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(No. 1)
Thursday, Jul 16, 1998
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Newsletter of the Detroit Chinese Engineers Association (DCEA)
DCEA Web Site: http://www.wwnet.net/~dcea
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Table of Contents
[DCEA News]
1. President's Message from Chin Kuo
2. Planned Activities for the Rest of 1998
3. DCEA President Visited Chinese Universities
[Community News]
1. Public are Invited to Dr. Wang's Memorial Service on Sunday
2. News Briefs on Dr. Wang's Murder
3. Donation Update for Dr. Wang's Memorial Fund
4. The Detroit News: Groups Start Fund For Slain Scientist
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DCEA NEWS
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1. President's Message from Chin Kuo
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Dear DCEA Members and Friends:
We had a very successful technical conference held in February 1998. The
attendance was excellent. The program coverage and quality of
presentations were highly praised. The conference was fully supported by
Big Three and automotive suppliers. There were plenty of opportunity for
networking among the fellow engineers and scientists from industry,
academic institutions, and exhibitors. The success was primarily
attributed to the enthusiatic support from everyone of you. I would like
to again take this opportunity to thank you in addition to the
recognitions that were given at the conference luncheon and printed in
the conference program.
It is the Board of Directors' plan to continue the DCEA's tradition in
providing quality service to our members and engineering profession
and the society in general. Future effort will focus on the following
activities.
1. Update the Membership Directory.
2. Prepare promotional information packets for recruiting new mwembers.
3. Try to communicate through email as much as possible. Please provide
your email address to Rong Chen (rchen01@detroitdiesel.com) or Eric Che
(chche@rmastat.ma.gmr.com). We would like to include email address in
the Membership Directory
4. Plan to send out English version of the newsletter via email and
Chinese version via regular mail on a regular basis. This is a very cost
effective way of enhancing our communication.
5. Continue to update our web page: http://www.wwnet.net/~dcea.
6. Sponsor up to two scholarships to high school Chinese students who
will enter engineering school this Fall.
7. Sponsor a half day technical workshop/seminar on current topics in
the Fall.
8. Participate in Soup Kitchen which is a collective effort of Chinese
community in Greater Detroit area.
9. Begin to plan the next technical conference in February, 1999.
DCEA attempts to be active and provides service to you. I strongly urge
you to get involved by signing up these activities. Please let me know
your interest by sending me an email message (kuo@eng.wayne.edu).
Have a nice summer!
Chin Kuo
President, DCEA
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2. Planned Activities for the Rest of 1998 - Kingman Yee
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On May 23, 1998 DCEA held a board meeting. This is the meeting minutes.
It peeks into some of our planned activities for the rest of the year.
1. Membership Directory will be ready in December.
2. Fall Technical Seminar
* Topic: Information Technology
* Location: LTU
* Date: October 17, 1998
* Five Speakers in each of the following areas:
Database
Internet
Knowledge Management
Data Mining
Career Opportunity
* Schedule (afternoon meeting, no lunch):
1:00 - 2:00 Registration ($10 for non-member,
free for membership due paid members)
Resume collection by companies and recruiters
($100 for each display)
2:00 - 4:30 Five invited speakers, chaired by Jie Cheng
4:30 - 6:00 Reception/networking/resume collection
* Kingman Yee is asked to reserve Science Auditorium and the
attrium in front of the auditorium, with about 15 tables for
companies and recruiters. Also, reception will be held in
the attrium. All activities will be in one location. Tai Chan
will work with Kingman on reception (budget $500-800).
* Advance Announcement will be included in the newsletter.
Fliers and announcement in Chinese newspaper will be done
by Jie Cheng and Rong Chen. This event will be included in the
"Calendar of Events" in membership directory.
* No proceedings will be published by DCEA. However, speakers
should feel free to pass handouts.
3. Annual membership meeting and election will be held on December
5, 1998 at Golden Harvest (Van Dyke between 12 and 13 mile) for
luncheon and meeting.
11:30 Registration
12:00 Luncheon
1:00 Meeting/Election
2:00 Adjour
4. 1999 Spring Technical Conference will be held on the Saturday of
the SAE conference. Planning will begin in Fall 98.
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3. DCEA President Visited Chinese Universities
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As part of the effort to enhance Wayne State University's international
programs, DCEA President and Wayne State's Dean of Engineering Dr. Chin
Y. Kuo and Wayne State's President Dr. Irvin D. Reid have recently
completed a trip to China. The purposes of this two week trip were to
explore new opportunities for faculty and student exchanges, research
collaborations, further development of existing programs and joint
conferences and cultural programs. Six universities were visited: Fudan
University and Tongji University in Shanghai, Zhejiang University in
Hangzhou, and Tsinghua University, Peking University and Beijing
Institute of Technology in Beijing. Both of them visited many key
national laboratories and gave lectures on Education and Globalism.
The visits were considered extremely successful and productive. During
the trip, Wayne State University and Tongji University signed an
affiliation agreement. A similar agreement was sign between Wayne State
University and Fudan University this past February on Wayne State
campus. Currently, College of Engineering has various activities in
progress or in planning stages with these universities except Peking
University. Several faculty research collaborations are underway. A
significant number of Chinese graduate students and visiting scholars
from these universities are on campus. There are quite a few engineering
faculty members who are of Chinese origin and some of them have given or
will give lectures over there. The programs of interest include
Biomedical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Materials and Sensors,
Infrastructures Engineering and Engineering Management.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
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1. Public are Invited to Attend Dr. Wang's Memorial Service
Dr. Chenguang Wang's relatives and the memorial service coordination team
have decided to hold a family-member-only private funeral service, followed
by a public memorial service for Dr. Chenguang Wang. People are invited to
attend the public memorial service on Sunday to express your condolence and
show your support. Local government representatives and news media will be
also invited to the service.
***********Memorial Service for Dr. Wang Chenguang***********
Date: July 19th, Sunday, 10am to 1pm
Location: 1324 East Hall, Central Campus, University of Michigan
Corner of South University and East University
Next to Ulrichs Bookstore
Parking: Dental School Parking Lot, Free on Weekends; Also a parking
structure on Church street will be the closest to East Hall.
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2. News Briefs
A. Press release about Dr. Wang Memorial Fund was sent to local radio, TV
and newspaper media as well as Chinese presses in the States. Many of them
carried the fund information.
B. More local Chinese organizations and individuals express their
willingness to help.
C. Consuls from the Consulate General of PRC is coming to Detroit today.
They will visit Wang's family to express sympathy and talk to Detroit Police
Department and the hospital.
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3. Donation Update for Dr. Wang's Memorial Fund
Many people have phoned and emailed to pledge donations for Dr. Wang's
Memorial Fund. The fund has received following donations. If your donation
is not listed, it may be still in the process of mailing.
Sophie Hu, $100
Zhang Xia, $100
Xu Jinshou, $100
Hong Wei, $100
Liu, Yizhang, $100
Sarah Hu, $50
CHEN Gang, $100
Anonymous, $20
XIA Houchun & HUANG Weinong, $200
Zack Ye, $100
LIU Nengquan, $100
WANG Leeann, $70
SHEN Ke, $100
LING Tianjun, $100
Donation of any amount will be greatly appreciated.
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4. The Detroit News: Groups Start Fund For Slain Scientist
Warren -- Chinese-American groups from Metro Detroit formed a memorial fund
to raise money for the family of the Chinese scientist killed last week.
Dr. Chenguang Wang,43, of Warren, was fatally stabbed Tuesday about 8 p.m.
after he left his broken-down car on the Interstate 75 service drive near
Davison. Police arrested Kenneth Remson, 18, of Detroit, two days later.
Donations can be sent to the Dr. Chenguang Wang Memorial Fund, P.O. Box
1343, Troy, MI 48099.
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