Student ActivitiesStudent ActivitiesRegion 2

IEEE Region-2 Executive Committee Meeting

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

March 1, 2008

Shreekanth MandayamStudent Activities Chair

Ryan FillmanRegional Student Representative

Outline

• Region-2 Student Branch Profile• Initiatives• Student Activities Conference

– 2007– 2008 (planned)

Region 2: Student Branch Profile

• 69 Student Branches

• 2,866 Student Members (Dec 2007)

• 46 “Active” Student Branches

Initiatives• Increasing communication among student

branches– East and West Region Student Representatives

• Contacting student branches with <10 members – provide help and support

• Communicating events throughout the region– Solar and Wind Conference at Lafayette

– Outreach for SPACs at schools

• Virtual meeting software to cut-down travel costs – increase communication

Student Activities ConferenceApril 8-10, 2007 at University of Cincinnati, Ohio

180 attendees - 19 universities

10 company Representatives

Total Cost $46k - $12k Raised

Student leadership workshop

- John Paserba and Jim Watson

Conference

- Brown Bag Hardware Design

- Micromouse

- Paper

- Project Showcase

- Ethics

- Job Fair

Banquet keynote speech

- Scott Donnelly, President and CEO of GE-Aviation

2007 Sponsors Contacted• Intel• Texas Instruments• NCR• Google• Marathon Petroleum Company• Toyota• Toyota Motor Engineering &

Manufacturing• Belcan Corporation• KLH(Kohrs Lonnemann Heil)

Engineers• Diebold, Inc.• Babcock & Wilcox• Copeland Corporation• General Cable Corporation• Raytheon• UGS• Citigroup• Seapine• Northrop Grumman• Apple• Ethicon Endo-Surgery• Cardinal Solutions

• GM• Battelle• Engineering Alumni Association• P&G• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)• American Consulting, Inc.• Duke Energy• College of Engineering• GE• Rowe Center• Marx Bagels• Honda R&D Americas Inc• BP• Boston Scientific• Convergys• First Energy Corporation• FKI LOGISTEX INC• General Cable Corporation• UC Engineering Graduate Program• KDI Precision Products• National City • Siemens

2007 Sponsors• General Electric: $2,500• Citigroup: $1,500• National City: $1,500• Proctor and Gamble: $1,500• UC College of Engineering : $1,400• UC Engineering Alumni Association: $1,000• Cincinnati IEEE Section: $500• Toyota: $500• Duke Energy: $500• KDI: $500

2008 Student Activities ConferenceApril 4-6, 2008Penn College of Technology, Williamsport, PA

http://www.pct.edu/student_orgs/ieee/sac2008/

• Estimated total cost - 46k• Increased Attendance - Communication

• Student Leadership Workshop• Branch Counselors Meeting• Competitions

– Ethics– Paper– Brownbag Design– Micromouse– Project Showcase

• Career Fair• Awards Banquet

2008 Sponsors Contacted• GE• National City• P&G• Citi• Toyota• Duke Energy• L3 Communications• Agilent• National Instruments.• Fairchild• Lutron• Hershey• ConAgra• Intel• Texas Instruments• Raytheon• Siemens• Allen Bradley• PPL• Comcast• Hewlett-Packard• Toshiba

• GM• Samsung• Sony• ON Semiconductor• Tektronics• Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of

Commerce• City of Williamsport• Sun Gazette• Downtown Merchants Association• Lycoming College• Newport Business Institute• Pennsylvania College of Technology• AmerITGrads• Primus.• Videon Central.• Automation Direct.• Apple.• IBM• Microsoft• Google• Lockheed Martin• Northrop Grumman

International OutreachIEEE Student Branch in Malaga, Spain

Rafael Marañón-Abreu Region-2 RSAC visited them in June 2007