PUBLICATION OF THE NORTH JERSEY SECTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS

 

Last Updated 4/17/08

April 2008

 

 

 

 

Newsletter Information

 

Activities Calendar

 

2007 IEEE North Jersey Fellow

 

 

Computer:

TRAP-Array:  A Disk Array Architecture Providing Timely Recovery to Any Point-in-time

Computer & EMS:

New! Product Development Methodologies for Success!

Consultants’:

How We Survived a Professional Website Redesign

Consultants’:

New! Why Consultants Fail and What You Can Do About It!

Control Systems:

New! Optimal State Feedback Stabilization Gain Selection of Networked Control Systems with Time Delay and Packet Losses

EDS/C&S:

CANCELED! Electron Devices in Astronomy

Montclair:

New! Montclair High School Robotics Team to Demonstrate Robots

MTT-S/AP-S:

60 GHz Antenna-in- Package Design and Evaluation

PACE, GOLD, WIE:

Engineers Meet:  Patenting Your Invention

PACE, GOLD, WIE:

New! Engineers Meet:  Where Do We Go From Here?

PACE, GOLD, WIE:

New! Engineers Meet:  IEEE Section’s Congress

PACE, GOLD, WIE:

New! Engineers Meet:  For a Members Social

PACE, GOLD, WIE:

New! Engineers Meet:  State of IEEE and Proposed Improvements

SP:

New! Securing Wireless Mesh Networks

SP:

New! Relay vs. User Cooperation in Multiaccess Networks

 

New! IEEE NJ-NY Co-Sponsors Professional Networking Mixer

 

New! North Jersey Spring 2008 Student Presentation Contest

 

New! Jerry Minter Featured in the Premier Oral History Video on IEEE.tv

 

New! Industry Liaison Chair Position Open for North Jersey Section

 

NJ Section Seeks Training Facility

 

Region 1 Award Nominations

 

North Jersey Section Seeks Committee Chairs and Volunteers

 

2008 R1 Student/GOLD /WIE Conference April 26, FDU-Teaneck, NJ

 

2008 Sarnoff Symposium

 

LISAT 2008

 

 

MTT-S/AP-S

New! 23rd Annual Symposium And Mini-Show

 

IEEE Awards Reception

PES/IAS Course:

Harmonics Seminar

 

New!

= New Announcement Not Published in Paper Newsletter

Update!

= Change to Meeting Time, Location, or Other Details

 

IEEE North Jersey Section

 

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April 2008

Volume 54, Number 9

Publication No:  USPS 580-500

“The IEEE Newsletter” (North Jersey Section), is published monthly except June and July by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.   Headquarters:  3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY  10016-5997.  $1.00 per member per year (included in annual dues) for each member of the North Jersey Section.  Periodicals-class postage paid at New York, NY and at additional mailing offices.  Postmaster send address changes to:  “The IEEE Newsletter”, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ  08855-1331.  USPS 580-500 (ISSN 1076-3732).

 

NEWSLETTER STAFF

Editor........................................... Keith Saracinello

Business Manager...................... Keith Saracinello

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SECTION OFFICERS

Chair......................................................... Kirit Dixit

                       kdixit “AT” ieee.org  (201) 669-7599

Vice-Chair-1........................................... Amit Patel

                                             a.j.patel “AT” ieee.org

Vice-Chair-2............................. Dr. Sanghoon Shin

         s.shin “AT” ieee.org  (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22

Treasurer......................................... Pete Donegan

                                          doneganp “AT” ieee.org

Secretary.......................................... Russell Pepe

                        rpepe “AT” att.net  (201) 960-6796

 

 

Members-at-Large:

Katherine  Duncan (kb2zoo “AT” hotmail.com)

Seth Jakel (sgjakel “AT” comcast.net)

Howard Leach (h.leach “AT” ieee.org)

 

The North Jersey Section Executive Committee usually meets the first Wednesday (except holidays and December) of each month at 7:00 PM.  Meetings are open to all members.  For information on meeting agenda contact Secretary Russell Pepe (201) 960-6796, rpepe “AT” att.net.

 

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IEEE North Jersey Section Activities

April 2008

 

Apr. 1 – Optimal State Feedback Stabilization Gain Selection of Networked Control Systems with Time Delay and Packet Losses” by Professor Mo-Yuen Chow, NJ Control Systems Chapter, 5:00-6:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.  Professor Timothy Chang, (973) 596-3519, changtn “AT” njit.edu.

Apr. 2 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 77 River Rd, Clifton, NJ.  Russell Pepe at rpepe “AT” att.net.

Apr. 8 – Securing Wireless Mesh Networks” by Dr. Yanchao Zhang, NJ SP Chapter, 4:45 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ.  Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.  Yun Shi (973)-596-3501 (shi “AT” njit.edu), Alfredo Tan (201) 692-2347 (tan “AT” fdu.edu), and Hong Man (201)-216-5038 (hman “AT” stevens-tech.edu).

CANCELED Apr. 9 – Electron Devices in Astronomy” by Dr. Lucian Kasprzak, NJ EDS/C&S Chapters, 7:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.  Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS Microwave), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Durga Misra (973) 596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu).

Apr. 9 – Engineers Meet:  Patenting Your Invention” with Michael J. Feigin, Esq., NJ PACE, GOLD, WIE, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ.  Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT” aol.com, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rftax “AT” verizon.net.

Apr. 9 – Relay vs. User Cooperation in Multiaccess Networks” by Dr. Lalitha Sankar, NJ SP Chapter, 3:00 PM, Stevens Institute of Technology, Babio Building Room 310, Hoboken, NJ.  Yun Shi (973)-596-3501 (shi “AT” njit.edu), Alfredo Tan (201) 692-2347 (tan “AT” fdu.edu), and Hong Man (201)-216-5038 (hman “AT” stevens-tech.edu).

Apr. 17 – 60 GHz Antenna-in- Package Design and Evaluation” by Dr. Duixian Liu, NJ MTT-S/AP-S Chapters, 7:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.  Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), Kirit Dixit (201) 669-7599, kdixit “AT” ieee.org, or Har Dayal (973) 633-4618, har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com.

Apr. 18 – TRAP-Array:  A Disk Array Architecture Providing Timely Recovery to Any Point-in-time” by Professor Qing Yang, NJ Computer Chapter, 11:45 AM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ.  Professor Jie Hu (973) 596-5273, jhu “AT” njit.edu, Professor Mengchu Zhou, (973) 596-6282, mengchu.zhou “AT” njit.edu, Seth Jakel, (973) 731-1902 or (973) 820-1865, sgjakel “AT” comcast.net, or Howard Leach, (973) 540-1283, hhleach “AT” aol.com.

Apr. 24 – How We Survived a Professional Website Redesign” by Pat Banker, NJ Consultants' Network, 7:30 PM, Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ.  Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org.

Apr. 25 – Harmonics Seminar”, NJ PES/IAS, 9:00AM to 2:00PM, PSE&G - Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield, NJ.  Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.

Apr. 25 & 26 – Region 1 Student Conference”, NJ SAC-GOLD-WIE, 6:00 PM Friday, 8:30 AM Saturday, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ.  Russell Pepe, rpepe “AT” att.net.

Apr. 26-27 – “Trenton Computer Festival”, Saturday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Sunday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ.  Allen Katz, TCF Speaker Program Chairperson, a.katz@ieee.org or (609) 771-2666.

Apr. 28-30 – 2008 Sarnoff Symposium”, Nassau Inn, Princeton, NJ.  See details at http://www.sarnoffsymposium.org.

 

Upcoming Meetings

 

May 4 –NJ Section Awards Reception” - 3:00 to 6:00 PM at the Birchwood Manor, 111 North Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ.  Anne Giedlinski (973) 377-3175

May 7 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 8:00 PM, Coffee and Desert at 7:30 PM, ITT, 77 River Rd, Clifton, NJ.  Russell Pepe at rpepe “AT” att.net.

May 8 – IEEE NJ-NY Co-Sponsors Professional Networking Mixer”, North NJ/NY Section GOLD, WIE, PACE, CN, SAC Groups, 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Village Pourhouse (vegas room), 64 Third Avenue (corner of 11th st), New York, NY.  Contact northjerseygold "AT" ieee "DOT" org for additional information.

May 14 – Engineers Meet:  Where Do We Go From Here?” by Kate Duncan, NJ PACE, GOLD, WIE, 6:30 – 9:00 PM,