SSST 2013

	SSST History
	The first SSST, and in the early meetings of the Steering Committee, it was emphasized that the primary goal of the SSST should be to promote better communications and stronger contacts between faculty members teaching electrical engineering and systems theory courses at universities in the Southeastern United States. It was hoped that the SSST conference would become a regular forum for faculty and graduate students to exchange ideas. Particular emphasis was placed upon the importance of graduate student participation. It was also stressed that the meetings should be held on, or close to, university campuses to afford faculty and students the opportunity to see various departments and activities at the host school. The following is a list of the founding members of SSST and the schools they represented in 1969:
	William A. Blackwell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia Cecil O. Alford, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia Chester C. Carroll, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Robert L. Cosgriff, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky A. L. Duke, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee Michael R. A. Erdey, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama W. Flood, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina Walter L. Green, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee L. L. Grigsby, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia Paul M. Julich, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Willie L. McDaniels, Jr., Mississippi State College, Mississippi Tern R. Rao, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland E. A. Reinhard, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University Station, Alabama J. S. Sells, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida Charles V. Shaffer, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Clifford M. Siegel, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Burton H. Wayne, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina

	Previous Host Universities 1969 Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1970 University of Florida 1971 Georgia Institute of Technology 1972 University of Kentucky/University of Louisville 1973 North Carolina State University/Duke University/University of North Carolina 1974 Louisiana State University 1975 Auburn University/Tuskegee University 1976 University of Tennessee 1977 University of North Carolina-Charlotte 1978 Mississippi State University 1979 Clemson University 1980 Old Dominion University 1981 University of Central Florida 1982 Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1983 University of Alabama in Huntsville 1984 Mississippi State University 1985 Auburn University 1986 University of Tennessee 1987 Clemson University 1988 University of North Carolina-Charlotte 1989 FAMU/FSU College of Engineering 1990 Tennessee Technological University 1991 University of South Carolina 1992 North Carolina A&T State University 1993 University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa 1994 Ohio University 1995 Mississippi State University 1996 Louisiana State University 1997 Tennessee Technological University 1998 West Virginia University 1999 Auburn University 2000 FAMU/FSU College of Engineering 2001 Ohio University 2002 University of Alabama in Huntsville 2003 West Virginia University 2004 Georgia Tech Research Institute 2005 Tuskeegee University 2006 Tennessee Technological University 2007 Mercer University 2008 University of New Orleans 2009 University of Tennessee Space Institute 2010 University of Texas at Tyler 2011 Auburn University 2012 Univ. of North Florida/Florida International Univ. 2013 Baylor University

45th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory