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BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CIE/USA-DFW Site - ECPv6.11.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ciedfw.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for CIE/USA-DFW Site REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20170101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231130T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231130T150000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20230911T155541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T050318Z UID:456-1701345600-1701356400@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2023 Round Table DESCRIPTION:The Annual Convention is a celebration of the services that CIE/USA-DFW delivers to the DFW community\, and affirms the partnership we have with the industries\, universities\, government and community in which our members live and work.  We are excited to offer a new program\, the Career Development Round Table which will allow both college students and professionals at any stage in their career to talk through a number of topics with our distinguished moderators. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2023-round-table/ LOCATION:University of Texas at Dallas Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center\, 800 W Campbell Rd\, Richardson\, TX\, 75080\, United States CATEGORIES:Convention,Free Events,Mentoring ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_4244-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231025T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231025T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20230911T160322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241229T191316Z UID:465-1698220800-1698253200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2023 CIE/USA-DFW PICNIC PARTY DESCRIPTION:Uptown Picnic Company is a luxury picnic and event design company serving the Dallas Fort Worth and Baton Rouge areas. We are passionate about creating intimate experiences for you and your closest friends! URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/cie-usa-dfw-picnic-party/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:CIE Picnic/Night,Free Events,Other ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_7588_52430160327_o-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230930T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230930T200000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20230504T211919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241202T025510Z UID:9065-1696068000-1696104000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2023 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Award DESCRIPTION:2023 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Award\n Application New Deadline is August 07th\, 11:59PM!\n(Supplemental materials can be submitted later\, see note below)\nThe Young Achiever Award (YAA) is one of the flagship programs of CIE/USA-DFW. The YAA is designed to encourage the younger generations of CIE members to achieve high academic performance\, develop leadership skills\, develop a strong interest in science and engineering\, and excel in extracurricular and community volunteer activities. These well-rounded skills will enable them to become strong leaders in this very competitive global marketplace and achieve the greatest possible impact in our community. \nYAA recipients will receive a trophy\, a scholarship award\, and a lifetime CIE/USA-DFW membership.  They will be featured in the CIE/USA-DFW Chapter Annual Convention Proceedings with a picture and a list of accomplishments. \nEligibility – APPLICANT:  \n\nHas achieved the highest levels in academic\, STEM\, leadership\, community service and extra-curricular activities\nAs of May 2023\, was a 10th or 11th grader\nCannot be a prior YAA Award recipient\nOne or both parents are members of CIE/USA-DFW\, apply here\nMust submit a YAA application: click here:  2023 Young Achiever Award Application\nMust be able to attend the YAA award presentation rehearsal (TBD) and the ceremony at the CIE/USA-DFW 2023 Annual Convention (Saturday\, September 30\, 2023)\n\nList of Key Items you’ll need for the APPLICATION: \n\nA 1- to 2-page BIO essay that describes your academic achievement\, strong interest in STEM\, active community service\, extracurricular activities\, and your personal aspirations.\nYour TOP 5 Academic honors or awards.\nOfficial High School Transcript – If you are unable to receive an official transcript directly from your school\, please have them send it by email to: yaa@cie-dfw.org\nThe official transcript should show coursework and grades up to 2022 Fall Semester and also 2023 Spring Semester grades if available.\nFor completed college coursework\, including dual credit coursework\, submit official transcripts of the credits issued by the college or university.\nMake a list of 2-3 extracurricular activities that are important to you. Please include a description of the activity\, the number of hours in a week you participate in that activity and your role.\nCommunity Service: In an Excel\, Word\, or PDF file\, provide the name of the organization(s)\, the time frame\, the number of hours per month and a brief comment about the impact your service had on your leadership development and your community.  If you want to share additional information\, you can write a short essay and send via e-mail to yaa@cie-dfw.org.  For the hours that you list\, please be prepared to provide certificates or other documentation.\nRecent portrait photo in JPEG format (headshot with formal dress and clear background; resolution higher than 720×480). NOTE:  This picture will be used for the Award Ceremony and the Convention Proceedings booklet.\nA 2- to 3-minute video (MOV or MP4 format) to introduce yourself\, your achievements\, your leadership\, your passion\, etc. (landscape style; resolution higher than 720p; phone video clip preferred.)\nPlease select a TEACHER and a COMMUNITY Service or Extra Curricular Coach/Sponsor/Mentor (see form links). Choose carefully and be sure to pick someone who is familiar with you and your achievements AND is willing to write the letter.  These letters should be manually sent via e-mail to yaa@cie-dfw.org.\nApplications missing any of the above may not be accepted.\n\nNote: If you need to request your transcript and/or request recommendation letters\, please submit the application by the due date (August 07th\, 2023) and ask your school\, teacher\, or community contact to send the document(s) separately to yaa@cie-dfw.org\n on or before August 15\, 2023. \n\nDownloadable Recommendation Forms:\n YAA Teacher Recommendation Form \nYAA Community-Recommendation Form \nAll applications are due by August 07th\, 2023\, 7/31/2023 (supplemental documents from school and community contacts are due by 8/15/2023) URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2023-young-achiever-award/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,YAA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-YAA-FLYER2-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230930T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230930T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20240216T030636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T050627Z UID:10138-1696060800-1696093200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2023 Annual Convention News Release DESCRIPTION:  \nCongratulations for a successful 2023 annual convention \nUniversity of Texas at Dallas Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center​ \n800 W Campbell Rd\, Richardson\, TX 75080 \nSept 30\, 2023\, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm\, CDT \n \nIf you miss any of our events\, you can find the news report in the below links. \n\nCareer Development Roundtable \n \nYoung Professionals Round Table \n \nCollege Students Round Table \n\nTechnical Executive Forum \n \n\nVIP Reception and individual Outstanding Community Service awards \n \n \n\nYoung Achiever Awards and Community Service Awards \n \n \nThanks all the panelists\, speakers\, volunteers and participants that make this event successful! \nYou can download the complete 2023 CIE proceedings here. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2023-annual-convention-news-release-2/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Convention,Free Events,Other ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2023_banquet-1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230402 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20230401T070857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T071238Z UID:12337-1680307200-1680393599@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2023 CIE Mentoring Circle DESCRIPTION:2023 CIE Mentoring Circle\n***Now accepting applications. Register HERE!***\n(Deadline : May 15\, 2023)\n“Man is the only animal that can learn from history and from the experiences of others. Mentoring groups are one of the most efficient and highest forms of this learning and developing\,” says Mark Carpenter\, Sr. Vice President of Transmission and Distribution Operations at Oncor\, one of the architects and driving forces of CIE’s mentoring circle program. “CIE’s mentoring circle focuses on talent development\, the most important element in any organization\,” states Claire Jung\, Engineering Director in Analog Power Products at Texas Instruments. With the support of the CIE leaders including our founder-Dr. Faa-Ching Wang\, the mentoring circle started many years ago. \nMany agree with them\, as dozens of volunteers join this annual program every year\, aiming to learn from experienced community leaders. They meet in small groups\, discuss topics about the workplace or in everyday life\, and practice their leadership skills. Each group is led by one or two mentors\, follows a self-paced curriculum\, and meets online for two to three hours every two months. \nProgram mentees eagerly praise the benefits of this mentoring circle. “This is one thing that saves you time in the long run\,” says Will Jordan\, a supervisor at Oncor. “By hanging out with excellent people in CIE\, I could be a better person and a better leader myself!” says Minkai Wu\, a manager at Capital One. “I highly recommend this program to anyone who wants to become a better leader\,” says Yanping Chen\, Vice President as Quantitative Strategist at Goldman Sachs. “In the CIE mentoring groups\, all who participate—including the group leaders—grow and develop by learning from the perspectives and experiences of others. I urge you to take this opportunity and to later lead others in similar endeavors\,” says Mr. Carpenter. “You’ll be glad you did.” URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2023-cie-mentoring-circle/ LOCATION:Online or In-person CATEGORIES:Free Events,Mentoring ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CIE-MentoringCircle_2023-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220924T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220924T210000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20220614T223234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T213526Z UID:9061-1664042400-1664053200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2022 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Award DESCRIPTION:2022 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\nApplication Deadline Extended to July 18th\, 2022!\n(Supplemental materials can be submitted later\, see note below)\nThe Young Achiever Award (YAA) is one of the flagship programs of CIE/USA-DFW. The YAA is designed to encourage the younger generations of CIE members to achieve high academic performance\, develop leadership skills\, develop a strong interest in science and engineering\, and excel in extracurricular and community volunteer activities. These well-rounded skills will enable them to become strong leaders in this very competitive global marketplace and achieve the greatest possible impact in our community. \nYAA recipients will receive a trophy\, a scholarship award\, and a lifetime CIE membership.  They will be featured in the CIE/USA-DFW Chapter Annual Convention Proceedings with a picture and a list of accomplishments. \nEligibility – APPLICANT:  \n\nHas achieved the highest levels in academic\, STEM\, leadership\, community service and extra-curricular activities\nAs of May 2022\, was a 10th or 11th grader\nCannot be a prior YAA Award recipient\nOne or both parents are lifetime members of CIE/USA-DFW\, apply here\nMust submit a YAA application: click here:  2022 Young Achiever Award Application\nMust be able to attend the YAA award presentation rehearsal (TBD) and the ceremony at the CIE/USA-DFW 2022 Annual Convention (Saturday\, September 24\, 2022)\n\n  \nList of Key Items you’ll need for the APPLICATION:\n\nA 1- to 2-page BIO essay that describes your academic achievement\, strong interest in STEM\, active community service\, extracurricular activities\, and your personal aspirations.\nYour TOP 5 Academic honors or awards.\nOfficial High School Transcript – If you are unable to receive an official transcript directly from your school\, please have them send it by email to: yaa@cie-dfw.org. The official transcript should show coursework and grades up to the 2022 Spring Semester.\nFor completed college coursework\, including dual credit coursework\, submit official transcripts of the credits issued by the college or university.\nMake a list of 2-3 extracurricular activities that are important to you. Please include a description of the activity\, the number of hours in a week you participate in that activity and your role.\nCommunity Service: In an Excel\, Word\, or PDF file\, provide the name of the organization(s)\, the time frame\, the number of hours per month and a brief comment about the impact your service had on your leadership development and your community.  If you want to share additional information\, you can write a short essay and send via e-mail to yaa@cie-dfw.org.  For the hours that you list\, please be prepared to provide certificates or other documentation.\nRecent portrait photo in JPEG format (headshot with formal dress and clear background; resolution higher than 720×480). NOTE:  This picture will be used for the Award Ceremony and the Convention Proceedings booklet.\nA 2- to 3-minute video (MOV or MP4 format) to introduce yourself\, your achievements\, your leadership\, your passion\, etc. (landscape style; resolution higher than 720p; phone video clip preferred.)\nPlease select a TEACHER and a COMMUNITY Service or Extra Curricular Coach/Sponsor/Mentor (see form links). Choose carefully and be sure to pick someone who is familiar with you and your achievements AND is willing to write the letter.  These letters should be manually sent via e-mail to yaa@cie-dfw.org.\n\nNote: If you need to request your transcript and/or request recommendation letters\, please submit the application by the due date (July 18\, 2022) and ask your school\, teacher\, or community contact to send the document(s) separately to yaa@cie-dfw.org on or before August 15\, 2022.\n  \n\n Apply Now\n\nDownloadable Recommendation Forms:\n YAA Teacher Recommendation Form \nYAA Community-Recommendation Form \nAll applications are due by 7/18/2022 (supplemental documents from school and community contacts are due by 8/15/2022).\n  \n2021 YAA Recipients\nCongratulations to the 2021 Young Achiever Award (YAA) winners. YAA promotes and recognizes exceptional academic excellence in STEM\, and active involvement of extra-curricular activities and community service. \nRepresentatives from Oncor\, TI\, AT&T and Diodes presented the Young Achiever Award virtually on September 25\, 2021.. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/yaa2022/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,YAA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/YAA-2022-16_9-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211220 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20211219T064614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T050802Z UID:9057-1639872000-1639958399@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:Happy Holidays! 2021 CIE Event Summary DESCRIPTION:In 2021\, CIE has worked dedicatedly to bring 15 events to the community\, to our students\, and to our members in the pandemic. Thank you for your support!\n\n“Build the Future”\, Student Engineering and Creativity Convention (SECC).\n\n\n\n“Resilience and Sustainability”\, Spring Symposium and LAMP\n\n\n\n“STEM Education” MathComp/MathFun and Parenting Seminar\n\n\n\n“Speak Loud\, Speak Proud”\, Youth English Speech Contest and Workshops\n“Thriving in a Post-Pandemic World”\, Fall Symposium and Annual Convention\n\n\nYou can find more details in the 2021 proceedings online.\n \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/happy-holidays-2021-cie-event-summary/ LOCATION:Online or In-person CATEGORIES:Free Events,Other ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-CIE-programs-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210925T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210925T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20210512T212840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210512T212840Z UID:9052-1632585600-1632589200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2021 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Award DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION: (Closed)\n\nYAA  Award Ceremony (9/25) (ZOOM # 823-6981-4846)\n\nThe YAA award ceremony started at 4PM\, right after the leadership and career development seminar. \n2021 YAA Award Ceremony Video\n\n2021 YAA Ceremony Photos\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlex Machoka (Oncor) congratulates CIE YAA recipients- Kai Joshi\, Joy Ting and Christine Yan.\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Jinrong Qian (TI) congratulates CIE YAA recipients- Audrey He\, Aaron Liu and Ashley Zhang.\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Lu (AT&T) congratulates CIE YAA recipients- Ivy Chen\, Derek He and Zachary Tian.\n\n\n\n\n\nCIE congratulates 2021 YAA recipients for their outstanding academic performance and leadership.\n\n\n\nONLINE: 2021 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\nYoung Achiever Award (YAA) promotes and recognizes exceptional academic excellence in STEM\, and active involvement of extra-curricular activities and community service of the youths. The award is to recognize students of 10th and 11th grade with top academic achievements at school\, outstanding engineering and science accomplishments\, demonstrated leadership and active involvement of community service. The award will be presented at the CIE/USA-DFW 2021 Annual Convention on September 25th\, 2021. \nEncourages the upcoming generation of CIE members to achieve excellence in: \n\nAcademic performance – especially with a strong interest in STEM\nExtracurricular activities\nCommunity Service\nLeadership\n\nAccepting applications now: \n\nApplication deadline: 7/5/2021\, \nApplicants must be a dependent child of a lifetime member within CIE/USA-DFW Chapter\nAward winners are required to be present at the Online CIE Annual Convention for the YAA award ceremony to receive the award on Saturday\, September 25th\, 2021.\n\nYAA winners receive a scholarship award and lifetime CIE membership. \nYAA Application Instructions and Form Template \nYAA Teacher Recommendation Letter Template \nYAA Community Service Recommendation Letter Template \nApply for 2021 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Award! \n  \n \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/online-2021-cie-usa-dfw-young-achiever-award/ LOCATION:Online or In-person CATEGORIES:Free Events,YAA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021YAA-Flyer-update-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210925T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210925T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20210817T054024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T054024Z UID:9040-1632578400-1632589200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2021 CIE/USA-DFW Leadership and Career Development Seminar DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION\n\nTechnical Seminar (9/18) (Closed)\nLeadership and Career Development Seminar(9/25) (Closed)\n\nTechnology Fusion: Thriving in a Post-Pandemic World\n\n  \nLeadership and Career Development Seminar Speaker Profiles:\n\n\n\n\n\n \nGilma Saravia\, Chief People Officer\, Altair\n\n\n\nSpeech Title: How a Strong Company Vision & Culture Propels Us in Times of Uncertainty #OnlyForward\nSpeech Abstract: Now more than ever\, human resources (HR) is tasked with recruiting and retaining the best talent and keeping culture at the forefront while ensuring the safety and wellness of its employees. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the review and adoption of new HR practices\, programs\, and workplace “norms” globally. Gilma Saravia\, chief people officer at Altair\, will provide insight into how Altair continues to mobilize efforts to ensure the safety of Altairians\, while continuing to foster a culture of risk-taking\, innovation\, collaboration\, and inclusion. Saravia will also share her perspective on how COVID-19 has influenced changes and expectations in the recruitment process\, candidate experience\, role of leadership\, and work-life balance. \nAs chief people officer\, Gilma Saravia leads Altair’s global human resources organization\, including workforce strategy\, talent acquisition and development\, and employee engagement. Saravia joined Altair from Aptiv where she served as vice president\, global corporate human resources and talent. Previously\, she held various senior roles at U. S. Steel and Deloitte’s Human Capital consulting group. Saravia has more than two decades of experience in leading large-scale\, global teams in organizational effectiveness\, talent acquisition and development\, and HR transformation at major companies. She earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin and holds various certifications in talent\, leadership development\, diversity\, and inclusion. \n\n \nGurshaman Baweja\, SVP and CIO\, IT Services\, Texas Instruments \nSpeech Title: Reflections on the Pandemic and How to Thrive Going Forward \n\nSpeech Abstract: This presentation will focus on three main areas including: \n\nReflections on the pandemic in regards to remote work: The focus will include information about changes in the work space/work place\, how the workforce has risen to the occasion and some observations and learnings.\nThe journey so far (past 18 months): This section will focus on key technology/tools during the pandemic\, improvements in our environment to provide a positive remote experience\, keeping employees safe and how our teams adopted.\nHow to thrive going forward (things to think about post-pandemic): This will focus on how to benefit from things employees have become experts in during the pandemic\, the new norm for the work environment and what employees want in a flexible environment\, potential challenges to consider and tips to be successful (in any environment).\n\nGurshaman Baweja\, PhD\, is a senior vice president and chief information officer of Texas Instruments responsible for the IT Services organization. Prior to this role\, he was vice president of TI’s Global IT Solutions organization\, leading the development and implementation of critical information technology strategies and roadmaps for manufacturing automation\, e-commerce and channel management. Previously\, Baweja has also led IT for TI’s Manufacturing and Supply Chain organizations and served as the company’s chief IT architect. Gurshaman started his higher education in India where he received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Punjab University. He received his master’s and doctorate degrees in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University\, and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. He holds patents in the areas of computer integrated manufacturing\, constraint management algorithms and manufacturing process control. \n\n \nEllen Buck\, VP\, Business and Operations Services\, Oncor Electric Delivery \n\nSpeech Title: Tend your Garden: Tips for Career Management in a Hybrid Workplace\nSpeech Abstract: Prepare the soil\, plant the seeds\, nurture\, assess\, adapt\, and reap the harvest – a proven formula for managing a successful garden. There are many parallels to managing a successful career. This analogy can also be adapted to career management in a post pandemic world. How do we apply these principles to a remote or hybrid work setting which includes varying degrees of geographical separation between team members\, increasing virtual collaboration\, and a multi-generational work force? \nThis discussion will focus on how we can be intentional about managing our career in a hybrid work setting\, including how to develop marketable and transferrable skills\, network and build lasting relationships\, and remain agile and pivot to respond to ever changing business priorities. \nEllen Buck\, as the Vice President of the Oncor Electric Delivery Business and Operations Services organization\, Ellen oversees planning for capital investments for the Oncor system; supply chain including sourcing\, materials management\, facilities management\, and supplier diversity initiatives; engineering standards; transmission interconnections; performance management; and Power On. Deliver Strong.\, Oncor’s continuous improvement framework. She is also the sponsor of Oncor’s engineering recruiting program. \nEllen holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech\, a MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship and Strategy from SMU\, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth and the CIE/USA-DFW Chapter. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/leadershipseminar/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,LAMP ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2021-annual-convention-poster-for-career-and-leadership-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210925T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210925T120000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20210906T034950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T034950Z UID:9055-1632564000-1632571200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:Online: 2021 CIE/USA-DFW Technical Executive Forum DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION\n(BY INVITATION ONLY) (ZOOM # 856-6519-5410)\nTechnology Fusion: Thriving in a Post-Pandemic World\nThis distinguished technical forum for Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY) awardees\, industry experts\, and executives from sponsor companies to join together and discuss topics associated with the conference theme: “Technology Fusion – Thriving in a Post-Pandemic World”.\nThis year\, we invited five outstanding industry leaders and academic professors. They are experts in high-tech\, transportation\, medical\, startup or entrepreneurship fields. \nPanelists will begin this interactive discussion by sharing their global perspective on Technology Fusion and the associated challenges\, creative solutions to address these challenges\, and opportunities for future collaboration. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and interact with the panelists. \nRegister for the technical executive forum\, get your questions ready\, and embrace the post-pandemic opportunities. \nThe first Technical Executive Forum started in 2019 as an invitation only event during the Dallas AAEOY Conference. \n2020 Technical Executive Forum Event Summary \n2019 Technical Executive Forum Event Summary \n\n\n\nForum Host:\nPanelist:\nPanelist:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Lu\, Vice President\, Network Systems & Automation\, AT&T Labs (2017 AAEOY Awardee)\nDr. Chi-Foon Chan\,  President & Co-CEO\,\nSynopsys (2019 AAEOY Awardee)\nTroy Graziani\, Director of Credit & Customer Experience\,\nToyota Industries\n\n\nPanelist:\nPanelist:\nPanelist:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Nichols\, Executive Director\, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship\,\nUniversity of Texas at Dallas\nDr. Daniel J. Siegwart\, Associate Professor\, Department of Biochemistry\,\nUT Southwestern Medical Center\, Co-Founder/Advisor\,\nReCode Therapeutics\nSteven Yahata\, Vice President\,\nIntegrated Vehicle Systems\,\nBoeing Research & Technology\,\nThe Boeing Company (2020-2021 AAEOY Awardee)\n\n\nForum Moderator:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Mary Cooley\, Chief Operating Officer\,\nDynofit\n\n\n\n\n\nTechnical Executive Forum Profiles:\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nDavid Lu\, Vice President\, Network Systems & Automation\, AT&T Labs \nDavid Lu currently leads a global team of more than 2\,500 people responsible for the architecture\, development and engineering of AT&T’s next generation SDN (Software Defined Network) automation platform and open source (Linux Foundation ONAP) enabling AT&T’s network virtualization and target network systems transformation including PaaS & SaaS\, policy control & orchestration\, hyper-automation and AI/ML driven data analytics.\nSince joining AT&T Bell Labs in 1987\, David has served in various leadership positions at AT&T. He has led numerous automation initiatives in AT&T that resulted in multibillion-dollar savings over the past 20 years and won AT&T’s CIO 100 Award in 2010. David holds 54 patents and received numerous industry awards including the 2015 Chairman’s Award from IEEE Communication Society for Network and Systems Quality and Reliability and 2017 CIE AAEOY (Asian America Engineer of Year) Award.\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n \nDr. Chi-Foon Chan\, President & Co-CEO\, Synopsys \nAs Synopsys\’ co-CEO\, Dr. Chi-Foon Chan shares responsibility for crafting vision and strategy\, leading the company\, and ensuring execution excellence in support of our customers\’ success. As the company\’s President and COO\, a role Dr. Chan held for 14 years prior to his 2012 appointment to President and co-CEO\, he guided internal operations and worldwide field organizations. Dr. Chan joined Synopsys in 1990 as Vice President of Applications and Services where he helped build the Technical Field organization. He has sponsored several key initiatives such as entering the IP market\, and personally facilitated key acquisitions such as Avant!\, Virage Logic\, Magma Design Automation and SpringSoft. In 2014\, he led Synopsys\’ entry into the software testing market with the acquisition of Coverity\, and the software security market with the acquisition of Codenomicon. Prior to Synopsys\, Dr. Chan contributed to industry leading companies like NEC and Intel Corporations. Dr. Chan holds an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University; and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University. \n\n  \n \nTroy Graziani\, Director of Credit & Customer Experience\, Toyota Industries \nTroy has spent his career at various entities of Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) rotating through several financial\, strategic and management roles. \nFrom 2012 to 2014\, Troy worked at TICO’s headquarter in Nagoya\, Japan acting as the liaison for the North America region.  Troy is currently the Director of Credit & Customer Experience for Toyota Commercial Finance.  The division is responsible to provide capital for dealers and end users of Toyota Forklift and Hino Truck product. \nTroy holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Canisius College in Buffalo\, New York and an MBA from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester.  He lives in Grapevine\, TX with his fiancé and two dogs. \n\n  \n \nPaul Nichols\, Executive Director\, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship\, University of Texas at Dallas \nPaul is an accomplished innovator and business process strategist with a history of successfully applying and pioneering new technologies and techniques to solve real-world problems. His unique skills and experience have been applied in a variety of industries\, from venture capital to entrepreneurism and national politics. He is a highly effective leader and team member with leadership training and practical experience in getting small\, highly skilled groups of people to deliver new solutions and approaches quickly with limited resources. \nA trusted communicator\, he has testified twice in front of Texas House of Representative Select Committees on the need to increase public university research funding\, the economic value of commercializing Texas university research\, and the importance of state-funded high-tech entrepreneurial investment for the continued growth and health of the Texas economy. He has been interviewed by local and national media\, has written on entrepreneurship for groups including CES/Consumer Technology Association\, and is a frequent speaker on process improvement\, innovation\, entrepreneurship\, and teambuilding. \n\n  \n \nDr. Daniel J. Siegwart\, Associate Professor\, Department of Biochemistry\, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center\nCo-Founder/Advisor\, ReCode Therapeutics \nDr. Daniel J. Siegwart is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC) at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is also the co-director for the Chemistry and Cancer Program within the NCI-designated SCCC.\nThe Siegwart Lab aims to discover and define the critical physical and chemical properties of synthetic carriers required for therapeutic delivery of short to long RNAs for gene silencing\, delivery\, and editing. Certain technologies\, including Selective Organ Targeting (SORT) lipid nanoparticles (LNPs)\, have been licensed to ReCode Therapeutics\, which is developing messenger RNA (mRNA) LNPs for treatment of genetic respiratory diseases including Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) and Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Their research is grounded in chemical design and takes advantage of the unique opportunities for collaborative research at UT Southwestern.\nDr. Siegwart received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Lehigh University (2003)\, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University (2008). \n\n  \n \nSteven Yahata\, Vice President\, Integrated Vehicle Systems\, Boeing Research & Technology\, The Boeing Company \nSteve Yahata is the vice president of Integrated Vehicle Systems\, and leads the Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T) Research Center in Southern California. The organization is part of BR&T\, Boeing’s advanced central research and development unit. BR&T provides innovative technologies that enable the development of future aerospace solutions while improving the cycle time\, cost\, quality and performance of existing Boeing products and services. Steve leads a team of scientists\, technologists\, technicians and engineers conducting advanced research and development of flight performance\, vehicle systems\, structures technology including advanced vehicle concept development and demonstration. \n\n\n \n\nDr. Mary Cooley\, Chief Operating Officer\, Dynofit \nIn addition to her support of CIE both on the Board of Directors and the Technical Executive Forum\, Dr. Mary Cooley leads the Dallas Chapter of SCORE\, an organization dedicated to providing free\, confidential mentoring and low-cost workshops to small business owners and entrepreneurs.\nDr. Cooley was the Chair of the Dallas Chapter of IEEE for 3 years before joining CIE. Until recently\, her professional position included serving as the Chief Operating Officer of Dynofit\, a medical device start-up. Other roles have included engineering and marketing leadership at Hewlett Packard\, Xtendwave\, Convex Computer and Texas Instruments. While at HP\, she led the architecture and development of multiple generations of Superdome\, the largest computer developed by the company. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/techexecutiveforum/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2021-Technical-executive-forum-web-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210918T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210925T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20210807T033921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210807T033921Z UID:9054-1631973600-1632589200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2021 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention DESCRIPTION:Event Summary\nOn September 18th &25th\, CIE/USA-DFW hosted the virtual fall symposium and annual convention. Hundreds of people registered for this two-day event. Among them\, 2/3 of participants are from the DFW area\, the rest are domestic guests as far as California and New York. \nOur technical seminar is full of technical topics which cover medical\, sensors and communications. Three invited speakers share their current research and development works emphasizing the multidisciplinary trends and needs in solving practical problems\, and career opportunities for the future. \nOur technical executive forum invited 5 panelists with diverse background from different industries. \nOur leadership and career development seminar invited three highly accomplished and seasoned leaders from the technology sector\, addressed the human and leadership elements that are needed for success in the post-pandemic workplace. \nAll events received very positive feedback from the audience. The overall rating for technical seminar is 4.57 out of 5. The overall rating for leadership and career development seminar is 4.54 out of 5\, the technical executive forum receives 5 out of 5 the highest rating. \nFor more details\, please see the full event summary report below. \n \nREGISTRATION \n\nTechnical Seminar (9/18) (Closed)\nLeadership and Career Development and Award Ceremony (9/25) (Closed)\n\nCIE/USA-DFW cordially invites you to our virtual annual convention on September 18th and 25th\, 2021. The annual convention is a celebration of the services CIE/USA-DFW provided to our communities\, and also a showcase of our appreciation to our sponsors and volunteers. This year\, the theme is “Technology Fusion: Thriving in a Post-Pandemic World”. All the programs will be held in an online format. \n  \n\n\n\n\nCIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention (Online Program) \nSaturday\, September 18th\, 2021 \n\n\n\n2:00 PM – 4:00 PM\nFall Symposium (Technical Track) \nTechnical Seminar Speakers and Topics\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nCIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention (Online Program) \nSaturday\, September 25th\, 2021 \n\n\n\n10:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nTechnical Executive Forum (By Invitation Only) \nTechnical Executive Forum Panelists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2:00 PM – 4:00 PM\nFall Symposium (Leadership and Career Development Track) \nLeadership and Career Development Seminar Speakers and topics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4:00 PM – 5:00 PM\nVirtual Ceremony \nSponsors & Volunteers Recognition \nYoung Achiever Award Recognition (YAA)\n\n\n\n \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/online-2021-cie-usa-dfw-annual-convention/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Convention,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-Annual-Convention-Flyer-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210918T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210918T160000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20210817T043603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T011051Z UID:9044-1631973600-1631980800@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2021 CIE/USA-DFW Technical Seminar DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION \n\nTechnical Seminar (9/18) (Closed)\n\nTechnology Fusion: Thriving in a Post-Pandemic World\nThanks our speakers–Alec Zhang\, Changzhi Li and David Lu for the wonderful presentations. They are very informative topics about the current progress on cancer treatment and the prospect for the next 20 years; how the modern radar technology changes our life in the future; the history of networking and the future 5G revolution. \n \n \n\n\nTechnical Symposium Speaker Profiles:\n\n\n\nAlec Zhang\, Professor\, Department of Physiology\, UT Southwestern Medical Center\n\n\n\n \nSpeech Title: Cancer Immunotherapy\, a Promising New Cancer Treatment\nSpeech Abstract: Our immune system\, consisting of numerous types of immune cells\, constantly recognizes and eliminates continuously arising newly mutated cells\, preventing us from getting cancer. Nevertheless\, this immune surveillance can be overcome by cancer. The cancer can also convert immune cells in the tumor environment from being anti-tumor to tumor-supportive. Fortunately\, the most recent progression of biomedical research has enabled us to develop novel cancer immunotherapies that serve as a new generation of therapy for cancer treatment. I will introduce three types of these immunotherapies: immune checkpoint blockade (represented by the PD-1 antibody therapy)\, CAR-T cells (currently only for blood cancers)\, and personalized cancer vaccine (still in clinical trials). I will also list examples of ongoing research that looks promising for the advancement of immunotherapy and discuss future perspectives. \n\nDr. Alec Zhang\, Morton H. Sanger Professorship in Oncology and Michael L. Rosenberg Scholar for Biomedical Research at UT Southwestern\, earned his B.S. from USTC and Ph.D. from UIUC. After postdoctoral training at MIT\, he established his lab at UT Southwestern in 2007. He is studying immune surface molecules and developing novel therapies for cancer treatment. He published >100 peer-reviewed articles\, and was a recipient of several awards\, including American Society of Hematology Junior Faculty Scholar Award and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholar Award. Several antibodies targeting novel checkpoint proteins developed by his team are in pipeline for therapeutic development. \n  \nChangzhi Li\, Professor\, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Texas Tech University \nSpeech Title: Modern Smart Radar for Health and Activity Sensing\nSpeech Abstract: Portable radar sensors have great potential to improve future healthcare\, security\, transportation\, and human-machine interface\, by remotely sensing various life activities with electromagnetic signals. This presentation will first provide an overview of modern smart radar sensors based on advanced electrical and computer engineering technologies such as state-of-the-art semiconductor chips and algorithms. Application examples will be presented on non-contact human vital signs monitoring\, wireless human-computer interface\, continuous driving behavior recognition\, indoor user localization\, and activity classification. For smart radar sensors in the healthcare\, automotive\, IT industry\, and for smart living sectors of daily life\, measures to enhance their robustness against interference and security attacks will be discussed. Finally\, this talk will conclude with future industrial and academic R&D outlooks for smart radar sensors.\n\nChangzhi Li is a Professor and Whitacre Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University. His research interests focus on microwave/millimeter-wave sensing for healthcare\, security\, energy efficiency\, and human-machine interface. He was a recipient of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Frederick Emmons Terman Award\, given to one professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering every year. He will be the Technical Program Chair for the 2022 IEEE Sensors Conference to be held in Dallas. \n\n  \nDavid Lu\, Vice President\, Network Systems & Automation\, AT&T Labs \nSpeech Title: Converged Network for Next Generation IoT\nSpeech Abstract: The rapid advancement in mobile and broadband technology has opened previously unimaginable new use cases. Technology advancements including the convergence of hardware and software\, physical and virtual devices\, open architecture\, industry based APIs\, ultrafast speeds with extremely low latency\, high capacity\, improved reliability and security\, and AI enabled sensors are rapidly changing the business landscape.   All of these bring forward unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurship and new applications.This talk will focus on the evolutionary path of converged network technologies\, e.g.\, wireless broadband\, fiber broadband\, SDN\, and 5G\, in the past decade and the journey into the next decade that will unleash the power of innovation with extraordinary speed and scale.\n\nDavid Lu currently leads a global team of more than 2\,500 people responsible for the architecture\, development and engineering of AT&T’s next generation SDN (Software Defined Network) automation platform and open source (Linux Foundation ONAP) enabling AT&T’s network virtualization and target network systems transformation including PaaS & SaaS\, policy control & orchestration\, hyper-automation and AI/ML driven data analytics. He is the recipient of number of industry awards including IEEE CQR Chairman’s Award\, CIO 100 Award\, CIE AAEOY Award\, and currently holds 53 patents. He is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and community forums. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/techseminar/ LOCATION:Online or In-person CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021CIE-TECH-SEMINAR-NEW-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210731T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210731T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20210720T034456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210720T034456Z UID:9053-1627736400-1627750800@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:Affiliate Event - 2021 DFW AACC Youth Symposium DESCRIPTION:CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is proud to sponsor the Youth Symposium held by DFW AACC (Dallas/Fort Worth Asian-American Citizens Council).\n\nEvent Objective: To enrich and challenge the minds of the today’s youths and help high school and college students with career and higher education goals.\nEvent schedule: 1-5PM on July 31\,2021 (Saturday)\nTarget Audience: High school & college students and parents\nHost of the event:  DFW AACC\nSponsor of the event: CIE/USA-DFW\, Diodes\, Texas Instruments\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/affiliate-event-2021-dfw-aacc-youth-symposium/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Affiliate Programs,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DFWAACC-YOUTH-SYMPOSIUM3-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210508T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210508T163000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154256 CREATED:20210416T144549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T144549Z UID:9049-1620482400-1620491400@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2021 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technical Symposium and Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP) DESCRIPTION:Spring Technical Symposium!\n\n \nSpring LAMP Symposium!\n \n\n \n \n\nResilience and Sustainability for the Future\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nThe CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is proud to unveil our WEBINAR event for the 2021 Spring Technical Symposium\, “Resilience and Sustainability for the Future”\, and Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP)\, “Be a Resilient Leader”. Admission is free but advanced registration is required. Webinar details will be provided via email after registration and before the event starts. Please plan to join the meeting 5 minutes prior to the start time to ensure you do not miss a single minute! \nThe 2021 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technical Symposium “Resilience and Sustainability for the Future” aims to present and exchange ideas about the efforts to strengthen the resilience and sustainability to meet the future needs of prosperity. Three scientific and engineering experts from high-tech companies and academic institutes in the DFW Metroplex will share their research\, innovations\, thoughts\, and vision in their respective fields of batteries\, power infrastructures\, and energy resources. All speakers will answer any questions you may have after their presentations. \nThe 2021 Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP) event will be conducted by successful and experienced leaders within the Dallas area. LAMP is one of the long-standing CIE/USA-DFW events featuring “Leadership” and “Career Mentoring” for young professionals. This event is especially designed for graduating university students and young professionals who desire to enhance their knowledge and hands-on experience on the hiring process\, career development\, corporate culture\, and leadership. After the speakers have presented\, a Q&A panel discussion will be conducted for those who may have questions. \n\n  \nTechnical Symposium Speaker Profiles:\nSamuel Wong\nProduct Line Manager\, Battery Charging Products\, Battery Management Solutions\, Texas Instruments \nSpeech Title: Sustainable Power with Energy Harvesting for IoT Applications\nSpeech Abstract: One of the challenges of smart home or factory is to provide endless power to run the IoT nodes. It is cost prohibitive to power them with wired power or battery power which requires routine charging. Energy harvesting that leverages sustainable sources such as solar or ambient light becomes the only viable solution. This talk will provide an overview of the common energy sources\, energy storage elements\, and how to convert the energy for IoT applications. \n \nSamuel Wong is product line manager for battery charging products within TI’s battery management solutions division. He has 10 years of experience driving innovation at TI across both battery charging and battery gauging products. He holds a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Mohammad E. Khodayar\nAssociate Professor\, Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Southern Methodist University \nSpeech Title: Energy Supply Resilience and Economics: Transition toward Active Distribution Networks and Microgrid Technology\nSpeech Abstract: The proximity of the generation and demand in microgrids improves the power quality\, reliability\, and resilience in the distribution network. Furthermore\, the autonomous operation of these facilities introduces technical\, environmental\, and economic benefits stemming from leveraging renewable energy resources and energy storage technologies. This presentation addresses the benefits\, opportunities\, and challenges of integrating and operating microgrids in distribution networks. The interconnection among the electricity and natural gas networks is addressed by introducing energy hubs in microgrids. An effective framework to enhance the resilience of microgrids with energy hubs is presented. Moreover\, a framework that captures the interactions between the distribution network and microgrid operators is presented. The presented framework addresses the strategic behavior of the microgrid operators to exchange energy with the distribution network and the economic operation of the distribution networks. \n \nMohammad E. Khodayar received the B.S\, M.S.\, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering. He was a Senior Research Associate with the Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation\, Illinois Institute of Technology. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Southern Methodist University\, Dallas\, TX\, USA. He is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. He is the author of over 50 Journals and Conference proceedings. He was the guest editor for the special section on “Optimization techniques in renewable energy system planning\, design\, operation\, and control”\, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. His research area is power system operation and planning\, application of artificial intelligence to power systems and large-scale stochastic optimization. \n\n\n  \n  \nDr. Allan Zhong\nHalliburton Distinguished Scientist\, Halliburton \nSpeech Title: Reducing Carbon Footprints Through Innovation in Oil/Gas Industry\nSpeech Abstract: The natural history of earth climate change is reviewed at multiple temporal scales and the factors that influence current global warming are investigated. It is shown that human excessive consumption of materials and energy is the root cause of current global warming. How oil/gas industry is helping to combat global warming through transitioning into clean energy and reducing its carbon footprint through innovation\, will be discussed with examples. \n \nAllan Zhong is the Halliburton Distinguished Scientist\, Halliburton\, a strategic and visionary technology leader with broad engineering/research experience and proven track record to drive innovation and new product development\, deliver results with commercial impact. He has 22 issued or pending US patents. He has also published more than 60 technical papers. Prior to Halliburton\, Allan worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company\, where he developed an industry leading fracture mechanics-based truck tire durability model. He is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and member of Society of Petroleum Engineer (SPE). He earned a Ph.D. in applied mechanics from California Institute of Technology. \n\n  \n  \nLAMP Speaker Profiles:\nDavid Lu\nVice President\, Network Systems & Automation\, AT&T Labs\, Church Leader\, Board Member of DFW CIE & DFW USCCC\, Mentor & Adviser for Multiple Employee Resource Groups and Mentoring Circles at AT&T\, and Cellist. \nSpeech Title: A Journey from Musician to Technology Executive – Unleash Your Full Potential\nSpeech Abstract: The world and technology are changing in an unprecedented pace around us. So is today’s young people’s career aspiration. This talk will explore tips on how to discover your true self\, unleash your full leadership potential\, and fulfill your dream. \n \nDavid Lu currently leads a global team of more than 2\,500 people responsible for the architecture\, development and engineering of AT&T’s next generation SDN (Software Defined Network) automation platform and open source (Linux Foundation ONAP) enabling AT&T’s network virtualization and target network systems transformation including PaaS & SaaS\, policy control & orchestration\, hyper-automation and AI/ML driven data analytics. He is the recipient of number of industry awards including IEEE CQR Chairman’s Award\, CIO 100 Award\, CIE AAEOY Award\, and currently holds 53 patents. He is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and community forums. \n  \n  \nBing Xie\nCorporate Board Member\, University Adviser\, Angel Investor\, Former Senior Vice President/Executive Officer for Texas Instruments \nSpeech Title: Thrive In Time Of Uncertainty\nSpeech Abstract: Covid-19 has introduced a lot of changes to our professional as well as personal lives. How to improve one’s tolerance and thrive amid uncertainty. \n \nBing Xie is senior global business executive with a successful track record in global revenue growth strategy\, digital transformation and talent development. He now works as corporate board member\, university adviser and angel investor. Before his retirement end of 2020\, he was Senior Vice President/Executive Officer for Texas Instruments Inc.\, overseeing global Sales and Application teams and $14+ billion in sales revenue. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAlex Machoka \nSenior Director Transmission Operations\, Oncor \nSpeech Title: Inevitability of Change: Intersection of Leadership and Generations in the Workplace\nSpeech Abstract: How to effectively lead multiple generations especially for young leaders leading older employees\, who in most cases have more functional experience. \n \nAlex Machoka has worked at Oncor Electric delivery in Texas since May 2005 and is currently Senior Director in Transmission Operations. Alex started with Oncor in 2005 as a Transmission Protection and Control technician where he worked on substation system protection and relay maintenance. In 2009\, after attaining an MBA from University of Dallas\, he joined Oncor’s leadership development program and was an assistant manager in the vegetation management group where he managed storm restoration response\, utility vegetation management program. Since then\, he’s had multiple leadership roles at Oncor with the most recent role prior to current role as the distribution operations director for Dallas Metro region. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2021-cie-usa-dfw-spring-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,LAMP,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2020-Spring-Symposium-flyer_V1-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210201T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211231T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20210127T222332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210127T222332Z UID:9048-1612166400-1640970000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:Online: 2021 CIE Mentoring Circle DESCRIPTION:Online: 2021 CIE Mentoring Circle\n  \n“Man is the only animal that can learn from history and from the experiences of others. Mentoring groups are one of the most efficient and highest forms of this learning and developing\,” says Mark Carpenter\, Sr. Vice President of Transmission and Distribution Operations at Oncor\, one of the architects and driving forces of CIE’s mentoring circle program. “CIE’s mentoring circle focuses on talent development\, the most important element in any organization\,” states Claire Jung\, Engineering Director in Analog Power Products at Texas Instruments. With the support of the CIE leaders including our founder-Dr. Faa-Ching Wang\, the mentoring circle started many years ago. \nMany agree with them\, as dozens of volunteers join this annual program every year\, aiming to learn from experienced community leaders. They meet in small groups\, discuss topics about the workplace or in everyday life\, and practice their leadership skills. Each group is led by one or two mentors\, follows a self-paced curriculum\, and meets online for two to three hours every two months. \nProgram mentees eagerly praise the benefits of this mentoring circle. “This is one thing that saves you time in the long run\,” says Will Jordan\, a supervisor at Oncor. “By hanging out with excellent people in CIE\, I could be a better person and a better leader myself!” says Minkai Wu\, a manager at Capital One. “I highly recommend this program to anyone who wants to become a better leader\,” says Yanping Chen\, Vice President as Quantitative Strategist at Goldman Sachs. “In the CIE mentoring groups\, all who participate—including the group leaders—grow and develop by learning from the perspectives and experiences of others. I urge you to take this opportunity and to later lead others in similar endeavors\,” says Mr. Carpenter. “You’ll be glad you did.” URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2021-cie-mentoring-circle/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,Mentoring ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/CIE-Mentoring-circle-flyer-1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200816T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200816T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200813T042958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200813T042958Z UID:9045-1597582800-1597597200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:Affiliate Event - 2020 DFW AACC Youth Symposium DESCRIPTION:CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is proud to sponsor the Youth Symposium held by DFW AACC (Dallas/Fort Worth Asian-American Citizens Council).\n\nEvent Objective:  To provide an immersive experience for the incoming classes so that they may have a more clear view of their future directions\nEvent schedule:  1-5PM on 8/16 (Sunday)\nTarget Audience: High school students and parents\nHost of the event:  DFW AACC\nSponsor of the event: Texas Instruments\, CIE/USA-DFW\n\n  \nRegistration\n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2020-aacc-youth-symposium/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Affiliate Programs,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AACPOSTER2020-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200809 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200810 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200713T061155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T005445Z UID:9027-1596931200-1597017599@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2020 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Award DESCRIPTION:2020 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention\n\n\n2020 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium\n\n\n\n\n \nAWARDEES\n  \n                    \nVeronica Fang                                        Kai Tsuei                                             Justin Li \n                   \nJames Li                                                   Emily Zhong                                      David Yang \n                \nAnthony Zhou                                          Brian Jiang \n2020 YAA/CRS Award Ceremony Video\n\n  \nEVENT SUMMARY URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2020-cie-usa-dfw-young-achiever-award/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,YAA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-YAA-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200808T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200809T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200716T024124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200716T024124Z UID:9043-1596880800-1596992400@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2020 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention DESCRIPTION:2020 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium\n\n\n2020 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Award\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION (CLOSED)\n\n\nFall Technical Symposium\n\n\nLeadership and Career Development and Award Ceremony\n\n\nPROCEEDINGS\n\n\n2020 Proceedings\n\n\n \n \nEvent Summary URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2020-cie-usa-dfw-annual-convention/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Convention,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-Annual-Convention-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200808 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200809 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200716T065252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250302T070030Z UID:12395-1596844800-1596931199@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2020 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Symposium DESCRIPTION:2020 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention\n\n\n2020 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Award\n\n\n\n\n  \nREGISTRATION(CLOSED)\n\n\nFall Technical Symposium\n\n\nLeadership and Career Development and Award Ceremony\n\n\nPROCEEDINGS\n\n\n2020 Proceedings\n\n\n\nFALL TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM\nLeadership and Career Development Seminar\nDay #1 August 08 – Technical Seminar (Register here – Fall Technical Symposium) \nDay #2 August 09 – Leadership and Career Development Seminar (Register here – Leadership and Career Development and Award Ceremony) \nThe CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is proud to unveil our Fall Symposium and Leadership and Career Development Seminar using online webinar platform with the theme Technology Fusion – Industry Transformation in Today\’s World.  The areas of focus are medical\, transportation\, artificial intelligence (AI)\, and big data. \nAdmission is free but advance registration is required. Webinar details will be provided via email after registration and before the event starts. Please plan to join the meeting 5-10 minutes prior to the start time to ensure you do not miss a single minute! \nProgram Content – August 08\nFall Technical Symposium 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST\n\nKeynote: Current Challenges in Health Care: We Need Your Help\, Dr. Robert Hendler\, Chief Medical Officer\, Texas Hospital Association (THA) and Foundation (THAF)\n\n  \n\nDriving an Intelligent Revolution in Transportation\, Karl-Heinz Steinmetz\, General Manager\, Automotive Systems\, HEV/EV & Powertrain\, Texas Instruments\n\n  \n\nA Brief Introduction to COVID-19 Forecasting\, Dr. Qiwei Li\, Assistant Professor Mathematical Sciences\, University of Texas at Dallas\n\n  \n\nMonitoring Genomic Evolution of COVID-19 Viruses\, Dr. Ching-Yung Lin\, CEO\, Graphen\, Inc.\n\n  \n\nQuestion and Answer Session\n\n \n \n \n  \n  \n \n\nProgram Content – August 09\nLeadership Track Seminar 2:00 PM – 4:40 PM CST\n  \nCoping with Anxiety In The Era Of COVID-19 \n\nBeverly Bo Wu\, M.D.\, Associate Director Psychiatric Emergent Department\, Parkland Hospital\n\n  \nChanneling Leonardo: What 21st Century Engineers and Scientists Need to Be Successful \n\nDr. Stephanie Adams\, Dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science UT Dallas\n\n  \nThe Four Letter Word You Don’t Want to Hear…But Should More Often \n\nThomas Rajan\, Managing Director – Global Co-Brand Partnerships\, American Airlines\n\n  \nPanel Discussion \n\nModerator: Sheana Chen\, CIE/USA-DFW Policy Advisor\n\n\nVirtual Ceremony 4:40 PM – 5:30 PM CST\n\nSponsors & Volunteers Recognition\nYoung Achiever Award Recognition (YAA)\nCommunity Resilience Scholarship (CRS) Recognition\n\n \nEVENT SUMMARY  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2020-cie-usa-dfw-fall-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-Fall-Symposium-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200530T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200530T160000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200318T061007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T061007Z UID:8960-1590832800-1590854400@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2020 CIE/USA-DFW MathComp/MathFun DESCRIPTION:2020 MathComp Winner\, Test Results\, Questions\, and News Release\n\n2020 MathComp Winner List [PDF]\n2020 MathComp Test Results [PDF]\n2020 MathFun Resources [PDF]\n\nSpeaker Presentations\n\nAmy Li\nJulia Camacho\nKevin Meng\n\n \nThe annual MathComp/MathFun event and parenting seminar are the flagship events of the CIE/USA-DFW Chapter\’s youth program. It has served our community for 30 years. Each year\, the event attracts nearly 1\,000 participants including students\, parents\, educators\, and volunteers. This fair consists of three programs: (1) a math competition\, (2) a math fun fair\, and (3) a parenting seminar. The goal is to stimulate young students\’ interest in Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Math (STEM). \nThis year we will bring the event online to continue to provide educational value and fun for young kids and families. The event will be held on May 30\, 2020 and it is FREE. We are extremely happy to have DFWCIA as a co-organizer this year. \nMathComp/MathFun Brochure\nProvides overall view of this event \nOnline User Guide\nProvides contest rules\, instructions and FAQ \nZoom Guide for Participant\nA YouTube demo video shows how to use Zoom in this event \nOnline Mock Test Sessions\nWill be posted when available \nParenting Seminar Speakers and Panelists\nDr. Glênisson de Oliveira \nDr. de Oliveira has a history of enhancing science\, technology\, engineering and mathematics education from kindergarten through 12th grade and at the undergraduate level in Rhode Island. His work has been funded through science and education grants from multiple agencies\, including a $12.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.\nHe earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physical chemistry from Purdue University and served as Dean of Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS) and Dean of Honors College\, University of North Texas (UNT). He is a professor of Chemistry in UNT. \nAmy Li (Student) \nAmy is an incoming 2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) freshman. She is from Highland Park High School. She has been active in high school math contests. She is USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO) Qualifier\, Math Prize for Girls Olympiad (MPFGO) Qualifier. She is Program Director of Health and Education Largesse Program. \nJulia Camacho (Student) \nJulia is an incoming 2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) freshman. Julia is from TAMS. Julia is passionate about computational biology and is an Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) grand award winner and an American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS) fellow. She is also the founder of SparkSTEM\, and is a National Winner of the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award. \nKevin Meng (Student) \nKevin is an incoming 2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) freshman. Kevin is from Plano West Senior High School. Kevin is a passionate innovator who enjoys developing technical projects that solve real-world problems. He is an Intel ISEF Best in Category Winner\, ACM Cutler-Bell Prize Winner\, Coca-Cola Scholar\, He is a founder of ArcGen Technologies LLSa \nSample Competition Problems\nGrade 1 Practice Questions and Answers\nGrade 2 Practice Questions and Answers\nGrade 3 Practice Questions and Answers\nGrade 4 Practice Questions and Answers\nGrade 5 Practice Questions and Answers\nGrade 6 Practice Questions and Answers\nGrade 7 Practice Questions and Answers\nGrade 8 Practice Questions and Answers \nPast Event Photos URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2020-mathcomp-mathfun/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,MathComp/MathFun ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-MathComp-MathFun-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200418T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200418T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200713T063518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200713T063518Z UID:9041-1587214800-1587229200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2020 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technology Symposium DESCRIPTION:Webinar Link\nZoom Meeting Number: 801506819\nThe CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is proud to unveil our first ever WEBINAR event for the 2020 Spring Technical Symposium\, “AI for Real-Life Application“\, and Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP)\, “The Future of Diversity and Inclusion“. Admission is free but advance registration is required. Webinar details will be provided via email after registration and before the event starts. Please plan to join the meeting 5 minutes prior to the start time to ensure you do not miss a single minute! \nThe 2020 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technical Symposium “AI for Real-Life Application” aims to exchange ideas\, best practices and technical innovations in the field of artificial intelligence. Three executives and experts from high-tech companies and educational institutions around the Dallas area will share their real-life applications\, including their innovations\, technologies\, and challenges they may have encountered along the way. All speakers will answer any questions you may have after their presentation is over. Please find the speaker information below: \nSpeaker Profiles:\nI Want my Self-Driving Car to Work! – Testing Integrated Circuits for Mission Critical Applications\nProfessor Jennifer Dworak (Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at SMU)\n\nJennifer Lynn Dworak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Southern Methodist University. Her research interests include manufacturing test\, hardware security\, and the reliability of digital circuits and systems. She is a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award and a 2012 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award funded by Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Dr. Dworak holds PhD\, MS\, and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University in College Station\, TX\, USA. \n\n\nHow 7-Eleven Built a Cashierless Store in Less Than a Year\nDr. Shahmeer Mirza (Tech Lead Manager at 7Next\, R&D Division of 7-Eleven)\nShahmeer Mirza is a Tech Lead Manager and Machine Learning Engineer at 7Next\, the R&D Division of 7-Eleven. He leads a team of machine learning\, hardware\, application\, and systems engineers to develop applied AI products. Shahmeer was previously at PepsiCo\, where he started the Applied Machine Learning practice within Snacks R&D. There\, he developed next generation automation\, computer vision\, and machine learning solutions for Industry 4.0 applications. Shahmeer is also passionate about democratizing AI capabilities; while at PepsiCo\, he created the first in a series of Data Analytics courses to upskill associates across the Snacks R&D organization. He holds a B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech\, and is currently finishing his M.S. in Computer Science at Georgia Tech. \nHarnessing Video Games to Crowd Source AI\nProfessor Cory Clark (Computer Science\, SMU and CTO\, BALANCED Media|Technology)\n\nDr. Clark serves as Deputy Director of Research at SMU Guildhall\, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at SMU as well as CTO of BALANCED Media | Technology. He has over 15 years of experience with a background in finding solutions to large-scale problems by combining several areas of study\, such as gaming\, systems biology\, distributed computing\, and artificial intelligence/machine learning. He has raised over $20MM in research\, seed\, and series funding from government and private entities as well as served as CTO of a gaming technology startup that was acquired. He has led multiple Advanced DoD R&D projects from concept to commercialization and most recently lead a team to a $2.5MM XPRIZE Grand Prize win. Dr. Clark’s innovations in human-in-the-loop machine learning techniques have led to numerous publications\, patents and invitations to speak at top conferences around the world. \n  \nImmediately following the STS program\, the Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP) event will be conducted by three executives and leaders within the Dallas area. LAMP is one of the long-standing CIE/USA-DFW events featuring “Leadership” and “Career Mentoring” for young professionals. This event is especially designed for graduating university students and young professionals who desire to enhance their knowledge and hand-on experience on hiring process\, career development\, corporate culture\, and leadership. After the speakers have presented\, a QA panel discussion will be conducted for those who may have questions. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2020-cie-usa-dfw-spring-technology-symposium/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-LAMP-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190816T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190816T213000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200713T030829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T004643Z UID:9029-1565976600-1565991000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2019 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Award DESCRIPTION:2019 CIE/USA AAEOY\n\n\n2019 CIE/USA-DFW International Technology and Leadership Conference\n\n\n\n\n2019 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYoung Achiever Award (YAA) promotes and recognizes exceptional academic excellence in STEM\, and active involvement of extra-curricular activities and community services of the youths. The award is to recognize students of 10th and 11th grade with top academic achievements at school\, outstanding engineering and science accomplishments\, demonstrated leadership and active involvement of community services. The award will be presented at the CIE/USA-DFW 2019 Annual Convention evening banquet at Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel on Friday August 16\, 2019. \n \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2019-cie-usa-dfw-young-achiever-award/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,YAA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2019-YAA-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180818T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180818T210000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200712T094604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T004049Z UID:9024-1534611600-1534626000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2018 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet DESCRIPTION:2018 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium\n\n\n2018 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n\n\n \n \nDinner Banquet Keynote Speaker\nDr. Simon Yeung\, Senior Vice President\, R & D\, PepsiCo\n \nDr Simon Yeung is a senior R&D executive experienced in multiple technologies and markets. His industry experience and knowledge includes power generation\, transportation\, controls\, plastics\, coatings\, renewable energy\, consumer electronics\, consumer goods\, composites\, and packaging. In addition to being an innovator personally with multiple patents\, Dr Yeung has led and transformed large\, global organizations in product development\, total cost out\, and technical services for corporations while balancing multiple objectives and budgets. He has successfully commercialized technology platforms\, and is well versed in intellectual property and technology transfer\, contract and partnership negotiation (e.g. JDA\, JV)\, capital projects\, Six Sigma\, as well as experienced in working with and facilitating cross-functional teams to create and implement strategic plans that yield significant and margin-accretive results. \nDr Yeung started his professional career at General Electric Corporate R&D center\, where he worked on research projects in multiple areas. He moved to GE Plastics (now SABIC Innovation Plastics) where he held a number of R&D leadership positions in process technology\, product development\, and platform development. In 2007\, Dr Yeung joined The Dow Chemical Company as Solar R&D Director\, where he started the Dow Solar business. In 2009\, he was named Global R&D Director for Materials Science and Engineering in Corporate R&D in Dow Chemical\, where he led a global\, multi-disciplinary organization engaging in innovative research and development activities in materials science\, materials and parts design\, modeling\, and processing. He also led and implemented a front-end exploration approach in technology assessment and development\, as well as Six Sigma for Corporate R&D in Dow Chemical. Dr Yeung then spent 4 years at Avery Dennison\, first as the Global Vice President of R&D for Graphics and Reflective Solutions (GRS) and Performance Tapes (PT) with a combined revenue of $850MM\, then as Global Vice President of Segment Innovation responsible for leading innovation for 8 different market segments with the total revenue exceeding US$4.7B. After that\, he went to Valspar where he was Vice President of R&D for Consumer Paint for Valspar Corporation. He joined PepsiCo in Jan 2017 as Senior Vice President R&D\, Snacks Functions Capability\, responsible for science and technology for Snacks worldwide. In addition\, Dr Yeung holds board membership in a number of organizations\, including most recently PaintCare and Corporate Visiting Committee for Case Western Reserve University. \nCIE Day Proclamation\n \n  \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2018-cie-usa-dfw-annual-banquet/ LOCATION:Renaissance Dallas Addison\, 15201 Dallas Parkway\, Addison\, TX\, 75001\, United States CATEGORIES:Convention,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2018-Banquet-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180818T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180818T210000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200712T093039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T003012Z UID:9025-1534611600-1534626000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2018 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards DESCRIPTION:2018 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium\n\n\n2018  CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2018-cie-usa-dfw-young-achiever-awards/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Free Events,YAA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2018-YAA-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180818T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180818T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200712T093840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250111T223458Z UID:9023-1534593600-1534611600@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2018 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium DESCRIPTION:2018 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet\n\n\n2018 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n\n\n \n \nKeynote Speakers\nKeynote 1: Last Mile Security in Connected Sensor Applications\nXiaolin Lu (TI Fellow\, Director of Kilby Innovation Lab\, Texas Instruments)\n2016 CIE/USA AAEOY (Asian American Engineer of the Year) Awardee\nXiaolin Lu is fellow of Texas Instruments and director of Kilby Innovation Lab responsible for driving various differentiated industrial- and energy-related connected system level solutions using TI embedded processors\, connectivity\, analog and power management devices. Her focus area covers: connected sensors\, ultra-low-power connected MCU and analog as well as security.\nXiaolin is well-known as an embedded system and software expert inside and outside TI and has given keynote and plenary talks at numerous technical conferences. She is the author/co-author of more than 60 U.S. issued patents and the recipient of a series of awards: 2016 Asian American Engineer of the Year\, and Society of Women Engineers (SWE)\, etc. \nKeynote 2: Dissolvable Fracturing Tools: How to turn a terrible material into a great product\nDr. Michael Fripp (Chief Scientific Advisor\, Halliburton)\nMichael Fripp is a Distinguished Engineer and has worked for the last 18 years creating new oilfield technology for Halliburton. He has over 350 awarded and pending patents that address many aspects of downhole oil and gas production. He is a principal inventor of the materials in dissolving hydraulic fracturing tools as well as of oilfield acoustic telemetry and fluidic devices. He has been named as an Innovative Thinker by World Oil Magazine and has been recognized as a Texas Genius by the organization Genius Awards. Dr. Fripp has a PhD degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and is a licensed professional engineer. He has authored numerous technical papers and has coauthored 4 books. \nKeynote 3: Advanced Analytics to Optimize Customer Experience in Retail Electricity Delivery\nDarshan Bhate (VP of Strategy\, Pricing & Analytics\, TXU Energy)\n\nDarshan Bhate is the Vice President of Strategy\, Pricing & Analytics of TXU Energy\, where he is responsible for the P&L for the Residential and Mass Markets business units\, and leading the enterprise analytics function that generate measurable incremental value through the application of AI/ML principles and techniques. Before joining TXU Energy\, Darshan worked in Investment Banking (Mergers & Acquisitions) Group of Credit Suisse in New York city. Darshan graduated from University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business with a MBA (Honors) in Finance & Corporate Strategy. He also has a MS degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a BE degree in Mechanical Engineering from Govt. College of Engineering\, Pune\, India. \nParallel Sessions\nSession 1: Automation and Smart Machines\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Dr. Andrew Stevens\, Machine Learning Engineer\, Sivananthan Laboratories\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Dr. Simon Mak\, Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship and Associate Director\, SMU\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Dr. Frank Lewis\, Moncrief-O’Donnell Endowed Chair and Head\,\nAdvanced Controls & Sensors Group UTA Research Institute (UTARI)\, UTA\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n4:45 – 5:30 PM: Networking\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \nSession 2: Advanced Materials and Manufacturing\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Craig Lee\, AT&T Plano Foundry Director\, AT&T\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Dr. Adrian Avendano\, Chief Product Officer\, Ares Materials\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Dr. Walter Voit\, Founder and CEO\, Adaptive 3D\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n4:45 – 5:30 PM: Networking\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \nSession 3: Leadership & Career Development\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Kim Cummings\, AVP HR & Diversity\, BNSF Railway\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Dr. Chee Ching\, Vice President\, Automation\, Technology & Development\, AT&T\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Conrad Chun\, Vice President of Communications\, Boeing Global Services\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n4:45 – 5:30 PM: Networking\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2018-cie-usa-dfw-fall-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2018-Fall-Symposium-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180407T123000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180407T180000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200713T002250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200713T002250Z UID:9034-1523104200-1523124000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2018 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technology Symposium DESCRIPTION:The CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is pleased to present the 2018 Spring Technical Symposium “Advances in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning and their Applications” on Saturday April 7th\, 2018\, from 12:30PM to 6:00PM at Centennial Auditorium at Southern Methodist University (SMU). This event is co-hosted by CIE-DFW Chapter\, IEEE Dallas Section and SMU. Admission is free\, but advance registration is required. \n \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2018-cie-usa-dfw-spring-technology-symposium/ LOCATION:Southern Methodist University – Centennial Hall Visitors Center\, 3140 Dyer St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2018-Spring-Symposium-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190102 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200712T080741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200712T080741Z UID:9022-1514764800-1546387199@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2017 CIE/USA-DFW Mentoring Program DESCRIPTION:Introduction\nThe CIE Mentoring Program (CMP) event is one of the long-standing CIE/USA-DFW events featuring “Leadership” and “Career Mentoring” for young professionals. This event is especially designed for graduating university students and young professionals who desire to enhance their knowledge and hand-on experience on hiring process\, career development\, corporate culture\, and leadership. The goal of our program: foster relationships with young students/professionals and provide guidance as they navigate the early challenges of adulthood. Mentoring can be dated back to ancient Greek Mythology\, primarily the story of Mentor from Homer\’s Odyssey. As Odysseus was fighting in the Trojan War\, he put a friend\, Mentor\, in charge of his most prized possession: his son\, Telemachus. Mentor became Telemachus\’ coach\, counselor\, teacher\, protector\, and trusted advisor as he helped him grow from a young man into adulthood while his father was away. The word Mentor eventually evolved from a name into a word meaning trusted advisor\, friend\, teacher\, and wise person. In addition\, history has shown us many examples of successful mentoring relationships: Socrates and Plato\, Hayden and Beethoven\, Freud and Jung. Mentoring is now considered a fundamental form of human development where someone invests their time\, energy\, and personal knowledge in the growth of another person. This program seeks to do exactly that. \nAs a Mentor\, you will have the ability to change a young person\’s life. You will work directly with your mentee(s) to help address a myriad of topics such as: information overload\, work/life balance\, generational issues\, communications\, developing networking skills\, culture transitions\, setting career goals\, bridging the college gap\, and career guidance. These topics are essential to helping our young professionals evolve in to the future leaders of tomorrow. \nSo why become a Mentor? Mentoring isn\’t just useful for the person you are assisting\, but it can help you in various ways. First\, you experience the satisfaction from supporting another human being. Studies have shown that the greatest single aspect of becoming successful and overcoming hardships is through overwhelming support and motivation. This can be observed by little league coaches and their impacts on children\, Boy Scout leaders and their pupils\, and CEO\’s and other executive leaders. Second\, mentors grow themselves! You will hone your development on key skills such as listening\, questioning\, facilitation\, empathizing\, planning\, and confidence. Furthermore\, as you work closer and closer with your mentee(s)\, you will gain a sense of self-reflection. You will notice your own areas of improvement\, your own weaknesses\, and your own strengths. Together\, you will both grow beyond expectations and that is what mentoring is about. \nAs a Mentee\, you will learn from local leaders in a variety of industries. You will work directly with your mentor(s) to get answers on topics that are important to you: setting goals\, engaging in effective communication\, handling conflict in the workplace\, work/life balance\, job seeking skills\, and how to become a strong leader. These of course\, are just a small sample of questions that you may have. As part of the CMP\, the program is designed to put you\, the mentee\, in the drivers’ seat. In addition\, the CMP steering committee will work hard to pair you with a mentor that matches you direct needs and areas of interest. We will evaluate you and your mentor based on the personal activities you share\, the level of education\, the industry you are in\, and the type of mentoring you are looking for. \nSo why become a Mentee? Everyone needs a little help and advice at some point in our lives. Very few (and we mean very)\, have the ability to navigate the complexities of life without needing some external guidance. Through the helping hand of a mentor\, you have the one thing many people do not: a sounding board. Struggling with handling a high intensity job and maintaining a healthy life? We guarantee the mentors have been there. Worried about getting a job upon graduation? Yeah\, they have been there as well. By interacting with a proven industry leader\, your worries will subside as you receive advice from a mentor who has made it. Let them help you cultivate a successful career and help your dreams come true. \nSo what are you waiting for? Apply through the buttons on the right hand side of the website. On behalf of the CIE/USA-DFW Chapter\, we are looking forward to providing you a helping hand. \nGeneral Rules and Guidelines\nGuidelines:\n\nMentee checklist prior to meeting Mentor\n\nDefine your personal goals. Consider the skill set you will need to reach these goals. How can a mentor help you reach these goals?\nPrepare to take initiative in developing Mentor relationship\, and practice active listening\n\n\nMentee & Mentor to learn more about each other\, and best methods to work together\n\nEstablish a meeting cadence between mentee and mentor. Suggested schedule is once every 2 week\, ideally face to face\, or via phone calls\, Text or Email.\nDiscuss formality of meetings: Agenda\, minutes\, action items.\nAgree on communication tools/style. Is texting\, phone calls acceptable on-demand or should everything be scheduled?\nFind commonalities in background\, education\, personal interests\, hobbies\, etc\n\n\nSet Goals & expectations – Build a framework for success\n\nReview the rules together\nUnderstand what Mentor expects and what Mentee expects\nReview mentee’s needs assessment and establish achievable goals for the duration of the program\nDiscuss what success look like\nAgree on how to evaluate outcomes at mid-point and at the end of the program. Document this as early as possible.\nReview time management strategies in lieu of set expectations\n\n\nActions at Mentor’s discretion:\n\nThe Mentor may offer to write the mentee a progress reports to mentee’s managers\nThe Mentor may offer to introduce mentee to hiring managers or directly hire the mentees. Mentors are under no such obligation to directly assist mentees in seeking a job.\n\n\n\nRules:\n\nRespect mentee’s schedule and make every effort to meeting appointments\nBoth mentor and mentee must respect CIE Program Confidentiality\n\nMentoring Confidentiality Statement – “For a mentoring relationship to develop\, both the mentor and mentee must feel that discussions of private issues or problems are being handled with discretion. The purpose of this agreement is to protect both the mentor and mentee from a breach in confidentiality during the mentoring process” \n\nAbide by ethical behavior and rules of etiquette\n\nFAQ\nQuestions before you participate in CIE Mentoring Program (CMP):\n\nWhat is CMP – CIE Mentoring Program?\n\nThe CIE Mentoring Program (CMP) event is one of the long-standing CIE/USA-DFW events featuring “Leadership” and “Career Mentoring” for young professionals. This event is especially designed for graduating university students and young professionals who desire to enhance their knowledge and hand-on experience on hiring process\, career development\, corporate culture\, and leadership. \n\nWho is CIE/USA-DFW Chapter – the host of CMP?\n\nCIE/USA-DFW Chapter was established in January 1989 and registered in the state of Texas as a non-profit organization in 1992\, and has been very active in the Metroplex since then. We focus on promoting the community interest in Science\, Technology\, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). \n\nHow long will CMP last?\n\nCMP is actively supported by CIE/USA-DFW for 2 semesters from September to April. The time depends on the goals and availability of the participants. Participants may choose to continue their relationship beyond the CIE-supported time frame on their own. \n\nIs there any sign-up cost?\n\nNo\, participants are responsible for any expense that may be incurred. \n\nIf I am not able to continue with the mentoring program after it started\, what should be the next step?\n\nIf you are really unable to continue\, we suggest you meet with the Mentoring Program Manager (MPM). \n\nCan I claim any expenses?\n\nNo\, participants are responsible for any expense that may be incurred. \n\nWill we need to meet face-to-face?\n\nIt’s up to you. It can be in person\, via phone\, e-mail\, web meeting\, or other form of communication. \n\nIf I don’t feel the relationship/match is working\, what should be the next step?\n\nPlease contact the MPM to discuss the issues and next steps. Please use the provided email address (ciementoringprogram@gmail.com) or call (469-647-9386) \n\nCan I be both a mentor and mentee?\n\nNo\, you can only be one of them. \nAs a mentor:\n\nWhat are the mentor qualifications/requirements?\n\nWe require mentors to have at least 10 years of experience as a professional and currently have a leadership role within your organization. \n\nDo I need to be a CIE/USA-DFW life time member in order to be a mentor?\n\nNo\, you don’t. You are very welcome to become a CIE life time member but it is not necessary. \n\nAm I expected to schedule meetings with the mentee?\n\nNo\, this program is mentee-driven and scheduling meetings is an expectation of the mentee. \n\nWhat happens if the mentee is not responsive?\n\nIf the Mentee has not responded after a month\, please reach out to the MPM. \n\nWho can I contact for mentoring resources & training?\n\nPlease contact the MPM to discuss resources that are available. \n\nWill CIE be willing to inform my management that I am volunteering as a mentor?\n\nIf you would like\, the CIE will gladly notify your management or anyone else with your involvement in the program. \n\nWill the mentor’s personal information be kept confidential and secure?\n\nYes. All applicants are expected to comply and respect each other’s privacy. \n\nHow big is each mentoring group\, one to one or one to many?\n\nThe current goal of the program is to provide mentees with private 1:1 mentoring. However\, if mentors are willing to lead mentoring circles in order to allow more mentees to be part of the program\, we may consider both 1 on 1 and mentoring circles. \n\nAs a mentor\, how much time am I expected to spend communicating with my mentee?\n\nThere is no set expectation on time commitment. In general\, we recommend mentees and mentors to agree on meeting frequency and to be respectful of each other’s availability. A guideline is 1 hour meeting either weekly or bi-weekly. \n\nWhat are the benefits of mentoring?\n\n\nGain satisfaction in sharing expertise with others.\nEnhance your professional skills e.g. leadership skills by working with others with different background or personality\, communication\, listening and management skills.\nCreate an impact with your experience for the next generation.\nEnhance your resume\nGain fresh perspectives\n\nAs a mentee:\n\nWhat are the mentee qualifications/requirements?\n\nWe request that mentees be young professionals with less than 5 years of work experience and at a minimum junior/senior level in college. \n\nAm I required to be a CIE/USA-DFW Chapter member?\n\nWe ask all applicants be a member of the CIE/USA-DFW Chapter. Learn more at http://www.ciedfw.org/index.html. \n\nAm I expected to schedule meetings with the mentee?\n\nAs a mentee\, the expectation is to drive the relationship with the mentor. How frequently\, through what channels\, and meeting times should be scheduled by you (working with your mentor) \n\nWhat happens if the mentor is not responsive?\n\nIf the Mentor has not responded after a month\, please reach out to the MPM. \n\nWill CIE be willing to inform my management that I am volunteering as a mentee?\n\nIf you would like\, the CIE will gladly notify your management or anyone else with your involvement in the program. \n\nWill the mentee’s personal information be kept confidential and secure?\n\nYes. All applicants are expected to comply and respect each other’s privacy. \n\nAs a mentee\, how much time am I expected to spend communicating with my mentor?\n\nThere is no set expectation on time commitment. In general\, we recommend mentees and mentors to agree on meeting frequency and to be respectful of each other’s availability. A guideline is 1 hour meeting either weekly or bi-weekly. \n\nWhat are the benefits of a mentee?\n\n\nGain from the mentor’s expertise\nReceive critical feedback in key areas\, such as communications\, interpersonal relationships\, technical abilities\, change management and leadership skills\nDevelop a sharper focus on what is needed to grow professionally within the organization\nLearn specific skills and knowledge that are relevant to personal goals\nGain knowledge about the organization’s culture and unspoken rules that can be critical for success; as a result\, adapts more quickly to the organization’s culture\n\n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2017-cie-usa-dfw-mentoring-program/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,Mentoring ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2017-Mentoring-Program-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170819T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170819T210000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200712T044617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T001933Z UID:9017-1503162000-1503176400@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2017 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards DESCRIPTION:2017 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention\n\n\n2017 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium\n\n\n\n\n2017  CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet\n\n\n\n\n\n \nYAA Winners\n1) Cody Fang\, Plano West Senior High School \n2) Kenny Huang\, Jasper High School \n3) Jeffrey Jehng\, Highland Park High School \n4) Lucas Jia\, Texas Academy of Math & Science \n5) I-Jung Lin\, Plano Clark High School \n6) Henry Liu\, Flower Mound High School \n7) Christina Lu\, Plano West Senior High School \n8) Richard Luo\, Highland Park High School \n9) Joanna Quan\, Greenhill School \n10) Michael Shen\, Texas Academy of Math & Science \n11) Victoria Shiau\, Greenhill School \n12) Frances Wu\, Plano West Senior High School \n13) Angela Yeh\, Richardson Berkner High School \n14) David Yue\, Jasper High School \n15) Philip Zeng\, Grapevine High School \n16) Allan Zhang\, St. Mark’s School of Texas \n17) Sharon Zhang\, The Hockaday School \n18) Vivian Zhao\, Murphy McMillen High School \n19) Charissa Zou\, Plano West Senior High School \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2017-cie-usa-dfw-young-achiever-awards/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Free Events,YAA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2017-YAA-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170819T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170819T210000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200712T023512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200712T023512Z UID:9014-1503144000-1503176400@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2017 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention DESCRIPTION:2017 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium\n\n\n2017 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet\n\n\n\n\n2017 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n\n\n\n \nThe 2017 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention is an event featuring a Fall Technical Symposium\, VIP Reception and Dinner Banquet. The Convention will be held on August 19th \, 2017 at Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel (900 E. Lookout Dr\, Richardson\, Texas 75082\, USA). 2017 is CIE/USA’s centennial anniversary. CIE/USA centennial celebration will be an important part of the dinner banquet program. \nSchedule\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2015\n1:00 PM – 5:00 PM          Technology Symposium (Free to the Public)\n5:20 PM – 6:20 PM          VIP Reception (Invitation Only)\n6:30 PM – 9:00 PM         Dinner Banquet (Registration Required) \nPlanning Committee\nConvention Chair: Dr. Allan Zhong\n \nAllan Zhong is the technology manager for R & D at Halliburton Company. He is also a leading expert in solid mechanics and numerical simulations. He earned a Ph.D. in applied mechanics from California Institute of Technology. He is involved in many community services\, such as volunteer youth soccer coach\, science fair judge\, board director of home owner association\, 2015 VP of youth program for CIE/USA-DFW and 2017 EVP and Board Director for CIE/USA-DFW. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAdvisors: Edward Yu\, Xinfen Chen\, Grace Tyler\, Yu Meng\, Sammy Yang\, Qing Zhao \,Faa-Ching Wang\nHotel Management: Greg Nichols\, Kevin Liang\, Claire Jung\nRegistration: Susan Yin\nLogistics: Xiang Luo\, Steven Xu\, Tony Yin\, Lani Ma\, Greg Nichols\nInventory: Steven Xu\, Sean Luo\, and Arnold Zhang\nVolunteer Coordination: Winnie Liang\nBanquet Chair: Greg Nichols\nBanquet Emcee: Sam Liu\nStage Management: Alice Yang\nBanquet Program: Jinhong Liu\, Greg Nichols\nMedia Presentation: Uchenna Ndusorouwa\, Greg Nichols\nYoung Achiever Award: James Wanerdi\, Shawn Xiong\nGuest Management: Greg Nichols\, Susan Yin\nGuest Invitation: Claire Jung\, Marrisa Yang\, Shuyi Yan\, Greg Nichols\, Allan Zhong\nVIP Reception: Shuyi Yan\nVIP Reception Emcee: Sam Liu \nFall Technical Symposium:Will Zhou\, Linwei Zhang\, Cong Bi\nSpeaker Invitation: Claire Jung\, Allan Zhong\, Yu Meng\, Kevin Liang\, Xiang Luo\, Elaine Kung \nPublicity:Wen-Shin Wang\, Fei Cen\nProceedings: David Ai\, Lily Jiang\, Hanna Tong\nArtistic Designs: Huang-Chun Wen\, Pei-Chun Wen\, Shangting Detweiler\nWebmaster: Wayne Huang URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2017-cie-usa-dfw-annual-convention/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Convention,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2017-Convention-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170819T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170819T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T154257 CREATED:20200712T043102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T001159Z UID:9016-1503144000-1503162000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2017 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium DESCRIPTION:2017 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention\n\n\n2017 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet\n\n\n\n\n2017 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n\n\n \n \nKeynote Speakers\nKeynote 1: Unleash Your Imagination – Innovation Opportunities for the Next Century\nDavid Lu (VP\, D2 Platform & Systems Development\, AT&T)\n2017 CIE/USA AAEOY (Asian American Engineer of the Year) Awardee\n\nDavid Lu is currently responsible for development and engineering of AT&T next generation ECOMP platform and Open ECOMP (ONAP) to enable the AT&T network virtualization (SDN) and target OSS/BSS transformation including API\, micro-services\, policy control & orchestration\, hyper-automation\, and advanced data analytics. \nSince joining AT&T Bell Labs in 1987\, David has served in various leadership positions at AT&T. He holds 38 patents and has frequently appeared as a guest speaker at technical and leadership seminars and conferences throughout the world. David received numerous industry awards including the 2015 Chairman’s Award from IEEE Communication Society for Network and Systems Quality and Reliability and 2017 CIE AAEOY (Asian America Engineer of Year) Award. He has also been very active in community organizations and activities including AT&T APCA\, CIE/USA-DFW\, and DFW Asian American Chamber of Commerce. He was recognized by AT&T APCA with the 2015 Corporate Leadership Award. \nDavid has an undergraduate degree in music\, majoring in cello performance and graduate degree in Computer Science. \nKeynote 2: Data Intelligence Enables Intelligent R&D\nTony Chang (VP\, US R&D Competence Center\, Huawei )\n2017 CIE/USA AAEOY (Asian American Engineer of the Year) Awardee\n\nTony Chang is Vice President of Huawei US R&D Competence Center and a Corporate R&D Tools Planning & Test Authority\, leading the evolution and innovation of the company’s overall R&D model\, methodology\, tools\, quality\, global lab effectiveness and customer test partnership to improve the efficiency and TTM. \nSince joining Huawei in 2008\, he has led the R&D teams in building up the company-wide Test Automation\, Test Case & Lab Standardization/SDE\, Test Data Correlation Methodology\, Advanced Product Verification Strategy/Methodology\, Advanced Solution Integration Strategy/Methodology\, Future R&D Ecosystem Operation Platform and Smart Delivery-JAD. \nPrior to Huawei\, Tony held various senior roles at Nortel Networks Inc. from 1987 to 2008 including Director of MCI Development & Deployment\, Director of Carrier Verification\, Sr. Director of Wireless Verification & Tools Developments and Corporate Test Environment Design Authority. \nDuring his twenty years of research on testing and tools at Nortel\, Tony has set up the company-wide Test Automation Platform\, Global Lab Standardization and industry leading Test Process and Solution Integration Automations which improved the overall R&D efficiency\, product quality\, customer satisfaction and facilitated Nortel’s product competition. \nTony earned Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn\, NY. He also has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Fun Jen Catholic University\, Taiwan\, R.O.C. \nKeynote 3: Forging Into the Future with Intelligent Machines and the Technologies that Enable Them\nSeema Deshpande (Director\, DLP Systems Technology Development\, Texas Instruments Inc.)\n2017 CIE/USA AAEOY (Asian American Engineer of the Year) Awardee\n\nSeema Deshpande is Director of Systems Technology Development for Texas Instruments (TI) DLP® Products. She is responsible for the architecture\, design and development of innovative products across projection\, digital cinema\, industrial and automotive applications. Seema manages a global organization of engineers responsible for the development of DLP products that support a wide range of applications including front projection and cinema\, Pico projection\, wearable displays\, VR/AR\, automotive head-up display\, smart adaptive headlights\, and 3-D printing. \nSeema earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Karnataka University\, India and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston\, Texas. \nParallel Sessions\nSession 1: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Tim Hwang\, CEO\, FiscalNote\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Dr. David Treichler\, Director Strategy and Technology\, Oncor Electric Delivery\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Dr. Logan Song\, Founder and President\, DFW Chinese IT Association LLC\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \nSession 2: Advance in Healthcare and Biometrics\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Dr. Jinming Gao\, Professor\, UT Southwestern Medical Center\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Dr. J.-C. Chiao\, Professor\, University of Texas at Arlington\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Dr. Walter Voit\, Associate Professor\, The University of Texas at Dallas\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \nSession 3: Leadership & Career Development\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Elaine Kung\, Director\, Network on Demand & Integrated Solutions\, AT&T\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Jennifer Jao\, Divisional Information Officer\, Information Systems\, Toyota Motor North America\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Kim Cummings\, AVP HR & Diversity\, BNSF Railway\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2017-cie-usa-dfw-fall-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2017-Fall-Symposium-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR