IEEE New Zealand Central Section History
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IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document - New Zealand Central
Background
IEEE New Zealand Central was finally approved in 2007 by the IEEE Region 10 executive, and with it existence, there are now amendments required to council bylaws (in progress) and changes to joint chapters between sections within New Zealand.
Chapters
On 15 April 2010, the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Chapter was formed. The event was launched at Massey University, Palmerston North campus.
On Februay 2011, the IEEE Power & Energy chapter was established.
Honours
Our Section now has a new IEEE Fellow: Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay who was the only Fellow listed from New Zealand in the 2010 awards list. The citation read: Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand - For development of low-cost smart sensors and sensing systems.
IEEE Best Paper Award from NZ Central Section for 2011, IEEE DONALD G. FINK PRIZE PAPER AWARD:
There were 3 co-recipients of this prestigious award, including Mr Mansoor Shafi (FIEEE) from our executove committee. Society Affiliation: Communications Society, Vehicular Technology Society for their paper entitled “Propagation Issues for Cognitive Radio,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 97, No. 5, May 2009.
Membership Profile
2007 - 210 members
2008 - 252 members
2009 - 255 members
2010 - 303 members
Section Officers
Year | Chair | Secretary | Treasurer |
2007 | |||
2008 | Murray Milner | ||
2009 | |||
2010 | Murray Milner | ||
2011 | Richard Harris | Pawel Dmochowski | Gourab Sen Gupta |