IEEE Canada Awards

Information with photos from the recent IEEE Canada Awards ceremonies has just been posted on our IEEE Canada web site. Also, the home pages (English and Français) have been redesigned for easier navigation. Why not take a look at the award winners and the other activities and services displayed on our web site http://ieee.ca? The webmaster welcomes your suggestions at webmaster@ieee.ca.

IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Website

Women in Engineering (WIE) now has an official web site for Region 7. It is presented in two official languages. News items are regularly updated. Up to now, two student WIE chapters have been formed and one is under review. The goal would be to form five additional chapters by the end of this year.  In total there are 479 WIE members in Canada, which is about 6% of the global WIE count. Total women membership count in IEEE Canada is about 7.4%. It is also interesting to note that male membership in WIE adds up to about 23%. The web site can be found at the IEEE Canada webpage under http://www.ieee.ca/activities/wie.htm.

Members of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) are encouraged to submit inspirational photos of WIE members working on an electrical/engineering project out in the field or in the lab to the WIE Photo Contest. The contest deadline has been extended to 1 June 2003. For information on prizes and how to submit, please visit http://www.ieee.org/organizations/committee/women.

Distinguished Lecturer Presentations available on web

Three million monthly downloads

Usage of IEEE online technical information reached another new milestone when more than 3.2 million article PDFs were downloaded by researchers during the first two months of this year. Users downloaded 3.238 million papers in January 2003, and 3.208 papers million in February. This is more than double the number of downloads during the same two-month period in 2002. The increase has been driven by new IEEE customers and greater use of online articles by IEEE members. For information on accessing IEEE papers online, visit http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.

IEEE Engineering Management Society Forum

The recently released IEEE EMS Forum is a virtual community website that provides a foundation for collaboration and learning. With a distinctive focus, it provides members a vibrant environment to securely create and propagate member-generated content over this website. It allows members to work together on the most burning issues of managing engineers and technologies. You will be able to compare and aggregate your managing experiences on such topics as:

• Information Management
• Total Quality Management
• Management Quality
• Product Development
• Management of Technology
• Systems
• Innovation
• Project Management
• Management Skills
• Transitioning to Management

The virtual community is rich with collaborative tools and features. The most popular are the Discussions, Calendar, Files and Contributions. These tools and features are easy to use with command and icon driven prompts that guide you through your selected task. Users information is available on the website in Contribution under the folder name - “How-To” Guidance. You can join the EMS Forum by applying to https://www.ieeecommunities.org/ieee.ems or email to one of the following members of the IEEE EMS – Forum Development Team:

• d.kemp@ieee.org
• m.catis@ieee.org
• wwagner@ieee.org

The following members were upgraded to Senior Member status at the May 2003 Admission and Advancement Panel meetings in Ottawa, Canada:

• Kuniko Urashima - Hamilton
• Chang-qing Xu - Hamilton
• Gabriel Benmouyal - Montreal
• Jean-Pierre Martin - Montreal
• Frank Dehne - Ottawa
• Norman G. Davies - Vancouver

For more information on the Nominate a Senior Member Initiative (NSI) Program, please visit http://www.ieee.org/ra/md/smprogram.html. The 2003 Goal for IEEE Canda is to elevate 150 members to Senior Members.

Alberta

• International Workshop on System-on-Chip for Real-time Applications

Halifax

• Distribution Automation Seminar and Exhibition

Montréal

• International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA'03)

Ottawa

• IEEE Web Design Seminar

Toronto

• Designing Sensor Signal Conditioning With Programmable Analog ICs

International

• IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC 2003)

IEEE Montreal maintains a page of upcoming events at http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/evenements_e.html.

IEEE Ottawa maintains a page of upcoming events at http://members.attcanada.ca/~max-com/IEEEOttEvents.html.

IEEE Toronto maintains a page of upcoming events at http://www.tor.ieee.ca/events.htm.

IEEE Vancouver maintains a page of upcoming events at http://www.ieee.org/vancouver.

For more IEEE conferences, visit IEEE Conference Search at http://www.ieee.org/conferencesearch/.

New book on Electric machines

A new publication from Wiley-IEEE Press titled "Principles of Electric Machines with Power Electronic Applications," by Mohamed E. El-Hawary, can serve both as handy desk reference as well as a self-study guide. The book offers an updated discussion of electric machines and adjustable speed drives. To make the book for clear and user-friendly, El-Hawary uses solved problems, sample examinations and test sets, as well as computer-based solutions assisted by MATLAB scripts. Available at http://www.wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=0471208124.

MIS and LAN managers resources available from IEEE

In "The MIS and LAN Manager's Guide to Advanced Telecommunications," a book from IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons, the author examines the technologies, devices, and equipment commonly used by telecommunications carriers. Discussions include the basics of voice and data communications as well as a wide range of telecommunications topics, particularly wide area networks and digital networks focusing on client server LAN networks. Major issues surrounding LAN interconnection are explained in easy-to-understand language and numerous illustrations. To purchase or find more information, visit http://www.wiley.com/remtitleinternational.cgi?isbn=0769500994

IEEE Press text offers basics on mechatronics

The Wiley-IEEE Press title "Understanding Electro-Mechanical Engineering: An Introduction to Mechatronics" by Lawrence J. Kamm provides coverage on a wide range of electromechanical devices used today. For more information, or to order online, visit http://www.wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=0780310314

Book presents wireless communications findings

The Wiley-IEEE Press book "RF Technologies for Low-Power Wireless Communications" presents its conclusions in what Microwave Journal calls "an understandable manner." The book, written by established authors Tatsuo Itoh, George Haddad, James Harvey, is a survey of microwave technology customized for wireless professionals and is available for purchase at http://www.wiley.com/remtitleinternational.cgi?isbn=0471382671

Book provides guide for designing with noise in mind

Wiley-IEEE Press recently released a new book describing the leading techniques for analyzing noise. The book also discusses methods applicable to periodic and aperiodic signals or random processes over finite or infinite intervals. "Principles of Random Signal Analysis and Low Noise Design" by Roy M. Howard is a guide for those designing or modeling communications systems. Find out more about this Wiley-IEEE Press book http://www.wiley.com/remtitleinternational.cgi?isbn=0471226173

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Abhi Gupta at a.k.gupta@ieee.org

Please ensure you send in your submission by the 20^th of the month