This July the current IEEE President and CEO, Prof. Howard E. Michel will be visiting UCT. There will be a site visit to  the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in Hermanus on Friday 10 July (lunch and transport will be provided) and there will be a talk held at the 6th Floor Seminar Room. Menzies Building. UCT Upper Campus. Rondebosch on Monday 13 July at 8:30 am. This is a great opportunity to meet such an esteemed and accomplished engineer. 

 His talk at UCT is entitled:  Experience in U.S. Air Force and carrier enhancement to a university professor and to IEEE president. 

Short Abstract:

President Michel will talk about his experience in the U.S. Air Force, as a pilot, an engineer, a technical manager, and a satellite launch director.  Then, how he pursued R&D activities there, how he continued his carrier in the university, and become a leader of the biggest professional society of the world.

His talk will be helpful to engineers and managers who deal with technologies and products related to his experience.  It will also be helpful to specialists who want to enhance their activities and careers using academic / professional societies.  It will also be helpful to researchers who consider to develop their careers to universities.

RSVP:

1.       For the trip to SANSA, please RSVP before 6pm on July 1, 2015. The number of people that can be accommodated on the trip is very limited, and this         will be on a first come basis, with IEEE member given preference. Departure from UCT, Chem Eng quad. UCT Upper Campus at 08:45am.
2.       For the talk at UCT, please RSVP by before 6pm on July 1, 2015 for seating arrangement and catering purposes.
3.       Send your RSVP to David Oyedokun via email at:  davoyedokun@ieee.org
4.       IEEE members should please RSVP with their membership number.

Some more interesting stuff about Dr. Michel:

An IEEE Senior Member, Howard has been a member of the faculty of the University of Dayton and is currently at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, where he has graduated 3 Ph.D. and 35 MS students. In addition, Howard is a consultant for the U.S. Department of Defence and private industry, specializing in the area of embedded systems, avionics, instrumentation and systems engineering. He has authored and published dozens of papers on intelligent systems, artificial neural networks and optical computing. Howard also holds patents for a distributed seismic and acoustic sensor system for detecting low flying aircraft, and an advanced artificial neural network based on high frequency analog signals.

 Prior to his efforts as a consultant, Howard had a long and distinguished career as a U.S. Air Force pilot, satellite launch director, and engineer. While with the U.S. Air Force, he served as a senior U.S. Government technical representative enforcing technology-transfer control plans and procedures during two satellite launches, working with key technology leaders in the People’s Republic of China. Other achievements include successfully launching seven U.S. satellites by directing launch-base test and integration involving booster, satellite, and telemetry-range hardware; and developing U.S. Department of Defence engineering processes for mission-critical computer systems.

 This event is proudly brought to you by IEEE Young Professionals Southern Region and the UCT IEEE Student Branch.