Technical Meeting Notice: We have a talk entitled “Safety Requirements for Automation Systems” on Wed June 1, 2016 at Mohawk College, 135 Fennell Avenue West,  Hamilton. More details here (search for the talk title.) Please register so we know about how many people are expected.

Bob Alden's family have asked to inform Bob's IEEE friends of his passing. Bob Alden, Professor Emeritus at McMaster University, passed away on May 23. He was active in the IEEE for over 40 years, including Hamilton Section Chair in 1974-75. Bob did much to develop IEEE Canada including a founding member of the IEEE Canada Foundation. He specialized in power engineering. More information here: http://www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/bios/alden.php

Call for Volunteers. We are recruiting for volunteers to help with organizing technical talks, and helping with some of our on-going projects including (but not exclusively) Humanitarian Projects, mentoring students and new grads, and running affinity groups such as the Consulting Network. There is some online training for some positions - see here. Please contact me at jim.kozlowski@ieee.org if you are interested.

IEEE Student Members: Please note that the IEEE Canada Foundation provides scholarships to students in Electrical, Electronics, or Computer Engineering or a Technology programme, for their final year of undergraduate studies. IEEE student branch counsellors  nominate students for these scholarships. Requirements and scholarship amounts vary, usually starting at $500 up to $5000. Also, larger student team projects are eligible for grants. More details on requirements here: http://www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/grants.php

Jim Kozlowski

IEEE Hamilton Section Chair 2016