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The DownlinkIEEE Albuquerque Section Newsletter Q2 - 2014
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The 2014 Albuquerque Section Awards Banquet
On May the 19th, the IEEE Albuquerque Section held its annual awards banquet in collaboration with Sigma-Xi. The event was held at at the UNM Division of Continuing Education Building. Professor Harjit Ahluwalia was the master of ceremonies and the awards for this year were presented by the Albuquerque IEEE section Chair Gilberto Zamora. Each Award consisted of a framed certificate and a monetary award. The awards this year were for:
2014 Outstanding Young Engineer: Jose Luis Cruz-Campa (Sandia National Labs).
2014 Outstanding Entrepreneur: John Maynard (MDDC)
2014 Outstanding Engineer: Dr. Vince Calhoun (The Mind Research Network / ECE)
2014 Outstanding Engineering Educator: Ganesh Balakrishnan (CHTM)
2014 Outstanding Graduate Student: Firas Ayoub (ECE)
2014 Outstanding Undergraduate Student: John-Mark Collins (ECE)
Professor Ahluwalia announced his retirement from UNM and received a recognition from Dr. Wolfang Rudolph, Chair of the department of Physics and Astronomy.
After the awards were presented, Professor V.M. Kenkre gave the talk: Spread of Infection in Epidemics: Random Walks, Nonlinearity, and Extintion.
On behalf of the our Section, congratulations again to all the awardees. Our thanks to Professor Ahluwalia for his tireless contributions to our Section, and our thanks to Professor Kenkre for given such an interesting talk.
2014 Outstanding Young Engineer award for Jose Luis Cruz-Campa. His wife Tara received the award on his behalf.
Ganesh Balakrishnan (CHTM) receives the 2014 Outstanding Engineering Educator award
John Maynard receiving the 2014 Outstanding Entrepreneur award
Dr. Vince Calhoun receiving the 2014 Outstanding Engineer award
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New Section websiteThe Albuquerque section has a new website. Please visit us at http://sites.ieee.org/albuquerque/ Upcoming Section Board meetingsAugust 26September 30October 28November 25Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month, 11:30 a.m. at Yanni's Mediterranean Bar & Grill (3109 Central Avenue NE ). Come join us.
APS/MTT/EMC/NPSS Joint Chapters talks
Sept 17, Dr. Vincente Rodriguez, ETS-Lindgren, "Introduction to Antenna Parameters and Antennas for EMC."
PLACE & TIME: Canyon Club (Formerly Four Hills CC), 911 Four Hills Road, SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123, Talk at 7:30 pm, Social begins at 5:45 pm, and Dinner begins at 6:30 pm. $25 per person for dinner (full-time student members of IEEE, $15)—reservations required by noon of the preceding Monday. No charge and no reservation required to attend just the talk. For updated information and RSVP contact Mike Harrison, [email protected].
Upcoming Events
Chair: Gilberto Zamora ([email protected]) Vice-Chair: Jason Neely ([email protected]) Secretary: Ray Byrne ([email protected])Treasurer: Aaron Murray ([email protected])GOLD Chair: Cesar A. Silva Monroy ([email protected])Website Admin: Gilberto Zamora ([email protected])Newsletter Editor: Jorge Piovesan ([email protected])Life Member affinity group: George Aikins ([email protected])Women in Eng. affinity: Srividya Iyer ([email protected]) Student Branch: Aaron Griego
IEEE Albuquerque Section 2013 Officials
The 2014 Albuquerque Section Awards Banquet continued
Professor Harjit Ahluwalia receiving a recognition for his outstanding career and tireless contributions to our Section
Firas Ayoub receiving the 2014 Outstanding Graduate Student award
John-Mark Collins receiving the 2014 Outstanding Undergraduate Student award
Professor V.M. Kenkre beginning his talk on Spread of Infection in Epidemics