Sensors Council Technical Operations Tom Weller VP Technical

Sensors Council Technical Operations Tom Weller (VP, Technical Operations) weller@eng. usf. edu Presented to Sensors Council ADCOM November 2, 2005

Distinguished Lecturer Program – DLP established 2005; budget effective January 2006 – At present, one 18 -month DL appointment will be made per year. – The DL will be provided a budget of ~$15 K to cover travel and local expenses and with an Award Certificate. – Nominations are currently being solicited – Selections will be made by the Ex. Com

Sensors Research Graduate Scholarship Award • Sponsored by GE Research, Munich • Applicants must be current M. S. or Ph. D. level students • 1 st $1, 000 award to be made at Sensors 2006 Awards Banquet; award includes travel support for the student to attend the conference • 13 applications received from 5 countries • Effort will be made to expand the program in 2006

Technical Operations • Education – – Continuing Education Credits offered for the first time at Sensors 2006 for attendance of workshops (low level of activity for first offering) – M. Maharbiz named Education Sub-Committee chair – Expert Now trial module – details to follow this afternoon • Standards - no activity

Notes (2004) • DLP Program – – • Student Scholarship Program – – • Change all occurrences of “fellowship” to “scholarship” Call it the “IEEE Student Scholarship sponsored by GE, etc” Standards – • Bob and Chris will review the 2005 budget and see how much is available for this program. There was some discussion as to how many DLP’s there should be. Is one too few to have much general interest? I suggested that the details should be decided by the DLP Committee. Tom Wiener noted that the DLP Comm. should not *exclude* Canada and Latin America (i. e. don ’t be “NA” specific). Can get information from Linda Matarazzo about the “hot technical” areas from the Sensors Journal in order to help select the lecturers Appoint a “Standards Chair” – possibly Bernhard Jakoby? Other: – Establish relationship with major sensors research groups Notes (2005) • • DLP Program Student Scholarship Program Standards Other: