant cost reductions using known techniques, etc.
2. Outstanding Leadership and Professional Service Award:
Award is designed to recognize IEEE members of Region 6 who through their professional and technical abilities have made outstanding and noteworthy contributions to the Institute, their communities, fellow professionals and fellow man. The award is not designed to recognize a single achievement, but rather collective contributions complemented by singular works exemplifying the objectives and attributes of IEEE.
3. Outstanding Section Award:
Award is designed to recognize the outstanding IEEE Section based on its success in carrying out the objectives of IEEE through the implementation of Section programs. In this evaluation, recognition will be given to the successful maintenance of ongoing efforts designed to sustain the basic core activity of the Section and its components as well as recognizing innovative and creative efforts to develop and implement new programs or new entities such as Chapters and Subsections among others.
4. Outstanding Corporate Service to Engineering Community Award
Organizational awards are provided to those companies, or divisions of a company that encourage volunteerism through its practices. In particular, the atmosphere created by the company to facilitate the IEEE volunteer(s) to do his or her job, or supporting the volunteers by permitting free or discounted use of company resources.
5. Outstanding Student Branch Award:
Award is designed to recognize the outstanding IEEE Student Branch based on its success in carrying out the objectives of IEEE through the implementation of programs. In this evaluation, recognition will be given to the successful maintenance of ongoing efforts designed to sustain the basic core activity of the student branch and its components as well as recognizing innovative and creative efforts to develop and implement new programs.
6. Director’s Special Award:
This Award is presented to an individual or group who volunteered or served with distinction as determined by the Region 6 Director. A maximum of 4 Director’s Special Awards may be awarded in a year. (These awards can be given at any time during the year. Those awards can be plaques or corporate trophy style awards. Each award may cost a maximum of $200.)
Award Presentation
The Region 6 Awards are given to the Region level winners at an Awards ceremony during a Region 6 OpCom meeting in the Fall. These Region 6 Awards can also be given at the Area meetings or Section meetings in specific cases with special prior arrangements.
The Area level Awards are given to the winners at the Area meetings. These Area Awards can also be given at the Section meetings in specific cases with special prior arrangements.
Important Notes on Nominations
Nomination Form is to be completed by the nominator (Section Awards Chair or Section Chair) and submitted directly to the Area Awards Chairs with a copy to the Area Chairs. Additional long resume or informational document may be submitted at the discretion of the nominator. Also, prior-year submittals may be re-submitted (updated as appropriate or necessary) for current consideration.
Supporting information on the nominee is a key ingredient in a successful nomination process. While a fully completed Award nomination form is the base requirement to submit your nominee, the inclusion of summary information (along with the form) allows the section to provide greater depth and detail regarding the nature of their nominee’s achievements and contributions. In the nomination form you will find specific mention of supporting items that can be included in your nomination submittal. When there are several competing submittals from various sections, this additional detail can be the difference.
Download IEEE-Region6-Awards-and-Recognition-Nomination-Form-2012
Download Awards Program Information IEEE-Region6-Awards-and-Recognition-Program-2012
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