PART A - SECTION SUMMARY IEEE Thailand Section Report for its 2005 activities A.1 Executive Summary Major events or achievements. Mr. Siri Tandhavatana, Vice Chair 2005, attended the IEEE Section Congress 14 17 October 2005, Florida, U.S.A. Organize the IEEE Thailand student project competition. A new student chapter is set up at kasetsart University 6 members has been elevated to senior members. A.2 Financial Report -No information available- A.3 List of Section Officer and Executive Committee Members 1) Mr. Kraisi Karnasuta Chair 2) Mr. Siri Tandhavatana Vice Chair 3) Mr. Vuthichai Pungprasert Treasurer 4) Dr. Ekachai Leelarasmee Secretary 5) Dr. Tuptim Angkaew Membership Development 6) Mr. Vidhya Rugpong Publication Committee 7) Mr. Pongsak Harnboonyanon Educational Activities 8) Dr. Trin Saengsuwan Student Activities 9) Mr. Wanchai Sinaroj Training Activities 10) Dr. Jitkasame Ngarmnil Newsletter Editor 11) Dr. Srisakdi Chamornmarn Chair EM 12) Dr. Kosin Chamnongthai Chair Communication 13) Dr. Monai Krairerk Chair MTT/ED/AP 14) Dr. Sittichai Pookaiyaudom Chair CAS 15) Dr. Surapol Dumrongkittigule Chair PES 16) Dr. Athikom Roeksabutr Chair LEOS PART B - ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES B.1 Membership Development Programs Effort in Membership Development Participate in a local conference to distribute IEEE information and benefit. Setting up a new student branch. Evidence of retention of members Help elevating members to senior members. GOLD, WIE and Infirmity Group Activity A discussion of plan to recruit gold members to set up a GOLD chapter has been made. Membership Statistic LS SM PS LM M PM LA A ST TOTAL 1999 4 13-3 200 7-45 130 421 2000 4 14-3 251 8-93 335 700 2001 5 11-4 237 3-80 237 577 2002 5 8-5 265 10-68 169 530 2003 3 11-4 234 8-53 68 381 2004 4 12 4 334 2-42 118 516 2005 4 17-4 307 0-57 182 571
2 Society Membership Society Number Aerospace and Electronic Systems 21 Antennas and Propagation 35 Broadcast Technology 17 Computer 257 Circuits and Systems 69 Consumer Electronics 30 Cybernetic Intelligent System 27 Communications 203 Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology 13 Control Systems 55 Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation 14 Education 26 Electron Devices 27 Engineering Management 66 Engineering in Medicine and Biology 22 Electromagnetic Compatibility 23 Geoscience and Remote Sensing 13 Industry Applications 48 Industrial Electronics 49 Instrumentation and Measurement 32 Information Theory 36 Lasers and Electro-Optics 27 Magnetics 21 Microwave Theory and Techniques 37 Neural Networks Council 0 Nuclear and Plasma Sciences 5 Oceanic Engineering 6 Professional Communication 14 Power Engineering 58 Power Electronics 37 Robotics and Automation 36 Reliability 12 Social Implications of Technology 3 Systems, Man and Cybernetics 17 Signal Processing 60 Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 11 Vehicular Technology 32 Women In Engineering 18 Total 2,088
3 B.2 Professional and Continuing Education Activities Continuing Educational activities including conferences, technical event, training courses should be summarized and reported. 1) Conference: The University Research Activities on Power Engineering, 24 March 2005 2) Conference: The Utility Projects Activities on Power Engineering, 16 June 2005 3) Seminar: Two-scale Model for Polarimetric Microwave Emissions from Rough Sec Surface, by Praphun Naenna from The Ohio State University, 3 August 2005 4) Invited talk: Auto-Referenced On-Die Power Supply Noise Measurement Circuit for Custom IC's, Dr. Chaiyuth Chansungsan, Intel Corporation, USA., 5 September 2005 5) Invited talk: IC Testing at MAXIM, Mr. Surawat Promyotin, MAXIM Integrated Products (Thailand) Co., Ltd., 16 November 2005. 6) Distinguish Lecture: High Voltage Engineering, Prof. Dr. Sivaji Chakravorti, 21 December 2005 7) Continuing Education: Power System Maintenance for Industry, July 2005 8) Continuing Education: Relay Protection August 2005 9) Industrial Visit: Coal Power Plant, August 2005. B.3 Students Activities Active Student Branches activity 1) Chulalongkorn University : organized two 4-days electronic camps for a total of 100 high school students during March and October 2005. Its activity was publicized in IEEE magazine The Institute, September 2005 (see last page) 2) Chiang Mai University : - Not available - 3) Assumption University : - Not available - 4) King Mongkut Institute of Technology Lardkrabang : - Not available - 5) Kasetsart University : This is a new chapter. Recruitment of student members We have sponsored a national EE conference in October 2005 to attract potential new student members and provided a seed money for setting up a new student chapter at Kasetsart University. Student project contest A contest for student hardware/software project was held in May 2005. Winners received awards funded through SSVR grant. They are: 1) Wireless Online Voting System (WOVS) Prototype 2) An RF Automatic Meter Reading System 3) The Chromium Galvanizing Process Controlled by PLC 4) Remote Control for Sprinkle Boat 5) Software Controlled Digital Wireless Conference Network-DWCN 6) Caption Studio 7) CU OPTSYS-SIM 8) Anti-theft Parking System B.4 E-mail and Newsletter Activities, Home Page Number of hard print Newsletter 2 Number of electronic Newsletters 2 Section, Chapters and Student Branches Web Pages Section web page : www.ieeethailand.org
4 B.5 Awards Award program available and the list of winners Awards were given to winners of the student project contest. Details are in the student activities section. B.6 Chapter Activities Summary of Chapter Activities 1) Power Engineering (PE31) 1 02/07/2005 New Global Standard IEC 61850 2 03/24/2005 Small-signal Modeling and Analysis of Power System with Electronically Controlled Compensation 3 06/16/2005 230 kv UNDERGROUND TRANSMISSION LINE 4 07/18/2005 Role of Engineers in Energy Crisis 5 08/16/2005 The recent electric vehicle drives 6 11/11/2005 High Voltage Substations Technologies 7 12/21/2005 Artificial Neural Network as an Optimization Tool in High Voltage Engineering 2) Engineering Management/Computer (EM14/C16) 1 01/06/2005 Current States of Thailand Economy, Politics, Technology and Environment 2 03/06/2005 Information Technology in New Educational System 3 05/28/2005 Information Technology for Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Executives 4 06/16/2005 elearning and Human Resource Development 5 07/10/2005 Vision in IT and Education 6 08/05/2005 International Conference on elearning for Knowledge-Based Society 7 09/22/2005 IT Network for Administration and e-office 8 10/29/2005 International Conference on Computer and Industrial Management 9 11/19/2005 ebusiness 2005: Digital Lifestyle and the Road Ahead 3) LEOS (LEO36) 1 01/14/2005 Aspects of Nonlinear Optics in Optical Communication Systems 2 01/17/2005 Educating Engineers 3 01/24/2005 Chapter Meeting 4 04/26/2005 ICOCN and Photonics Association 5 05/11/2005 Photonic and Wireless System for Next Generation Networks 6 06/10/2005 Beam control prism for high power diode laser array and innovative 2-D display using rare earth dope 4) AP03/ED15/MTT17 1 02/22/2005 Multi-antenna Enhancement for Wireless Communication System 5) CAS04 1 05/13/2005 2005 International Conference on ECTI 2 11/26/2005 Annual Chapter Report to Section meeting 3 12/28/2005 Annual Chapter meeting
5 6. COM19 1 01/07/2005 Micro Robot and Applications 2 05/13/2005 Broadband Photonic and Wireless IP Networks 3 11/25/2005 Durian Maturity Determination Using Microwave PART C - GOALS AND PLANS C.1 Goals To maintain its role in transferring technologies by organizing workshops, seminars and conferences. To increase the IEEE awareness by setting up more student branches. To set up a new Gold Chapter. C.2 Implementation Plans Provide assistance for setting up new student branches. Participate in local conferences to promote IEEE benefits. Organize international conferences. PART D - OTHERS D.1 Relationship with National Societies - None - D.2 Special Events - No plan - D.3 Concern areas and suggestions - None -
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