Dear alumni and friends:

On April 14, 2007 at Hilton Los Angeles Airport, CESASC will hold its 45th Convention and Technical Symposium. 17 excellent speakers will present many interesting topics. Please register to attend the event at http://www.cesasc.orgThe speakers and their presentation topics and time (approximately) are:

On Leadership (One of the most achieved women in aerospace technology area):

1. 11:15 am: Ms. Heidi Shyu, Corporate Vice President of Technology & Research, Raytheon Company, 2007 CESASC Achievement Award Recipient: "Leadership for the 21st Century"

On Life Sciences (One of the youngest members of National Academy of Sciences and one distinguished UCLA professor):

2. 12:45 am: Dr. Xiaodong Wang, Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Professor of University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 2007 CESASC Achievement Award Recipient: "Saving Lives by Understanding Death"

3. 1:30 pm: Dr. Hong Wu, Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at UCLA Medical School: ”The Mystery of Cancer”

On Entertainment Business and Personal Growth (One of the most important contributors of cable television and digital HDTV):

4. 7:30 pm: Mr. John J. Sie, Founder and Chairman, Starz Entertainment, 2007 CESASC Achievement Award Recipient: "Evolution of an Electrical Engineer over a Half Century"

On Renewable Energy:

5-6. 2:30 pm: Dan Predpall, Vice President of URS Corporation: “Renewable and Climate Friendly Technologies: Overview of the U.S. Market”; Fred Silver, Vice President of Calstart/Weststart: “Renewable Energy: Ethanol and Biofuel”

On Modern Architecture:

7. 3:30pm: Dr. Yan Xiao, Dean of Civil Engineering College, Hunan University: “Research and Development of Modern Bamboo Structures”

On IT (digital media, wireless technology, Google, and RFID):

8-10. 2:30pm: Dr. C.-C. Jay Kuo, Director of the Signal and Image Processing Institute and Professor of USC: ”New Business Models in Modern Information Technology Era: A Paradigm Shift due to Digital Media and Broadband Networks”; Dr. Zhenyu (Victor) Liu, Software Engineer, Google Inc.: “Engineering Experience at Google”; Dr. Andrew Chen, Visiting Professor, Soochow University: ”XML Database Development Using Radio Frequency Identification Data: An Application to Alleviate Transportation Congestion in Southern California”

On Health:

11. 2:30 pm: Yunfei Lefevre, Owner of VitaPro LLC: “Clean Body, Happier Life: Know the Effects of Chemicals & Radiation and How Vitamin Cleansing Works”

On Arts:

12. 3:00 pm: Dr. Catherine Yi-yu Cho Woo, Professor Emeritus, SDSU: “Poetry, Painting & Songs”

On Poker Game:

13. 3:30 pm: George Epstein, Engineer of Aerospace Corporation (retired) and Poker Lecturer: “Poker: Texas Hold'em for Engineers”

Also, four 2007 CESASC Scholarship recipients will briefly present their graduate research projects: Lisong Ai, Po-Jui Chen, Ikuko Kijima, and Chuang-Yuan Lee. At the convention dinner banquet, these four graduate students and other six undergraduate students, (Rain) Che Bian, Justin Chang, Nancy Chen, Chen Guo, Xi Guo, and Yun-Hsueh Liu, will each be awarded $1,000.00 CESASC Scholarships.

The Luncheon ticket is $20 (or $10 for students and those attending dinner banquet). Seminars are free. The Convention dinner banquet ticket is $60. You may sign up and pay online with your Paypal or credit card at http://www.cesasc.org/

The venue is Hilton Los Angeles Airport at 5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045. CESASC provides free parking (if you arrive at the Life Sciences session at Plaza A of the Lower Lobby before 1pm) or discounted parking ($7 self-parking). The seats are running out. Please register today!

Best regards,

Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC)