1999 IEEE Officers

President:
  Bret Bohlin
Vice President:
  Omar Shamsi
Treasurer:
  Roberto Battaglia
Secretary:
   Dawn Fuller
Public Relations:
  Scott Newby
Membership Chairman:
  Hoa Tang
Technical Team Leader:
  Michael Muller
Web Manager:
  Phillip Adenekan
Financial Committee Chair:
  Jhoanna Conde

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Student Branch
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 S. Halsted 307 CCC (MC 118) Chicago, IL 60607
Phone (312) 355-0566 email: ieee@eecs.uic.edu
URL: http://www.eecs.uic.edu/~ieee

E-Week Successful!

I hope everyone had an enjoyable spring break.  Welcome back.  E-Week and E-Bash were both successful due to the efforts and hard work of all involved.  IEEE would like to thank PESC and SAFC as well as everyone who helped and partici

pated to "make it happen", especially those who helped with the setup and planning for e-bash.  If you are interested in learning more about National Engineers Week the following website is a good place to start:
http://www.eweek.org

National Engineers Week at UIC

Northrop Grumman will be at UIC on Friday March 24th.  This will be our last company visit for the Spring 2000 semester. 
Howard L. Stuart, a Director of Electrical  Design Engineering, will be giving a presentation.  The topic will be
"Transition from college to industry: Bridging the Gap".  A question and answer period will follow. 
Many of you may wonder what Northrop Grumman does.  Here is a company profile from their website.
Headquartered in Los Ange

les, California, Northrop Grumman provides an array of world-class technologies and core competencies to military and commercial markets, principally as a leading defense electronics, systems integration, and information technology company that retains strong capabilities in military aircraft systems and modifications, commercial aircraft assemblies, and marine systems.
In demand as a prime contractor, principal subcontractor, partner, and preferred supplier, Northrop Grumman participates on many high-priority defense, commercial aerospace, and information

technology programs in the United States and abroad. The Company's growth strategy is bolstered by a strong financial base, led by an experienced leadership team, and executed by a dedicated workforce.
Northrop Grumman is a broad-based enterprise that can meet the demands of both the defense and commercial aerospace environment and plays a major role in some of the world's most advanced weapons systems and technologies. The company is aligned in three business sectors to sharpen its
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