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Volunteers Needed for Science Fair

Southwest District Science and Engineering Expo (SEE)
Saturday, March 15th at UC
UC’s Science & Engineering Expo relies on many area scientists to serve as volunteer judges.  Your help is needed.
Online Judges’ registration: https://www.uc.edu/ScienceFair/registration/JudgeRegistration.aspx

From Brian’s Desk

We kicked off 2008 with a great, high-attendance meeting.  Many thanks to Paul Ritchie of Ethicon Endo-Surgery for an excellent presentation on his experiences with off-shore outsourcing.   Lots of good discussion. 
Also, we had many new faces, including EMBS members and students.  It was a very enjoyable evening; please spread the …

Family Day LEGO Robot Workshop – February 23

As part of our celebration of Engineer’s Week, the Cincinnati Section is sponsoring a family activity on Saturday February 23 in which you and your child will build and program a LEGO robot, and optionally participate in a friendly competition.  It was great fun last …

2008 Research Experiences for Undergraduates at WVNANO

The West Virginia University is offering a unique summer research experience for undergraduate students in the science, engineering, or mathematics disciplines. The program is funded by the National Science Foundation and WVNano, the West Virginia state initiative for nanoscience and nanotechnology research. …

UC College of Applied Science’s Tech Expo 2008

This May the U.C. College of Applied Science will hold it’s Tech Expo 2008 where middle school and high school students can meet local businesses and UC staff to explore careers in science and engineering. Businesses interested in showing these students the technical careers opportunities …

January 2008 Section Meeting

OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING – ONE ENGINEER’S EXPERIENCE
DATE: Thursday, January 24, 2008
PLACE : Raffel’s – 10160 Reading Road (see below for directions)
TIME : 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. – Social Time
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Dinner
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – Presentation

Membership News

New Cincinnati Section Senior Member
The Cincinnati Section would like to congratulate its newest Senior Member,
Clayton Sippola
whose upgrade application was recently approved.
If you are interested in upgrading your membership to Senior Member, please contact any member of the Executive Committee. You can also see our PACE …

History – Electrical Technologies in the Movies

Electrical Technologies in the Movies : Jukeboxes
Submitted by Bob Morrison, Editor
Reprinted from IEEE History Center Newsletter, Issue #73, March 2007
In the late 19th century there were coin-operated weighing machines and gum-dispensing machines. In 1889 a man by the name of Louis Glass equipped an …

IEEE News – January 2008

Former IEEE-USA President Highlights IEEE-USA Innovation Institute at IEEE Globecom 2007
WASHINGTON (30 November 2007) — Former IEEE-USA President Ralph W. Wyndrum highlighted the IEEE-USA Innovation Institute during a panel session on entrepreneurship at IEEE Globecom 2007 on Wednesday.
Wyndrum, who served as IEEE-USA president in 2006 …