Greetings!

Below please find the following Treasurer reports for January 2010:

1. January 2010 Banking Summary - Overall expenses by category
2. January 2010 Net Worth - Overall financial situation (including investments)
3. January 2010 Register Report - Transaction level data
4. January 2010 YTD Budget - All transactions to date compared to 2010 budget

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Jack Freund
IEEE Columbus Section Treasurer
trea...@ieeecolumbus.org

Please join us for this year's celebration of our Section and its Members!


Speaker:
Dr. Ralph Ford
Pennsylvania State University


IEEE Membership and Benefits:
Rocket Fuel for your Career


Speaker Biography

Dr. Ralph Ford is the director of the School of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He obtained his B.S. degree from Clarkson University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Arizona. He was a senior associate engineer at IBM Microlectronics Division in East Fishkill, NY from 1989-1991. He joined the faculty at Penn State Behrend in 1994 and then served as chair of electrical and computer engineering for eight years. He was selected as director of the Penn State Behrend School of Engineering in 2005. The School of Engineering has increased its national visibility as reflected in its ranking as one of the top 50 undergraduate engineering schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Dr. Ford was a Fulbright Scholar to the Czech Republic in 2005, where he taught and conducted research at Brno University of Technology. He is author of the book, Design for Electrical and Computer Engineers. In 2009 he became Director-Elect of Region 2 of IEEE.

Agenda
6:00P - Event Registration
6:30P - Dinner
7:30P - Presentations
8:30P - Awards
9:00P - Closing Remarks


Banquet to be catered by The Confluence Park Restaurant
Dinner selections: Chicken Saltimbocca (Prosciutto wrapped chicken breast w/roasted beurre Blanc Merlot reduction), Baked Salmon, Vegetarian pasta (Penne pasta tossed in alfredo sauce w/zucchini, squash, red pepper, onions, spinach, and mushrooms). Hors D'oeuvres: Stuffed Mushrooms and BBQ Meatballs.


Location

Confluence Park Restaurant
679 W Spring Street
Columbus, OH 43215

Google Maps

Cost

IEEE Members -- $12.00/person
Guests -- $17.00/person
IEEE Student Members --FREE, but must register to attend.

All attendees are eligible for door prizes and networking games.

RSVP
**PLEASE RSVP BY 12 MAY 2010**

Please join us to recognize the outstanding students of Electrical & Electronics Technology and the achievements and contributions of IEEE Columbus Section Members.

Video of our new tagline here.

Please join us for our 2010 New Member Reception. We have many activities planned:

1. Networking specialist Laura Rees from roma creative--Learn how to be a better networker!
2. Business card exchange
3. Light meal
4. Socialize with other IEEE members in Central Ohio

Please join us on 21 April 2010 from 6:30 - 8:00 at the Benchmark bank in Gahanna (directions).

Please RSVP online at www.ieeecolumbus.org/node/156

Limited to the first 35 people!

Please mark your calendars for this special event.

If you are tired of designing your software with a whiteboard, but you hate UML, then textual modeling might be for you. Ever wanted to 'just write some code' but didn't want to actually build the whole product? Just need a prototype, but want it to actually be stable? Then 'M' might be for you. Bill will eschew the slides, fire up ye old text editor and design a piece of software from his upcoming Wrox book on textual modeling. You will learn what 'M' is, what it isn't, and how it is going to help you design better software.

This special event is with Bill Sempf a well-known author of several programming books.

Location:
DeVry University
1350 Alum Creek Drive
Columbus, OH 43209
Room 7
(614) 253-7291

Google Maps:
http://is.gd/aZ63v

When
08 April 2010
6:30P to 8:30P

A light meal and refreshments will be served.

Please review the minutes and let me know if there are any corrections.

Thanks,

Elizabeth Schmucker

Speaker:  Paul Bevilaqua 
When:   February  18, 2010 
Where:  Arlington Banquets  – 1973 Henderson Rd – (Next to Kroger) 
Schedule:  Social: 6:00 – 6:30 PM
Dinner: 6:30 ‐ 7:15 PM
Presentation:  7:15 ‐ 8:00 PM 

Cost:
Members and Guests:   $20
Students:  $10 

Abstract 
A team led by Lockheed Martin recently won the contract to develop the F‐35 Joint Strike Fighter, a single airplane that will be built in three different variants. The Air Force variant is a supersonic strike fighter designed to operate from conventional runways. The Navy variant will launch and recover from aircraft carriers, while the Marine Corps variant will make vertical takeoffs and landings. The key to developing this family of aircraft is a new dual cycle propulsion system, which can be switched from a turbofan cycle to a turbo shaft cycle to increase thrust for vertical takeoff and landing. This propulsion system enabled the X‐35 to become the first aircraft in history to fly at supersonic speeds, hover, and land vertically. The development team won the Collier Trophy, that recognizes "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America demonstrated during the preceding year," for this accomplishment. This presentation will describe the Joint Strike Fighter Competition and the development of this innovative engine, showing how a novel idea can grow into a new aircraft program.

Biography
Dr. Paul Bevilaqua has spent much of his career developing Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft. He joined Lockheed Martin as Chief Aeronautical Scientist of the Lockheed Advanced Aeronautics Company, and became Chief Engineer of Advanced Development Projects in the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. During this time, he played a leading role in creating the Joint Strike Fighter Program. He invented the Lift Fan Propulsion System that made it possible to build a stealthy, supersonic VTOL aircraft , and led the engineering team that demonstrated the feasibility of building variants of this aircraft for the Air Force, Marines, and Royal Navy. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, he was Manager of Advanced Programs at Rockwell International's Navy aircraft plant. He began his career as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and Deputy Director of the Energy Conversion Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. He has a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and MS and PhD degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and he is the recipient of a USAF Scientific Achievement Award, AIAA and SAE Aircraft Design Awards, AIAA and AHS VSTOL Awards, and Lockheed Martin AeroStar and Nova Awards.

To RSVP contact:
Reservations 
Contact  Thomas Ramsay 
   AIAA Chairman 
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UPDATE: IEEE members get 10% off the registration fee!! Contact clau...@computer.org for more information.

Senior IEEE Member Jim Clausing is teaching an upcoming Intrusion Detection course. Jim is also a volunteer with the Computer and Communications Joint Society.

For more information and to register for the course, click here.

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Course Information

Mentor: Jim Clausing
Dates: Monday, February 22, 2010 - Monday, April 26, 2010
Meeting Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Where:

AT&T
8372 E. Broad Street
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068

Mentor Bio:
Jim Clausing: Jim has over 25 years experience in the IT field (including system administration and security for most of that time). He has done research in parallel processing and distributed systems. For the last 12 years, he has focused primarily on network security including server hardening (primarily Unix/Linux), intrusion detection (host-and network-based), firewalls, perimeter defense, incident response, forensics and malware analysis. He holds the GIAC GCIA Gold, GCFA Gold, GREM Gold, GCIH, GCFW, GSIP, and GSOC, the CISSP, and Checkpoint's CCSA (now expired). He serves on the GIAC Advisory Board and the GIAC Board of Directors. In addition, Jim is a volunteer incident handler for the Internet Storm Center (isc.sans.org) and was a coauthor for the SANS Press book Securing Solaris 8 & 9 Using the Center for Internet Security Benchmark. He enjoys cycling and is an instrument-rated private pilot.

Jim has mentored the Security 502, 503, and 508 courses. In addition, he has taught numerous SANS Stay Sharp/STAR classes, the Security 601 Reverse-Engineering Malware, and Management 414 (SANS+S CISSP training) and is excited to bring Security 503, the SANS intrusion detection cours back to central Ohio.

Jim shares this about GIAC certifications and SANS Mentoring, "I've learned a lot from SANS courses, and the certifications are tangible proof of what I've learned. Plus, I've always found that I learn at least as much from attempting the cert as I do from the classes because the SANS/GIAC certs are the most demanding out there. I've gotten a lot out of my SANS certifications and this is an opportunity to give something back".

Dear IEEE Members,

Due to popular demand, IEEE GOLD is very excited to offer a second opportunity for "A Survival Guide for Scientific Writing in the Academic and Professional Environments", presented by Dr. Matthias Reumann, IEEE GOLD member and employee of IBM. This Professional Development webinar for IEEE GOLD and Graduate Student members will cover the writing process in Academic and Professional environments.

New Session Added - Register Now by clicking on the link below!
https://icm3.ieee.org/eventmanager/onlineregistration.asp?eventcode=ch9

Date: Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Eastern Standard Time
Cost: FREE to all IEEE members

This session is limited to 200 participants. This webinar will be recorded and posted to the GOLD website for on-demand viewing.

Join IEEE GOLD for the highly anticipated webinar "A Survival Guide for Scientific Writing in the Academic and Professional Environments" and learn about the backbones of an article, overcoming writer's block and other methods to improve your writing, and preparing your manuscript for editor review.

For a session abstract and speaker bio, visit the GOLD webinar website or click the link below:
http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/gold/events/jan_2010_webinar.html

The IEEE GOLD Committee is looking for members interested in contributing to the 2010 GOLD Webinar Program. If you have ideas on topics or would like to help organize these activities, please contact Megha Joshi, 2009 GOLD Webinar Coordinator, at megha_joshi@ieee.org.
All feedback or questions can be directed to IEEE GOLD staff at gold@ieee.org.

If you are interested in joining Columbus IEEE GOLD, please contact javvad@ieee.org.

Please review the attached minutes and let me know if there are any errors or omissions.

Thanks,

Elizabeth Schmucker