2007 CESASC Convention

 

Since 1962, Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC) has strongly and consistently supported the advancement of technology and encouraged our youth to pursue careers in math and science. The upcoming CESASC Convention shall provide a networking opportunity for Chinese-American scientists and engineers to build relationships and exchange ideas that will broaden their knowledge base for career advancement and help our country to stay on the cutting edge of technology. Please sign up to attend the event at CESASC.

On April 14, 2007 at Hilton Los Angeles Airport, a whole day event includes a luncheon, a Technical Symposium, and a Convention dinner banquet will be held which marks the 45th anniversary of the great organization. President George W. Bush has written a letter congratulating CESASC for "reaching this important milestone". "I appreciate CESASC for your commitment to continuing America's legacy of progress. Your efforts contribute to the brighter future and embody the spirit of American innovation." President Bush wrote.

This event features more than a dozen speakers that covers a wide variety of topics in life sciences, information technology, engineering and energy, health, entertainment, and leadership and management, etc. CESASC will recognize three distinguished Chinese-Americans engineers and scientists who have made significant contributions and achievements to major US industries and world science and technology advances. All three of them will speak at different time of the event:

11:30 am (approx.): Ms. Heidi Shyu, Corporate Vice President of Technology & Research, Raytheon Company. Her keynote speech at the Luncheon is: "Leadership for the 21st Century."

12:45 am (approx.): Dr. Xiaodong Wang, Member of National Academy of Sciences, Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Professor of University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center. His keynote speech at the Technical Symposium is: "Saving Lives by Understanding Death."

7:30 pm (approx.): Mr. John J. Sie, Founder and Chairman, Starz Entertainment. His keynote speech at the Convention dinner banquet is: "Evolution of an Electrical Engineer over a Half Century."

Please sign up to attend the event at CESASC. Other speakers in the afternoon include scientists from UCLA, USC, and Hunan University as well as senior managers and engineers from URS Corp., Calstart, Google, and Aerospace Corp. They will talk about recent development on cancer research, renewable energy, modern architecture, digital media, and wireless technology. Other seminar topics will cover health maintenance, humor, and poker game techniques.

The Luncheon ticket is $20 (or $10 for students and those attending dinner banquet). Seminars are free. The Convention dinner banquet ticket is $60.

The venue is Hilton Los Angeles Airport at 5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Use hotel self-parking garage for parking. Pick up a parking voucher for discounted $7 per day self-parking at CESASC event registration desks. Parking validation card for free parking is available at the Lower Lobby Life Sciences session between 12:30pm and 1pm.

You are encouraged to join the CESASC Yahoo Group by sending an empty email to CESASC-subscribe@yahoogroups.com, participate in our future activity survey (page 1 and page 2) about your interest in future CESASC activities. Alternatively, you complete the attached survey form and send it to cesasc@gmail.com.

Priority seats at lunch or dinner will be provided for those who sign up and make payments early. Please sign up today!

 

 
 

2007 CESASC 45nd Annual Convention and Awards

 

(I) 2007 Technical Symposium
10:30 am – 11:15 am Registration (La Jolla B, 2nd Floor)
   
11:15 am – 12:30 pm Opening Ceremony and Luncheon (La Jolla B, 2nd Floor)
Keynote Speaker: Ms. Heidi Shyu, Corporate Vice President of Technology & Research, Raytheon Company: “Leadership for the 21st Century”
   
   
12:45 am – 2:15 pm (Plaza A, Lower Lobby) Life Sciences
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Xiaodong Wang, Member of National Academy of Sciences, Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Professor of University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center: “Saving Lives by Understanding Death”
Dr. Hong Wu, Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at UCLA Medical School: “The Mystery of Cancer”
   
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm concurrent sessions in Plaza A, B, C, and D, Lower Lobby)
   
II 45thAnnual Convention, Awards and Scholarship Fundraiser (International Ballroom)
5:30 pm Registration, Silent Auction, and Meeting Award Recipients
   
6:30 pm President’s Report and Dinner
Entertainment I: Violin Duet, Performed by Lillian Liao and and William Liao
   
7:40 pm Keynote Speech:
"Evolution of an Electrical Engineer over a Half Century"
Mr. John J. Sie
Founder and Chairman, Starz Entertainment
  Achievement Awards Presentation to:
Mr. John J. Sie, Founder and Chairman, Starz Entertainment

Ms. Heidi Shyu, Corporate Vice President of Technology & Research, Raytheon Company

Dr. Xiangdong Wang, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Entertainment II: Ballet Dancing, Performed by Ashley Li
 

  Scholarship Awards Presentaion to:
Lisong Ai, (Rain) Che Bian, Justin Chang, Nancy Chen, Po-Jui Chen, Chen Guo, Xi Guo, Ikuko Kijima, Chuang-Yuan Lee, Yun-Hsueh Liu

Entertainment III: Er Hu, Performed by Professor Chi Li

   
9:15 pm 2007-2008 CESASC Board Installation, Volunteers Appreciation, and Silent Auction Results
   
9:30 pm

Dance/DJ

 

 
 

The CESASC  2007 Convention will be held at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles

5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045

(Tel : 310-410-4000)

 
 
  Ms. Heidi Shyu Corporate Vice President of Technology & Research, Raytheon Company
“Leadership for the 21st Century”
 
  Mr. John J. Sie Founder and Chairman, Starz Entertainment
"Evolution of an Electrical Engineer over a Half Century"
 
  Dr. Xiaodong Wang Member of National Academy of Sciences, Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Professor of University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
“Saving Lives by Understanding Death”
 
  Dr. Hong Wu Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at UCLA Medical School
“The Mystery of Cancer”
 
  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”
 
  Dr. Yan Xiao University of Southern California; Supervisory Dean, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, China
“Research and Development of Modern Bamboo Structures”
 
  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”
 
  Yunfei Lefevre Owner of VitaPro LLC
“Clean Body, Happier Life: Know the Effects of Chemicals & Radiation and How Vitamin Cleansing Works”
 
  Dr. Catherine Yi-yu Cho Woo Professor Emeritus, SDSU
“Poetry, Painting & Songs”
 
  George Epstein Engineer of Aerospace Corporation
"Retired engineer of Aerospace Corporation"
 
  Dr. Andrew Chen Visiting Professor, Soochow University
“XML Database Development Using Radio Frequency Identification Data: An Application to Alleviate Transportation Congestion in Southern California”
 
 
CESASC 45th Convention Opening Ceremony
President’s Report and Dinner

Entertainment I: Violin Duet, Performed by Lillian Liao and and William Liao
 

Keynote Speech:
Evolution of an Electrical Engineer over a Half Century
Mr. John J. Sie
Founder and Chairman, Starz
 
 
Achievement Awards Presentation to:
Mr. John J. Sie, Founder and Chairman, Starz Entertainment

Ms. Heidi Shyu, Corporate Vice President of Technology & Research, Raytheon Company

Dr. Xiangdong Wang, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Entertainment II: Ballet Dancing, Performed by Ashley Li
 

Scholarship Awards Presentaion to:
Lisong Ai, (Rain) Che Bian, Justin Chang, Nancy Chen, Po-Jui Chen, Chen Guo, Xi Guo, Ikuko Kijima, Chuang-Yuan Lee, Yun-Hsueh Liu

Entertainment III: Er Hu, Performed by Professor Chi Li

 
2007-2008 CESASC Board Installation, Volunteers Appreciation, and Silent Auction Results
 
Dance/DJ
   
Technical Sessions
 
April 14, 2007 Technical Session Detail
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.:  Registration (La Jolla B, 2nd Floor)
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.:   Opening Ceremony and Luncheon (La Jolla B, 2nd Floor)

Session Co-Chairs: Manwai Szeto and Fonda B. Wu, Raytheon Company

Keynote Speaker: Ms. Heidi Shyu, Corporate Vice President of Technology & Research, Raytheon Company
Topic: “Leadership for the 21st Century”

12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.:   (Plaza A, Lower Lobby) Life Sciences

Session Co-Chairs: Dr. Jun Xu, BioFocusDPI, Inc. and Lily Ying, UCLA Medical School

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Xiaodong Wang, Member of National Academy of Sciences, Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Professor of University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
Topic: “Saving Lives by Understanding Death”

Dr. Hong Wu, Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at UCLA
Topic: “The Mystery of Cancer”

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.:  (4 concurrent sessions in Plaza A, B, C, and D, Lower Lobby)
 
 
(Plaza A) Engineering
Session Co-Chairs: Dr. Yue Rong, CA Regional Water Quality Control Board, LA Region and Dr. Liping Yan, Arroyo Geotechnical
1) Dan Predpall, Vice President of URS Corporation: “Renewable and Climate Friendly Technologies: Overview of the U.S. Market”
2) Fred Silver, Vice President of Calstart/Weststart: “Renewable Energy: Ethanol and Biofuel”
3) Dr. Yan Xiao, Dean of Civil Engineering College, Hunan University: “Research and Development of Modern Bamboo Structures”
 
(Plaza B) Information Technology
Session Co-Chairs: Dr. Michael Bao, Countrywide Securities, Inc. and Dr. Hongyu Zhang, Ceres Inc.
1) 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”
2) Dr. Zhenyu (Victor) Liu, Software Engineer, Google Inc.: “Engineering Experience at Google”
3) Dr. Andrew Chen, Visiting Professor, Soochow University: "XML Database Development Using Radio Frequency Identification Data: An Application to Alleviate Transportation Congestion in Southern California"
 
(Plaza C) Graduate Students Research Poster Exhibition
Session Chair: Shengdong Li, UCI; Presenters (CESASC Scholarship Recipients): Lisong Ai, Po-Jui Chen, Ikuko Kijima, and Chuang-Yuan Lee
 
(Plaza D) Social Sciences, Arts, and Entertainment
Session Co-Chairs: Iris Miao, Mavrix Technology and Sheng-Rong Lin, Aerospace Corporation
1) Yunfei Lefevre, Owner of VitaPro LLC: “Clean Body, Happier Life: Know the Effects of Chemicals & Radiation and How Vitamin Cleansing Works”
2) 2) Dr. Catherine Yi-yu Cho Woo, Professor Emeritus, SDSU: "Poetry, Painting & Songs"
3) George Epstein, Engineer of Aerospace Corporation: “Poker: Texas Hold'em for Engineers”
 
 
CESASC 2007 Convention & Awards Working Committee Members
Convention Chair: Wensheng Zhou
Convention Journal and Flyer: Wei Huang (Co-Chair)
Dinner Banquet Program: Crystal Chen (Co-Chair), David K. Lee (Co-Chair), Christine Xu, David Zheng, Julie Zou
Luncheon Program: Fonda B. Wu (Co-Chair), Manwai Szeto (Co-Chair)
Press Conference: Philip Chen (Co-Chair), Tony Ding (Co-Chair), Shirley Ho, Yunfei Lefevre
Registration: Li Liu (Co-Chair), Wei Huang, Tiffany Lee, Sanny Lee, Iris Miao, Weiwei Wang, Helen Xia, Lily Ying, Julie Zou
Silent Auction: Shirley Ho (Co-Chair), Pyng Chang, Linda Chen, Jennifer Feng, Marina Kao, Suellen Kwok, Tina Liu
Technical Symposium: David K. Lee (Co-Chair), Michael Bao, Hui Cai, Will Chou, Shengdong Li, Sheng-Rong Lin, Iris Miao, Yue Rong, Charles Wang, Jun Xu, Liping Yan, Lily Ying, Hongyu Zhang
Video and Photo Production: Wensheng Zhou (Co-Chair), Mike Gladych, Yuhong Huang, James Qu, Jian Ping Shao, Angela She, Jun Xu
 
 
Online registraion opens till April 10, 2007.
Click here to Register Online;

Or use fill out the Convention 2007 Registration Form, write a check payable to "CESASC", and mail it to: Sikun Lan
12731 W. Jefferson Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90066

by April 8, 2007.

On-site registration opens for Technical Symposium seminars only.

 
 
 
Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC)
(Website : http://www.cesasc.org)

 

Co-Organizers:
 
Chinese-American Computer Association (CCA)
 
Chinese Association of Science and Technology, Los Angeles Chapter (CAST-LA)
 
Peking University Alumni Association of Southern California (PUAASC)
 
Southern California Chinese-American Environmental Protection Association (SCCAEPA)
 
 
Contact:
CESASC (310) 302-3018 
(310) 592-0979