IEEE Victorian Section

Student Paper Travel Grant - Sorrell Grogan

Dear Sorrell,

Congratulations, you are the winner of the IEEE Victorian Section, Student Paper Travel Grant 2010H1.

Your submission on "High Quality Voltage Regulation of a Five- Level Current Source Inverter" was assessed by a review panel and deemed to be the best student paper submission from a list of candidates. All the reviewers were all impressed with the experimental technique and results section of the paper.

You have been awarded a travel grant to your conference. Could you make yourself available at the next committee meeting 6:30pm, Tuesday 3rd August at Monash University to accept the award and a certificate recognising your achievement.

Regards,
Paul Kubik

(on behalf of IEEE Victorian Section)

Sorrell Grogan is a masters degree student at Monash University. His supervisor is Prof Grahame Holmes. The grant amount is $950 to attend the International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC) Sapporo 2010 Conference.

IEEE Annual Election (1 August 2010)

Voting in the IEEE Annual Election starts 1 August 2010. The IEEE Victorian Section encourages all our members to make their voices heard. Details of the election can be found at http://ieee.org/about/corporate/election/index.html.

June 2010 Edition of Uplink Newsletter Is Online Now

The latest edition of Uplink, the IEEE Victorian Section Newsletter, is online and available for download now. This edition includes a Report from the Chair, information on upcoming events in Melbourne, the conclusion to the series of articles titled Some Fiery Thoughts, and more. The newsletter can be downloaded from http://ieeevic.org/docs/uplink/Uplink%20IEEE%20Victorian%20Section%20S3%20P4.pdf.

ANZSCON 2010 ( Melbourne, November 24 - 26 2010)

The first inaugural Electrical and Electronic Engineering Student Congress (IEEE ANZSCON) is being held in Melbourne between the 24th and 26th November 2010. It is an event that brings electrical and electronic engineering students and GOLD members together. We think this will be an immensely valuable contribution to IEEE activities in Australia and New Zealand. The Congress aims to bring students and GOLD members from all Australian and New Zealand Sections, and elsewhere in Region 10, together to:

take part in formal presentations aimed at exploring choices facing students deciding whether to embark upon research career or enter industry,
take part in GOLD sessions aimed at highlighting career building skills and strategies,
to expand student, GOLD, technical and social networks,
to share experiences in education and industry,
to discuss future and current employment opportunities and also further study available to students after graduation,
to organize more effective and co-operative interworking between IEEE student and GOLD branches,
to develop and share strategies to recruit student members to the IEEE and to transition these into full membership,
to raise the awareness of global IEEE student and GOLD member benefits which will enhance the career and professional skills.

IEEE Victorian Section 2009 Annual Report

Dear IEEE Victorian Section Members,

Please find the Annual Report for 2009 attached. Thank you for your contributions over the past year. We look forward to another productive year in 2010

Kind Regards,
IEEE Victorian Committee,

IEEE E-books and Archived Webinars

In response to one of the top ten most important Sections Congress recommendations in Quebec, Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) in partnership with IEEE-USA has formed an Ad Hoc committee on Globalization of Professional Activities (IEEE GPA). The IEEE GPA committee is represented by volunteers from all Regions and IEEE Staff. It is chartered to look into providing similar member benefits enjoyed in Regions 1-6 to members across all Regions. IEEE GPA has identified two existing products that can be extended as an immediate member benefit to Regions 7-10. A webpage on the IEEE-USA website has been recently launched to offer for free 4 e-book titles and access to archived webinars on a variety of topics to all IEEE Members. Check the free e-books and archived webinars out at: http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/gpa/ The Career webinar series are career building strategies to guide members in their job search, career enhancement, salary scale determination, and understanding of ethical considerations in the workplace. These are very relevant topics affecting members in our current global environment. eBooks are downloadable portable document format (PDF) files. Check out the many titles available on career and policy issues. Some titles are available as free member downloads, and most are available at heavily discounted member rates. In our continuing efforts to better understand the professional needs of members outside the US, IEEE GPA welcomes your comments, ideas and suggestions on how we can help you with your professional development. Please send them to us at: s.grayson@ieee.org By the end of the year, the IEEE GPA Committee will present to the IEEE Board of Directors its report and actions to be implemented to meet this challenge of providing similar benefits of local relevance worldwide.