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This paper describes radio frequency identification (RFID) projects, designed and implemented by students in the College of Engineering at the University of North Texas, as part of their senior-design project requirement. The paper also describes an RFID-based project implemented at Rice Middle School in Piano, TX, which went on to win multiple prizes both at the school and regional level. The goal of the RFID endeavor is to develop an RFID elective course that is current, industry-oriented, and methodically built to enable faculty to design, develop, and deliver the course to a diverse group of engineering students. The sequence of events through which the course evolved was as follows: 1) conduct an industry-supported workshop for students in the College of Engineering with funding received from the National Science Foundation (NSF); 2) assign an RFID-based design project for the senior students who attended the workshop; 3) use the first senior design project as a model to encourage subsequent senior students to create their own RFID projects or enable the students to contact companies seeking to accomplish RFID solutions to a problem; 4) involve middle school students in RFID-based projects by using the senior design projects as an enticement; 5) use the successful projects as the basis for practical laboratory experiences to be created in a new elective course on RFID. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A calendar of congresses and conventions related to test technology in the U.S. for May to July 2009 is presented, including the 27th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, the 8th IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop and the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust.

Reports on the 2001 International Electrical and Electronic Engineering Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing in May 2001 in Dallas, Texas. Number of registrants; Papers presented in the workshop; Lecturers.

The article discusses the services provided by the U.S.-based Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Communications Society for its members. The organization will be introducing unified and standardized ways to run conferences. Keynote speeches, workshops and panel sessions will be added to its online offerings. On a trial run, the online facility will feature video feeds related to conference activities. Generic educational broadcasts on industry topics will be provided to society members.