Regrets:!Bill!McDermid,!Dave!Kemp,!Ryan!Duncan,!Steven!Howell!(SH),!John!Ermitiano!(JE),!Eric! Karr,!Sam!Kovnats,!Nariman!Sepehri!

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1 IEEE#Winnipeg#Section#Meeting#Minutes# #April#21,#2015#, 5:30 PM Attendance:)PuyanMojabi(PM),DarioSchor(DS),TrevorBrown(TB),WitoldKinsner(WK), HilmiTuranli(HT),ParthPatel(PP),NarimanFiroozy(NF),BrentSchellenberg(BS),IanJeffrey(IJ), NozhanBayat(NB),MattMcQuaker(MM),CraigNemeth(CN),PreetDhingra(PD),MontyRayburn (MR) Regrets:BillMcDermid,DaveKemp,RyanDuncan,StevenHowell(SH),JohnErmitiano(JE),Eric Karr,SamKovnats,NarimanSepehri CALLED)TO)ORDER)at)17:30) 1. Approvaloftheagenda(NB/NF)Carried. 2. ApprovaloftheminutesoftheMarchmeeting(DS/NF)Carried. 3. ChairReport a. AnICFReportpreparedbyDaveKempwillbeincludedinfuturemeetings b. CapstoneThesisawards(UofM) 1 st Place: DesignandImplementationofaBiWPolarPlanarNearWFieldAntenna MeasurementSystem bychenniu,brentschellenberg,michaelkleiber, JasperTaylor,andadvisorPuyanMojabi 2 nd Place: DesignandImplementationofaWirelessHighVoltagePowerLine Sensor byjordanbartel,karasailen,qian(bill)song,thomasneusitzer,and advisorgregbridges 3 rd Place: DesignandImplementationofaMultilevelVariableWFrequency Drive bykaleewasiuk,edwiniofinu,curtisshumski,matthewszyda,and advisorshaahinfilizadeh TedGlassAward: designandimplementationofawellnessmonitoring SystemviaBodyAreaNetworks byyangsu,cassandraaldaba,jeffwinkler, HaiyueWang,TianqiLiang,andadvisorJunCai Awardcertificatesandchequeshavebeendelivered c. Sectionbankingupdate Stillneedtotransferauthorization,butbankhasnotrespondedyet SHwilltrytoarrangeameetingfornextweek d. Newnewslettereditor:BrentSchellenberg 4. ViceWChairReport a. SurveyoncommunicationsfortheSection OnholduntilBSandTroyDentonareinvolved b. DSwillbeattendingR7meetinginMontreal Willreportonlessonslearned 5. TreasurerReport Notinattendance a. SHisworkingontransferofbankauthorization 6. SecretaryReport

2 a. MonthWatWaWglance enoticewillbesetupforthefirstnoticeinjune b. ICFupdatefromDaveKemp Seeattached1WpagereportfromICF c. PESUpdatefromJohnErmitiano AtechnicalmeetingwasheldonMarch24had21attendees AtechnicalmeetingwasalsoheldonApril21thathad27attendees TechnicaleventsplannedforMayandJune JEwouldlikeclarificationonprocessofrequestingfundsfromtheSection PESisaskingfor$200.00forrentalfeesforfuturemeetings i. PM:SincePESisveryactive,wewouldusuallygive$200.00peryear, assumingwereceivethesectionrebate ii. iii. MotiontoprovidePESwith$200.00(DS/NF)Carried Ifthecostismorethan$200.00,theChaptershouldsubmitaformal request JEwouldlikeclarificationonpolicyaboutpostingjobsonPESwebsite i. DSwillinquireattheIEEECanadameeting d. RobConIMupdatefromNarimanSepehri TwoupcomingseminarsinMay ThejointChapterwasintroducedtoaroboticsspecialinterestgroupheldat theindustrialtechnologycentre e. RedRiverCollegeupdatefromRobDuncan Nothingtoreport 7. PresidentWElectUpdate Notinattendance 8. ChapterandAffinityGroupReports a. CommunicationsWNotinattendance b. ComputerandComputationalIntelligence(IJ) Nothingtoreport c. EMBSWNotinattendance d. EduManComWNotinattendance e. PES Notinattendance SeeSecretaryReport f. Waves(PM) UpcomingseminaronApril24withDr.Rashidianpresenting PMArrangedfor2IEEEDistinguishedLecturer(DL)talks i. OnelecturerwillbecomingfromSwedeninSeptembertotalkabout antennameasurements ii. AnotherlecturerwillbecomingfromFinlandaroundOctober g. RobConIM Notinattendance SeeSecretaryReport h. GRSSWAES(NF) NamedAlegra i. Thishasnotbeenfinalized AChapterwebsitewillsoonbeoperational NFhasbeenintouchwithDLs i. ADLfromItalyhasagreedtocometoWinnipegin2015,noexactdate hasbeenset

3 ii. NFwouldliketoknowiftheySectionwouldfinanciallysupportatalk fromsomeonewhoisn tadl a. PM:Unlikelythatwesupportflightandaccommodation,unless multiplechaptersareinvolved b. NFcanapplyfor specialprojectfunding fromeachsocietyfor $500each.Alsothejointchapterwillget$500(operatingfund)for eachchapteruponsubmittingtherequiredpaperwork i. YP(MM) MattMcQuakeristhenewChair TroyisnowtheViceWChair ThewinnersoftheYPCapstoneAwardwillgiveapresentationinthesummer Tentativeupcomingevents i. SummerBBQ ii. May4 Buildingyourempireevent(financialplanningforYPs) iii. July Microcontrollerworkshop iv. MSP430workshopinthefall v. NetworkingeventinlateSeptember,planningtoworkwithRRC vi. APEGM BecominganEngineer event j. LifeMembersWNotinattendance k. WIEWNotinattendance l. TISP Notinattendance AworkshopforteacherswasheldonApril10 m. Newsletter(BS) AimingforafirstissueinMaycoveringtheCapstoneawardsandChapter summaries 9. Reportsfromstudentbranchchairs a. UniversityofManitoba(CN) AssemblingyearendreportforIEEECanada Willbeholdingelectionsfornewexecutives b. LakeheadUniversity Notinattendance PMcontactedLakeheadandAssiniboine,noresponseyet c. AssiniboineCollege Notinattendance d. RedRiverCollege Notinattendance SeeSecretaryReport 10. Newbusiness a. Capstoneawarddocumentation Nodocumentationinpreviousyears DSistryingtostandardizetheprocess SamKovnatsandDawnNedohinWMacekreviewedthethesesandrankedthem DSistryingtodothisatRRCaswell,andiscurrentlyindiscussionsaboutthe timeline IJsuggeststhatDScontactDerekOliversoonasheistakingoverthecourse nextyearandtherewillbesomechanges i. EachgroupwillhaveaP.Engmentorwhocouldjudgethereports ii. Weshouldalignreviewcriteriawiththecourseevaluation WecoulddisplaythepostersofthewinninggroupsattheAGMinJanuary b. SectionWwideeventthemediscussion

4 Weneedabroadtopic i. IJ:Weneedatopicthatappealstoabroadaudience,suchasthe colonizationofmarsinthenext100years ii. Canadianspaceagency iii. CNsuggestsspeakeronethics iv. PMsuggestsaninternationalyearoflighttheme Sendsuggestions(nameandaffiliation)toDS c. SomeonewillbecomingtonextmeetingtodiscussSeniormembership ADJOURNED)(IJ/NB))at)18:29

5 Report to IEEE Winnipeg Section Dave Kemp, ICF VP - Grants April 20, 2015 Thank you for the opportunity to present an ICF overview at the January 2015 Section AGM. The ICF Board is pleased to announce a 2015 Special Grant to the University of Manitoba in the amount of $1,500 for their T-SAT3 satellite project. In 2011 the Foundation awarded a similar grant to UoM for $4,500. The University of Manitoba recently received McNaughton Learning Resource Center upgrades as recently as 2014 and Grants, prizes and scholarships approved at the April 15, 2015 Board meeting include the following: a) five IEEE Canadian Foundation Scholarships at $5,000 each b) seven ICF Special Grants including the aforementioned UoM grant. c) the IEEE Canada Power Quality Scholarship d) the IEEE Canada Women In Engineering Prize e) an IEEE Canada Vehicular Technologies Travel Grant Details of upcoming opportunities are at: ICF home page How You Can Help Your help is needed and appreciated: a) make a personal (tax deductable) donation, any size - one-time or continuing, personal or corporate b) fund an award (scholarship, grant, prize, medal) c) promote giving within the Section d) publicize the ICF program of philanthropy (in Sections, Chapters, Groups, Branches) e) have an ICF Member assist/speak ICF at scholarship and other award presentations I welcome your inquiries. Dave Kemp IEEE Canadian Foundation VP-Grants ICF Representative to Winnipeg Section d.kemp@ieee.org