IEEE S-PAC
Location: North SAC Ballroom
Time: Wednesday, April 11th from 5:30 - 9:00 PM
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We are pleased to invite you to attend the second annual IEEE Student Professional Awareness Conference (S-PAC). Upon graduation, you will have to choose between academia, industry, and entrepreneurship. To help explore each of these paths we have included a speaker from each career path:
From academia, we have Dr. William D. Timmons who has over 25 years' experience in technology innovation and development. His work has helped create whole new industries, thousands of jobs, and products as diverse as advanced fertilizers, treatments for heart disease, biofuels / advanced bioproducts, solar voltaics, compact high-current electric motors for hybrid vehicles, and stem cell treatments. Dr. Timmons received his BS, MS, and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in the 80s and 90s. Throughout his career, he has worked with many large and small companies, academia, and all levels of government, often combining these diverse players into consortia to pursue new opportunities. His most recent company is CGK Consultants, LLC, where he coaches companies in grant procurement and business development while incubating his next big idea.
From industry, we have Charles Hefner, who joined Texas Instruments in 1980 as a design engineer on the Uncooled Forward Looking Infrared project. There, he was first exposed to the many facets of the Semiconductor Industry. Since then, over his 30-plus year career at TI, he has held worldwide management roles in applications engineering, product engineering, and quality. Charles championed the establishment of the TI China quality operation, built successful business engagements with industry leaders, and has held leadership roles in TI's growing Analog business. Charles has a BS in Engineering Physics and Mathematics from Southeast Missouri State University and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University. He was a member of the first UT Dallas Program Management graduating class and continues to participate in applied learning opportunities. In his current role as Analog Engineering Director of Procedure Optimization, Charles is able to apply his experience to ensure TI runs the most efficient business processes possible.
From entrepreneurship, we have Mark Philip, a Brooklyn-born, MIT dropout focused on using technology to build brands. He moved to Austin in 2000 to join Trilogy Software as a developer of technical solutions for Fortune 500 companies, and then switched gears to work as a "Geek In Residence" at local advertising agency T3. In 2006, he founded Are You Watching This?!, a sports technology company that searches in real-time for Instant Classics in the making, and gives fans a digital "tap on the shoulder" when it's time to run back to the couch.
S-PAC will be taking place on Wednesday, April 11th from 5:30 - 9:00 PM in the North SAC Ballroom and will feature a sit-down dinner with the speakers as well as a panel. Please RSVP here and if for any reason you are unable to attend, please email Clarke Rahrig at vice-chair@ieee.ece.utexas.edu at least 3 days prior to the event. The attire for this event is business causal. Please note that an RSVP for the event does not guarantee you a seat at the event. We will send a confirmation email one week prior to the event to all registrants that have a confirmed seat.
5th General Meeting, with the Navy
Location: RLM 4.102
Time: Thursday, April 5th, 7 - 8 pm
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Free Food! We will elect our executive officers for next year at this meeting. Please fill out this form if you plan to run for an office. Elections for other branch leaders will be held at the next general meeting (Thursday, April 19th), and appointments for assistant officers will be made next semester.
-- IEEE Officers
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