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Feb. 2, 2013: IEEEE NC Council meeting hosted at North Carolina A&T State University inGreensboro, North Carolina.
April 4-7 2013: IEEE Region 3's premier conference SoutheastCon 2013, at Jacksonville,FL.
August 24, 2013: US National Whitewater Center Tour, at Charlotte, NC.
Varies: Charlotte area events, and Charlotte area news .
Varies: RTP area events/news .
December 6, 2013: Projects and project posters in senior design program that brings
together students and industrial partners at UNC Charlotte Senior Design Expo,
cosponsored by the IEEE Charlotte Section Education Society Chapter.
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UNC Charlotte Wins Award in U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013
competition.
Fall 2013 Charlotte Section member Jim Conrad has been elected as IEEE Region 3Director, representing the southeast region that includes the states of Alabama,Florida, Georgia, areas of Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, SouthCarolina, Tennessee, Virginia and the country of Jamaica. Congratulations Jim!
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2013 North Carolina Council Officers and Council Committee Members:
Biography: Thomas Weldon, Ph.D., P.E., is a Senior
Member of IEEE with over 30 years of experience inCouncil Chair:
Tom Weldon

academia and industry. He received his Ph.D. from Penn
State, and his career includes experience at Motorola,
Skyworks (formerly Alpha Ind.), and BAE systems(formerly AEL). He currently serves as an Associate
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNC
Charlotte.

Council Vice
Chair:
Rajeev Agrawal

Biography: Rajeev Agrawal, Ph.D., is an IEEE memberwith over 23 years of experience in academia andindustry. He completed his PhD from Wayne State
University, Detroit in Computer Science. His current
research focuses on Content-based Image Retrieval,Anomaly Detection in Computer Network, and Healthcare
Fraud Detection. He is currently an Assistant Professor in
the department of Computer Systems Technology at North
Carolina A&T SU, Greensboro.

CouncilSecretary:
Valentina Cecchi

Biography: Valentina Cecchi, Ph.D., is a Member of IEEE.
Originally from Italy, she completed her doctoral studies inelectrical engineering from Drexel University inPhiladelphia, with a concentration in electric powersystems. She is currently at UNC Charlotte as AssistantProfessor of Electrical and Computer Engineering andresearcher in the Energy Production and Infrastructure
Center (EPIC).

Council
Treasurer:Ken Pigg

Biography: Ken Pigg has been an IEEE member for 33
years and an active volunteer for 11 years. Prior tomoving to NC a few years ago, he served in several
leadership roles in the Oklahoma City section and Region
5.

Central NC
Section Chair:
Ibraheem
KateebBiography: Ibraheem Kateeb Ph.D., is a Senior Member ofIEEE with over 20 years of experience in academia andindustry. He received his Ph.D. from NCA&TSU. He iscurrently at NCA&TSU as Assistant Professor ofElectronics, Computer, and Information Technology. His
current research is on green energy, and control-robotics.

Charlotte
Section Chair:
Dr. ClaudeHargrove

Biography: Claude Hargrove, Ph.D, has been a member ofIEEE over 11 years. His service includes Branch Counselor
for a combined 10+ years at North Carolina A&T State
University and UNC Charlotte. He has also served asChair for Central North Carolina Section and Vice Chair ofCharlotte Section. He received his Ph.D from North
Carolina State University and previously worked for Nortel
Networks and North Carolina A&T State University.
Currently he is a faculty member at UNC Charlotte in theElectrical and Computer Engineering department.

Eastern NC
Section Chair:
Ken Pigg

Biography: Ken Pigg has been an IEEE member for 33
years and an active volunteer for 11 years. Prior tomoving to NC a few years ago, he served in several
leadership roles in the Oklahoma City section and Region
5.

Western NC
Section Chair:
Brian Kowald

Biography: Brian Kowald , BSEE (Computer SystemsEmphasis) is a member of the IEEE with over 25 years ofexperience with past employers such as Texas
Instruments and Synergy Broadcast Systems. He currently
works for RevealData, a company that develops ediscovery software for the legal industry. He has also beena First Robotics mentor for 7 years.

Winston-Salem
Section Chair:
Bill Williams

Biography: Bill Williams is a Senior Member of IEEE and amember of Sigma Xi and the New York Academy ofSciences. After service in the U.S. Air Force and graduate
school at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake
Forest Univ., he worked in the medical division of Litton
Industries and also at Picker International as ProductManager for Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, and Clinical Lab
products. He now consults in product development,
regulatory affairs, and marketing in the medical field.

NC Council PastChair:
Jim Corr

Biography: James L. Corr, BEE, MSEE, JD. Is a Senior
Member of the IEEE with over 40 years experience inindustry. His career included the US Air Force, McDonnel
Douglas Aircraft Co. – DC9 Autopilot, Hughes Aircraft Co.
– Ground Systems, and IBM. He retired from IBM in 2002
after 25 years, where he did microprocessor development
diagnostic systems – most recently the PowerPC FaultDiagnostic System.

NC Council
Professional
Education Chair:Charles Lord

Biography:

Area 2 (NCCouncil) Student
Activities Chair
for Region 3Student
Activities
Committee(SAC):Tom Weldon

Biography: Thomas Weldon, Ph.D., P.E., is a Senior
Member of IEEE with over 30 years of experience inacademia and industry. He received his Ph.D. from Penn
State, and his career includes experience at Motorola,
Skyworks (formerly Alpha Ind.), and BAE systems(formerly AEL). He currently serves as an Associate
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNC
Charlotte.

Area 2 (NCCouncil) Student
Representativefor Region 3StudentActivities
Committee(SAC):

Biography:

2012 Archive2012 Meetings:
4 Feb 2012, Charotte, NC: NC Council meeting, Training Slides
March 5-7, 2012: Plain Talk About the Electric Power Industry; the IEEE PowerEngineering society course to "Learn More About Electric Power Systems" hosted at UNC
Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina.
March 15-18, 2012: IEEE Region 3's premier conference SoutheastCon 2012, at theWyndham Orlando Resort Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando, Fl.
May 1-2, 2012: The 2nd Annual North Carolina Smart Grid Technical Forum, at the UNC
Charlotte Uptown Campus and the UNC Charlotte EPIC Center. This event will gather
electric delivery system leaders from utilities, academia, the private sector, and federal,state and local governments to discuss ways to drive economic development in the North
Carolina region. There is momentum in conducting research and development,
manufacturing, installing, and operating smart grid technologies that has the potential tocreate new jobs. Forum participants will explore how smart grid research, development anddeployment will enable the growth of business, reward industry and consumers withvaluable new products, and increase U.S. competitiveness.
May 23, 2012: Lonnie Baxley Dinner & Scholarship Fund, with Keynote Speaker: MaryEllen Randall (IEEE Region 3 Director-elect and President, Ascot Technologies)
May 24, 2012: (Canceled) Bank of America Engineering Presentation and Tour. RSVP
Required, please RSVP to Jim Conrad jmconrad@uncc.edu Join the Charlotte IEEE Section
at Bank of America to learn about the intersections of engineering and banking. Topics will
include mobile banking technology and security technology in banking. Details: contact Jim
Conrad jmconrad@uncc.edu
Sept. 15-20, 2012: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, at the Raleigh
Convention Center, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Sept. 16, 2012: IEEE R3 Student Fall Leadership Training Charlotte, at EPIC building(Energy Production and Infrastructure Building) at UNC Charlotte.
Oct. 18, 2012: IEEE ENCS Computer Society Meeting on IT spend and industry operating
ratios at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Contact Jim Ray, jim.ray at ieee.org.
Tue. Dec. 4, 2012: Wake Robotics and STEM event, sponsored by IEEE ENCS Robotics andAutomation Chapter. Join Wake Robotics for an evening of robots, technology, and kids ofall ages who are immersed in hands-on STEM exploration at NCSU Centennial Campus,Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dec. 7, 2012: UNC Charlotte Senior Design FALL EXPO, cosponsored by the IEEE Charlotte
Section Education Society, at UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina.
2012 North Carolina Council Officers and Council Committee Members:

Council Chair:
Tom Weldon

Biography: Thomas Weldon, Ph.D., P.E., is a Senior
Member of IEEE with over 30 years of experience inacademia and industry. He received his Ph.D. from Penn
State, and his career includes experience at Motorola,
Skyworks (formerly Alpha Ind.), and BAE systems(formerly AEL). He currently serves as an Associate
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNC
Charlotte.

Council Vice
Chair:
Grayson Randall

Biography: Grayson Randall is President at InsightTechnologies, a company that develops software thatcontrols autonomous, semi-autonomous, and teleoperated
robots systems. Insight provides design, development,
and system integration services.

CouncilSecretary:
Valentina Cecchi

Biography: Valentina Cecchi, Ph.D., is a Member of IEEE.
Originally from Italy, she completed her doctoral studies inelectrical engineering from Drexel University in
Philadelphia, with a concentration in electric powersystems. She is currently at UNC Charlotte as AssistantProfessor of Electrical and Computer Engineering andresearcher in the Energy Production and Infrastructure
Center (EPIC).

Council
Treasurer:
Jim Corr

Biography: James L. Corr, BEE, MSEE, JD. Is a Senior
Member of the IEEE with over 40 years experience inindustry. His career included the US Air Force, McDonnel
Douglas Aircraft Co. – DC9 Autopilot, Hughes Aircraft Co.
– Ground Systems, and IBM. He retired from IBM in 2002
after 25 years, where he did microprocessor development
diagnostic systems – most recently the PowerPC Fault
Diagnostic System.

Central NC
Section Chair:
Ibraheem
KateebBiography: Ibraheem Kateeb Ph.D., is a Senior Member ofIEEE with over 20 years of experience in academia andindustry. He received his Ph.D. from NCA&TSU. He iscurrently at NCA&TSU as Assistant Professor ofElectronics, Computer, and Information Technology. His
current research is on green energy, and control-robotics.

Charlotte
Section Chair:
Nate Quirk

Biography: Nate Quirk is a Senior Associate with Alston &Bird who counsels clients with regard to procuring andprotecting intellectual property rights through patents. Mr.
Quirk’s experience includes preparing and prosecuting
patent applications in a broad range of electrical andcomputer technologies, including power systems andpower system protection, wireless communications andnetworking technologies, and radio frequency
identification (RFID).

Eastern NC
Section Chair:
Tom Jepsen

Biography: Chair, Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Society (EMBS) chapter of IEEE ENCS. BA, University ofColorado; graduate work in computer science, NC State
University. Consultant, health IT. Author, Java in
Telecommunications, Distributed Storage Networks.
Member, IEEE USA Medical Technology Policy Committee;
Health IT editor, IEEE IT Professional Magazine. Lives inChapel Hill.

Western NC
Section Chair:
Brian Kowald

Biography: Brian Kowald , BSEE (Computer SystemsEmphasis) is a member of the IEEE with over 25 years ofexperience with past employers such as Texas
Instruments and Synergy Broadcast Systems. He currently
works for RevealData, a company that develops ediscovery software for the legal industry. He has also beena First Robotics mentor for 7 years.

Winston-Salem
Section Chair:Bill Williams

Biography: Bill Williams is a Senior Member of IEEE and amember of Sigma Xi and the New York Academy ofSciences. After service in the U.S. Air Force and graduate
school at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake
Forest Univ., he worked in the medical division of Litton
Industries and also at Picker International as ProductManager for Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, and Clinical Lab
products. He now consults in product development,
regulatory affairs, and marketing in the medical field.
Biography: James L. Corr, BEE, MSEE, JD. Is a Senior
Member of the IEEE with over 40 years experience inNC Council Past
Chair:Jim Corrindustry. His career included the US Air Force, McDonnel
Douglas Aircraft Co. – DC9 Autopilot, Hughes Aircraft Co.
– Ground Systems, and IBM. He retired from IBM in 2002
after 25 years, where he did microprocessor development
diagnostic systems – most recently the PowerPC Fault
Diagnostic System.

Area 2 (NCCouncil) Student
Activities Chairfor Region 3Student
Activities
Committee(SAC):Tom Weldon

Biography: Thomas Weldon, Ph.D., P.E., is a Senior
Member of IEEE with over 30 years of experience inacademia and industry. He received his Ph.D. from Penn
State, and his career includes experience at Motorola,
Skyworks (formerly Alpha Ind.), and BAE systems(formerly AEL). He currently serves as an Associate
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNCCharlotte.

Area 2 (NCCouncil) Student
Representativefor Region 3Student
Activities
Committee(SAC):Forrest Suter

Biography: Forrest Suter is currently Secretary of theCharlotte Chapter of the IEEE Power and Energy Societyand a graduate student at UNC Charlotte pursuing a M.S.
in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Power
Systems. Forrest earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering,cum laude, from UNC Charlotte in 2011 and served as thestudent chapter Chair, doubling the number of student
members and helping start a student W.I.E affinity group.

2011 Archive2011 Meetings, etc.:
21-22 Jan. 2011: NC Council meeting, Greensboro, NC
14-17 March 2011, Nashville, Tennessee: SoutheastCon 2011 NC Council and Region 3meeting
New Bylaws for the NC Council
2011 North Carolina Council Officers and Council Committee Members:
NC Council Chair: Jim Corr
NC Council Vice-Chair: Tom Weldon
NC Council Secretary/Treasurer: Dennis Dice
Central NC Section Chair: Mike HughesCharlotte Section Chair: David Wallach
Eastern NC Section Chair: Paul Goodson
Western NC Section Chair: Brian Kowald
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