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February 2006
Volume 52, Number 8
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
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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............................................... Seth Jakel
Sgjakel
“AT” comcast.net (973) 731-1902
Members-at-Large:
Pete
Donegan
Amit
Patel (a.j.patel “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
Seth
Jakel (973) 731-1902, Sgjakel “AT” comcast.net.
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IEEE North Jersey Section
Activities
February
2006
Feb. 1 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee
Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100 Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ. Seth Jakel at sgjakel “AT” comcast.net.
Feb. 8 – “Engineers Meet:
Items Continued from - Where Do
We Go From Here?” by Richard Tax, 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).
Feb. 15 – “Energy Conservation Series - Solar Power”
by Thomas P. Kuster, NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 6:30 PM, Eaton Electrical, 690 Rahway Ave, Union, NJ. Ronald
W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Feb.
18-May 6 – “C# .NET Programming” by Dr. Donald Hsu, North Jersey Section, Saturday
Mornings, 10 sessions, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, location TBA. Bhanu Chivukula (b.chivukula “AT”
computer.org).
Feb. 21 – “A Crash Course in Search
Engine Marketing” by Mike Moran, NJ Computer Chapter, 7:00 PM,
Lucent Technologies, 67 Whippany Road, Room 3C-222, Whippany, NJ, (973) 779-5500. Seth Jakel (973) 731 1902 or (973) 820-1865
(sgjakel “AT” Comcast .net), Howard Leach (973) 540-1283 (hhleach “AT”
aol.com), or Steve Wilkowski (973) 386-6487 (swilkowski “AT” lucent.com).
Feb. 21 – “Nanoscale Imaging of Semiconductor and
Biological Systems” by Dr. M. Selim Ünlü, NJ LEOS Chapter, 5:00
PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark,
NJ. Professor. H. Grebel, (973)
596-3538, grebel “AT” njit.edu.
Feb. 23 – “New Client Development
for the Technical Professional” by David Mills and Ed McCauley, 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.
Feb. 23 – “A New Look at Wireless
Security: Error Correcting Ciphers”
by Dr. K.P. Subbalakshmi (Suba), NJ Communications Society, 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.
Upcoming Meetings
Mar. 1 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive
Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100 Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ. Seth Jakel at sgjakel “AT” comcast.net.
Mar. 8 – “An Integrated Total Quality Management Approach
to Innovative Product and Process Design with Practical Case Studies: Process Modeling, Customer Requirements
Analysis, and Risk Analysis with 3D Multimedia”
by Dr. Paul G Ranky, NJ EMS Chapter, 7:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room TBD, ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Moncef Elaoud, (201) 841-0072, moncef
“AT” ieee.org.
Mar.
14-May 9 – “Project Management” by Dr. Donald Hsu, 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. 15 – “Energy Conservation Series - High Efficiency
Motors & Variable Frequency Drives” by John Hyfantis, PE,
NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 6:30 PM, Eaton Electrical, 690 Rahway Ave, Union, NJ. Ronald
W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Mar. 22 –
“Innovations in Light-Emitting Diodes for Solid-State
Lighting Applications” by Dr. E. Fred Schubert, EDS/C&S Chapters,
7:00 PM (buffet at 6:15 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).
Mar. 24 – “Electric Power Transfer Switch Seminar”
by Mr. Ronald Schroeder, NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM,
Automatic Switch Co., 50 Hanover Rd, Florham Park, NJ 07932. Ken
Oexle, (973) 386-1156 or k.oexle “AT” worldnet.att.net.
Mar. 27-28
– “2006 IEEE Sarnoff
Symposium” – see www.sarnoffsymposium.org
for details.
Mar. 28 – “Broadband Wireless
Access - The Next Wireless Revolution” by Dr. Benny Bing, NJ
Communications Society, 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.
Mar. 30 – “Professional Networking 101”
by Ed McCauley, NJ Consultants' Network, 7:30 PM, Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. Robert
Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Apr. 3 – “Adaptive Pre-Distorters for Linearization of
High Power Amplifiers in OFDM Wireless Communications”
by Professor Rui J. P. de Figueiredo, EDS/C&S Chapters, 7:00 PM (buffet at
6:15 PM), New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center,
Newark, NJ. Dr. Richard Snyder (973)
492-1207 (RS Microwave), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Durga
Misra (973) 596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu).
Apr. 19 –
“Electromagnetics and Semiconductor Device
Simulations” by Dr. Ramesh K. Agarwal, EDS/C&S
Chapters, 7:00 PM (buffet at 6:15 PM), New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.
Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS Microwave), Dr. Edip Niver (973)
596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Durga Misra (973) 596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu).
Apr. 21 – “Lighting Seminar”
by John Hyfantis, PE, NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM, PSE&G
Training Center, 234 Pierson Avenue, Edison, NJ. Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or
RWQuade “AT” ieee.org.
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.
Members and Non-Members Welcome
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NJ Communications Chapter:
A New Look at Wireless Security: Error Correcting Ciphers
On Thursday, February 23,
2006,
the North Jersey Chapter of the IEEE Communications Society will host a
presentation titled “A New Look at Wireless Security: Error Correcting Ciphers” by Dr. K.P.
Subbalakshmi (Suba).
About the Talk
Securing
wireless link using encryption has become possible with the advent of strong
ciphers and wireless standards. But the
very property that makes a cipher stronger (diffusion) is also a reason for
making it highly sensitive to bit errors caused by noisy wireless links. Even a single bit error in the encrypted data
block will cause about half of the decrypted bits to be in error---causing a
significant reduction in throughput, higher battery power consumption etc. Hence error resilience and encryption often
work at cross purposes leading to some fundamental trade-offs. Traditionally, encryption and forward error
correcting coding (FEC) have been treated separately which does not take this
trade-off into consideration.
However,
a single joint encryption-error correction paradigm may be less expensive and
more efficient than the traditional approach.
There are several theoretical and practical challenges in the joint
design of encryption and error correction.
Recently, we addressed these issues by designing the first class of
codes, called high diffusion codes (HD codes) that can be used in the diffusion
layer of a cipher. We first identified
two criteria that these codes must satisfy: (a) for optimal error resilience
and (b) for optimal diffusion (security).
Mathematical properties of the code were explored and algorithms were
developed for constructing such codes. A
theoretical cipher was constructed using this code at the diffusion layer. Simulation results show that the HD-cipher in
the GF(8) space performs better in terms of error correction capability over a
traditional concatenated system.
This
talk will present the fundamental ideas behind HD codes and discuss the
construction of the codes and the cipher.
About the
Speaker
Dr. K.P. Subbalakshmi (Suba)
is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of E.C.E at Stevens Institute of
Technology. Her research interests lie
in the areas of information and communication security (encryption,
steganography etc), joint source channel coding with applications to sensor
networks, multiple description coding and QoS issues in multimedia networking. Her research is funded by the NSA, NSF,
US
Army, AFRL, NJCST and the Industry.
She is the chair of the IEEE
COMSOC Special Interest Group on Security, Multimedia Communications Technical
Committee. She is the program chair of
the IEEE GLOBECOM Symposium on Information and Wireless Security, 2006. She has chaired and organized several special
sessions in conferences and serves on the technical program committees of
several international conferences.
Further details of her
research can be found at http://www.ece.stevens-tech.edu/~suba.
All Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend. Bring your friends and network with free
refreshments starting at 6 PM.
Time: 6:15 PM, Thursday, February 23, 2006. Refreshments start at 6:00 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu.
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
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NJ Communications Chapter:
Broadband Wireless Access - The
Next Wireless Revolution
On Tuesday, March 28,
2006, the North Jersey Chapter of the IEEE Communications Society will host a
presentation titled “Broadband Wireless Access - The Next Wireless Revolution”
by Dr. Benny Bing.
About the Talk
Broadband
wireless access is the third wireless revolution, after cellphones (1990s) and
Wi-Fi (2000s). It is viewed by many
carriers and cable operators as a “disruptive” technology and rightly so. The broadcast nature of wireless transmission
offers ubiquity and immediate access for both fixed and mobile users, clearly a
vital element of next-generation quadruple play (i.e., voice, video, data, and
mobility) services. Unlike wired access
(copper, coax, fiber), a large portion of the deployment costs is incurred only
when a subscriber signs up for service.
An increasing number of municipal governments around the world are
financing the deployment of multihop wireless networks with the overall aim of
providing ubiquitous Internet access and enhanced public services.
This
presentation will provide a comparative assessment of the key issues and
technologies underpinning promising broadband wireless access solutions such as
802.16 (Wi-Max), long-range/multihop 802.11 (Wi-Fi), wireless DOCSIS, 3G/4G,
mobile TV, digital TV broadcast, 802.20 (mobile broadband), 802.21 (media
independent handoff and interoperability), and the emerging 802.22 (wireless
regional area networks) standard. Key
topics include licensed and unlicensed spectrum consideration; reliable
physical layer transmission using multiple antennas; multichannel medium access
protocols with QoS provisioning; wireless access topologies: point-to-point,
point-to-multipoint, peer-to-peer multihop (mesh); wireless multimedia
services: wireless video, wireless VoIP; mobility; cognitive radio
technologies; advanced wireless security; wireless/wireline integration.
About the
Speaker
Dr. Benny Bing is an
associate director of the Georgia Tech Broadband Institute. He is also a research faculty member with the
School of ECE at Georgia Tech. He has
published over 40 papers and 10 books.
His publications have also appeared in the IEEE Spectrum. His books on wireless networks are highly
regarded by many technology visionaries.
They contain forewords from both chairmen of the IEEE 802.11 Working
Group since its inception, the inventor of Internet technology, and the
inventor of the first wireless protocol.
In early 2000, his groundbreaking book on wireless LANs was adopted by
Cisco Systems to launch the Cisco-Aironet Wi-Fi product. The product has since enjoyed phenomenal
success, dominating the corporate arena and capturing over 60% of the Wi-Fi
market share. He was subsequently
invited by Qualcomm Inc. in San Diego,
CA to conduct a customized course on wireless LANs for its engineering
executives. He was again invited to
conduct a similar course for the Office of Information Technology. In 2002, his edited book on wireless LANs was
extensively reviewed by the IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Network, and ACM
Networker, the first time a book has been reviewed by all three journals. He is currently an editor for the IEEE
Wireless Communications Magazine, and has also guest edited for the IEEE
Communications Magazine and the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas on
Communications. In addition, he was
featured in the MIT Technology Review in a special issue on wired and wireless
technologies as well as the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the IEEE
Spectrum. He has served on the wireless
networking panel for National Science Foundation (NSF) and was selected as one
of the 10 best wireless designers in the United States by Building Industry
Consulting Services International (BICSI), a 22,000-industry member
telecommunication association based in Tampa, Florida. He was invited by NSF to participate in an
NSF-sponsored workshop on “Residential Broadband Revisited: Research Challenges
in Residential Networks, Broadband Access and Applications”, held on October
2003. He is also a frequent presenter at
several IEEE Communications Society flagship conferences such as IEEE Infocom
and IEEE Globecom. He is a recipient of
the Lockheed-Martin Fellowship for his PhDstudies at the University of
Maryland, College Park and a best paper award at the 1998 IEEE International
Conference on ATM. He is a Senior Member
of IEEE and has over 100 international research citations to his name. His current research interests include
broadband access, wireless LANs, cognitive radio, mobile TV, and queueing
theory.
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: 6:15 PM, Tuesday, March 28,
2006. Pre-meeting buffet starting at
6:00 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu.
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
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NJ Computer Chapter:
A Crash Course in Search
Engine Marketing
On Tuesday,
February 21, 2006, the North Jersey Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society will host
a presentation titled “A Crash Course in Search Engine Marketing” by Mike
Moran.
About the Talk
Do you want to
learn search engine marketing in 90 minutes? Find out what search marketing can
do for your Web site, whether you're selling products online, passing leads to
offline channels, or just raising brand awareness. Learn how search engines work and discover
the opportunities in both paid and organic search--and what you can do to take
advantage of them.
Find out how to
optimize your organic search results in just a few steps. Start by ensuring your site's design allows
your pages to be indexed. Then identify
the search keywords people are using that should find your site, so you can
optimize your pages to use those words.
Finally, attract links to your pages from other sites to show the search
engine how important your site is.
You can succeed at
paid search too. Learn the paid search
options so you can choose the best venues for your budget. Discover how to optimize your bidding so that
you get the highest return on your investment.
Finally, round out your knowledge by learning the metrics tools you need to keep your search
marketing humming.
About the
Speaker
Co-author of the new book Search Engine
Marketing, Inc., Mike is an IBM Distinguished Engineer with more than 20
years experience in search technology working at IBM Research, Lotus, and other
IBM software units. He led the product
team that developed the first commercial linguistic search engine in 1989, and
has been granted four patents in search and retrieval technology. He led the original search marketing strategy
for ibm.com, as well as the integration of ibm.com’s site search
technologies. Mike has worked on IBM’s
Web site for the past seven years and is currently the Manager of ibm.com Site
Architecture. In addition to his search
work, Mike has spearheaded ibm.com projects in Content Management,
Personalization, and Web Metrics.
Mike is a frequent conference speaker,
appearing at Search Engine Strategies, Consumer Reports WebWatch, AD:TECH,
Enterprise Search Summit, and many more.
In addition to Mike’s broad technical background, he also holds an
Advanced Certificate in Market Management Practice from the Royal UK Charter
Institute of Marketing, helping bridge the gap between technology and marketing
concepts. Mike can be reached through
his Web site (mikemoran.com), which is also home to his Biznology newsletter
and blog.
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, Tuesday, February 21, 2006. Pre-meeting buffet starting at 6:00 PM.
Place: Lucent Technologies, 67 Whippany Road, Room
3C-222, Whippany, NJ.
Information:
Seth Jakel (973) 731 1902 or (973) 820-1865
(sgjakel “AT” Comcast .net), Howard Leach (973) 540-1283 (hhleach “AT”
aol.com), or Steve Wilkowski (973) 386-6487 (swilkowski “AT” lucent.com). Registration in advance is recommended with
full name, affiliation and nationality so that an admission badge will be
available for you on arrival.
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NJ Consultants' Network:
New Client Development for
the Technical Professional
On Thursday,
February 23, 2006, the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern NJ is pleased to
present “New Client Development for the Technical Professional”, presented by
David Mills & Ed McCauley, courtesy of the Sandler Sales Institute.
About the Talk
As technical
professionals we often give away valuable information and expertise without any
commitment as to what they will do with it once they have it. This puts many of us in chase mode, making it
difficult to manage our time effectively and forecast concisely.
It doesn’t matter
what you call it – client development, practice-building, or marketing,
everyone sells. But not everyone is
comfortable selling. You are not alone
if you are uncomfortable with the fact that part of your job requires that you
“sell” your ideas, your company and services to your clients.
Many people
perceive sales as exploitative and even manipulative but selling doesn’t have
to be a bad word; it CAN be just another way of looking at providing a
solution. Selling is a respectable and
profitable part of your profession, and a necessary function of marketing and
growing your business. It’s a necessary
skill in today’s competitive marketplace.
Sales is not a
mystical art or the domain of those with certain personalities. Rather, successful selling is dependant upon
the process we use and who is in charge of leading it.
Join David Mills,
Principal of the Sandler Sales Institute, for a comprehensive, highly
interactive program designed to help you take greater charge of the sales
process, avoid unpaid consulting, deal with money issues and get commitments
while building better relationships with your Clients.
Discover how
traditional sales practices:
• Turn you into an unpaid consultant
• Why prospective clients always want to
think-it-over
• And why traditional approaches lead to
price-cutting
During this program
we will learn how to:
• Enhance account development strategies.
• Effectively manage existing client
relationships and referral development.
• Develop the appropriate networking and
prospecting activities.
• Conduct presentations that will permit the
client to say “yes” without pressure from you!
• Help your organization develop a larger
client base.
• Learn why people really buy.
About the Speakers
David Mills,
Principal of the Sandler Sales Institute of Philadelphia (http://davidmills.sandler.com), possesses 15
years of business development, management, and training experience. David has
created many proprietary products and processes and today holds three global
patents. He is internationally published
and holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware and a
Black Belt in Isshinryu Karate.
Ed McCauley has 17
years of experience applying a disciplined and systematic approach to high-tech
sales, marketing, and management. In
addition to teaching for the Sandler Sales Institute, Ed remains president of a
high tech corporation where he continues to sell technical solutions to companies
ranging in size from start-up to the Fortune 100. Ed is an alumnus of The U.S. Naval Academy,
Rutgers and Drexel Universities, a longtime member of CNNNJ, and can be
contacted at (908) 479-1200 or via email: ed.mccauley “AT” bltinc.com.
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.
Time: 7:30 PM, Thursday, February 23, 2006.
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 Consultants' Network:
Professional Networking
101
On Thursday, March
30, 2006, the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern NJ will present “Professional
Networking 101”, presented by Ed McCauley of Bottom Line Technologies.
About the Talk
You’re an expert in
your field. So how do you turn your
expertise into business?
One simplistic way
of solving this problem is to connect the supplier of expertise (you) with
those who need your help. That’s called
networking.
Now if you’re like
me, you’re probably more comfortable with Ethernet, 802.11, or SONET than the
human form of the networking. In fact,
while professional networking can provide incredible returns for us as business
owners / consultants, obviously, it’s not for everyone.
By now you may be
thinking “This is definitely not for me!” If so, you’re not alone!
Many of us find
dealing with the technical aspects of our consulting businesses much more
comfortable than the interpersonal or business aspects. However, given that most of us enjoy learning
new technologies, try considering networking as simply a systematic and
repeatable process by which we, as business owners, can interact with our
world. While this may be awkward for
some, the horizons that networking may open for you are likely to far exceed
the price of any short-term discomfort you may experience.
Sounds like fun
eh? Actually, after you get the hang of
it and understand some of the ground rules, yes, it can be fun, and rewarding
too, and not just professionally!
So please, you’re
among friends and colleagues. Come out
and join us for an evening of being uncomfortable together!
About the
Speaker
Ed McCauley is
President and Founder of Bottom Line Technologies Inc. (BLT), a 16-year old
design services corporation offering FPGA, board, and complete system solutions
for commercial, industrial, and military clients seriously committed to quality
product development. Ed is also an
associate trainer for the Sandler Sales Institute.
Ed began his career
at Datatel, a datacom startup that grew from 3 to 300 people and an
acquisition. Next he joined then
start-up "Xilinx" as FAE covering the northeastern US. After their IPO, he left to start BLT. Ed is an alumnus of The U.S. Naval Academy,
Rutgers and Drexel Universities, a longtime member of CNNNJ, and can be
contacted at (908) 479-1200 or via email: ed.mccauley “AT” bltinc.com.
After the Talk
Members are invited
to share their experiences with the group.
Come prepared to share, in 30 seconds and, if you dare, for 3-5 minutes,
what your business is all about. Why
companies hire you. To kick things off,
here is the bio of our first after-talk speaker:
Peter Schutz is a
mechanical engineer who has been working as an independent consultant for the
last 21 years. He specializes in the
development of new products, especially in the areas of medical and laboratory
equipment, instrumentation, prototypes, and special machinery. Some of his areas of technical expertise
include: electronics packaging, fluid systems, and thermal analysis. Peter has a BSME from Lehigh University and
an MSME from NJIT. He has been a member
of CNNNJ for the last 7 years and is presently serving as the Vice
Chairman. His company, Schutz
Engineering Corp., is located in High Bridge, NJ. He can be reached at 908-638-3300 or schutze
“AT” compuserve.com.
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.
Time: 7:30 PM, Thursday, March 30, 2006.
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 EDS/C&S Chapters:
Innovations in Light-Emitting Diodes
for Solid-State Lighting Applications
On March 22, 2006,
the IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters together
with the New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a talk on “Innovations in
Light-Emitting Diodes for Solid-State Lighting Applications." The speaker will be Dr. E. Fred Schubert.
About the Talk
The use of highly
efficient semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) suitable for illumination
applications will enable huge energy savings, reduction in green-house gas
generation, and
reduction of
environmental pollution. Luminous source
efficiencies exceeding 300 lm/W and color-rendering indices (CRIs) greater 90
are feasible with solid-state sources.
This talk discusses critical issues in solid-state lighting, including
practical limits to efficacy and efficiency, and scalability of chip size and
current density. Possible solutions to
current device-performance limitations are presented: A new type of
triple-layer omni-directional reflector (ODR) with a mirror loss that is two
orders of magnitude lower than the mirror losses of either metal reflectors or
distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs). One
layer of the reflector consists of a new class of dielectric materials,
low-refractive-index materials, with a very low refractive index, close to that
of air. The low-index material is based
on highly porous SiO2 and is deposited by oblique-angle evaporation. We will also present results on white LEDs
with remote phosphor distributions. Such
phosphor distributions offer higher efficiency than conventional proximate
phosphor distributions. Solid-state
sources based on LEDs have advantages not offered by conventional light
sources, namely tunability and adaptability.
In contrast to conventional incandescent and fluorescent sources, future
smart light sources based on LEDs offer control of their spectral composition,
spatio-chromatic emission pattern, temporal modulation, polarization, and color
temperature. This will allow for
fundamental innovations in bio-imaging, communications, circadian lighting, and
the optimization of light sources for specific applications. Several specific application areas will be
discussed.
About the
Speaker
E. Fred Schubert received his PhD in
Electrical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart (Germany) in 1986. From 1981 to 1985 he worked on compound
semiconductor crystal growth at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State
Research, Stuttgart, as a Member of Scientific Staff. During 1985 to 1995, he was a Post-doctoral
Fellow, Member of Technical Staff, and Principal Investigator at AT&T Bell
Laboratories in Holmdel and Murray Hill, New Jersey. In 1995, he joined Boston University as a
Professor of Electrical Engineering. He
joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2002 where he is the Wellfleet
Senior Constellation Professor of the Future Chips Constellation with
appointments in the Electrical Engineering Department and in the Physics
Department.
Dr. Schubert has made pioneering
contributions to the field of compound semiconductor materials and devices in
particular to the fields of alloy broadening, delta-doping, resonantcavity
light-emitting diodes, enhanced spontaneous emission in Er-doped Si/SiO2
microcavities, elimination of unipolar heterojunction band discontinuities,
p-type superlattice doping in AlGaN, polarization-enhanced ohmic contacts,
omni-directional reflectors, light-emitting diodes, and solid-state lighting.
He is inventor or co-inventor of 28 issued US
patents and has authored and co-authored more than 200 publications. He authored the book Doping in III–V
Semiconductors (1993), Delta Doping in Semiconductors (1996),
and Light-Emitting Diodes (2003).
He is a Fellow of the APS, IEEE, OSA, and SPIE. He received the Alexander von Humboldt Senior
Research Award, Discover Award, R&D 100 Award, Boston University Provost
Innovation Fund Award, and VDE Literature Award for the book Doping in III–V
Semiconductors.
All Welcome!
You do not have to
be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Free buffet will be starting at 6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu.
Information: Dr.
Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS Microwave), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542
(NJIT), or Har Dayal (973) 633-4618 (har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com).
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NJ EDS/C&S Chapters:
Adaptive Pre-Distorters
for Linearization of High Power Amplifiers in OFDM Wireless Communications
On April
3, 2006, the
IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters together with
the New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a talk on “Adaptive
Pre-Distorters for Linearization of High Power Amplifiers in OFDM Wireless
Communications." The speaker will
be Professor Rui J. P. de Figueiredo.
About the Talk
Orthogonal
Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) has several desirable attributes which
makes it a prime candidate for a number of emerging wireless communication
standards. However, one of the major
problems posed by OFDM is its high Peak-to-Average-Power Ratio (PAPR), which
seriously limits the power efficiency of the High Power Amplifier (HPA) because
of the nonlinear distortion resulting from high PAPR. The present paper provides a new mixed computational/analytical
approach for adaptive compensation of this nonlinear distortion for cases in
which the HPA is a Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) and Solid State Power
Amplifier (SSPA). TWTAs are used in wireless
communication systems when high transmission power is required as in the case
of the digital satellite channel, and SSPAs are generally used in mobile
communication systems. Compared to
previous pre-distorter techniques based on LUT (Look-Up Table) or adaptive
schemes, our approach relies on the analytical inversion of the Saleh’s TWTA
model and Rapp’s SSPA model in combination with a nonlinear parameter
estimation algorithm. This leads to a
sparse and yet accurate representation of the pre-distorter, with the
capability of tracking efficiently any rapidly time-varying behavior of the
HPA. Computer simulations results
illustrate and validate the approach presented.
About the Speaker
Professor Rui J. P. de
Figueiredo, BS and MS (Electrical Engineering), M.I.T., and PhD (Applied
Mathematics), Harvard University, is Research Professor
(Above Scale) of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Prior to joining UCI in 1990, Dr. de
Figueiredo served as Professor of Electrical Engineering and Mathematical
Sciences at Rice University, Houston, Texas (1965-90). Professor de Figueiredo has won numerous
honors for his fundamental contributions to the theory and applications of
nonlinear signal/image processing and communications, and for his role as an
educator and as a leader in his field and in his profession. These honors include: election to the UN-sponsored International
Informatization Academy (2003),
the 1999 IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS) Society Golden Jubilee Medal,
the 2000 IEEE Tri-Millennium Medal, the 2003 Gh. Asachi Medal from
the Technical University of Iasi (TUI), Romania, from which he also received
the title of Honorary
Professor (2003), the IEEE Fellow
Award (1976), the 1994 IEEE CAS Technical Achievement Award,
the 2000 IEEE Neural Networks Transactions Best Paper Award, the 2003 IEEE Circuits
and Systems Transactions Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award, the 2002 IEEE CAS
Society M. E. Van Valkenburg Society Award, the 1988 NCR Educator-of-the-Year Award,
his election to President of IEEE CAS Society in 1998, and, last bit not least, his selection by IEEE to be one
of its fifty leaders, among its nearly 350,000 members, to present the IEEE
vision of the new century in the book ENGINEERING TOMORROW: Today’s Technology Experts
Envision the Next Century, Janie Fouke, Editor, IEEE Press, 2000.
All Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00 PM, Monday, April 3,
2006. Free buffet will be starting at
6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu.
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 EDS/C&S Chapters:
Electromagnetics
and Semiconductor Device Simulations
On
April 19, 2006, the IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems
Chapters together with the New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a talk
on “Electromagnetics and Semiconductor Device Simulations." The speaker will be Dr. Ramesh K. Agarwal.
About the Talk
In
recent years, there has been considerable thrust toward the development of
finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) and finite-volume time-domain (FVTD)
methods for the numerical solution of Maxwell equations for electromagnetic
scattering from complex three-dimensional objects. Maxwell equations are written in conservation
form and solved on a three-dimensional grid both inside and outside the
scattering body. Higher-order spatial
and temporal discretization are generally employed to obtain accurate solutions
efficiently especially for large scattering bodies. An important aspect of the calculations is
the formulation and implementation of the boundary conditions – both the
radiation boundary condition (RBC) and the material interface boundary
conditions in discretized form. Recent
developments in boundary conditions formulations and implementations will be
reviewed and critically examined.
Three-dimensional examples including complete aircraft configurations
will be presented to demonstrate the power of the FVTD approach.
About the Speaker
Professor Ramesh K. Agarwal
is the William Palm Professor of Engineering and the director of Aerospace
Research and Education Center at Washington University in St. Louis. From 1994 to 2001, he was the Sam Bloomfield
Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the National Institute for
Aviation Research at Wichita State University in Kansas. From 1978 to 1994, he was the Program
Director and McDonnell Douglas Science and Engineering Fellow at McDonnell
Douglas Research Laboratory (MDRL) in St. Louis. Dr. Agarwal obtained his PhD from Stanford
University in 1975. Since then, he has
worked in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Computational
Magneto-hydrodynamics and Electromagnetics, and Semiconductor Device
Simulation.
Dr. Agarwal is a Fellow of
eight societies - American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS),
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical
Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Royal
Aeronautical Society (RAeS), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Society
of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE). He has served as a distinguished
lecturer of AIAA (1996-1999), ASME (1994-1997), and IEEE (1994-2006). He has received many honors and awards for
his research contributions including the ASME 2001 Fluids Engineering Award and
AIAA 2002 Sustained Achievement Award.
All Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, April 19,
2006. Free buffet will be starting at
6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu.
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 EMS Chapter:
An
Integrated Total Quality Management Approach to Innovative Product and Process
Design with Practical Case Studies:
Process Modeling, Customer Requirements Analysis, and Risk Analysis with
3D Multimedia
On
March 8, 2006, the IEEE NJ Section Engineering Management Society will host a
talk on “An Integrated Total Quality Management Approach to Innovative Product
and Process Design with Practical Case Studies:
Process Modeling, Customer Requirements Analysis, and Risk Analysis with
3D Multimedia." The speaker will be
Dr. Paul G Ranky.
About the Talk
An
introduction will be made to an integrated, total quality management (TQM)
approach to innovative product and process design with practical, industrial
case studies. The emphasis is put on the
innovation process of novel product and process designs, as well as the
integration of advanced process modeling, customer requirements analysis and
risk analysis, within a TQM framework.
Furthermore, we will illustrate how these methods and software tools
coupled with web-based 3D interactive multimedia, 2D and 3D digital videos, and
other advanced methods can help throughout the entire project management cycle
to increase the success of any engineering project.
Our
tested solution integrates object-oriented process modeling, requirements and
risk analysis, statistical methods, design of experiments, and 3D interactive
multimedia methods and tools, and it is 100% web-compatible. Furthermore, our methods and software tools
are generic, in that they can be applied to a large variety of different
industries and systems, from automobile manufacturing and assembly, to telecom,
computing, hardware and software, aerospace, process engineering, such as the
oil business, and even service industries, such as product / process
maintenance.
During
the live demonstration of the tool-set several validated, practical examples
will be shown, using the active code spreadsheets and interactive 3D models. We are pleased to state, that during the past
10 + years our method has been successfully applied by thousands of
professionals world-wide, in a variety of different industries, including
pharma., automotive, aerospace, IT, manufacturing/assembly, service, and other
integrated engineering design management areas.
About the Speaker
Professor Paul G Ranky,
PhD. Industrial and Manufacturing
Engineering Department, and IT Department, NJIT, Newark Registered and
Chartered Professional Engineer, Member IEEE, ASEE (USA), IEE(UK), FEANI
(Europe), USA Editor IJCIM, Industrial Robot, Assembly Automation, Sensor
Review, and Founding Editorial Member of IJFMS.
All Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, March 8,
2006. Free buffet will be starting at
6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room TBD, ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu.
Information: Dr. Moncef Elaoud, (201) 841-0072, moncef
“AT” ieee.org.
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NJ LEOS Chapter:
Nanoscale
Imaging of Semiconductor and Biological Systems
On
February 21, 2006, the IEEE NJ Lasers And Electro-Optics Chapter will host a
talk on “Nanoscale Imaging of Semiconductor and Biological Systems." The speaker will be Dr. M. Selim Ünlü.
About the Talk
Two
innovative approaches will be presented to go beyond the capabilities of
standard optical microscopy which is limited to a transverse resolution of
approximately half a wavelength due to the diffraction, also termed the
Rayleigh or Abbe limit. The resolution
is inversely proportional to the Numerical Aperture (NA). One method to increase the NA is to increase
n, the refractive index of the material in the object space. We recently developed a new technique
involving a Numerical Aperture Increasing Lens (NAIL) for diffraction limited
subsurface microscopy. The NAIL
technique is demonstrated by near-IR inspection of Si integrated circuits
yielding a 230 nm resolution at 1050 nm wavelength representing a factor of 4
improvement over the state-of-the-art.
We have applied this technique to photoluminescence and PLE measurements
of InAs/GaAs quantum dots and demonstrated high collection efficiency and
spatial resolution better than 400 nm.
We also used NAIL technique in subsurface thermal emission microscopy of
Si integrated circuits and achieved improvements in the amount of light
collected and the spatial resolution, well beyond the limits of conventional
thermal emission microscopy.
Spatial
resolution can also be improved beyond the diffraction limit by collecting
spectral information. We have built on
our experience on resonant optoelectronic devices and developed a novel
application to fluorescence microscopy that promises nanometer resolution in
biological imaging. The technique,
spectral self-interference, transforms
the variation in emission intensity for different path lengths used in
fluorescence interferometry to a variation in the intensity for different
wavelengths in emission, encoding the high-resolution information in the
emission spectrum. Initial experiments
on fluorescently labeled lipid layers successfully determined the binding of
fluorescent molecules in membranes with sub-nanometer precision. Recently, we studied conformation of ss and
dsDNA monolayers on silicon oxide by measuring the location of a fluorescent
label attached to the DNA.
About the Speaker
M. Selim Ünlü is a Professor
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics at
Boston University. Prof. Ünlü received
the BS degree in electrical engineering from Middle East Technical University,
Ankara, Turkey, in 1986, and the MSEE and PhD in electrical engineering from
the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 1988 and 1992,
respectively. In 1992, he joined the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University.
During 1994-1995, Dr. Ünlü served as the Chair of IEEE Laser and
Electro-Optics Society, Boston Chapter, winning the LEOS Chapter-of-the-Year
Award. He was awarded National Science
Foundation Research Initiation Award in 1993, United Nations TOKTEN award in
1995 and 1996 and both the National Science Foundation CAREER and Office of
Naval Research Young Investigator Awards in 1996. He has authored and co-authored over 200
technical articles and several book chapters and magazine articles; edited one
book; and holds several patents. His
professional service includes the former chair of the IEEE/LEOS technical
committee on photodetectors and imaging and currently, the current chair of
IEEE/LEOS Nanophotonics committee. He is
also serving as an Associate Editor for IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics and
a VP of LEOS.
All Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 5:00 PM, Tuesday, February
21, 2006. Free pizza will be available
starting at 4:45 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu.
Information: Professor. H. Grebel, (973) 596-3538, grebel
“AT” njit.edu.
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NJ Section PACE & GOLD:
Engineers
Meet:
What’s
Next – Action
Items
Continued from - Where Do We Go From
Here?
On Wednesday, February 8, 2006 the North Jersey Section
Professional Activities Committee and Graduates of the Last Decade will meet to
discuss the engineering profession.
About the Meeting
Continued from January
meeting “Where Do We Go From Here?
Engineering, especially EE, and
Computer Science employment in the US have been in a recession since the
telecom bust of 2002. It’s easy to blame
the usual suspects; outsourcing, hi tech immigration, the NSF, inflated
shortage projections by government, industry and academia, low achievement in
science and tech education.
This meeting will address
action items – Past and Future: What works? - What Doesn’t?
What’s the future look like
for engineers? Several grassroots groups
have sprung up taking very different paths to attack the issue. Can any of them be successful? What’s the IEEE doing?
The engineering profession
needs help if it’s going to offer a viable career and profession. The past activities did not work.
What do we do? Get
political; get organized; make friends in high places. What’s your opinion?
It’s time to come together to enhance the profession we love. We all need to
get involved. Remember; “If you always do what you always did, you will always
get what you always got.”
About the Speaker
Open discussion with Richard
F. Tax PACE Chair as Moderator. Richard
has over 25 years as an IEEE volunteer at the Section, Region and National
level. We will focus on action items.
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.aea.org
www.ieeeusa.org
web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
Time: 6:30
to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, February 8, 2006.
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)
or Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954 (rtax “AT” bellatlantic.net)..
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NJ
PES/IAS Chapters:
Energy
Conservation Series - Solar Power
On
February 15, 2006, as part of an ongoing series of free seminars on the topic
of energy conservation, the PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor an evening discussion
on Solar Power by Thomas P. Kuster.
About
the Meeting
The
presentation will include an overview of current solar technology, as well as a
detailed review of the financial incentive programs available for businesses
and organizations specifically in New Jersey.
The combination of the New Jersey Clean Energy Program’s 60% capital
rebates and the current market for Solar Renewable Energy Certificates has
brought project paybacks to an all time best of 5-6 years.
Businesses
in New Jersey are good candidates for solar systems given their extremely high
energy usage, day/summer demand peaking (from HVAC), and community/
environmental missions. Solar in
facilities is a viable part of a comprehensive energy management strategy,
since solar electricity is an excellent hedge against fuel price volatility and
energy inflation.
Interested
building and facility managers should apply for rebates now, while funding at
current levels remains available. This
presentation will help you get started and take advantage of both the financial
and publicity rewards offered by photovoltaic power.
Attendees
will gain a basic understanding of solar technology, the funding available to
implement this technology and the additional benefits available.
About
the Speaker
The
presenter will be Thomas P. Kuster, President, Dome-Tech Solar.
Tom
Kuster is president of Dome-Tech Solar, a premier provider of solar energy
systems serving commercial, institutional and industrial businesses. Tom is active at the Renewable Energy Subcommittee
of the NJ Clean Energy Council, a group of industry experts that lead the
discussion on renewable energy policy for the state’s Board of Public
Utilities. Tom’s broad experience
includes positions in corporate development, sales, marketing, engineering and
business unit leadership while working at NUI, Air Products and Chemical Inc.
and AT&T – Bell Laboratories. Prior to joining Dome-Tech Solar he served as
managing director and founder of Hunts Mills Energy Group, a management
consultants specializing in business development, strategic planning and
business process evaluation and redesign.
Tom earned his master’s degree in business administration from Lehigh
University, in addition to a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from
Stanford University and bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from
Manhattan College. He is certified in
energy management by the Association of Energy Engineers, and has completed
programs with the Center for Creative Leadership and Hammer Institute.
Time: 6:30
PM, Wednesday, February 15, 2006. A
pre-meeting buffet will be available starting at 6:00PM.
Place: Eaton
Electrical, 690 Rahway Ave, Union, NJ.
Directions: Route 82 Morris
Avenue from either Springfield or Union to Rahway
Ave.
Information: Ronald
W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ PES/IAS Chapters:
Energy Conservation
Series - High Efficiency Motors & Variable Frequency Drives
On
March 15, 2006, as part of an ongoing series of free seminars on the topic of
energy conservation, the PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor an evening
discussion on High Efficiency Motors and Variable Frequency Drives by John
Hyfantis, PE.
About
the Meeting
The
first part of the presentation will focus on the performance and efficiency
improvements offered by high efficiency motors (HEM). A “replace versus repair” analysis, including
the NJ Smart Start incentives, will be demonstrated using the “MotorMaster +”
software (free downloads are available from a USDOE website).
The
second part of the presentation will focus on the application of Variable
Frequency Drives (VFD) to centrifugal loads, such as fans and pumps. A VFD payback analysis will be demonstrated,
including a comparison of VFD speed control versus mechanical speed control,
harmonic filtering and VFD interaction with “inverter-grade” motors.
About
the Speaker
The
presenter will be John Hyfantis, PE.
Mr.
Hyfantis’ first career path was in the electronic engineering field, 1961 to
1975. Employed by the Southern New
England Telephone Co, US Army Electronics Command, Electronic Associates,
RCA-Astro Electronics, Dow Jones and Co and Intec, Inc. With Johnson and Johnson ESDP, power
distribution engineering was added to the career path.
Mr.
Hyfantis is President of Energistics, LLC, since 1978. Energistics provides engineering consulting
services to commercial, industrial and institutional clients in the Mid-Atlantic
region. Engineering services include
HVAC equipment replacement and upgrade analysis; process and space conditioning
VF drive design and installation; building management system design; building
commissioning; compressed air system analysis; and power allocation
surveys. Energistics also provides
workshops, covering the topics of motors, motor controls, energy reduction and
power quality.
Time: 6:30
PM, Wednesday, March 15, 2006. A
pre-meeting buffet will be available starting at 6:00PM.
Place: Eaton
Electrical, 690 Rahway Ave, Union, NJ.
Directions: Route 82 Morris
Avenue from either Springfield or Union to Rahway
Ave.
Information: Ronald
W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
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North
Jersey Spring 2006 Student Presentation Contest Set for Early March
This
year's North Jersey Section Contest will be open to graduate and undergraduate
students and first/second/ third place prizes will be awarded in both
categories of $100/$75/$50. The contest
is now accepting abstracts and required registration of student talks. The online registration can be found on the
website http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/sac/ieee.htm.
Additional
topic and contest information is also available. Feel free to email the organizer any
questions.
Time: Check
Website for exact Date (free dinner at 5:30PM)
Place: NJIT, Newark, NJ (Free Parking available.)
Registration
is now open, all presenters must register.
Winners from the section contest can progress to the regional
competition. Details are at Region 1
Student Activities Website.
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New Public Announcements - Mailing for North
Jersey Section!
A
new North Jersey Section non-IEEE members mailing list for public announcements
has been created. The purpose of this mailing
list is to disseminate to the North New Jersey section information pertinent to
their professional and technical enhancement.
It also provides information about IEEE membership services, benefits,
social events, networking opportunities, technical and professional meetings,
and contests. All events are open for
the benefit of the membership and potential new membership. Basic mailing list commands for subscribing
and unsubscribing to the mailing list are initiated by email:
TO: listserv@listserv.ieee.org
JOIN
BODY: subscribe northjerseypublic
firstname lastname
LEAVE
BODY: signoff northjerseypublic
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Nominate a
Colleague for Fellow
It's
never too early to start thinking about nominating a colleague who is a senior
member for the 2007 class of IEEE Fellows.
Nominating forms are due to the Fellow Committee by 1 March 2006.
The
IEEE Fellow grade is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an
extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of
interest. The total number of Fellows
selected in any one year cannot exceed one-tenth of 1 percent of the total
voting IEEE membership.
To
obtain the IEEE Fellow Nomination Kit, visit the IEEE Fellow Activities Web
site at http://www.ieee.org/fellows
or send a message to fellow-kit@ieee.org.
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