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| How People have Won the Nobel Prize | 2011-05-20 | Siemens PTI |
400 State Street Schenectady NY |
12:00 Noon |
Please contact Kristin Short at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, May 19, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the costs. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
This presentation will touch on some interesting topics which include: 1) What it takes to win a Nobel Prize 2) The importance of setting goals and self-motivation 3) Mission of the IEEE Education Society 4) Changing nature of an IEEE chapter The IEEE Education Society is an international organization that promotes, advances, and disseminates state-of-the-art scientific information and resources related to the Society’s field of interest and provides professional development opportunities for academic and industry professionals. Strengths of the Education Society include being globally engaged, recognized, and sought after to collaborate in educational innovation, generating quality publications and conferences, and dedicated leadership. |
Robert Reilly | IEEE Education Society President | Robert Reilly is the IEEE Education Society president. | IEEE Education Society (EdSoc) | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the costs. | NULL | The slides from this talk are available <a href=http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/schenectady/Events/2011-05-20/2011_05_20_Slides.ppt>here</a>. | 0 |
Siemens PTI is at 400 State Street, Schenectady NY, on the corner of State and Broadway above the Bowtie Movieland Cinema. The entrance has a large "400" and is immediately to the left of the Bowtie Cinema doors and a few doors to the right of Proctors as you face the theatre. Parking for a fee is available in the city parking garage accessible from Broadway between I-890 and State. There are also city parking lots nearby that allow for 2 hours of free parking or parking meter spots along the street (including handicap accessible). For entry into Siemens PTI press the bell to the right of the door for the receptionist to let you in. Proceed to one of the elevators and take to the 3rd floor where you'll sign in and be directed to the location of the talk. There will likely be a class in session so please keep noise to a minimum! LINK: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=400+State+Street+Schenectady,+NY&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=400+State+St,+Schenectady,+New+York+12305&z=16 |
| 2010 Holiday Party, Business Meeting and Elections | 2010-12-10 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | 12:00 pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, December 8 at 9:00 AM to reserve. This event is free for IEEE members, $10.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | Holiday Party, Business Meeting and Elections. | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 1 | NULL |
| Energy Conversion Systems, Challenges and Solutions | 2010-11-18 | Energy Conversion Systems, Challenges and Solutions | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | 12:00 pm | NULL | In the first part of this talk an overview of the research activities in the Power Electronics Laboratory at RPI will be presented. Our research extends across a wide array of topics in the field of energy including energy harvesting and power management for portable electronic devices/wireless sensor nodes, power electronics converters for renewable energy systems, electric drives and electromechanical energy converters for various applications such as avionics and shipboard power systems. Among all AC-DC converters for energy harvesting, and interleaved coupled inductor DC-DC converter for distributed energy sources will be discussed in more details. Following the initial survey of the research activities, we will focus on the work in optimum design of high performance electric drives. Recent global concerns regarding energy and environmental issues as well as "more electric" and "all electric" movements call for more efficient, reliable electric drives which can live and operate under extreme condition. On the other hand advances in power electronics and digital signal processing facilitate a move away from the standard off-the-shelf electric machines and drives to new high performance ones. Control architectures to operate the system at its maximum possible performance based on its operational parts under extreme winding fault conditions will be discussed. | Leila Parsa | NULL | Leila Parsa received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station. Since spring 2005 she has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Her research interests are in design, analysis and control of electromechanical energy converters and power electronics converters for various applications. Dr. Parsa is the recipient of the 2010 school of Engineering Research Excellence Award, 2009 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, the 2007 IEEE Industry Applications Society Outstanding Young Member Award, and 2006 IEEE Industry Applications Society Transactions Paper Award. | IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2 | NULL |
| Sodium Metal Halide Battery Development | 2010-11-18 | Mallozzi's Italian Club Restaurant | 257 Washington Avenue Extension, Albany, NY 12205 | 6:00 pm | To reserve your seat, contact Kris Frutschy at (518) 320-5590 or frutschy@ge.com or David Smith at (518) 385-1234, or smithd2@asme.org by noon November 15th. | General Electric Energy Storage located in Schenectady, NY is developing a high performance battery based upon the sodium metal halide chemistry. This NaMxTM technology provides large energy density, which is critical for stationary back-up power applications such as data centers, hospitals, cell phone towers, and utilities. Mobile applications include locomotives, delivery vehicles, and off-highway vehicles. Each NaMxTM battery contains between 80 and 230 cells depending upon the application's power and energy demands. A key component in each cell is the beta alumina electrolyte, which conducts sodium ions, but is also an electrical insulator. In the charged state, this alumina tube separates the liquid sodium in the anode from the nickel chloride in the cathode. Battery internal temperature needs to be maintained at 300 C to keep the sodium metal in liquid phase and also provide fast ion transport through the beta alumina during discharge. | Dr. Sandor Hollo | Technology Leader, GE Energy Storage | Sandor Hollo was appointed to the Technology Leader role for GE Transportation's Energy Storage business in October 2009. In this position Sandor is responsible for the design and development of GE's new Durathon battery products. Prior to this role Sandor was the Engineering manager for GE Consumer & Industrial Asia in Shanghai, China for 3 years. There he had the key role of building a globally competitive engineering organization that brought critical new products to the global market. Sandor began his GE career in GE Lighting in 1990 when GE acquired Tungsram, a lighting manufacturing business in Hungary. Since that time he has held a succession of management and leadership roles in developing advanced light source technologies and brought several product ranges to the market. He is a graduate from Technical University of Budapest with MS in EE and a PhD in applied physics. He holds patents in lighting and published several papers in that area. Sandor, his wife and three sons live in Schenectady, New York. | The American Society Of Mechanical Engineers Hudson Mohawk Section |
$25 - Members and Guests (only one guest per member) $30 - Non-Members $10 - Students (with current College ID) Lecture Only (No Dinner) - Free |
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| Winning with Executive Presentations | 2010-11-04 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Russell Sage Dining Hall (Upper Level) | 6:30pm Dinner, 7:00pm Presentation | NULL | Giving good business presentations is a "must" for all engineers today. But being an impactful presenter means you are able to take technical data and engineering specifications and convince business leaders what action to take, what resources to allocate, and what strategies to implement. Linda Krzykowski will provide a framework for developing and delivering "winning" presentations - ones that will allow you get your ideas implemented and ultimately to "win" throughout your career. | Linda Krzykowski | School of Business in UAlbany | Linda Krzykowski has been at the University at Albany since 1993. She has taught in the Management Department in the areas of Human Resource Management, Team Based Organizations, Organizational Behavior and Business Communication. Currently, she is the Assistant Vice Provost for Student Engagement for the university where she is responsible for developing programs to support the high academic achievement of UAlbany's 13,000 undergraduate students. She is also the Vice Dean for Administration and Sustainability in the School of Business where she co-teaches the School's award winning MBA program, G3: Going Green Globally and is responsible for the School's AACSB accreditation work. She continues to teach Business Presentation Skills at the graduate level and is a consultant to organizations on communication and leadership issues. Additionally, Linda teaches human resource management courses at the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina and leads MBA students on international business exploration around the world. Prior to coming to the University at Albany, Linda spent over 10 years at Xerox Corporation. Beginning in sales and marketing, she advanced through the management ranks and moved into management development and training. Linda was named one of the Women's Business Council's Capital Region Women of Excellence in 2006 and received the President's Award for Excellence for the University at Albany in 2008. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma (national business honorary fraternity), the Capital Region Human Resource Association, and the American Society for Training and Development among others. She is on the Board of Visitors for Allegheny College and the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement. She is a frequent speaker on executive communication skills. | RPI IEEE Student Branch | NULL | NULL | NULL | 4 | NULL |
| Successful Applications of Artificial Intelligence | 2010-10-22 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | NULL | 12:00pm Refreshments and lecture | NULL | Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are being used for applications that range from intelligent search to autonomous vehicle navigation. Many business products, services, and processes now have AI techniques imbedded in them. This talk will go over two examples of AI applications that have been in use for multiple years. The applications are a call center assistant that helps answer customer questions and a plastics design tool that helps design engineers select colorants that match a customer’s color request for plastic pellets. | William Cheetam | GE Global Research, Industrial AI | William Cheetham is a Senior Computer Scientist at General Electrics Research Center and an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His current work focuses on creating machine learning technology applications that improve the products, services, and processes of the General Electric Company. He is an expert in case-based reasoning, soft computing, knowledge management, cognitive modeling, and related techniques. He has been the leader or contributor to more that ten knowledge based applications that are currently in use by various divisions of General Electric. He was the chair of the 2004 AAAI Workshop on Fielding Applications of Artificial Intelligence. He was co-chair of the 2005 International Conferences on Case-Based Reasoning Industry Day and the chair for the 2006 European Conference on Case-Based Reasoning Industry Day and 2009 International Conferences on Case-Based Reasoning Industry Day. He was also co-chair of the 2006 Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference and chair of the 2007 Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. | Computational Intelligence Society | NULL | NULL | NULL | 5 | NULL |
| 71st Steinmetz Memorial Lecture - A Brief History of the Internet | 2010-10-18 | Nott Memorial | Union College, Schenectady, NY |
5:15pm Social hour (cash bar) 6:00pm Banquet 7:30pm Lecture |
NULL | In this presentation we discuss the history and future of the Internet. The early work on packet switching is traced and then a brief description of the critical events in the growth of the Internet is given. We then present a vision of where the Internet is heading with a focus on the edge where user participation, flexible applications and services, and innovation are appearing. We foresee a network with extreme mobility, ubiquity, personalization, adaptivity, video addiction and surprising applications as yet unimagined. | Dr. Leonard Kleinrock | Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at UCLA |
Professor Leonard Kleinrock is Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at UCLA. Known as a "Father of the Internet", he developed the mathematical theory of packet networks, the technology underpinning the Internet, while a graduate student at MIT. This was in the period 1960-1962, nearly a decade before the birth of the Internet which occurred in his laboratory when his Host computer at UCLA became the first node of the Internet in September 1969. He wrote the first paper and published the first book on the subject; he also directed the transmission of the first message ever to pass over the Internet. He was listed by the Los Angeles Times in 1999 as among the "50 People Who Most Influenced Business This Century". He was also listed as among the 33 most influential living Americans in the December 2006 Atlantic Monthly. Kleinrock's work was further recognized when he received the 2007 National Medal of Science, the highest honor for achievement in science bestowed by the President of the United States. This Medal was awarded "for fundamental contributions to the mathematical theory of modern data networks, for the functional specification of packet switching which is the foundation of the Internet Technology, for mentoring generations of students and for leading the commercialization of technologies that have transformed the world." Leonard Kleinrock received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1963. He has served as a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles since then, serving as Chairman of the department from 1991-1995. He received his BEE degree from CCNY in 1957. and his MS degree from MIT in 1959. He is also the recipient of a number of Honorary Doctorates across the world. He was the first President and Co-founder of Linkabit Corporation, the co-founder of Nomadix, Inc., and Founder and Chairman of TTI/Vanguard, an advanced technology forum organization. He has published over 250 papers and authored six books on a wide array of subjects, including packet switching networks, packet radio networks, local area networks, broadband networks, gigabit networks, nomadic computing, performance evaluation, and peer-to-peer networks. During his tenure at UCLA, Dr. Kleinrock has supervised the research for 47 Ph.D. students and numerous M.S. students. These former students now form a core group of the world's most advanced networking experts. Dr. Kleinrock is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an IEEE fellow, an ACM fellow, an INFORMS fellow, an IEC fellow, a Guggenheim fellow, and a founding member of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council. Among his many honors, he is the recipient of the National Medal of Science, the L.M. Ericsson Prize, the NAE Charles Stark Draper Prize, the Marconi International Fellowship Award, the Dan David Prize, the Okawa Prize, the IEEE Internet Millennium Award, the ORSA Lanchester Prize, the ACM SIGCOMM Award, the NEC Computer and Communications Award, the Sigma Xi Monie A. Ferst Award, the CCNY Townsend Harris Medal, the CCNY Electrical Engineering Award, the UCLA Outstanding Faculty Member Award, the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award, the UCLA Faculty Research Lecturer, the INFORMS President's Award, the ICC Prize Paper Award, the IEEE Leonard G. Abraham Prize Paper Award, and the IEEE Harry M. Goode Award. For more information about the Steinmetz Memorial Lecture, please go to http://www.union.edu/academic_depts/engineering/steinmetz.php |
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| Photovoltaics Systems: Overview, Status, and Future Prospects | 2010-10-07 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Darrin Communication Center (DCC) 324 |
7:30pm Refreshments 8:00pm Lecture |
NULL | Renewable Energies, especially Wind and Solar are increasingly playing an important role both in the US and Worldwide as an alternative to Fossil Fuel technologies. Solar Energy and specifically Photovoltaics have come a long way from the early days of Off-grid Systems when a single panel is connected to a battery and a charge controller to Megawatt plants where thousands of PV modules are connected to the Grid via multiple Inverters. In this talk, we will go over the status of photovoltaics systems, we will discuss the various components of a PV System from PV modules to Inverters, as well as the requirements for Grid interaction and integration. We will also discuss the trends and the future of this promising technology. | Dr. Ahmed Elasser | Scientist at GE Global Research | Mr. Ahmed Elasser received his Masters and PhD Degree in Electric Power and Power Electronics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1993 and 1996 respectively. He joined GE Global Research (GRC) Center in May 1995 as an intern and then full time in 1996. He has since worked on a variety of subjects ranging from high power converters, power semiconductor devices, to systems modeling and simulation. He is a Six Sigma Quality Black Belt. He joined The Micro and Nano Structures Technologies Organization at GRC in 2001 and led the new ideas and innovation for 5 years. He also worked extensively on Silicon Carbide Power Devices. He joined the Solar Team in 2007 to work on the system aspects of PV. He is currently leading $3.6M DoE program on High Energy Yield Distributed PV architectures. He is also leading programs in High Power, and High Voltage Semiconductors (Si and SiC). | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 7 | NULL |
| Nanotechnology Frontiers in Medicine & Public Health | 2010-09-17 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00 pm |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 9:00 AM to reserve. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, giving rise to an emerging discipline called "nanomedicine." The American Society for Nanomedicine (ASNM) identifies nanomedicine as the application of nanotechnology in diagnostics, therapeutics, and drug delivery systems throughout the biomedical field. The U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) defines nanotechnology as the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of 1- 100 nanometers, where unique physical, chemical, and biological properties emerge. At this scale, particles have the potential to redefine the rules of physics, chemistry, and biology, opening the door for astounding technological advances. The emerging science, engineering, and application of nanotechnologies to biological systems are undergoing rapid expansion in the U.S. and abroad. The practice of medicine will experience rapid transformation as nanotechnology applications make their way into clinics and hospitals. At the intersection of traditionally siloed disciplines, nanomedicine is blazing a path for truly innovative, cutting edge, preventive interventions, rapid diagnostics, and effective treatments. Targeted drug delivery systems, drug therapy, in vivo imaging, in vitro diagnostics, biomaterials, and active implants are all current application areas in nanomedicine. A growing number or products are currently under development, reaching clinical trials, and being used in current medical practice. |
Sara Brenner, MD MPH |
Assistant Vice President for NanoHealth Initiatives Assistant Professor of Nanobioscience College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany |
Sara Brenner is the first physician to join the faculty of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany (CNSE). Dr. Sara Brenner will coordinate a new CNSE initiative to explore and apply nanotechnology innovations in health and safety applications. Research areas: Nanomedicine, nanotoxicology, preventive medicine & public health, occupational health & safety, environmental health, epidemiology. |
IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS) | NULL | NULL | NULL | 8 | NULL |
| GlobalFoundries | 2010-02-12 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00 pm | NULL | The semiconductor industry is undergoing a major transition and NY State is at the heart of that change. The investment required to both develop and manufacture leading edge semiconductor technology is driving many companies to seek partnerships. This talk will give an overview of GLOBALFOUNDRIES and discuss some of the current R&D activities. A roadmap for leading edge technology will be presented as well as some highlights from some recent technology presentations. | John Iacoponi | Global Foundries |
Dr. Iacoponi is currently a Senior Manager with GLOBALFOUNDRIES Technology Research Group. His primary responsibility is management of the GLOBALFOUNDRIES – IBM research partnership, with activities in Yorktown Heights and Albany, NY. This work is focused on delivering new technology solutions for the 22, 20 and 15nm nodes for high performance and low power technology customers. Dr. Iacoponi also helps direct the research activities of both Sematech and SRC, key industry consortia with strong history and presence in upstate NY. Dr. Iacoponi is a 2nd generation RPI alumnus. He received a Bachelors Degree in EE from the University of Notre Dame, then attended RPI for graduate school in the ECSE department. He received his Ph.D from Rensselaer in 1992 in Electrical Engineering. Immediately upon graduation from RPI he joined AMD in Silicon Valley working on interconnect technology for high performance microprocessors. Since then he has held a variety of positions in R&D at AMD in Sunnyvale, CA, Austin, TX, and most recently NY State. He is now with GLOBALFOUNDRIES, which was formed from the technology and manufacturing arm of AMD in early 2009. He is a 20 year member of the IEEE. Dr. Iacoponi currently lives near Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County, NY, and frequently travels between the various GLOBALFOUNDRIES technology sites in New York, from Saratoga County, the Capital District, the mid/lower Hudson Valley & Westchester County. |
Computer Society | NULL | NULL | NULL | 9 | NULL |
| Tour of GE Energy Munnsville Wind Park | 2010-06-25 | 3427 West Hill Road, Bouckville, NY 13310 | 3427 West Hill Road, Bouckville, NY 13310 | 1pm and lasts about 30 minutes. Leave from Rotterdam, NY at 9:15 AM. Approximately 2 hours travel time. This allows time to stop for lunch. Tour begins at 1 PM and lasts about 1/2 hour. Be back to Rotterdam about 4 PM. | Contact/RSVP to: Peter Sutherland (peter.sutherland(at)ge.com, office 518-385-2673, cell 518-694-2762) |
We will drive up to about 500 feet from the base of a wind turbine. We can't take a tour group any closer than that. Cameras are permitted. There will be a brief talk about wind turbine design and operation (30 minutes at most), and questions. In case of bad weather, we will do a "drive by", then return to the shop for the talk and Q&A. Our host and presenter is: Kevin W. Wigell, Site Manager - Munnsville / Jiminy Peak We will NOT be allowed to go directly under (or near) any of the units, or inside the base. A maximum of 40 people will be able to attend. Carpooling is required as there is limited parking at the wind farm. Carpools will be organized and leave from Rotterdam, NY at 9:15 AM. Carpoolers with full cars may also leave directly for the wind farm from their own locations. Directions to the car pool meeting place and to the wind farm will be sent to all who register for the tour. Preference will be given to those who did not attend last year's tour. Students members are encouraged to attend. More information about GE Wind Energy can be found at: http://www.gepower.com/businesses/ge_wind_energy/en/index.htm |
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| Wind Power | 2010-06-18 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00 pm |
Please contact Peter Sutherland at peter.sutherland (at) ge.com by Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 9:00 AM to reserve. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Wind power is the most economically viable form of renewable energy available today. This presentation will address various areas relating to wind power and electrical engineering. | Jamie Barett | MSE Power Systems, Inc. | Jamie Barrett is a Professional Engineer with over 25 years experience in various fields relating to electric power production, transmission, distribution, and utilization. His areas of expertise include power systems design and analysis, medium voltage cabling, and renewable energy collection systems design. | IEEE Industry Applications Society | NULL | NULL | NULL | 11 | NULL |
| Enabling Computerized Disease Diagnosis: Whole Pathology Slide Scanning with Independent Dual-Sensors | 2010-06-11 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00 pm |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM to reserve. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
There is a rapidly evolving trend in anatomical pathology away from the 100-year old practice of manual microscopy, towards computerized image capture and manipulation. Digital pathology, as the new practice is often called, brings with it the promise of more accurate diagnoses by enabling collaboration and consultation, as well as new ways of analyzing biopsy images. Fueling this trend are advances in image acquisition technology for automated whole slide imaging. The inherent variability in tissue topology makes focusing a critical challenge in whole slide imaging. Traditional line scanning and tile-based scanning systems are limited in their ability to acquire a high degree of focus points while still maintaining high throughput. A new system, referred to as Independent Dual Sensor scanning, decouples image acquisition from image focusing and results in rapid scanning while maintaining focus within each tile of a whole slide image and, thus, generates higher quality images at a fast rate. |
Robert Filkins, PhD |
Principal Engineer Material Systems Technologies GE Global Research Center |
Robert (Bob) Filkins is a native of Upstate New York. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated with a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1990. He returned to Rensselaer Polytechnic for graduate school and obtained a M.S. in 1997 and a Ph.D. in 2003 from the department of Electrical Engineering. Bob began his General Electric career in 1994 as a systems engineer with GE Energy in the Non-Destructive Evaluation Services business. Bob transferred to the GE Global Research Center (GRC) in 1995 as an instrumentation electronics engineer. During 15 year tenure at GRC Bob has worked in a variety of technology areas including: ultrasonic and eddy inspection of industrial components, laser-based ultrasonics, RF and photonic sensors and communications, and biomedical optical systems. For the last four years, he has worked on GRC’s Molecular Imaging and Diagnostics AT program as project leader for the Digital Pathology effort. Bob has currently has 26 granted US patents. 1 Research Circle, KWC 285 Niskayuna, New York 12309 518-387-4029 filkins (at) crd.ge.com |
IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS) | NULL | NULL | NULL | 12 | NULL |
| Ad hoc Nanoscale and Molecule Communication Networks | 2010-03-26 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 9:00 AM to reserve. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Imagine the Internet scaled down such that communicating nodes are no larger than biological cells and transmission takes place over channels with molecular dimensions. Now imagine the Internet extended, at the molecular scale, into materials and in vivo. What happens to network communication at this scale and below? How is ad hoc communication at this scale being contemplated? What are some of the revolutionary new applications? We will include selections from the speaker’s new book, "Nanoscale Communication Networks" (http://www.artechhouse.com/Detail.aspx?strIsbn=978-1-60807-003-9). For those interested in finding out more about this topic before the presentation, see the IEEE ComSoc Emerging Technologies Subcommittee website: http://ww2.comsoc.org/about/committees/emerging |
Stephen F Bush, PhD |
http://www.research.ge.com/~bushsf/ Research Scientist at GE Global Research |
Stephen F. Bush is a researcher in Algorithmic Communications Network Theory at the GE Global Research Center. Stephen explores novel concepts in complexity and algorithmic information theory for applications ranging from network management and wireless ad hoc networking to RNA sequence analyses and novel concepts in nanotechnology-based networking. Dr. Bush was presented with a Gold Cup Trophy Award from DARPA for his work in fault tolerant networking. Dr. Bush has been the Principal Investigator for many DARPA and Lockheed Martin sponsored research projects including: Active Networking (DARPA/ITO), Information Assurance and Survivability Engineering Tools (DARPA/ISO), Fault Tolerant Networking (DARPA/ATO) and Connectionless Networks (DARPA/ATO), an energy aware sensor network project. Stephen coauthored a book on active network management, titled Active Networks and Active Network Management: A Proactive Management Framework, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. Before joining GE Global Research, Stephen was a researcher at the Information and Telecommunications Technologies Center (ITTC) at the University of Kansas. His web site is: http://www.research.ge.com/~bushsf/ |
IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc) | NULL | NULL | NULL | 13 | NULL |
| Smart Grid | 2010-01-29 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00 pm |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 9:00 AM to reserve. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Many electric utilities are investigating or implementing a Smart Grid which is expected to be the new industry platform. Since this is a work in progress it is in the industry's interest to discuss not only achievements but also the vision for this new platform. In this way industry norms for Smart Grid can be allowed to develop in an efficient and collective manner. This talk will describe National Grid's vision for Smart Grid in its franchise area, implementation to date of that vision, and its achievements to date. |
Vincent J. Forte, Jr. PE |
Principal Engineer, Smart Grid National Grid 1125 Broadway, Albany, NY 12204 Vincent.Forte (at) us.ngrid.com |
Vincent J. Forte, Jr. is a Principal Engineer in Smart Grid for National Grid. Mr. Forte is a licensed professional engineer in New York State. He earned an A.S. in Engineering Science from Hudson Valley Community College in 1977 as well as a B.S. and a Master of Engineering in Electric Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1978 and 1979 respectively. In the electric utility industry he has held a number of engineering positions, including lead engineer for subtransmission planning and distribution planning, as well as holding management positions, including Manager of Engineering and Director of Electric Assets. Mr. Forte has co-authored papers and articles on customer valuation of interruptions, RF signal transmission over power distribution systems, and methods of targeting mitigation for efficient reliability improvement, and Distribution Automation. He has an IEEE paper about Smart Grid nearing publication. He is a member of IEEE, NSPE, and HKN. |
Power & Energy Society (PES) | NULL | NULL | NULL | 14 | NULL |
| The Firefly Mission: Investigating the Mechanism for How Lightning Creates Antimatter | 2010-01-08 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 9:00 AM to reserve. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
In 2008, the National Science Foundation (NSF) put out a call for proposals to build and deploy cubesats (in this case, a 10cmx10cmx30cm spacecraft). The Siena College/NASA team's 'FireFly' proposal was one of the proposals selected for funding. Firefly is a cubesat whose mission is to determine the definitive relative timing between the generation of the visible optical flash in lightning and the generation of Terrestrial Gamma Flashes (TGFs). With this information, the fundamental physics of TGF generation can be understood for the very first time. TGFs are energetic bursts of gamma radiation which seem to be generated in the Earth's upper atmosphere. These phenomena were first discovered in the 1990's when NASA launched a series of satellites to study Gamma emissions in an effort to study energetic celestial phenomena including black holes, novas, and supernovas. Ultimately, it was discovered that TGFs were highly correlated with thunderstorm activities, but the process for generating these TGFs within lightning is still not understood. Siena College is using this research opportunity to train undergraduate students in the skills necessary to build and deploy precision scientific instruments. This talk will discuss the design and construction of Firefly and some of the challenges involved in using undergraduate physics students to design/build/test the system. |
Joe Kujawski | Senior Member, IEEE Siena College, Engineer-in-Residence | Joe Kujawski has over 15 years experience designing and building instruments for scientific applications. Early in his career, he was one of the engineers charged with maintaining and updating the electronics on a series of Automated research stations located in Antarctica. Since then, he has worked at NASA in Greenbelt, Maryland where he was instrument manager on the Vector Electric Field Instrument (VEFI) for the Air Force's Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS). In this capacity, he led a small team of engineers and technicians on the design, construction, test, and delivery of the flight VEFI instrument within 18 months. Currently, Mr. Kujawski is the lead electrical design engineer on the Dual Electron Spectrometer (DES) for NASA's Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission and he has taken the lead role in the design, construction and testing of Siena College's contribution to the Firefly Mission. | Power & Energy Society (PES) | NULL | NULL | NULL | 15 | NULL |
| 2009 Business Meeting and Holiday Party | 2009-12-11 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
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| Functional Imaging and its Role in the Management of Disease | 2009-12-04 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. | The presentation will be an overview of PET/SPECT technology today & tomorrow, and how it is used for management & staging of disease, as well as for development and monitoring of therapy. | Floris Jansen, PhD | Chief Scientist at GE Global Research | NULL | NULL | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 17 | NULL |
| Linden VFT Merchant Transmission Project | 2009-11-13 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. | GE is constructing the first, truly merchant transmission project wholly in the United States, and it is expected to be in commercial operation by the end of this year. This project, known as the Linden Variable Frequency Transformer (VFT) project, will create an additional 300 MW of controllable transmission capacity between the Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Maryland (PJM) Interconnection and the New York metropolitan area. The project, owned by GE’s energy investment arm GE Energy Financial Services, utilizes GE Energy’s VFT technology, a fully controllable, bidirectional transmission device that can transfer power between two asynchronous networks, making it uniquely suitable for this application. The objective of this presentation is to give a high-level overview of the development of the Linden VFT project from concept to commercialization. This presentation will touch on all the major project development steps such as project identification, selection of technology, interconnection process, open season process, transmission rights auction, interconnection agreement and site testing. | Sundar Venkataraman |
Director GE Energy Applications and Systems Engineering |
Sundar Venkataraman is a Director with GE Energy Applications and Systems Engineering. In this capacity, he advises GE Energy and GE Energy Financial Services on generation and transmission related investments. His expertise is in the area of economic evaluation of generation and transmission assets in regulated, as well as deregulated markets in the U.S. He has also teaches various GE seminars on how the U.S. Power Industry is organized and how energy markets operate. Mr. Venkataraman started his career with GE as an Application Engineer and has nearly 15 years of experience in providing advisory services related to electricity markets, utility economics, power systems operation, and power plant engineering. | NULL | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 18 | NULL |
| Computational Intelligence in Multi-Criteria Decision-Making: The Intersection of Search, Preference Tradeoff, and Interaction Visualizations | 2009-10-23 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. |
We consider Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) as the conjunction of three components: search, preference tradeoffs, and interactive visualization. The first MCDM component is the search process over the space of possible solutions to identify the non-dominated solutions that compose the Pareto set. The development of efficient search algorithms has been the goal of Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO), from classical mathematical programming to evolutionary approaches. However MOO’s emphasis has been on generating densely sampled, welldistributed Pareto sets, without worrying about the solution selection phase. The second component is the preference tradeoff process to select a single solution (or a small subset of solutions) from the Pareto set. The development of methods to capture and aggregate preferences has been the goal of Bayesian and Fuzzy decision-making techniques. However, their emphasis has been on the aggregation mechanisms to select a solution, rather than the solution generation phase. The third component is the interactive visualization process to embed the decision-maker in the solution refinement and selection loop. We often need to embed the decision-maker in the solution refinement and selection loop. To this end, we need to understand and present the impacts that intermediate tradeoffs in one sub-space could have in the other ones, while allowing him/her to retract or modify any intermediate decision steps to strike appropriate tradeoff balances. We focus on the intersection of these three components and we highlight some research challenges, representing gaps in the intersection. We introduce a requirement framework to compare most MCDM problems, their solutions, and analyze their performances. We focus on two research challenges and illustrate them with two case studies in electric power management and financial portfolio rebalancing. UPDATE: Free video of a two-hrs tutorials given at the 2009 IEEE Symposia Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI) available at the IEEE CIS Education website: http://sites.google.com/site/ciseducationsite/home/video-tutorials-produced-by-cis Part I: http://ewh.ieee.org/cmte/cis/mtsc/ieeecis/ssci_09_video/Bonissone1_xvid.avi Part II: http://ewh.ieee.org/cmte/cis/mtsc/ieeecis/ssci_09_video/Bonissone2_xvid.avi Part III: http://ewh.ieee.org/cmte/cis/mtsc/ieeecis/ssci_09_video/Bonissone3_xvid.avi Computational Intelligence in Multi-Criteria Decision-Making: The Intersection of Three Processes: Search, Preference Tradeoff, and Interaction Visualization (oct23_2009_MCDM_IEEE_Schenectady_LB_V3.pdf) Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM): A Framework for Research and Applications (oct23_2009_2009GRC412_MCDM.pdf) |
Piero P. Bonissone |
GE Global Research, Schenectady, NY |
A Chief Scientist at GE Global Research, Dr. Bonissone has been a pioneer in the field of fuzzy logic, AI, soft computing, and approximate reasoning systems applications since 1979. His current interests are the development of multi-criteria decision making systems applied to PHM issues, and the automation of intelligent systems lifecycle, i.e. the development of processes to create, deploy, and maintain smart SC-based systems that provide customized performance while adapting themselves to avoid obsolescence. He is a Fellow of IEEE, of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), of the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) and a Coolidge Fellow at GE Global Research. In 2008 he received the II Cajastur International Prize for Soft Computing from the European Centre of Soft Computing. In 2005 he received the Meritorious Service Award from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. He has received two Dushman Awards from GE Global Research. He served as Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning for 13 years. He is in the editorial board of five technical journals and is Editor-at-Large of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine. He has co-edited six books and has over 150 publications in refereed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings, with an H-Index of 22 (using Google Scholar). He received 45 patents issued from the US Patent Office (plus 47 pending patents). Since 1982, he has been an Adjunct Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy N, where he has supervised 5 PhD theses and 33 Master theses. He has co-chaired 12 scientific conferences and symposia focused on Multi-Criteria Decision-Making, Fuzzy sets, Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Uncertainty Management in AI. Dr. Bonissone is very active in the IEEE, where is currently a member of the Fellow Evaluation Committee. In the past, while serving as President of the IEEE Neural Networks Society (now Computational Intelligence Society) he was also a member of the IEEE Technical Board Activities (TAB). He has been an Executive Committee member of NNC/NNS/CIS society for the past 16 years and an IEEE CIS Distinguished Lecturer since 2004. |
Distinguished Lecturers Program Sponsored by the Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 19 | NULL |
| Reliability Concepts | 2009-10-16 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve | This is a presentation on Reliability Concepts and the application to highly reliable systems found in critical facilities both private and public sectors. It will reaffirm the definitions and provide an example of single cord and dual cord missions. Also discussed are some of the sources of data to assist you in the daily assessment and application of Reliability. | Robert G. Arno |
Principal HP Critical Facility Services |
Robert G. Arno received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from State University of New York at Utica/Rome in 1982 and is currently a senior member of IEEE . Mr. Arno has worked in the reliability field for 32 years, and currently is employed by HP Critical Facility Services (HP CFS), In Albany, NY. He currently leads the Intelligence Group at HP CFS servicing the needs of government critical facilities. His principal responsibilities include leading and directing programs and bringing technology to the development of better facilities He is also a contributing author to NFPA NEC code Article 708 and NFPA 70 B. | Industry Applications Society (IAS) | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 20 | NULL |
| This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | 2009-10-02 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. | Overview of the state of wind generation business in present, and future. Review the national goals of wind energy production in US, Europe, and Asia. Discuss the challenges the business faces in terms of technology, and standards and policies. Overview of new technology development in electric machine design to improve availability and reliability and to increase generator output capacity. | Sam Salem | General Electric Company | Sam Salem is currently leading the wind diagnostic team for wind product service and warranty organization. In his current role, he has been responsible for building wind diagnostic team to provide early insights on health condition of wind fleet under warranty. Sam and his team are also providing technical and fleet data support for the CBM NPI program for wind turbines. Prior to his current role, Sam has been involved in a number of Generator Services NPI programs including a program on developing new concepts of on-line monitoring for large generators. Sam is the US national delegate on rotating electrical machines at International Council on Large Electrical Systems (CIGRE). He was the IEEE Section Chair in 2005-2006. Sam has been a GE employee since 1999 and he holds 14 US patents. Sam has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration. | Power Engineering Society (PES) | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 21 | NULL |
| Understanding the basics of fiber optics data communications | 2009-09-18 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. |
TOPICS COVERED Hardware: · Explanations of how fiber optics cable is constructed and different fiber options available: 62.5/125 µm, 50/125 µm · Laser optimized 50/125 µm and Single mode fibers. · Available connectors: ST, SC, MT-RJ and LC. · Patch enclosures and splicing supported by graphics and pass-around samples Application: · Explanation of how to select the correct fiber for Ethernet speeds 1 Gigabit, 10 Gigabit and the distances that each type of fiber supports per the standards. Installation: Proper installation procedures for fiber optic cables |
Edward Coye |
RCDD/NTS/OSP/WD, CSI CCPR, LEED AP, Tyco Electronics AMP Sales Engineer |
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| Alternative Hydropower | 2009-06-05 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. | Hydroelectric power is one of the oldest sources of clean energy. Recent activities are putting a new twist on this well-established energy source. This talk will review conventional hydropower, and then branch into a discussion of emerging opportunities in hydropower. In particular, hydrokinetic turbines will be discussed, along with how this technology can be used to capture energy without the environmental impact associated with traditional hydropower. | David A. Torrey | NULL | David A. Torrey received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. He received the S.M., E.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Torrey is a recognized expert in the fields of power electronics and electric machines. Torrey has held faculty positions at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he supervised fourteen doctoral theses in the areas of power electronics and electric machines. In July 2002, Torrey left his tenured appointment at Rensselaer to focus on Advanced Energy Conversion. Torrey has approximately eighty publications in the areas of power electronics and electric machines and is a named inventor on eight patents. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member and member of the advisory board at Union Graduate College in Schenectady, NY. He is a registered engineer in New York, and a Chartered Engineer in the U.K. | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 23 | NULL |
| Winning Résumés | 2009-05-14 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. |
Like anyone else seeking employment, engineers prepare their résumés to convince prospective employers of their abilities. Often, however, in preparing their résumés, many applicants fail to respond to the needs of the readers, that is, their prospective employers. This presentation will focus on audience analysis for producing winning résumés. In large companies, personnel recruiters usually read résumés first. Only when approved by recruiters are résumés sent to the real employers—the people who will actually hire. To write a résumé that wins an interview, an applicant must be aware of these dual rôles and create a document that responds to the needs of both audiences. Techniques are included to use if your résumé doesn’t get you an interview. |
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Prof. Andrew Malcolm retired in 2001 from the Rochester Institute of Technology after 30 years. For 29 years, he taught technical English to deaf students at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf on the RIT campus. Malcolm has presented two dozen IEEE/S-PAC talks at colleges and universities from CSU-Long Beach, California to Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Prior to entering academia, he was a field engineer, electronics design engineer, chief draftsman, technical writer and publications supervisor for various firms in the aero-space defense and electronics industries. He is a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communications and a Life Member of IEEE, having joined the Institute of Radio Engineers —a predecessor of the IEEE—in 1954. |
Section PACE (Professional Activities Committees for Engineers). | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 24 | NULL |
| 70th Steinmetz Memorial Lecture - Solar Photovoltaics Technology: The Beginning of the Revolution | 2009-04-27 | Union College | Schenectady, NY |
5:15pm Social hour 6:00pm Banquet 7:30pm Lecture |
Reservations and payment are requested by Friday, April 17, 2009 Please send the following information, along with check payable to IEEE Schenectady Section to: Cherrice Traver, Dean of Engineering Steinmetz Hall Union College Schenectady, NY 12308 Please enter number of people for each entree: Chicken Piccata...................... _________ Penne Pasta with Mushrooms, Sundried Tomatoes & Artichoke Hearts.......... _________ |
The prospects of current and coming solar-photovoltaic (PV) technologies are envisioned, arguing this solar-electricity source is at a tipping point in the complex worldwide energy outlook. The co-requirements for policy and technology investments are strongly supported. The emphasis of this presentation is on R&D advances (cell, materials, and module options). The contributions and technological pathways for now and near-term technologies and status and forecasts for next-generation PV are evaluated. Insights into technical and other investments needed to tip photovoltaics to its next level of contribution as a significant clean-energy partner in the world energy portfolio. The need for R&D accelerating the now and imminent technologies balanced with work in mid-term approaches is highlighted. Moreover, technology progress and ownership for next generation solar PV mandates a balanced investment in research on longer-term (the revolution needs revolutionary approaches to sustain itself) technologies having high-risk, but extremely high performance and cost returns for our next generations of energy consumers. Issues relating to manufacturing are explored.especially with the requirements for the next-generation technologies. This presentation provides insights (some irreverent) into how this technology has developed.and where we can expect to be by this mid-21st century. |
Lawrence L. Kazmerski | Executive Director, Science and Technology Partnerships, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
Lawrence L. Kazmerski is Executive Director, Science and Technology Partnerships at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado - having served as Director of the National Center for Photovoltaics for the period 1999-2008. He received his B.S.E.E. in 1967, M.S.E.E. in 1968, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1970 - all from the University of Notre Dame. He served in a postdoctoral position at the University of Notre Dame Radiation Research Laboratory (Atomic Energy Commission), January through August 1971, and was on the electrical engineering faculty of the University of Maine before coming to SERI (NREL) in 1977. His research at Maine included NSF- and ERDA-funded work in thin-film photovoltaics and the report of the first thin-film copper-indium-diselenide (CIS) solar cell. He was SERI's first staff member in photovoltaics, hired specifically to establish efforts in the characterization of photovoltaic materials and devices; he led NREL efforts in measurements and characterization for more than 20 years. For more information about the Steinmetz Memorial Lecture, please go to http://engineering.union.edu/SteinmetzMemorialLectures |
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Engineering the Future in Biomedicine: Using Brain Signals for Communication and Diagnosis |
2009-04-03 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. |
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) convert brain signals into outputs that communicate a user's intent, or inform of other important details of behavior. BCIs can be used by people to communicate and interact with their environment. BCI techniques can also be used for diagnosis of brain function. Different non-invasive and invasive sensors can be used to detect these brain signals. Typical non-invasive BCIs use electroencephalographic activity (EEG) recorded from the scalp. Recent studies have demonstrated that EEG can be used to control cursors in multiple dimensions, or to perform simple word processing. Invasive BCIs use local activity from multiple neurons recorded within the brain. Recent studies have demonstrated that such brain activity accurately reflects detailed aspects of behaviors (such as the direction of actual or intended hand movements). An intermediate technology, called electrocorticographic (ECoG) recordings from the cortical surface, could be a powerful and practical alternative to current non-invasive and invasive BCI recording methods. In this talk, the speaker will first give an overview of exciting developments in this area. He will then demonstrate that ECoG can give detailed information about motor and language function that is in important ways comparable to that provided by neuronal recordings and that it supports rapid acquisition of real-time control of a computer cursor in humans. He will also show how BCI techniques can be used to improve diagnosis of normal and abnormal brain function. |
Gerwin Schalk, PhD |
Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health |
Research Scientist V, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Neurology, Albany Medical College Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Biomed. Sci., State Univ. of New York at Albany Adj. Assist. Prof., Dept. of Neurosurgery, Washington Univ. in St. Louis Adj. Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dr. Schalk obtained his M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Graz University of Technology in Austria in 1999, his M.S. in Information Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 2001, and his Ph.D. in Computer and Systems Engineering from RPI in 2006. He is interested in engineering, scientific, and commercial aspects of devices that interface the brain with external devices for the purpose of communication or diagnosis. He authored or co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and has given more than 60 invited lectures world-wide. His work has been extensively featured by the media, including articles in Technology Review, Wired, New Scientist, etc. He is also listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, and received several awards for his work including a Best Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. |
Schenectady Section of the IEEE |
This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. |
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| "Cibola" -- An award winning Future City | 2009-03-31 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Monday, March 30, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. |
The students who created "Cibola", which is set in year 2237, won the New York (Albany) regional Future City competition in January of this year and recently went on to win the ninth-annual IEEE-USA Best Communications System Award at the National Engineers Week Future City Competition National Finals held in Washington, D.C. last month. The Farnsworth team, represented by students Zubin Mukerjee, Abigail Schooner and Joseph Sipzner, was recognized for the most "efficient and accurate communications system". The team was mentored by civil engineer Robert Sipzner, PE, and Tom McGreevy, the school's technology education teacher. A hand-held "Personal Education Device", or PED, is the featured element of the cities communications system, as designed by the Farnsworth team. The PED utilized a contact lens to reconstruct important event into a video to help students learn. In addition, students can go on virtual field trips through holographic imaging, allowing youngsters to transport themselves virtually anywhere in the world. The judges selected Farnsworth from among 38 regional championship teams from around the U.S. that had competed at the finals. There will be a brief introduction of the Future City competition by Tom McGreevy and then the students are eager to tell us all about their ideas and what they learned about engineering. Many of these students are interested in pursuing engineering careers and are looking forward to presenting to us. Please come support and congratulate our local students and future engineers! |
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| Challenges of Designing and Specifying Off-Grid LED Lighting Systems | 2009-02-27 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. |
Kathryn M. Conway will describe basic requirements for lighting systems that rely on "off-grid" power sources. She will encourage audience members to brainstorm how "real" lighting systems (not just temporary gadgets) could transform the lives of users worldwide. Note: There will be door prizes and a few interesting lighting products will be given away. CHALLENGES “Gadget Gripes.” We need more high quality, durable products at reasonable prices. For now, the market seems full of off-grid lighting “gadgets” meant only for temporary use. “This little light of mine”: It may shine, but can you see anything? Consumers are confused by luminance (“brightness”) versus illuminance (amount of light that reaches the surfaces you need to see). Higher lumen output is needed, especially from LED products. “My light, or yours?” Real lighting requires local infrastructure systems to generate, transmit, and distribute enough power for lighting. Otherwise, users will always have to share a few portable lights… not really a functional solution for productivity or useful home/work illuminance. RESOURCES FOR OFF-GRID LIGHTING INFORMATION AND ACTION PROGRAMS Freeplay Foundation: http://www.freeplayfoundation.org/ Light Up the World Foundation: http://lutw.org/home.htm Lighting Africa: www.lightingafrica.org The Lumina Project, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: http://light.lbl.gov EXAMPLES OF MANUFACTURERS & PRODUCTS* Osram solar charging stations, “Umeme Kwa Wote” http://www.osram.com/osram_com/About_Us/Society_and_the_Environment_Global_Care/Products_and_the_environment/Off-Grid_Lighting/Details/index.html Philips Lighting: “LED Nation” North Dumpling Island http://www.colorkinetics.com/corp/news/pr/releases/2008-12-02_led_nation.html Solar Lighting/Off-grid Solutions http://www.lighting.philips.com/microsite/smile/index.php SunNight Solar BOGO Flashlights http://www.sunnightsolar.com/ Some additional manufacturers and distributors with off-grid products: Cosmos Ignite Innovations, Cyberlux, Home Depot, LEDtronics, PiSatSolar, Real Goods, Target and Walmart. * This list is not comprehensive; inclusion does not indicate any product or company endorsement, whatsoever. IMAGES Maps of sky brightness http://www.lightpollution.it/worldatlas/pages/fig1.htm http://www.lightpollution.it/dmsp/ NASA composite image, “Earth at Night” http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html Maps of relative density of cellular service, radios and electricity access http://www.worldmapper.org/ |
Kathryn M. Conway |
Principal Conway & Silver, Energy Associates LLC (dba LED Consulting) Box 510, Nassau, NY 12123-0510 lightingafrica@kateconway.cc |
Kathryn M. Conway, MS, MIES is an independent consultant with 20 years of experience working with LEDs for signaling, signage and illumination. She is Principal and Founder of LED Consulting. | Schenectady Section of the IEEE | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 28 | NULL |
| Powering the Future with Nanotechnology: Learn about nanotechnology's impact on alternative energy technologies! | 2009-02-13 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 9:00 AM to reserve. |
As worldwide demand for energy surges at an ever-increasing rate, there is a new urgency to improve the efficiency and sustainability of power generation technologies. One of the keys to addressing this challenge is innovation, and some of the most promising solutions are occurring at the smallest scale - the nanoscale. Engineers can create new building blocks that produce materials with the exact properties they desire, which are generally smaller, stronger and lighter than current technologies. The field of alternative energy provides a platform for some of nanotechnology's most exciting contributions. These include silicon and thin film based Solar Cells that already utilize nanoscale processes, materials and devices utilized in semiconductor manufacturing. Moreover, discoveries in nanotechnology have led to what many consider the next generation of solar technology: ultra-thin amorphous silicon, organic and inorganic solar cells derived from nanocrystals that convert sunlight into electricity at a fraction of the cost of silicon-based solar cells. Fuel Cells also benefit from nanotechnology. Nanoengineered electrodes in the form of cathodes and anodes are currently being manufactured and incorporated in solid oxide and polymer electrode-based fuel cells that provide higher efficiency and performance. Nanotechnology applied to fuel cells enables more efficient and reduced use of precious metals - such as using platinum nanoparticles for high surface area and low volume - along with improved membrane function and durability. Demonstrations and deployment of nanotechnology in Green Buildings and Energy Efficiency related innovations enable evaluation and validation of zero energy concepts in large facilities including smart lighting, capacitors and power electronics. Clean energy generation and efficiency is critical to our future. Through nanotechnology innovation, we can improve the efficiencies of the technologies we have and discover new ways to achieve sustainable development. The Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center (E2TAC) at the College of Nanoscale Science &Engineering (CNSE) works with companies in the rapidly emerging energy and environmental industries and is focused on commercialization of these technologies in partnership with industry. |
Dr. Pradeep Haldar | Head of CNSE's Nanoengineering Constellation and Director of E2TAC | Dr. Pradeep Haldar is the Head of College of Nanoscale Science &Engineering (CNSE)'s Nanoengineering Constellation and Director of Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center (E2TAC). | Schenectady Section of the IEEE | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 29 | NULL |
| Engineers Week 2009 | 2009-02-05 | Albany Marriott | 189 Wolf Road, Albany NY | NULL | NULL |
Current & Complete Listing of Seminars Thursday, February 5, 2009 - Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd., Albany 8:00am - 4:00pm: Seminars with PDHs offered & Exhibitors 10:00am: High School Bridge Competition 12:00pm - 1:30pm: Keynote & Award Luncheon 4:00pm - 5:30pm: Order of the Engineer Friday, February 6, 2009 - Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd., Albany 8:00am - 4:00pm: Seminars with PDHs offered & Exhibitors 12:00pm - 1:30pm: Keynote Speaker 4:00pm - 6:00pm: Reception in the Empire Room National Engineers Week was created in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers and coincided with President’s Day. This is no coincidence, since George Washington, the 1st President of the United States was a land surveyor and engineer. http://www.eweek.org E-Week is held to create awareness of the contributions of engineers to society. The Capital District E-Week’s main focus is to promote the Engineering Profession. The purpose of this event is to raise public awareness of engineers positive contributions to quality of life, promote recognition among parents, teachers and students of the importance of a technical education and a high level of math, science and technology literacy, and motivates youth to pursue engineering careers in order to provide a diverse and vigorous engineering workforce. There are numerous seminars with professional development hours (PDHs) over two days in one convenient location. |
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| 2008 Holiday Party, Business Meeting and Elections | 2008-12-11 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 9:00 AM to reserve. | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | This event is free for IEEE members, $10.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 31 | NULL |
| IEEE Expert Now course - Introduction to Power Electronics | 2008-12-05 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
11:45am | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 9:00 AM to reserve. | This tutorial is intended for those who are new to the field of power electronics. It discusses the disciplines that support power electronics, and provides some motivational examples that serve to illustrate how the form of power converters is developed to perform a function. Some elements of how power converters are controlled is also covered. The tutorial ends with a discussion of relevant reference materials. | Torrey, David | NULL | David A. Torrey received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. He received the S.M., E.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Torrey was a tenure-track assistant professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a tenured associate professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he supervised thirteen doctoral theses in the areas of power electronics and electric machines. In July 2002 Torrey left his tenured appointment at Rensselaer to join Advanced Energy Conversion. Torrey has approximately eighty publications in the areas of power electronics and electric machines; he has also contributed to the Electrical Engineers Handbook (McGraw-Hill, 1996 and 2002). He has contributed to a videotape tutorial on adjustable speed drives for the IEEE, and has prepared a videotape tutorial on power electronics for the IEEE Power Electronics and Industry Applications Societies. Torrey is a member of the IEEE, a fellow of the IEE (UK), a registered professional engineer in New York, and a chartered engineer in the UK. | Schenectady Section of the IEEE Industry Applications Society | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 32 | NULL |
| Solar Energy | 2008-11-07 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 9:00 AM to reserve. |
I will describe the equipment used in solar thermal collection systems and ways that Btus collected are fed into home and commercial space and hot water systems. I will also touch on performance monitoring of these systems and programs available to subsidize the costs of these systems and show examples of some of my installations. I will of course entertain questions during and after the talk. Eastwick Press - Going Green - Sept. 5, 2008 Hoosic Laundry as build design Sept. 15, 2008 |
Peter N. Skinner P.E. |
Principal Scientist Earth Environmental Group (E2G), LLC |
Pete Skinner is a mechanical engineer consulting to residential solar energy applications. He is a Principal Scientist for Earth Environmental Group (E2G), LLC located at 2 Snyder Road, West Sand Lake, NY 12196. | Schenectady Section Power Engineering Society, IEEE | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 33 | NULL |
| IEEE Expert Now course - Cyber Security of Substation Control and Diagnostic Systems | 2008-10-03 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
11:45am | Please contact Howard Halstead at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 9:00 AM to reserve. | This course will familiarize learners with the need to strengthen the protection of the control systems used in the industry against cyber (electronic) threats. The control systems addressed include SCADA systems, IEDs, substation automation systems, and distribution control systems. The course will identify the major threats, and outline practical suggestions about how the security of these systems may be enhanced. After completing this course you should be able to develop an understanding of: Issues relating to cyber security (Why do people care about this subject?); The threats to the security of control systems (Who are the intruders, and why do they do what they do?); What makes control systems vulnerable to intrusion?; Industry’s experience is with breaches of security? (Separating the myths from the reality); What utilities are required or advised to do to protect their systems (Rules, regulations, and standards: steering through the regulatory thicket); What utilities can do now to protect their systems (Practical steps that go beyond what is currently required.); Anticipated future developments to enhance the cyber security of control systems. | NULL | NULL | NULL | Schenectady Section Computer Society, IEEE | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 34 | NULL |
| Tour of GE Energy Fenner Wind Park | 2008-05-29 | 5508 Bellinger Road, Cazenovia, NY 13035 | 5508 Bellinger Road, Cazenovia, NY 13035 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Contact/RSVP to: Jason Buneo (jason.buneo@ge.com, 518-281-6161) | http://www.fennerwind.com/home.html | Kevin Wigell |
Field Manager Fenner Wind Farm |
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| New York Power Markets | 2008-04-25 | Brandon's Steak & Seafood | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00 pm | Reservations are required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 9:00 AM. | NULL | Rana Mukerji |
Vice President, Market Structures New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) |
Rana Mukerji is Vice President, Market Structures, for the New York Independent System Operator. He joined the NYISO in May 2006. Before joining the NYISO, Mr. Mukerji spent seven years working for ABB Inc. in Raleigh, N.C., where he worked as Vice President and General Manager, and Senior Group Vice President. At ABB, Mr. Mukerji had global responsibility for ABB’s Power Technology consulting services. He drafted ABB’s position paper on grid reliability after the 2003 blackout. He also led ABB’s $500 million global Utility Partner Business, overseeing 3,000 employees in 35 countries. Mr. Mukerji worked at GE Power Systems in Schenectady, N.Y. from 1990 to 1999, in a variety of positions. He was General Manager of GE Power Systems from 1998 to 1999 and Program Manager from 1990 to 1998. At GE, Mr. Mukerji implemented the Six Sigma quality improvement program in the Power Systems Energy Consulting organization, and helped establish the GEMAPS (GE Market Assessment and Portfolio Strategies) software as an industry standard tool for evaluating deregulated power markets. Mr. Mukerji graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He earned a Master of Engineering degree and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is also a Professional Engineer registered in the state of New York. As IEEE Schenectady Section Chairman, Rana instituted the "Membership Meetings". |
Power Engineering Society | Free for IEEE members who RSVP by the deadline, $15.00 for non-members and all who fail to RSVP by the deadline. | NULL | NULL | 36 | NULL |
| How to develop soft skills to enhance your career | 2008-04-18 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, April 17 at 9:00 AM to reserve. | Technical skills are important in an engineer's career. But what differentiates one career from another is often based on their ability with the soft skills. Carl is an excellent speaker on professional development. He is invited back based on last May's successful presentation and positive feedbacks. His talk will cover several critical soft skills in an engineer's career - communicating, making decisions, understanding yourself, teamwork, creativity, and dealing with stress. Packed with real-life stories and practical solutions, Carl's talk will equip you with powerful tools to be implemented in your everyday life. | Carl Selinger |
E-mail: selinger99 (at) aol.com Website: http://www.carlselinger.com |
Carl Selinger is an independent consultant in aviation and transportation. Selinger's forty-year career spans aviation, transportation planning mainly during his 31-year career with The Port Authority of NY & NJ. Carl is an adjunct professor at Cooper Union and Maritime College. Carl holds civil and transportation engineering degrees from Cooper Union, Yale University, and Polytechnic University. Carl is a frequent guest speaker giving professional development seminars to teach the non-technical soft skills that are important to be effective in today's competitive real world. He is a globally-published author whose book and articles appear widely. His book "Stuff you Don't Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World" has been published by Wiley-IEEE Press. This book has been translated into Chinese and has been published in China. Carl is a contributing editor for IEEE spectrum magazine on career development. |
Schenectady Section PACE committee, IEEE | This event is free for IEEE members, $10.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 37 | NULL |
| An overview of virtualization with a comparison of Solaris Containers with Windows VMware on ESX servers | 2008-03-07 | College Park ballroom | Union College | 12:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Monday, March 3, 2008 at 12:00 NOON to reserve. | An overview of computer virtualization followed by a comparison of various virtualization technologies, including Solaris Containers, Logical Domains, Sun xVM Server, VirtualBox, VMware and Xen. | Jeff Victor | Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
Jeff Victor has been using Unix systems since 1984. His two-decade career has included software design and development, network and telecomm administration, and ten years as a Systems Engineer at Sun Microsystems. He currently serves as a Technical Specialist specializing in server virtualization technologies. Jeff authored the Sun BluePrint "Solaris Containers Technology Architecture Guide" and the "How to Move a Container" guide, both available at www.sun.com. He also maintains the "Solaris Zones and Containers" FAQ at opensolaris.org. Jeff holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. |
Computer Society of the Schenectady Section of IEEE and Union College ECE | This event is free for IEEE members, $10.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 38 | NULL |
| HVDC Transmission; a revived interest in the US | 2008-02-29 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, February 28 at 9:00 AM to reserve. | After a decade of near dormancy, there is a growing interest in HVDC transmission in the US . The advances in HVDC technologies and the need to deliver power to congested load pockets have resulted in some innovative applications of HVDC transmission. The talk will begin with a brief review of HVDC converter technologies, including the Voltage Source Converter technology that forms the basis for the Cross Sound Cable system. Existing and proposed applications of HVDC in the North America will be highlighted. | Ron Hauth | Life SM IEEE/PES | Ron Hauth resigned from GE’s Power System consulting group in Schenectady in 1994 after 31 years with the company to join New England Electric System (NEES) in their international transmission development business. He left NEES in 1998 to work for ABB for two years before retiring in 2000. Ron has been involved in HVDC applications since the 1980’s when GE installed several HVDC systems in the US . After he retired, Ron provided consultation to the developer of the Cross Sound Cable system during its implementation and testing. Ron is an adjunct instructor at GE’s Energy Learning Center , where he teaches a short course on Transmission System Analysis. | Schenectady Section, IEEE | This event is free for IEEE members, $10.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 39 | NULL |
| Engineers Week 2008 | 2008-02-14 | Albany Marriott | 189 Wolf Rd., Albany NY | NULL | NULL |
THURSDAY, February 14, 2008 Full Day of Seminars with PDHs offered - 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Exhibitors 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Keynote & Award Luncheon 12:00 P.M. to 1:30 P.M. Robert A. Dennison, III, PE, Chief Engineer - NYSDOT 4:00 – 5:30 pm Order of the Engineer (attentively scheduled): A “Ring Ceremony” during which engineers accept the “obligation of an Engineer” to serve the public. FRIDAY, February 15, 2008: Albany Marriott Full Day of Seminars with PDHs offered – 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Exhibitors 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M Keynote Luncheon 12:00 P.M. to 1:30 P.M. Keynote Speaker: George Leveille – Director of Economic Development & Planning Followed by a Reception - 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 - In the Empire Room |
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| Does the Path to Mars Lead through the Capital Region? | 2008-01-25 | Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY |
12:00pm | Reservations are required. Please contact Lou Tomaino or Kristin Short at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 9:00 AM. | NULL | Heidi DeBlock MD | FCCM |
Dr. Heidi DeBlock is an attending physician in the Critical Care Unit at St. Clare’s Hospital as well as an Assistant Professor of Surgery and the Albany Medical Center where she practices in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Dr. DeBlock attended the University of Rochester where she graduated with a degree in Astrophysics. From there she attended SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine and a Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at The University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital . Dr. DeBlock has been a Visiting Research Scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in the Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory since 1990. There she studies the effects of spaceflight on the cardiovascular system especially in the area of orthostatic hypotension and arrhythmogenesis. She was awarded a “Special Spaceflight Achievement Award” by NASA in 2002 for her research. Dr. DeBlock is married to the Reverend Scott DeBlock, pastor at the Niskayuna Reformed Church and is the proud mother of three daughters. She enjoys flying gliders, cooking, traveling, playing the flute, piano and bassoon and many sports. |
Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS) | Free for IEEE members who RSVP by the deadline, $15.00 for non-members and all who fail to RSVP by the deadline. | NULL | NULL | 41 | NULL |
| Future City Competion | 2008-01-19 | Hudson Valley Community College | NULL | NULL | NULL |
What do a geo-stationary space station and an undersea colony have in common? They are both visions of the future proposed by city-planning teams at the Future Cities competition. On January 19, 2008 the Schenectady Section of the IEEE supported many students from 24 schools in their quest to make the future a better place by designing a "Future City". Future Cities is a competition for 7th and 8th grade students. They begin by designing a city on Sim City software. Then they create a poster, write essays, build a table-top model out of recycled materials and finally, after four months of work, present their plan at a Capital District competition. There are scholarships, cash prizes, and the winning team gets to compete again in Washington D.C. during Engineer's Week in February. The IEEE Schenectady Section sponsors the competition by providing funding to the organizers and awarding a $100 cash prize titled "Excellence in Generation and Conservation of Electrical Energy". One member, Peter Sutherland, volunteered as one of a number of judges for the overall competition. Three other members - Jovan Bebic, Einar Larsen, and Becky Nold, volunteered as judges for the IEEE section award. Also helping during the day were Marija Bebic and Andrew Nold. There are many ways to volunteer at this event (http://www.capitaldistrictfuturecity.org/). The best part about volunteering to represent the Section was getting to talk to the kids about their ideas. The winner of the Schenectady Section award was La Salle School, for their diversity in power sources, including an interesting tidal pump. The La Salle Future City was named "New Atlantis". The overall winner was Farnsworth Middle School with a city named "Mohalla". 2008 COMPETITION SCHEDULE HVCC McDonough Field House 7:30 – 8:30 Registration 8:30 Opening Ceremony 9:00 – 12:00 Preliminary Round of Judging Please see the schedule to find your team’s competition times. Judging is open to the public, however each Judging Room will be considered “Closed” once the door has been closed and the team has started their presentation. 9:00 – 12:45 Engineering Activities 12:00 – 12:45 Lunch 12:45 Announcement of Finalists Master of Ceremonies – Mike Bono, Chief Meteorologist Channel News 1:00 – 2:30 Final Round of Judging (McNeil Room, Main Level) 2:30 – 3:00 Fuel Cell Jeopardy & Break 3:00 – 3:45 Final Awards Ceremony 3:45 Closing Remarks |
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Annual Holiday Luncheon IEEE Fellows Program |
2007-12-07 | Brandon's Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Please contact us no later than 9:00 AM on Monday, December 11 at schdyieee@yahoo.com and receive a confirmation number. |
Business Meeting -- Election of Officers Full Course Buffet Lunch including Selections for Vegetarians, Dessert and Coffee/Tea Seating is limited to 70 – Reservations on a first come first served basis. |
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The cost of the lunch is subsidized by the Schenectady Section: IEEE members: Free Non-IEEE members: $10.00 each |
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| Electrical Arc Flash Hazard Calculations | 2007-11-09 | Brandon's Steak & Seafood | 725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations are required. Please contact Lou Tomaino or Kristin Short at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 9:00 AM. |
Introduction to Electrical Arc Flash Hazard Calculations Arc Flash Risks and Effects Arc Flash Approach Boundaries Arc Flash Hazard Calculations NFPE 70E Tables IEEE Standard 1584-2002 Arc Flash Categories &Protective Clothing Arc Flash Labels and Permits |
Peter E. Sutherland, Ph.D., P.E. | NULL |
Peter E. Sutherland earned his Ph.D. in Electric Power Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has 20 years experience in electric power engineering. Presently, he is Lead Consultant at Rotterdam NY office of GE Energy Services, where he is in charge of Power System Studies. Previously, he was a Senior Engineer in the GE Power Systems Energy Consulting Department, where he performed a variety of engineering work for industrial and utility clients. Dr. Sutherland is a Fellow of IEEE, a Professional Engineer in New York and other states. He is the author of numerous technical papers. |
Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS) | Free for IEEE members who RSVP by the deadline, $15.00 for non-members and all who fail to RSVP by the deadline. | NULL | NULL | 44 | NULL |
| Tour of EPRI High Voltage Transmission Laboratory | 2007-10-26 | Power Technologies, Inc. | Meet at Power Technologies, Inc. parking lot, 1482 Erie Blvd for bus to Lenox, MA. The bus will leave Schenectady promptly at 1 PM. The tour will be about 2 hours long. The bus would return to Schenectady around 5 PM. | 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Please contact Jose Daconte at << daconti (at) ieee.org >> to sign up. |
For more than three decades, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has played a vital leadership role in the electric utility industry by conducting experimental and technology application research in high-voltage transmission. Contributing a critical element to this research is a world-class research and test laboratory operated by EPRI in Lenox, Massachusetts. The unique facilities, located in a rural setting, features outdoor test lines available in all four seasons. Originally built by General Electric in the late 1950s, the lab’s capabilities were expanded in 1974 with the addition of a three-phase balanced 1500 kV ac source, and in 1977 with the installation of a 1500 kV dc source and an ac-dc converter station. For nearly half a century, the lab has been the site of landmark research in HVAC and HVDC, including evaluation of overhead line performance, environmental effects of HVAC and HVDC, and contamination and icing performance of insulators and bushings. |
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"Stepping Up To .Net" What you need to know about the advantages and pitfalls of the .Net Framework |
2007-10-19 | College Park ballroom | Union College | 12:00pm | Reservations are required. Please contact Howard Halstead at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Monday, October 15, 2007 at 12:00 NOON. |
Microsoft Corporation developed the .Net Framework to be the next-generation platform for integration of both Web-based and Desktop computing technologies. .Net, now standardized by ECMA/ISO has achieved rapid acceptance within the Microsoft user community. Surprisingly, it is also gaining acceptance within the Linux and UNIX communities based on implementations such as Mono and BSD.NET. Dr. Matis reports on the status of .Net, including versions 3.0 (as supported within Windows Vista) and 3.5, the next Microsoft release. The .Net Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) employs a Virtual Execution System (VES) that is somewhat similar to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The differences and similarities will be described. Kurt will also describe how the design of the VES and certain aspects of the .Net Type system allow graceful migration of code written in legacy languages such as C and C++. Whereas .Net has provided great benefit for application development and hosting, it also has had its drawbacks. These are associated with speed, memory usage, real-time latency, lack of interoperability and bloated data transfer formats, among others. These problems will be discussed, along with possible solutions, progress in these areas, or lack thereof. |
Dr. Kurt Matis |
Tech Valley Software Engineering Consortium (518) 274-3985 krogerma@tvsec.net |
Kurt Matis started his first company, ICUCOM Corporation, in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Incubator Center in 1989. Previously, he held a number of industrial positions, including that of Research Scientist at General Electric Corporate Research and Development. Recently, he has been involved with the Tech Valley Software Engineering Consortium (TVSEC), of which he is a founding member. Kurt received his Ph.D. from RPI in Electrical Engineering. The TVSEC is an organization of software engineers devoted to developing high-reliability applications and support software utilizing .Net technologies. |
Computer Society of the Schenectady Section of IEEE and Union College ECE | Free for IEEE members who RSVP by the deadline, $10.00 for non-members and all who fail to RSVP by the deadline. | NULL | NULL | 46 | NULL |
| 69th Steinmetz Memorial Lecture - Enabling Musical Expression for Everyone | 2007-10-15 | Union College | Reception at Hale House, Lecture at Memorial Chapel | Reception: 5:30pm, Lecture: 7:30pm | NULL | Music is one of the most powerful forms of human expression, and is increasingly recognized as a profound source of health and well-being far beyond its entertainment value. But music works its magic most fully through active engagement - rather than through the passive, background listening described in the "Mozart Effect" - and this requires new tools and environments that enable people of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels to participate. Hyperinstruments, initially invented at the MIT Media Lab to increase the performance virtuosity of great musicians from Yo-Yo Ma to Prince, have evolved into the Hyperscore composing software for kids as well as the smash hit video game Guitar Hero. Such technologies are now being further extended to give "voice" to seniors and the disabled, including specially designed "Personal Instruments" that adapt to anyone's individual skills and limitations. A recent performance using such an instrument will be shown, and a sneak preview will be given of an opera-in-progress that demonstrates the power of music for "personal identity archiving" in the physical and virtual worlds. | Tod Machover |
Composer & Inventor, Professor of Music & Media MIT Media Lab |
Tod Machover - called "America's Most Wired Composer" by The Los Angeles Times - is widely recognized as one of the most significant and innovative composers of his generation, and is also celebrated for inventing new technology for music. He studied with Elliott Carter at The Juilliard School, was the first Director of Musical Research at Pierre Boulez's IRCAM in Paris, and is currently Professor of Music and Media at the MIT Media Lab and also Visiting Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Machover's music has been commissioned and performed by many of the world's most prominent soloists and ensembles, including Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Houston Grand Opera, the BBC Symphony, the Ensemble InterContemporain, the Boston Pops, the Ying Quartet, and cellist Matt Haimovitz. He has been particularly noted for his large-scale interactive media projects such as the science ficton opera VALIS, the Brain Opera, and Toy Symphony, as well as for the design of creative music tools such as Hyperscore. Machover is currently working on two new operas: the "robotic" Death and the Powers, with an original libretto by U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky, and Skellig, based on the award-winning novel by David Almond. To learn more about the Steinmetz Lecture series, visit: http://engineering.union.edu/SteinmetzMemorialLectures/ |
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| Tour of the Cohoes, NY 38 MW Hydroelectric Generation Facility | 2007-07-26 | 6 School Street, Cohoes, 12047-1711 | 6 School Street, Cohoes, 12047-1711 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm | Contact Chandra Reis at 428-1777 or reisc (at) aol.com no later than Monday, July 16th to make your reservation. |
Mr. Steve Gibney of the Brookfield Power Corporation will lead a narrated tour throughout the interior of the plant and its surrounding areas. The tour will terminate in a very small park located adjacent to the power plant. This small park provides a nice view of the Hudson River waterfall and other upstream and downstream scenic areas. Two picnic tables are provided in the park for anyone who wishes to arrive early for a brief picnic and a chance to take in the scenery. Each attendee must bring his/her own food/refreshments. Parking will be available on School Street and on the power plant parking lot. Attendees must sign an injury liability waiver at the beginning of the tour and bring proof of medical insurance coverage. Attendee assembly point for the start of the tour will be at the motorized vehicular gate/power plant parking lot. The tour guide will meet you there. |
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You Don't Learn in Engineering School: Skills for SUCCESS in the REAL WORLD |
2007-05-23 | Union College | NWSE Building Room 114 | 12:50pm - 1:50pm | Reservations are NOT required. Lunch is provided only to Union College students. All IEEE members are welcome to attend without reservations. For further information please contact Sonny at zqsun (at) ieee.org. |
This one-hour seminar discusses the importance of taking personal responsibility for one's professional and career development, and then reviews findings of an engineering managers' survey -- on the relative importance of various professional soft skills to young engineers and how well they do in each skill area. Then the presentation identifies the most important "soft" skills engineers need in order to be more effective in work and in life. Handouts will be available summarizing articles Carl wrote on soft skills and other career subjects. |
Carl Selinger | NULL |
Carl Selinger is the author of the book "Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World" published by Wiley-IEEE Press. The book helps engineers and other professionals learn non-technical skills, like decision-making, setting priorities, negotiating, teamwork, dealing with stress, etc. Carl's forty-year career spans aviation, transportation and strategic business planning with 31 years at The Port Authority of NY & NJ. |
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The Electric Mule: G.E. and the Erie and Panama Canals |
2007-05-11 | College Park ballroom | Union College | 12:00pm | Reservations are required. Please contact Howard Halstead at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 9:00 AM. | The waning years of the 19th century saw a variety of efforts to reinvigorate an Erie Canal that had been overshadowed by railroads. One such project involved using electric power to replace the mules and horses that canal boats relied on. The Schenectady General Electric company experimented with a variety of prototypes on local sections of the Erie Canal; none proved practical for use on the Erie Canal, but modified versions were put to use in the newly opened Panama Canal. | Professor Morris |
History Department Union College |
Andy Morris is a member of the History Department at Union College. He specializes in 20th century U.S. History, and is currently involved in a project to preserve the remains of the Erie Canal in Schenectady County. | Computer Society of the Schenectady Section of IEEE and Union College ECE | Free for IEEE members who RSVP by the deadline, $10.00 for non-members and all who fail to RSVP by the deadline. | NULL | NULL | 50 | NULL |
| Calculation of Electrical Machines | 2007-05-01 | Everest Lounge at Hale House | Union College | 5:15pm Banquet, 7:30pm Lecture | Reservations are required. Please contact Lou Tomaino or Howard Halstead at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, April 26, 2007 at Noon. | The calculation methods for designing electrical machines are reviewed, with special reference to the relationship between traditional analytical calculations and the finite-element method. The structure of these calculations is discussed, with illustrations from the SPEED software. Several general observations are made concerning the accuracy and cost of different approaches to the design process. Click here to ICEMS 2006 paper by TJE Miller titled "Calculation of Electrical Machines". | Professor TJE Miller |
SPEED Laboratory Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering University of Glasgow G12 8LT UK e-mail t.miller (at) elec.gla.ac.uk Internet http://www.speedlab.co.uk |
TJE Miller is Professor of Electrical Power Engineering, and founder and Director of the SPEED Consortium at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. A native of Wigan, UK, he was educated at Atlantic College and the Universities of Glasgow and Leeds. He is the author of over 200 publications in the fields of motors, drives, power systems and power electronics, including eight books. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and Fellow of the IEE. From 1979 to 1986 he was an electrical engineer and program manager at GE Research and Development in Schenectady, NY, and his industrial experience includes periods with GEC (UK), British Gas, International Research and Development, and a student-apprenticeship with Tube Investments Ltd. In his work for the SPEED Consortium he has served many companies and travelled widely in Europe, N. America, Brazil, and Japan. He is an amateur racing cyclist with many wins and placings at club and national level, and a member of the Ivy CC, Glasgow. He also holds the 500 cc Bob McIntyre trophy for the Scottish Classic Racing Motorcycle Club's 2004 and 2005 championships on his 1962 G50 Matchless. He has three daughters. | Industry Applications Society of the Schenectady Section of IEEE and Union College ECE | For IEEE members and their guests is $10 per person, payable at the door. | NULL | NULL | 51 | NULL |
| 68th Steinmetz Memorial Lecture - Engineering as part of a Liberal Education? | 2007-04-16 | Union College | NULL |
5:15pm Social hour & Banquet (Payment needed in advance) 7:30pm Lecture (free and open to the public) |
NULL | Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia because, he said, a democracy requires an educated citizenry. Our society is increasingly dependent on technology, and correspondingly, our most important public policy issues hinge on an understanding of how that technology is created . that is, on engineering. I think Jefferson would be concerned since so few of our citizens can participate in informed discourse on these issues because they lack an understanding of engineering principles. Union College is one of the few liberal arts colleges that also teach engineering, so this talk will describe my thoughts on how to rectify the situation. I hope to get your feedback because I think the situation is more serious than most people realize! | Dr. William Wulf |
President National Academy of Engineering |
Bill Wulf received the first Computer Science Ph.D. ever awarded at the University of Virginia in 1968. He then joined Carnegie-Mellon University as Assistant Professor of Computer Science, becoming Associate Professor in 1973 and Professor in 1975. In 1981 he left Carnegie-Mellon and founded Tartan Laboratories and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 1988. In 1988-1990 he was Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation. In 1990 he returned to the University of Virginia as AT&T Professor and University Professor. Bill Wulf is a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of ACM, a Fellow of the IEEE, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1997 he was elected President of the National Academy of Engineering, which operates under a congressional charter and presidential executive orders that call on it to provide advice to the government on issues of science and engineering. He has directed over 25 Ph.D. theses and is the author or co-author of three books, two patents and over 100 papers. Recent statements from his work as president of the NAE can be found at: http://www.nationalacademies.org/president/wulf.html |
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Social hour & Banquet - Payment needed in advance. Lecture - free and open to the public. Make checks payable to IEEE Schenectady Section Return this form and payment by April 6th to: Cherrice Traver Dean of Engineering and Computer Science Steinmetz Hall Union College Schenectady, NY 12308 Dinner cost is $20 per person |
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| Flywheels for use in Frequency Regulation on the Power Grid | 2007-03-16 | Brandon's Steak & Seafood | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations are required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 9:00 AM. |
Grid frequency regulation function addresses the balance between a grid network load and power generated. The grid system operator generates a frequency regulation signal based on the difference between these two parameters. The goal is to keep the system near nominal 60 or 50 Hz. Traditionally, frequency regulation is managed by varying the output of fossil fuel or hydro generators connected to the electric grid. As an economical alternative, energy storage can be used to provide this service, first, absorbing energy when it is in abundance, then discharging the same for the desired frequency regulation effect. Two flywheel based pilot projects are supported by DOE, California Energy Commission and NYSERDA in NY. The California system has been delivered and connected to the grid at PG&Es DUIT development facility in San Ramon CA. The NY system has been delivered and connected at the facilities of Power and Composite Technologies, an industrial user in Amsterdam NY. This presentation will summarize the data generated at these two sites including performance and reliability characteristics, ability to deliver reactive power, and estimate economic benefit. Knowledge gained from the pilot project test units will also be used to help design both the world's first 20-MW flywheel-based frequency regulation power plant. This presentation will show a stationary plant concept that will house 200 flywheels as well as all electrical, control, thermal and other systems necessary to perform frequency regulation reliably, safely and cost-effectively over a design life of 20 years. |
Matthew L. Lazarewicz |
Vice President & CTO Beacon Power Corporation http://www.beaconpower.com |
Mr. Lazarewicz is Vice President and Chief Technical Officer at Beacon Power. Prior to joining Beacon Power in 1999, Mr. Lazarewicz worked for 25 years in the General Electric in various capacities in Power Systems in Schenectady, NY and Aircraft Engines in Lynn, MA. Prior to leaving GE he served as the mechanical design manager for the F414 engine used in the Navy front line F/A18 fighter. He won the GE Aircraft Engines "Engineer of the Year" Award for his leadership of this project. He holds BSME, MSME, and MBA degrees from MIT, serves on the Board of Directors of the Electricity Storage Association, is Vice-Chairman of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Distributed Generation and Energy Storage Working Group, and is a member of ASME. |
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| Tour of the Albany Nanotech complex | 2007-03-01 |
College of Nanoscale Science And Engineering University at Albany, SUNY255 |
Fuller Road, Albany, NY 12203 | 4:00pm | Reservations are required. Please contact Peter Sutherland at schdyieee (at) yahoo.com by Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 9:00 AM. |
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany-State University of New York is the first college in the world dedicated to the research, development and education of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience and nanoeconomics. CNSE's Albany NanoTech complex is the most advanced research facility of its kind at any university in the world: a $3 billion, 450,000-square-foot complex that attracts corporate partners from around the world and offers students a one-of-a-kind academic experience. The Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center (E2TAC) at CNSE provides a critical platform for the college and its partners to leverage its intellectual power base and state-of-the-art infrastructure by providing an applications-targeted resource that supports technology development that leads to the integration of advanced energy and environmental technology. AGENDA 4:00 PM Introduction/Orientation Short talk by Pradeep Haldar 4:30 PM Tour Groups begin 5:30 PM Tour groups start to return/dinner begins 6:30 PM finish time |
Pradeep Haldar | Professor, College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, Director, Energy & Environmental Technology Application Center, Head, Engineering Constellation | Head, Nanoengineering Constellation; Professor of Nanoengineering Research areas: Advanced photovoltaics, advanced fuel cells, next generation superconductors, advanced power electronics | Electron Devices Society | Free for IEEE members (including student members) who RSVP by the deadline, $25.00 for one guest of member, $30.00 for non-members and all who fail to RSVP by the deadline. | NULL | NULL | 54 | NULL |
| Home Solar Electric Systems | 2007-02-23 | Brandon's Steak & Seafood | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations are required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 9:00 AM. |
Inverters Unlimited Inc. was started in 1999 for development of a low cost high quality 7 kW inverter for the Plug Power type residential Fuel Cell application. After developing various inverters for this application the focus changed to a 3 kW inverter for the Residential Solar application as the Residential Fuel Cell market did not emerge. In 2005 their 3 kW Solar inverter "IUI Sun-AC 3000" received UL listing and is now included on the "List of equipment approved for grid connection" of New York PSC (Public Service Commission). Since the summer of 2006 IUI has provided "Turn Key Installations" of 3 kW Solar Electric Systems to homes and small commercial enterprises in the Capital District area. With incentives such as rebates from NYSERDA, federal Tax credit, NY State Income Tax Credit and tax savings due to Solar System financing interest deduction the system becomes affordable for a home owners with a shadow free roof of about 300 sq.ft preferably oriented towards the South. The economics for a light commercial enterprise is even better. |
Dr. Suresh Bhaté | Inverters Unlimited Inc (IUI) | Dr. Suresh Bhaté founded Inverters Unlimited Inc. in 1999 and has led the successful development of the IUI inverters since then. He has over 40 years of experience in R&D related to electrical machines such as motors, generators, magnetic devices and Power Electronics. Prior to forming IUI, he was the president of Electro Magnetic Technology Inc. where he developed a 50,000 RPM, 1000 HP permanent magnet motor and its drive electronics. He has been a consultant to many R&D organizations including Plug Power Inc., General Dynamics, TRW, Mechanical Technology Inc. He holds several patents and has published numerous articles. He was recognized by NASA for his creative development of a novel generator for space application. | Power Engineering Society | Free for IEEE members who RSVP by the deadline, $15.00 for non-members and all who fail to RSVP by the deadline. | NULL | NULL | 55 | NULL |
| Engineers Week 2007 | 2007-02-15 | Albany Marriott | NULL | NULL | NULL |
79 Seminars being offered! Seminars are being reviewed now for PDHs! (Almost all the seminars will have PDHs) Basic Schedule - Engineers Week 2007 – Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd. , Albany THURSDAY, February 15, 2007: Albany Marriott Full Day of Seminars with PDHs offered - 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Limited Exhibitors 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Keynote & Award Luncheon 12:00 P.M. to 1:30 P.M. Keynote Speaker: Albany Mayor Gerald D. Jennings 4:00 – 5:30 pm Order of the Engineer (attentively scheduled): A “Ring Ceremony” during which engineers accept the “obligation of an Engineer” to serve the public. Followed by a Reception - 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 - In the Empire Room - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, February 16, 2007: Albany Marriott Full Day of Seminars with PDHs offered – 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Exhibitors 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M Keynote Luncheon 12:00 P.M. to 1:30 P.M. - $ Keynote Speaker: Paul Tonko, Assemblyman For further information on exhibiting and advertising, please contact me! Celebrate Engineers Week! Jennifer A. Miller Director of Programs 2007 Capital District E-Week Event: http://www.eweek.org/site/forums/forums.asp?ForumId=34 The New York State Society of Professional Engineers The Practicing Institute of Engineering The Foundation for Engineering Education 385 Jordan Rd., Troy , NY 12180 518-283-7490, Fax: 518-283-7495 www.nysspe.org; www.nspe.org; www.pie-cpc.org |
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| The Albany High Temperature Superconducting Cable Demonstration Project (ACP) | 2007-01-19 | Brandon's Steak & Seafood | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations are required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 9:00 AM. |
To prove the feasibility and reliability of underground HTS cables, demonstration projects have been planned and executed around the world. In the United States there are currently three such demonstration projects underway. Although these projects have widely varying performance characteristics, such as operating voltage & current levels, they all have a common underlying goal to address the fundamental questions of how HTS cables will perform in a typical utility setting. The Albany HTS Cable Project (ACP) is a collaborative effort between SuperPower (prime contractor/2G wire supplier), Sumitomo Electric Industries (HTS cable manufacturing, installation and testing/BSCCO wire supplier), BOC, a member of the Linde Group (Cryogenic refrigeration System (CRS)/ system monitoring), and National Grid (host utility/system protection). The program is funded by a combination of the aforementioned industrial partners, the Department of Energy (DOE) through its SPI program and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The cable system that has been installed operates at 34.5 kV and has a nominal current carrying capacity of 800 Amperes. It comprises two sections; one being 320m long and the other 30m long. The two cable sections were pulled into underground ducts using conventional cable pulling techniques and were then joined together in an underground vault. The joining of two independent cable sections is important to show that lengths of HTS cable can be connected together to make a long cable installation possible. The key technology behind HTS cables is the ceramic-based superconducting wires, or tapes that, when cooled to a very low temperature (approximately -200°C), have nearly zero resistance. The first phase of the ACP consists of two HTS cable sections made with Sumitomo’s BSCCO (or 1st generation) HTS wire; a 350m long return pipe, and the BOC-designed CRS. A follow-on phase of the program will replace the 30m BSCCO cable section with an equivalent length ofcable made from YBCO (or 2nd generation) wire fabricated by SuperPower. Following the installation of the cable system, a series of pre-energization testing was completed to verify its performance and that all back-up systems were working properly. Phase 1 of the ACP went into operation on the grid on July 20, 2006. This presentation will provide a high-level overview of the design, installation, testing and operations of the cable system to date. |
Chuck Weber |
Project Manager SuperPower |
Chuck Weber joined SuperPower in March 2001 and has managed several large multi-million dollar High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) device programs. In 2002, SuperPower, with partners National Grid, Sumitomo Electric Industries and The BOC Group embarked on a $27M dollar, 5-year program to build, install, test and operate the world’s first in-grid HTS cable system. Under Chuck’s guidance the project team successfully concluded the first phase of the program in less than 36 months; a full 12 months quicker than two similar programs currently underway in the US. Phase 1 of the Albany Cable Project was energized this past July and commissioned by Governor George Pataki on August 2nd, 2006. Chuck earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Union College in 1988, and a Master’s in Business Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1992. He recently has been named the program manager for the Superconducting Fault Current Limiter (SFCL) program at SuperPower. |
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| Annual Holiday Luncheon | 2006-12-13 | Brandon's Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Seating is limited to 70 - Reservation required. Reservations on a first come first served basis. Please contact us no later than 9:00 AM on Monday, December 11 at schdyieee@yahoo.com and receive a confirmation number. |
Business Meeting -- Election of Officers Congratulations to our newest Fellow: Peter Sutherland Full Course Buffet Lunch including Selections for Vegetarians, Dessert and Coffee/Tea Seating is limited to 70 – Reservations on a first come first served basis. |
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The cost of the lunch is subsidized by the Schenectady Section: IEEE members: Free Non-IEEE members: $10.00 each Contributions for the lunch may be paid in cash or by check, payable to the Schenectady Section of IEEE, at the door to Lou Tomaino. |
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| Engineering in Medicine and Biology | 2006-11-17 | Brandon's Steak & Seafood | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations are required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 9:00 AM. |
The Schenectady Chapter of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society is one of our newest chapters. We will discuss what the EMBS is and how we can be involved. The EMBS is a technical society with a focus on the application of engineering to problems in medicine and biology. Membership offers a means to develop professional networks providing technical exchange through conferences, meetings and publications. It promotes professional development by encouraging volunteerism and committee involvement, with extensive knowledge exchange through the publication of transactions and magazines, international conferences and local geographic societies. The biomedical engineering community includes engineering in medicine and biology, neural systems and rehabilitation, information technology in biomedicine, nano-bioscience, medical imaging and neural networks. EMBS has collaboration with many other technical societies in the IEEE, since the application of engineering in medicine and biology includes numerous disciplines. |
Judy Kilday | Chapter Chair of EMBS for the Schenectady Section | Judy Kilday has organized the Schenectady Chapter of EMBS. | NULL | Free for IEEE members who RSVP by the deadline, $10.00 for non-members and all who fail to RSVP by the deadline. | NULL | NULL | 59 | NULL |
| Silicon Carbide Power Devices for Energy Conversion Applications | 2006-10-20 | Brandon's Steak & Seafood | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations are required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at 9:00 AM. | Newly emerging silicon carbide (SiC) power devices have significant performance advantages over their silicon counterparts. For example, SiC MOSFET offers lower conduction losses, faster switching speed and higher junction temperature compared to today’s industry workhorse, silicon IGBT. These devices also require advanced packaging techniques in order to take full advantage of faster switching and higher thermal capabilities. General Electric is developing SiC MOSFETs and high temperature packaging technologies for the next generation of energy conversion applications. | Ljubisa Stevanovic | GE Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY |
Ljubisa Stevanovic received his B.S.E.E. degree from Belgrade University in Serbia and M.Sc.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Power Electronics from California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. He has been with GE Global Research Center, Niskayuna, New York, since 1993. Dr. Stevanovic conducts research and development in power electronic circuits, high-density power packaging and converter applications. Since 2004 Dr. Stevanovic has been a leader of GE’s Energy Conversion Advanced Technology Program, a multi-disciplinary initiative to develop advanced devices, circuits and packaging for high-density power electronic systems. |
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| Communication across the Atlantic | 2006-09-15 | The Schenectady Museum and Suits-Bueche Planetarium |
15 Nott Terrace Heights Schenectady, NY 12308 518.382.7890 |
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Please reserve _____ place (s) at the IET NEB Meeting/Dinner to be held at the Schenectady Museum Friday, September 15th, 2006. The cost of the buffet dinner is $30 per person. Enclosed is my check for US$_______ to cover ______ person (s) and made out to "IET New England Branch". Please deliver no later than September 9, 2006 to: Ruth Kirkwood-Azmat, 205 Mason Rd., Jefferson MA 01522. Thank you! |
Presentations Early Transatlantic Electrical Communication by Brian Bowers Trans Trans-Atlantic Radiotelephone Atlantic Radiotelephone – the Early Days the Early Days Edward L. Owen The interaction between business and technology in early trans-Atlantic cables Donard de Cogan This is a substantial two day event held on Friday evening and Saturday Morning at The Schenectady Museum and Planetarium. The subject will be "Communication across the Atlantic", an historical perspective of technical innovation. The meeting is sponsored by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly The Institution of Electrical Engineers), The Schenectady Museum and Suits-Bueche Planetarium and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. AGENDA Friday, September 15, 2006 5.30 pm Reception in the Museum Atrium 6.25 pm Welcome: Mr. David Owen, Chairman IET New England Branch 6.30 pm Lecture: "Early Anglo-American connections" Dr. Brian Bowers (formerly Senior Curator, Science Museum, London, UK) 8.00 pm Dinner Saturday, September 16, 2006 9.00 am Lecture: "The interaction between business and technology in early trans-Atlantic cables" Dr. Donard de Cogan (Reader, University of East Anglia, UK) 10.30 am Coffee and Exhibits 11.00 am Lecture: "Trans-Atlantic radiotelephone communications - early days" Mr. Edward Owen (formerly Consulting Engineer, General Electric Company and local Historian) LECTURES Early Anglo-American connections - Dr. Brian Bowers Although the first wired connection between America and the British Isles was in 1858, there were important transatlantic contacts between 'electrical' people before then. Joseph Henry and A D Bache visited England in 1837, and conducted experiments with Michael Faraday, Charles Wheatstone and others. Their immediate object was to show that the current from a thermopile could produce a spark. This rather abstruse experiment was part of the research in which they were all engaged: seeking to understand the nature of electricity, and what it could do. At the time Wheatstone was working on an electric telegraph, and on electric measurements. In partnership with W F Cooke, he patented the 'five needle' telegraph, which went into commercial service in 1838 on a new railway line running west from London. Also in 1838 Samuel Morse visited London and sought, unsuccessfully, an English Patent for his telegraph. He met Wheatstone, whom he described as 'a man of genius and one with whom I personally was much pleased'. Thus the telegraph pioneers on both sides of the Atlantic shared some of their early ideas. The interaction between business and technology in early trans-Atlantic cables - Dr. Donard de Cogan The establishment of the Victorian internet, the world network of submarine telegraph cables had as profound an impact in its time as today's internet is having for us. It is interesting to draw parallels. The former was established under the hegemony of the British Empire, while the latter has grown out of pioneering work in the United States. It is equally interesting to observe the differences. The world-wide web uses stable technology which is incredibly cheap, when measured in terms of bits per dollar. It is altruistic and the information is distributed. Cable communications, on the other hand used untested technology that was forced to adapt to the pressures that were put upon it. It was hampered by the limitations which lack of bandwidth caused and the cost per bit was enormous. In essence, it was dominated by the information conduits rather than by the content. Those who managed the conduits had their limitations and the economic models by which they operated are so different to what we see used today. In assessing the interaction between the business of communications and the technology by which it was achieved in the period 1866 - 1880 the author is in a unique position. His wife's family claims four generations of telegraph cable operators beginning with her great-great grandfather, James Graves was the first superintendent of the Valentia island cable station. In the last century, a grand-uncle worked for the Italian Cable (Italcable) at Anzio from 1927 until all non-Italian staff were removed by Musolini. In this talk, use will be made of some novel computer-based methods for the presentation of parallel-themed historical information, which he hopes others might find useful. Trans-Atlantic Radiotelephone Communications - the Early Days - Mr. Edward Owen Telegraphy provided the first means to communicate great distances and with great speed. The telephone later provided a means to transmit human voice in a form recognizable to the human ear. Both of these means of communicating at a distance required a physical wire to act as an electrical conductor from source to receiver. Introduction of radiotelegraphy overcame the need for a wire to send telegraph signals but the great "crashing" spark-gaps were considered essential and did not allow for transmission of human voice. Reginald Fessenden conceived the idea that a continuous-wave (cw) electrical signal could convey human voice without the need for wires. It took several attempts and competition between inventors to finally achieve his objective. In the end, it was Ernst Alexanderson and his alternator for high-frequency that provided the cw carrier necessary to transmit human voice over great distance and with great speed. |
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| Overview of NYISO's Control Room | 2006-09-11 | New York Independent System Operator |
3890 Carman Road Schenectady, NY 12303 |
7:00pm | Please contact schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at 12:00 Noon. Limited to the first 20 IEEE members who RSVP by the deadline; due to security check, no one will be admitted without signing up by this date. Please, one person per email address and note that guests will be put on a waiting list. Those who have been accepted will receive confirmation email. Remember to bring photo id. |
The NYISO (New York Independent System Operator) is a not-for-profit organization formed in 1998 as part of the restructuring of New York State's electric power industry. Its mission is to ensure the reliable, safe and efficient operation of the State's major transmission system and to administer an open, competitive and nondiscriminatory wholesale market for electricity in New York State. The NYISO is entrusted with maintaining the reliability of New York's bulk power system and administering wholesale electricity markets that saw nearly $11 billion in transactions in 2005. This is an enormous responsibility, as the NYISO is part of an interconnected grid that encompasses some of the largest cities in Canada and the Northeastern U.S., including New York City. James Castle will be discussing the activities performed at NYISO Control Room. |
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Grid Operations New York Independent System Operator |
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| Career Survival in the New Millennium | 2006-06-08 | Brandon's Steak & Seafood | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Please contact schdyieee@yahoo.com by Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at 9:00 AM. |
In the new millennium, globalization impacts every aspects of the working environment. Are you graduating from college, or a young professional, or in your mid-career? This presentation will demonstrate to you how to help yourself manage your career and turn negative energy into positive breakthroughs. You will learn about: Changes in job market The new job market requirements, career business model New job search approaches How to help yourself, and using IEEE resources and help available If you are interested to talk to Ed, a brief round table discuss will be held after the talk. Ed can be reached at ed.perkins@verizon.net |
Ed Perkins | NULL | Ed has 30 years experience in the electronic industry, including hardware design, software programming, and project management. He was a program manager in the Virtual Test Division of IMS in Beaverton, OR and later Digital Equipment Corporation. Ed is a senior member of IEEE, Region 6 membership co-chair and a member of the IEEE-USA Career and Workforce Policy Committee. He is a recipient of the 2005 IEEE-USA Regional Leadership Award. He has two M.S. degrees from WPI and Portland State University. | NULL | Free for IEEE members who RSVP by the deadline, $10.00 for non-members and all who fail to RSVP by the deadline. | NULL | NULL | 63 | NULL |
| Relieving Transmission Constraints with Dynamic Thermal Line Ratings | 2006-05-19 | Brandon's Steak & Seafood | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Please contact Kristin Short at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at 9:00 AM. | The talk will include an introduction to dynamic line rating, a description of Shaw EDS’ ThermalRate System, and a discussion of a dynamic line rating project in Minnesota that significantly reduced the curtailment of Buffalo Ridge wind farms. | Bernie Fitzgerald and Dan Lawry | Shaw Energy Delivery Services, Inc. | Dan Lawry is a senior engineer and inventor of the ThermalRate System. Bernie Fitzgerald is the ThermalRate System Product Manager. | NULL | Free for IEEE members who RSVP by the deadline, $10.00 for non-members and all who fail to RSVP by the deadline. | NULL | NULL | 64 | NULL |
| Stray Voltage, Contact Voltage, And Elevated Equipment Voltage: What's going on? | 2006-04-18 | Web Based | NULL | 11:00am - 1:00pm | Send a note to Cheri Warren at Cheryl.warren@us.ngrid.com. Before the meeting date you will receive an e-mail invitation with the web link. Just follow the directions in that e-mail. |
Agenda: 11:00 – 11:20 – John Nelson 11:20 – 11:30 – Q&A for John Nelson 11:30 – 1:00 – Working Group Meeting – all are welcome! Introductions PAR Definitions Document Outline Jodie Lane Conference Action Items Please help us advertise by posting this notice on your bulletin board at the office and send to others who might be interested. Distribution Subcommittee Information can be found at: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/td/dist/ |
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| Application of Surge Arresters to Protect Overhead Lines Against Lightning | 2006-03-17 | Brandon’S Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 9:00 AM. | The lecture will present information on the physical mechanisms of lightning, characteristics and effects, as well as techniques on how to protect overhead lines against them. Surge arresters will be emphasized as a cost-effective means to mitigate overhead line outages produced by lightning. | Jose Daconti & Dan Durbak | Siemens PTI |
JOSE R. DACONTI is a Senior Staff Consultant at Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc. (Siemens PTI). Mr. Daconti received an Honors MSEE degree from the Federal School of Engineering in Itajuba, Brazil. He also studied at Cornell University on a Hubert Humphrey Fellowship. At Siemens PTI he has been a project manager and a technical contributor in a variety of transmission system consulting services. He has been a contributor to many IEEE activities. DANIEL W. DURBAK is a Senior Staff Consultant at Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc (Siemens PTI). Mr. Durbak consults in the area of electric power system transients and equipment failures. He has extensive experience simulating lightning, switching surge, ferroresonance, circuit breaker transient recovery voltages, temporary overvoltages and other phenomena with EMTP. |
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| Neutral Grounding & Burning Damage Considerations for Industrial Generators | 2006-02-15 | Brandon’s Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Monday, February 13, 2006 at 9am. | The practice of integrating generation into paper mill, refinery and steel mill electrical systems can be traced back to the 1880’s. For a variety of reasons, the way that the neutrals of generators in these installations were grounded was different from traditional “central station” applications. Everything was fine until the mid-1980s when the insurance industry noticed that the rate at which they were having to pay out on claims for catastrophic damage of generators in industrial systems had begun to increase. A series of investigations was undertaken, both individually and by several working groups in the Power Engineering and Industry Application Societies of IEEE. This presentation will report on the findings of these investigations and on the changes that the various working groups have proposed to address this emerging problem. | Louie Powell | NULL | NULL | NULL | Free for IEEE members, $10.00 for non-members. | NULL | NULL | 67 | NULL |
| White Space Patenting | 2006-01-20 | Brandon’S Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | eservations required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com or leave him a message at 385-0967 by Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at noon. | The talk will develop and explore a concept for studying and measuring innovation through patents and other public databases. | John Hershey | GE Global Research Center |
NOT A LAWYER or a PATENT AGENT Speaking his personal opinions and not necessarily those of his Company PhD Electrical Engineering Holder of 102 US issued patents Fellow of IEEE Author/Co-author of 7 books & 2 Encyclopedia chapters Co-editor-in-chief (1991-1993) & founder Digital Signal Processing a review journal published by Academic Press Awarded IEE Premium Prize by IEE (UK) Electronics Letters Awarded the Lohman medal by Oklahoma State University Inducted into the Whitney Gallery of Distinguished Inventors (GE) |
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| 2005 Annual Holiday Luncheon | 2005-12-16 | Brandon's Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady | NULL | Seating is limited to 70 - Reservation required. Reservations on a first come first served basis. Please contact us no later than noon on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at schdyieee@yahoo.com and receive a confirmation number. |
Full Course Buffet Lunch including Selections for Vegetarians, Dessert and Coffee/Tea Seating is limited to 70 – Reservations on a first come first served basis. |
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The cost of the lunch is subsidized by the Schenectady Section: IEEE members: free Non-IEEE members: $10.00 each Contributions for the lunch may be paid in cash or by check, payable to the Schenectady Section of IEEE, at the door to Lou Tomaino or Kutty Nair. |
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| Security Without Wires | 2005-11-18 | Brandon's Steak & Seafood | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Howard Halstead at schdyieee@yahoo.com (preferred) or leave him a message at 356-7664 by Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at noon. |
Have you ever used a wireless network? Was the network and your data protected? As our computers get smaller and more powerful, we demand more from our networks - including the ability to "always" be connected to the Internet. As this trend continues, wireless is becoming the connection medium of choice. Wireless LANs can be bought at nearly any local store and allow you to have a home or small business network setup in minutes! But is it safe? Join Michael in learning how you can be safe when using wireless, whether from your house, business or when traveling on the road today. During this presentation, Michael will reveal tips and strategies for ensuring security when using wireless including: • What works and doesn’t when using wireless in your home or small office • Ways to avoid disaster when traveling and relying on wireless • How you can use wireless by cellphone or cellular provider to your advantage |
Michael J. Santarcangelo, II, CISSP | The Bald Security Expert http://www.baldsecurityexpert.com michael@baldsecurityexpert.com |
Michael J. Santarcangelo, II, CISSP (Lead Instructor) is an expert on cyber-security and information assurance who brings an unparalleled brand of passion mixed with enthusiasm and honest optimism to his speaking engagements. Drawing on his experience forged "in the trenches" as a consultant to top companies across the country (Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC), Albany Molecular, DoD, Sprint, Global Crossing and others) and guiding them through effective, balanced solutions to security problems, he brings a "real" perspective, while addressing the role of people, process and technology in improving security. The combination of Michael’s business expertise and technical know-how will bring to your group a speaker who really knows information security. Michael is not only known for his excellent content, but also his delivery style. He will entertain and delight your audience through his fast-paced, captivating, and energetic style, as he explains complex security concepts in a way that is easy for people without security expertise to understand. Michael will provide your group with the confidence to protect themselves and their families. Michael is the founder of the Security Inner Circle (http://www.securityinnercircle.org), the founding President of the Tech Valley (New York) ISSA Chapter, a secure member of InfraGard and serves on several International committees dedicated to advancing the field of information security. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Policy Analysis from Cornell University. |
IEEE Computer Society | Free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members. | NULL | NULL | 70 | NULL |
| 67th Steinmetz Memorial Lecture | 2005-10-24 | Nott Memorial | Union College | 5:15pm Social hour & Banquet, 7:30pm Lecture | NULL |
An individual can have a profound and everlasting impact on our society, and engineers cannot be left out in this regard. This lecture will explore how engineers have influenced us and set paths that have strengthened our roles as pillars of our nations. Dennis Woodford was born in Melbourne, Australia (’45) and graduated from the University of Melbourne (’66), and the University of Manitoba with a Master of Science (‘73). He was Special Studies Engineer in Transmission Planning of Manitoba Hydro where he worked on the Winnipeg –Twin Cities 500 kV interconnection and the Nelson River HVDC project. He is the original developer of the PSCAD/EMTDC simulation software, which he started in 1975 while at Manitoba Hydro. He joined the Manitoba HVDC Research Centre as Executive Director (’86 – ’91) and is now President of Electranix Corporation, a consulting company based in Winnipeg. He is a registered Professional Engineer with the Province of Manitoba and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Manitoba. He is the recipient of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Uno Lamm Award. He is Chairman of the IEEE Subcommittee on HVDC and FACTS, and is active in CIGRE. |
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| Better Accelerated Testing | 2005-10-21 | Brandon's Steak & Seafood | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com or leave him a message at 385-0967 by Wednesday October 19, 2005 at noon. | Many materials and products degrade slowly and fail after a long time under normal use conditions. Tests under such conditions cannot run long enough to yield useful reliability information. Accelerated tests yield such information quickly. Run at high stress (such as mechanical load, temperature, etc.), specimens degrade and fail faster. Then product life at normal stress levels is estimated from a model fitted to the high stress data. This talk describes recent advances in statistical models and methods for accelerated tests. Using these advances, scientists and engineers can run better tests that are faster and more efficient, informative, and accurate. Better tests involve: - Better models for degradation, cumulative damage, size effect, multivariable situations, and a mix of failure modes. - Stopping the test before all specimens fail. This shortens a test. Running all specimens to failure is time consuming, and later failures yield little information on the lower tail of the product life distribution, which is usually of most interest. Also, such tests can be run at lower test stress levels, as this reduces model error in extrapolation to an even lower design stress level. - Use of larger specimens. This results in shorter tests and less model error in extrapolation to the larger size of the product. - Unequal allocation. Traditional tests allocate the same number of specimens at each overstress condition. Unequal allocation (more units at low stress) yields more accurate estimates of product life at low design stress. - Recently developed computer packages. They fit models to data with unfailed specimens and provide improved reliability estimates and confidence limits. These advances are illustrated with a variety of applications includ-ing electromigration failure of microcircuit conductors, microprocessors, solid state devices, electrical insulation, metal fatigue, creep-rupture, and others. | Dr. Wayne Nelson |
Consultant, Schenectady, NY WNconsult@aol.com |
Dr. Wayne Nelson is a leading expert and consultant on reliability data analysis and accelerated testing. Fellow of the Amer. Statistical Assoc. (1973), the Amer. Soc. for Quality (1983), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1988) for his innovative developments. He was awarded the 2003 Shewhart Medal of ASQ and the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award of IEEE for outstanding innovative developments and reliability education. Author of Applied Life Data Analysis (Wiley 1982), Accelerated Testing (Wiley 1990), Recurrent Events Data Analysis (SIAM 2003), two ASQ booklets, and 120 journal articles. | IEEE Computer Society | Free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members. | NULL | NULL | 72 | NULL |
| Live Seminar on Consulting | 2005-06-04 | CROWNE PLAZA |
1 West Street, Pittsfield Massachusetts 01201 |
9am - 4pm |
For reservations mail, call or E-mail (before 30 May 05): Rich Kolodziejczyk at Tel: (413) 655-2623 63 Plunkett Ave., P.O. BOX 401, Hinsdale, MA 01235 or E-mail: rkolod@ieee.org Name(Print): Tel: E-mail: Member: Yes No Number: . . |
SEMINAR OUTLINE Session 1 - How to Get Started Without Leaving Your Present Job, Keeping Records, & TAXES 1.1 INTRODUCTION to modern consulting and the consulting marketplace. 1.2 MYTHS about consulting. Some are true, some are false. 1.3 REASONS to become a consultant. How do these reasons influence your success as a consultant? 1.4 Critical details and important concerns about GETTING STARTED. What are the steps? 1.5 The RECORD-KEEPING procedures used by many consultants FOR TAXES are simple. Session 2 - HOW TO SET YOUR FEES . . . A FORMULA for fee-setting; Experience Needed 2.1 How do you determine what the FEE is for an assignment? You will be shown a simple FORMULA for calculating the fee to charge a client. 2.2 Common question: Do you have the EXPERIENCE to be a consultant? The answer is revealed during the seminar. Session 3 - HOW TO WIN THE CONTRACT, Step-By-Step, What To Say, What To Do 3.1 The ETHICS of consulting and multicultural diversity awareness. What are they? How you as a consultant handle them professionally. 3.2 Why will A CLIENT SEEK YOU? How does a client make a final decision among you, other consultants, and using internal capabilities? 3.3. How do you WIN a contract? Follow the steps involved from the first contact, through the interview, the preparation of the proposal, and obtaining the purchase order. Session 4 - HOW TO FIND CLIENTS 4.1 How do you FIND CLIENTS? You will be shown OVER TWENTY UNIQUE AND PROVEN METHODS OF FINDING CLIENTS, without cold calling or mass mailing. |
Dr. Gary L. Blank |
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Consultant Director, Engineering Update Institute |
NULL | The Professional Activities Committees for Engineers (PACE) |
Costs: $130 for members and $150 for non-members. CEUs will be offered for attendance. (Fee will be reduced to member level for a one year IEEE membership at registration, due at registration.) |
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| Mechanicville Hydro Power Plant | 2005-05-17 | Brandon’s Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Sam Salem at schdyieee@yahoo.com or leave him a message at 385-0931 by 5 PM on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at noon. | Restoration of the Historic Mechanicville Generating Station – Electrical and Mechanical Aspects. There will be a tour on Saturday, June 18. Details to be presented at the meeting. | James A. Besha, P.E. |
President Albany Engineering Corporation Albany, New York |
James A. Besha is responsible for all administration and financial management of consulting engineering firm and subsidiary development companies. Activities involve planning, development, design, construction management, operation and maintenance for numerous hydroelectric generation projects, ranging from $1 million to $40 million in value in 11 states and three foreign countries. Additional activities and responsibilities include design, construction supervision and utility coordination for electrical power facilities. Similar consulting services are provided for private clients who own and operate major commercial facilities. Engineering services provided include a wide variety of tasks specifically related to the construction, structural stability investigation and analysis, hydrologic analysis, flood routing and rehabilitation of dams used for hydroelectric production, flood control, water supply and recreational purposes. |
IEEE Computer Society | Free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members. | NULL | NULL | 74 | NULL |
| A Case for Service Systems Engineering | 2005-05-13 | Brandon’s Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Sam Salem at schdyieee@yahoo.com or leave him a message at 385-0931 by 5 PM on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 at noon. | A case is made for further developing a branch of systems engineering that focuses on problems and issues which arise in the service sector. We augur for this special focus not only because of the size and importance of the service sector but also because of the unique opportunities that systems engineering can exploit in the production and delivery of services. We begin by considering the economic, technological and demographic contexts within which the service sector has flourished; we then address both services, especially emerging services, and systems engineering, followed by a discussion of how to advance the field of service systems engineering, and concluding with several remarks. In particular, a number of service systems engineering methods are identified to enhance the production and delivery of services, especially taking advantage of the unique features that characterize services - namely, services, especially emerging services, are information-driven, customer-centric, e-oriented, and productivity-focused. | James M. Tien | http://www.jimtien.com/ | NULL | IEEE Computer Society | Free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members. | NULL | NULL | 75 | NULL |
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IEEE Volunteer Opportunities: Future Cities and STEM |
2005-04-15 | Brandon’s Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Sam Salem at schdyieee@yahoo.com or leave him a message at 385-0931 by 5 PM on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at noon. |
Future Citues by Peter Sutherland Peter Sutherland will give a presentation on "Future Cities": the project, the competition, and the volunteer opportunities. STEM by John Slyer John Slyer will discuss the formation of STEM, mission statements/goals, future plans and possible new mentor recruitment. Science, TEchnology & Mathematics, Inc. (STEM) is a volunteer organization made up of members from the educational, business and professional communities. This partnership has been established to promote the importance and value of education, specifically in the study of science, technology and mathematics.Peter Sutherland will give a presentation on "Future Cities": the project, the competition, and the volunteer opportunities. |
Future Citues by Peter Sutherland STEM by John Slyer |
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| Programs & Initiatives @ The Graduate College of Union University | 2005-03-18 | Brandon’S Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com or leave him a message at 385-0967 by 5 PM on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at noon. |
The Graduate College of Union University (GCUU) School of Engineering and Computer Science (Eng/CSc) currently offers Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Flexible schedules, evening courses, external course credit and a supportive atmosphere make it possible for the working professional (80% of enrollment) to complete these programs on a part time basis within three years. Partnerships with Capital District Industries enable GCUU to periodically identify and adjust course offerings and frequency in response to changing industry needs. Bob Kozik, Dean of the GCUU School of Eng/CSc, will provide an overview of the school's current programs and initiatives focused at integrating industry partnerships into the programs; expanding adjunct faculty and courses consistent with student and Tech Valley industry objectives; and providing Capital District Professional Engineering license and continuing education courses. He will discuss the introduction of an Energy Systems curriculum and generation of a Master of Science in Engineering and Management Studies program. Finally, he will identify challenges associated with the Electrical Engineering program for which he would welcome IEEE membership input. |
Robert Kozik |
Dean of the Graduate College of Union University School of Engineering and Computer ScienceSteinmetz Hall, Room 205 807 Union Street, Schenectady NY 12308 kozikr@union.edu www.graduatecollege.union.edu |
Mr. Kozik holds a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and an MS. Degree in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University. Prior to his association with the Graduate College of Union University, Mr. Kozik was an executive with General Electric, Westinghouse, and Bechtel providing division-wide leadership for their technical and administrative infrastructure, process improvement initiatives, internal and external quality, training programs, procurement strategy and subcontract execution in support of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. As Dean, Mr. Kozik's primary role in the School of Engineering and Computer Science is to provide strategic direction and administrative oversight that enhances the program's technological content, student participation level, faculty credentials, and partnerships with other institutions and industries. Continuing improvement initiatives focus on providing both expansion of technical fundamentals and exploration of new technologies while meeting the overall learning goals of the Graduate College. |
IEEE Computer Society | Free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members. | NULL | NULL | 77 | NULL |
| Adaptive Product Management | 2005-02-18 | Brandon’s Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Howard Halstead at schdyieee@yahoo.com or leave him a message at 356-7664 by Wednesday February 16, 2005 at noon. | New product development engineers promote agile development and adaptive prototyping as methods to manage unpredictable engineering development. However, project managers reject the business challenges, risks and uncertainties of the adaptive development environment. Adaptive Product Management (APM) bridges the gap between unpredictable, adaptive technology development and predictive, practical product management techniques. The fundamental APM tasks (coordinate quick-draw innovation, collaborate to innovate, enable flexible growth options, and encourage an APM culture) bring value to both product development and project management. The technical merits and management challenges of using adaptive development in today's customer-centric business environment are discussed. APM forces a product development paradigm shift from execution of known constraints to learning of unknown product potential. A "pull" development strategy creates a lean, value-add product development cycle. APM uses time-phased product demands to map development. APM implementation strategies, best practices and performance control warnings are outlined. Participants will learn how to effectively deploy APM in their organizations and new technology development applications. | Vince Socci |
Principal, On Target Technology Development, LLC 1701 North Street; Building 40-1; Endicott, NY 13760 vsocci@ontargettechnology.com http://www.ontargettechnology.com |
Vince Socci is a product manager and cross-disciplined engineer (systems, HW, SW). His technology expertise includes embedded systems, sensors and signal processing, power control systems, and diagnostics. Mr. Socci has over 15 years of experience in aerospace, automotive and defense systems. He facilitates business and technology courses for the State University of New York and the University of Phoenix. Mr. Socci holds an MBA in technology management, and MS and BS degrees in electrical engineering. As Principal of On Target Technology Development LLC, Mr. Socci supports clients with technology planning, program management, systems engineering and new product development. He has applied the APM concepts described in this presentation in aerospace, automotive, marine, communications, services management, power systems, utility and medical applications. He can be contacted at vsocci@ontargettechnology.com. | IEEE Computer Society | Free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members. | NULL | NULL | 78 | NULL |
| 2004 Annual Holiday Luncheon | 2004-12-15 | Brandon's Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Seating is limited to 70 - Reservation required. Reservations on a first come first served basis. Please contact us no later than Friday, December 10, 2004 at schdyieee@yahoo.com and receive a confirmation number. |
Recent IEEE award recipients in the Section and the Section members who have been elected to IEEE Fellow Grade are invited as the guests of the Section and will be recognized at the Luncheon. Full Course Buffet Lunch including Selections for Vegetarians, Dessert and Coffee/Tea Seating is limited to 70 – Reservations on a first come first served basis. |
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The cost of the lunch is subsidized by the Schenectady Section: IEEE members: free Non-IEEE members: $10.00 each Contributions for the lunch may be paid in cash or by check, payable to the Schenectady Section of IEEE, at the door to Lou Tomaino or Kutty Nair. |
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| 3-Conductor HVDC | 2004-11-17 | Holiday Inn | Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact us at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Friday, November 12, 2004 at noon. | With increased pressure to make greater use of exisiting AC transmission systems, the prospect of conversion of selected AC lines to HVDC is back on the table. This talk will describe a novel HVDC system which uses all three conductors of the AC line and achieves 40% more power transfer than a bi-pole system using the same conductor system. | Lionel O. Barthold, PE |
Retired Chairman Power Technologies, Inc. |
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| Internet Dial Tones & Firewalls: One Policy Does Not Fit All | 2004-10-15 | Brandon’s Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Howard Halstead at schdyieee@yahoo.com or leave him a message at 356-7664 by Wednesday October 13, 2004 at noon. |
The popular image of the corporate firewall is a “gatehouse” guarding the corporate network, which implies a single security domain. Today’s corporate security realities are, however, far more subtle. Once past the “gatehouse”, organizations are not monolithic security domains populated by indistinguishable individuals. Contractors, joint ventures, transient technicians, special access projects, and others all play a role in today’s organization. Each aspect has its own needs (and limitations) for Internet and Intranet access. The challenge is to provide each of the many constituencies with secure access while accommodating their inevitably conflicting rights, responsibilities and needs. In short, an organization must ensure internal security and regulatory conformance, while still allowing staff, salesmen, and contractors appropriate access to internal and external systems as needed. The needs and requirements of typical constituencies will be examined. Ways to maintain ease of use and its attendant reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) will be explored. Our review will include the benefits and limitations of firewalls, SSL, HTTPS, VPNs, proxy servers, authentication, and WiFi (802.11a/b/g). |
Robert Gezelter, CDP |
Software Consultant Contributing Editor to The Computer Security Handbook, 4th Edition and The Handbook of Information Security |
Robert Gezelter, CDP, Software Consultant, guest lecturer and technical facilitator, has more than 25 years of international consulting experience in private and public sectors. He is a regular guest speaker at technical conferences worldwide such as HPWORLD (formerly DECUS). His speaking record has been recognized by the IEEE Computer Society, resulting in his appointment to the Distinguished Visitor’s Program in 2004. Mr. Gezelter, who is a Senior Member of IEEE, maintains his offices in Flushing, New York. Mr. Gezelter holds MS and BA degrees from New York University in Computer Science. His published articles have appeared in HP’s OpenVMS Technical Journal, Network World, Open Systems Today, Digital Systems Journal, Digital News, and Hardcopy. He is also a contributor to the Computer Security Handbook, 4th Edition, Wiley, 2002. Mr. Gezelter can be reached via his firm’s www site at: http://www.rlgsc.com. |
IEEE Computer Society | Free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members. | NULL | NULL | 81 | NULL |
| Tour at Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. | 2004-09-17 | Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. | 112 Erie Blvd., Schenectady, NY | 4:00pm - 5:00pm | NULL | Ener-G-Rotors, Inc., a waste heat recovery start-up company, has developed an electrical power generation system that converts waste heat and other heat sources into electricity which can reduce plant power consumption, cut carbon and toxic pollution emissions and improve efficiencies of current systems. The company's prototype 5kW waste heat power generation system is currently operational at the Erie Blvd facility. Ed Zampella, President and George Yarr, inventor, will conduct a tour, present the technology and have a live demonstration of the unit. Ener-G-Rotors is looking for an industrial Beta site and seeking funding for its next generation 50 kW unit for landfill gas operation and other large sources of waste heat. | Edward Zampella III |
President Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. Ph: 518-346-6134 Fax: 518-346-5918 |
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| IEE New England Branch - electrical history | 2004-09-17 |
http://local.iee.org/usa/new_engl/ Friday/Saturday, September 17 & 18, 2004 Schenectady Museum |
Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady | NULL |
IEE September Meeting - Reservation Slip Please reserve _____ place (s) at the IEE NEB Meeting/Dinner to be held at the Schenectady Museum on Friday September 17, 2004. The cost of the meal is $35 per person. Enclosed is my cheque for US$_______ to cover ______ person (s) and made out to "IEE New England Branch". (please note "IEE," not IEEE!) Dinner will be a buffet, with Chicken Picatta and Salmon Filet as main entrees. I/we will/will not (please circle as applicable) attend the Saturday morning session (no extra charge). Attendees are .......................................... ( )................................. IEEE Member's name Phone number ........................................... ............................................ Guest name Guest name Please deliver no later than August 30th, 2004 to: Drew Noble, 12 Gallagher Drive, Plymouth, MA 02360. |
The New England Branch of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) has arranged a pair of closely-related meetings with a historical emphasis. They will be held at the Schenectady Museum, Nott Terrace Heights on Friday evening and Saturday morning September 17 and 18, 2004. While it is not essential to attend both, we recommend that you do so. Full details are given on our Branch web site: http://local.iee.org/usa/new_engl/ The Friday evening proceedings will commence with a reception at 6:30 p.m., at which drinks and snacks will be served. Our guest speaker will be Edward L. Owen of General Electric Power Systems. Ed is an IEEE Fellow, and was recently presented with the Kaufmann award for his work in variable-speed A.C. drives. He is also well-known for his writings and talks on the pioneers of electrical engineering. His talk is titled: "Empire District Electricians" - a historical review of various individuals living in and around the New York Capital region who contributed to early electro-technology." Included will be Joseph Henry, Thomas Davenport, William Stanley and Charles Steinmetz. The talk will be followed by a catered dinner in the Museum Foyer. If you are looking for an enjoyable way to become familiar with the pioneering giants of our industry, or simply wish to enjoy an evening of libations and fellowship, please return the attached reservation slip to Drew Noble by August 30. You are not only invited but also encouraged to bring a companion or guests. On the Saturday morning we will re-assemble at the Museum at 9:30 a.m. to hear a talk by Dr. George Wise, for many years Historian of the General Electric Company. He will speak on "The Contributions of the GE Research Laboratory to Electronics." After a coffee break, there will be guided tours of the Museum archives, led by Archivist Chris Hunter. The Archives contain many items presented to the Museum by General Electric, along with one of the largest photographic collections in the World. The session will conclude by approximately 12.00 noon. Reservations to Drew Noble please, using the attached form. For more details Schenectady area IEEE members should call Irshad Ahmed on (518) 385-7953. Sincerely, Tony McGrail IEE New England Branch (Arrangements) |
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| Centering the Technology World on the Capital Region | 2004-06-11 | Holiday Inn | 100 Nott Terrace, Schenectady | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or leave him a message at 385-0967 by Wednesday June 9, 2004 at 5pm | Mr. Hill will talk about the region’s opportunity to be involved in the emerging nanotech and nanoelectronic (semiconductor) industries. Additionally, Mr. Hill will discuss the research going on at Albany NanoTech at UAlbany. | LaMar Hill |
Director of Business Development Albany NanoTech |
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| Neural Networks Series - Part 2 of 2 A Brief History of Neural Networks: Challenging Industrial Applications | 2004-05-14 | Holiday Inn | 100 Nott Terrace, Schenectady | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com or leave him a message at 385-0967 by Wednesday May 12, 2004 at Noon |
This presentation will review the history of artificial neural networks, and explain how neural networks are linked to Vapnik's support vector machines, the most popular method for machine learning today by introducing direct kernel methods. Direct kernel methods form a new machine learning paradigm where a kernel transform is applied to the data as a preprocessing step. Direct kernel methods reconcile neural networks, statistics, and support vector machines in a single framework. In this presentation we will illustrate how traditional models can be made nonlinear by applying the kernel trick. It will also be pointed out how some well-known statistical methods are very similar to support vector machines in that case, hereby avoiding the usual mathematical diversions. Powerful recent industrial applications in drug design, the classification of magnetocardiograms, the analysis of gene expression micro-arrays, and computer intrusion detection will be highlighted. |
Mark J. Embrechts |
(embrem@rpi.edu) Dept. Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 |
Mark J. Embrechts received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in nuclear engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, in 1977, 1978, and 1981, respectively. After working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory, he joined the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, where he is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems and Associate Professor in the Department of the Information Technology. He has published more than 150 peer reviewed conference and journal papers and coauthored Exchange Rate Theory (Oxford, U.K.: Basil Blackwell, 1993) and edited several Conference Proceedings. His current areas of interest relate to data mining, evolutionary computing, fuzzy logic, neural networks, and applications of soft computing for drug design, bioinformatics, and medicine. |
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| Neural Networks Series - Part 1 of 2 MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY: A New Medical Diagnostic Technology | 2004-04-30 | Holiday Inn | 100 Nott Terrace, Schenectady | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com or leave him a message at 385-0967 by Wednesday April 28, 2004 at Noon |
CardioMag (CMI) has been able to remove major barriers to the development of commercially reliable and economically suitable cardiac diagnostic systems that could revolutionize cardiology, by employing several combinations of modern technologies, such as sophisticated software and fast PC's, modern electronic equipment and noise-cancellation techniques as well as advances in cryogenic and sensor manufacturing capabilities. The enabling technology evolves around very low field sensors called SQUIDS, which stands for Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices, demonstrated long ago and pursued worldwide for possible applications. |
Carl H. Rosner |
President and CEO CardioMag Imaging, Inc. |
Carl H. Rosner, President and CEO of CardioMag Imaging Inc., founded the Company in 1999. He is also the principal founder and now Chairman-Emeritus of the Board of Directors of Intermagnetics General Corporation (IGC). Prior to founding IGC in 1971, he was Manager of General Electric's Superconductive (S.C.) Products Operation. Mr. Rosner was responsible for the transition of the materials and device-oriented SC technology from the R&D stage towards commercialization within GE, as a precursor to the establishment of IGC to commercialize the energy saving and medical device (MRI) technology. He was elected a member of The National Academy of Engineering in 1996 and has received numerous other awards. Mr. Rosner was appointed by Governor George Pataki as a Director to the Arsenal Business and Technology Partnership in Watervliet, NY. He is scheduled to be honored for a lifetime of business success and service to the New York State Capital Region by being inducted into the 2004 Business Hall of Fame. |
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| Applications of Power Electronics for Power Systems - a simulation discussion | 2004-04-06 | RPI Campus | Jonsson Engineering Center (JEC), room 3117 | 6:30pm | NULL |
The RPI Chapter of the IEEE will be holding a seminar open to IEEE members in the area. The seminar will be held Tuesday, April 6 at 7:00 PM with refreshments beginning at 6:30 in JEC 3117. Two speakers will be in attendance, Dr. Paul Buchanan, Market Development Engineer, Manitoba HVDC Research Centre, and Dr. Ani Gole, the Canadian National Sciences & Engineering Research Council's Chair in Power Systems and Power Electronics at the University of Manitoba. Directions, visit: http://www.rpi.edu/dept/NewsComm/sub/tour/jec.html For additional information: Contact: Mark Loose, IEEE Student Representive at loosem@alum.rpi.edu |
Dr. Paul Buchanan, Manitoba HVDC Research Centre Dr. Ani Gole, University of Manitoba |
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| August 14, 2003 Blackout - Implications for the Future | 2004-03-216 | Power Technologies, Inc. | 1482 Erie Boulevard, Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm |
Reservations required, room size limit of 70 people. Please contact Howard Halstead at schdyieee@yahoo.com (preferred) or leave him a message at 356-7664 by 5 PM on Thursday, March 11, 2004. If an overwhelming response exceeds the safe capacity of the meeting room, we will need to limit attendance. If this should happen a second presentation will be scheduled in the near future. Please register so we can plan accordingly! |
The presentation will discuss the events that lead up to the August 14, 2003 blackout that affected an area with an estimated 50 million people and 61,800 MW of electric load in the states of Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey and the Canadian province of Ontario. It will rely on the information in the Interim Report: Causes of the August 14th Blackout in the United States and Canada (dated November 2003) by the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force and the Interim Report on the August 14, 2003 Blackout (dated January 8, 2004) by the New York Independent System Operator. Introduction: System Conditions prior to the event Sequence of Events prior to the Blackout Cascading Conditions Point of no return Cascading events and impact on New York State Blackout Assessment in New York Restoration Bulk Power System Local Area Restoration North American Reliability Councils (NERC) Conclusions and Recommendations Future Reports and Studies |
Michael Calimano, P.E. |
Vice-President - Operations & Reliability New York Independent System Operator |
Michael Calimano is Vice-President - Operations & Reliability for the New York Independent System Operator. The NYISO is responsible for the reliable operation of the New York State High Voltage Transmission System and operation of the wholesale electric power market in New York State. He is former Director of System Operations of the New York Power Pool, the predecessor to the NYISO. He has over 35 years of utility experience and was co-chairman of the committee that developed the NYISO congestion management plan. He is a member of the North American Electric Reliability Council Operating Committee and the Regional Reliability Council. He has testified before the International Commission investigating the Blackout and before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Prior to working at the New York Power Pool, he was Manger of System Operations at Central Hudson Gas & Electric Company. He has a M.S. from Union College and is a Registered Professional Engineer in New York State. | IEEE Computer Society and Power Engineering Society | Lunch: Free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members. | NULL |
Links to reports referenced during presentation August 14, 2003 - System Disturbance information posted at NYISO http://www.nyiso.com/topics/outage2003_info/index.html NYISO Interim Report on the August 14, 2003 Blackout http://www.nyiso.com/topics/outage2003_info/nyiso_interim_rpt_08142003blackout.pdf U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force http://www.iwar.org.uk/cip/resources/blackout-03/ New York State Department of Public Service - Blockout Report http://www.dps.state.ny.us/fileroom/doc14463.pdf |
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| Engineer's Week - Engineering: Improving Today for Tomorrow | 2004-02-20 | Shaker Ridge Country Club |
Albany Shaker Road Colonie, NY |
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As an IEEE member you are cordially invited to the Capital District Observance of Engineer's Week 2004. There will be two events. First, a full day of seminars on February 19 at the Albany Marriott, Wolf Road. In addition there will be an evening dinner dance at Shaker Ridge Country Club on February 20, 2004. The Seminar event at the Albany Marriott will offer sessions on buildings, bridges, environment, transportation, energy and many other subjects. All sessions are open to the public. The afternoon session sponsored by Schenectady Section of the IEEE will include the following presentations: 1:30pm "Management of Electrical Risks in Transmission Lines / Pipelines Shared Rights-of-Way" - Jose Daconti, Shaw Group 1.0 Hour PE CPC* 2:40pm "SuperPower’s Albany HTS Power Cable Project" - Charles Weber, SuperPower, Inc. 1.0 Hour PE CPC* 3:40pm "Nanotechnology - Opportunity for Tech Valley" - LaMar Hill 3:30pm "August 2003 North American Black-Out" - Michael Calimano, P.E., VP - Operations & Reliability - New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) Contact Jose Daconti (518) 395-5090 |
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| Centenial Dinner Meeting | 2004-02-17 | Schenectady County Community College Casola Dining Room | NULL | 5:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or leave him a message at 385-0967 by 5 PM on Wednesday, February 11, 2004. Late replies will be placed on a waiting list. |
IEEE Life Fellow, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Fellow, CIGRE Atwood Associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumnus, author of numerous technical and trade articles, and long term contributor to electrical engineering, the IEEE and the Schenectady Section. Bob brings to us a unique perspective that encompasses over 50 years of experience in the local, national and international electrical engineering industry. Program: 5:00 PM Social Hour (cheese/crackers, veggies/dip, soft drinks) 5:45 PM Memorial to Charles Concordia by Paul de Mello 6:00-7:30 Dinner and Presentations Menu: Potato/leek chowder with smoked bacon, mesclun mix salad with balsamic vinaigrette dressing, center cut pork chops with winter fruit compote, chef's choice potato/veggie, fresh rolls/butter, carrot cake, coffee/tea Note: Veggie meals served upon request (please indicate with your reservation and obtain an acknowledgment) 8:30 PM We must leave to allow the SCCC students to clean up and finish their work. |
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| Wind Power 2004 | 2004-01-16 | Holiday Inn | 100 Nott Terrace, Schenectady | 12:00pm | Reservations required. Please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or leave him a message at 385-0967 by 5 PM on January 14, 2004. | NULL | James Lyons |
Chief Engineer – EE Systems, GE Global Research Advanced Technology Leader, GE Wind Energy General Electric Research Center |
Experience Dr. Lyons joined GE in 1970 with work assignments in industrial control, automation, and power systems. Technical work, after joining GE Research in 1989, focused on system applications of electrical power conversion with projects in aerospace power, electric vehicles, magnetic bearings, wind generation, and distributed generation. During this period he also served as an adjunct professor at Union College. In 1999 Dr. Lyons was appointed Chief Engineer for EE Systems Technologies with responsibilities for product applications across all GE businesses including: lighting, power generation, motors, drives, industrial control, critical power/UPS, appliances, transportation, medical, and aerospace power. He has been the corporate champion for the wind energy business and is currently serving as Advanced Technology leader for the new GE Wind Energy business. Affiliations, Publications, and Patents Dr. Lyons is a member of the IEEE Industry Application, Computer, Power Electronics, Power Engineering, and Automatic Control Societies. He has authored more than 25 technical papers and has been awarded over 20 patents. |
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| Superconductor Fault Current Limiters | 2003-11-21 | Holiday Inn | 100 Nott Terrace, Schenectady | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | For reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or leave him a message at 385-0967 by 5pm on Wednesday, November 19, 2003. | In today’s high voltage transmission network, the introduction of new generation facilities, Independent Power Producers, and network upgrades can result in fault-current over-duty on existing protection equipment. Conventional solutions to fault current over-duty such as the construction of new substations, splitting existing substation busses or multiple circuit breaker upgrades can be very expensive. Other solutions such as current limiting reactors have unwanted side effects and can compromise system stability. SuperPower’s High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) Matrix Fault Current Limiter (MFCL) offers a new solution to fault current over-duty problems. The MFCL can quickly limit the contribution of fault current from new generation sources on the grid. Operation at the transmission level is made possible by SuperPower’s proprietary “Matrix” technology and Nexans Superconductors Melt Cast Processed (MCP) materials. This milestone-driven program includes the fabrication of three prototypes. The final prototype will be designed to meet a specific utility application and will be installed on a 138kV transmission grid for demonstration in 2006. The program has been underway since June 2002, and the presentation will provide a summary of the MFCL design features and the test results achieved to date. | Leonard J. Kovalsky |
Program Manager of Switchgear technologies SuperPower, Inc. |
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| IEEE International Engineering Management Conference | 2003-11-01 | Desmond Hotel | Albany, NY | NULL | NULL |
"IEEE-Schenectady Section is co-sponsoring the IEEE INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE (IEMC) 2003 on "Managing Technologically-Driven Organizations: The Human Side of Innovation and Change". The conference will be held at the Desmond Hotel in Albany from 1-3 November 2003. The Conference offers a key opportunity to study and assess new directions in technology management and the strategic use of human resources to shape and enhance innovation. The conference will address all aspects of the human side of managing technology-driven organizations focusing especially on the question of how to unleash creativity and motivate employees. Topics considered will include: group dynamics, culture, communication in the global enterprise; leadership and change management, and the impact of technological change on employees' performance, motivation, job satisfaction, and decisions to continue or terminate their employment. The Deadline for submitting paper abstracts and proposed panel sessions is May 15th., 2003. For more information please contact Sam Salem at s.salem@ieee.org or check the conference website at: http://www.mgmt.rpi.edu/ieee. You can also check the IEEE-Schenectady Section website for news update on the conference activities." |
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| Benefits of IEEE Membership | 2003-10-17 | Holiday Inn | 100 Nott Terrace, Schenectady | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | For reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or leave him a message at 385-0967 by October 15, 2003. |
This meeting is an opportunity to review and discuss the benefits available to the members of IEEE. Anyone interested in joining IEEE is especially welcome. |
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| 66th Steinmetz Memorial Lecture - The Future of Information Technology | 2003-10-13 | Memorial Chapel | Union College | 5:15pm Social hour & Banquet, 7:30pm Lecture |
Make checks payable to IEEE Schenectady Section Return this form and payment by October 3rd to: Chandra Reis SuperPower, Inc 450 Duane Ave. Schenectady, NY 12304 Dinner cost is $20 per person Students with valid ID – 50% off No dinner reservations will be available on site. Payment needed in advance |
NULL | Dr. Paul M. Horn | IBM Senior Vice President and Director of Research |
Dr. Paul M. Horn oversees the world's largest and most prolific research organization dedicated to information technology, with 3,000 researchers at eight labs worldwide. Under Horn's leadership as senior vice-president and director, IBM Research has produced an unmatched string of technological breakthroughs, including the chess-playing supercomputer Deep Blue, the world's first copper chip, the giant magneto-resistive head (GMR) and strained silicon (a discovery that allows chips to run up to 35% faster. A solid state physicist by training, Horn has also led IBM Research into a distinctly cross-disciplinary Grand Challenge with project Blue Gene-- a $100 million dollar effort to build the world’s first petaflop-scale computer for the express purpose of helping to understand how human proteins fold. In addition, Horn has implemented a unique management system which views the need to conduct exploratory research and the delivery of marketplace-ready technology as inextricably linked. As a result, IBM Research consistently speeds the flow of innovation through IBM’s product groups to the market while pursuing research areas likely to yield groundbreaking or even disruptive technologies in a number of key areas including semiconductors, data management, middleware, and servers. Horn is currently focusing the division on several crucial areas of research: delivery of the technologies to support IBM’s e-business on demand strategy, the establishment of Services Research as a cutting-edge area of bona fide scientific inquiry, the exploration of novel modes of storage, processing and computing (such as nanomechanical devices, atomic-scale manipulation, carbon nanotube structures and so-called superhuman speech systems), and the ongoing grand challenge for the I/T industry to build autonomic computing systems. Autonomic computing seeks to define and build computing systems that reduce information technology complexity for users by functioning in a manner similar to our bodies, adapting automatically to a wide range of circumstances, but without conscious intervention. Such an approach, along with technologies that allow business processes to be modeled and optimized in real-time, will support the flexibility inherent in the vision for on demand enterprises. In 2002, Horn announced the formation of On Demand Innovation Services, an organization with IBM’s Research division where scientists work directly with customers as consultants to gather real-word requirements and problems to fuel research projects. Horn views this as the vanguard for the next exciting area of information technology research. Horn was previously vice president and lab director of IBM Research’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose, where he was credited with tightly linking research innovation with the corporation’s storage development operation. Horn graduated from Clarkson College of Technology and received his doctoral degree from the University of Rochester in 1973. Prior to joining IBM in 1979, he was a Professor in the Physics Department and the James Franck Institute at the University of Chicago. He is also a member of numerous professional committees and societies, and has received the Bertram Eugene Warren award from the American Crystallographic Association. |
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| Total Architecture: Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) meets Business Processes | 2003-05-16 | Ramada Inn | 450 Nott Street, Schenectady | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | For reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or leave him a message at 385-0967 by May 13, 2003. |
Total Architecture: Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) meets Business Processes. Integrating applications is no longer just an exercise in making one system send data to another - it is the creation of business processes that span multiple applications and systems. We take a brief look at this relationship between business processes and EAI, examining the architectural implications and the role that middleware components play in this space. |
Paul Brown |
Principal Software Architect TIBCO Software, Inc. |
Paul C. Brown is a Principal Software Architect at TIBCO Software Inc. His early work focused on the architecture of event-driven systems, with particular emphasis on interactive and collaborative design environments for both hardware and software. His current focus is on the development of enterprise-scale architectures and the methodology for creating such architectures. He received his BSEE from Union College, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from RPI. | NULL | Free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members. | NULL | NULL | 96 | NULL |
| Cohoes and Niagara: Mills, Canals and Hydropower | 2003-04-15 | Ramada Inn | 450 Nott Street, Schenectady | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | For reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or leave him a message at 385-0967 by April 11, 2003. | The difference in topography between Niagara and Cohoes Falls led to different engineering solutions to develop water power in the days when no mill could use the amount of power in the full available drop. It remained for the days of electricity for development of the full head at a single location. | Jim Stewart | Consultant | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 97 | NULL |
| Rediscovering William Stanley, Jr. | 2003-03-18 | Ramada Inn | 450 Nott Street, Schenectady | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | For reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or leave him a message at 385-0967 by March 19, 2003. |
William Stanley, Jr. pioneered in development and use of alternating-current for electric light and power applications. He conceived solutions before others recognized the problems. His contributions continue to influence the work of engineers even into modern times. His greatest contribution for which he should be remembered is inventing the transformer. Prior to 1885, few people were interested in a-c except as a way to circumvent problems with commutators or electrode consumption in arc lights. In March 1886, Stanley demonstrated a system of single-phase alternating-current for lighting applications in Great Barrington, MA. His system show-cased the transformer which he invented during the 2-years prior. Stanley led the way as engineers worldwide extended power transmission to ever higher potentials and increasing distances. He also invented an inductor alternator electric machine that was widely used prior to 1900. This material is derived from an article currently being prepared for publication by the IEEE. This presentation is part of the 2003 Centennial Series of the Schenectady Section. |
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| Transmission Market Unbalance | 2003-03-18 | RPI Campus | Jonsson Engineering Center (JEC), room 3117 | 6:30pm | NULL | Regulatory trends, technology trends, customers, and competition. | NULL | NULL | NULL | IEEE RPI Student Chapter / IEEE Schenectady Section - Joint Event | NULL | NULL | NULL | 99 | NULL |
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Increasing Power Transfer Capability of Existing Transmission Lines |
2003-02-21 | Ramada Inn | 450 Nott Street, Schenectady | 11:30am to 1:30pm | For reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or leave him a message at 385-0967 by February 19, 2003. |
Although our industrialized society has a growing need for electric power, building new transmission lines has been for decades an increasingly difficult task. Electric utilities intending to get permits for building new lines are usually questioned about possible environmental impacts supposedly caused by these high voltage installations. So, for many years our power systems are becoming congested and less reliable. In this context, the possibility of increasing the power transfer capability of already existing lines should be carefully investigated as a valuable solution. This lecture will present a new technology that allows electric utilities to investigate how to optimize the use of their transmission lines so that more power can be transferred with no physical modifications in these lines. Typically, the use of this technology can increase by 15% the transmission line power transfer capability at a very reduced cost. |
Jose Daconti |
Executive Consultant Power Technologies, Inc |
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| 2003 Engineer's Week | 2003-02-12 | Albany Marriott (2/12/2003), Mario's Banquet House (2/14/2003) | Troy, NY | NULL | For Tickets Call: (518) 283-7490 |
As an IEEE member you are cordially invited to the Capital District Observance of Engineer's Week 2003. There will be two events. First, a full day of seminars on February 12 at the Albany Marriott, Wolf Road. In addition there will be an evening dinner dance at Mario's Banquet House in Troy on February 14, Valentine's Day. The Seminar event at the Albany Marriott will offer sessions on buildings, bridges, environment, transportation, energy and many other subjects. All sessions are open to the public. The afternoon session sponsored by IEEE will include the following presentations: 1:30pm Increasing Power Transfer Capability of Existing Transmission Lines - Jose Daconti - Power Technologies, Inc. 2:15pm Electricity Producing Condensing Furnace: strategy for starting a new industry - Prof. Frank Wicks, PE - Union College 3:15pm Wind Power - Mike Loftus, PE - NYS Thruway Authority 4:00pm Slot open - contact Larry O'Connor if you would like to speak. (471-4233) The centerpiece of the day will be a Keynote luncheon where Lt. Governor Mary O. Donahue will speak. Cost for the lunch is $20/Person Please Call 283-7490 for reservations. Friday's dinner dance at Mario's in Troy includes hors d'oeuvres, dinner, a program and a DJ for dancing. |
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| 2003 Annual Holiday Luncheon | 2003-12-17 | Brandon's Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lou Tomaino at 385-0967 or send an e-mail message to Lou at l.tomaino@ieee.org, no later than Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 |
Recent IEEE award recipients in the Section and the Section members who have been elected to IEEE Fellow Grade are invited as the guests of the Section and will be recognized at the Luncheon. Full Course Buffet Lunch including Selections for Vegetarians, Dessert and Coffee/Tea Seating is limited to 70 – Reservations on a first come first served basis. |
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The cost of the lunch is subsidized by the Schenectady Section and requires only a partial contribution from IEEE members and their guests: IEEE members and their spouses/companions: $5.00 each Non-IEEE members: $10.00 each Contributions for the lunch may be paid in cash or by check, payable to the Schenectady Section of IEEE, at the door to Lou Tomaino or Kutty Nair. |
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| 2002 Annual Holiday Luncheon | 2002-12-17 | Brandon's Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady | 12:00pm | To make reservation, please call Lou Tomaino at 385-0967 or send an e-mail to him at l.tomaino@ieee.org NO LATER THAN Friday, Dec 13, 2002. |
Full Course Buffet including selections for vegetarians, dessert, coffee/tea The luncheon is subsidized by the Schenectady Section, and requires only a partial contribution from members to cover the cost of the lunch. Seating is limited to 70, reservations on a first come, first served basis. Recent IEEE award recipients in the Section and the Section members who have been elected to Fellow grade will be recognized at this luncheon. |
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IEEE Members and their guests: $5.00 each Non-IEEE members: $10.00 each Contributions for the lunch may be paid in cash or check made out to Schenectady Section IEEE at the door to Lou Tomaino or Kutty Nair. |
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| Technical Considerations for Wide-band Powerline Communication Systems | 2002-05-31 | Power Technologies, Inc. |
1482 Erie Blvd Schenectady, NY |
12:00pm | For lunch reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org (preferred) or 385-0967 by May 28, 2002. | The possible use of the power transmission and distribution system as a waveguiding structure for high data rate or wideband communications (e.g. internet connection) will be examined. The most significant advantage of wideband power line communication (WPLC) systems is that they do not require an entirely new infrastructure. The most serious technical challenges to WPLC systems have been found to be 1) the attenuation due to junctions such as taps and connected elements such as transformers and 2) the legal limits on electromagnetic emissions from these unlicensed systems. The former causes the attenuation rate for high frequency signals to be quite high and (together with input power limitations due to the latter) results in possibly unacceptable limits on the range of the system. Reduction of the attenuation to more reasonable levels through system conditioning may require a financial investment that is incompatible with the requirement that the system be profitable. | Robert G. Olsen |
School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2752 |
Robert Olsen has been a member of the Electrical Engineering faculty at Washington State University (WSU) for the past 28 years. He holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and the MS and PhD degrees in the same field from the University of Colorado in Boulder. His graduate work and subsequent research are in the areas of electromagnetic theory, antennas and propagation, electromagnetic compatibility and power system electromagnetics. At WSU he has taught courses in electromagnetics and communications and is co-founder of the Radiowave Communications Consortium, which supports teaching and research in wireless communications. He has experience in the communication industry as an NSF Fellow at GTE Laboratories and in power system electromagnetics at the ABB Research Lab and as a visiting scientist at EPRI. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the author of 65 publications in the refereed journal literature. He has been an associate editor of Radio Science and the IEEE Transactions on Electgromagnetic Compatibility. He is presently Technical Editor of the IEEE EMC Society Newsletter. He is past chair of the IEEE Power Engineering Society AC Fields Working Group and present Chair of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Corona Effects Working Group. He is the US National Committee Representative to CIGRE Working Group 36 (Electromagnetic Compatibility). | NULL | Pizza will be provided free for IEEE members, $5.00 for nonmembers. | NULL | NULL | 104 | NULL |
| Trends in Power Generation Equipment Design | 2002-04-23 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY | Center for Industrial Innovation, Room 4050 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm | For additional information please contact Mark Loose at loose@albany.net. | NULL | Dr. Brian Gott |
Retired General Electric |
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Union College Student Chapter Dinner and Innovations |
2002-02-19 | Old Chapel | Union College, Schenectady, NY | 7pm - 10pm | NULL | During this event, we will have a nice dinner along with two speakers discussing engineering topics. At this moment, we are in the process of deciding on our speakers, however, the event promises to be a success as it was very well liked by all our students and faculty when held last year. This year, we would like to invite professionals from the Schenectady section to our event. The cost for professionals is also still to be determined, but it should be no more than $20.00 per person. All details of this event will be completely decided on by next week, at which point I will contact you with more information. | Midys Inoa |
inoam@union.edu IEEE Co-President SHPE External VP 518-388-8283 |
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| Productivity Management | 2002-02-15 | Power Technologies, Inc. |
1482 Erie Blvd Schenectady, NY |
12:00pm | For lunch reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org (preferred) or 385-0967 by February 11, 2002. |
Joann Dunham, NYS Program Manager for Keane, Inc., will speak on Keane's Productivity Management principles. This is a renowned "deliverables-based" methodology for managing projects "On Time, Within Budget, and Without Surprises". Keane has assisted over 33 clients achieve Level 3 and 2 clients achieve Level 4 following the Software Engineering Institutes' Capability Maturity Model (CMM). Founded in 1965, Keane, Inc. helps Global 2000 companies and government agencies optimize business performance through the innovative application and management of Information Technology (IT). The company's full life cycle of services include Business Innovation Consulting, Application Development & Integration, and Application Development and Management (ADM) Outsourcing. Keane adheres to repeatable, proven process and project management disciplines to achieve consistently successful delivery of high quality, cost-effective, and responsive solutions. |
Joann Dunham |
Program Manager NYS Government Keane, Inc. (518) 432-3209 ext. 570 |
Joann Dunham has 17 years of experience designing and delivering technology solutions to a wide range of clients. She has significant experience establishing and maintaining strategic relationships across all levels of a client’s management structure and managing and implementing all aspects of computer software development projects. She has an extensive background in Program and Project management, project management mentoring, strategic planning, quality assurance, and various SDLCs. Her experience is particular to banking, investment banking, and securities trading where she spent 13 years working for various broker/dealer firms on Wall Street. Currently, Ms. Dunham has responsibility for the Program Management of New York State Government for the Keane Albany office, with a focus on driving consistent PM practices across the state as fostered by the NYS Office for Technology PMO, and internal Keane business development. Previous responsibilities at Keane have included acting as a Service Delivery Manager, Engagement Manager and Branch Project Officer. As Project Officer Ms. Dunham was responsible for training all of Keane’s Albany based project managers, conducting all project audits, managing the project portfolio and communicating statistics and status to the branch management and Keane’s Corporate Quality Assurance. Ms. Dunham received her degree in 1984 from SUNY Albany, and is a member of the Project Management Institute, PMI. She also attended the University of Vermont and New York University Business School. She regularly delivers informative overviews of best practices in program and project management to senior executive and project management audiences. She has been a featured speaker on project management topics for PMI, and New York State. |
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General Electric Company GENERATOR SHOP TOUR |
2001-12-05 | NULL | NULL | 3:30pm - 5:00pm | NULL |
Due to increased plant security the following conditions are in effect: · Maximum 30 participants · To reserve a spot, call Becky Nold at 385-3883, or e-mail (preferred) at r.nold@ieee.org. · If phoning clearly state your phone number, spell name. · Make reservations by November 30, 2001. · Participants will need a gate pass to enter the plant. · Becky will communicate itinerary/meeting place information to participants. |
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| 2001 Annual Holiday Luncheon | 2001-11-30 | Brandon's Ritz Terrace | 1725 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady | 12:00pm | To make reservation, please call Lou Tomaino at 385-0967 or send an e-mail to him at l.tomaino@ieee.org NO LATER THAN Mon. Nov. 26. |
Full Course Buffet including selections for vegetarians, dessert, coffee/tea The luncheon is subsidized by the Schenectady Section, and requires only a partial contribution from members to cover the cost of the lunch. Seating is limited to 70, reservations on a first come, first served basis. |
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GOLD (Graduates Of the Last Decade): FREE (Compliments of the GOLD Chapter) IEEE Members and their guests: $5.00 each Non-IEEE members: $8.00 each Contributions for the lunch may be paid in cash or check made out to Schenectady Section IEEE at the door to Lou Tomaino or Kutty Nair. |
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IEEE Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) |
2001-05-14 | Altamont, NY | NULL | NULL | NULL |
The Schenectady section of IEEE is trying to start a Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) group. GOLD is an initiative created to address the needs and concerns of Engineers from 0 to 10 years out of College. We promote professionalism, team work, communication skills, and many of the skills needed to maintain a life-long career in Engineering. In addition, it will be an opportunity to socialize with others who are going through the same stages of life and career as you are. Chandra will hold an informational meeting, Monday May 14th, 6pm at her house in Altamont. Food and drink will be provided. If you can make it, please contact her and she will provide directions. If you are interested, and can't attend the first meeting, let her know. Potential events for the GOLD group are hiking trips, parties, seminars on how to buy a home, what we should be saving for retirement, etc. Chandra Trautwein Reis IGC-SuperPower 450 Duane Ave. Schenectady, NY 12304 (518) 346-1414 x3074 creis@igc.com |
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Engineering and Society: Logic and Politics |
2001-05-07 | Union College Memorial Chapel | Schenectady, NY | 8:00pm | NULL |
65th Steinmetz Memorial Lecture The Steinmetz Banquet precedes the lecture. Limited seating is available. Dinner reservation must be made in advance. Further information on the Steinmetz Lecture and the Banquet Reservation Form is available at: http://www.pagesplusinc.com/steinmetz/Index.html Information on the Banquet tickets can also be obtained from: Robert Balmer, Union College 518-388-6530 Edward Owen GEII-PSEC, 518-385-3012, fax 385-5703, Edward.Owen@ps.ge.com |
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| Development of High Temperature Superconducting Power Transformers | 2001-05-04 | General Electric, Building 37 Conference Room | Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | Please note that no bag lunches may be brought into the GE facilities. For reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or 385-0967 by Wednesday April 2th. | High temperature superconducting (HTS) transformers offer many benefits over conventional power transformers for utility applications, including emergency operation to twice rating without loss of transformer life, halved size and weight, elimination of oil as a fire and environmental hazard, reduced leakage reactance, and a possible fault current limiting feature for improved system performance. The presentation will briefly summarizes work in the field and describes various HTS transformer design approaches and discuss the various design, operation, and cost issues associated with the development and utility acceptance of this new technology. | Chandra T. Reis |
IGC-SuperPower, Schenectady, New York |
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Get to the Point! Writing Effective Letters, Reports, and Proposals |
2001-04-26 | Albany Marriott Hotel | 189 Wolf Road | 5:30-8:30 p.m. | NULL |
Do you have to write proposals, reports, letters, or email messages? Here’s an Opportunity to Sharpen Your Communication Skills. The IEEE Professional Communication Society is sponsoring an evening workshop Get to the Point! Writing Effective Letters, Reports, and Proposals When you have a proposal, report, letter or email to write, do you · waste time staring at the computer screen, or blank sheet of lined paper, wondering how to start? · have difficulty organizing the information? · have trouble identifying the key points you want to make? · tend to avoid writing because you become frustrated? · ever have people ask questions about something you’ve written which you thought was perfectly clear? Learn techniques for · identifying primary information and focusing readers' attention on it, · writing confidently and persuasively, · creating letters, reports, proposals and email that achieve the intended impact, · differentiating between “need to know” and “nice to know” information, · organizing the writing task, and · writing short reports and proposals for a specific audience. Target Audience: The seminar is designed for people who want to write action-oriented letters and proposals, and to write them faster, more efficiently, and more effectively. Seminar Leaders: Ron Blicq and Lisa Moretto from RGI International will present the workshop. They have published several textbooks on technical and business communication with the IEEE Press and Prentice-Hall. Both are active in the IEEE Professional Communication Society and have experience as technical writers. Location: Albany Marriott Hotel 189 Wolf Road Thursday April 26, 2001 5:30-8:30 p.m. (Sandwiches and sodas will be provided.) To Register: Course Fee: $45.00 Make a check out to PCS and send with your name, address, email address, title, and organization to: Nancy W. Coppola, Humanities and Social Sciences Department New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights Newark, NJ 07102-1982 Telephone: (973) 596-5726 Email: nancy.w.coppola@njit.edu Questions: Contact Lisa Moretto (716) 461-3617 Email: l.a.moretto@ieee.org |
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| Naval Program on Electric Ships | 2001-04-10 | RPI, DCC 377 | Troy, NY | 7:00pm | NULL | The guest lecturer will be Dr. Albert Tucker, who will be speaking about current research and development projects for the Navy. | Dr. Albert Tucker | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 114 | NULL |
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Radical Innovation: How Mature Companies Can Outsmart Upstarts |
2001-04-06 | General Electric, Building 37 Conference Room | Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | For reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or 385-0967 by Wednesday April 4th. |
Professor Mark Rice is the principal investigator in the Lally School's Radical Innovation Research Project, which is studying how major corporations discover, develop, and commercialize products that are totally new to the marketplace. Harvard Business School Press has published the findings in a book that was released in fall 2000 under the title “Radical Innovation: How Mature Companies Can Outsmart Upstarts”. In this book Dr. Rice and five other Rensselaer management professors followed top-secret research projects at 10 major corporations. The research examined radical innovation at Air Products, Analog Devices, DuPont, GE, GM, IBM, Nortel Networks, Polaroid, Texas Instruments, and United Technologies. Professor Rice is an Assistant Dean, Lally School of Management and Technology and a director of the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship. His research focused on managing radical innovation in large companies, corporate venturing, and the impact of business incubation programs on the success of startup companies. He’s a nationally recognized expert on business incubation. Dr. Rice is a co-author of the following books: Growing New Ventures, Creating New Jobs: Principles and Practices of Successful Business Incubation and Radical Innovation: How Mature Companies Can Outsmart Upstarts”. |
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| IEEE Web Site and Services | 2001-02-09 | General Electric, Building 37 Conference Room | Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | For reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org or 385-0967 by Wednesday February 7th. |
Topics will include: Electronic account E-mail aliases Overview of website information Reference searching and downloading Schenectady section web site |
Tom Short | EPRI PEAC | NULL | NULL | Pizza will be provided for IEEE members, $5.00 for nonmembers. | NULL | NULL | 116 | NULL |
| Holiday Lunch 2000 | 2000-12-18 | Petta's Restaurant |
134 Duane Ave Schenectady NY |
11:30am | For lunch reservations, please contact Rebecca Nold by Thursday, December 14th before 3:00pm at rebecca.nold@ps.ge.com (preferred) or 385-3883. Please leave us a phone number for contact purposes. | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | $5 for IEEE members and $10 for nonmembers. | NULL | NULL | 117 | NULL |
| IEEE Senior Representatives Forum | 2000-08-16 | Rensselaer Campus (RPI) | Jonsson Engineering Center Room 3117 | 11:30am | NULL |
The IEEE visitors will provide a perspective on recent IEEE initiatives and organizational changes, and provide a sounding board for the views of Rensselaer faculty and students and for the Schenectady Section membership. Agenda 11:30 Informal discussion Noon Lunchtime feedback session Ms. Rebecca Nold (Schenectady Section) Slides from feedback session (2-up PDF version) 1:30 Regional Activities overview Dr. Antonio Bastos 2:00 Region 1 initiatives Dr. Irving Engelson 2:30 New horizons in IEEE Publications Dr. Mike Adler 3:00 Regional Activities Dept Resources Ms. Cecelia Jankowski 3:30 Wrap-up Prof. J. Keith Nelson (ECSE Department) |
Dr. Antonio Bastos (VP Regional Activities) Dr. Irving Engelson (Director, Region 1) Dr. Mike Adler (VP, Publications) Ms. Cecelia Jankowski (Regional Activities Department Staff Director) |
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Technology Ownership: The impact of the E-Technology Revolution on the Patenting Process |
2000-05-19 | General Electric, Building 37 Conference Center | Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm |
For lunch reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org (preferred) or 385-0967 by May 17, 2000. |
NULL | William Genovese |
Intellectual Property Counsel Technology at General Electric |
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PEM Fuel Cells for Residential Applications |
2000-04-21 | General Electric, Building 37 Conference Center | Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | For lunch reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org (preferred) or 385-0967 by April 19, 2000. | Discover how a PEM fuel cell works, explore its many benefits, and find out more about Plug Power's technology programs. | Dr. William P. Acker |
Vice President of Technology and Product Development, Plug Power http://www.plugpower.com |
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Software Quality -- Buzzwords or Serious Business |
1999-12-10 | General Electric, Building 37 Conference Center | Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm |
For lunch reservations, please contact Lou Tomaino at l.tomaino@ieee.org (preferred) or 385-0967 by December 8, 1999. |
Producing a "high quality" software product requires an eye towards testing, beginning with the initial design phase. Though somewhat ambiguous, "a high quality software product" refers to software that is simple to use, behaves as advertised, has acceptable "user-visible" anomalies (major vs. minor bugs), has better-than-acceptable performance, (usually) has a better-than-expected feature set, and requires a minimal amount of time and intelligence to install. During the software engineering process, testing cannot be an afterthought by merely passing the product off to a Q/A department once it has been built; the Q/A process must be planned for and organized from the onset. In order to define and insure acceptable standards in the software product, some questions must be considered in developing an acceptable Q/A process: * What aspects of the product will be automatically tested and which aspects will be manually tested? (Things to consider: testing the user interface, setting critical performance criteria, analyzing output) * How do you create a testbase -- a baseline standard from which to compare future results? * What goes into, and how do you organize a testbase? * How do you run tests - both manually and automatically? * How do you automate a replay mechanism? * How do you handle products that run on different architectures? * How do you insure that any bug ever found and fixed in the product will not reoccur? * What metrics do you use to track performance? * How is a testbase used? By developers and by Q/A engineers. * How do you keep a testbase current? * How is the installation tested? These are a few of the issues that will be discussed in order to walk away with a greater appreciation of the investment a company must make to build a quality assurance process leading to high quality software. |
David A. Kass |
President, Pinebush Technologies, Inc. http://www.pinebush.com |
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| Sunspots, Blackouts, Blistered Paint and Charcoal II | 1999-11-22 | Power Technologies, Inc. |
Large Classroom, Power Technologies, Inc. 1482 Erie Blvd, Schenectady, NY |
12:00pm |
For lunch reservations, please contact Kristin Short at Kristin.Short@stoneweb.com (preferred) or 395-5117 by November 18. |
Peak season of the solar cycle is coming up. Previous cycles have shown that increased solar activity can have a significant impact on the power transmission system and other equipment and facilities. What's in store this time around? Why is there such an increased interest in these geomagnetic disturbances? |
Jim Stewart & Bob Ringlee | Retired, Consultants, Power Technologies, Inc. | NULL | NULL | Pizza will be provided for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members. | NULL | NULL | 122 | NULL |
| GE Innovation IGCT Main Drives | 1999-09-24 | General Electric, Building 37 Conference Center | Schenectady, NY | 12:00pm | NULL |
The talk will discuss the new GE IGCT drives which feature three-level NPC full regenerative power converters - the initial 3300V product is rated up to 10 MVA. The drives utilize IGCT devices - new hard driven GTOs achieving unprecedented switching performance and effective PWM carrier frequencies up to 1 kHz. The converters use fast diodes formulated for soft recovery and efficient clamp snubbers to allow commutation of up to 4000A. Under development is a 6600V drive employing series connected IGCT elements to achieve up to a 20 MVA rating. These high performance drives, targeted at heavy-duty rolling mill applications, employ a DSP based three-level space vector modulation algorithm with active charge balance neutral point control. The drive system includes a high bandwidth feed-forward synchronous motor control algorithm achieving unprecedented torque performance at these power levels. The PWM load converter is capable of achieving output frequencies up to 75 Hz - enabling smaller, faster physical machinery compared to alternative main drive technologies. A mill resonance compensation algorithm has been developed to take advantage of the available torque response for mill stand control. The IGCT PWM source converter technology eliminates the need for the expensive var compensation and harmonic filtering required by cycloconverter main drives. The source converter controls feature synchronous reference frame current regulators that maintain a nominal unity power factor grid interface. The controls offer the opportunity to fix mill power quality issues by adding features such as var compensation, harmonic optimization, active damping of grid resonances, and flicker control. |
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| Engineers Week | 2011-02-17 | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | <a href="http://www.capitaldistricteweek.org">Engineers Week Capital District</a> | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 124 | NULL |
| Applications of Graphene in Energy Storage | 2011-02-11 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | 12:00pm |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, FEB 10, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Graphene, current material of choice, has recently attracted much attention in science and technology such as multifunctional composites, energy storage materials and devices and nano-/opto- electronics because of the outstanding properties such electronic, thermal transport, optical, mechanical and high surface area. The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to pioneers of graphene research in 2010. In this presentation, Graphene-based materials and their applications are briefly discussed. Then, the synthesis and characterization of bulk quantities of few-layers graphene platelets is explained. Applications of graphene platelets in hydrogen storage, polymer matrix composite processing, thin films, and nano-diamond fabrication will be focused in detail. Finally, business potentials and future challenges of graphene-based products will be briefly presented. | Javad (Kayvan) Rafiee | NULL | Javad (Kayvan) Rafiee (MSc Manufacturing Eng, MEng Industrial and Systems Engineering, MSc Management Science, PhD Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). Prior to joining Rensselaer, Kayvan worked in R & D in Middle East, Asia and Western US from 2005-2008. His research focuses on physical chemistry of graphene and wavelet-based signal processing with applications in hydrogen storage, nano-composites, machine condition monitoring, EMG/EEG biosignals, and prosthetic limb. He is the author or coauthor of 17 journal articles in mechanics, materials and computer science, over 20 conference papers and presentations and these articles have been cited over 100 times so far. He is also the winner of Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize in 2010. | IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), and IEEE GOLD Society | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | Lunch will be provided. | 125 |
The church is located just west of the intersection of Rosendale and Vly Roads and Rt. 7, on the corner of Niskayuna Rd and Rt. 7. There is plenty of parking, accessible from either Rt. 7 or Niskayuna Rd. The meeting will be in the large white meeting hall next to the church. Enter through the large glass doors at the lower level. Please note that there is no smoking allowed anywhere on the church grounds. <br/> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Niskayuna+reformed+church&sll=38.9594,-95.2655&sspn=110.388,360&ie=UTF8&v=2.2&cv=4.2.0181.2634&hl=en&latlng=42775682,-73832512,5612330587633382526&ei=qiCFR83nH5vMoQOKorGlCA&cd=4">Click here for a map</a> (Valley Road = Vly Road) |
| Mitigating Grid Impacts in Highly Distributed PV Systems | 2011-03-11 | RPI Campus, JEC 3117 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus | 11:00am - 12:30pm |
The space is limited to 40 people. or questions about the seminar and CFES research in solar energy and smart grid, contact Dr. Jian Sun, Director of CFES at jsun@rpi.edu, telephone 518 276-8297. For directions to the seminar room and other logistics, please contact Lisa Valenti at valenl@rpi.edu, telephone (518) 276-6754. |
Grid impacts of PV power plants are associated with fluctuating voltage profiles, high electrical losses, poor power factor management, limited system capacity, poor power quality, poor power balancing, difficult system operations and incorrect protection scheme operations. Currently, utility-scale solar PV plants interconnected on distribution feeders have nominal capacities that are compatible with distribution substation MVA ratings e.g., between 2 MVA and 10 MVA, resulting in more than 100% capacity penetration levels on some distribution feeders. These distribution network impacts will be discussed and mitigation solutions are discussed based on Petra Solar’s unique highly distributed PV solutions. The presentation will discuss Petra Solar’s Sustainable Smart Grid solution that includes the Smart Energy Module (SEM) and Smart Grid communication network integrating Smart Grid applications on a highly distributed PV system across a distribution feeder. New developments of this highly distributed PV solution include a unique advanced generator emulation control that emulates standard generation functionality like voltage regulation, Volt-VAr optimization and voltage ride-through. The basic operation of this GEC controller will be presented. |
Johan H. R. Enslin, PhD, PrEng | Chief Technology Officer, Petra Solar |
Dr. Johan Enslin is the Chief Technology Officer of Petra Solar where he leads the technology strategy, roadmap and value proposition for Petra Solar’s unique sustainable and Smart Grid solution for power utilities. Johan has combined a 30 year career with leadership activities in industry and university in the USA, Europe and South Africa. Prior to joining Petra Solar, Dr. Enslin was Vice President for Quanta Technology in Sustainable Energy and international business. He was also a Vice President for the Alpha Technologies group where he was the General Manager for Alpha’s Renewable Energy division. Previously he was Vice President of System Planning at KEMA Inc., and the principal in establishing a new medium voltage, Smart Grid and power electronics research, development and testing laboratory in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Dr. Enslin has worked at the utility ESKOM in South Africa, Universities of Stellenbosch and Pretoria as Departmental Chair and full-professor. He is currently also an adjunct professor at North Carolina State University’s Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management Systems Center (FREEDM Systems Center). He has authored and co-authored more that 250 technical journal and conference papers and several chapters in scientific books. He holds 14 patents and is a Registered Professional Engineer, Fellow of the SAIEE, and Senior Member of the IEEE. |
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| Solar Energy and Our Electricity Future | 2011-03-30 | RPI Campus JEC 3117 | RPI Campus JEC Building | 4:00pm-5:30pm | Contacts: For questions about the seminar and CFES research in solar energy and smart grid, contact Dr. Jian Sun, Director of CFES at jsun@rpi.edu, telephone 518 276-8297. For directions to the seminar room and other logistics, please contact Lisa Valenti at valenl@rpi.edu, telephone (518) 276-6754. |
Renewable energy technologies offer great promise for a clean energy future, but is our electric infrastructure ready for them? Our current electric grid was built to handle centrally-generated, single-direction, predictable power flows. Large-scale deployment of renewable energy requires a whole newparadigm in how we generate, deliver, store, and use electricity. This talk will address the challenges of such deployment and highlight the emerging technologies that will lead us to a clean energy future. |
Charles Hanley |
Manager, Photovoltaics and Grid Integration Department Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1033 |
Mr. Hanley is manager of Sandia National Laboratories’ Photovoltaics and Grid Integration Department, which conducts research and development on new photovoltaic components and systems with improved performance, higher reliability, and lower overall cost, in support of the US Department of Energy’s efforts to make these technologies cost effective and commercially viable in the next 5 to 10 years. This research includes the modernization of the electric grid to include advanced energy management, through controls and communications, to support the eventual high penetration of renewable energy technologies into our infrastructure. Charlie’s department owns and operates two major user facilities: Sandia’s Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Laboratory and the Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory. Charlie came to Sandia National Laboratories in 1988, and has been working in Sandia’s renewable energy programs since 1994. Until 2002, Charlie managed Sandia’s international renewable energy programs, through which he oversaw the implementation of more than 400 photovoltaic, wind, and passive solar energy systems in Latin America. From 2000 to 2002, Charlie served a temporary position in Arlington, Virginia, with Winrock International. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Science from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, New York. |
Rensselaer Center for Future Energy Systems | Free |
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| The Science of Audio | 2011-04-15 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | 12:00 pm | Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, April 14, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Lecture materials are available <a href="http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/schenectady/Events/2011-04-15/James_Johnston_Lecture_Material.zip">here</a>. <p/> Audio, in the way we use it here, is the technology, science, and art of recording or creating something to be played back via transducers to the human auditory system. There are several varieties of recording and transmission methods. In the original venue, we hear whatever parts of the soundfield are present where we sit. As we move, turn our heads, move our heads, and focus our attention, we can learn a great deal about the concert hall, the performers, and everything else perceptible from the seat we are sitting in. No method of recording to the present provides us with anything near this experience. This talk describes the state of the art of this sound recording and replication process, and makes some observations about how to use the perceptual cues in an acoustics setting (real or synthetic) to provide a more ‘3D’ experience. |
James Johnston | Chief Scientist of DTS |
James Johnston is presently the Chief Scientist for DTS, Inc, working from Kirkland, Washington. DTS provides the high-quality audio system for BlueRay disc, and is an industry leader in audio coding, codec preprocessing, multichannel audio, loudness control, and other advanced signal processing algorithms for audio. His current interests include loudspeaker pattern analysis and control, loudness modelling, room simulation, stereo image control and analysis, filter design, speech coding, audio and speech testing methodology and execution, and implementation concerns in audio processing. He is the primary inventor and architect for a variety of signal processing algorithms related to room correction, loudness processing, perceptual modelling of audio, audio coding, audio soundfield perception and presentation, and standards and ancillary mathematics and science related to audio issues. His prior contributions include MPEG-2 AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) standard, developed in collaboration with Fraunhofer IIS and other experts in the field of audio compression, MPEG-2 AAC is a reworking of the original AT&T Perceptual Audio Coder (PAC), done with Anibal Ferriera, co-invention and standardization of the well-known "MP3" algorithm, a variety of loudness estimation and control methods, automatic speaker and room correction systems, room and acoustic simulators, and invention of a perceptual soundfield reconstruction system to capture the "sound" of an actual performance venue and reconstruct the perceptual cues of the venue in a fashion that can be conveyed in a small (presently 5) number of conventional, independent audio channels multichannel audio presentation, and audio coding (bitrate reduction). James' current research interests include acoustic scene modelling, loudspeaker design, loudspeaker pattern control, cochlear modelling, masking threshold models, stereo imaging models and stereo imaging sensitivity models, methods of reproducing soundfields either literally or perceptually, microphone and soundfield capture techniques, both actively steered and time-invariant, and speech and audio coding methods in general. He completed the first perceptual soundfield recordings, which received exceptional reviews from the listener and enthusiast community, before retiring from AT&T. James is currently employed at DTS, Inc in Kirkland, Wa, where he is working on a variety of acoustical modelling, preprocessing and postprocessing algorithms for audio capture, analysis, control, and presentation. He joined DTS, Inc from his position at Neural Audio when Neural was acquired by DTS. Prior to that, he worked for 5 years at Microsoft Corporation in the "Codecs", "Core Media Processing" and finally the video services groups as Audio Architect. He is retired from AT&T Labs - Research, quartered at Florham Park, NJ, Speech Processing Software and Technology Research Department. Before that, he was employed by AT&T Bell Laboratories, in the Acoustics Research Department under Dr. J. L. Flanagan, and in the Signal Processing Research Department. He started his career working on using analog signal processing to do speech coding (APCM, ADPCM, SBC) for testing of algorithms, sampling rates, and quantizer resolutions. His first IEEE paper detailed the hardware construction of an ADPCM implementation using analog multipliers and integrators to provide both step-size and predictor "calculation", in a form that allowed sampling rate and quantizer resolution changes. Since then, he has worked in analog signal processing, speech coding, voice privacy, quadrature mirror filter design, and perceptual coding of both audio and images. During this work on perceptual audio coding, he has been the primary investigator of the early PXFM audio coder which was reported on at the ASSP Digital Audio Meeting in Mohonk, NY in 1986 and a co-inventor and standards proponent of the ASPEC algorithm, the quality leader in the MPEG-1 audio competition. During this time, he also did an investigation of coding of still-frame images using a forward-driven perceptual model with Dr. R. J. Safranek, also of AT&T Bell Laboratories. This image coder, called PIC (for Perceptual Image Coder), used very simple techniques to provide state of the art still-image compression. Perceptual coding, as compared to source coding, pays primary attention to the intended reciever or destination of the signal, rather than the source or source model of the signal. This destination is usually the human being. By eliminating imperceptable information in the signal, compression rates that are substantially better than the usual source coding rates are achieved, with substantially more mean squared error, but better percieved quality than the source coder. Until 2002, he was the primary researcher and inventor of AT&T's contributions to the MPEG-2 AAC audio coding algorithm. He also represented AT&T in the ANSI accredited group X3L3.1, and X3L3.1 in the ISO-MPEG-AUDIO (AAC) arena in support of the AAC algorithm. In 2006, he was awarded the J. L. Flanagan Signal Processing Field Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society for his work on creation and standardization of perceptual audio coding. In 1997, James was elected a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society for his work on perceptual coding of audio. He became a Senior Member of the IEEE, and recieved an AT&T Technology Medal and AT&T Standards Award in 1998. In February 2001, he recieved a New Jersey Inventor of the Year award for his contributions to MP3 and audio coding in general. He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 2002. He received his BSEE and MSEE from Carnegie-Mellon University, with side interests in mathematics, audio, radio broadcasting and coherent image signal processing. |
Signal Processing Society | Free for IEEE members, $5 for non-members | NULL | NULL | 128 | NULL |
| Biometrics / Security Seminar | 2011-04-29 | College Park at Union College | Off of Nott Street near Erie Blvd | 12:30pm to 4:30pm |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Click <a href="http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/schenectady/Events/2011-04-29/IEEE_Biometrics_Syminar_20110429_Flyer.doc">here</a> for the event flyer.<p/><p/> 12:30pm – Check-in<br/> 12:45pm – Opening remarks<br/> 1:00pm - Photo Forensics - There is more to a picture than meets the eye Nasir Memon, Professor, Polytechnic Institute of New York University<br/> 2:00pm – Break<br/> 2:15pm - Can Biometrics Improve Security? Nalini K. Ratha, Ph. D. , Research Staff Member, IBM Research<br/> 3:15pm – Break<br/> 3:30pm - InfraGard's Role in Critical Infrastructure Protection Marc A. Promutico, Special Agent, FBI Coordinator for Albany Infragard Chapter<br/> 4:30pm – Closing remarks<p/> We will have light snacks and drinks available throughout the afternoon.<p/> <b>Photo Forensics - There is more to a picture than meets the eye</b><p/> Presenter: Nasir Memon, Professor, Polytechnic Institute of New York University<p/> http://isis.poly.edu/memon/<p/> Given an image or a video clip can you tell which camera it was taken from? Can you tell if it was manipulated? Given a camera or even a picture, can you find from the Internet all other pictures taken from the same camera? Forensics professionals all over the world are increasingly encountering such questions. Given the ease by which digital images can be created, altered, and manipulated with no obvious traces, digital image forensics has emerged as a research field with important implications for ensuring digital image credibility. This talk will provide an overview of recent developments in the field, focusing on three problems. First, collecting image evidence and reconstructing them from fragments, with or without missing pieces. This involves sophisticated file carving technology. <p/> Second, attributing the image to a source, be it a camera, a scanner, or a graphically generated picture. The process entails associating the image with a class of sources with common characteristics (device model) or matching the image to an individual source device, for example a specific camera. Third, attesting to the integrity of image data. This involves image forgery detection to determine whether an image has undergone modification or processing after being initially captured. <p/> <b>Can Biometrics Improve Security?</b><p/> Presenter: Nalini K. Ratha, Ph. D. , Research Staff Member, IBM Research http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/ratha.index.html It is commonly believed that biometrics when introduced in an authentication system can improve the overall security of the system. Based on a pattern recognition model of biometrics-based authentication system, we argue that when properly designed a biometrics-based authentication system can be highly secure. We identify several attack points in a biometrics-based authentication system and propose counter measures to thwart the attacks. With the improved awareness of the possible attacks, systems incorporating biometrics can be built with higher security. <p/> <b>InfraGard's Role in Critical Infrastructure Protection</b><p/> Presenter: Marc A. Promutico, Special Agent, FBI Coordinator for Albany Infragard Chapter The program will detail the relationship between InfraGard and the other participating organizations to spread knowledge and awareness to better protect our critical infrastructure. InfraGard is an information sharing and analysis effort serving the interests and combining the knowledge base of a wide range of members. At its most basic level, InfraGard is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the private sector. InfraGard is an association of businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to sharing information and intelligence to prevent hostile acts against the United States. InfraGard Chapters are geographically linked with FBI Field Office territories. InfraGard Albany Members Alliance, Inc. is a non-profit corporation and is part of the InfraGard National Members Alliance, which provides a trusted forum for exchanging knowledge, experience, and information to help protect our nation's infrastructure from both physical and cyber threats. |
Nasir Memon, Professor, Polytechnic Institute of New York University<p/> Nalini K. Ratha, Ph. D. , Research Staff Member, IBM Research<p/> Marc A. Promutico, Special Agent, FBI Coordinator for Albany Infragard Chapter |
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<b>Nasir Memon</b> <p/> <img src="http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/schenectady/images/nasir_memon.jpg" alt="nasir_memon" /> <p/> Nasir Memon is a Professor in the computer science department at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, New York. He is the director of the Information Systems and Internet Security (ISIS) lab at Polytechnic (http://isis.poly.edu). Prof. Memon got his BE in Chemical Engineering and MS in Math from BITS, Pilani, India, 1981. He got his MS in Computer Science (1989) and PhD in Computer Science (1992) from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Prof. Memon's research interests include Digital Forensics, Data Compression, Computer and Network Security and Multimedia Computing and Security. He has published more than 250 articles in journals and conference proceedings and holds 6 patents in image compression and security with six more pending application. He has won several awards including the NSF CAREER award and the Jacobs Excellence in Education award. His research has been featured in NBC nightly news, NY Times, MIT Review, Wired.Com, New Science Magazine etc. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Information Security and Forensics. He was an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, the Journal of Electronic Imaging, the ACM Multimedia Systems Journal, the LNCS Transaction on Data Hiding, IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine and the International Journal on Network Security. Prof. Memon is the co-founder of Digital Assembly (http://www.digital-assembly.com) and Vivic Networks (http://www.vivic.com), two early stage start-ups in NYU-Poly's incubator. He is a fellow of the IEEE and an IEEE Signal Processing Society distinguished lecturer for the years 2011 and 2012. <p/> <b>Nalini K. Ratha</b> <p/> <img src="http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/schenectady/images/nalini_ratha.jpg" alt="nalini_ratha" /> <p/> Nalini K. Ratha received his Ph. D. from the Department of Computer Science at Michigan State University and B.Tech in Electrical Engineering and M. Tech in Computer science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Currently, he is a Research Staff Member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York where he leads the biometrics research efforts in building efficient biometrics systems. In addition to more than 80 publication in peer reviewed journals and conferences, and co-inventor on 12 patents, he has co-edited two books entitled “Advances in Biometrics: Sensors, Algorithms and Systems” and “Automatic Fingerprint Recognition Systems” published by Springer and co-authored a popular text book entitled “A guide to Biometrics” published by Springer in 2003. In the past, he has been associated with several leading biometrics conference including general co-chair of IEEE AutoID 02 and SPIE Conf. on Biometrics in Human Identification 2004 – 2005. More recently, he was co-chair of an associated theme on biometrics at ICPR 2006 and ICPR 2008 and also the founding co-chair of CVPR workshop on Biometrics 2006-2010, and founding co-program chair of IEEE Biometrics Theory, Applications and Sytems (BTAS 07 -- BTAS 09). He served on the editorial board of Pattern Recognition journal and IEEE Trans. on Image Processing. He was a guest co-editor of a special issue on biometrics for IEEE Trans. on SMC-B and also for IEEE Trans. on Information Forensics and Security. Currently, he serves on the editorial board of IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics- Part B. He has received several patent awards and a “Research Division” award and two “Outstanding Technical Innovation Award” at IBM. He continues to teach at Cooper Union and NYU-Poly as an Adjunct professor for last several years. He is a Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IAPR and Senior Member of ACM current . His research interests include biometrics, computer vision, pattern recognition and special purpose architecture for computer vision systems. He is the President of the IEEE Biometrics council for 2011- 2012. <p/> <b>Special Agent Marc A. Promutico</b><p/> Marc is the FBI Coordinator for Albany Infragard Chapter. InfraGard Albany c/o FBI Albany Division 200 McCarty Avenue Albany, New York 12209 |
Co-sponsored by the Computer Society and Signal Processing Society | FREE to IEEE members & Union College students – only $5 for general public | NULL |
Questions can be directed to:<p/> • Howard Halstead, Chair Computer Society – halstead@ieee.org<p/> • Frank Wickham, Vice-Chair Computer Society - fwickham@ieee.org<p/> • David Doria, Chair Signal Processing Society – DavidDoria@ieee.org<p/> |
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| Energy Sources for the Future | 2011-05-06 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | 12:00 pm |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, May 5, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Dr Smiley’s long time interest in advanced energy sources and conversion efficiencies has lead to a deep interest in this country’s (and the World’s) political debate on how 1) to accurately characterize our energy situation, 2) assess the options based on the science, and 3) identify the solutions that are realistic. Dr Smiley’s talk will put this large, complex issue in understandable terms and assess the various options based on their technical viability, not their “political correctness”. |
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Dr Smiley was involved in the Design and Development of Nuclear Power Plants for the US Navy at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. He was responsible for all aspects of the Nuclear Reactor and Propulsion Plant Design. This included the Reactor Physics, Reactor Performance, and Reactor Safety design. His primary area of interest was in the design and development of the new propulsion plants, advanced energy conversion concepts, and Research and Development of technology for future designs. Dr Smiley’s last assignment was as Project Manager for the new Virginia Class Submarine program. He retired from the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in 2001 with 38 years of service. After retirement he was asked to be a member of the technical staff that investigated the Columbia Shuttle accident. Dr Smiley received his Undergraduate degree in Engineering Science from The Pennsylvania State University; a Masters Degree in Nuclear Science and Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He also earned a Masters Degree in Industrial Administration from Union College in Schenectady. Dr Smiley and his wife reside in Clifton Park. |
Power & Energy Society (PES) | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 130 |
The church is located just west of the intersection of Rosendale and Vly Roads and Rt. 7, on the corner of Niskayuna Rd and Rt. 7. There is plenty of parking, accessible from either Rt. 7 or Niskayuna Rd. The meeting will be in the large white meeting hall next to the church. Enter through the large glass doors at the lower level. Please note that there is no smoking allowed anywhere on the church grounds. LINK: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Niskayuna+reformed+church&sll=38.9594,-95.2655&sspn=110.388,360&ie=UTF8&v=2.2&cv=4.2.0181.2634&hl=en&latlng=42775682,-73832512,5612330587633382526&ei=qiCFR83nH5vMoQOKorGlCA&cd=4 (Valley Road = Vly Road) |
| Bigger than Photovoltaics in New York Solar Energy | 2011-06-17 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY (near the border of Niskayuna and Albany County) | 12:00 Noon |
Please contact Kristin Short at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, June 16, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Electricity is great, photovoltaic electricity is even better. But solar energy is much more than PV electricity. This talk will touch on several ways solar energy improves your physical and fiscal security and well being. | David Borton Ph.D | NULL | After college and after two years teaching physics in Ghana in the Peace Corps, David Borton earned a Ph.D. in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. During post-doc research in chemistry in the 1970s, Dr. Borton could not buy gasoline. He has been in solar energy ever since. David has founded four businesses, has 5 patents, and has a night job teaching solar energy engineering at RPI. He lives in a passive solar house, generates 30% more solar electricity than he uses, and is building his third solar electric boat. Dr. Borton will speak on how solar energy can improve your life. | IEEE GOLD and IAS | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 132 | NULL |
| 2nd New York State Superconductor Technology Summit 2011 | 2011-08-04 | NULL |
August 4, 2011 Banquet, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm August 5, 2011 Symposium, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm |
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Make reservations at the event home page http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=jki9ubdab&oeidk=a07e3qqdtn96828298d |
BANQUET DETAILS: <p/> Location - Glen Sanders Mansion, 1 Glen Avenue, Scotia, NY 12302 <br/> Cost to attendee – $20.00 per person (additional cost being subsidized by the Summit sponsors) , entrée choices: New York Strip Steak 12 oz, Chicken Milanese, Stuffed Swordfish or Vegan Chef’s Choice. <p/> Keynote Speaker – Kamal Kalafala, Director of Magnetic Resonance Magnet Group, Philips Medical Systems MR (Second Speaker, Dr. Trifon Laskaris, is still being confirmed by GE) Recognition of New York State Leaders in Superconductivity <p/> SYMPOSIUM DETAILS: <br/> Location - Schenectady Museum, 15 Nott Terrace Hts, Schenectady, NY <br/> Cost to attendee – free, includes coffee break and lunch. <br/> Agenda – opening remarks by GE, Philips and SuperPower <br/> - Centennial Address – Dr. Dirk van Delft, Director, Museum Boerhaave, Leiden <br/> - Panel discussion on applications with industry leaders from GE, Q-Drive, Phillips, ConEd and Hypres <br/> - Panel discussion on research trends with academic leaders from SUNY Stony Brook, Brookhaven, SUNY Oneonta/APS, SCCC and Union. <p/> Please find exceprts from the keynote address <a href="http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/schenectady/Events/2011-08-05/Excerpt%20SC%20Conf%20Address.docx">here</a>. |
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| Student Professional Awareness Conference | 2011-09-24 | RPI | Rensselaer Student Union (15th St., Troy) | 3pm-7pm | panwap@rpi.edu |
Carl Selinger - "Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School"<p/> Jignasa Ray - "Networking for the Career You Want"<p/> Sam Salem - "Leadership, Networking, and Life After College" |
Carl Selinger - Principle, Carl Selinger Services. M.S. Transportation Engineering. B.S. Civil Engineering.<p/> Jignasa Ray - Intelligent Transportation Systems Project Manager, MTA Bridges and Tunnels in NYC. M.A. Transportation Management and Construction Management. B.S. Electrical Engineering.<p/> Sam Salem - Wind Diagnostics Team Manager, General Electric. Ph.D. Electrical Engineering. M.B.A. |
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| Big Data | 2011-10-07 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY (near the border of Niskayuna and Albany County) | 12:00 Noon |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, October 6, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
The success of a business is becoming more and more a function of how well it can garner information from the data it collects. Growth depends on the acquisition, synthesis and sale of information (e.g. Smart Grid, Monitoring and Diagnostics, Consumer Credit Cards, Healthcare Electronic Medical Records, etc.). It is through data and the decisions it enables that the electrical grid becomes smarter, the patient remains healthier, and products become more reliable. Data has become critically important to both competitiveness and innovation. And data is growing; databases, algorithms, and analytics that work fine with gigabytes can break down when dealing with terabytes or petabytes of data. Where businesses have encountered large data, most have worked around the problem by limiting the amount of data, working with subsets, or aggregating the data. This must change. Additionally, many businesses face multi-faceted challenges, requiring that they combine several solutions in order to address their overall big data problems. Both real-time decisioning as well as mining of massive datasets is often needed. This talk will review the big data challenges, discuss technologies available to address these challenges and outline strategies to help you get started. |
Christina LaComb | NULL | Christina LaComb is a computer scientist for General Electric (GE) Global Research in Niskayuna, NY. She has a master’s degree in mathematics from the State University of New York in Potsdam. Christine has been working in the areas of anomaly detection, collaboration, and large scale data processing. Christine currently leads the Big Data Software Center of Excellence, addressing large scale data processing technology needs for a variety of GE product lines including smart grid, remote monitoring and diagnostics, and electronic medical records. | Women In Engineering group (WIE) | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 302 | NULL |
| Thinking Like an Inventor | 2011-11-18 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | 12:00 Noon |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, November 17, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Thinking Like an Inventor -- Audience participation during the talk is encouraged! | John Hershey | NULL | John Hershey has a PhD in Electrical Engineering. He is retired from and still consults for the GE Research Center. John was elected IEEE Fellow "for contributions to secure communications". He is the author or coauthor of 8 books - most recently "The Eureka Method - How to think like an inventor" - McGraw-Hill 2011. John was awarded 145 US patents. | Schenectady Section of IEEE | NULL | NULL | Lunch will be provided. | 303 |
The church is located just west of the intersection of Rosendale and Vly Roads and Rt. 7, on the corner of Niskayuna Rd and Rt. 7. There is plenty of parking, accessible from either Rt. 7 or Niskayuna Rd. The meeting will be in the large white meeting hall next to the church. Enter through the large glass doors at the lower level. Please note that there is no smoking allowed anywhere on the church grounds. LINK: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Niskayuna+reformed+church&sll=38.9594,-95.2655&sspn=110.388,360&ie=UTF8&v=2.2&cv=4.2.0181.2634&hl=en&latlng=42775682,-73832512,5612330587633382526&ei=qiCFR83nH5vMoQOKorGlCA&cd=4 (Valley Road = Vly Road) |
| Panel Discussion - Celebrating 100 Year Anniversary of Superconductivity Engineering in Medicine and Biology | 2011-11-11 | Siemens PTI |
400 State Street Schenectady NY |
12:00 Noon |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, November 10, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the costs. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
NULL | Chandra Reis | Philips Healthcare & Section Historian | NULL | IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS) | NULL | NULL | NULL | 304 |
Siemens PTI is at 400 State Street, Schenectady NY, on the corner of State and Broadway above the Bowtie Movieland Cinema. The entrance has a large "400" and is immediately to the left of the Bowtie Cinema doors and a few doors to the right of Proctors as you face the theatre. Parking for a fee is available in the city parking garage accessible from Broadway between I-890 and State. There are also city parking lots nearby that allow for 2 hours of free parking or parking meter spots along the street (including handicap accessible). For entry into Siemens PTI press the bell to the right of the door for the receptionist to let you in. Proceed to one of the elevators and take to the 3rd floor where you'll sign in and be directed to the location of the talk. There will likely be a class in session so please keep noise to a minimum! LINK: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=400+State+Street+Schenectady,+NY&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=400+State+St,+Schenectady,+New+York+12305&z=16 |
| Business Meeting and Holiday Party | 2011-12-02 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | Noon |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Wednesday, November 30 at 9:00 AM to reserve. This event is free for IEEE members, $10.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Holiday Party, Business Meeting and Elections | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | This event is free for IEEE members, $10.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. |
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| Affective Computing | 2011-12-06 | Online | http://ge.geglobalresearch.com/careers/niskayuna-ny-usa/working-here/software-sciences-webinar-series/ | 3:00 PM | NULL | Affective computing is computing that relates to, arises from, or influences emotions. Join us to learn how affective computing can impact the way we interact with people, computers and robots. | Dr. Dongrui Wu | NULL | Dongrui Wu received a B.E in Automatic Control from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, China, in 2003, an M.Eng in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, in 2005, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, in 2009. He was a Research Associate in the USC Institute for Creative Technologies andSignal Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory. He is now with the Machine Learning Laboratory, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY. His research interests include affective computing, computational intelligence, decision-support systems, intelligent control, machine learning, optimization, speech and physiological signal processing, and smart oilfield technologies. Dongrui Wu has about 60 publications, including a book "Perceptual Computing'' (with J.M. Mendel, Wiley-IEEE, 2010). He received an IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems Best Student Paper Award in 2005, an IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award in 2012, and an Award of Excellence from GE Global Research in 2010. Dongrui Wu has been an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems since 2011. He is also an Executive Committee member of HUMAINE, the international affective computing society. | Computational Intelligence Society | NULL | NULL | NULL | 306 | NULL |
| Generation and Application of Strategic Networking Techniques for Professional Development | 2011-12-16 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | 12:00 Noon |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com to reserve and specify this event. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room and the book. The book will be given to the first 40 that register or while supplies last. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the seating. |
One brilliant move at a networking event can launch your career to the next level. Effective networking is an acquired skill. Whether your are a veteran or a novice, our workshops offer practical, proven techniques that can elevate your company's reputation, change the course of business, and enhance your company's bottom-line. Through the use of effective networking, renowned author and speaker Anne Saile has raised millions of dollars for the companies she has served. Her workshops provide key insights into the wide world of networking dos and don'ts acquired in her 20+ years of experience in business management. Audience members will become familiar with proven networking strategies and select ones that can advance the the mission of their organization and their professional objectives. They will learn about effective networking practices, including strategy development, that can strengthen their professional impact and reach in the area of Engineering. The discussion will focus on ways to build stronger networks and maximize connections to further the mission of an organization, secure funding, advance professional and organizational goals, and get the message out. |
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Anne is a nationally known, award winning author, CEO, national consultant, business advisor, and speaker. After spending 25 years as an accomplished CEO in healthcare, she launched the Saile Group, LLC – a multifaceted consulting group that features four major areas: strategic networking, executive coaching, consultant connections and board development. Anne is also Chapter Chair of the two Albany chapters of the Women Presidents’ Organization, an international organization of entrepreneurial women who have guided their businesses to generate at least $2 million in annual sales. Ms. Saile has spoken nationally on high impact leadership, strategic networking, effective business models, medical ethics, emerging healthcare issues, and creating an executive presence. She has written extensively and has appeared frequently as a commentator on television programs and radio talk shows. She is a featured columnist and blogger for the Times Union Women at Work magazine. Her passion is coaching individuals and large organizations on strategic networking, helping them break down barriers and enhance professional networks to create stunning results. |
Schenectady Section of IEEE | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room and the book. | NULL | No lunch, a book instead. | 500 | NULL |
| Developments and Trends in Technology for Manufacture and Repair of High Voltage Rotating Machines | 2012-01-13 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | 12:00 Noon |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, January 12, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Application of insulating materials was largely a manual application for most of the history of HV rotating machines. During the last 20 -- 25 years, customers have demanded improved equipment performance and operating life from their suppliers with continuous pressure to lower costs and reduce delivery times. In the past decade, there have been a number of significant developments in manufacturing processes which have further contributed to major improvements in the quality and productivity in manufacturing of electrical machines. This presentation will show a variety of equipment for automating the manufacture of coils and windings by new processes and improving the quality of the machines, while speeding up production and reducing costs. | G. Harold “Hal” Miller | NULL | Hal Miller has worked in the electrical insulation materials industry since 1969. During his career Hal has been responsible at different times for Technical Direction of developing flexible laminates and mica paper based insulating tapes for all voltage ranges of rotating machines. From 1980 until 1990 and then from 1993 until 2008, Hal worked for the companies now part of the Von Roll Group in their American based plants. From 1990-1993 Hal was on staff with GE Apparatus Service, where he helped coordinate insulating materials and process approval. Since 1993 he has been mainly involved in Insulation Systems testing and in assisting customers to resolve process related problems. Hal retired from Von Roll in 2008. He is now a consultant and acting as North American Sales support for GEMOTEC Ltd. | Schenectady Section of IEEE | Free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 501 | NULL |
| Utility of the Future (Smart Grid) | 2012-02-09 | Union College | 807 Union St, Schenectady, NY, College Park Hall |
5:00 PM Rapid Networking for Engineers <br/> 6:00 PM social gathering<br/> 6:30 PM dinner<br/> 7:30 PM presentation |
By Tuesday (Noon), February 7th with entrée choice (Orzo Stuffed Chicken, NY Strip Loin, Vegetarian Entree).<br/> Contact: Holger Lukas at HolgerHLukas@cs.com (preferred) or 518- 346-9649. |
See <a href="http://sections.asme.org/hudson-mohawk/2012_February_Newsletter_rev2.pdf">this document</a>. | Vincent J. Forte, Jr. PE |
Principal Engineer, Smart Grid Advanced Engineering at National Grid |
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$10 for students (w/ ID)<br/> $ 30 for members & their guests (ASME, IEEE)<br/> $ 35 for nonmembers<br/> $ 0 lecture-only. |
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Standards |
2012-03-09 |
Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY (near the border of Niskayuna and Albany County) | 12:00PM Noon |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, March 8, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
What are standards? Why does IEEE promote development of Standards? How can you participate in the Standards development process? These are questions that will be addressed in a presentation based on a talk given at the recent e-Week event in Albany. | Louie Powell | NULL |
Louie Powell received the BEE degree at Georgia Institute of Technology on the cooperative program. After graduation, he joined General Electric Company where he was assigned to the GE sales office in Chicago as a metals industry requisition engineer. He later transferred to Schenectady where he spent the rest of his 36-year career with GE in various aspects of power system planning and design, culminating as Manager, Transmission & Distribution Consulting in the Power System Energy Consulting Department. Louie has been very active in IEEE for many years. He was Program Chair for the Schenectady IAS Chapter in the 1970’s, and also had leadership roles in several Technical Committees in IAS. From 2005 through 2010 he was Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Industry Applications Magazine, and currently serves as the Administrator for the IAS technical paper submission and peer review management system. He was elected IEEE Fellow in 1995, and received the Richard Harold Kaufmann Technical Field Award in 2001. He has been involved in preparation of a number of numerous IEEE standards for more than 30 years, working with both the Power and Energy Society and the Industry Application Society. |
Schenectady Section of IEEE | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 600 | NULL |
| Alternative Energy: Our Future Depends on It | 2012-03-30 |
Schenectady Museum |
15 Nott Terrace Heights Schenectady, NY 12308 518.382.7890 www.SchenectadyMuseum.org |
5:30-7:30PM |
While not necessary, RSVPs are appreciated. Please register online, by calling 518-382-7890 x 228, or e-mailing LDockal-LaClair@SchenectadyMuseum.org |
Are you wondering where your power will come from for the next few decades? This informative talk by Dr. Walter Robb will explore the basics of alternative energy and options to meet our future energy consumption needs, leaving us confident we will not be “in the dark” in our lifetimes. Walt Robb, former Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of General Electric, is presently applying his time to helping start-up companies in a variety of renewable energy fields. This lecture will not be geared to the many local scientists who are experts in their respective specialty field of producing power; Dr. Robb presents this lecture at a level easily accessible to the rest of us. |
Dr. Walter Robb | Former Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, General Electric | NULL | NULL | Free. Light refreshments served. | NULL | NULL | 601 | NULL |
| Geomagnetic Storms | 2012-04-13 |
Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | 12:00 Noon |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, April 12, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. |
Space scientists are predicting the possibility of a serious geomagnetic disturbance this year or next. Ominous predictions of power system blackouts caused by such disturbances have appeared in news and trade magazine articles during the past year. Those articles lacked certain technical details, probably in deference to their broad target audience. It seems fitting that we, as engineers, should thoroughly understand the physics of the phenomena, what the specific risks to the electric system are and what steps are being taken to cope with those risks. The talk will begin with a brief description of the how solar coronal storms can cause geomagnetic disturbances to earthbound electric power networks, and what damage to system equipment can result. Historical evidence of such damage will be cited and what mitigating steps have been implemented and / or proposed |
Ron Hauth | NULL | Before retiring four years ago, most of Ron’s professional career was spent with GE, New England Electric and ABB where he focused on the analysis and design of electric power systems for secure and economic performance. His exposure to geomagnetic disturbances and their impact on electric transmission systems began in 1990 when he became involved in a research study of the subject area while working at GE. | NULL | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. Lunch will be provided. | NULL | The presentation can be found <a href="http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/schenectady/Events/2012-04-13/GMD_presentation.pdf">here</a>. | 602 | NULL |
| The New Technology of Electric Machines | 2012-04-12 | Union College |
807 Union St, Schenectady, NY. Gathering/dinner: Hale House Dining Room. Presentation: Olin 115. |
6:00PM social gathering, 6:30PM dinner, 7:30PM presentation |
Tuesday (Noon), April 10th with entrée choice (Orzo Stuffed Chicken, NY Strip Loin, or Vegetarian Entree). Contact: Mike Ostrelich at mostrelich@nycap.rr.com (preferred) or 518-583-9429. |
http://sections.asme.org/hudson-mohawk/2012_April_Newsletter_rev4.pdf | Dr. David A. Torrey | CTO Advanced Energy Conversion, Ioxus Corporation | NULL | NULL | $10 for students (w/ ID), $30 for members & their guests (ASME, IEEE), $35 for nonmembers, $0 lecture-only. | NULL | NULL | 603 | NULL |
| 72nd Steinmetz Memorial Lecture - The Promise of Nanomaterials for Thermoelectric Applications | 2012-05-01 | Nott Memorial on the Union College campus. | Schenectady, New York | 7:30 PM |
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font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; "> 5:15pm Social hour (cash bar)</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; 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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; "> 7:30pm Nott Memorial, Union College</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; "> The lecture is free and open to the public</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; ">Buffet entrees are Lemon Herb Chicken and Pasta Prima Vera served with appetizer, salad & dessert.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; ">Please enter number of people & calculate total costs:</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; "> # of Non-students:</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; "> # of Students:</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; "> Total cost:</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; "> Make checks payable to IEEE Schenectady Section</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; ">Return form & payment by Friday, April 20th to:</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; "> Cherrice Traver, Steinmetz Lecture Committee</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; "> Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; "> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: small; display: inline !important; float: none; "> Steinmetz Hall</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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An introduction will be presented in setting the context of the world energy outlook as we look into the future global energy needs. Prof. Steinmetz played a key role in the early days of the development of the energy industry we know today. Thermoelectricity has played a small role on the energy scene in the past, but with an increase in the thermoelectric conversion efficiency, thermoelectric materials are likely to play an increasing role in the future. Because of the special ability of nanomaterials to show a dependence of materials properties on size, it is possible to control properties in low-dimensional materials systems that cannot be independently controlled in bulk materials. Such independent control is especially promising for thermoelectric materials and this promise will be further discussed. A discussion will then be presented about challenges facing the material physics field broadly and within this context we will discuss the promise of nanomaterials in addressing these challenges. A summary will then be given on how we prepare bulk samples containing nanostructured constituents so that the promise of nanostructures can have wider practical applications. Finally we show recent work using thermoelectric nanocomposites to achieve a significant enhancement in the performance of thermoelectric materials, with promise for achieving further enhancement in the future based on present knowledge and on advances in our scientific understanding. |
Mildred S. Dresselhaus |
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Professor Mildred Dresselhaus is a native of the Bronx, and attended New York City public schools through junior high school, and Hunter College High School. She began her independent career in 1960 as a member of the research staff at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory after her PhD at the University of Chicago (1958) and a two-year postdoc at Cornell University. During that time she switched from research on superconductivity to magneto-optics, and carried out a series of experiments which led to a fundamental understanding of the electronic structure of semi-metals, especially graphite. This led to her appointment as an MIT faculty member and eventually to appointment as an Institute Professor in the departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering. She served as the Director of the Office of Science at the US Department of Energy in 2000-01, and has been an officer in many national organizations in physics, engineering, and related areas. Honors and awards include 28 honorary doctorates worldwide, including one from Union College. Other honors include the National Medal of Science, the Nicholson Medal for Humanitarian Service, the Compton Award, and most recently the Fermi Prize. Professor Dresselhaus’s research over the years has covered a wide range of topics in condensed matter and materials physics. She is best known for her work on carbon science and carbon nanostructures, as well as nanoscience and nanotechnology more generally. She is also one of the researchers responsible for the resurgence of the thermoelectrics research field through her early work on low-dimensional thermoelectricity in the early 1990s. She co-chaired a Department of Energy study on “Basic Research Needs for the Hydrogen Economy” in 2003 and more recently co-chaired the National Academy Decadal Study of Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. She has co-authored more than 1400 publications including books, book chapters, invited review articles, and peer-reviewed journal articles. She is co-inventor on five US patents. Dr. Dresselhaus remains involved in activities that promote the increased participation of women in science and engineering. She is an enthusiastic chamber music player where she plays violin and viola, and enjoys spending time with her husband, four children, and five grandchildren. |
Schenectady Section of IEEE and Union College | Dinner cost is $10 per person, $6 for students. | NULL | The PDF announcement of this event can be found <a href="http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/schenectady/Events/2012-05-01/Invitation.pdf">here</a>. | 604 | NULL |
| Electric Stimulation for Long-Gap Peripheral Nerve Injury | 2012-04-27 | Niskayuna Reformed Church | 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | 12:00 Noon |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, April 26, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. Please be courteous and cancel your reservation if you cannot attend so that we have a chance to adjust the food order and seating. LUNCH: Lunch will be provided. |
In the past 30 yrs., dogmatic beliefs that neurons do not regenerate and the adult mammals are unable to produce new neurons following development have been disproven. Despite the progress in basic sciences, there is a great need to translate cellular-molecular discoveries to the clinic. Intact networks need to be protected, scarring minimized, lost cells/tissue (neurons, glia, microvessels) replaced/regenerated to restore lost function. In vivo, non-neural cells (e.g. glia and neural progenitors) present or implanted at the injury site work in concert to promote neuronal re-growth; the ability to examine these in vivo cell-cell interactions is limited. Schwann cell (SC) migration and re-population have been identified as limiting factors following large-gap injuries. Thus, enhanced and directed SC migration would promote more efficient and robust axonal re-growth. While neurons are responsive to a variety of factors: soluble, substrate-bound, cell-mediated, mechan! ical, electrical and topographic cues, endogenous electric fields that are present and reported to be instructive during embryogenesis can promote axonal growth following injury. In our research program, we are evaluating neuronal and Schwann cell response to a simplistic electrical cue, DC electrical stimulation (ES). Results in neuron and non-neuronal response to electrical stimulation will be presented in both 2D as well as within a 3D nanomaterial hydrogel. A mechanistic understanding of electrical stimulation is vital to translate and optimize this developmental cue to aid repair of nerve injuries. Furthermore, appropriate translation of this biophysical stimulus is needed to support repair following injury. |
Deanna M. Thompson |
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer |
Deanna M. Thompson received her B.S.E in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan (1993). She received her M.S (1999) and Ph.D (2001) in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from Rutgers University as a NIH Pre-doctoral trainee in an interdisciplinary training program in Biotechnology. Dr. Thompson did her post-doctoral training at the Center for Engineering in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Shriners Burns Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital (2001-04). She joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering as an Assistant Professor at Rensselaer in 2004 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011. Dr. Thompson is a member and her lab is located in the Center of Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Research Center. Dr. Thompson’s research interests are neural tissue engineering specifically related to peripheral nerve and spinal cord repair, neural stem cells, and biomaterials for nerve repair. Dr. Thompson is the recipient of the JD Watson Young Investigator Award and School of Engineering Research Award from Rensselaer. She is a member of several professional societies including Biomedical Engineering Society, Society for Biomaterials and Society for Neuroscience as well as the reviewer for several international and national journals and grant agencies. She is on the Executive Committee for the NIH Biomolecular Pre-doctoral training program and is the faculty co-advisor for the Society of Women Engineers. |
IAS and WIE | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 700 | NULL |
| Wide Area Measurement System in the Brazilian Interconnected Power System – Experience and Applications | 2012-05-18 |
Niskayuna Reformed Church |
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd (Rt. 7), Niskayuna, NY | 12:00 Noon |
Please contact Lou Tomaino at schdyieee@yahoo.com by Thursday, May 17, at 9:00 AM to reserve and specify this event. If we have an overwhelming response, only those with reservations will be admitted. |
Nowadays the Wide Area Measurement System (WAMS) are largely spread around the world. Despite the different development stages and applications found in different countries, their Independent System Operators (ISOs) recognize the technology potential. In the last years the great part of the research effort was dedicated to developing applications using phasor measurement data. The main idea was to verify the potential of this technology in power system performance improvement. Developments were realized in the all power system main areas: monitoring, control and protection. In the industry, monitoring presents a superior development level when compared with control and protection applications. The reality had proved PMUs to be a valuable tool for post-mortem analysis. Some examples can be found in the Brazilian and Colombian blackouts. Despite the great level of the research done in the PMU applications, there is a lack of understanding how the PMU device really works. Compare to the traditional measurement device, like analogical current and voltage transforms, or digital devices, like digital disturbance recorders (DDR), where the voltage/current is directly measured and converted to digital data, the PMU device uses signals processing techniques unfamiliar to the power system engineers. This not complete understanding of the phasor measurement process may bring some concerns about the use of PMU data for real advanced control and protection applications. This talk will provide an overview of the WAMS technology and the experience in the Brazilian Interconnected Power System (BIPS). There are two phasor measurement system installed in the BIPS, the LVPMS, a low voltage (outlet voltage) prototype installed in 14 universities, covering the main geo-electric regions of the country and the HVPMS, a prototype installed at 525 kV substations of Eletrosul, a transmission utility in Southern Brazil. Since their installation, these prototypes have been a rich source of experience on the development, research and application of phasor measurement. |
Dr. Daniel Dotta |
Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil |
Daniel Dotta received his MSc. Degree in Electrical Engineering in 2003, and the PhD Degree in Power System Engineering in 2009, both from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. He has been on the faculty at the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina since 2006. Currently he is doing his sabbatical at Renssenlaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY. | IEEE Industry Applications Society | This event is free for IEEE members, $5.00 for non-members to help cover the cost of the room. | NULL | NULL | 701 | NULL |