IEEE EXCOM Committee All section officers, and the chairs of the chapters, affinities, committees and subsection are expected to attend. Other interested members are welcome. Advance registration is preferred. February's ExCom meeting was moved from Wednesday, Valentine's Day, to Tuesday. The February 13, 2024 ExCom Meeting is a Hybrid, NCSU On-site and Remote Webex Meeting. Meeting Schedule: 6:00 PM Agenda 7:30 PM Adjourn Please register so that your participation can count toward our Regional attendance. Your participation does make a difference. Here is a useful link for the MGA operations manual: https://mga.ieee.org/images/files/CurrentMGA_Operations_Manual_2023_June_29_2023_CG_v1.1.pdf Agenda: IEEE Eastern North Carolina Section Executive Committee Hybrid Meeting Agenda for Tuesday, 02/13/2024 6:00 pm Webex Room Setup and Socializing (Magruder) 6:30 pm Convene Executive Committee (ExCom) (Magruder) Greetings & Introductions (Magruder) Confirm Voting ExCom Member Attendance (Proudlove) Recognize Substitutes for Absent Voting Members (Proudlove) Review / Adjust / Approve Agenda (Magruder) Review / Approve Minutes of Past Meetings (Proudlove) Budget and Financial Reports (Pennisi) Meetings and Events (Magruder) - 2024 Events List - SouthEastCon - Event Survey Old or New Business (Magruder) - 2024 Strategic Plan - PES Chair Update (John DeMay) - Get Life Member Group started - Consultant’s network < 7:30 pm Adjourn ExCom Meeting (Magruder) Room: 3211, Bldg: EB2, NCSU Engineering Building 2, 890 Oval Dr, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27695, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/405112

IEEE ENCS Engineers Week Social Event. All section officers, and the chairs of the chapters, affinities, committees and subsection are invited to attend. Other interested members and guests are welcome. Advance registration is required. Sooner is better for food planning. PLEASE COME JOIN US AND LET'S CELEBRATE E-WEEK! WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!!!! Meeting Schedule: 6:00 PM Seating 6:30 PM Meal This is an in-person event at Mez Restaurant in Durham, NC. Please register so that your participation can count toward ordering Food and Regional attendance. Agenda: IEEE Eastern North Carolina Section Engineers Week Social 6:00 PM Greeting and Seating 6:30 PM Meal and Socializing Mez Contemporary Mexican Restaurant, 5410 Page Road, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27703

IEEE WNC Section is sponsoring a Robot Face-Off pre-competition between UNC-A and WCU this year again about 30 days before the actual competition at IEEE Region 3's SouthEastCon 2024 in Atlanta Georgia. This will afford the Student Sections the chance to finalize their designs and compete against a real opponent before setting off to Atlanta to gain fame and glory for WNC and their schools in the official competition. Competition Theme: The year is 2047. Humanity has established a planetary defense system called GRID to protect Earth from potential threats in space. The system is highly advanced and has thwarted numerous dangers over the years. However, a catastrophic event has occurred, shattering the calm. A comet named 2047-5-L1 has collided with the V-X7 exploration craft, causing a massive release of asteroids. The asteroids are headed straight for Earth, and the consequences of an impact would be catastrophic. GRID is the only hope of salvation for the planet, but it needs crucial components to delivered and assembled to activate its active protection systems. First, your team must aquire and deliver the packages containing the components needed to the control station. Afterward, your team must pick up the rocket thruster fuel tanks and bring them to the Launch Pad. Then various assembly tasks need to be accomplished. Only with all these taks completed is the system activated and then it is possible to deflect the asteroids away from Earth, saving the planet from complete destruction. To accomplish to goal, you must deliver the packages to the correct location, pick up the thruster tanks and deliver them to the launch pad as quickly as possible (within 90 secs). Earth will hail you as heroes and forever remember your bravery and sacrifice. With your help, humanity knows they can always count on GRID to protect them from any danger lurking in space! Points Tasks Total possible points for delivery of critical components = 30 points 5 Larger Boxes × 3 = 15 points 3 Small Boxes × 5 = 15 Points (Assembly of the components adds points) Completing to competition within 1 minute 30 seconds = 30 points (5 points will be deducted for each additional 15 seconds) Successful arrival at the thruster fuel assembly zone = 20 points Successful thruster fuel tank assembly = 20 points Robot starts autonomously by recognizing the countdown timer green light = 5 points Participate: Please join us as we will livestream this event from the venue, if possible. Cheer for your preferred team and wish all the students luck as we send them off save us all from an asteriod debris field in 30 days! In-person venue is located at University of North Carolina - Asheville. Co-sponsored by: IEEE WCU Student Chapter - https://paws.wcu.edu/radams/IEEE/IEEE.html and IEEE UNC Asheville Student Chapter - https://www.facebook.com/IeeeUncAshevilleStudentBranch/ Room: 204, Bldg: Rhoades/Robinson Hall, UNC-Asheville Engineering , 1 University Heights, Asheville , North Carolina, United States, 28804

IEEE ENCS Technical Talk by NVIDIA's Thorsten Stremlau. All section officers, and the chairs of the chapters, affinities, committees and subsection are invited to attend. Other interested members and guests are welcome. Advance registration is required for food counts. Sooner is better for food planning. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!!!! Meeting Schedule: 6:00 PM Food and Socializing 6:30 PM NVIDIA's Thorsten Stremlau Tech Talk on ALS Technology 7:15 PM Q & A 7:30 PM Networking This is a hybrid event at NCSU in EB2 room 1231. Please register so that your participation can count toward Food and Regional attendance. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Presentation Abstract: The presentation provides an overview of technological advancements that help individuals with ALS – focusing on contributions that enhance communication and mobility. Initially, collaboration with Professor Stephen Hawking led to the adaptation of a cathode-ray tube speech synthesis device; later this was upgraded to an advanced ThinkPad laptop, which provided Stephen with a synthesized voice to communicate. Following Hawking's death, Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan, also diagnosed with ALS, initiated a project that resulted in more innovations, including a circular eye-tracking optimized keyboard, generative AI for response generation, a digital avatar, an ear switch, and the Luci autonomous wheelchair. These developments are now coming together to allow patients with ALS to thrive. Thorsten will finish with ongoing and future Scott-Morgan Foundation (SMF) projects describing the case study of Erin, a 23-year-old ALS patient in California. He will highlight the critical role technological innovation plays in overcoming ALS-related communication and mobility barriers, highlighting the tangible impacts on patients' lives as well as ongoing emerging technological advancements in the field. Speaker(s): Thorsten Stremlau Agenda: IEEE ENCS Speaker Event Agenda: 6:00 PM Food and Socializing 6:30 PM Empowering Voices: Pioneering ALS Technology by Thorsten Stremlau Room: 1231, Bldg: EB2, NCSU Engineering Building 2, 890 Oval Dr, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27695, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/407636