University of Texas at San Antonio IEEE Central

University of Texas at San Antonio IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Planning Meeting August 28 th, 2010 San Marcos, TX

Outline Chapter Leadership Team Chapter Updates Chapter Plans / Issues Conclusion Questions?

Chapter Leadership Team IEEE Chair Kevin Messenhimer kmessen@gmail. com IEEE Vice Chair Carl Gleinser logan 2145@yahoo. com Secretary Chris Weldon chriscw 01@gmail. com Treasurer Devon Johnson devon_johnson_33@hotmail. com Parts Bin Manager Daniel Maines dmaines@gmail. com Robotics Chair Chris Brucks treflipmaster@gmail. com Technical Director Terence Leonard terry. leonard@gmail. com Program Director Michael Starkweather mpstark@gmail. com Events Coordinator Michael Villalba michael. villalba@gmail. com Webmaster Chris Lewis cmlewis 89@gmail. com

Faculty Advisor Dr. Yufang Jin Department of Electrical Engineering University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, Texas 78249 Phone: 210 -458 -5944

2009 -10 Summary Meetings Distinguished Guest Speakers SWRI Engineers, Professors, Career Counselors Overall attendance increased Officer Elections Region 5 Competition: Received donations from EE Dept. and faculty Robotics Team Scheduled Meetings and practices Overall attendance increased Placed 6 th overall, invaluable experience for all Activities: Collaborated with SWE to jointly host a general meeting IEEE Reach Joint Social Events (BBQs, Pool Parties, Paintball) IEEE Representation in Student Council

Fall 2010 Overlook Scheduled General Meetings with Guest Speakers Weekly Member Meetings Bi-Monthly Officer Meetings Weekly Robotics Meetings Social Events Coordination with other Organizations Workshops Student Council High School Outreach Program

2010 – 2011 Planned Expenditures Technical Workshops: ~$550. 00 (Supplies) General Meetings: ~$400. 00 (Refreshments and Snacks offered) R 5 Competition Trip: ~$1500. 00 Robotics Team: ~$1500 (Includes parts and electronics) High School Outreach: $150. 00 Miscellaneous Tours, Fundraisers & Competitions: ~$500. 00 Total: $3600

Upcoming Projects Roadrunner Days High School Outreach Social Events BBQs, LAN Parties, Study-fests Technical Workshops How to build a computer How to obtain an internship Region 5 Conference Robotics Team Circuit Design Team Leadership Conference SPAC

Roadrunner Days IEEE was present at Roadrunner Days; an assembly sponsored by UTSA for incoming underclassmen to allow them to experience college life as well as meet with the different organizations IEEE used this event with the goal to enhance interest of Electrical Engineering as well as our organization to the new students with the hope of increasing our members both in our IEEE branch as well as membership in our Robotics and Circuit Design Teams We gave out: fliers, t-shirts, pencils, show them robots and circuits our teams have built, talk about upcoming events, as well as on location registering to IEEE.

Issues Funding Scalability for Robotics Team Inefficient funds budgeted last year for Robotics Team expansion E. g. Creating new robots/workshops for members to learn fundamentals Reasons: Under budgeted for Robotics Team Outlook: Increased budget for the team per collaboration with officers and robotics team. Will learn from past mistakes and move on from there.

Conclusion Great success for Robotics Team at R 5 Competition More funding will be put toward the Robotics Team and Technical Workshops Partake in more collaboration events/meetings that will benefit the engineering student body as a whole Become more active in the engineering student council to not only promote IEEE to fellow engineering organizations but also an opportunity to network with student leaders for future collaboration.

Questions? Contact Information Branch Office email: • ieeeutsa@gmail. com Branch Office Phone Number: • (210) 458 -5944 Web Site: http: //ieee. utsaengineering. org