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February 2010
Volume 56, Number 7
Publication No: USPS 580-500
“The IEEE Newsletter” (North Jersey Section),
is published monthly except June and July by The Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Headquarters: 3
Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New
York, NY 10016-5997. $1.00 per member per year (included in annual
dues) for each member of the North Jersey Section. Periodicals-class postage paid at New
York, NY and at additional mailing
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to: “The IEEE Newsletter”, 445
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08855-1331. USPS 580-500 (ISSN 1076-3732).
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SECTION OFFICERS
Chair....................................................... Amit
Patel
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“AT” ieee.org
Vice-Chair-1............................. Dr.
Sanghoon Shin
s.shin
“AT” ieee.org (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22
Vice-Chair-2.............................. Dr. Naresh
Chand
naresh.chand
“AT” baesystems.com (973) 636-7408
Treasurer................................................... Vacant
Secretary.......................................... Russell
Pepe
rcpepe
“AT” ieee.org (201) 960-6796
Members-at-Large:
Pete Donegan (doneganp “AT”
ieee.org)
Dr. Katherine Duncan (kduncan “AT” ieee.org)
Dr. Mengchu Zhou (zhou “AT”
njit.edu)
The North Jersey
Section Executive Committee usually meets the first Wednesday (except holidays
and December) of each month at 7:00 PM. Meetings are open to all members. For information on meeting agenda contact
Secretary Russell
Pepe (201) 960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
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IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
February 2010
Feb. 3 – “NJ Section Meeting”,
6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, Clifton Public Library -
Allwood Branch, 44 Lyall Road, Clifton, NJ 07012. Russell Pepe at rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
Feb. 10 (Rescheduled for March
24th) – “Digital
Radiography” by Dr. Lucian A.
Kasprzak, NJ EDS/C&S Chapters, 7:00
PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS
Microwave), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Durga Misra (973)
596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu).
Feb.
10 – “Engineers
Meet: The Engineer’s View” by Diane Young, NJ
PACE, GOLD, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM,
Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ. Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT”
aol.com, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rtax “AT” aea.org.
Feb. 25 (Rescheduled for date TBA) – “Convert
Your Consulting Business into a Full-Fledged Engineering Company” by Dan Kamdar, NJ
Consultants' Network, 6:00-8:30 PM, Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover
Avenue, Whippany, NJ. Robert Walker,
(973) 728-0344, or visit www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Feb. 26 (Rescheduled for March
12th) – “Arc
Flash Seminar” by Alton Baum, PE, NJ
PES/IAS, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Automatic Switch Company, 50
Hanover Road,
Florham
Park,
NJ. Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or
rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Upcoming
Meetings
Mar.
3 –
“NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, Clifton
Public Library - Allwood Branch, 44 Lyall Road, Clifton, NJ 07012. Russell Pepe at rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
Mar.
10 – “Engineers
Meet: IEEE-USA – Engineering Supply and
Demand”, NJ PACE, 6:30
PM to 8:45 PM,
Clifton Memorial Library, 292
Piaget Ave,
Clifton, NJ. Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT”
aol.com, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rtax “AT” aea.org.
Mar.
11 – “Deadlock-free
and Ratio-enforced Supervision of Automated Manufacturing Systems Using Petri
Nets”, by Hesuan Hu, NJ SMC
Society, 7:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE
Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Dr. Mike Liechenstein (973-471-0721) or
E-Mail: itsmikesju “AT” aol.com or zhou “AT” njit.edu. Please RSVP and check the electronic
newsletter for any changes.
Mar. 12 – “Arc
Flash Seminar” by Alton Baum, PE, NJ
PES/IAS, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Automatic Switch Company, 50
Hanover Road,
Florham
Park,
NJ. Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or
rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Mar.
13 - May 15 –
“C# .NET Programming” by Donald Hsu, PhD, 9:00
AM to 12:00 PM,
Room: ECEC 202 , NJIT, 161
Warren Street, Newark, NJ. Donald Hsu, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com.
Mar.
24 – “North
Jersey Spring 2010 Student Presentation Contest”, NJ Section, 6:00
PM,
FDU, Teaneck, NJ. For more information contact northjerseysac
“AT” ieee.org or jignasa.ray “AT” ieee.org.
Mar. 24 – “Digital
Radiography” by Dr. Lucian A.
Kasprzak, NJ EDS/C&S Chapters, 7:00
PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS
Microwave), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Durga Misra (973)
596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu).
Mar.
25 – “Brushless
DC Motors – More Knowledge Means Better Results” by Steven R.
Garfinkel, NJ Consultants' Network, 6:30-8:30 PM, Morris County Library, 30
East Hanover Avenue, Whippany, NJ.
Robert Walker, (973) 728-0344, or visit www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Mar.
25 – “Greedy
Routing with Guaranteed Delivery Using Ricci Flow” by Professor Jie Gao,
NJ Communications Society, 11:30 AM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets),
Newark, NJ. Dr. Nirwan Ansari (973)
596-3670 (nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or Yanchao Zhang (973) 642-7817. Also check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html for the latest updates.
Mar.
26 – “Small
Power Transformer Technical Seminar”
by Tommy Nunn and Jeffrey Wimmer, NJ PES/IAS, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, PSE&G -
Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield, NJ. Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or
rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Apr.
6 – “Internal
Development of Test and Measurement Hardware for Wireless Infrastructure
Applications” by Charles Jobbers, NJ
IMS, 6:30 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Russell C. Pepe, 201-960-6796, rcpepe “AT”
ieee.org.
Apr.
6 - May 25 –
“Project Management” by George Sierchio, 6:30
PM to 9:00 PM,
Room: ECEC 202 , NJIT, 161
Warren Street, Newark, NJ. Donald Hsu, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com.
Apr.
29 – “More
Assistance for Small High-Tech Businesses:
Resources and Grants from NJ COS&T” by Dr. Peter Reczek,
NJ Consultants' Network, 7:00 PM, Olive Restaurant, Parsippany Hilton, Parsippany, NJ. Robert Walker, (973) 728-0344, or visit www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
May
2 –
“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.
May
4 – “Outdoor
ITE-Global Deployment” by Don Gies, NJ IMS, 6:30
PM,
Alcatel-Lucent, Building 5, 600
Mountain Avenue, Murray
Hill,
NJ. Russell C. Pepe, 201-960-6796, rcpepe “AT”
ieee.org.
Members and Non-Members Welcome
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NJ Communications Society:
Greedy Routing
with Guaranteed Delivery Using Ricci Flow
On Thursday, March 25, 2010, the IEEE Communications Society will host a
presentation titled “Greedy Routing with Guaranteed Delivery Using Ricci
Flow.” The speaker will be Professor Jie
Gao.
About
the Topic
Greedy forwarding
with geographical locations in a wireless sensor network may fail at a local
minimum. In this talk, we propose to use
conformal mapping to compute a new embedding of the sensor nodes in the plane
such that greedy forwarding with the virtual coordinates guarantees
delivery. In particular, we extract a
planar triangulation of the sensor network with non-triangular faces as holes,
and deform the network shape by using Ricci flow such that all the non-triangular
faces are mapped to perfect circles.
Thus, greedy forwarding will never get stuck at an intermediate
node. The computation of the conformal
map and the virtual coordinates is performed at a preprocessing phase and can
be implemented by local gossip-style computation.
This is joint work
with Xianfeng David Gu, Feng Luo, Rik Sarkar, Xiaotian Yin, and Wei Zeng..
About
the Speaker
Jie Gao is currently an assistant professor in the Department of
Computer Science at Stony Brook University. She
received a PhD from the Computer Science department of Stanford University in 2004, and BS degree from the special
class for the gifted young, University of Science and Technology of China in 1999. She works on algorithms, sensor networks, and
computational geometry. She received NSF
CAREER award in 2006, the best paper award from Internet Measurement Conference
2009, and she is currently an associate editor of ACM Transaction on Sensor
Networks..
All
Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend.
Time:
11:30 AM, Thursday, March 25, 2010.
Refreshments will be offered at 11:15 AM.
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/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.
Information: Dr. Nirwan Ansari (973) 596-3670
(nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or Yanchao Zhang (973) 642-7817. Also check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html for the latest updates.
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NJ Consultants’ Network:
Convert Your
Consulting Business into a Full-Fledged Engineering Company
Meeting rescheduled due to snow
On date TBA, the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern NJ (www.TechnologyOnTap.org) will
present an informative talk, of great interest to all independent engineering
professionals. Dan Kamdar will discuss
how you can expand your one-man consulting business into a lucrative
Engineering Company.
About
the Topic
Many consultants stay in a small practice and never
fully realize the potential of growing into a bigger business. Some may prefer this as their personal
choice.
However, if you want to turn your practice into a
multi-million dollar business, we highly recommend that you attend this
talk. It will certainly spark your
thinking.
Mr. Kamdar will describe how he joined CNNNJ about
10 years ago and started his consulting company. Soon thereafter, he embarked on a path of
expansion of the business. His
‘Affordable Engineering Services, LLC’ is nowadays a thriving company with
about 275 employees. As he will explain,
that accomplishment requires a specific mindset.
About
the Speaker
Dan Kamdar worked for Boeing as a Senior Engineering Manager, in charge
of a group of some fifty engineers.
After 25 years at Boeing he retired and started his own consulting
business. Dan, who is both an engineer
and a businessman, moved from California to New Jersey in 1997.
Mr. Kamdar earned MBA, MSEE, BSEE and BSME degrees from the California
State University and from the University of Michigan.
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!
Free admission – members and non-members are welcome
Time: 6:00-8:30
PM, date TBA.
Place: Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover
Avenue, Whippany, NJ. Directions to
Library: www.mclib.info.
Information: For directions and up-to-date meeting status,
call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
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NJ Consultants’ Network:
Brushless DC Motors – More Knowledge Means
Better Results
On Thursday, March 25, 2010, the
IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern NJ (www.TechnologyOnTap.org) will
present Steven R. Garfinkel, Principal of Ellipsah LLC, who will discuss how
BLDC motors are constructed, their performance and how to select them.
About
the Topic
Brushless DC motors are used in high performance
servo systems. They are capable of high
power output in a given size, making them the motor of choice for weight- or
size-sensitive applications. When
properly applied, they are enormously robust.
This discussion will cover the basics of the
construction of BLDC motors. Without
resorting to heavy math, the basics of their design will be presented, to
provide attendees with a more complete understanding of how they work and what features to look for. Users of BLDC motors will be in a better
position to ensure they get a motor that will work from their supplier.
The primary components of a BLDC motor are the
magnets, laminations, insulation, commutation sensor and windings. Each will be briefly discussed. A systematic approach to the selection of a
BLDC motor for a specific application will be presented. If you have any questions about how BLDC
motor work, you will find the answers in this presentation.
About
the Speaker
Steven Garfinkel received his BSc and MEng in Electrical Engineering
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He designed autopilots, flight control
actuators, rescue hoists, cargo winches and industrial tools over his career of
more than twenty five years. His
company, Ellipsah LLC, provides complete servo system design services,
including custom motors and controllers. Steven can be reached at sgarfinkel@ellipsah.com or at (973) 432-7401.
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!
Free admission – members and non-members are welcome
Time:
6:30-8:30 PM, Thursday, March 25, 2010.
Place: Morris County Library, 30 East
Hanover Avenue, Whippany, NJ. Directions
to Library: www.mclib.info.
Information: For directions and up-to-date
meeting status, call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
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NJ Consultants’ Network:
More
Assistance for Small High-Tech Businesses:
Resources and Grants from NJ COS&T
The April 29, 2010 meeting of the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern
NJ will feature a talk on assistance for small high-technology businesses
provided by the State of New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology.
The presenter, Peter Reczek, PhD, is the Executive Director of New
Jersey COS&T. He brings to this position an extensive background in
high-tech start-ups that he founded, as well as in managing technology transfer
and industrial-academic partnerships.
Dr. Reczek will highlight many of the state programs that foster growth
of small design or manufacturing businesses or benefit engineers in consulting
practices.
The meeting will take place on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 7pm, in the
Olive Restaurant at the Parsippany Hilton.
More information will be available closer to the meeting date – in this
newsletter and on the CNNNJ Web site (www.TechnologyOnTap.org).
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NJ EDS/C&S:
Digital Radiography
On March 24, 2010, the IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits
and Systems Chapters together with the New Jersey Institute of Technology will
host a talk on “Digital Radiography."
The speaker will be Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Lucian A. Kasprzak.
About the Talk
If you or someone you know has had an x-ray
recently, you may have discovered that things have changed in the radiology
department. Almost all the techniques
used today are digital. Some techniques
used in the radiology department of a hospital are digital by nature. As examples, Computed Radiography, Magnetic
Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography come to mind. However, general radiography and mammography
were not digital as originally conceived.
These two types of medical radiography have gone through a transition in
the last 15 years, resulting in the displacement of x-ray film radiography by
digital devices. This change in media,
so to speak, allows radiologists to see images almost instantaneously. Further, the infrastructure is now in place
to quickly send these images literally around the world for analysis or second
opinion.
After a brief description of the x-ray film
technique, we will explore the digital technologies used in general radiography
and mammography. The image capture technologies
and their applications will be described with a focus on aspects of resolution
and detection. These detectors use TFT
technology similar to that used in flat panel displays. Key attributes of the detector pixels, such
as, fill factor, modulation transfer function, detective quantum efficiency and
fixed pattern noise will be reviewed. In
addition, the components, materials and processes used in the fabrication of
these devices will be examined to lend perspective on their performance and
reliability. Finally, some practical
challenges for possible future improvement will be advanced.
About the Speaker
Lucian A. Kasprzak received the PhD degree in Solid
State Technology from the Materials Science Department of Stevens Institute of
Technology in 1972, while on an IBM Resident
Fellowship. He received a BS in Physics
from Stevens in 1965 and an MS in Physics from Syracuse in 1970. He has worked, his
entire career, on reliability of semiconductor devices and ICs: from their
inception as discrete devices to ULSI.
He discovered the hot electron effect in short channel MOSFET devices in
1973 while at IBM, from which he retired
in 1995. The past 14 years, he has been
in the medical device industry in various R&D organizations. He pioneered the creation of IEEE
transactions on Device and Materials Reliability and is on the Board of
Directors of the International Reliability Physics Symposium. Dr. Kasprzak is a Fellow of the IEEE.
All Welcome!
You do not have to
be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00
PM, Wednesday, March 24,
2010. Free buffet will begin at
6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren &
Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Directions
are available at http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.
Information: Dr. Durga Misra (973)
596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr.
Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS Microwave)..
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NJ IMS:
Internal Development of Test and Measurement
Hardware for Wireless Infrastructure Applications
On Tuesday, April 6, 2010, the IEEE North
Jersey Section of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) is hosting
a talk entitled, “Internal Development of Test and Measurement Hardware for
Wireless Infrastructure Applications.”
The presenter will be Charles Jobbers, MTS, Andrew Corporation.
About the Talk
The cost pressures on commercial infrastructure
component manufacturers have forced organizations to explore innovative
solutions to reduce test costs. For some
manufacturers, viable options to address specific test and measurement needs
must be developed internally. Andrew
Corporation decided to design our own hardware to determine whether cost
savings are possible while maintaining the necessary performance criteria
needed to test our commercial wireless infrastructure hardware. Utilizing a highly-focused, small development
team and a straightforward goal to reduce cost, we decided to develop a line of
modular hardware that may be used by R&D, reliability and production test
and measurement needs. We have
successfully developed an Arbitrary Waveform Generator (ARB), Digital Upconverter,
CW Signal Source and Reflectometer that are used in Vector Signal Generators
(VSGs) and Vector Network Analyzers (VNA’s) which are currently in use
throughout the organization. Our work
has resulted in a significant reduction in our capital equipment expenditures
as well as a new product line which may be marketed as a lower cost alternate
to the RF & Microwave Test and Measurement industry.
About the Speaker
Charles D. Jobbers
was earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from DeVry
University in North Brunswick, NJ on June 2001. Later he received his Master’s
Degree in Software Engineering from Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ
in May 2006. He is currently pursuing an
MBA in Finance from the same institution.
He is currently working as an Engineering Manager at Andrew Corporation
for the last 6 years. Previously, he held titles of Test Engineer, Software
Engineer, and RF Engineer at Mitec Wireless, Inc based out of Montreal Canada.
All Welcome!
Free
admission. Members and non-members
welcome.
Time: 6:30
PM, Tuesday, April
6, 2010. Free buffet will be provided at
5:30 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/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.
Information: Russell C. Pepe,
201-960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ IMS:
On Tuesday, May 4, 2010, the IEEE North
Jersey Section of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) is hosting
a talk entitled, “Outdoor ITE-Global Deployment.” The presenter will be Don Gies, MTS,
Alcatel-Lucent Global Product Compliance Laboratory.
About the Talk
This talk explores aspects of IEC 60950-1,
enclosure test standards (UL 50, CSA C22.2 No. 94, NEMA 250, IEC 60529, IEC
60950-22), and global electrical codes and wiring methods that impact outdoor
ITE, and provides insight on how to juggle, compromise, and reconcile
conflicting international requirements.
About the Speaker
Don Gies has been a
Product Compliance Engineer for over 23 years. Since 1989, Mr. Gies has worked
at AT&T-Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies/Alcatel-Lucent as a Product
Safety Engineer, responsible for obtaining product safety certifications for
his company’s telephone and information processing equipment from domestic and
international product safety organizations.
Mr. Gies has become a leading subject matter expert for his company in
the field of global product safety compliance, working primarily with
Alcatel-Lucent's wireless base station equipment. Mr. Gies is a member of the Alcatel-Lucent Technical
Academy. Prior to working at AT&T,
Mr. Gies was a Tempest Engineer for Honeywell-Signal Analysis Center, where he
worked on various secure communications projects for the US Army Communications
-Electronics Command. Mr. Gies, a
lifelong resident of the Jersey Shore, graduated from Rutgers University -
College of Engineering as an Electrical Engineer. He is an iNARTE Certified
Product Safety Engineer.
All Welcome!
Free
admission. Members and non-members
welcome.
Time: 6:30
PM, Tuesday, May
4, 2010. Free buffet will be provided at
5:30 PM.
Place: Alcatel-Lucent, Building
5, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974.
Information: Russell C. Pepe,
201-960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ Section PACE, GOLD:
Engineers
Meet:
The Engineer’s View
On Wednesday,
February 10, 2010 the North Jersey Section Professional Activities Committee
and Graduates of the Last Decade will host a meeting to host a meeting to
discuss the “The Upside of Being Downsized.”
Our speaker will be Diane Young.
About the Meeting
If
you have been downsized or fear that you may be, then you will want to attend
this informative and thought-provoking seminar.
You
will learn: How to turn a challenge into
an opportunity by changing your outlook.
Through
experiential exercises, how to set and achieve goals. Tips on how to survive and thrive in a down
economy.
This
is a discussion group that is designed to be fun and interactive. Handouts will be given so you may apply what
you have learned long after the seminar has ended.
About the Speaker
Diane Young is a certified professional coach who
focuses on both relationship and career transition coaching. She completed her studies at the Institute
for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), a renowned training program
accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF).
The LYF Experience is the name of Diane’s coaching
practice and LYF stands for Love Yourself First. Diane has learned that success begins with
self-love and self-acceptance. She works
closely with her clients to help them let go of self-defeating thoughts and
behaviors, discover their potential, take action and achieve their personal and
career goals.
In response to this challenging economic climate,
Diane founded and facilitates a support and networking group called The
Unemployed Optimists where participants can connect and feel inspired and
motivated during their transition.
Feature stories on this group have appeared in The Record, The Star
Ledger and Herald News and on News 12 NJ.
Diane’s practice includes individual, couples and
group coaching. She may be reached at
diane@thelyfexperience. com.
All Welcome!
Members and students from all professional
societies and engineering disciplines are welcome. We now have
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1st Transistor IEEE Milestone Dedicated at
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
by
Michael Miller and Howard Leach
(Photo by Pete Bryon of Morris Plains)
L-R
seated are early Bell Labs researchers:
Dr. Alfred Mac Rae, Dr. Walter Brown, and Dr. Morris Tanenbaum.
L-R
standing are: Dr. Michael Geselowitz
Director, IEEE History Center at Rutgers University, Dr. Alexander B. Magoun,
Executive Director, David Sarnoff Library, Dr. Rod C. Alferness, Chief
Scientist at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Dr. Charles P. Rubenstein,
Director-Elect, IEEE Region 1, Dr. Durga Misra, Chair, Southern Area, IEEE Region
1, and Amit J. Patel, Chair, IEEE North Jersey Section.
The
North Jersey Section’s fourth milestone plaque, with following citation, was
officially dedicated at a ceremony held at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, 600
Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ, on Tuesday, December 8th. The dedication was hosted by Dr. Rod C.
Alferness, Chief Scientist at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, and was attended by
over 80.
‘Invention of
the First Transistor at Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., 1947
At this site, in
Building 1, Room 1E455, from 17 November to 23 December 1947, Walter H.
Brattain and John A. Bardeen -- under the direction of William B. Shockley --
discovered the transistor effect, and developed and demonstrated a
point-contact germanium transistor. This
led directly to developments in solid-state devices that revolutionized the
electronics industry and changed the way people around the world lived,
learned, worked, and played.’
After
opening remarks by Amit J. Patel, Section Chair, Dr. Durga Misra Chair,
Southern Area, Region 1, and Dr. Charles P. Rubenstein, Director-Elect, Region
1, Dr. Alex Magoun, the 2009 IEEE History Committee Milestone Coordinator and
advocate for this milestone, explained the purpose of the IEEE Milestone
program. It recognizes significant
technological innovations in areas promoted by the IEEE that have occurred at
least twenty-five years ago. Then some
early Bell Labs researchers reminisced about the early transistor pioneers
shown to the right.
Dr.
Alfred MacRae, IEEE Life Fellow, NAE, EDS Past President, of Berkeley Heights, joined a department in Bell Labs in 1960 that
included Walter Brattain. He noted that
Walter Brattain was a superb experimentalist and a down to earth person who
bragged more about his marksmanship from a galloping horse while growing up on
the family ranch in Washington State than his scientific accomplishments. Later, Dr. MacRae, as Director of the
Advanced Integrated Circuit Technology Laboratory, interacted with William
Shockley and referred to him as the most intellectually stimulating person he
ever met. Dr. MacRae has been recognized
for his pioneering work on ion implantation in integrated circuit fabrication,
was Director, AT&T Skynet Satellite Communications Laboratory, and
continues as a consultant in satellite communications systems.
Dr. Walter Brown , NAE, of Berkeley Heights,
related how John Bardeen was a thoughtful person and always took time to answer
a question and invariably had the right answer.
He also stated that William Shockley always knew what had to be done and
instructed his staff precisely how to proceed which was not always well
received.
Dr. Morris Tanenbaum, IEEE Life Fellow, NAE,
of Short Hills, joined the Bell Labs Chemical Physics Department in 1952 and
worked on the chemical composition of transistors. At William Shockley’s prompting and with the
invaluable collaboration of the technician Ernie Buehler, he made the world’s
first silicon transistor in January 1955.
He provided reasons why silicon was preferred over germanium and some
problems that had to be solved. Some of
the above is from his ‘First-Hand Histories’ article entitled ‘Beginning of the
Silicon Age’ and his ‘Oral-History’ both on the IEEE Global History Network.
Dr. Robert E. Kerwin, another Bell labs researcher,
on the left, was also recognized for his early transistor contributions. He was the winner of the IEEE Jack A. Morton
Award for contributions to the basic understanding and innovative development
of MOS device technology. The process
described in his patent on the silicon gate technology is the basis of all
transistors that comprise modern very large scale integrated circuits.
Dr. Alferness, (left) Chief Scientist at
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, NAE, Fellow - Optical Society of America, and a
member the IEEE Photonics Society, was formerly the Bell Laboratories Research
Senior Vice President. He also serves on
Optical Society’s Executive Management Committee within the European
Conference. He introduced Ken Oexle,
(right) the North Jersey Awards Chair and Master of Ceremonies, who expertly
handled with ease all the introductions beginning with Amit J. Patel, Chairman
of the New Jersey Section.
Amit J. Patel, on left, thanked Alcatel-Lucent for
hosting the luncheon and recognized the efforts of the Robert W. Abbott, Chief,
and Edward J. Eckert, of Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Intellectual Property, Deb
McGregor and Thomas J. McCarthy of Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Communications, and
Ken Oexle and Howard Leach of the North Jersey Section for their support with
the Milestone Nomination and dedication ceremony.
Next, Dr. Durga Misra, on right and Chairman of
Southern Area, Region 1, described the geographic area and recognized the
numerous IEEE Fellows in attendance.
Then Dr. Charles Rubenstein, on left, Region 1
Director Elect at that time, reminisced about his early start in engineering
beginning with a trip to Bell Labs in the fall of 1963 as a student of
Sheepshead Bay High School, LI. As a senior,
he was selected by his physics teacher for a weekend of presentations and
discussions with Bell Labs scientists.
This trip inspired him, in part, to continue with a career in electrical
engineering. The rest is history. He earned a doctorate in Bio-engineering at
the Polytechnic Institute of New York and a Masters in Library and Information
Science at Pratt Institute. Dr.
Rubenstein is Professor of Engineering and Information Science at Pratt
Institute’s graduate School of Information and Library Science. An IEEE senior member, he became the Region 1
Director and a member of the IEEE Board of Directors on January 1st.
Dr. Rubenstein noted that the transistor was
the twentieth milestone approved in Region 1, the Center of Technology. As Director, he plans on working with the
IEEE History Center staff on identifying other potential milestones within
Region 1 to celebrate the foundations of our profession that have occurred in
the Region’s states: Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Closing remarks were given by Dr. Rod C.
Alferness who noted that the transistor is considered by many to be one of the
greatest inventions of the twentieth century.
The transistor is the key active component in practically all modern electronics. Its importance in today's society rests on
its ability to be mass produced using a highly
automated process that achieves astonishingly low per-transistor costs.
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PACE News
By
Richard F. Tax
IEEE to increase Engineer Supply/Demand Ratio
“The E2 Education Act would help states introduce engineering
to students as regular parts of the science curriculum. The bill provides the states grant money to
develop curriculums that introduce engineering and engineering concepts to
students. The bill then provides further grants to implement those curriculums.”
Are you worried
about the declining number of American students who are majoring in Engineering
or the STEM professions?
IEEE-USA has sent
the following to our membership to solicit their support for The E2 Education Act.
However, is this in the best interest of the Profession or our
students? How will this affect the
Engineering manpower Supply/Demand ratio?
High is bad for the Engineering professional, and low would be
better. It looks like another money
issue where cheap is better.
IEEE-USA
wrote, under the Subject
line: “Help IEEE-USA Reform Science
Education”
“IEEE Member:
We
have a unique opportunity to change the way science and engineering are taught
in the Untied States - if we act quickly.
A bill
will soon be introduced into Congress that would help states add engineering to
their basic science curriculums at the K-12 level. If passed, the bill would be a significant
reform to our STEM education system. The
bill will introduce all students to engineering much earlier in their academic
careers than we do currently. It will
also encourage students to continue their science educations through
high-school, a time when many American students abandon the hard sciences.
While
the bill has support in Congress, it needs more. We need to explain to our elected officials
exactly what the bill is and what it does.
Most importantly, we need to convince Congress that this issue is
important enough for them to focus on it.
To do
this, IEEE-USA is inviting all IEEE members to come to Washington on February 8
and 9 to discuss the bill with your elected leaders.
Full
details are here: http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/careerflyin/default.asp
If you
are interested in education reform, concerned about how America is educating
our future engineers, or worried about the declining number of American
students who are majoring in STEM fields, this is your opportunity to make a
difference. Please join IEEE-USA on
February 8 and 9 to explain this problem, and this solution, with
Congress. Register
today!”
That sums up this
effort toward increasing the supply of engineers, but we know their will be
more.
See the involvement
on the National Engineers Week (NEW) effort.
Hey, little girl, want a cookie?
You will see it when you get there.
http://www.eweek.org/EngineersWeek/Introduce.aspx?ContentID=28.
LETTER
With concern about
the Supply/Demand Ratio, I sent the following, dated November 28, 2009, to our
IEEE-USA presidents. I never did receive a reply.
Here is the letter:
To Gordon W. Day,
Ph.D, Russell Lefevre, Ph.D, Evelyn H. Hirt. John Vig
November 28, 2009
I am the PACE chair
for the North Jersey, IEEE, Section and the Metropolitan Section’s Activities
Council (METSAC). PACE is the acronym
for Professional Activities Committee for Engineers.
I would like to
prepare a Year End report for these two entities. We all have access to “The Institute” and
“Spectrum”, but I see little to address the bread and butter issues facing our
American Engineers.
What has IEEE-USA
done during 2009 to enhance the profession for our engineering
practitioners? Please note, I mentioned
engineering practitioners (working engineers) and not academics. These two groups seem to have conflicting
interests and goals.
I am interested in
your efforts to address the Supply/Demand Ratio and enhancement of the job
market for engineers. Are IEEE-USA’s
efforts having a positive or negative affect on the S/D ratio? I see as a goal the reduction of the S/D
ratio i.e. reducing the supply and increasing the demand for our American
Engineers.
Regards,
Richard F. Tax
North Jersey
Section. PACE chair.
METSAC PACE Chair
See http://www.aea.org/documents/tax/htri_file.pdf
While IEEE-USA
wrote “While the bill has support in Congress, it
needs more.” No it
doesn't need more support; it needs opposition. This bill provides federal funding to expand
the K-12 education and seduce our youth into engineering.
Perhaps it is time
to get rid of IEEE-USA and IEEE leaders responsible for this activity.
In conclusion, I
believe IEEE-USA and IEEE are and have been acting to increase the supply of
Engineers with total disregard for the profession or demand for our engineering
members. Supporting IEEE-USA and these
efforts is detrimental to the career of all practicing engineers. It is also harmful to our young
students. I know and respect the staff
at IEEE-USA. Unfortunately, they can
only do what they are told to do.
Compare them to www.aea.org.
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Elevate to Senior Member Grade!
To get information and an application to advance to Senior Member
Grade, see http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/senior-members/. For further
information or to find potential references, contact Mario Ogava, Membership
Chair, at m.ogava “AT” ieee.org.
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North Jersey
Section Seeks Committee Chairs and Volunteers
The North Section
is seeking new volunteers to help conduct business for the benefit of its
membership. There are a variety of
volunteer positions open and available.
They range from long-term to short-term, from technical to
non-technical, leadership or just participatory. For Society Chapter Chairs, you must be a
member of the corresponding IEEE Society.
You must be an active IEEE member to hold an elected office at the
section level.
If you would like
to become involved with volunteering in some of these efforts or positions or
just become more informed about what is happening at the North Jersey Section,
please contact Dr. Chandra Gupta at c.gupta “AT” ieee.org. You are welcome to attend the Section
business meeting held the first Wednesday of every month to find out more and
other volunteer activities that require some help.
Some committees
needing volunteers include the following.
Please contact the person indicated for additional information.
· Power Electronics Society Chapter Chair - contact c.gupta below.
· GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Affinity Group Volunteers and
Committee members needed - contact northjerseygold “AT” ieee.org
· WIE (Women in Engineering) Affinity Group Volunteers and Committee
members needed - contact kduncan “AT” ieee.org
· EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) is seeking a chair
and active committee volunteers - contact c.gupta “AT” ieee.org.
· Membership Development Committee Chair and Volunteers - contact c.gupta
below.
Additionally, if
interested volunteers would like to get more general information about the
Section, including a complete listing of all chapters and committees, visit the
North Jersey Section website http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/, or contact Dr. Chandra Gupta c.gupta “AT” ieee.org.
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Region 1 Award
Nominations
Nominate a colleague.
Region 1 of IEEE offers a variety of awards to recognize the engineering
accomplishments of members. Specific
award categories include: technological innovation, engineering organization,
academic teaching, enhancement of IEEE image in the public or industry and
sustained IEEE service. To obtain
additional information about these categories visit the Region 1 website
www.ieee.org/r1
Once at the site click on Section Information on the
far right column. On the Section page
click on Region 1 Awards Information. We
will assist you. To nominate a qualified
individual prepare a 200-word summary (including the individual’s name, IEEE
number and IEEE US postal mail address) specifying the accomplishment of the
candidate.
Send the summary to our Awards Chair Ken Oexle, 11 Deerfield
Road, Whippany, NJ 07981, prior to May 1.
The North Jersey Awards Committee will review the summary; suggest any
changes; complete the nomination form; and forward it to the Region 1 Awards
committee with a Section endorsement.
Award nominations
are evaluated and approved at the Region 1 Summer Meeting and plaques are
presented at the following North Jersey Section Annual Awards Reception.
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From the North
Jersey Section’s Education Committee:
Hot courses can enhance your position in the job market
IEEE North Jersey Education
Committee ran programming and management courses since 1993. 236 IEEE members and non-members completed
these courses. Benefits: Some got jobs at AT&T and Microsoft
Corporation.
We need hot
courses, instructors and classrooms. If
you can teach a hot course (any course that can get people jobs), email your
one-page abstract and your resume. If
your NJ firm can provide a conference room, evening or Saturday morning,
contact Donald Hsu, Chair, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com. Thank-you and act NOW!
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Volunteer
Teacher for 11-week apprenticeship with middle school students in Newark
Citizen Schools is a national
non-profit serving low-income middle-school students after school, extending
the number of hours spent in an active learning environment. A core program element is the project-based
student apprenticeship.
Each semester, generous volunteers get trained to become Citizen Teachers who lead these hands-on
apprenticeships on a topic of their choosing, and about which they are both
passionate and knowledgeable. These apprenticeships culminate in a WOW! moment where students
teach back what they learned
via the creation of a high-quality product, service or presentation that
demonstrates their mastery.
We have a renewed focus on
science, technology and engineering and are looking for ways to bring these to
live in an exciting way to our students.
This semester’s offering has ranged from an Arup Consulting Engineering
working with them on structural engineering to the students learning mechanical
engineering principles by creating a dance pad.
We are currently recruiting volunteers for the Spring semester (starting
week of February 8th) to spend 90 minutes a week on either a Tuesday
or Thursday (for 11 weeks) as Citizen Teachers in Newark (NJ) and would be
interested in engaging yourself and/or your organization in the process. To learn more about the program (http://www.youtube.com/profile?v=mx4xeO3Xq7g&user=citizenschoolsonline) , read about past apprenticeships (http://ctnation.citizenschools.net/dotnetnuke/Teach/ThinkIt/ApprenticeshipIdeaBank/tabid/151/Default.aspx)
or apply to become a Citizen Teacher (http://ctnation.citizenschools.net/dotnetnuke/Volunteer/SignUp/tabid/175/Default.aspx).
To apply: http://ctnation.citizenschools.net/dotnetnuke/Volunteer/SignUp/tabid/175/Default.aspx
If you have any questions, please contact
Bing Howell at binghowell@citizenschools.org.
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TCF-2010
The 35th Annual
Trenton Computer Festival (TCF) will be held Saturday & Sunday, April 24th
& 25th, 2010 http://www.tcf-nj.org.
The TCF IT
Professional Conference is Friday April 23rd.
New this year, the
ARRL NJ Amateur Radio Convention is being held coincident with the festival, on
Sunday April 25th, all at The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey.
This year we are
focusing on Open Source Software, but we are still interested in covering all
topics relating to computers and digital technology. As 2010 is our 35th year, we are also seeking
talks that deal with the history of PCs and their impact on society. We are looking for talks (50 minutes) and
tutorials/workshop (100 minutes) on all forms of computer, digital electronics,
information, communications technology, robotics, home/environmental control,
Vid/Podcasting, gaming and digital home entertainment, digital photography,
wireless technology, networking.
If you have an idea
for a talk or workshop/tutorial for TCF, please fill out a Speaker Application
form at http://tcf-nj.org/speaker_registration.html.
If you are
interested in more information, or in speaking at the other related
events. For the IT Professional
Conference contact David Soll at dsoll@Omicron.com. For the Amateur Radio Conference contact Gary
Wilson at k2gw@optonline.net. For TCF in general, contact
Allen Katz, TCF Program Chairperson, a.katz@ieee.org, telephone:
609-771-2666, fax: 609-631-0177, US Mail: Dr. Allen Katz, School of
Engineering, The College of New Jersey, PO Box 7718, Ewing, NJ 08628-0718.
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Call for
Papers - The 33rd IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2010
http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/princeton-centraljersey/2010_Sarnoff_Symposium/
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Call for
Papers - LISAT2010
http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/lisat/cfpLisat2010rev5.pdf
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IEEE Awards
Reception
North
Jersey Section
May
2, 2010
Birchwood
Manor, Whippany NJ
A time to relax, unwind and
enjoy --
A time to pay tribute to
our new Fellows --
A time to honor our Award
Winners --
YES it's time for the
Annual Section Reception
The
Annual Section IEEE Awards Reception will be held at the Birchwood Manor, 111
North Jefferson Road,
Whippany again this year. The affair is
scheduled for Sunday, May 2, 2010 from
3 to 6
PM. Tickets are $35.00
each. Spouses and guests are
welcome. We are limited to 90
attendees, so please make your reservations early.
Reservations are required by April 24, 2010. Complete the reservation form and return it
with your payment. If you would like
tickets mailed back to you, please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Otherwise, your tickets will be held at the door for you. If any additional information is required
concerning the reception, contact Anne Giedlinski at (973) 377-3175.
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Use
this form for Reception reservations. ENCLOSE A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE to receive tickets in
advance. Reservations are required by
April 24, 2010. Mail
reservation request to:
Anne
Giedlinski
299 Brooklake Road
Florham Park, NJ
07932
Enclosed
is __________ for ____ ticket(s) at $35.00 each (make check payable to North Jersey Section IEEE) for:
NAME:
___________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Yes,
please send me directions to the Birchwood Manor
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NJ Power & Energy Society/Industry Applications
Society
Small Power Transformer Technical
Seminar
The PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a technical
seminar on the topic of medium voltage small power transformers. The session will be held on Friday, March 26,
2010 at PSE&G’s Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield,
NJ.
Topics
The seminar will cover the basics of design and
product selection of small power transformers for power distribution systems
for industrial and commercial facilities.
The seminar will focus on the selection of the various types of small
power transformers, and how to configure the systems to provide the proper
level of reliability based on available project funding:
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ü
Comparison of Transformer
Technologies, Dry Type and Liquid Filled Transformers
ü
Transformer Overload
Capability and System Coordination
ü
Transformer Thermal
Characteristics
ü
ANSI C57.12.96 and
C57.12.92
ü
ANSI Test Requirements
ü
DOE National Efficiency
Standard
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ü
Fluids: Oil, Less
Flammable, Biodegradable
ü
Total Ownership Costs:
ü
New Equipment Developments
ü
Acquisition &
Commissioning Costs
ü
Operations / Energy Costs
ü
Operations / Maintenance
Costs
ü
Life Cycle / Retirement
Cost
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About
the Instructors
The instructors will be Tommy Nunn and Jeffrey Wimmer,
ABB.
Tommy Nunn has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering
and comes to us with 31 years experience in the medium voltage power equipment
industry specializing in Small Power Transformers. His experience in the industry includes ITE,
Gould, Brown Boveri Corporation, PEMCO and presently he is the Marketing
Manager for ABB’s North American Dry Type Transformer Division.
Jeffrey Wimmer MS/MBA studied both engineering and
management, and is a certified substation maintenance engineer with experience
in the medium voltage power equipment industry specializing in Small Power
Transformers. His experience in the
industry includes the US Air Force, Virginia Transformer Corp., AVO/Megger,
North American EPC’s, and currently he is the Senior Marketing Representative
in Business Development for ABB’s North American Dry Type Transformer Division.
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The registration fee for this seminar 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. 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:
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9:00 AM
to 2:00 PM (lunch is included), Friday, March 26, 2010.
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Place:
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PSE&G - Hadley Road
Facility, 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield, NJ 07080-1192h
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Directions:
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Route 287 to Exit 5
If Southbound make right
onto Stelton Road; If Northbound make left onto Stelton
Road
Make first left onto
Hadley Road
Pass the two lights and
building is on the left; look for PSE&G sign on left.
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Information:
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Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade
“AT” ieee.org
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______________________________________________________________________
Registration: Small Power Transformer Seminar 3/26/2010
Register via US mail to: Ronald W. Quade, PE
Eaton
Electrical
379
Thornall St, 8th Floor
Edison,
NJ 08837
Name____________________________________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________________________
Phone__________________
Email____________________________________________________________
IEEE
#_________________ Student @______________________ Non IEEE_____ Life
Member______
Continuing
Education Units: Yes $25 No
If CEUs are chosen,
please include a $25 processing fee
Payment Enclosed $_______________
Make checks payable to North Jersey Section
IEEE (Credit Cards cannot be processed at this time).
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NJ Power & Energy Society/Industry Applications
Society
Arc Flash Seminar
Rescheduled for March 12, 2010, due to snow
The PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a technical
seminar on the topic of arc flash. The
session will be held on Friday, March 12, 2010, at Automatic Switch Co., 50 Hanover Rd, in Florham Park, NJ.
Topics
Arc Flash:
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Intro/Recap of Arc Flash –
concern, standards, etc.
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The “Compliance” Process
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Limits of Approach
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NFPA 70E-2009 –
highlighting changes to 70E-2004
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Review of Hazard Risk
Categories and PPE descriptions
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IEEE 1584-2002 – overview,
what’s ahead
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Arc Flash Study –
including typical results / recommendations
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Incident Energy Equations
– a comparative analysis
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Using the 70E Tables vs.
1584 Equations
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NESC 2007
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Coordination vs. Arc Flash
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Labeling
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Your Electrical Safety
Program – considerations
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Your Electrical Safety
Program – keeping it EVERGREEN
ü
Technical Concerns from
the Practitioner
ü
Latest Industry Practices
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About
the Instructor
The speaker will be Alton Baum, PE
from AB Engineering, LLC. Mr. Baum carries
over 20 years of utility generation and industrial power systems experience
working for Westinghouse, Eaton Electrical, and Square D. After starting
his career as a field engineer in large generators/excitation, Mr. Baum focused
in the area of power systems analyses, power quality investigation/solution,
and, most recently, arc flash analysis. In 2007, Mr. Baum started an
independent engineering consulting practice, AB Engineering, LLC, which
provides power engineering services to the industrial/commercial markets.
He has performed hundreds of short circuit, overcurrent coordination, and arc
flash studies, and has been teaching in these areas for most of his
career. Mr. Baum holds the BS degree in
Electrical Engineering from West Virginia Institute of Technology (1987), the
Master of Business Administration from Widener University (1998), and the MSEE
in Power Engineering from Drexel University (2003). He is a member of
IEEE, board member of the Delaware Valley Power Quality Group, and holds Professional
Engineer licenses in multiple states.
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The registration fee for this seminar 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. 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:
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9:00 AM
to 2:00 PM (lunch is included), Friday, March 12, 2010.
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Place:
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Automatic Switch Company, 50
Hanover Road, Florham Park, NJ
07932 (973-966-2000)
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Directions:
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From Route 80 Take I-287
to Exit 37 (NJ 24 East - Springfield).
Take NJ 24 East to Exit 2B (Columbia Turnpike). Proceed 2.2 miles to Hanover Road (6th set
of traffic lights). Turn left on
Hanover Road (AAA Building). Automatic
Switch will be on the right (0.4 mile).
Enter first driveway-marked shipping/receiving and proceed to visitor
parking lot on the left. Follow
sidewalk to office entrance door.
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Information:
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Ronald W. Quade, PE,
(732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org
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______________________________________________________________________
Registration: Arc Flash Seminar 3/12/2010
Register via US mail to: Ronald W. Quade, PE
Eaton
Electrical
379
Thornall St, 8th Floor
Edison,
NJ 08837
Name____________________________________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________________________
Phone__________________
Email____________________________________________________________
IEEE
#_________________ Student @______________________ Non IEEE_____ Life
Member______
Continuing
Education Units: Yes $25 No
If CEUs are chosen,
please include a $25 processing fee
Payment Enclosed $_______________
Make checks payable to North Jersey Section
IEEE (Credit Cards cannot be processed at this time).
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IEEE North
Jersey Section Course
C# .NET Programming
Saturday, March 13, 2010 through May 15, 2010
Eight weekly classes (March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, May 1, 8, 15,
2010)
Place: Room ECEC 202, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 161 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
(Checks should not be mailed to this address)
IEEE
North Jersey Section thanks New Jersey Institute of Technology, for sponsoring
this course.
The IEEE North
Jersey Section is offering a course entitled "C# .NET Programming".
Since 2004, C# .NET has generated significant headway in Fortune 1000
enterprise development systems. Dice.com
lists 700+ C# .NET jobs in the New York tri-state area daily! This course will cover the
fundamentals of C# language, the .NET framework, window and web-based applications, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, and XML. It
will be useful for anyone to develop applications based upon these tools.
You will receive
the IEEE Certificate of Completion when you finish the course. Microsoft Corp. has MCAD and MCSD
certifications. You may wish to get
certified by taking the necessary Microsoft exams with the knowledge gained
from this course.
Instructor: Donald Hsu, Ph.D.,
has been a corporate manager for 11 years and is an experienced trainer. Since 2004, he has trained 700+ people in
database, Java, WebLogic, XML, and C# .NET courses in 7 organizations.
TOPICS
1. Compare the
enterprise development tools using Java to C# .NET
2. Define Visual
Studio .NET
Version 2005 to 2008
3. Identify C#
syntax, data type, control structures and common language runtime
4. Distinguish
methods, arrays, object-oriented programming
5. Build graphical
user interface, multithreading, files and streams
6. Explain the
benefit of using extensible markup language (XML)
7. Select
database, SQL server, and ADO .NET
8. Choose ASP .NET, web forms, web services, advanced topics
9. Present student
Projects
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WHERE:
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Room ECEC 202, New Jersey Inst Technology, 161 Warren Street, Newark, NJ
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WHEN:
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Eight
Saturdays, March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, May 1, 8, 15, 2010, 9:30 am to
12:00 noon.
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COST:
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IEEE
(& affiliate) members $500; Non-IEEE members $550.
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CONTACT:
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Donald
Hsu, yanyou “AT”
hotmail.com
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REGISTRATION: C# .NET Programming
Please mail the
completed registration with a check (payable to “North Jersey Section IEEE”) to:
Donald
Hsu, Chair Education Committee, IEEE North Jersey Section, P.O. Box 2093, Fort
Lee, New Jersey 07024.
Name:
_____________________________________________ Email address
_________________________________
˙ Non-member
˙ IEEE Member
Member #:_________________________
Member of ________________________ technical society
Employer:___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employer
Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Business (day)
telephone #:___________________________________ Home telephone
#:________________________________
Please enclose
required fee payable to: North Jersey Section IEEE
As soon as the
completed registration form and the payment are received, you are officially registered
for this course.
Registration status
will be confirmed by email.
˙ I wish to receive IEEE Completion Certificate
Signature:___________________________________________
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IEEE North
Jersey Section Course
Project Management
Tuesday Evenings, April 6, through May 25, 2010
Eight weekly classes (April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2010)
New Jersey Institute Technology, 161 Warren Street,
Newark, New Jersey (Checks should not be mailed to this address)
IEEE
North Jersey Section thanks New Jersey Institute Technology for sponsoring this
course
The North Jersey Section IEEE is offering an evening course entitled
"Project Management". Dice.com
lists 5800+ Project related jobs in the New York tri-state area daily! This
course will help you to break down a master project into manageable tasks,
pinpoint possible solutions, and provide information to keep the project under
control. Using Microsoft Project
software, you will learn to accomplish various project plans. In addition, it will greatly enhance your
business, communications and interpersonal skills.
You will receive the IEEE certificate of completion when you finish the
course. You may wish to take two
Certification exams, one in Project Management administered by Project
Management Institute from the knowledge that you learned in this course. (This is not an exclusive PMP-PMI examination prep
course. No PDUs are issued for PMP eligibility. CEU credits would be given by IEEE)
Instructor: George Sierchio,
business owner with 16 years of experience.
He did technical consulting, training, and managed over 30
projects. He trained 500+ adult students
in the last 10 years.
TOPICS
1.
Explain the need for a
project manager
2.
Define SOW, PERT, GANTT, CPM,
and Scope of the project
3.
Identify the team members,
resources and plan for the strategy
4.
Calculate schedule, budget
variances, and monitor project progress
5.
Manage changes, estimates,
and communications
6.
Set a baseline, import tasks
from MS Excel, export Project files to MS Word
7.
Create and modify custom
reports, templates and combination views
8.
Share resources and create a
master plan loaded to Project Server
9.
Approve updates and conclude
a project plan
10. Analyze global
E-Commerce and present student Projects
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WHERE:
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New Jersey Inst Technology, 161 Warren Street, Newark, NJ.
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WHEN:
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8 Tuesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18,
25, 2010, 6:30-9:00 PM.
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COST:
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IEEE (& affiliate) members $500; Non-IEEE
members $550.
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CONTACT:
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Donald Hsu:
yanyou “AT” hotmail.com
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REGISTRATION: Project Management
Please mail the
registration form with the check (Checks payable to “North Jersey Section IEEE”) to
Donald
Hsu, Chair Education Committee, IEEE North Jersey Section, P. O. Box 2093, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Name:
_____________________________________________ Email address
_________________________________
˙ Non-member
˙ IEEE Member
Member #:_________________________
Member of _____________________________ technical society
Employer:___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employer
Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home
Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Business (day)
telephone #:___________________________________ Home telephone
#:________________________________
Please enclose
required fee payable to: North
Jersey Section IEEE
As soon as a
completed registration form and the payment are received, you are officially
registered for this course. Registration
status will be notified by email.
˙ I wish to receive the IEEE Completion
Certificate
Signature:___________________________________________
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