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August 2009
Volume 56, 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: 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
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Business
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Jersey Section when you change your mailing address. “The IEEE Newsletter” and other section
mailings use a list provided by IEEE’s national headquarters.
SECTION OFFICERS
Chair....................................................... Amit
Patel
a.j.patel
“AT” ieee.org
Vice-Chair-1............................. Dr.
Sanghoon Shin
s.shin
“AT” ieee.org (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22
Vice-Chair-2.............................. Dr. Naresh
Chand
naresh.chand
“AT” baesystems.com (973) 636-7408
Treasurer......................................... Pete
Donegan
doneganp
“AT” ieee.org
Secretary.......................................... Russell
Pepe
rcpepe
“AT” ieee.org (201) 960-6796
Members-at-Large:
Dr. Katherine Duncan (kduncan “AT” ieee.org)
Dr. Mengchu Zhou (zhou “AT”
njit.edu)
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, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
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IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
August 2009
Aug. 5 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30
PM,
“Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00
PM,
ITT, 77
River Rd,
Clifton, NJ. Russell Pepe at rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
Aug.
12 –
“Engineers Meet: The Professional’s View”, NJ PACE, GOLD, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM,
Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ. Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT”
aol.com, or Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-0803, rtax “AT” verizon.net.
Upcoming
Meetings
Sep.
2 –
“NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 77 River Rd, Clifton,
NJ. Russell Pepe at rcpepe “AT”
ieee.org.
Sep.
17 –
“Nanowire
Biosensors” by Professor Mark A.
Reed, NJ EDS/C&S Chapters, 7:00
PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center
(Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), 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).
Sep.
24 –
“Digital Insecurity” by Arthur J. Hedge III, NJ Computer Society,
7:00 PM, Public Meeting Room, Morris County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave,
Whippany, NJ. Michael Malm (201)
355-6167, mmalm “AT” ieee.org, Seth Jakel (973) 731 1902, (973) 820-1865,
sgjakel “AT” comcast.net or Howard Leach (973) 540-1283, hhleach “AT” ieee.org.
Oct.
1 –
“2009 MTT/AP Symposium
and Mini-Show” – MTT-S/AP-S Chapter,
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Avenue, E. Hanover, NJ. Kirit Dixit (201) 669-7599 (kdixit “AT”
ieee.org), Art Greenberg (a.h.greenberg “AT” ieee.org), Har Dayal (973)
633-4618 (har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com), or George Kannell (973) 386-4170 (gkk
“AT” gsinnovations.com).
Oct.
14 - Dec. 9 –
“C# .NET Programming” by Donald Hsu, PhD,
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Advanced Technical Marketing, Suite 113, 1719 Route 10,
Parsippany, NJ. Donald Hsu, yanyou “AT”
hotmail.com.
Oct.
29 –
“Life Grade Luncheon”, Hamilton Park
Conference Center, Florham Park, NJ. Ken
Oexle (973) 386-1156.
Members and Non-Members Welcome
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IEEE and North
Jersey Section Going Web 2.0, Facebook & Linked-In
If you are reading this article, there is a good
chance you are reading this either on a paper newsletter or on a static
webpage. Some of that will be changing
to provide the reader alternative channels of accessing important information.
This article tries to provide a brief introduction
to RSS, Really Simple Syndication, which is the core technology behind Web 2.0
features, applications, and how IEEE is now using it.
There are many detailed descriptions of RSS and how
it works (see Wikipedia for a good introduction to RSS and XML), but in the
context of Web 2.0, it is an XML (eXtensible markup language) based push
technology that allows for moving information from the content producer to the
appropriate client software being used to aggregate data from many sources to
present to the user.
Many people are already using such client software
without actually knowing that it is RSS and XML driving it under the hood. For example, news portal sites like Yahoo
utilize RSS, Google Reader is an aggregator that also collects subscribed feeds
as diverse as news stories, daily blogs, to audio and video podcasts. Popular social networking sites like Facebook
and Linked-In are also powered by this technology and push member's status
changes and postings out to email, twitter and SMS.
So what does this have to do with the IEEE? One great example of how the IEEE currently
uses Web 2.0 is the individualized myIEEE (http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/myieee.html)
portal that every single member has as part of their membership. It allows for customization of products and
services of interest to the member as well as notification of IEEE wide events
of interest in different categories.
Additionally, a little over a year ago the IEEE
introduced a new meeting and event announcement system which allows for
publishing feeds of these events to the public.
This data is then collected using the subscriber's favorite client
aggregator software.
Many people make use of one or more of such
technologies and can now integrate their access to local IEEE event
notifications. Over the course of the
next year the North Jersey Section will roll out all meeting and event
notifications using RSS. You can begin
to participate now using the following URL:
meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meetings/rss/1/
NORTH%20JERSEY
Paste this address into your RSS reader or
aggregator software of choice. You can even use Microsoft Outlook 2007 to collect
notifications. Just go to the tools,
account settings, RSS feeds tab and paste this URL into the dialog box.
Additionally, if you use Facebook or LinkedIn, the
North Jersey Section now has a Facebook fan page that you can become a fan of
and all these meeting postings will be notified via the fan page which you can
join here:
www.facebook.com/pages/IEEE-North-Jersey-Section/
If you use LinkedIn, you can join the IEEE North
Jersey Section Group to receive the same event notifications as well. Just go to
www.linkedin.com
and search for IEEE North Jersey Section under the
groups menu.
Click through links for both the fan page and group
will be available off the main North Jersey Section website at http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj. As the process of rolling out better
integrated Web 2.0 functionality continues via myIEEE and our Facebook fan page
and Linked-In group, the updates will be publicized in future articles. For now, try out RSS feeds and our Fan Page
and or Group to see how you can make better use of this information using your
notification channel of choice.
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NJ Computer Society:
Digital Insecurity
On Thursday, September 24th, 2009, the IEEE
North Jersey Section Computer Society Chapter will host a presentation entitled
“Digital Insecurity” by Arthur J. Hedge III.
About
the Talk
The amount of digital information is growing at an
exponential rate. As it becomes more and
more valuable the number of data breaches and risk of data loss faced by
individuals, organizations, and countries continue to grow. Mr. Hedge will cover what the digital world
looks like today, what the threat landscape is, and how we can protect
ourselves.
·
Threats faced by individuals.
·
Threats faced by organizations.
·
What you can do about it.
·
What organizations can do about it
About
the Speaker
Arthur Hedge is the President of Castle Ventures
LLC. Castle Ventures is an Information
Technology consulting firm focused on security.
Mr. Hedge has over 20 years of consulting experience in the IT
field. Mr. Hedge is a graduate of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He lives in New Jersey with his wife and two sons. He is a member of a number of professional
organizations, including Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), and the
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).
Mr. Hedge servers as a mentor for Columbia University’s Technology
Management program. He is a frequent
speaker and writer on technology subjects.
All
Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend. Bring your friends and network
during the free pre-meeting buffet starting at 6 PM.
Time: 7:00
PM, Thursday, September 24th, 2009, pre-meeting buffet starting at 6:00 PM.
Place: Public Meeting Room, Morris
County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ, (973) 285-6930.
Information: Michael Malm (201) 355-6167,
mmalm “AT” ieee.org, Seth Jakel (973) 731 1902, (973) 820-1865, sgjakel “AT”
comcast.net or Howard Leach (973) 540-1283, hhleach “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ EDS/C&S:
Nanowire Biosensors
On September 17, 2009, the IEEE NJ Section
Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters together with the New Jersey
Institute of Technology will host a talk on “Nanowire Biosensors." The speaker will be Distinguished Lecturer,
Professor Mark A. Reed.
About the Talk
Nanoscale electronic devices have the
potential to achieve exquisite sensitivity as sensors for the direct detection
of molecular interactions, thereby decreasing diagnostics costs and enabling
previously impossible sensing in disparate field environments. Semiconducting nanowire-field effect
transistors (NW-FETs) hold particular promise, though contemporary NW
approaches are inadequate for realistic applications. We present here a novel approach using
complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)
technology that has not only achieved unprecedented sensitivity, but
simultaneously facilitates system-scale integration of nanosensors for the
first time. This approach enables a wide
range of label-free biochemical and macromolecule sensing applications,
including cell type discrimination through the monitoring of live,
stimulus-induced cellular response, and specific protein and complementary DNA recognition assays.
An important achievement is the introduction of real-time, unlabeled
detection capability, allowing for fundamental studies of cellular activation,
and specific macromolecule interactions at
femtomolar concentrations.
Important aspects of microfluidic integration and Debye screening will
be discussed, along with the demonstration of live cell peptide-specific
immunoresponse.
About the Speaker
Professor Mark A.
Reed received his PhD in Physics from Syracuse University in 1983, after which
he joined Texas Instruments. In 1990
Mark joined Yale University where he holds the Harold Hodgkinson Chair of
Engineering and Applied Science, and is the Associate Director of the Yale
Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering. His research activities have included the
investigation of electronic transport in nanoscale and mesoscopic systems,
artificially structured materials and devices, molecular scale electronic
transport, plasmonic transport in nanostructures, and chem/bio
nanosensors. Mark is the author of more
than 180 professional publications and 6 books, has given 19 plenary and over
260 invited talks, and holds 25 U.S. and foreign patents on quantum effect,
heterojunction, and molecular devices.
He has been elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and
Engineering and Who's Who in the World.
His awards include; Fortune Magazine “Most Promising Young Scientist”
(1990), the Kilby Young Innovator Award (1994), the Fujitsu ISCS Quantum Device
Award (2001), the Yale Science and Engineering Association Award for
Advancement of Basic and Applied Science (2002), Fellow of the American
Physical Society (2003), the IEEE Pioneer
Award in Nanotechnology (2007), and Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (2009).
All Welcome!
You do not have to
be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00
PM, Thursday, September 17, 2009. Free buffet will begin at 6:15 PM.
Place: 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.
Information: 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).
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NJ Section PACE, GOLD:
Engineers Meet:
The
Professional’s View
On Wednesday, August 12, 2009 the North
Jersey Section Professional Activities Committee along with Graduates of the
Last Decade will host a meeting to discuss the Profession as viewed by attending
Members.
About the Meeting
The meeting will focus on the status of our
engineering profession from the viewpoint of Members attending the
meeting. Subject will be itemized and
sent on to the Presidents of IEEE and IEEE-USA.
We will also plan for future PACE meetings,
subjects and guest speakers.
You are encouraged to attend, voice your opinion
and invite your associates.
About the Speaker
We will not have a special guest speaker. Richard Tax and Paul Ward, PACE Chair and
co-chair will host the meeting and collect the information from the floor.
All Welcome!
Members and students from all professional
societies and engineering disciplines are welcome. We now have attendees from IEEE, ASME, NSPE,
ASCE and AEA. For information about these
groups see:
www.aea.org
www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care
www.ieeeusa.org
www.programmersguild.org
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
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 and for information go to www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/.
Time:
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Refreshments will be served.
Place: Clifton Memorial Library, 292
Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ, (973) 772-5500.
Information: Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625,
PWard1130 “AT” aol.com, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-0803, rtax “AT” verizon.net.
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Unemployed? - Did you know?
Unemployed
IEEE members are entitled to a 50% dues reduction
IEEE realizes that economic circumstances may
impact some members' ability to pay the full amount of IEEE membership
dues. For this reason, the following
special circumstance categories have been established. Special circumstances are not available to
Student members. Only one category may
be claimed in any year.
IEEE offers the following special circumstances
categories:
• Minimum
Income
• Retired
• Unemployed
• Disabled
Minimum Income Provision: Applicants who certify that their prior
year's income did not exceed US $12,900
or equivalent are granted a 50% reduction in IEEE dues, regional assessment
and dues for one IEEE Society and its optional publications. Please submit written certification with
application and payment. Student members
are NOT eligible.
Retired Provision:
A retired member, not gainfully employed and not qualifying for Life Member
Status, on attaining the age of 62 years, may apply for a 50% reduction in dues
and assessments. An individual who
qualifies for the IEEE Retired Member category may continue any and all Society
memberships held for not less than the 5 prior years. Optional publication fees equal those
established for Student members.
Unemployed Provision: A 50% reduction in membership dues, Society
dues, other subscriptions and assessments are available to a member or
applicant who informs the IEEE Operations Center Office that he/she: (1) has
become involuntarily unemployed and is seeking reemployment, or (2) has become
voluntarily unemployed for reasons of raising children. A statement of continued unemployment shall
be provided with each annual dues payment.
In the case of voluntary unemployment, the provisions of this Bylaw
shall not exceed four years. The reduced
payments may not be made in installments.
Permanently Disabled Provision: The IEEE membership dues and assessments, if
any, shall be waived for those members who become permanently disabled. "Permanent disability" shall mean a
medically determinable physical or mental impairment which (i) renders the
individual incapable of performing any substantial gainful employment, (ii) can
be expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration or result in death,
and (iii) is evidenced by a certification to this effect by a doctor of
medicine approved by the Executive Director.
The Executive Director shall determine the date on which the permanent
disability shall have occurred if such determination is necessary.
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North Jersey Section Seeks Committee Chairs
and Volunteers
The North Section is seeking new volunteers to help
conduct business for the benefit of its membership. There are a variety of volunteer positions
open and available. They range from
technical to non-technical, leadership or just participatory. For Society Chapter Chairs, you must be a
member of the corresponding IEEE Society.
If you would like to become involved with
volunteering in some of these efforts or positions or just become more informed
about what is happening at the North Jersey Section, please contact Dr. Chandra
Gupta at c.gupta “AT” ieee.org. You are
welcome to attend the Section business meeting held the first Wednesday of
every month to find out more and other volunteer activities that require some
help.
Some committees needing volunteers include the
following. Please contact the person
indicated for additional information.
·
Power
Electronics Society Chapter Chair - contact c.gupta below.
·
GOLD (Graduates of the Last
Decade) Affinity Group Volunteers and Committee members needed - contact
northjerseygold “AT” ieee.org
·
WIE
(Women in Engineering) Affinity Group Volunteers and Committee members needed -
contact kduncan “AT” ieee.org
·
EMBS
(Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) is seeking a chair and active
committee volunteers - contact c.gupta “AT” ieee.org.
·
Membership
Development Committee Chair and Volunteers - contact c.gupta below.
Additionally, if
interested volunteers would like to get more general information about the
Section, including a complete listing of
all chapters and committees, visit the North Jersey Section website http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/, or contact Dr. Chandra Gupta c.gupta “AT” ieee.org.
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No job? Take a hot course to get
a job!
The IEEE North
Jersey Education Committee ran programming and management courses since
1993. 229 IEEE members and non-members
completed these courses. Proven benefits: They got better jobs including one at
Microsoft Corporation.
We need hot
courses, instructors and classrooms. If you can teach a hot course (the course
that people can get jobs), email your one-page abstract and your resume. If your NJ firm can provide a conference
room, evening or Saturday morning, contact Donald Hsu, Chair, yanyou “AT”
hotmail.com. Thank you and act NOW!
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PRESS RELEASE:
NJIT Electrical Engineer Cracks Code To
Detect Media Tampering
http://www.njit.edu/news/2009/2009-123.php
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News from IEEE-USA:
IEEE-USA and Small Business Administration
Partner to Assist High-Tech Entrepreneurs
Washington
(23 June 2009) - To assist high-tech entrepreneurs starting new businesses,
IEEE-USA and the U.S. Small Business Administration have signed an agreement
pledging mutual cooperation in promoting, strengthening and expanding small
business development throughout the country.
According
to IEEE-USA President Gordon Day, the agreement will benefit IEEE members who
are starting their own technology-based businesses.
"The
American high-tech industry was created by individuals who had the vision and
courage to create new products, companies and even whole industries based on
little more than ideas and hard work," Day said. "Big companies like HP and Apple started
in garages. By partnering with SBA, we
can help find and nurture America's next generation of advanced technology
companies and business leaders."
Under
the agreement, SBA will provide IEEE-USA with information about its programs
and services, make available information about SBA's resource partners, provide
speakers to participate in IEEE-USA events to discuss SBA financing, government
contracting and other business topics, and invite IEEE members to attend local
SBA-sponsored events and offer training at IEEE-USA-designated locations.
IEEE-USA
will cooperate with SBA's resource partners -- Small Business Development
Centers, Women's Business Centers and SCORE "Counselors to America's Small
Business" -- to provide information to its members about business
development services for small businesses, inform IEEE members of SBA's
programs and services, provide speakers for SBA-sponsored events and share
volunteer opportunities, such as SCORE counseling positions, with IEEE members.
"The
SBA and IEEE-USA have joined together to help some of the nation's most
innovative entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses," SBA
Administrator Karen G. Mills said.
"This cooperative agreement means that more technical businesses
will be able to benefit from SBA programs, services and financial assistance as
they create the jobs of the 21st century."
A
signing ceremony at SBA headquarters in Washington was held on 18 June. Ana M. Ma., SBA's chief of staff, represented
SBA, and Day represented IEEE-USA.
Working
through its Entrepreneurial Activities Committee, IEEE-USA has established an
online Entrepreneurs Village, which provides resources promoting innovation and
company growth, and links high-tech entrepreneurs with mentors and peers. See http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/entrepreneurs/.
The
SBA is an independent federal agency created in 1953 "to aid, counsel,
assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free
competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of
our nation." See www.sba.gov.
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News from IEEE-USA:
Unemployment Rate for Electrical Engineers
Soars to New Record, Engineering Jobless Rate Up for Second Consecutive Quarter
Washington (7 July
2009) - The unemployment rate for U.S. electrical and electronics engineers
(EEs) hit a new record in the second quarter, while the rate for all engineers
increased for a second straight quarter, according to data released last week
by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
"Technology
drives our economy, which means engineering unemployment is a bellwether for
recovery and job creation," IEEE-USA President Gordon Day said. "These new data suggest we've got a long
way to go as the United States attempts to regain its economic footing."
The news for EEs
was particularly bad as the jobless rate more than doubled from 4.1 percent in
the first quarter to a record-high 8.6 percent in the second. The previous quarterly record was 7 percent,
in the first quarter of 2003.
For all engineers,
the unemployment rate jumped from 3.9 percent in the first quarter to 5.5
percent in the second quarter. The rate
for computer professionals steadied at 5.4 percent, after a significant jump in
the first quarter. The second-quarter
unemployment rate for all professional workers showed a modest uptick, from 3.7
percent to 4.3 percent.
The BLS reports that 29,000 EEs
were unemployed in the second quarter, up from the first-quarter figure of
13,000. On a small positive note, the
number of employed EEs seems to have stabilized, actually rising 2.3 percent
quarter-to-quarter, but at levels well below those of the past decade.
"Taken
together, these data may suggest that engineers laid off last year and early
this year are having trouble securing the new engineering jobs being
created," Day said.
IEEE members can
find career enhancement resources at http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/. Help for unemployed and at-risk
members is available at http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/help/.
Contact:
Chris McManes
IEEE-USA Public Relations Manager
Phone: (202)
530-8356
E-mail: c.mcmanes@ieee.org
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IEEE-USA in Action:
IEEE-USA Joins Others in Urging Federal
Government to Improve Visa Processing for Visiting Students, Scientists,
Scholars
Washington (15 June
2009) - IEEE-USA President Gordon Day signed a statement last week urging the
federal government to improve the visa processing system to expedite the
admittance of visiting international students, scholars and scientists.
IEEE-USA was one of
31 academic, scientific and engineering organizations to endorse the statement
sent to U.S. policymakers. Signing
organizations included the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
the American Institute of Physics, the Association of American Universities,
the American Chemical Society and the National Academy of Engineering.
The group expressed
concern about significant increases in visa processing delays this year
experienced by many foreign students, scientists and scholars interested in
studying, conducting research or attending conferences in the United
States. The organizations believe these
problems are hurting our country's world scientific and economic leadership.
"Our nation's
colleges and universities and scientific and technical organizations are the
engines of the new knowledge, innovation, and advanced training that power the
country's research enterprise and contribute greatly to economic and national
security," the statement says.
Among the eight
recommendations the group made are addressing "the current backlog of visa
applications as expeditiously as possible," and streamlining "the
visa process for credentialed short-term visitors in science and technology
fields." Stricter visa screening was put into place after the 9/11
terrorist attacks.
"We are
confident that it is possible to have a system that protects national security,
and yet is still timely and transparent, provides for thorough reviews of
applicants, and welcomes the finest talent," the group wrote.
View the statement
at http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2009/media/0611visa_delay_statement.pdf.
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North Jersey Reception Honors Fellows and
Awardees
The IEEE North
Jersey Section Successfully held its annual awards reception on Sunday May 3rd
at the Birchwood Manor in Whippany, New Jersey.
The awards reception took place from 3 to 6 PM at the manor with plenty
of food and pictures. Each honored guest
and award recipient is shown and identified in the captions.
This section wide
event brings together IEEE Region 1 and neighboring section leadership, local
section leadership, members, guests and families to recognize their IEEE
members and volunteers for their continued and long-term dedicated efforts in
technical subject areas and outstanding achievements in professional areas.
The reception
honors the newly inducted IEEE Fellows, Region 1 awards winners in a variety of
areas, and various technical society awardees for the contributions of their
volunteers through their chapters.
Candidates for
Region 1 award nominations are always being sought by the section awards
committee chair Ken Oexle (k.oexle “AT” worldnet.att.net). Contact him for further details and deadlines
of how to nominate a colleague.
(L-R) Fellow Award
presented to Professor Nirwan Ansari (left), New Jersey Institute of Technology,
“for contributions to broadband networks and communications” by Charles
Rubenstein, Director-Elect, Region 1, and Amit J. Patel, Section Chair.
(L-R) Dr. Yves
Baeyens, Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, “for contributions to the broadband
and millimeter-wave circuits for optical and wireless communications” by
Charles Rubenstein, Director-Elect, Region 1, and Amit J. Patel, Section Chair.
(L-R) Fellow award
presented to Dr. Anwar Elwalid, Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, “for
contributions to multimedia traffic in telecommunication networks” by Charles
Rubenstein, Director-Elect, Region 1, and Amit J. Patel, Section Chair.
(L-R) Fellow award
presented to Dr. Thomas Woo, Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, “for
contributions to network security and mobile data services” by Charles
Rubenstein, Vice Director-Elect, Region 1, and Amit J. Patel, Section Chair.
(L-R) Region 1
Award presented to Dr. Ricky John for outstanding leadership in the technical
innovation, development and implementation of energy policy by Amit J. Patel,
Section Chair.
(L-R) Region 1
Award presented to Peter Donegan for outstanding leadership and service to the
North Jersey Section and Student Engineering Activities by Amit J. Patel,
Section Chair.
(L-R) Region 1
Award presented to Carl L. Sulzberger for outstanding leadership and service to
the Power and Energy Society, the North Jersey Section and the History
Committee of the IEEE by Amit J. Patel, Section Chair.
(L-R) Region 1 Alex
Gruenwald Award presented to Paul Ward and Richard Tax for excellence in PACE
(Professional Activities Committee for Engineers) within the North Jersey
Section by Amit J. Patel, Section Chair.
(L-R) The IEEE MGA (Member & Geographic
Activities) Leadership Award was presented to Dr. Nirwan Ansari for his
sustained leadership and tireless efforts to increase and maintain continuous
engagement of the North Jersey Section members by Charles Rubenstein,
Director-Elect, Region 1, and Amit J. Patel,
Section Chair.
The PES Chapter Outstanding
Engineer Award was presented to Gabriel Paoletti (center) for outstanding
leadership and contributions in the life extension, modernization, predictive
analysis and life cycle cost of electrical distribution equipment by Michael
Miller on the left and by Amit J. Patel, Section Chair on the right.
(L-R) The IEEE
Industry Applications Society Outstanding Chapter Award was presented to Won
Kim and Kenneth Oexle for outstanding chapter activities within the Section, by
Amit J. Patel, Section Chair.
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In Memoriam, Jerry B. Minter
By Howard Leach, Historian
In 1947, he
organized and chaired the first Northern New Jersey Subsection of the Institute
of Radio Engineers (IRE), the predecessor organization of the IEEE North
Jersey Section. He was named a Fellow of
the IEEE in 1969 and became a Life Fellow in 1979. He is shown below with other past Section Chairs
at the seventh annual Life Grade Luncheon on October 18th, 2008, at
the Hamilton Park Hotel & Conference Center, Florham Park, NJ.
From left - Dr. Michael Liechenstein (1993), Howard Leach (1989), Steve Mallard (1966-67), Ken
Oexle (1979-80), Jerry Minter (1947), Herb Blaicher, Jr. (1970-71), Al Stolpen
(1980-81,2000), Har Dayal (2005-06), and Kirit Dixit (2007-08)
Jerry
B. Minter, 95, engineer, inventor, and businessman of Morris Township, NJ, passed away on May 19,
2009. He will be remembered by his
family, friends, and business and professional colleagues for his many remarkable
accomplishments and contributions.
He
grew up in Fort Worth,
Texas, and graduated from MIT in 1934 with a BS EE. During that time he showed his technical
gifts at an early age with the building of crystal radio sets and the sale and
installation of radios at the age of 12 through stores in Ft Worth, Texas. He went on to build, sell, and service other
radios and public address systems in Texas and in Massachusetts while at MIT. After graduating from MIT, he returned to
Fort Worth to build a ham station. From
one of his ham contacts, he heard about a job in New Jersey. As a result he arrived in Boonton on May 20,
1935 with his portable 5-meter ham rig on his old Model A roadster. He used to drive to Sheep Hill in Boonton and
work ham’s at Rocky Point, Long Island.
In
1935, he joined Boonton Radio at $15.00 per week in the development of
band-pass intermediate frequency transformers.
In 1936, at the Radio Frequency Laboratories of Boonton, he help design
aircraft receivers for new tower frequencies.
Unfortunately, RFL was closed when the IRS ruled in 1936 to tax all surplus corporate profit
at 100 percent. He then joined the
Ferris Instrument Corp on Boonton Ave in 1936 and worked on the Model 16 and
25A Standard Signal Generators. He also
worked on the US Navy Model 32A Radio Noise and Field Strength Meter.
In
1939, he helped found the Measurements Corporation, Boonton, NJ, as VP and Chief Engineer with some of
his associates from the Ferris Instrument Corp.
They were successful with the design and production of test equipment,
particularly signal generators models 78, 79, and 84 that supported the WWII
radar development and operation. In fact
the first Model 84 was shipped to England to help with a countermeasures
laboratory. Another of their signal
generators was in use at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack. At that time, they were producing about ten
percent of the test equipment made in this country. Later they developed the Model 90 Signal
Generator for color television receiver testing.
In
1947, he formed the Northern NJ Subsection of the IRE, the predecessor organization of the IEEE North
Jersey Section. This became the IRE Northern NJ Section in 1954 which was eventually
re-named the IEEE North Jersey Section in 1962-63 with the combination of the IRE and the AIEE into the IEEE. The Section is now celebrating its 55th
anniversary.
The
picture below was taken from the 1948 ‘Proceeding of the IRE, Waves and Electronics Section’, which recognized
him as Chairman of the IRE Northern New Jersey Subsection, organized in
October of 1947.
In
1953, after the Measurements Corp. was sold to the Edison Company, Jerry had a
number of conversations with Charles Edison about his father, Thomas A.
Edison. One related to the fire at the
West Orange Laboratories where Thomas Edison, excited about the size of the
fire, asked his son, Charles, to go get his mother so she could see the blaze.
In
1954, Mr. Minter bought the Components Corp., Denville, NJ, and entered into the audio business
where he developed a series of special test records using their own
‘Professional’ turn table and record presses.
Also in 1954, He was elected president of the Audio Engineering Society and
helped start publication of ‘The Audio Engineering Society Journal.’
In
the 1960’s, the company designed and built miniature high voltage power
supplies for use in high altitude probes for NASA. They also developed a high-reliability
edge-board connector called the “DigiKlip” that was used commercially in the
Univac 1108, DC-10, as well as in space and military programs. Jerry also worked on video taping systems,
many that were setup in the surgical suites within hospitals in New York City and in other major hospitals across
the country. In another medical project,
he modified VCR’s to reduce their startup time for recording
surgical training videos in NYC. Jerry,
at the time of his death, was still President of The Components Crop.,
Denville, NJ, which is still in business and provides printed circuit wireform
interconnect products, see: http://www.componentscorp.com/.
His
most recent technical innovation was a passive collision warning system for
small aircraft. Jerry Minter holds 26
patents of which the last six are on his aircraft collision avoidance
system. As a private pilot with his own
1946 Navion airplane at Morristown
Airport, he was a member of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and used his own plane to perform search and
rescue and other CAP missions. He
was also a longtime member of the Quiet Birdmen.
In
2006, he presented a demonstration of his patented aircraft collision warning
system to a joint meeting of the IEEE North Jersey Section Aerospace and
Electronics Systems Society (AESS) Chapter and the Lone Eagle Composite
Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, Peapack-Gladstone,
NJ. He was also in the process of
installing a prototype system on his aircraft for in-flight demonstrations.
The
above photo shows left to right members of the Lone Eagle Composite Squadron
with Jerry, Capt Will McLain V, commander, and Dr. Naresh Chand, Chair of the
AESS Chapter.
On
March 13th, 2007, Mr. Jerry B. Minter, the founder of the
predecessor organization to our IEEE North Jersey Section made history again by
becoming the first individual to be videotaped for an oral history for the IEEE
History Center Archives. Until this
time, the oral history recordings were all audio only. The video oral history taping was arranged by
Mary Ann Hoffman, Archival & Web Services Manager, and conducted by Dr.
Michael N. Geselowitz, Director, of the IEEE History Center, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ. Below see a photo taken
of Jerry with Mary Ann Hoffman just before the video oral history taping at the
Components Corp., Denville, NJ. A
Measurements Corp. product, a Grid dip meter, which were produced in large
volumes, is shown on the table.
It
is fitting that Jerry was the first to have his oral history video taped as he
was instrumental in the innovation of the use of video taping of surgical
procedures for educational purposes. To
see his edited video go to: the
www.ieee.org home page, search on IEEE TV, select it, and under IEEE.tv Public
Access, scroll down to: Oral History:
Jerry Minter.
This
article just hits the some of the highlights on Jerry’s technical
contributions. To get a much better
understanding of his career and the many technical contributions he made,
please read his oral history text. Go
to:
www.ieee.org
home page, search
on Oral Histories, select it and the alphabetical link at the bottom, then
scroll to: Jerry B. Minter.
Jerry
Minter was also very active in other profession organizations as well. He was a Fellow and past President of the
Radio Club of America. Some of the
information in this article was taken from an autobiography (1995) and profile
(2002) of Jerry Minter published within the Radio Club of America
Proceedings. He was also a past
President of the Audio Engineering Society and held memberships in the Radio
Electronic Television Manufacturing Association, the Society of Automotive
Engineers, the American Standards Association, and the American Society of
Metals.
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In Memoriam, Raymond Weronick
By Keith Saracinello, Newsletter Editor and Business
Manager
Raymond
Weronick, PE, passed away on May
9th, 2009, at the age of 60. Born in
Brooklyn, NY, he moved to Parsippany in 1978.
He graduated from the City College of New York and received his Masters
Degree from the Polytechnic Institute of NY.
Ray,
as he was affectionately known by his peers, was Chief Electrical &
Controls Engineer for Nuclear Programs for Washington Group International (formerly EBASCO Services/Raytheon Engineers &
Constructors) working out of the World Trade Centers in New York City and later
in Princeton for 38 years. Most recently
he was the Director of Electrical Engineering at Tetra Tech in Morris
Plains. Ray was a licensed Professional
Engineer in 17 states including New York and New Jersey.
Ray
was a career long IEEE member and a
Senior Member since 1989. His experience
and contributions included:
·
Past Chairman - Nuclear Power
Engineering Committee (NPEC) Sub-Committee 4 "Auxiliary Power"
·
Past Member - Working Group
for IEEE Std. 765 "Preferred Power Supplies for NPGS"
·
Past Member - Working Group
for "Loss of all AC at Nuclear Power Plants"
·
Lecturer - IEEE Seminar
"Electrical Power Supply Systems" (1985)
·
Participation at numerous
IEEE Seminars and Panel Discussions
·
Nuclear Science Symposium
(1999) Co-Author "Ampacity of Cables in Solid Bottom Trays With and
Without Covers"
·
American Power Conference
(1996) Co-Author "Bus Transfers"
·
American Nuclear Society (1990)
Co-Author "Evaluating the Transient Performance of Emergency Diesel
Generator Units by Computer Modeling”
·
EEI Prime Movers Committee Presenter and Panel Member
"Environmental Qualification of Electrical Equipment in Nuclear Power
Plants" (1983)
On
a personal note, Ray touched many lives, including my own with his zest for
life, creative mind, selfless sense of humility, willingness to help others,
and his tremendous sense of
humor. He entertained many with his
extemporaneous impersonations and magic tricks.
Even in his various administrative and management capacities, he was
proud to tell people he was an engineer. He was admired by many as a leader, a
motivator, a role model, and inspiration in the true sense. Ray was the reason why I first joined IEEE as
a student member, and he continued to encourage and support IEEE membership and
participation throughout his career.
There was no greater love in Raymond's life than his family. He is survived by his wife Joyce, his son
Jeffrey and his wife Alisa, his daughter, Joy Migliaccio and her husband
Louis. Raymond was the beloved
grandfather to Justin, Hayley, Courtney, Noah and Jillian. He also leaves his mother, Gertrude Weronick,
his sister, Patricia Coniglio and her husband Ray.
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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 29 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 Oct 19.
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
regarding the event contact Ken Oexle (973) 386-1156.
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IEEE Life
Grade Luncheon Registration NJ - Oct 29, 2009
Name_________________________________________
Address_________________________________________
Phone
_________________________________________
IEEE
#______________ Life Grade ____Yes
Return
to:
Ken Oexle
11 Deerfield Rd
Whippany,
NJ 07981
Prior to October 19 and enclose $5.00 Check payable to NJ Section IEEE
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THE
INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS, INC.
IEEE NORTH JERSEY SECTION
MTT-Society and AP-Society Joint Chapter
PRESENT
24th
ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM AND MINI-SHOW
FOCUS:
SELECTED
TOPICS IN RF AND MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY APPLICATIONS
DATE: THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 2009
PLACE: Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle
Rock Ave, E. Hanover, NJ 07936. Ph# (973) 992-7425
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9:00
AM TO 4:30 PM
TECHNICAL
SESSIONS
10 –12 LECTURES FEATURING SPEAKERS FROM
LEADING
COMPANIES, WITH EMPHASIS ON MILITARY
ELECTRONICS,
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES AND MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS.
MINI SHOW FEATURING LATEST PRODUCTS
(APPX.
30-40 EXHIBITORS)
(COMPLIMENTARY
LUNCH SERVED)
Details of the schedule and speakers and the topics will be
posted on the IEEE North Jersey Section Home page http://www-ec.njit.edu/~ieeenj/NEWSLETTER.html by July 2009.
For further information contact:
CHAIR/EXHIBITION: KIRIT DIXIT
(201-669-7599), kdixit “AT”
ieee.org
PUBLICITY: ARTHUR GREENBERG,
a.h.greenberg “AT” ieee.org
EVENT/ LOCATION CO-ORDINATOR: KEN
OEXLE (973-386-1156)
CO-CHAIR– TECHNICAL PROGRAMS: HAR DAYAL (973-633-4618) har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com
CO-CHAIR - TECHNICAL PROGRAM:
GEORGE KANNELL (973-386-4170) gkk “AT” lucent.com
THERE IS NO CHARGE TO
ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM OR SHOW
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IEEE North Jersey Section Course
C# .NET Programming
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 through December 9, 2009
Eight weekly classes (October 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18, December
2, 9, 2009)
Place: Advanced Technical
Marketing, Suite 113, 1719 Route 10, Parsippany,
NJ 07054
(Checks should not be mailed to this address)
IEEE North Jersey Section thanks Advanced
Technical Marketing 
for sponsoring this course.
The IEEE North Jersey Section is offering a course
entitled "C# .NET Programming". Since
2004, C# .NET has generated significant headway in Fortune 1000
enterprise development systems. Dice.com lists 700+ 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 2004, he has trained 700+ people in
database, Java, WebLogic, XML, and C# .NET courses in 7
organizations.
TOPICS
1. Compare the enterprise development tools
using Java to C# .NET
2. Define Visual Studio .NET
Version 2005 to 2008
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 services, advanced topics
9. Present student Projects
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WHERE:
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Advanced
Technical Marketing Suite 113, 1719 Route 10,
Parsippany, NJ 07054
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WHEN:
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Eight
Wednesdays, October 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18, December 2, 9, 2008, 6:30
to 9:00 p.m.
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COST:
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IEEE
(& affiliate) members $500; Non-IEEE members $550.
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CONTACT:
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Donald
Hsu, yanyou “AT”
hotmail.com
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REGISTRATION: C# .NET Programming
Please mail the completed registration with a check
(payable to “North Jersey Section IEEE”) to:
Donald Hsu, Chair Education
Committee, IEEE North Jersey Section, P.O. Box 2093, Fort Lee, New Jersey
07024.
Name:
_____________________________________________ Email address
_________________________________
˙ Non-member
˙ 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 the completed registration form and the
payment are received, you are officially registered for this course.
Registration status will be confirmed by
email.
˙ I wish to receive IEEE Completion Certificate
Signature:___________________________________________
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