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Progress Report and Region 5 Conference Plans
Spring 2013
IEEE Student Branch at The University of Texas at Austin
Adviser: Sriram Vishwanath, [email protected]
IEEE Student Branch at UT Austin
Presentation Overview
• Branch Officers
• IEEE Welcome Week
• IEEE Leadership Retreat
• IEEE UT Endowment Fund
• IEEE S-PAC
• Region 5 Plans
IEEE Student Branch at The University of Texas at Austin
Branch Executive Officers
• Connor Weins, Chair• James Schulman, Vice Chair• Elizabeth Liner, Executive Director• Emily Ledbetter, Corporate Director• Tyler Walker, Treasurer• Hershal Bhave, Secretary
All officers serve terms of one school year.
IEEE Student Branch at The University of Texas at Austin
IEEE Welcome Week
• Purpose - Increase IEEE membership• Events Included:
oDodgeball - Getting to know everyoneoPanel for Freshman - Answering
questions about anything/everythingoDinner at Posse - Nothing brings people
together like foodoTV-B-Gone - DIY universal TV switch
• Participation - around 150 different students
August 29, 2009 IEEE Student Branch at The University of Texas at Austin
IEEE Leadership Retreat
• Purpose - Improve existing and train new IEEE leadership
• Activities:o Obstacle Course/Scavenger Hunt – team
building and problem solving o Tom Grim - IEEE history and structure and
personal managemento Charades – knowledge of Branch activities
and structure• Participation - Around 25 Officers and
MembersJanuary 28, 2011 IEEE Student Branch at The University of Texas at Austin
IEEE UT Student Branch Endowment Fund
• Currently, we have fundraised $12,000 of the $25,000 goal
• We have planned the allocation of $100 of CTS funding towards: Registration costs associated with setting up
an online donation system Distribution of mailers to alumni and thank-
you letters to donors Transportation costs for a fundraising trip in
March August 29, 2009 IEEE Student Branch at The University of Texas at Austin
IEEE S-PAC
• Our Branch’s third S-PAC was held Thursday at 7pm
• Theme: “The Business of Engineering”
• Speakers:• Willie Anderson, Qualcomm, VP Engineering• Henry Stallings, USAA, AVP• Dr. Sriram Vishwanath, University of Texas
at Austin, Associate Professor
August 29, 2009 IEEE Student Branch at The University of Texas at Austin
Region 5 Plans
• UT's RAS group will participate in the robotics competition
• UT IEEE is currently assessing available funding
We hope to participate in ethics and circuit design competitions
August 29, 2009 IEEE Student Branch at The University of Texas at Austin
Conclusion
• Events were a huge success!
• CTS funding crucial for this success
• Officers are reachable for further questions:
o Connor Weins, [email protected] James Schulman, [email protected] Elizabeth Liner, [email protected] Emily Ledbetter, [email protected]
IEEE Student Branch at The University of Texas at Austin
