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January
2005
Volume 51, 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
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Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ
08855-1331. USPS 580-500 (ISSN
1076-3732).
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SECTION OFFICERS
Chairman................................................ Har
Dayal
har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com (973) 633-4618
Vice-Chairman-1......................... Bhanu Chivakula
b.chivakula “AT” computer.org (732) 718-3818
Vice-Chairman-2...................................... Kirit
Dixit
kdixit “AT” ieee.org (201) 669-7599
Treasurer................................. Dr.
Sanghoon Shin
s.shin “AT” ieee.org (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22
Secretary.......................................... Russell
Pepe
rpepe
“AT” att.net (201) 960-6796
Members-at-Large:
Dr.
Nirwan Ansari (nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu)
Gary
Hojell (gary.hojell “AT” itt.com)
Dr.
Richard Snyder (r.snyder “AT” ieee.org)
The North Jersey Section
Executive Committee usually meets the first Wednesday (except holidays and
December) of each month at 7:00 PM. Meetings
are open to all members. For information
on meeting agenda contact Secretary Russell Pepe at (201) 960-6796, rpepe
“AT” att.net.
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IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
January
2005
Jan. 5 –
“NJ
Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive
Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100
Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ. Russell Pepe at rpepe “AT”
worldnet.att.net.
Jan. 12 – “Meeting
and Social” - 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” AEA.org).
Jan. 20 – “How Compound Wireless Services Will Change Our Lives”
- NJ VTS Chapter, 7:00 PM, Lucent
Technologies, 67 Whippany Rd, Whippany,
NJ.
Arthur Greenberg (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com).
Jan. 24 – “Computational Support for Dynamic
Parallel/Distributed Applications” - NJ Computer Chapter, 7:00 PM
(pre-meeting buffet at 6:00 PM), Public Meeting Room, Morris County Library, 30
E. Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ. Seth Jakel
(973) 731-1902, (sgjakel “AT” comcast.net) or Vivek Shaiva (908) 229-6125
(vshaiva “AT” computer.org).
Jan. 28 – “Seminar - Electrical System
Reliability Analysis, Reliability-Centered-Maintenance (RCM) Concepts and
Performance-Based Maintenance” - NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, JCP&L,
300 Madison Ave, Punchbowl Room, Morristown, NJ. Ronald Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade
“AT” ieee.org.
Upcoming Meetings
Feb. 2 –
“NJ
Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive
Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100
Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ. Russell Pepe at rpepe “AT”
worldnet.att.net.
Feb. 22-Apr. 19 – “Marketing Research” – 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.chivakula “AT”
computer.org).
Feb. 24 – “Marketing
Ideas Workshop” - 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.
Members and
Non-Members Welcome
PLEASE
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Newly Elected IEEE Fellows
The North Jersey Section IEEE
congratulates the following members who were elected to the Fellow grade:
Dr.
Laurence W. Nagel
“for
contributions to the field of integrated circuit simulation.”
Dr.
Thomas H. Wood
“for
contributions to high performance optical communications systems.”
Dr.
Amy Ruth Reibman
“for contributions to the
transport of video over networks.”
Prof.
Nicholas Geoffrey Duffield
“for contributions to the measurement,
analysis and management of telecommunications networks.”
Prof.
Yun-Qing Shi
“for contributions to
multidimensional signal processing.”
Dr.
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan
“for contributions to congestion control
and traffic management in communication networks.”
Dr.
Walter Willinger
“for the analysis and mathematical
modeling of Internet traffic.”
Dr.
Jeff D. Bude
“for contributions to the deep
submicron MOSFETs.”
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NJ Computer Chapter:
Computational Support for Dynamic
Parallel/Distributed Applications
On
Monday, January 24th, 2005,
the IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Chapter will host a presentation titled “Computational
Support for Dynamic Parallel/Distributed Applications” by Manish Parashar.
About the Talk
Adaptive and interactive simulations yield highly
advantageous ratios for cost/accuracy and can enable accurate solutions to
realistically model complex physical phenomenon. However their efficient implementation on
widely distributed, highly heterogeneous and dynamic execution environments
such as the computational grid presents significant challenges in computer/computational
science. In this talk Manish will
present computer science solutions that enable efficient and scalable
implementations of these applications. Specifically, Manish will address
distributed and dynamic data-management, adaptive load-balancing and runtime
management, interactive monitoring and control.
About the Speaker
Manish Parashar (M'89-SM'03) is Associate Professor
of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers University, where he also is
director of the Applied Software Systems Laboratory. He received a BE degree in Electronics and
Telecommunications from Bombay University, India in 1988, and MS and PhD
degrees in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University in 1994. He has received the NSF CAREER Award (1999)
and the Enrico Fermi Scholarship from Argonne National Laboratory (1996). His current research interests include
autonomic computing, parallel, distributed and grid computing, networking,
scientific computing, and software engineering.
Manish is a member of the executive committee of the
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP), part
of the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor Program (2004-2006), and a
member of ACM. He is also the co-founder
of the IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC). Manish has co-authored over 130 technical
papers in international journals and conferences, has co-authored/edited 5
books/proceedings, and has contributed to several others in the area of
parallel and distributed computing.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend. Bring your friends and network
during the free pre-meeting buffet starting at 6:00
PM
Time: 7:00 PM, Monday,
January 24, 2005. Pre-meeting
buffet starts at 6:00 PM.
Place: Public Meeting Room, Morris
County Library, 30
E. Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ, (973) 285-6930.
Information: Seth Jakel (973) 731-1902, (sgjakel “AT”
comcast.net) or Vivek Shaiva (908) 229-6125 (vshaiva “AT” computer.org).
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NJ Consultants' Network:
Marketing Ideas Workshop
On February
24, 2005, the IEEE Consultants’ Network of Northern NJ (CNNNJ) will
host a workshop on Marketing Ideas. The
speaker will be Peter K. Schutz, P.E.
About the Talk
Marketing is one of the
things that technical consultants find the hardest to do. One of the primary functions of CNNNJ is to
make the services provided by CNNNJ members visible and attractive to potential
customers, for example, by the existing periodic mailing and through the web
site. What other marketing efforts could
CNNNJ make? We'll discuss our plans, but
also ask what do consultants think is the most important thing that their
prospective customers should be made aware of?
Some examples:
·
"Optimizing efficiency through use of
technical consultants"
·
"Using technical consultants to your
advantage"
·
"Proper use of consultants for small
technology businesses"
·
"How to find the right consultant"
·
"Effective outsourcing"
Join our workshop and
give us your ideas so that CNNNJ can provide you the best value for your
membership dollars!
About the Speakers
The workshop will be led by Peter Schutz, Vice
Chairperson of the CNNNJ executive committee.
Peter is a mechanical engineer who has been working as an independent
consultant for the last 20 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 a MSME from NJIT. He survived his first year of consulting by
eating rice. He has been a member of
CNNNJ for the last 6 years.
All CNNNJ members and visitors are welcome to
participate and help make this a successful program!
All Welcome!
Everyone welcome.
No registration needed. Free
admission.
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.
NJ
Section PACE & GOLD:
Engineers Meet:
First: Thanks to David DuPont for helping with our
last December PACE meeting and to Bob Glynn and Paul Lorenzen, all of Hepco,
Inc for speaking to our members. Bob and
Paul did an excellent and very professional job of addressing the subject of
Contract Engineering.
They
provided a generic and informative presentation. Once again I had to encourage members to
leave by the nine o'clock whistle. The meeting was friendly and high in
quality. I believe all had an enjoyable
evening. Hepco is a contract firm in Rutherford,
NJ, and they can all be reached at www.hepcoinc.com.
I owe you guys.
Thanks, Richard
F. Tax, PACE Chair.
January
Meeting & Social
On Wednesday,
January 12, 2005 the North Jersey Section Professional Activities
Committee and Graduates of the Last Decade will host a meeting to network,
socialize, enjoy refreshments and discuss the professional side of engineering.
All will have an opportunity to present their views
about the profession, the job market, review past meetings and discuss future
issues for PACE.
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/chapters/nj/
www.ieeeusa.org
web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
Time: 6:30
to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, January 12, 2005. 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” AEA.org).
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VTS Chapter:
How Compound Wireless Services Will
Change Our Lives
On
Thursday, January 20, 2005,
the Vehicular Technology Society will host a presentation entitled “How
Compound Wireless Services Will Change Our Lives” by Thad Kobylarz.
About the Talk
Future wireless
telecommunications users/subscribers will be able to build elaborate services
to satisfy their individual requirements.
Facilities within wireless terminals (advanced cell phones, accessible
service provider resources, and third party service providers) will provide the
components for users/subscribers to build these elaborate services. User/subscribers will link component services
from these three sources and program sequences that can be invoked upon
command. These linked service sequences
are termed “Compound Wireless Services”.
Compound Wireless
Services are beyond 3G and are not now available. Nor are they planned for 3G wireless
systems. However, user/subscriber
programmed services represent a natural extension beyond 3G and provide an
incentive for users/subscribers to desire 3G services. Dr. Kobylarz will employ his vision of future
architecture to discuss how Compound Wireless Services will make the wireless
telecommunications terminal an indispensable data tool and will subjugate voice
communications to a secondary service.
About the Speaker
Thad
Kobylarz spent over 20 years at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies prior
to his retirement in 2001. Most of his
efforts were as an architect of telecommunications hardware &
software. For five years he represented
Lucent Technologies at wireless standards committees. After retirement he was a consultant to
AT&T Wireless Services also as a standards representative. His work has addressed various topics
relating to computers and communications, with an emphasis on wireless
services. Dr. Kobylarz received a BSEE
from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, a MSEE from the University
of Vermont, and a PhD in EE and
Computer Science from the North Carolina
State University. The first part of his career was in academia
as an Assistant Professor at Princeton University,
an Associate Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, and the EE
Department Chairman at the University of Petroleum & Minerals (Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia). He is a Life Member of IEEE.
All Welcome!
Free
admission. You do not have to be a
member of IEEE to attend.
Pre-Registration is Requested
Contact
Arthur Greenberg at (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com) for reservations.
Time: 7:00
PM, Thursday, January 20, 2005. Pre-meeting buffet will start at 6:00
PM.
Place: Lucent Technologies, 67
Whippany Rd, Whippany, NJ 07981.
Information: Arthur Greenberg (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com).
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“Sister Section” Cooperation with
Thailand Section became Stronger
Since June
1st, 2004, the North Jersey Section of IEEE (Region 1) and Thailand Section of
IEEE (Region 10) have formed the “Sister Section” relationship to exchange
ideas, experiences and share information about their operations. This cooperation between the sections is of
immense value for organizing conferences, symposia and workshops. This year Thailand Section organized TENCON,
the premier technical conference of Region 10 of IEEE. The Thailand Section, being a smaller section
(membership approximately 800), requested the North Jersey Section (membership
approximately 6000) help in reviewing some papers for TENCON 2004 and members
of North Jersey Section gladly obliged.
Dr. Durga
Misra, Chair of IEEE North Jersey Section, visited their Sister Section from
November 21st to November 25th, 2004, during the TENCON 2004, which was held in
the northern city of Chiang Mai. During
the opening of ceremony of TENCON 2004, the Sister Section alliance was
announced. Dr. Misra gave an invited
talk on “Nanoelectronics Beyond 65nm Node” at TENCON 2004 and chaired a session
on Electron Devices. In the conference,
technical presenters of Region 10 shared some perspective of Region 1.
North Jersey
Section Chair Dr. Durga Misra (left) and
Thailand
Section Chair Kraisi Karnasuta during the opening of TENCON 2004
On the
sidelines of TENCON 2004 on November 21st, Dr. Misra met with the Thailand
Section Chair Mr. Kraisi Karnasuta, the Governor of Electricity Generating
Authority of Thailand, and the committee members of Thailand Section
EXCOM. Mr. Karnasuta plans to continue
as Section Chair for two more years, which will keep the Sister Section
relationship in a steady pace. At
present, Power Engineering is leading in terms of expansion and funding in
Thailand. During the meeting, exchange
of ideas and future plans to further the cooperation were discussed. The idea of possible student exchange between
the sections came up. It was determined that
logistics for such exchange will be established after further discussions by
respective EXCOMs.
Dr. Misra
met the Region 10 representative Dr. Janina Mazierska, who is also a candidate
for Region 10 Director Elect for 2007-2008.
Many ideas of “Sister Section” collaborations were discussed. Tokyo Section representative Dr. Akinori
Nishihara, who was present at TENCON 2004, joined the discussion and discussed
their ‘Sister Section’ progress with the Boston Section. Dr. Misra also discussed the IEEE membership
development with many faculty members and the vice-president of research of
Chiang Mai University.
Dr. Misra
has had extensive discussions with Thailand Section Secretary Dr. Ekachai
Leelarasmee, a professor at Cholalongkorn University, who served as one of the
technical program chairs of TENCON 2004.
Both of them also met in Bangkok after the conference. Both the section representatives will meet
again during Section Congress in October 2005.
The trip to Thailand by the North Jersey Section Chair has fulfilled the
mission of the IEEE by exchanging information and by networking with the Sister
Section members.
North Jersey
Section Chair Dr. Durga Misra (left) and Thailand Section Secretary
Dr. Ekachai
Leelarasmee at Cholalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand
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North
Jersey Section to Form Alliance With
NJIT Career Development Services
In an effort to leverage
resources and create on-going communication channels, the IEEE North Jersey
Section and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Division of Career
Development Services (CDS) have entered into an alliance that stands to greatly
benefit both organizations.
“It is our objective to
distribute information about various career development programs, services, and
events that we think will be of interest and value to the IEEE members and
their employing companies,” stated Gregory Mass, Executive Director of the Career
Development Center
at NJIT. Information that is
typically communicated includes career fair dates, co-op and internship program
information sessions, industry relevant seminars and presentations, and
on-campus company information sessions.
“We have similar mutually beneficial arrangements with the NJ Tech
Council, the Regional Business Partnership; and The Metropolitan Electric
League. Their members have appreciated
staying informed.”
It is CDS’ objective to
become a value-added resource for the association. There are several potential connecting
points, including an opportunity for CDS to support the work being done by the
PACE committee. Mass intends to meet
with the North Jersey Section Executive Committee (EXCOM) to discuss how CDS
can best support their initiatives. “At
a base level, we could supplement some of the curriculum with relevant career
development information, and perhaps fulfill occasional workshop and seminar
facilitator roles.”
At a broader level of
involvement, Mass intends to arrange a discussion with the EXCOM or a
representative and NJIT’s Division of Continuing and Professional
Education. “It makes sense to explore
the development of customized training and development programs that address
the members’ needs for knowledge, skills, and credentials advancement.”
NJIT is extremely excited
about this new alliance and looks forward to working with the IEEE North Jersey
Section this year.
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Photos
2005 North
Jersey Section Chair Har Dayal (left) gives recognition award to 2004
Chair Dr. Durga Misra
EXCOM
Members Reminisce at the Holiday Workshop
From
left: Kirit Dixit, Dr. Mike
Liechenstein, Al Stolpen, and Richard
Tax
Life Member Willie
Schmidt (left) receives recognition award from Chair Dr. Durga
Misra
Past NJ
Section Chairs at the Holiday Workshop – From Left: Richard Tax, Howard Leach, Ken Oexle, Dr.
Durga Misra,
Anne
Giedlinski, Dr. Richard Snyder, Dr. Fred Chichester, Al Stolpen, Art Greenberg
Students
from the Project Management course held at HPTI, Dover,
NJ, in April 2004
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Student
Activities Update
IEEE
North Jersey Student Activities has been busy again. The most recent activities concluded this
past November with the Professional Skills Development Workshop held on 11/13
and hosted by the IEEE Student Branch at Rutgers
University in Piscataway,
NJ. The
event was jointly sponsored with Central Jersey and Jersey
Coast GOLD groups. The event (details on
the SAC website at: ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/sac/ieee.html)
was very well attended with some 55 attendees representing a number of
different universities and corporations in the area. Below is a photo from the event, with
Professor Don Hsu giving a talk on Introductory Project Management.
This
upcoming spring semester also has some events planned with the Paper
Presentation Contest scheduled for early March 2005 and being hosted by FDU in Teaneck,
NJ. Stay
tuned to the SAC website for details of exact time, place, and participation in
the contest, as well as the registration form (required) for presenting in the
contest.
Lastly,
Student Activities Committee is looking for new volunteers. If you would like to become involved in
section student activities, either as a volunteer, speaker, or in some
leadership capacity, contact the organizer at the website above.
Dr. Donald
Hsu teaching a recent NJ Section Project Management course at Rutgers
University
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2006
IEEE Fellow Nominations
Deadline:
1
March 2005
Nominations
are being accepted for the 2006 class of IEEE Fellows. For the second year, nominations, references
and endorsements may be submitted electronically. The deadline is 1
March 2005.
At
its June 2003 meeting, the IEEE Board of Directors approved changes to the
process for nominating and electing IEEE members to Fellow grade. The change established a new nomination
category for individual contributions, with the goal of increasing nominations for members in industry and
encouraging nominations of application engineers or engineering practitioners
who have made contributions of unusual distinction to the profession.
The
board also established a Fellow Nomination
Resource Center
to help nominators locate the required number of references to support a
nomination.
To
nominate an IEEE senior member or to learn more about the Fellow program, visit
www.ieee.org/fellows.
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The NJ
Section Education Committee Requests Your Feedback
The IEEE North Jersey
Section has been helping fellow engineering professionals for the last fifty
years. The Education Committee has successfully
conducted software and engineering training courses over the last few
decades. The Committee is committed to
professional development of the members and the instructors for the courses are
very qualified and experienced in their respective fields. Classes are arranged on weekday evenings or
on Saturdays provided at least fifteen candidates are available. Completion certificates are issued by IEEE
Headquarters with CEU credits for the number of training hours.
Due to the slow growth of
the economy and several other factors, registration for these courses has
diminished over the last few years. I
would urge members to send their feedback regarding what courses they would be
interested in, the format, location, and day/time, etc., by email to b.chivakula@computer.org.
Regards,
Bhanu Chivukula
Chair, Education
Committee
Vice Chair, IEEE North Jersey
Section
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Conference
Rooms Needed!
The North Jersey Section (Education Committee) is
looking for conference room facilities to hold their training seminars. The seminars are being held on one weeknight
from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. In return for
providing the conference facility for free, the organization can get free
registration up to three members in the course/seminar. Please contact Bhanu Chivakula, Education
Committee Chairman, at b.chivakula “AT” computer.org for suggestions or
discussions, if interested.
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IEEE-USA Backs
Center to Provide Congress with
Technological Expertise
WASHINGTON (8 October
2004) - IEEE-USA has joined a coalition of engineering societies in supporting
a bipartisan bill recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that
would establish a Center for Scientific and Technical Assessment (CTSA) to
provide Congress with technological expertise.
In a letter sent on 6
October to Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Rep. Amo Houghton (R-NY), IEEE-USA and its
sister organizations wrote: "The sheer volume and complexity of the
technological data facing federal legislators necessitate some mechanism for
balanced, non-partisan and technologically informed analysis provided in a
judicious manner."
As envisioned in H.R.
4670, the CTSA would operate under the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
as overseen by the Technical Assessment Board, consisting of Members of
Congress and the Comptroller General of the GAO.
IEEE-USA joined a
coalition which included AAES, ASCE, ASHRAE, NSPE and the Optical Society of
America. The joint letter is posted at http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/POLICY/2004/100704.pdf.
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Improving
Exports Could Help EE Employment, IEEE-USA Webzine Says
WASHINGTON (12 November 2004) The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) is
working to help technology companies increase their exports, which could in
turn open more employment doors for engineers and other workers, according to a
recent article in the IEEE-USA Today's Engineer monthly Webzine.
"There's really a huge untapped market,"
said Neal Burnham, deputy assistant secretary of U.S. Commercial Services. "We estimate that 95 percent of the
market for small companies is outside the United
States."
The DOC's Commercial Services program includes
exhibits by 39 government agencies that attend nearly three dozen major trade
shows around the country. The agencies
are putting a significant focus on China,
where significant growth is expected.
"It's a very dynamic place where they need a lot of things,"
Burnham said.
DOC officials note that companies increasing their
exports usually increase their employee counts.
That's a big positive in electronics, which continues to see shrinkage
in employment despite signs of an economic up tick. A key benefit of the government efforts is
that many services are free, while others have lower costs than similar
services provided by companies in foreign countries, according to IEEE-USA
Today's Engineer.
The entire
article is available at http://www.todaysengineer.org/July04/exports.asp.
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NJ Power Engineering Society/Industry
Applications Society
Electrical
System Reliability Analysis, Reliability-Centered-Maintenance (RCM) Concepts
and Performance-Based Maintenance Seminar
The PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a one-day seminar
covering electrical system reliability analysis,
reliability-centered-maintenance (RCM) concepts and performance-based
maintenance. The session will be held on
Friday, January 28, 2005 at
JCP&L, 300 Madison Ave,
Punchbowl Room, Morristown, NJ
.
Objective
This session will review electrical system reliability
analysis, incorporating techniques of IEEE-493 (Gold Book),
reliability-centered-maintenance concepts, potential solutions and
performance-based maintenance to help improve reliability while reducing
traditional outage-based maintenance costs.
Topics
a.
Evaluate
past issues with electrical system reliability
b.
Evaluate
the current condition of your electrical system
c.
Determine
the likelihood of potential failures based on IEEE-493 guidelines combined with
operating equipment transfer-times and probabilities of proper operation
d.
Effects
of maintenance on equipment reliability
e.
Sorting
of equipment “most at risk” based on historical IEEE data
f.
Identifying
failure contributors and predicting failures
g.
Techniques
to warn and prevent of pending failures
h.
Economic
analysis of various solutions
i.
Performance-Based
Maintenance
j.
You
are encouraged to bring along a short section of your electrical single-line to
apply the reliability analysis techniques during the work-shop section
Who Should Attend
Plant Engineers, Engineering Managers, Electrical
Supervisors Technical Buyers and Field Engineering personnel would all benefit
from this review of available tools and processes to improve your understanding
of an electrical distribution system and available techniques to evaluate and
improve system reliability.
About the Instructor
Gabriel J. Paoletti, PE received a BSEE degree from Drexel
University, Philadelphia,
Pa. in 1976.
Mr. Paoletti has over twenty-six years of engineering service experience
with Westinghouse, ABB and Eaton Electrical (Cutler-Hammer) Engineering
Service. His electrical distribution
equipment experience includes field-testing, predictive and preventive
maintenance, partial discharge technologies, RCM programs, applications
engineering, failure analysis, and power systems studies. He has design
experience with vacuum circuit breaker modernization, low voltage circuit
breaker cell-retrofits and motor and transformer repair experience. Mr. Paoletti is a Senior Member of IEEE and a
Registered Professional Engineer in the States of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Mr. Paoletti has had technical papers
published in the IEEE-IAS concerning microprocessor-based protective relays
(1990), vacuum modernization of MV circuit breakers (1997), partial discharge
technology related to MV motors and MV switchgear (2001) and condition-based
maintenance of MV switchgear (2002). He also was a contributing author to the
IEEE-Buff Book regarding topics on maintenance, testing and calibration. Mr.
Paoletti is currently Division Applications Engineer for Eaton Electrical
Services and Solutions Division.
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If desired, IEEE Continuing Education Units will be offered
for this course. A small fee of $15 will
be required for processing. A total of
0.4 CEUs will be offered. Please
indicate if desired below.
The registration fee for this seminar prior to January 14th
will be $150 for non-IEEE members, $100 for IEEE Members, $75 for GOLD
Graduates (last 1-10 years) and $25 for students with valid ID. The fee will be waived for IEEE Life Member
Grades with verification at the seminar.
Registrations after January 14th must include an additional
late fee of $25. The seminar fee
includes lunch, refreshments, handouts and a calculator. Non-members joining IEEE within 30 days of
the seminar will be rebated 50% of the IEEE registration charge.
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Time:
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9:00 AM
to 1:00 PM followed by lunch, Friday,
January 28, 2005.
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Place:
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JCP&L, 300
Madison Ave, Punchbowl Room, Morristown,
NJ.
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Directions:
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Rt
287 to Rt 124 Exit in Morristown. Follow signs toward Madison, JCP&L is
about 1.5 miles on the left side.
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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:
Electrical System Reliability Analysis, RCM, PBM Seminar 1/28/2005
Register via
US mail to: Ronald W. Quade,
PE
Eaton
Electrical
379 Thornall St,
8th Floor
Edison, NJ
08837
Name____________________________________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________________________
Phone__________________ Email____________________________________________________________
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IEEE
North Jersey Section Course
Marketing Research
Tuesday
Evenings, February 22, 2005 through April
19, 2005 (No class on March 22)
Eight
weekly classes (February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 29, April 5, 12, 19, 2005)
at NJ International Bulk
Mail Center,
80 County Road, Jersey City,
NJ
(Checks
should not be mailed to this address)
The North Jersey Section
IEEE is offering an evening course entitled "Marketing
Research". Monster.com lists 450+
Market Research jobs in the New York
tri-state area daily! This course deals with the collection, evaluation and
analysis of the market-related information.
Topics are: market research industry, problem definition, research
process, focus group, secondary database, quantitative research, questionnaire
design, sampling techniques, statistical testing, bivariate and multivariate
correlation, communicating results and management reports. Using the SPSS software, you will learn to
perform detailed data analysis.
The IEEE certificate of
completion will be given to you when you finished this course. In addition, you will be qualified to work as
a market researcher in any organization that needs your quantitative skills.
Instructor:
Donald Hsu, PhD, has been a corporate manager for 11 years and is an
experienced trainer. Since 2000, he has
trained 400+ people in Management, Marketing, Global Marketing, and Marketing
Research courses in five organizations.
TOPICS
1.
Describe the market research industry, problems and research process
2.
Understand the importance of primary data collection, secondary
database, and survey
3.
Define quantitative research, measurement technique and sampling
methods
4.
Explain the questionnaire design, data processing and statistical
testing
5.
Build the knowledge of bivariate regression and multivariate data
analysis
6.
Communicate results, manage ethical issues, and prepare reports
7.
Employ SPSS software for frequency analysis, ANOVA, T-test and others
8.
Review real-world marketing research using Harvard
Business School
cases
9.
Present final Group Project
Class size will be limited to
a maximum of 25 with a minimum of 15.
Early registration is recommended.
Phone reservations will NOT be accepted.
Reservations accepted after February
10, 2005 will require a late fee of $25. No reservations will be accepted after February 15, 2005.
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WHERE:
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NJ International
Bulk Mail Center,
80 County Road, Jersey City,
NJ.
(Checks should not be
mailed to this address)
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WHEN:
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8 Sessions, Tuesdays,
February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 29, April 5, 12, 19, 2005, 6:30-9:30
PM.
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COST:
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With textbook or notes:
IEEE (& affiliate) members $375; Non-IEEE members $475.
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CONTACT:
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Bhanu Chivakula -email
b.chivakula “AT” computer.org
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REGISTRATION: Marketing Research
Please send the checks in the
name of North Jersey Section IEEE
with filled in registrations to:
Bhanu Chivakula, 19
Prestwick Way, Edison, NJ 08820. Please email inquiries to b.chivakula “AT”
computer.org
Name: / Mr. / Mrs. / Miss / Ms. /
_____________________________________________ _________________________________
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Employer:___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home
Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Home telephone #:________________________________
Please enclose required fee
payable to: North Jersey Section IEEE
Registration status will be
mailed after February 15, 2005. Phone inquiries concerning registration will
NOT be honored. In general, the
effective date of the application corresponds to the date when BOTH a fully
completed application/registration and payment are received.
˙ Tuition receipt will be mailed only if this box is
checked
Signature:___________________________________________
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