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== Region 5 Sections  ==
== Region 5 Sections  ==
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<p>Within Region 5, Sections are divided into four Areas:</p>
<p>Within Region 5, Sections are divided into four Areas:</p>


*'''North '''- Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
*'''North '''- Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma  
*'''South''' - Central and East Texas
*'''South''' - Central and East Texas  
*'''East '''- Arkansas and Louisiana
*'''East '''- Arkansas and Louisiana  
*'''West '''- Colorado, West Texas, Southeast New Mexico, East Wyoming, West South Dakota  
*'''West '''- Colorado, West Texas, Southeast New Mexico, East Wyoming, West South Dakota


=== North Sections ===
=== North Sections ===


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| '''North Section'''  
| '''North Section'''  
| '''Principal City'''  
| '''Principal City'''
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| [[IEEE Kansas City Section History|Kansas City]]
| [[IEEE Kansas City Section History|Kansas City]]  
| Kansas City, MO  
| Kansas City, MO
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Oklahoma City Section History|Oklahoma City]]
| [[IEEE Oklahoma City Section History|Oklahoma City]]  
| Oklahoma City, OK
| Oklahoma City, OK
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Saint Louis Section History|Saint Louis]]
| [[IEEE Saint Louis Section History|Saint Louis]]  
| St. Louis, MO
| St. Louis, MO
|-
|-
| Rolla Subsection
| Rolla Subsection  
| St. Louis, MO
| St. Louis, MO
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Tulsa Section History|Tulsa]]
| [[IEEE Tulsa Section History|Tulsa]]  
| Tulsa, OK
| Tulsa, OK
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Wichita Section History|Wichita]]
| [[IEEE Wichita Section History|Wichita]]  
| Wichita, KS
| Wichita, KS
|}
|}


=== South Sections
=== South Sections ===


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| '''Principal City'''
| '''Principal City'''
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| [[IEEE Central Texas Section History|Central Texas]]
| [[IEEE Central Texas Section History|Central Texas]]  
| Austin, TX
| Austin, TX
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Corpus Christi Section History|Corpus Christi]]
| [[IEEE Corpus Christi Section History|Corpus Christi]]  
| Corpus Christi, TX
| Corpus Christi, TX
|-
|-
| Rio Grande Valley Subsection
| Rio Grande Valley Subsection  
| Corpus Christi, TX
| Corpus Christi, TX
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Dallas Section History|Dallas]]
| [[IEEE Dallas Section History|Dallas]]  
| Dallas, TX
| Dallas, TX
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Fort Worth Section History|Fort Worth]]
| [[IEEE Fort Worth Section History|Fort Worth]]  
| Fort Worth, TX
| Fort Worth, TX
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Galveston Bay Section History|Galveston Bay]]
| [[IEEE Galveston Bay Section History|Galveston Bay]]  
| Galveston, TX
| Galveston, TX
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Houston Section History|Houston
| [[IEEE Houston Section History|Houston]]
| Houston, TX
| Houston, TX
|-
|-
| Freeport Subsection
| Freeport Subsection  
| Houston, TX
| Houston, TX
|}
|}


=== East Sections ===
=== East Sections ===


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| '''Principal City'''
| '''Principal City'''
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| [[IEEE Arkansas Section History|Arkansas]]
| [[IEEE Arkansas Section History|Arkansas]]  
| Little Rock, AK
| Little Rock, AK
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Arkansas River Valley Section History|Arkansas River Valley]]
| [[IEEE Arkansas River Valley Section History|Arkansas River Valley]]  
| Russellville, AK
| Russellville, AK
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Baton Rouge Section History|Baton Rouge]]
| [[IEEE Baton Rouge Section History|Baton Rouge]]  
| Baton Rouge, LA
| Baton Rouge, LA
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Beaumont Section History|Beaumont]]
| [[IEEE Beaumont Section History|Beaumont]]  
| Beaumont, TX
| Beaumont, TX
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Lafayette Section History|Lafayette]]
| [[IEEE Lafayette Section History|Lafayette]]  
| Lafayette, LA
| Lafayette, LA
|-
|-
| [[IEEE New Orleans Section History|New Orleans]]
| [[IEEE New Orleans Section History|New Orleans]]  
| New Orleans, LA
| New Orleans, LA
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Ozark Section History|Ozark]]
| [[IEEE Ozark Section History|Ozark]]  
| Fayetteville, AK
| Fayetteville, AK
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Shreveport Section History|Shreveport]]
| [[IEEE Shreveport Section History|Shreveport]]  
| Shreveport, LA
| Shreveport, LA
|-  
|-
| Monroe Subsection
| Monroe Subsection  
| Shreveport, LA
| Shreveport, LA
|}
|}


=== West Sections ===
=== West Sections ===


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| '''Principal City'''
| '''Principal City'''
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| [[IEEE Denver Section History|Denver]]
| [[IEEE Denver Section History|Denver]]  
| Denver, CO
| Denver, CO
|-  
|-
| Black Hills Subsection
| Black Hills Subsection  
| Denver, CO
| Denver, CO
|-
|-
| [[IEEE High Plains Section History|High Plains Section]]
| [[IEEE High Plains Section History|High Plains Section]]  
| Denver, CO
| Denver, CO
|-
|-
| [[IEEE El Paso Section History|El Paso]]
| [[IEEE El Paso Section History|El Paso]]  
| El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM
| El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Panhandle Section History|Panhandle]]
| [[IEEE Panhandle Section History|Panhandle]]  
| Amarillo, TX
| Amarillo, TX
|-
|-
| [[IEEE Pikes Peak Section History|Pikes Peak]]
| [[IEEE Pikes Peak Section History|Pikes Peak]]  
| Colorado Springs, CO
| Colorado Springs, CO
|-
|-
| [[IEEE South Plains Section History|South Plains]]
| [[IEEE South Plains Section History|South Plains]]  
| Lubbock, TX
| Lubbock, TX
|}
|}


== Region 5 History Links courtesy of John Meredith ==
== Region 5 History ==
 
<p>[http://ieeer5.org Official Region 5 Website] </p>
 
== Region 5 Links to the Past ==
 
<p>The links below provide interesting documentation relating to the histories and activities of institutions--laboratories, enterprises, museums, and like organizations--in IEEE Region 5. Many thanks to John Meredith for initiating this perspective on Region 5 by providing the initial collection of links.</p>
 
=== Cassini Mission ===
 
<p>The Cassini mission is a joint venture of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency to study Saturn and its numerous moons. The Space Science Institute in Boulder is the lead agent for establishing and coordinating imaging tasks for and disseminating/interpretting the images from the Cassini spacecraft.</p>


<p>The links below provide some interesting documentation relating to history of institutions in IEEE Region 5. </p>
<p>[http://www.spacescience.org/index.php  Portal for the Space Science Institute]</p>
 
<p>[http://www.ciclops.org/ Official Source for Cassini images posted by the  Space Science Institute]</p>
 
<p>[http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/16/17340546-nasa-craft-snaps-last-close-up-photos-of-icy-saturn-moon?lite  NBC News release on last close-up of Saturn's icy moon Rhea]</p>
 
=== IEEE Green Technologies Conferences ===
 
<p>The IEEE Green Technologies Conferences, endorsed by Region 5 and hosted by one or more Region 5 sections, "bring together scientists, researchers and practitioners from around the world to develop realistic solutions to the current energy crisis, and to reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gas emissions." (As described in the narrative history report of the 2012 Green Tech Conference.) The following lists provide links to narrative histories for each of the first four Green Tech Conferences and to the procedings of the second through the fourth Green Tech Conferences. (Note: All of the narrative history reports were authored by Patrick Meyer.)</p>
 
<p> Narrative Histories</p>
 
<p> [http://www.todaysengineer.org/2009/Jun/Green-Tech.asp  2009 in Lubbock, Texas] </p>
 
<p> [http://www.todaysengineer.org/2010/Jul/Green.asp  2010 in Grapevine, Texas] </p>
 
<p> [http://www.todaysengineer.org/2011/Jun/green.asp  2011 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana] </p>
 
<p> [http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/May/Green.asp  2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma] </p>
 
<p> Proceedings</p>
 
<p> 2009 in Lubbock, Texas  (NOT AVAILABLE)</p>
 
<p> [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?reload=true&punumber=5453387  2010 in Grapevine, Texas] </p>
 
<p> [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5754847  2011 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana] </p>
 
<p> [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6200920  2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma] </p>
 
<p> Links to Preview Fliers for the 2013 Green Tech Conference</p>
 
<p> http://sites.ieee.org/greentech2013/why-1/ </p>
 
<p> http://sites.ieee.org/greentech2013/why-2/ </p>
 
<p> http://sites.ieee.org/greentech2013/why-3/ </p>


=== Johnson Space Center located in Galveston Bay, Texas  ===
=== Johnson Space Center located in Galveston Bay, Texas  ===
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<p>http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/ </p>
<p>http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/ </p>


=== NIST laboratories ===
=== Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico ===
 
<p>http://www.lanl.gov/ </p>
 
=== National Renewable Energy Laboratory located in Golden, Colorado  ===
 
<p>[http://www.nrel.gov/ Portal for NREL] </p>
 
<p>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Renewable_Energy_Laboratory History of NREL] </p>
 
<p>[http://www.nrel.gov/about/overview.html/ Information about NREL] </p>
 
<p>[http://www.nrel.gov/wind/ NREL's involvement in wind energy] </p>
 
<p>[http://www.nrel.gov/pv/ NREL's involvement in photo voltaic energy] </p>
 
<p>[http://www.nrel.gov/biomass/ NREL's involvement in biomass energy] </p>
 
<p>[http://www.nrel.gov/solar/ NREL's involvement in solar energy] </p>
 
<p>[http://www.nrel.gov/geothermal/ NREL's involvement in geothermal energy] </p>


<p>Located in Boulder, Colorado. </p>
=== NIST laboratories located in Boulder, Colorado ===


<p>[http://www.100.nist.gov/ Background information on NIST] </p>
<p>[http://www.100.nist.gov/ Background information on NIST] </p>


<p>[http://www.100.nist.gov/cent_toc.htm Portal for NIST history] </p>
<p>[http://www.100.nist.gov/cent_toc.htm/ Portal for NIST history] </p>


<p>[http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html A walk through time] </p>
<p>[http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html A walk through time] </p>


<p>[http://tf.nist.gov/general/museum/847history.htm NIST’s history in measuring time and frequency] </p>
<p>[http://tf.nist.gov/general/museum/847history.htm NIST’s history in measuring time and frequency] </p>
<p>[http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwv.cfm Information on Radio Station WWV in broadcasting time and frequency] </p>
<p>[http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwv-history.cfm Portal for WWV history] </p>
=== NOAA laboratories located in Boulder, Colorado===
<p>http://www.boulder.noaa.gov/ </p>
=== Sandi National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico  ===
<p>http://www.sandia.gov/ </p>
=== USGS National Earthquake Information Center located in Golden, Colorado  ===
<p>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/ </p>
=== US Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico ===
<p>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant#Future/ History of the only deep geological site--just third such in the world--for isolation of radioactive waste in the United States] </p>
<p>[http://www.wipp.energy.gov/ Portal for WIPP website] </p>


=== History of aviation in Wichita, Kansas  ===
=== History of aviation in Wichita, Kansas  ===
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<p>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Aircraft_Corporation History of McDonnell Aircraft and precursor aircraft companies in St. Louis] </p>
<p>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Aircraft_Corporation History of McDonnell Aircraft and precursor aircraft companies in St. Louis] </p>
<p> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Electric_Company History of Union Electric Company] </p>
<p> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Electric History of Wagner Electric Company] </p>


=== Rural Electrification History  ===
=== Rural Electrification History  ===
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<p>[http://www.porticus.org/bell/westernelectric_history.html Western Electric history] </p>
<p>[http://www.porticus.org/bell/westernelectric_history.html Western Electric history] </p>


=== History of Region 5 EE Programs  ===
== Histories of Region 5 Academic Institutions: their programs in IEEE Fields and their IEEE Student Branches by Section ==
 
=== Arkansas ===
 
*[[‎IEEE University of Arkansas at Little Rock Student Branch History|University of Arkansas-Little Rock]]
*[[‎IEEE Harding University Student Branch History|Harding University]]
 
=== Arkansas River Valley ===
 
*[[‎IEEE Arkansas Tech University Student Branch History|Arkansas Tech University]]
 
=== Baton Rouge ===
 
*[[IEEE Louisiana State University Student Branch History|Louisiana State University]]
*[[IEEE Southern University Student Branch History|Southern University]]
 
=== Beaumont ===
 
*[[IEEE Lamar University Student Branch History|Lamar University]]
*[[IEEE Mcneese State University Student Branch History|Mcneese State University]]
 
=== Central Texas ===
 
*[[IEEE St. Mary's University Student Branch History|St. Mary's University]]
*[[IEEE Texas State University at San Marcos Student Branch History |Texas State University - San Marcos]]
*[[IEEE University of Texas at San Antonio Student Branch History|University of Texas - San Antonio]]
*[[IEEE University of Texas at Austin Student Branch History|University of Texas - Austin]]
*[[IEEE Trinity University Student Branch History|Trinity University]]
 
=== Corpus Christi ===
 
*[[IEEE Del Mar College Student Branch History|Del Mar College]]
*[[IEEE Texas A&M University at Kingsville Student Branch History|Texas A & M University - Kingsville]]
*[[IEEE University of Texas at Pan American Student Branch History|University of Texas - Pan American]]
*[[IEEE University of Texas at Brownsville Student Branch History|University of Texas - Brownsville]]
 
=== Dallas ===
 
*[[IEEE Baylor University Student Branch History|Baylor University]]
*[[IEEE Collin County Community College Student Branch History|Collin County Community College]]
*[[IEEE Devry Institute of Technology at Irving Student Branch History|Devry Institute of Technology - Irving]]
*[[IEEE Texas A&M University at Commerce (East Texas State University) Student Branch History|Texas A&M University - Commerce (East Texas State University)]]
*[[IEEE Southern Methodist University Student Branch History|Southern Methodist University]]
*[[IEEE University of Texas at Dallas Student Branch History|University of Texas - Dallas]]
*[[IEEE University of Texas at Tyler Student Branch History|University of Texas - Tyler]]
 
=== Denver ===
 
*[[IEEE Colorado School Of Mines Student Branch History|Colorado School Of Mines]]
*[[IEEE Colorado State University Student Branch History|Colorado State University]]
*[[IEEE University of Colorado at Boulder Student Branch History|University of Colorado - Boulder]]
*[[IEEE University of Colorado at Denver Student Branch History|University of Colorado - Denver]]
*[[IEEE Denver Technical College Student Branch History|Denver Technical College]]
*[[IEEE University of Denver Student Branch History|University of Denver]]
*[[IEEE DeVry University at Westminster Student Branch History|DeVry University - Westminster]]
*[[IEEE Metropolitan State College of Denver Student Branch History|Metropolitan State College of Denver]]
*[[IEEE South Dakota School Of Mines And Technology Student Branch History|South Dakota School Of Mines And Technology]]
*[[IEEE University of Wyoming Student Branch History|University of Wyoming]]
 
=== El Paso ===
 
*[[IEEE New Mexico State University Student Branch History|New Mexico State University]]
*[[IEEE University of Texas at El Paso Student Branch History|University of Texas - El Paso]]
 
=== Fort Worth ===
 
*[[IEEE Itt Technical Institute at Arlington Student Branch History|Itt Technical Institute - Arlington]]
*[[IEEE University of North Texas Student Branch History|University of North Texas]]
*[[IEEE Texas Christian University Student Branch History|Texas Christian Univiversity]]
*[[IEEE University of Texas at Arlington Student Branch History|University of Texas - Arlington]]
*[[IEEE Tarleton State University Student Branch History|Tarleton State University]]
 
=== Galveston Bay ===
 
*[[IEEE University of Houston at Clear Lake Student Branch History|University of Houston - Clear Lake]]
 
=== Houston ===
 
*[[IEEE University of Houston Student Branch History|University of Houston]]
*[[IEEE ITT Technical Institute at Houston Student Branch History|ITT Technical Institute - Houston]]
*[[IEEE Prairie View A & M University Student Branch History|Prairie View A & M University]]
*[[IEEE Rice University Student Branch History|Rice University]]
*[[IEEE Texas A & M University Student Branch History|Texas A & M University]]
*[[IEEE Texas Southern University Student Branch History|Texas Southern University]]
 
=== Kansas City ===
 
*[[IEEE Central Missouri State University Student Branch History|Central Missouri State University]]
*[[IEEE Devry Institute of Technology at Kansas City Student Branch History|Devry Institute of Technology - Kansas City]]
*[[IEEE Kansas City Kansas Community College Student Branch History|Kansas City Kansas Community College]]
*[[IEEE Kansas State University Student Branch History|Kansas State University]]
*[[IEEE University of Kansas Student Branch History|University of Kansas]]
*[[IEEE University of Missouri at Kansas City Student Branch History|University of Missouri - Kansas City]]
*[[IEEE Pittsburg State University Student Branch History|Pittsburg State University]]
*[[IEEE Southwest Missouri State College Student Branch History|Southwest Missouri State College]]
 
=== Lafayette ===
 
*[[IEEE University of Louisiana at Lafayette Student Branch History|University of Louisiana at Lafayette]]
 
=== New Orleans ===
 
*[[IEEE University of New Orleans Student Branch History|University of New Orleans]]
*[[IEEE Tulane University Student Branch History|Tulane University]]
 
=== Oklahoma City ===
 
*[[IEEE Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts Student Branch History|Oklahoma Christian Universoty of Science and Arts]]
*[[IEEE University of Oklahoma Student Branch History|University of Oklahoma]]
 
=== Ozark ===
 
*[[IEEE University of Arkansas at Fayetteville History|University of Arkansas - Fayetteville]]
 
=== Pikes Peak ===
 
*[[IEEE Colorado Technical University Student Branch History|Colorado Technical University]]
*[[IEEE University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Student Branch History|University of Colorado - Colorado Springs]]
*[[IEEE Colorado State University at Pueblo Student Branch History|Colorado State University - Pueblo]]
*[[IEEE US Air Force Academy Student Branch History|US Air Force Academy]]
 
=== Saint Louis ===
 
*[[IEEE Missouri University of Science and Technology Student Branch History|Missouri University of Science and Technology]]
*[[IEEE St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley Student Branch History|St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley]]
*[[IEEE St. Louis University Parks College of Engineering Student Branch History|St. Louis University - Parks College of Engineering]]
*[[IEEE Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Student Branch History|Southern Illinois University - Carbondale]]
*[[IEEE Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Student Branch History|Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville]]
*[[IEEE Washington University in St. Louis Student Branch History|Washington University in St. Louis]]
*[[IEEE University of Misssouri Student Branch History|University of Misssouri]]
 
=== Shreveport ===


<p>[http://www.ee.lamar.edu/LUEEhistory.html Lamar College] </p>
*[[IEEE LeTourneau University Student Branch History|LeTourneau University]]
*[[IEEE Louisiana Technological University Student Branch History|Louisiana Technological University]]
*[[IEEE Louisiana University at Monroe Student Branch History|Louisiana University - Monroe]]
*[[IEEE Northwestern State University of Louisiana Student Branch History|Northwestern State University of Louisiana]]


<p>[http://swco.ttu.edu/University_Archive/photos/uaphotoe.html#Electrical_Engineering Texas Tech] </p>
=== South Plains ===


<p>[http://www.egr.uh.edu/parameters/spring2002/?e=history University of Houston] </p>
*[[IEEE Texas State Technical College of West Texas Student Branch History|Texas State Technical College - West Texas]]
*[[IEEE Texas Tech University Student Branch History|Texas Tech University]]


<p>[http://www.engr.utexas.edu/about/history/chronology University of Texas at Austin] </p>
=== Tulsa ===


<p>[http://engineering.missouri.edu/ece/about/history.php University of Missouri] </p>
*[[IEEE Oklahoma State University Student Branch History|Oklahoma State University]]
*[[IEEE Oklahoma State University at Tulsa Student Branch History|Oklahoma State University at Tulsa]]
*[[IEEE Oral Roberts University Student Branch History|Oral Roberts University]]
*[[IEEE University of Tulsa Student Branch History|University of Tulsa]]


<p>[http://www.eecs.ku.edu/prospective/undergraduate/faq#EECS_history University of Kansas] </p>
=== Wichita ===


<p>[http://www.engg.ksu.edu/about/history-of-the-college Kansas State University] </p>
*[[IEEE Kansas State University at Salina Student Branch History|Kansas State University - Salina]]
*[[IEEE Wichita State University Student Branch History|Wichita State University]]


<p>[http://www.supportengineering.colostate.edu/ece/news/centennial.shtml Colorado State University] </p>
== Additional Materials ==


<p>[http://ece.mst.edu/department/deptprofile.html Missouri University of Science and Technology] </p>
[[Media:Section history guidelines 0510.doc|Guidelines for composing a section history]]


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Revision as of 18:22, 3 April 2013

Are you a member of this region? Please help expand the article by using the edit tab.

Region 5 Sections

Within Region 5, Sections are divided into four Areas:

  • North - Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
  • South - Central and East Texas
  • East - Arkansas and Louisiana
  • West - Colorado, West Texas, Southeast New Mexico, East Wyoming, West South Dakota

North Sections

North Section Principal City
Kansas City Kansas City, MO
Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK
Saint Louis St. Louis, MO
Rolla Subsection St. Louis, MO
Tulsa Tulsa, OK
Wichita Wichita, KS

South Sections

South Section Principal City
Central Texas Austin, TX
Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX
Rio Grande Valley Subsection Corpus Christi, TX
Dallas Dallas, TX
Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX
Galveston Bay Galveston, TX
Houston Houston, TX
Freeport Subsection Houston, TX

East Sections

East Section Principal City
Arkansas Little Rock, AK
Arkansas River Valley Russellville, AK
Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA
Beaumont Beaumont, TX
Lafayette Lafayette, LA
New Orleans New Orleans, LA
Ozark Fayetteville, AK
Shreveport Shreveport, LA
Monroe Subsection Shreveport, LA

West Sections

East Section Principal City
Denver Denver, CO
Black Hills Subsection Denver, CO
High Plains Section Denver, CO
El Paso El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM
Panhandle Amarillo, TX
Pikes Peak Colorado Springs, CO
South Plains Lubbock, TX

Region 5 History

Official Region 5 Website

Region 5 Links to the Past

The links below provide interesting documentation relating to the histories and activities of institutions--laboratories, enterprises, museums, and like organizations--in IEEE Region 5. Many thanks to John Meredith for initiating this perspective on Region 5 by providing the initial collection of links.

Cassini Mission

The Cassini mission is a joint venture of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency to study Saturn and its numerous moons. The Space Science Institute in Boulder is the lead agent for establishing and coordinating imaging tasks for and disseminating/interpretting the images from the Cassini spacecraft.

Portal for the Space Science Institute

Official Source for Cassini images posted by the Space Science Institute

NBC News release on last close-up of Saturn's icy moon Rhea

IEEE Green Technologies Conferences

The IEEE Green Technologies Conferences, endorsed by Region 5 and hosted by one or more Region 5 sections, "bring together scientists, researchers and practitioners from around the world to develop realistic solutions to the current energy crisis, and to reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gas emissions." (As described in the narrative history report of the 2012 Green Tech Conference.) The following lists provide links to narrative histories for each of the first four Green Tech Conferences and to the procedings of the second through the fourth Green Tech Conferences. (Note: All of the narrative history reports were authored by Patrick Meyer.)

Narrative Histories

2009 in Lubbock, Texas

2010 in Grapevine, Texas

2011 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Proceedings

2009 in Lubbock, Texas (NOT AVAILABLE)

2010 in Grapevine, Texas

2011 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Links to Preview Fliers for the 2013 Green Tech Conference

http://sites.ieee.org/greentech2013/why-1/

http://sites.ieee.org/greentech2013/why-2/

http://sites.ieee.org/greentech2013/why-3/

Johnson Space Center located in Galveston Bay, Texas

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/

Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico

http://www.lanl.gov/

National Renewable Energy Laboratory located in Golden, Colorado

Portal for NREL

History of NREL

Information about NREL

NREL's involvement in wind energy

NREL's involvement in photo voltaic energy

NREL's involvement in biomass energy

NREL's involvement in solar energy

NREL's involvement in geothermal energy

NIST laboratories located in Boulder, Colorado

Background information on NIST

Portal for NIST history

A walk through time

NIST’s history in measuring time and frequency

Information on Radio Station WWV in broadcasting time and frequency

Portal for WWV history

NOAA laboratories located in Boulder, Colorado

http://www.boulder.noaa.gov/

Sandi National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico

http://www.sandia.gov/

USGS National Earthquake Information Center located in Golden, Colorado

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/

US Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico

History of the only deep geological site--just third such in the world--for isolation of radioactive waste in the United States

Portal for WIPP website

History of aviation in Wichita, Kansas

Wichita Aviation historic timeline

Wichita aviation history

Cessna history

Kansas Aviation museum Wichita

Texas Instruments history

TI history timeline

TI history

Jack Kilby, inteventor of integrated circuit, interview

Robert Coats story (former TI employee)

History of Transistor-transistor-logic (TTL) at TI

TI introduces SN5400 TTL logic family

TI introduction of 74S series Schottky TTL logic for high speed applications

Mostek history

Saint Louis history items

Wireless telegraphy at 1904 St. Louis exposition

History of McDonnell Aircraft and precursor aircraft companies in St. Louis

History of Union Electric Company

History of Wagner Electric Company

Rural Electrification History

History of first REA line in United States located in Bartlett, Texas

Bell System and Western Electric

Includes Bell System Operating Companies and Western Electric Works in Oklahoma City and Lee’s Summit Missouri.

Bess System history

Western Electric history

Histories of Region 5 Academic Institutions: their programs in IEEE Fields and their IEEE Student Branches by Section

Arkansas

Arkansas River Valley

Baton Rouge

Beaumont

Central Texas

Corpus Christi

Dallas

Denver

El Paso

Fort Worth

Galveston Bay

Houston

Kansas City

Lafayette

New Orleans

Oklahoma City

Ozark

Pikes Peak

Saint Louis

Shreveport

South Plains

Tulsa

Wichita

Additional Materials

Guidelines for composing a section history

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