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

North Jersey Section Celebrates *50* Years!

March 2004

	Newsletter Information
	Activities Calendar
	North Jersey Section Turns 50!
Communications:	New! Call Admission Policies for DS-CDMA Cellular Networks Based on Power Control Setpoints
Communications:	Telecom Economics and Telecom Dogmas
Communications:	Optical Technologies in Router Design
Computer:	Inside Internet E-Mail
Consultants' Network:	How an Engineer Ends Up In Court: The Expert Witness
Consultants' Network:	Lightning Protection
EDS, C&S:	An Overview of CMOS Technology for RF IC Applications
EDS, C&S:	Evolution and Recent Advances in RF/Microwave Transistors
PACE:	PACE, GOLD, Membership Engineers Meet: Trends Affecting Engineering Professionals
PES/IAS:	NJ Energy Auctions
PES/IAS:	Power Management Control Systems
PES/IAS Seminar:	Electrical Transients & Power Quality Seminar
PES/IAS Seminar:	Small Power Transformer Technical Seminar
Signal Processing:	Image Steganalysis: Detecting Covert Communications through Images
Signal Processing:	New! Functional MRI Motor Mapping for Tumor Patients
	IEEE President-elect W. Cleon Anderson to Present IEEE Presidents’ Scholarship
	Conference Rooms Needed!
	Registered Patent Attorney
	Need Help? Don’t Wait for a Crisis
	IEEE North Jersey Section Newsletter Advertising
Conference:	New! IEEE Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation & Measurement Conference
Course:	New! CT187 - Smart Antenna Systems
Course:	New! CT-136 - Building Enterprise Network: Putting it all Together
Course:	New! IPv6: The new and improved Internet Protocol
Course:	Wireless LAN Security: Standards, Business Plans and Deployment Issues
Awards:	IEEE AWARDS RECEPTION

New!	*= New Announcement Not Published in Paper Newsletter*
Update!	*= Change to Meeting Time or Location*

IEEE North Jersey Section

Back Issues

March 2004

Volume 50, Number 9

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SECTION OFFICERS

Chairman....................................... Dr. Durga Misra

dmisra “AT” njit.edu (973) 596-5739

Vice-Chairman-1.................................... Har Dayal

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

Vice-Chairman-2......................... Bhanu Chivakula

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

Treasurer........................ Dr. Edward (Ted) Byrne

flatland “AT” compuserve.com (973) 822-3219

Secretary................................. Dr. Sanghoon Shin

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

Members-at-Large:

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

Naz Simonelli (naz “AT” sprynet.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 Dr. Sanghoon Shin at (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22, s.shin “AT” ieee.org.

IEEE North Jersey Section Activities

March 2004

Mar. 3 – “NJ Section Executive Committee Meeting” – 7:00 PM, ITT, 100 Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ. Dr. Sanghoon Shin at (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22 or s.shin “AT” ieee.org.

Mar. 3 – “CT187 - Smart Antenna Systems” – NJ Coast & Consultants Network, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, room and building will be provided to registrants, Monmouth University. Dr. Amruthur Narasimhan (732) 957-0850 (anarasimhan “AT” ieee.org) or see http://mywebpages.comcast.net/anarasimhan3/seminar/seminar-main.htm.

Mar. 9 – “Image Steganalysis: Detecting Covert Communications through Images” – NJ Signal Processing Chapter, 4:45 PM (pizza and refreshments at 4:30 PM), NJIT, 202 ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Yun Shi (973) 596-3501 (shi “AT” njit.edu), Dr. Alfredo Tan (201) 692-2347 (tan “AT” mailbox.fdu.edu), Dr. Hong Man (201) 216-5038 (hman “AT” stevens-tech.edu).

Mar. 10 – “An Overview of CMOS Technology for RF IC Applications” – EDS/C&S Chapters, 7:00 PM (buffet at 6:15 PM), NJIT, 202 ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS Microwave), Dr. Durga Misra (973) 596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu) or Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT).

Mar. 10 – “PACE, GOLD, Membership; Engineers Meet: Trends Affecting Engineering Professionals” – NJ PACE, 6:15 – 9:00 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ. Paul Ward (973) 790-1625 (PWard1130 “AT” aol.com) or Richard F. Tax (201) 664-6954 (rtax “AT” bellatlantic.net).

Mar. 17 – “Call Admission Policies for DS-CDMA Cellular Networks Based on Power Control Setpoints” – NJ Communications Chapter, 6:15 PM (refreshments at 6:00 PM), NJIT, 202 ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Nirwan Ansari (973) 596-3670 (nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj