IEEE Education SocietyStudent Activities Committee

Prepared By:

Emmanuel A. Gonzalez

Chair, IEEE EdSoc SAC

Outline

About EdSocSAC Planned Activities for 2009 Current Obstacles / Stumbling Blocks Budget Proposal for 2010

About EdSocSAC

What is EdSoc SAC

Started in 2005 – Assembled by Dr. Rob Reilly

To provide services that reflect students’ point of view.

Operates the IEEE Multidisciplinary Engineering Education Magazine

Current Officers

Chair Emmanuel A. Gonzalez – Philippines

Vice Chair Aisha Yousuf – USA

Membership Development Coordinator Isidoro Mendes Gomes – Portugal

Publications Coordinator (IEEE MEEM EIC) Seiji Isotani – Japan

Current Members

Dimitris Karadimas Guruprasad Madhavan Joao Garcia John Sandoval Moreno Marcelo C. de Castro (Founding Chair) Muhammad Wannous Oscar Martinez Bonastre (Founding Member) Rainier Ong Ravi Todi

Advisers

Manuel Castro Oliver Ban Rob Reilly Trond Clausen

Current Organizational Chart

Emmanuel A. GonzalezChair

Aisha YousufVice Chair

Isidoro Mendes GomesMembership Development

Coordinator

Seiji IsotaniPublications Coordinator

(Vacant)Secretary

(Vacant)Treasurer

Target Organizational Chart by 2010

Chair

Vice Chair

Membership Development Committee Chair

Publications Committee Chair

Publicity Committee Chair

Secretary

Treasurer Activities Committee Chair

Industry Linkages Committee Chair

Academic Linkages Committee Chair

Planned Activities for 2009

Robotica2009: 9th Edition of the National Robotics Festival

Event: 9th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions

Venue: Castelo Branco, Portugal Dates: 6-10 May 2009 SAC Member Involved: Isidoro Mendes Gomes Awards Given:

IEEE EdSocSAC Best Student Paper Award IEEE EdSocSAC Best Student Presentation Award

Status: Successful

SBIE2009: Brazilian Symposium on Computers in Education

Event: Brazilian Symposium on Computers in Education Venue: Santa Catarina, Brazil Dates: November, 2009 SAC Member Involved: Seiji Isotani Activity: Dissertation Contest

IEEE EdSocSAC Best Student Paper Award - Undergrad. Category

IEEE EdSocSAC Best Student Paper Award - M.Sc. Category IEEE EdSocSAC Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D. Category

Status: Fund Needed

8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies

Venue: Riga, Latvia Dates: 15-17 July 2009 SAC Member Involved: Seiji Isotani and

Oscar Martinez Bonastre Activity: Doctoral Consortium

Co-Chair: Oscar Martinez Bonastre Status: Travel fund needed

Remote Labs Research Facility for Engineering Education

Project Head: John Sandoval Moreno About: Construction of a remote lab on

control and automation for engineering education use.

Benefit: Research outputs on engineering education using this lab will be submitted to IEEE Trans. on Educ. And IEEE MEEM

Status: Funding/Sponsorship needed for software license and equipment

IEEE MEEM Special Issue

Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Applications and Future Trends of Learning Objects

CFP Deadline: 15 June 2009 Expected Publication: December 2009 Guest Editor: Oscar Martinez Bonastre

Current Obstacles / Stumbling Blocks

Lack of Funding

For: Membership development Publicity Sponsorship/Organization of events

with traveling required Projects Seed money for other activities

Lack of Publicity and Active Members

We still need to devise other means of publicity to attract new members.

New members are needed to for succession planning.

Active members needed for MEEM and the management of the EdSocSAC Content Management System.

Budget Proposal for 2010

Budget Proposal for 2010 Awards for students

Up to $1000 dollars/year for awards + 20 free EdSoc memberships.

Advertisement in conferences and other meetings $500 dollars/year for posters and pamphlets.

Travel for supporting activity chairs Up to $3000 dollars/year for traveling, conference fees, accommodations, etc.

Support students to create activities Up to $2000/year for partial sponsorship for activities of EdSocSAC.

Total: 6500 dollars/year + 20 memberships.