2026 Monthly San Diego IEEE EXCOM – March Meeting

SDIEEE EXCOM Meeting
Executive Committee meeting to discuss all San Diego IEEE activities. All IEEE members welcome to attend. Please RSVP.
– 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Networking and food!
– 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, meeting (in person and/or remote)
To add to the agenda, please email upalmahbub@yahoo.com.
Agenda:
– Approve prior meeting minutes (Minutes to be approved will be in the media section of this vTools event)
– Student branch reports
– Any pending Rising Start Report
– Student Branch Reporting Updates – Fatemeh
– Student branch vitality – Fatemeh
– Officer Reporting
– Quick update about recent Chapter and Affinity Group events
– Additional Discussion Topics:
– Section Website Update – Michelle
– Educational Activities Update:
– Expand Your Horizon (EYH) Conference Funding Request Status – Upal, Kathleen, Meghana, Valeri
– Cyberhack 2026 – Hassan
– IEEE MOVE Truck – Bill
– Funding Request to attend SD Chamber Mission to Washington – Kathy
– (https://sdchamber.org/event/2026dc/)and (https://sdchamber.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Trip-Agenda-2025-Mission-to-Washington-D.C.-FINAL.pdf) Mission to Washington goes beyond IEEE USA CVD's congress visits, meeting with even more federal agencies (e.g. DoD, NSF, DOT, Commerce) as relevant to the San Diego community. This will allow Chamber members to see us as an active and engaged member of the community, with a focus on technology.
– IEEE-USA is not covering travel. Kathy requested $1000 support from section.
– Data Science Hack 2026 Funding Support Update – Michelle, Pirazh, Upal
– Sections Congress Attendance – Status Update from Vaishnav, Bansi, Lei, Terry, Stephen, Pirazh and Nafee
– DMEMS Update – Mike/Enrique
– Plan for collaboration with upcoming conferences –
– Upal – about overall effort
– Vitaliy – 37th TMRC 2026 – La Jolla, CA, US on 2026-08-03 to 2026-08-05, and sponsored by IEEE Magnetics Society.
– Michelle – 57th SISC 2026 – San Diego, CA, US on 2026-12-09 to 2026-12-12, and sponsored by IEEE Electron Devices Society.
– Greg – Oceans 2028 – San Diego, CA, US on 2028-09-18 to 2028-09-22, and sponsored by IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society
Room: Training, Bldg: ATEC, 10401 Roselle St, San Diego, California, United States, 92121, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/544423