IEEE-USA Meeting 
Date: May 3 - 6, 2012

http://ieeeusa.org/calendar/conferences/annualmeeting/2012/

One of the most important highlights this year for the IEEE Dayton Section is the IEEE - USA Meeting. The IEEE Dayton Section is working closely with the IEEE Cincinnati Section to organize this event. The IEEE -USA Student Conference is a major new forum for students, (undergraduate and graduate), researchers and practitioners interested in collaborative exploration of theory, design and applications targeting innovative design. The 2012 theme is "Innovation taking Flight". Our local students from Miami University, University of Dayton, and Wright State University will be attending and presenting papers.

Preliminary Agenda – IEEE-USA Meeting 2012

8:00-8:30: Welcoming Remarks - AESS 
8:30-9:00: Columbus/Cincinnati/Dayton Section 
9:00-9:30: Tec^Edge Experiences/ NASA Collaboration: Dr. Rob Williams 
9:30-10:00: Way Forward: Dr. Mike Wicks
10:00-10:30: True Innovation-BioInspired : Dr. Chris Baker 
10:30-11:00: "Cincinnati IEEE Section Speaker (TBD)" 
11:00-11:30: "Columbus IEEE Section Speaker (TBD)" 
11:30-13:00: Luncheon- Keynote Debbie Anderson Deborah (Desch) Anderson, "The Dayton NCR WWII Codebreakers". 
Deborah's father, Joseph Desch was the focus of a documentary 2006 film, Dayton Codebreakers. Deborah will highlight the story of her father, who worked as an NCR engineer, and was in charge of the top secret codebreaking operations in Dayton during WWII. The story of the Dayton code breakers survived 50 years of secrecy in part because it woven with so many threads of world history -- military, diplomatic, technological, scientific. http://www.daytoncodebreakers.org/ 
13:00-13:30: Invited "NASA astronaut"- Space/NASA Grand Challenges 
13:30-15:30 (POCs: Dr Williams/ Ron Ogan) 
Session 1: Undergrad Papers/Posters/Videos 
Session 2: Academic Collaboration & Website Workshop/Speakers
15:30-17:30 (POCs: Dr. Ewing/ Ken Simone ) 
Session 3: Graduate Papers/Posters/Videos
Session 4: Industry IEEE "Performance" Standards Workshop/Speakers