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December 2007
Volume 54, Number 5
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The
IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
December
2007
Dec. 6 – “Annual Planning Meeting
and Workshop”, NJ Consultants' Network,
Dec. 6 – “Optimal Ultrasonic Pulse Compression and
Synthesis for Imaging Applications” by Dr. Biao Cheng, NJ Control Systems,
5:00-6:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center,
Newark, NJ. Professor Timothy Chang,
changtn “AT” njit.edu, (973) 596-3519.
Dec. 11 – “Applications of Differential Equations in
Ultrasound Image Processing and Analysis” – by Greg Slabaugh, NJ
SMC Chapter, 7:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE
Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Mike
Liechenstein, (973) 471-0721, m.liechenstein “AT” ieee.org.
Dec. 12 – “Security in the Internet: Towards Perfect DDoS Attacks, and How to Defy
Them” – by Dr. Roger Karrer, NJ Communications
Chapter, 6:15 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE
Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Nirwan Ansari
(973) 596-3670 (nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html
for the latest updates.
Dec. 12 – “Engineers Meet: Unemployed Engineers”
- NJ PACE,
Dec. 12 – “EV-DO Rev. B”
– by Qi Bi, NJ VTS Chapter, 7:00 PM, Alcatel-Lucent, 67 Whippany Rd, Whippany,
NJ. Stephen Wilkowski, Lucent
Technologies, (973) 386-6487, swilkowski “AT” alcatel-lucent.com, Arthur
Greenberg, (973) 386-6673, ahg1 “AT” alcatel-lucent.com. Please see the December Newsletter for details.
Dec. 18 – “Power Control in Wireless Communication Networks
via Estimation of Signal Interference and Optimization of Signal to
Interference Ratio” by Dr. Zoran Gajic, NJ Control Systems,
5:00-6:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center,
Newark, NJ. Professor Timothy Chang,
changtn “AT” njit.edu, (973) 596-3519.
Dec. 14 – “Utility Distribution Systems Technical Series –
Overcurrent Protection Seminar”, NJ PES/IAS, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, PSE&G -
Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield, NJ. Ronald W.
Dec. 17 – “Hierarchical Device
Simulation-From DD to Quantum Simulation” by Professor Marcel D.
Profirescu, NJ EDS/C&S Chapters, 5:00 PM (buffet at 4:45 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).
Dec. 20 – “Introduction to Product Focus”
– by Donald A. Borcherding, NJ Computer and EMS Chapters, 7:00 PM, Public
Meeting Room, Morris County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ, (973)
285-6930. Seth Jakel (973) 731 1902,
(973) 820-1865, sgjakel “AT” comcast.net or Howard Leach (973) 540-1283,
h.leach “AT” ieee.org.
Upcoming
Meetings
Jan. 2 – “NJ Section Meeting”,
Jan. 31 – “Develop More Products
Without More Resources”, NJ Consultants' Network,
Members and Non-Members Welcome
PLEASE POST
NJ Communications Society.:
Security in the Internet: Towards Perfect DDoS Attacks, and How to Defy Them
On
About
the Talk
Security
in the Internet: for more than a decade,
the problem is imminent, yet we are still far from having viable
solutions! Even worse, I will argue that
DDoS attacks are not yet exploiting their full potential, and show ways to
“improve” the impact of DDoS attacks towards a perfect attack. Consequently, I will also propose a solution
termed Edge-based Capabilities to defy such attacks. This solution advocates for a collaboration
of end systems and networks. Moreover,
as compared to many proposed solutions, Edge-based Capabilities provides direct
incentives to all participants. Finally,
I will conclude my talk with an outlook towards security in a future, clean
slate Internet architecture.
About
the Speaker
Roger
Karrer is a Senior Research Scientist at the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories in
Berlin. He received the Ph.D. in
Computer Science in 2002 from ETH Zurich.
After 2 years as a PostDoc at Rice University in Houston, he joined the
T-Labs in 2005. His research interests
include wireless mesh networks, security in networks, network protocols and
architectures and multimedia streaming.
Among other, he is the project leader of the Magnets project where a
wireless mesh network of 100 outdoor nodes is currently deployed with
heterogeneous technology. Moreover, he
is involved in 3 EU projects from 2008-2011, of which one focuses on
carrier-grade wireless mesh networks and two on clean slate Internet design.
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 6:00 PM.
Time: 6:15 PM, Wednesday, December 12, 2007,
refreshments will be available at 6:00 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. Nirwan Ansari (973) 596-3670
(nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html
for the latest updates.
NJ Computer Society and EMS Ch.:
Introduction to Product Focus
On
Thursday, December 20th, 2007, the IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Society and
Engineering Management Chapters will host a presentation titled “Introduction
to Product Focus” by Donald A. Borcherding.
About
the Talk
Development
teams are challenged to develop more products, in a shorter timeframe with the
same or fewer resources. As we all know
this is a difficult challenge and if not properly addressed will create a fast
paced, dynamic and often chaotic, frustrating environment.
A
new solution is emerging which looks at how well the organization’s approach
stacks up against the challenges of their development environment and
introduces a new term called Product Focus.
Product
Focus is the idea that organizations tend to exhibit a consistent behavior when
planning and executing projects and as you would expect, organizations are most
effective when their Product Focus matches their Development Environment.
All
attendees will have an opportunity to complete a survey to identify your
organization’s Product Focus. An
overview on how to interpret your Product Focus will be provided along with
methods and practices to shift and change your focus to better match the
environment. Recently compiled industry
results will be provided to help you determine whether your organization is
consistent with similar size companies.
About
the Speaker
Donald
A. Borcherding has a BSEE degree from the University of Missouri at Rolla and
over 20 years experience in new product development. He has successfully optimized Systems,
Software, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering performance in the Medical Device,
Semiconductor, Defense, Marine and Broadcast Video industries in both small and
medium size organizations.
He
founded NexSummit, LLC to help organizations reduce development cost and
improve time to market. His primary
focus has been to understand an organization’s Product Focus versus their
Development Environment to make improvements that provide the greatest benefit.
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 6:00 PM.
Time: 7:00 PM, Thursday, December 20th, 2007,
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: Seth Jakel (973) 731 1902, (973) 820-1865,
sgjakel “AT” comcast.net or Howard Leach (973) 540-1283, h.leach “AT” ieee.org.
NJ Consultants' Network:
Annual Planning Meeting and Workshop
On
About the Talk
The
combined November/December meeting of the IEEE Consultants' Network is intended
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:
·
Rethinking focus of our group:
member-to-member networking versus group publicity efforts.
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Monthly General Meetings - Suggested feature
topics will be discussed.
Member
Networking - Member presentations and alternate general meeting formats that
improve networking.
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.
All Welcome!
Everyone welcome. No registration needed. Free admission. Refreshments and pastries will be available
during the course of the evening. As
always during the year-end workshops, there will be no pre-meeting dinner for
members
Time:
Place: Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated
Products,
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.
NJ Consultants' Network:
Develop More Products Without More Resources
On
Thursday, January 31, 2008, the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern NJ is
pleased to present ”Develop More Products Without More Resources”, by Donald A.
Borcherding.
About the Talk
Development
teams are challenged to develop more products, in shorter timeframes with the
same or fewer resources. As we all know, this is a difficult challenge and, if
not properly addressed, will create a fast paced, dynamic and often chaotic and
frustrating environment.
A
new solution is emerging which looks at how well the organization’s approach
stacks up against the challenges of their development environment and
introduces a new term called Product Focus.
Product
Focus is the idea that organizations tend to exhibit a consistent behavior when
planning and executing projects and as you would expect, organizations are most
effective when their Product Focus matches their Development Environment.
All
attendees will have an opportunity to complete a survey to identify your
organization’s Product Focus. An overview on how to interpret your Product
Focus will be provided along with methods and practices to shift and change
your focus to better match the environment.
Recently
compiled industry results will be used to characterize different size companies
and identify which companies are most likely to use consultants and
contractors.
About the Speaker
Donald
A. Borcherding has a BSEE from the
Don
founded NexSummit, LLC to help organizations reduce development cost and
improve time to market. His primary focus has been to understand an
organization’s Product Focus versus their Development Environment to make
improvements that provide the greatest benefit.
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.
All Welcome!
Everyone welcome. No registration needed. Free admission. Refreshments and pastries will be available
during the course of the evening. As
always during the year-end workshops, there will be no pre-meeting dinner for
members
Time:
Place: Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated
Products,
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.
NJ Control Systems Chapter:
Optimal Ultrasonic Pulse Compression and Synthesis for Imaging Applications
On
December 6, 2007, the IEEE North Jersey Section Control Systems Chapter will
host a presentation titled “Optimal Ultrasonic Pulse Compression and Synthesis
for Imaging Applications.” The speaker
will be Dr. Biao Cheng.
About
the Talk
Ultrasound
imaging is a non-invasive/non-ionizing tool in medical diagnostics. In recent years, the use of Quantitative
Ultrasound System (QUS) has become more widespread due to its potential
advantages over CT, MRI, and X-ray in terms of cost, size, safety, and
detection resolution. A major
consideration of ultrasound imaging and QUS is the resolution. Traditionally, improved resolution is
achieved by increasing the operating frequency at the expense of reduced
penetration and higher cost.
Furthermore, successive signal packets tend to interfere with each other
due to transducer transients which further limit the detection resolution. This talk introduces a method to compress
acoustic pulses to pre-specified short durations. Also referred to as the Low Transient Pulse
(LTP) method, it can be a key enabling factor for better imaging/detection
performance for ultrasound diagnostic systems.
The LTP method is an innovative technique to produce a short duration
and low transient acoustic pulse by means of pre-shaping the excitation
signal. It has been experimentally
verified that the LTP method produces a better detection resolution and simpler
hardware implementation due to less phase interference and a less complex
algorithm. No modulation circuits or
regenerative loops are necessary to synthesize the drive signal. Within the quantitative ultrasonography
context, the LTP method improves detection resolution by minimizing aliasing of
signals transmitted from soft and hard tissues.
About
the Speaker
Biao
Cheng received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers
University. He received his M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of
Technology. Currently he is a
postdoctoral fellow at the department of Electrical Engineering of New Jersey
Institute of Technology. His research
interests and ultrasound imaging.
Time: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Thursday, December 6,
2007.
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: Professor Timothy Chang, changtn “AT”
njit.edu, (973)596-3519.
NJ Control Systems Chapter:
Power Control in Wireless Communication Networks via Estimation of Signal Interference and Optimization of Signal to Interference Ratio
On
About
the Talk
Signal
power is one of the most important commodities in signal transmission over
communication channels. During the last
ten years, the problem of efficient mobile power control in wireless
communication networks has become a central research problem that has resulted
in several hundred journal and conference papers. It has recently attracted broad interest from
experienced control engineering researchers.
For high quality of signal transmission a high signal power to
interference power ratio is required; but in wireless channels, increasing the
signal power of one mobile increases interference to other mobiles using the
same communication channel (co-channel users).
Even more, high mobile powers drain mobile batteries quickly and require
frequent battery recharging. The search
for efficient mobile power distribution schemes leads to several interesting
estimation- and optimization-type control problems. In this talk, we present techniques for
optimal power control based in wireless communication networks based on
estimation of interference (and the quantity called the channel variation). The interference is estimated using the
H-infinity filter, however, any estimator can be used for such a purpose. In addition, an optimal performance criterion
is minimized in the sense that the desired signal to interference ratio is as
close as possible to its target value for all users. Both user-centric and network-centric
objectives are met under the considered problem formulation. The results are also presented for the
corresponding stochastic power control problem under Gaussian white noise
assumption, in which case the Kalman filter is used and the signal variance
minimized. These considered algorithms
are distributive in nature requiring only local information.
About
the Speaker
Zoran
Gajic is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers
University. He has been teaching
electrical circuits, linear systems and signals, controls, and networking
courses at the same school since 1984.
Dr. Gajic has been serving since 2003 as the Graduate ECE
ProgramDirector. His research interests
are in controls systems, wireless communications, and networking. He is the author or coauthor of more than
seventy journal papers, primarily published in IEEE Transactions on Automatic
Control and IFAC Automatica journals, and seven books published by Academic
Press, Prentice Hall, Marcel Dekker, and Springer Verlag. His textbook Linear Dynamic Systems and
Signals, Prentice Hall, 2003 has been translated into the Chinese Simplified
language. His book on Lyapunov Equation
in Systems Stability and Control, originally published by the Academic Press in
1995, will be republished by Dover Publications in 2008. Professor Gajic has delivered three plenary
lectures at international conferences and presented more than one hundred
conference papers, and served on the editorial board for several journals. Zoran Gajic received Dipl. Ing. (5 year
program) and Mgr. Sci. (2 year program) degrees in Electrical Engineering from
the University of Belgrade, and an M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics and Ph.D.
in Systems Science Engineering from Michigan State University in 1984.
Time:
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202,
Information: Professor Timothy Chang, changtn “AT”
njit.edu, (973) 596-3519.
NJ EDS/C&S Chapters:
Hierarchical
Device Simulation-From DD to Quantum Simulation
On
About
the Talk
For
the past four decades computer simulation has been used to analyze the physics
of semiconductor devices providing deep insight into their internal phenomena
and operation. Process and device
simulations have been also used as predictive and design tools for new devices
along the downscale road. With the
foreseen end of
· Future
simulations should address a broader range of problems and devices
· Simulation
experts should work closely with experimentalists for problem-solving and
invention
· Simulations
should capture quantum and atomic scale effects to help device engineers learn
to think and work at quantum scale
This
talk addresses some of the above challenges:
· Hierarchical
Device Simulations; The fast DD to HD simulators are still being used for
devices above quantum scale accompanied by MC simulators used to extract
reliable technology related parameters
· Quantum
scale simulation of devices: A distinction is made between unwanted “parasitic”
QM effects in the mainstream CMOS deep submicron devices and novel “truly” QM
nanoscale devices whose operation is fundamentally based on quantum phenomena
to achieve fast switching speed, miniature size and extremely small power
consumption. Both QM corrections in the classical
macroscopic modeling and quantum device simulation are addressed
Specific
issues related to the 45 and 32nm technology nodes as discussed at the 2006 ESSDERC/ESSCIRC
in
About
the Speaker
Professor
Marcel D. Profirescu graduated the Electronics and Telecommunications
Department at the University Politehnica of Bucharest in 1964 and the PhD at
the University College London in 1974. He
teaches Electronic Devices and Circuits and TCAD and heads two research centers
in Micro and Nanoelectronics respectively in ICT and a Microelectronic Design
company in
All
Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time:
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202,
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).
NJ Section PACE:
Engineers Meet:
Unemployed Engineers
On
Wednesday, December 12th, the North Jersey Section Professional Activities Committee will meet to discuss the
unemployment situation for engineers and members of the engineering community. You do not have to be unemployed to
attend. All jobs are being threatened.
About
the Meeting
This
meeting provides an opportunity to meet and discuss the unemployment
situation. High on the IEEE-USA list of
subjects is unemployment and the displacement of American citizens by foreign workers
imported under the H-1B legislation.
This year the legislation increased the number of H-1B workers to about
200000 while citizens have been discarded and replaced by foreign workers. And,
please do not confuse this as an “immigration” issue. This is all about money and Wage Busting.
We
need input and views from the unemployed on this important issue. We will also like you to confirm your
attendance via e-mail or telephone. When we reach a suitable attendance we will
invite the press to give visibility to the employment situation here in New
Jersey.
Our
PACE meeting is open to discuss professional needs. PACE provides the opportunity to meet,
address, discuss and perhaps improve the professional aspects of the
engineering profession. We should take
advantage of the opportunity to have a place and time to meet. Invite your associates to join us.
According
to PACE Leaders “Employment Assistance and Career Development are high on their
list of priorities. More on these
projects can be found at www.ieeeusa.org.
“Today’s
Immigrant - Tomorrow’s Victim” see www.aea.org/professionalIssues.htm.
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:
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
Time:
Place:
Information: Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rftax “AT”
verizon.net, Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT” aol.com, Mike Rinaldi,
(973) 515-8195, MikeRinald “AT” aol.com.
North Jersey SMC Society:
Applications of Differential Equations in Ultrasound Image Processing and Analysis
On
Tuesday, December 11, 2007, the NJ Systems, Man & Cybernetics (SMC) Chapter
will be hosting a seminar at NJIT on the topic noted above. Greg Slabaugh, a
Research Scientist at Siemens Corporate Research, will be the presenter.
About
the Talk
Ultrasound
is one of the most commonly used medical imaging modalities. Compared to other modalities such as x-ray,
magnetic resonance (MR), and positron emission tomography (PET), ultrasound
scanning has many advantages, as it is fast, portable, relatively low cost, and
presents virtually no risk to the patient when properly administered. However, the primary limitation of ultrasound
is image quality. Ultrasound images are
corrupted by speckle, an interference pattern resulting from the coherent
accumulation of random scattering in a resolution cell of the ultrasound
beam. The speckle appears as a spatially
correlated pattern and has a detrimental effect on the image quality, and therefore
poses a challenge to a sonographer’s interpretation of the image as well as to
medical imaging applications like segmentation and registration. This presentation will focus on several
different applications in ultrasound image processing and analysis. The presentation will cover present methods
used to enhance ultrasound image quality to decrease the effect of speckle
while maintaining the diagnostic features of the image. Additionally, ultrasound-specific
segmentation and registration techniques will be discussed, based on mathematical
modeling of speckle, for anatomic delineation and motion stabilization. All of these methods rely on differential
equations, which result from deriving energy minimizing flows in various
contexts. Time permitting, the speaker
will also briefly describe some joint registration/segmentation work and
tracking of guide wires in video, also built on the framework of differential
equations.
About
the Speaker
Dr.
Greg Slabaugh is a Research Scientist at Siemens Corporate Research, located in
Princeton, NJ. He earned an M.S. (1998)
and a Ph.D. (2002) in Electrical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of
Technology under the supervision of Dr. Ronald W. Schafer, and a B.S. (1994) in
Engineering Physics from the University of Michigan. He is currently an Associate Editor of IEEE
Signal Processing Magazine, and co-organized the International Workshop on
Computer Vision for Intravascular Imaging held in conjunction with MICCAI
2006. He is also currently a guest
Associate Editor of a special issue on Intravascular Imaging for IEEE
Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. Dr. Slabaugh's main research interests are in
computer vision, image processing, and computer graphics. More specifically, he is interested in
medical image processing, 3D reconstruction from multiple images, new view
synthesis, image and surface registration, tracking, segmentation, geometric
modeling, adaptive filtering, PDEs, radial basis functions, deformable
surfaces, and level set methods.
All
Welcome!
You
need not be a member of IEEE to attend, and there is no charge for
admission. Light refreshments will be
served starting at 6:45 PM.
Time: 7:00 PM (light refreshments at 6:45 PM),
Tuesday, December 11, 2007.
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. Mike Liechenstein, (973) 471-0721,
(m.liechenstein “AT” ieee.org). Please RSVP
and check the electronic newsletter for any changes
NJ VTS Chapter:
The Evolution of EVDO to Rev B
On
December 12, 2007, the IEEE North Jersey Section Vehicular Technology Society
Chapter will host a talk on the Evolution of EVDO to Rev B. The speaker will be Dr. Qi Bi.
About
the Talk
With
the deployment of EVDO Rev A high speed packet data wireless mobile systems
worldwide, the stage has been set to evolve to Rev B for broadband
applications. Currently, the efforts are
focused on the delivery of the broadband experience with integrated and blended
service. In this talk, we shall share
our view of where the industry is going and what wireless experience an average
user may expect to have in the near future.
Our analysis will cover the improvements of Rev B when compared with Rev
A.
About
the Speaker
Dr.
Qi Bi received his M.S. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Ph.D. from
Pennsylvania State University. After
teaching at Utah State University as an assistant professor for one year, he
joined Bell Laboratories in 1988 and became a Distinguished Member of the Technical
Staff in 1995. Two years later, he was
promoted to Technical Manager.
Dr.
Bi is a recognized expert in wireless communications. He received Awards of Excellence from the
Advanced Technology Lab of AT&T in 1996 and 1997, and Bell Labs President’s
Gold Awards in 2000 and 2002. Under his
leadership, his team was recognized in innovations and was awarded the Bell
Labs Innovation Team Award in 2003 by the Bell Labs Research. In 2004, he received the Speaker of the Year
Award from the IEEE New Jersey Coast Section.
Based
on his pioneering contributions in wireless communications, he broke ground in
2003 to become the first Chinese from the People’s Republic of China to receive
the prestigious Bell Laboratories Fellow Award.
In 2004, he was recognized by the Chinese Institute of Engineers and was
awarded the Asian American Engineer of the Year Award during Engineers Week in
the United States.
Dr.
Bi is also active in technical activities.
From 1998 to 1999, he served as the technical chair for the Wireless
Mobile ATM Conference. From 1999 to 2000,
he organized the first and the second CDMA conferences at Lucent
Technologies. From 2000 to 2002, he
served as the technical chair for IEEE Globecom’s wireless program. In 2003, he served as the technical chair for
the IEEE Wireless Communications and Network Conference. Currently, he serves as the chair and
organizer for the Wireless and Optical Communications Conference.
Dr.
Bi has published extensively in many technical journals and conferences and has
served as editor for many technical
publications. He is invited as a keynote
speaker in many international conferences and has filed more than 60 US
patents. He was also the New York
chapter president of the Alumni Association of the Chiao Tung University from
2002 to 2006. He has been listed in
Who’s Who since 2003.
All
Welcome!
Free
admission. You do not have to be a
member of IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, December 12, 2007. Free buffet will start at 6:30 PM.
Place: Alcatel-Lucent, 67 Whippany Rd, Whippany, NJ.
Information: Stephen Wilkowski, Lucent Technologies, (973)
386-6487, swilkowski “AT” alcatel-lucent.com, Arthur Greenberg, (973) 386-6673,
ahg1 “AT” alcatel-lucent.com. Advance
registration is requested.
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.
·
Engineering In Medicine and Biology 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
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.
Life Grade Member Luncheon by Howard Leach and Carl Sulzberger
Twenty-five Life Grade members attended a luncheon
on October 25th at the Hamilton Park Conference Center, Florham Park, NJ. Ken
Oexle, Section IAS & Awards Committee Chair and organizer of the event,
introduced Carl Sulzberger, author/editor for the history articles published in
the IEEE Power & Energy magazine. He
gave an update of the Section’s efforts to establish an IEEE Milestone in
Electrical Engineering and Computing covering the Edison National Historic Site
in West Orange, NJ. He stated that the
IEEE History Committee has approved the Milestone and that the last approval
required will be voted on by the IEEE Executive Committee on November 13th.
Carl Sulzberger then introduced the speaker,
Charley Hummel, who gave an excellent talk about Edison using interesting
artifacts from his own collection. Carl
Sulzberger provided the following background about the speaker.
“Charley Hummel has been interested in Thomas Alva
Edison for as long as he can remember.
Perhaps this stems from the fact that Thomas A. Edison, Inc. was a major
manufacturer and employer in this area for many years up until the sale of the
company to the McGraw Electric Company in 1957 and the progressive closing of
manufacturing facilities at the site in the early 1960s. Charley has collected Edison artifacts and
memorabilia for at least 45 years and has what is perhaps the largest and most
complete privately-owned collection of Edisonia in the world. He goes to antique phonograph and Edisonia
shows and sales meets all over North America and in Europe. His current trip to Europe is for just this
purpose.
The many rare Edison artifacts now on display on
the lower level of the IEEE Operations Center in Piscataway are mostly items
that Charley has lent to the IEEE for the display. We should encourage North Jersey Section
members to visit the Operations Center to see this outstanding display. If they can’t visit it, they can view it at:
http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/historical_resources/exhibits.html
I believe that Charley is officially retired, but
he presently serves as a consultant to the Charles Edison Fund, which is based
in Newark. He is the Museum Coordinator
for the Fund, a position in which he works with about 80 museums, chiefly in
North America. The Charles Edison Fund
owns a huge number of Edison artifacts and papers, some of which are loaned or
transferred to these museums for display.
Charley administers and coordinates this activity.
The Charles Edison Fund was established as a
philanthropic fund by Charles Edison, one of the sons of Thomas Edison and a
former Secretary of the Navy and Governor of New Jersey. Its three missions are: (1) to promote and support medical research,
(2) to promote science education for young people, and (3) to preserve and
further the legacy of Thomas Edison. The
fund manages upwards of $20,000,000 and actively works in all three areas. The Fund has produced a number of educational
programs involving things like educational DVDs containing stories of young Tom
Edison and science, workbooks, and seminars.
Charley is most active in the area of preserving and furthering the
legacy of Thomas Edison. His activities
also include working with the West Orange Edison Historic Site on behalf of the
Charles Edison Fund. What many people do
not know is that the Fund has provided many artifacts to the Site and that the
Fund provides funding, guidance, and support for Site activities, including
funding for some of the ongoing capital improvements at the Site.”
L-R: Charley
Hummel, speaker, Har Dayal, Mike Miller, Prof Gerald Whitman, Won Kim, Kirit
Dixit, Section Chair,
John Hyfantis, Naz Simonelli, Al Stolpen, Dr.
Michael Lichenstein, and Carl Sulzberger
L-R: John Baka, Anne Giedlinski, Ken Hendrix, John
Redmon, Herb Blaicher,
Virginia and Carl Sulzberger, and Charley Hummel,
speaker
L-R: Jerry Minter, Les Faulkner, Ram Rathore, Steve
Mallard, Ken Oexle, and Howard Leach
NJ Power Engineering Society/Industry
Applications Society
Utility
Distribution Systems Technical Series
Overcurrent
Protection Seminar
The
PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a technical seminar on the topic of utility
distribution systems. The session will
be held on the topic of Overcurrent Protection. The session will be held on
Friday, December 14, 2007, at PSE&G’s Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley
Road, South Plainfield, NJ. (Please
note this is a change of location from prior seminars.)
Topics
ü
Protective Principles
ü
Protective Devices:
o
Fuses
o
Breakers
o
Sectionalizers
o
Reclosers
ü
Device Coordination:
o
Fuse – Fuse
o
Current Limiting Fuse
o
Fuse – Recloser
o
Recloser - Recloser
ü
Protective Systems & Philosophies:
o
Loop and Radial Schemes
o
Switch/Recloser Schemes
o
Underground and Overhead
About the Instructor
Paul Pearce is a licensed
Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey. Paul has worked as a Regional Power Systems
Engineer (Applications Engineer) for Cooper Power Systems for seven years. Prior to that Paul spent 9 years as a
Distribution Field Engineer/Supervisor at Atlantic Electric and 1 year and 3
years as a Standards Engineer at Atlantic Electric and GPU Energy respectively.
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The registration fee for this seminar
prior to November 30th will be $150 for non-IEEE members, $100 for IEEE
Members, $75 for GOLD Graduates (last 1-10 years) and $25 for students with
valid ID. The fee will be waived for
IEEE Life Member Grades with verification at the seminar. Registrations after November 30th must include
an additional late fee of $25. The
seminar fee includes lunch, refreshments and handouts. Non-members joining IEEE within 30 days of
the seminar will be rebated 50% of the IEEE registration charge.
If desired, IEEE Continuing Education
Units will be offered for this course - a small fee of $25 will be required for
processing. A total of 0.4 CEUs will be
offered. Please indicate if desired
below.
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Time: |
9:00 AM
to 2:00 PM (lunch is included), Friday, December 14 2007. |
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Place: |
PSE&G
- Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield, NJ 07080-1192 |
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Directions: |
Route 287 to Exit 5 If Southbound make right onto Stelton Road; If
Northbound make left onto Make first left onto Hadley Road Pass the two lights and building is on the left; look
for PSE&G sign on left |
|
Information: |
Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade
“AT” ieee.org |
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12/14/2007
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