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August 2007
Volume 54, Number 1
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:
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Manager......................
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REPORT ADDRESS CHANGES TO:
SECTION OFFICERS
Chair.........................................................
kdixit
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Vice-Chair-1................................
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“AT” computer.org (732) 718-3818
Vice-Chair-2...........................................
a.j.patel
“AT” ieee.org
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s.shin
“AT” ieee.org (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22
Secretary..........................................
rpepe
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Members-at-Large:
Pete
Donegan (doneganp “AT” ieee.org)
Katherine Duncan (kb2zoo “AT” hotmail.com)
Seth
Jakel (sgjakel “AT” comcast.net)
The
IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
August
2007
Aug. 1 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive
Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 77 River Rd, Clifton, NJ 07014.
Russell Pepe at rpepe “AT” att.net.
Aug. 3-5 – “IEEE Conference on the History of Electric
Power”, New Jersey Institute of Technology. Contact Ken Oexle at 973-386-1156
for more information.
Aug. 8 – “Engineers Meet:
IEEE Section Social for Engineers” - NJ PACE & GOLD,
Upcoming
Meetings
Sept. 5 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive
Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 77 River Rd, Clifton, NJ 07014.
Russell Pepe at rpepe “AT” att.net.
Sept.
15-Dec. 1 – “C# .NET Programming”
by Dr. Donald Hsu, North Jersey Section, Saturday Mornings, 10 sessions, 9:00
AM-12:00 PM, AVTI, 25 Salem Street, Hackensack, NJ. Donald Hsu (yanyou “AT” hotmail.com).
Oct. 4 – “2007 MTT/AP Symposium and Mini-Show”
– MTT-S/AP-S Chapter,
Oct.
16-Dec. 11 – “Manage Global E-Commerce
Projects” by Dr. Donald Hsu, North Jersey Section,
Saturday Mornings, 8 sessions, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, NJ International Bulk Mail
Center, Jersey City, NJ. Donald Hsu
(yanyou “AT” hotmail.com).
Oct. 25 – “Life Grade Lunch”, Hamilton Park Conference
Center, Florham Park, NJ. Ken Oexle
(973) 386-1156.
Members and Non-Members Welcome
PLEASE POST
2007 Awards Banquet
Award recipients
with the Section Chair. (L-R) Ron Quade, Dr. Sanghoon Shin, Ken Oexle, Kirit
Dixit-Section Chair, Greg Olson, Harry Roman
Kirit Dixit
(L), Section Chair, presents Region 1 Award to Dr. Sanghoon Shin recognizing
his service to the Section, the MTT Society and local MTT/AP Chapter
Kirit Dixit
(L), North Jersey Section Chair presenting a Region 1 Award to Ron Quade, PES
Chapter Chair, recognizing his Outstanding Contributions and Leadership in
Advancing the Continuing Education and Professional Development of
Engineers through the Chapter's Successful Technical Lecture and Seminar
Programs
Roland
Dixon (L) presenting the North Jersey Outstanding Engineer Award to Harry Roman
Ron Quade
(L), North Jersey PES Chapter Chair, presenting the Corporate Recognition Award
to Greg Olson for the Outstanding Support of Public Service Electric & Gas
Company in fostering IEEE activities
Hazem
Huss (L), IAS Chapter representative Region 1, presents IAS Outstanding Chapter
Award to Ken Oexle, Chair North Jersey Chapter, and Won Kim, Chapter Vice-Chair
PES Region
1, 2, & 3 Chapter Representative Mike Miller (R) presenting Ron Quade,
North Jersey PES Chapter Chair, with a check for the high performance chapter
award
NJ PACE & GOLD Chapters:
Engineers Meet: IEEE Section Social for Engineers
On
About
the Meeting
Just
fun, socializing and getting to speak with and meet other engineers, members
and guests.
Exchanging
E-mail addresses and job contacts will be welcome.
About
the Speaker
There
will be no guest speaker. Attendees will
get a chance to speak and introduce themselves and tell about their experience
in the profession and IEEE.
All
Welcome!
Members
and students from other professional societies and engineering disciplines are
always welcome. We now include members
from IEEE, ASME and AEA. For more
information about these groups see:
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/ For North Jersey Section News
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/1/ We are in Region 1, For Reg. 1 Activities
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
CARE is the Congressional Advocacy Recruitment
Effort. CARE is a voluntary network of
IEEE members who are interested in public policy. To help go to www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/
Time:
Place:
Information: Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625 (PWard1130 “AT”
aol.com) or Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-0803 (rftax “AT” verizon.net).
News from IEEE-USA:
Conference to Examine Role Technology Can Play in Managing Health Care Costs and Improving Patient Care
Washington
(7 June 2007) - The role technology can play in helping the United States manage
health care costs by advancing the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of
disease will be examined in a conference at the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md., on 25 September.
Major
technological advances have greatly improved patient care since the 1970s, but
have come at a steep price. U.S. health
care spending is expected to rise from nearly $2 trillion in 2002 to more than
$4 trillion by 2015.
The
goal of Economic Strategy for Health Care through Bio and Information Standards
and Technologies is to emphasize the need to develop a long-term economic
strategy for implementing bio and health care information technologies into our
health care system. By developing
breakthrough biomeasurement, bioinformatics, biologically based and
health-information technologies, rising health care costs can be reigned in and
quality can be improved.
The
outcome of this conference will benefit patients and society by improving the
quality and convenience of care, managing health care costs and increasing
access to affordable and effective health care throughout the world,
Biotechnology Council Chair Dick Doyle said.
The
all-day conference will bring together key government, industry, academic and
research leaders and patient advocates.
This will help policy makers and corporate leaders understand where
technology investments should be made to enhance health care quality, wellness
and disease prevention, while minimizing cost.
Dr. Jerry Grossman, senior Fellow and director of the Harvard/Kennedy
School Health Care Delivery Policy Program and chairman emeritus of New England
Medical Center, is the honorary chair.
Because
of the complexity and scope of the issue, the conference requires decision
makers, researchers, engineers and providers from many traditional disciplines
to collaborate and tackle the challenges together, Doyle said.
For
more information and to register, see http://www.itl.nist.gov/Healthcare/conf/index.htm.
Preceding
the conference, selected invitees will participate in a half-day workshop at
NIST on 24 September. Robert Cresanti,
Commerce Department under secretary for technology, will address the
participants. Major findings will be
shared with conference attendees.
The
Biotechnology Council, NIST and IEEE-USA are cosponsoring the event. The Biotechnology Council is composed of many
professional societies, including: the Society for Biological Engineering; the
Biomedical Engineering Society; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society; and the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
These societies have a total membership of nearly 750,000.
Cosponsor
URLs: Biotechnology Council (http://ewh.ieee.org/tc/biotech/);
NIST (http://www.nist.gov/);
IEEE-USA (www.ieeeusa.org).
Contact: Chris McManes
IEEE-USA
Senior Public Relations Coordinator
Phone: (202) 530-8356
E-Mail: c.mcmanes@ieee.org
Contact: Chris McManes
IEEE-USA
Senior Public Relations Coordinator
Phone: (202) 530-8356
E-Mail: c.mcmanes@ieee.org
News from IEEE-USA:
IEEE-USA Backed Engineering News Spots Aired in 23 U.S. TV Markets; IEEE-Cosponsored PBS Engineering Reality Program Debuts First Six Shows
Washington
(8 May 2007) - The IEEE is reaching out to two different segments of the public
-- from nine-to-13-year-olds and to adults -- in its quest to promote the
understanding of engineers and engineering, as well as to encourage
technological literacy. For the third
consecutive year, IEEE-USA is underwriting the American Institute of Physics
(AIP) "Discoveries & Breakthroughs" TV news spots. In addition, for the first time, the IEEE is
a cosponsor of a new PBS TV series, the engineering-based reality program,
"Design Squad."
"Discoveries
& Breakthroughs" TV News Spots: Each month, AIP's "Discoveries
& Breakthroughs" news service delivers a dozen 90-second spots (in
English and Spanish) to the top 66 television markets in the United States with
a potential reach of 75-million viewers.
Recent
studies have shown that most Americans learn about engineering through
television news, either local or cable.
Additionally, according to University of Minnesota research commissioned
by AIP, short-term exposure to "Discoveries & Breakthroughs" news
spots on local TV stations "fosters positive perceptions about the
accessibility" of science and technology and the role they play in
society. Further, the research documents
that those exposed to "Discoveries & Breakthroughs" stories
"appear to be more likely than their counterparts to talk with peers"
about sci-tech. And the university
researchers conclude that "the program could activate social networks in
support of key legislative and policy-related goals."
Since
2005, IEEE-USA has helped to underwrite almost 300 local TV news stories on
engineering and science. In the last 16
months, 25 stories about IEEE-related technologies aired in 23 different TV
markets, including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tampa-St.
Petersburg, Phoenix and Miami. The
average number of household views for these 23 markets combined is estimated at
more than 70-million. Stations airing
the IEEE-related spots were a mix of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Univision, cable and
independent affiliates.
Recent
IEEE-technology-related stories included: "Engineering Makes Movie Motion
Realistic"; "Engineers Invent Doppler-Based Stethoscope";
"RFID-Based Recycling Technology Makes Philadelphia Greener"; and
"Automotive Engineers Team Up to Improve Energy-Saving Technology." To view these news spots, go to http://www.aip.org/dbis/.
A
limited number of two DVD compilations of IEEE-related technologies included in
"Discoveries & Breakthroughs" is available to IEEE members by
sending an e-mail to p.mccarter@ieee.org.
"Design
Squad" Engineering Reality PBS TV Program: Intended for youngsters in the
critical "tween" age group of nine-to-13, PBS' "Design
Squad" is part of a national, multimedia initiative designed to pique
interest -- especially among girls and minorities -- in engineering concepts
and challenges. Since March, PBS has
aired six of 13 programs on such engineering challenges as converting kiddie
toys into motorized dragsters; creating original musical instruments; building
"bizarre" bikes; raising 20-foot bridges without power tools;
devising a way to cover all the angles of a basketball game via
remote-controlled cameras; and designing "the most durable, portable and
low-cost" peanut butter making machines for a women's collective in Haiti.
"Design
Squad" also includes a Web site that provides behind-the-scenes
information, games and descriptions of the program's engineering challenges and
solutions, plus an e-zine that highlights the role of engineers in
society. And, as part of the program's
public-outreach component, IEEE-USA is scheduling a workshop for U.S. IEEE
volunteers at an upcoming meeting to bring "Design Squad" challenges
to local schools and communities.
The
program has begun to elicit positive reactions.
Common Sense Media, which provides family television reviews, notes on
its Web site: "What sets this series apart from other reality shows is the
teens' positive attitude
--
they don't get upset over losses, instead celebrating (and congratulating)
their peers' ingenuity. Tweens with the
building bug will love this smart series -- and with four girls in the cast,
viewers will be reminded that engineering isn't just a guy thing anymore."
To
read the entire review, go to http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/Design-Squad.html.
Full
"Design Squad" episodes can be downloaded at http://pbskids.org/designsquad/.
To
find local PBS stations and listings, see http://pbskids.org/tvschedules/localizer.html?dest=/designsquad/index.html&nola=DESQ&station
Major
funding for the program is provided by the National Science Foundation and the
Intel Foundation; additional funding comes from the IEEE, the American Society
of Civil Engineers, Tyco Electronics and others.
IEEE-USA
advances the public good and promotes the careers and public-policy interests
of more than 220,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are
Contact:
Pender M. McCarter, APR, Fellow PRSA, MIPRA,
IEEE-USA
Senior Public Relations Counselor
Phone: (202) 530-8353
E-Mail: p.mccarter@ieee.org
Employment: Imaging Product Design Engineer
Vision Research, a local design and manufacturer of
very high speed digital cameras, is looking for qualified engineers to join its
design team. Expertise in digital and
analog design is essential. Digital
imaging system design expertise is preferred.
Apply confidentially to Dick Toftness; rtoftness@
visionresearch.com. Vision research is
an EEO employer.
Life Grade
Luncheon
The PES Chapter and the
Section will sponsor a luncheon for North Jersey IEEE Life Grades (Members,
Senior Members and Fellows) on Thursday October 25 at the Hamilton Park
Conference Center, 175 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932. The luncheon will begin at 11:30 AM in the
Terrace area. Cost is $5.00 per person.
Advance registration is
required prior to October 15. We can
accommodate only 30 people.
Registrations will be processed in the order of receipt and will be
confirmed by return mail. Please
complete the following registration form and include a check Payable to the
North Jersey Section IEEE in the amount of $ 5.00 per person.
Reservations cannot be accepted at the door. For additional information contact Ken Oexle
(973) 386-1156.
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IEEE Life Grade Luncheon Registration NJ -
Name_________________________________________
Address_________________________________________
Phone _________________________________________
IEEE #______________ Life Grade ____Yes
Return to:
Ken Oexle
Prior to October 15 and enclose $5.00
Check payable to NJ Section IEEE
THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL
AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS, INC.
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IEEE NORTH JERSEY SECTION MTT-Society and AP-Society
Joint Chapter PRESENT 22nd ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM AND
MINI-SHOW |
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FOCUS: SELECTED
TOPICS IN RF AND MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION
Hanover Manor
SCHEDULE
OF EVENTS
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
10 –12 LECTURES
FEATURING SPEAKERS FROM LEADING
COMPANIES WITH EMPHASIS
ON MILTARY ELECTRONICS,
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
AND MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS.
MINI SHOW FEATURING
LATEST PRODUCTS
(Approximately 30-40
Exhibitors)
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH
SERVED
Details of the schedule, speakers and topics can
also be found at the IEEE North Jersey Section Newsletter webpage:
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/NEWSLETTER.html
For further information contact
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Chair/Exhibition: |
Kirit Dixit |
(201) 669-7599 |
kdixit “AT” ieee.org |
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Publicity: |
Arthur Greenberg |
(973) 386-6673 |
ahg1 “AT” alcatel-lucent.com |
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Event/Location Coordinator: |
Ken Oexle |
(973) 386-1156 |
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Technical Program Co-Chair: |
Har Dayal |
(973) 633-4618 |
har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com |
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Technical Program Co-Chair: |
George Kannell |
(973) 386-4170 |
gkk “AT” gsinnovations.com |
THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ATTEND THE
SYMPOSIUM OR SHOW
IEEE North Jersey Section Course
C#
.NET Programming
Saturday morning, September 15, 2007 through December 1,
2007
Ten weekly classes (September 15, 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27,
November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 2007)
Place: AVTI, 25 Salem Street, Hackensack, NJ (Checks should
not be mailed to this address)
IEEE North
Jersey Section thanks AVTI for sponsoring this “hands-on” course at its site.
The IEEE North Jersey Section
is offering a course entitled "C# .NET Programming". Since 2002, C#
.NET has generated significant headway in Fortune 1000 enterprise development
systems. Dice.com lists 850+ C# .NET jobs in the New York tri-state area daily!
This course will cover the fundamentals of C# language, the .NET framework,
window and web-based applications, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, and XML. It will be useful
for anyone to develop applications based upon these tools.
You will receive the IEEE
Certificate of Completion when you finish the course. Microsoft Corp. has MCAD
and MCSD certifications. You may wish to
get certified by taking the necessary Microsoft exams with the knowledge gained
from this course.
Instructor: Donald
Hsu, Ph.D., has been a corporate manager for 11 years and is an experienced
trainer. Since 2001, he has trained 450+ people in C++, Java, WebLogic, XML, C#
.NET courses in 7 organizations.
TOPICS
1. Compare the enterprise
development tools using C++, Java to C# .NET
2. Define Visual Studio .NET
Version 2005
3. Identify C# syntax, data type,
control structures and common language runtime
4. Distinguish methods, arrays,
object-oriented programming
5. Build graphical user
interface, multithreading, files and streams
6. Explain the benefit of using
extensible markup language (XML)
7. Select database, SQL server,
and ADO .NET
8. Choose ASP .NET, web forms,
web controls, and web services
9. Operate the network,
streams-based socket and mobile toolkits
10. Search and sort, data
structures, generics and collections
11. Present student Projects
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WHERE: |
AVTI, 25 Salem Street,
Hackensack, NJ |
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WHEN: |
10 Saturdays, September 15,
29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 2007, 9:00 AM to
12 noon |
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COST: |
IEEE (& affiliate)
members $500; Non-IEEE members $550 |
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CONTACT: |
Donald Hsu, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com |
REGISTRATION: C# .NET Programming
Please mail the completed
registration form with the check (payable to “North Jersey Section IEEE”) to:
Donald Hsu
Chair,
Education Committee
IEEE North
Jersey Section
Name: / Mr. / Mrs. / Miss / Ms. /
_____________________________________________ _________________________________
¨ Non-member Çemail addressÈ
¨ IEEE Member Member #:_________________________ Member of _____________________________
technical society
Employer:___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employer
Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home
Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Business (day) telephone
#:___________________________________
Home telephone #:________________________________
Please enclose required fee
payable to: North Jersey Section IEEE
As soon as a fully completed
registration form and the payment are received, you are officially registered
for this course. Registration status
will be notified in an email format.
¨ I wish to receive IEEE Completion Certificate Signature:___________________________________________
IEEE
North Jersey Section Course
Manage Global E-Commerce Projects
Tuesday Evenings, October 16, 2007
through
Eight weekly classes (October 16, 23, 30,
November 6, 13, 20, 27, December 11, 2007)
USPS, NJ International Bulk Mail
Center,80 County Rd, Jersey City, NJ
07097 (Checks should not be mailed to this address)
IEEE North Jersey Section appreciates USPS, BMC for sponsoring this
course at its site
This course covers the
management and entrepreneurial aspect of “Global E-Commerce”. Dice.com lists
5700+ Project related jobs in the New York area daily! Using Microsoft Project,
you completed projects in construction, engineering, information technology,
marketing or finance. When you see a niche in the market place, you write a
business plan. Then you get finance for your startup. Setting up a website, you are now selling to
6 billion world customers. You will be the next Ebay, MySpace or YouTube
billionaire$$$.
How do you do this? Do you have to learn HTML, JavaScript, Flash,
or PHP? Do you worry about the
accounting and legal issues? How do you get all the eyeballs? What is the catch? This course will provide detailed case
studies of 8+ countries on their success stories using e-commerce. It covers the complexity of dealing with
business partners, competitors, customer retention, and payment issues. In the continental Europe, there are 50 e-discount
airlines since 1996! Yes anyone can start a web e-business, but there is no
guarantee of success.
By taking this course, you
can manage projects more effectively or you can start your own e-business. You
will receive the IEEE certificate of completion when you finish the course.
(This is not an exclusive PMI examination
prep course).
Instructor: Donald
Hsu, Ph.D., has been a corporate manager for 11 years and is an experienced
trainer. Since 1999, he has trained 950+ people in Accounting, International Business, Java, Global Finance, Marketing
Research and Project Management courses in eight organizations. He started and sold three businesses. Since 2004, he has been running a non-profit
global e-business.
TOPICS
1. Explain the need for a
project manager
2. Define SOW, PERT, GANTT, CPM,
and scope of the project
3. Complete milestones,
condition of satisfaction and final project reports
4. Contrast globalization and
national diversity
5. Choose the Silicon Valley
model
6. Compare France, Germany and Japan
E-Commerce
7. Identify China and Taiwan
E-Commerce
8. Distinguish Brazil and Mexico
E-Commerce
9. Select other European
countries
10. Analyze global convergence
issues and present student Projects
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WHERE: |
NJ International Bulk Mail Center, Jersey City,
NJ. (Checks should not be mailed to
this address) |
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WHEN: |
8 Tuesdays, October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13,
20, 27, December 11, 2007, 6:30-9:00 PM. |
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COST: |
IEEE (& affiliate) members $420; Non-IEEE
members $470 |
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CONTACT: |
Donald Hsu, yanyou “AT”
hotmail.com |
REGISTRATION: Manage Global E-Commerce Projects
Please mail the completed registration form with the
check (payable to “North Jersey Section IEEE”) to:
Donald Hsu
Chair, Education Committee
IEEE North Jersey Section
Name: / Mr. /
Mrs. / Miss / Ms. /
_____________________________________________ _________________________________
¨
Non-member Çemail
addressÈ
¨ IEEE Member Member #:_________________________ Member of _____________________________
technical society
Employer:___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employer Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home
Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Business (day) telephone
#:___________________________________
Home telephone #:________________________________
Please enclose required fee payable to: North
Jersey Section IEEE
As soon as a fully completed registration form and
the payment are received, you are officially registered for this course. Registration status will be notified in an
email format.
¨ I wish to receive IEEE Completion Certificate Signature:___________________________________________