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Manas Roy Receives Region 4 Outstanding Professional Award |
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Dr. Manas Roy receives IEEE Outstanding Professional award!
By: Himanshu Rawell
Dr. Manas Roy is presently an IEEE Volunteer and Life Senior Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). He is also the Chairperson of the IEEE Cedar Rapids Section Microwave and Theory Techniques (MTT) Chapter. Jim Reiss, IEEE Region 4 Chairman presented the award to Manas on January 21st, 2011 at the IEEE Region 4 (Central USA consisting of 10 states) meeting in Minneapolis, MN. The award recognizes Manas's designs and technological concepts which have contributed to several state of the art devices and technology advancements.
Dr. Roy received his Doctorate at University of Montpellier, France for his work on Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices which are key components in mobile phones.
In his long career spanning several prestigious civilian and military research centers including Rockwell Collins, AT&T Bell Labs, Motorola, and Northrop Grumman. Dr. Roy designed and developed miniature tunable filters for military radios, invented SAW delay filters for cellular base stations, and developed real time analog signal processors for military communications.
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Cedar Rapids Section Receives IEEE Region 4 Outstanding Small Section Award |
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Cedar Rapids Section of the IEEE is awarded 2011 Region 4 Outstanding Small Section
Robert Bruckman, 2012 Cedar Rapids Section Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Chair, accepted the Region 4 Outstanding Small Section Award on January 21st, 2012 at the IEEE Region 4 Meeting in Minneapolis, MN. The award recognizes the excellent work of the Cedar Rapids Section during the past year. It is based on required section information submission to IEEE Headquarters, retention of members, new affinity group formations, Active Student Branch activity, recruitment of student members, continuing educational activities including conferences, technical activities, and training courses.
The Cedar Rapids Section of the IEEE is composed of approximately 500 members in Eastern Iowa residing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Waterloo and surrounding areas. Our professionals work in their respective disciplines of engineering, computer science, education, project management, manufacturing, quality assurance, marketing, biomedicine, and energy production amoung others. The Cedar Rapids Section IEEE website is http://ieee-cr-section.org
Region 4 IEEE is comprised of 23 IEEE Sections and 3 IEEE Subsections in 10 Central US States.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an umbrella organization for professional working in many high tech disciplines. The IEEE is the worlds largest professional association for the advancement of technology. Iowa has a major part in this association with the Cedar Rapids Section and the contributions have just been recognized, against competition from as far away as Chicago.
This recognition is a welcome reminder that high tech is not just in Silicon Valley, but is alive and well in our community.
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Message from the Chair, 2012 |
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Hello to all members of the the Cedar Rapids Section of the IEEE. My name is Robert Bruckman and I am your chair this year. I and the Executive Committee are already working hard to bring you excellent programs and events to you this year. We welcome all suggestions from you since we want to make this a Section we all are proud of.
I wish to thank Vickie Ozburn on her excellent leadership last year. This month the section or people in the section will be receiving awards from Region 4 of the IEEE. These awards are the 2011 Outstanding Small Section in Region 4 of the IEEE, Cedar Rapids Section, one of the 2011 Outstanding Member Awards, Mike Wilson and one of the 2011 Outstanding Professional Awards, Manas Roy. I have the honor of working with these people and the Executive Committee of the Section.
I hope to continue the excellent work of Vickie and other chairs of this great Section. This year should be a good one for the Section as we continue to work together. |
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Rockwell Collins Inc. to Receive the IEEE-USA Professional Achievement for Organizations Award |
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Rockwell Collins Inc., will be awarded the IEEE-USA Professional Achievement for Organizations Award on Saturday, March 5th in conjunction with the IEEE-USA Annual Meeting in Austin, TX. The award is being presented to Rockwell Collins for their sustained support of IEEE professional development activities. The IEEE-USA Board of Directors is very pleased to recognize Rockwell Collins efforts with this award.
The IEEEUSA Professional Achievement Award recognizes significant specific contributions, achievements, and efforts of individuals and organizations in the development and implementation of professional activities in the United States. Selection is be based on the dedication, effort, and quality of an accomplishment in this realm. Congratulations! |
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