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March 2009
Volume 55, Number 8
Publication No:
USPS 580-500
“The IEEE Newsletter”
(North Jersey Section), is published monthly except June and July by The
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Mengchu Zhou (zhou “AT” njit.edu)
The
IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
March
2009
Mar. 4 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive
Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, Clifton Public Library - Allwood Branch, 44 Lyall Road, Clifton, NJ, (973) 471-0555. Russell
Pepe at rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
Mar. 5 – “First Digit Law and Its Application to Digital
Forensics” by Dr. Yun Qing Shi, NJ SP, 4:45 PM, New
Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202,
Mar. 9 – “Trusted Access to Information in a Diverse
Services Environment— A High-Value Mobile Application Enabler”
by Stan Moyer, NJ Communications Society, 6:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202,
Mar. 10 – “North Jersey Spring 2009 Student Presentation
Contest”, NJ SAC, 6:00 PM, Room M105 Auditorium,
Muscarelle Building, Farleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ. For more information email northjerseysac
“AT” ieee.org.
Mar. 10 – “A Secure Routing
Protocol against Byzantine Attacks for MANETs in Adversarial Environment”
by Dr. Ming Yu, NJ Communications and SP Chapters, 6:00 PM, 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
Yun-Qing Shi (973)596-3501. Also check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html
for the latest updates.
Mar. 11 – “Solar Energy Conversion”
by Dr. Vikram Dalal, NJ
Mar. 11 – “Engineers Meet:
The Legal System in Support of the Engineering Professional”
by John Miano, Esq, NJ PACE,
Mar. 24 – “Chaos and Its
Applicability to Communications Security” by Dr. Stamatios
Kartalopoulos, NJ Communications Society, 6:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202,
Update!
(Meeting back on) Mar. 24 – “Product Development
Methodologies for Success!” by Jerry Bellott, NJ Computer and TMC
Chapters, 7:00 PM, Public Meeting Room, Morris County Library, 30 E. Hanover
Ave, Whippany, NJ, (973) 285-6930. Michael Malm, (201) 355-6167, mmalm “AT”
ieee.org, Saumil Vyas at saumil.ieee.org, or Seth Jakel (973) 731 1902, (973)
820-1865, sgjakel “AT” comcast.net.
Mar. 26 – “Electromagnetic
Compatibility Design Targets for the Components of a System”
by Dr. Hirayr M. Kudyan, PE, NJ Consultants' Network,
Mar. 27 – “Fuse Protection of Electrical Distribution
Systems Seminar” by Albert F. Cox, NJ PES/IAS, 9:00 AM to 2:00
PM, Automatic Switch Company,
Mar. 27 – “NYMAN 2009:
The New York Metro Area Networking Workshop”,
Mar. 30 –
Apr. 1 – “2009 IEEE Sarnoff
Symposium”, Nassau Inn,
Upcoming
Meetings
Apr. 1 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive
Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, Clifton Public Library - Allwood Branch, 44 Lyall Road, Clifton, NJ, (973) 471-0555. Russell
Pepe at rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
Apr. 2 – “Sensor Networks: Underlying Present and Future Challenges”
by
Apr. 8 – “Engineers Meet:
Options: Methods for increasing
income and protecting your portfolio” by Bill Purvin, NJ
PACE,
Apr. 24 – “Low Voltage Circuit
Breakers Seminar” by Thomas Domitrovich, NJ PES/IAS, 9:00 AM to
2:00 PM, Punch Bowl Room at Jersey Central Power and Light, 300 Madison Ave,
Morristown, NJ. Ronald W. Quade, PE,
(732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Apr. 25-26
– “34th Annual Trenton
Computer Festival”,
Apr. 30 – “Hitting Bottom is the Best Thing that Can Happen
to You – But I Wouldn’t Wish It on Anyone” by Randi Altschul, NJ
Consultants' Network, 6:00 PM, Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S.
Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. Robert
Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
May 1-2 – “The 18th Wireless and Optical Communications
Conference”, NJ Communications Society, New Jersey
Institute of Technology (NJIT),
May 3 – “NJ Section Awards
Reception” -
May 22 – “Superconductor Power Cables
Seminar” by Jack McCall, NJ PES/IAS,
Members and Non-Members Welcome
PLEASE POST
NJ AESS:
Sensor Networks: Underlying Present and Future Challenges
On April 2, 2009, the IEEE
NJ Section Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society Chapter will host a talk
on “Sensor Networks: Underlying Present
and Future Challenges." The speaker
will be Sachi Desai.
About the Talk
This talk will discuss
sensors and sensor network, and provide a brief background on sensors, sensing
algorithms, the purpose of sensors for added situational awareness, sensor
implementation in a network format, the present and future challenges with
sensor networks.
About the Speaker
Sachi
Desai received his BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering with
concentrations in Microelectronics/ Photonics.
Since 2002, he has been working at U.S. Army RDECOM-ARDEC where he is
involved with acoustic based programs and exploiting signal processing
techniques to increase the capability of disparate sensing technologies to
provide added situational awareness to warfighters. His duties include acquisition/sustainment of
acoustic sensor systems for sniper detection and the development of algorithms
for impulsive based events. Currently he
is a subject matter expert for utilization of acoustic sensors to provide added
information from impulsive based explosions such as mortar/artillery. Much of his work has been published in SPIE,
All Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend the talks but you need to
email your name, address, and citizenship to Dr. Naresh Chand by March 30. In your email, please use your subject as
“IEEE AESS talk”. A free buffet dinner,
starting at 6:00 PM, will be provided.
Come and bring your friends.
Time: 7:00 PM, Thursday, April
2, 2009. Free buffet will begin at 6:00
PM.
Place:
Information: Dr. Naresh Chand, (973) 636-7408,
naresh.chand “AT” baesystems.com.
NJ Communications Society:
Trusted Access to Information in a Diverse Services Environment— A High-Value Mobile Application Enabler
On Monday, March 2, 2009, the IEEE Communications Society will host a presentation titled “Trusted Access to Information in a Diverse Services Environment— A High-Value Mobile Application Enabler.” The speaker will be Stan Moyer.
About the Talk
As
the number of mobile phone users continues to increase dramatically, the number
of mobile application service providers is also rapidly growing. To be able to offer new and innovative
services that have high enduser value, mobile application service providers
(MASPs) will need access to sensitive and/or confidential wireless subscriber
information (e.g., medical records, financial data, location information,
equipment IDs) that owners of the information will be unwilling to provide
without a “guarantee” that the end‐user
(subscriber) has authorized use or release of the information. Therefore, there is a need for a trusted, neutral,
third party that can broker and authorize access to this information. A mechanism that can enable new and
innovative applications that provide substantial benefits to end‐users
while also protecting the end‐user’s
privacy interests would help allay many fears that are arising in both the
press and the government.
I
will present some motivating examples in the form of several mobile phone
applications, requirements, and an architecture for a solution to this problem,
in form of a system we call TASER — Trusted Access to Sensitive End‐user
information Repositories. This system
provides mediated access to sensitive or confidential information and allows
end‐users
to authorize use of that information through a variety of “opt‐in”
mechanisms that are currently employed today for various mobile application
services and promotions.
About the Speaker
Stan
Moyer is Executive Director and strategic research program manager in the
Applied Research area of Telcordia Technologies, where he has worked since 1990. Currently, Stan is the product manager for
the Telcordia Mobile Messaging and Application Solution, a hosted service for
mobile marketing and affinity messaging and mobile web applications. In the past, he has led research and business
development activities related to digital content services and home
networking. On these and other topics,
Stan has been a frequent speaker at events such as the IEEE’s Consumer
Communications and Network Conference (CCNC), IETF, The Broadband Home
conferences, and other conferences and technical workshops. Prior to that he worked on ATM switch
hardware, broadband network architectures and protocols, middleware, Internet
network and application security, Internet QoS, and voice over IP.
Stan
is currently president of the OSGi™ Alliance.
Stan is also a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of the IEEE
Communications Society. He is a member
of the board and treasurer for the IEEE Communications Society, vice‐chair
of the IEEE CCNC steering committee, and a member of the IEEE Technical
Activities Board Finance Committee.
All Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 6:00 PM, Monday, March 2,
2009. Refreshments will be available at
5:45 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets),
Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: Dr. Nirwan Ansari (973) 596-3670
(nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or Yanchao Zhang (973) 642-7817. Also check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html
for the latest updates.
NJ Communications & SP Chapters:
A Secure Routing Protocol against Byzantine Attacks for MANETs in Adversarial Environment
On Tuesday, March 10, 2009, the IEEE Communications Society and Signal Processing Chapter will host a presentation titled “A Secure Routing Protocol against Byzantine Attacks for MANETs in Adversarial Environment.” The speaker will be Dr. Ming Yu.
About the Talk
To
secure a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) in adversarial environments, a particularly
challenging problem is how to feasibly detect and defend possible attacks on
routing protocols, especially the internal attacks, such as Byzantine
attack. In this talk, we present a novel
algorithm that detects internal attacks by using both message and route
redundancy during route discovery. The
route discovery messages are protected by pair-wise secret keys between a
source and destination and some intermediate nodes along a route established by
using public-key cryptographic mechanisms.
We also propose an optimal routing algorithm with routing metric
combining both requirements on a node's trustworthiness and performance. A node builds up the trustworthiness on its
neighboring nodes based on its observations on the behaviors of the neighbor
nodes. Both of the proposed algorithms
can be integrated into existing routing protocols for MANETs, such as AODV and
DSR. The simulation results have
demonstrated the significant advantages of the proposed attack detection and
routing algorithm over some known protocols.
About the Speaker
Ming
Yu received his PhD from Rutgers University in 2002, and a Doctor of
Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, in 1994, both in Electrical and
Computer Engineering. He is an assistant
professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida
State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Before 2006, he was with the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton for three years and
with AT&T Labs, Middletown, NJ, and other companies for six years. His research interests are
All Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 6:00 PM, Tuesday, March
10, 2009. Refreshments will be available
at 5:45 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets),
Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: Dr. Nirwan Ansari (973) 596-3670
(nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or Yun-Qing Shi (973)596-3501. Also check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html
for the latest updates.
NJ Communications Society:
Chaos and Its Applicability to Communications Security
On Tuesday, March 24, 2009, the IEEE Communications Society will host a presentation titled “Chaos and Its Applicability to Communications Security.” The speaker will be Dr. Stamatios Kartalopoulos.
About the Talk
The
number of security breaches and network attacks increases as well as the
sophistication of intruders and bad actors.
To increase information integrity and network security, very complex
processes are employed in cryptographic systems, such as chaos theory and
quantum theory.
Chaos
is based on the particular behavior of certain non‐linear
functions, which for a minute change of a parameter they produce a very large
and unstable output, known as the chaotic regime. However, this chaos is reproducible, which
makes it attractive to secure communications.
In addition, we have identified certain peculiarities with chaos
functions that the user needs to know of a priori.
In
this talk we explain chaos and chaotic processes with simple examples. We also describe two cases for which the
chaos functions may exhibit an undesirable state.
About the Speaker
Stamatios
V. Kartalopoulos, PhD, is currently the Williams Professor in
Telecommunications Networking with the University of Oklahoma. His research emphasis is on optical
communication networks (long haul, FSO, and FTTH), optical technology including
signal performance sensors, optical metamaterials, as well as chaotic
processes, optical network security, including quantum networks and chaotic
quantum cryptography. Prior to this, he
was with Bell Laboratories where he defined, led and managed research and
development teams in the areas of DWDM networks, SONET/
Dr
Kartalopoulos holds nineteen patents related to communications networks and
technology, and has published more than hundred fifty research papers, nine
reference textbooks, and chapters to other books.
He
has been an IEEE and a Lucent Technologies Distinguished Lecturer and has
lectured at international Universities, at NASA and conferences. He has been keynote speaker of major
international conferences, has moderated executive forums, and has organized
symposia, workshops and sessions at major international communications
conferences.
Dr
Kartalopoulos is an IEEE Fellow, chair and founder of the IEEE ComSoc
Communications & Information Security Technical Committee, series editor of
IEEE Press/Wiley, and he has served as editor‐in‐chief
of IEEE Press, chair of ComSoc Emerging Technologies and of SPCE Technical
Committees, Area‐editor
of IEEE Communications Magazine, and VP of IEEE Neural Networks Council.
All Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 6:00 PM, Tuesday, March
24, 2009. Refreshments will be available
at 5:45 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets),
Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: Dr. Nirwan Ansari (973) 596-3670
(nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or Yanchao Zhang (973) 642-7817. Also check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html
for the latest updates.
NJ Computer & TMC:
Product Development Methodologies for Success!
On Tuesday, March 24, 2009, the IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Society and Technology Management Council Chapters will host a presentation titled “Product Development Methodologies for Success!” by Jerry Bellott.
About the Talk
Electrical Engineers can
increase their ability to innovate, plan, and develop new products that succeed
in the marketplace by increasing their knowledge of the corporate and market
environments that they work in. Product
development methodologies enable engineers to successfully achieve their goals
through appropriate planning of all phases of a project.
Product Development
Methodologies for Success! will empower you to:
·
Position yourself to be innovative by planning continuing
education on current technologies, standards, and practices to fuel creative
thinking.
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Position your company for success by using your creative potential
to plan new products that address customer needs well.
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Improve product quality by addressing customer needs and
expectations.
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Succeed at producing quality products on time by following a
structured methodology to break the execution phase down into steps.
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Increase peer interaction to have fun and learn from others
through formal and informal peer discussion and review.
In addition to learning
structured methodology concepts, creative engineering professionals will gain
perspectives on how businesses decide what design projects to develop and
assign to engineering staff.
About the Speaker
Jerry
Bellott is an electrical engineer with more than 20 years experience designing
products for the computer, wireless, and telecommunication industries at
AT&T and Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs and other companies. Mr. Bellott founded
A
few years ago, Mr. Bellott was senior systems engineer at a company that
designed an ATM switch with SONET fiber and VDSL interfaces that provides
digital video, internet access, and remote VLAN access to up to 240
clients. More recently, Mr. Bellott
co-designed a Multi-core DSP circuit board using a MathStar IC which served as
MathStar's primary customer IC demo and evaluation platform for a period of
time. MathStar DSP's contain 64
multiply/accumulate circuits that run at 1 gigahertz each. Mr. Bellott is currently writing manuals and
other documentation for a Northern New Jersey company that makes microwave
digital video products.
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, Tuesday, March
24, 2009. Free pre-meeting buffet will
begin at 6:00 PM.
Place: Public Meeting Room, Morris County Library,
30 E. Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ, (973)
285-6930.
Information: Michael Malm, (201) 355-6167, mmalm “AT”
ieee.org, Saumil Vyas at saumila”AT” ieee.org, or Seth Jakel (973) 731 1902, (973)
820-1865, sgjakel “AT” comcast.net.
NJ Consultants' Network:
Electromagnetic Compatibility Design Targets for the Components of a System
On
About the Topic
This presentation deals with components of a system (i.e., units, shelves, or modules), which cannot be meaningfully tested for system-level emissions compliance by themselves.
The
lack of standards for
About the Speaker
Hirayr M. Kudyan, PE (NJ) received his BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in New York City, and a PhD degree in Electrophysics from the Polytechnic Institute of New York in Brooklyn in 1978.
Hirayr
is offering his expertise as an independent consultant in the areas of Design
for
Previously,
while at Alcatel-Lucent for over ten years, he functioned as a Subject Matter
Expert in
Hirayr can be reached at hmkudyan@ieee.org or (201)-599-2342.
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.
CNNNJ Invites You to Join the Network For 2009
The IEEE Consultants’ Network of Northern NJ invites all engineers engaged in independent practice to join its ranks. We have recently revised our membership structure, hoping to make it even more worthwhile to participate.
For more details on member benefits and on sign-on requirements, please visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
All Welcome!
Everyone
welcome! No registration needed! Free admission.
Time:
6:00-8:00 PM, Thursday, March 26, 2009.
Place: Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S.
Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. (Entrance at
rear of building). To download a map to
KDI, go to: http://www.mcekdi-integrated.com/directions.htm.
Information: For directions and up-to-date meeting status,
call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
NJ Consultants' Network:
Hitting Bottom is the Best Thing that Can Happen to You – But I Wouldn’t Wish It on Anyone
On
About the Topic
Randi Altschul offers unorthodox views on new product development – something of great interest to independent engineering practitioners. She spoke to the Consultants’ Network in the past; this presentation is a follow-up to her well-received talk on entrepreneurship in 2000. In her own words:
“Over the past few years my life has been a roller coaster ride from which I have emerged better than I ever was before. Smarter, Stronger, More Energized than I’d ever thought possible. During this time I lost everything I owned and the two people I loved more than anything, but all in all I wouldn’t change a thing because I’m in a really good place, I own several new companies and am developing groundbreaking product for industries I never thought I’d enter. Conceive it, Believe it, Achieve it! And never let them get you down.
“Our discussion will take you through the creation and development of incredible products to the pitfalls along the way and the realization that they can take everything away but as long as you have your brain and your reputation you can make miracles happen.”
About the Speaker
Randice-Lisa Altschul is an inventor of new products and author of books and intellectual properties. She created the disposable cell phone, the credit card phone, the programmable debit card, the paper laptop, and other new products and properties which range from games and game shows to high tech electronics and everything in between, including food, gifts, etc. She has licensed more than 250 projects around the World and has been associated with major licenses since she started her first company, Dieceland, in 1985.
Her first major project was the Miami Vice game, which put her on the map in the toy industry. She went on to create games and shows for the likes of Tonka, Coleco, Ohio Art, Toy Biz, and NBC.
Randi has written several books, including her memoir, “Financiers, Lawyers and Other Assorted Snakes” and her latest novel, “Sorry, You Can’t Enter Heaven”. She was the first inventor represented by William Morris Agency and the first inventor contracted by NBC to develop merchandise-based television programs. Randi has two patents on Interactive Cereal and numerous patents in the telecommunication / technology fields.
Randi Altschul established herself as a creative resource to virtually any market from simple toys and games, to television, medical and high-tech industries. She also teaches classes on How to Make Money from Your Ideas. For more information, visit www.inventing411.com.
About the Consultants’ Network
Founded in 1992, the IEEE Consultants Network of Northern NJ encourages and promotes the use of independent technical consultants by business and industry.
All Welcome!
Everyone
welcome! No registration needed! Free admission.
Time:
6:00-8:00 PM, Thursday, April 30, 2009.
Place: Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S.
Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. (Entrance at
rear of building). To download a map to
KDI, go to: http://www.mcekdi-integrated.com/directions.htm.
Information: For directions and up-to-date meeting status,
call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
NJ EDS /C&S:
Solar Energy Conversion
On March 11, 2009, the IEEE
NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters together with the
New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a talk on “Solar Energy
Conversion." The speaker will be Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Vikram Dalal.
About
the Talk
In this talk, Dr. Dalal will describe the worldwide energy picture, showing how we
are reaching the end of the era of inexpensive fossil fuels. Production of petroleum from traditional petroleum
resources is on a decline, and newer sources such as tar sands and shale oil
are very expensive to extract. Even
coal, which is presumed to be plentiful, has a very limited lifetime, measured
in <100 years. Dr. Dalal will explain why we are running out of fossil resources, and
address the demand side push on prices of all fossil fuels. When one combines this scenario with the
global warming due to emission of carbon dioxide (and soot) from fossil fuels,
solar energy becomes the only choice for the longer term (defined here as 50
years from now). Dr. Dalal will describe the various strategies for solar energy
utilization, the status of various technologies, and address the critical
R&D needs for both the U.S. and for India.
About
the Speaker
Vikram
Dalal is Whitney Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State
University. He obtained his B.Engr.(EE)
degree from University of Bombay, India in 1964, and his PhD in EE from
Princeton University in 1969. He also
holds a MPA degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton where he studied
Economics.
Dr.
Dalal has extensive experience as research scientist in the field of
semiconductors and solar energy conversion.
He has worked in industry (RCA Labs, Princeton, NJ) and several small
companies in New Jersey and Massachusetts) and at Universities (U. of Delaware
and Iowa State), he has been at Iowa State University since 1988.
Dr.
Dalal works in the fields of energy in general, and solar PV energy conversion
in particular.
He
holds 11 U.S. patents and has published about 170 papers and has mentored 25
PhD students and 35 MS students at Iowa State, in addition to teaching about
1500 undergraduate students.
Dr.
Dalal is an IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecturer, and a Fellow
of IEEE.
All
Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00
PM, Wednesday, March 11, 2009. 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/University/Directions.html.
Information: Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS
Microwave), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Durga Misra (973)
596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu).
NJ Section PACE, GOLD , WIE:
Engineers Meet:
The Legal System in Support
of the Engineering Professional
On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, the North Jersey Section of Professional Activities Committee, Graduates of the Last Decade and Women in Engineering will meet for a discussion about support of the American Engineer through the Legal System. The speaker will be John Miano, Esq.
About the Meeting
Jobs
of American engineers are fading away due to importing foreign workers and
sending jobs off shore. Both reduce
opportunities for our American workforce.
This
is not due to the operation of natural laws.
It is the result of a political process controlled by powerful corporate
interests.
The
link between individuals acting alone in conflict with large organizations will
seldom succeed. Engineers need to band
together in their own organizations to generate the influence necessary to
defend their livelihoods.
With
the rise of foreign workers and discrimination towards Americans in the work
force, the legal system is one avenue of recourse for engineers. This presentation will discuss the basics of
lawsuits and how various types of complaints are handled in the legal system.
Mr.
Miano
will discuss how we can take on the corporations who recruit foreign workers
and support off shoring. In addition,
how we can do this as a group.
Bring
your associates, friends and spouses.
About
the Speaker
Our speaker will be John
Miano, Esq. He has a BA in Mathematics
from the College of Wooster, OH. He has
18 years of experience in programming, but has continued programming since
then.
John Miano is the founder of
the Programmers Guild. He is the author
of two books on computer programming.
He became a lawyer in 2005
to take the fight to the legal system for American engineers and programmers
He has often been a guest on
the Lou Dobbs’ News program supporting the American High Tech worker.
John supports the American
Engineering Association, IEEE and the Programmers Guild.
All Welcome!
Members and students from
all professional societies and engineering disciplines are welcome. We now have attendees from IEEE, ASME, NSPE,
ASCE and AEA. For information about
these groups see:
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM,
Wednesday, March 11, 2009. 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, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-0803, rftax “AT” verizon.net, Dr. Katherine
Duncan, (973) 209–8607, kduncan “AT” ieee.org.
