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

Last Updated 12/3/05

December 2005

Newsletter Information

Activities Calendar

Consultants' Network:	Annual Meeting
Control Systems:	Learning-based Disassembly Process Planner for Uncertainty Management
EMBS:	Basics of YAG Lasers

PACE & GOLD:

Engineers Meet: Your Business

PES/IAS:	Energy Conservation Technical Discussion Series
	North Jersey Spring 2006 Student Presentation Contest Coming Up
	Nominate a Colleague for Fellow
	Notice to NJ Section Engineers
	North Jersey Section Seeks Committee Chairs and Volunteers
	The NJ Section Education Committee Requests Your Feedback
	Conference Rooms Needed!
IEEE-USA:	"Leadership for Results" Courses Launched
IEEE-USA in Action:	IEEE-USA Encourages Federal Government to Strengthen Cyber Security
IEEE-USA in Action:	IEEE-USA Urges Congress to Extend R&D Credit
News from IEEE-USA:	IEEE-USA Urges Senate Committee Not to Increase H-1B Visas
	IEEE-USA Employment Navigator Simplifies Job Search Campaigns
	U.S. IEEE Members Eligible for Discounted Continuing Education, Certificate, Grad Degree Courses
	U.S. IEEE Student Members Encouraged to Apply for IEEE-USA Mass Media Fellowships
	Annual Life Grades Luncheon
	IEEE North Jersey Section Newsletter Advertising
NJ Section Course:	Project Management
NJ Section Course:	C# .NET Programming

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December 2005

Volume 52, Number 6

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).

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SECTION OFFICERS

Chair....................................................... Har Dayal

har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com (973) 633-4618

Vice-Chair-1................................ Bhanu Chivukula

b.chivukula “AT” computer.org (732) 718-3818

Vice-Chair-2............................................. Kirit Dixit

kdixit “AT” ieee.org (201) 669-7599

Treasurer................................. Dr. Sanghoon Shin

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

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

rpepe “AT” att.net (201) 960-6796

Members-at-Large:

Dr. Nirwan Ansari (nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu)

Gary Hojell (gary.hojell “AT” itt.com)

Dr. Richard Snyder (r.snyder “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 at (201) 960-6796, rpepe “AT” att.net.

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IEEE North Jersey Section Activities

December 2005

Dec. 8 – “Annual Meeting” - 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.

Dec. 8 – “Learning-based Disassembly Process Planner for Uncertainty Management” - 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).

Dec. 13 – “Basics of YAG Lasers” - NY, LI, and NJ EMBS Chapters, 7:15 PM, Manhattan, NY (address will be provided after RSVP). Professor Joel H. Levitt (212) 479-7805 (jlevitt “AT” pratt.edu).

Dec. 14 – “Engineers Meet: Your Business” - NJ PACE & GOLD, 6:30 – 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) 664-6954 (rtax “AT” bellatlantic.net).

Upcoming Meetings

Jan. 4 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100 Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ. Russell Pepe at rpepe “AT” worldnet.att.net.

Feb. 18-May 6 – “C# .NET Programming” – North Jersey Section, Saturday Mornings, 10 sessions, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, location TBA. Bhanu Chivukula (b.chivukula “AT” computer.org).

Mar. 14-May 9 – “Project Management” – North Jersey Section, Tuesday Evenings, 8 sessions, 6:30-9:00 PM, NJ International Bulk Mail Center, 80 County Rd, Jersey City, NJ. Bhanu Chivukula (b.chivukula “AT” computer.org).

Mar. 24 – “Automatic Transfer Switches and Power Control Systems Seminar” - NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Automatic Switch Co., 50 Hanover Rd, Florham Park, NJ 07932. Complete details will appear in the January Newsletter.

Mar. 27-28 – “2006 IEEE Sarnoff Symposium” – see www.sarnoffsymposium.org for details.

May 7 – “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.

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NJ Consultants' Network:

Annual Meeting

On Thursday, December 8, 2005, the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern NJ will conduct its annual Planning Meeting and Workshop.

About the Talk

The combined November/December meeting of the IEEE Consultants' Network is designed as a strategic planning event for Network members and for consultants who are considering membership in the Consultants' Network.

The main purpose of the meeting will be to discuss ideas and expectations for the various Network functions in the upcoming year. Results of the annual election of officers will be announced at the time.

This Working Session is traditionally an open, informal forum to determine what the IEEE-CNNNJ is doing right or wrong. The floor will be open to suggestions for improvements, recommendations of new Network directions and activities and proposals of new feature topics for the general meetings.

The major functions performed by the IEEE Consultants' Network that will be discussed are:

• Monthly General Meetings - Suggested feature topics will be discussed.

• Member Networking - Member presentations and alternate general meeting formats that improve networking.

• Group Marketing & Image Building - CNNNJ Website, tri-fold and postcard mailing, CNNNJ's free consultant referral service, and alternate publicity methods.

Refreshments and pastries will be available during the course of the evening and there will be no pre-meeting dinner for members as is customary.

About the Consultants’ Network

Founded in 1992, the IEEE Consultants Network of Northern NJ encourages and promotes the use of independent technical consultants by business and industry.

Time: 7:30 PM, Thursday, December 8, 2005.

Place: Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. (Entrance at rear of building)

Information: For directions and up-to-date meeting status, call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org. To download a map to KDI, go to: http://www.mcekdi-integrated.com/directions.htm.

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NJ Control Systems Chapter:

Learning-based Disassembly Process Planner for Uncertainty Management

On Thursday, December 8, 2005, the IEEE North Jersey Section Control Systems Chapter will host a presentation titled “Learning-based Disassembly Process Planner for Uncertainty Management.” The speaker will be Dr. Ying Tang.

About the Talk

As product lifecycles are getting shorter and shorter, manufacturers are facing a great deal of economic and political pressure to reclaim and recycle their obsolete products. Disassembly, as one of the natural solutions, is of increasing importance in material and product recovery. However, this process is fraught with many uncertainties (e.g., variations in product structure and condition, and human factors). The development of an effective modeling and management tool for such involved factors is very critical in moving disassembly towards a more efficient and automated regime. The proposed approach undertakes this problem. More specifically, a fuzzy Petri net model is introduced to explicitly represent the dynamics inherent in disassembly. Instead of presuming the pertinent data in the mode