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May 2008
Volume 54, Number 10
Publication No:
USPS 580-500
“The IEEE
Newsletter” (North Jersey Section), is published monthly except June and July
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The
IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
May
2008
May 4 – “NJ Section Awards
Reception” -
May 7 – “NJ Section Meeting”,
May 8 – “IEEE NJ-NY Co-Sponsors Professional Networking
Mixer”, North NJ/NY Section GOLD, WIE, PACE, CN, SAC
Groups,
May 14 – “Engineers Meet:
Where Do We Go From Here?” by Kate Duncan, NJ PACE, GOLD, WIE, 6:30 –
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, rftax “AT” verizon.net.
May 16 – “Montclair High School
Robotics Demonstration”, 8:00 PM (coffee and desert at 7:30 PM), Union
Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave, Montclair, NJ. Peter Donegan (973) 783-7998
(montclairengineer “AT” yahoo.com), or go to http://www.montclairengineers.org/.
May 22 – “Why Consultants Fail and
What You Can Do About It!” by Ed McCauley, NJ Consultants' Network, 7:30
PM, Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Cancelled due to speaker illness May 29 – “Product Development
Methodologies for Success!” by Jerry Bellott, NJ Computer Chapter, 7:00
PM, Public Meeting Room, Morris County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave., Whippany,
NJ, (973) 285-6930. Seth Jakel (973) 731-1902, (973) 820-1865,
sgjakel “AT” comcast.net or Howard Leach (973) 540-1283, h.leach “AT” ieee.org.
Upcoming
Meetings
June 4 – “NJ Section Meeting”,
June 11 – “Engineers Meet:
IEEE Section’s Congress” by Roger K. Sullivan, NJ PACE, GOLD, WIE, 6:30
– 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, rftax “AT” verizon.net.
June 26 – “The Consultants’ Network
Interactive Website” by Chris Mesibov, 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.
July 9 – “Engineers Meet:
For a Members Social”, NJ PACE, GOLD, WIE, 6:30 – 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, rftax “AT” verizon.net.
Aug. 13 – “Engineers Meet:
State of IEEE and Proposed Improvements”
with Dr. John Vig, NJ PACE, GOLD, WIE, 6:30 – 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, rftax “AT” verizon.net.
Oct. 2 – “2008 MTT/AP Symposium and Mini-Show”
– MTT-S/AP-S Chapter,
Oct. 16 – “Life Grade Luncheon”,
Members and Non-Members Welcome
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Cancelled due to speaker illness
NJ Computer Society
and EMS Ch.
Product Development Methodologies for Success!
On
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:
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Position yourself to be innovative by planning
continuing ed 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. In “Project Methodologies for Success!” you
will learn:
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The roles of sales and marketing in
identifying markets, potential customers, and possible new products that will
meet customer needs if offered.
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The role of business planners in evaluating
the engineering portfolio of a company to decide which products proposed by
engineers and marketing managers to recommend to upper level management.
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Role of project managers to schedule and track
how an organization prepares, designs, tests, and introduces a product to
manufacture.
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The role of engineers to position themselves
to be innovative and to produce quality products on time.
About
the Speaker
Jerry
Bellott is an electrical engineer with more than 20 years experience designing
innovative products for the wireless, telecommunication, and computer
industries at Bell Labs and other companies.
Mr. Bellott currently serves as Vice Chair of the IEEE Princeton chapter
of the Signal Processing Society.
In
2000, Mr. Bellott served as senior systems engineer for then start-up ViaGate
technologies, a company that designed a fiber and VDSL ATM switch that provides
internet access, digital video, and remote VLAN access to up to 240
clients. The company was later purchased
by DSL market innovator Tut Systems, Inc., which is now part of Motorola’s
broadband division. In 2004, Mr. Bellott
co-designed a 64 MAC DSP circuit board using a MathStar IC which served as
MathStar’s primary customer IC demo and evaluation platform for nearly two
years. MathStar DSP’s contain 64
multiply/accumulate circuits that run at 1 gigahertz each.
Mr.
Bellott is currently writing engineering documentation for a central New Jersey
company that makes digital data acquisition and software defined radio
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, Thursday, May 29, 2008, pre-meeting
buffet starting 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, (973) 820-1865,
sgjakel “AT” comcast.net or Howard Leach (973) 540-1283, h.leach “AT” ieee.org.
NJ Consultants' Network:
Why Consultants Fail and What You Can Do About It!
On
About the Topic
How many times have you or a colleague faced these
frustrating situations?
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Prospects fail to
understand the value you bring
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Prospects hide after you
spend days preparing detailed proposals
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You have to cut prices to
get the contract
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The selling cycles getting
longer rather than shorter
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Prospects stalling with
excuses and "think-it-overs."
Why do these things keep happening and what you can do to
prevent them from continuing?
Join Ed McCauley for an eye-opening look at the deficiencies
of traditional selling that make the sales process ineffective and
demeaning. Learn honest, no-nonsense
approaches to selling that challenge long-held sales beliefs, and place the
power and control of the selling process in your hands.
During this briefing you will discover:
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How the traditional
“buyer/seller dance” turns you into an unpaid consultant
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Why traditional approaches
lead to price-cutting
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Why you may be busy
selling, but sales remain low
You will learn how to:
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Differentiate yourself in
the first 15 seconds
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Stop the unpaid consulting
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Handle prospects that want
to think it over
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Uncover why people really
buy
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Actually ENJOY the sales
process!
About the Speaker
For
19 years, Ed McCauley has been President of Bottom Line Technologies Inc. (BLT)
providing:
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Design services - working
closely with their clients, BLT designs FPGA, board, and complete system
solutions.
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Technical training - BLT is
Xilinx’s exclusive authorized training partner from New York State Through
Virginia.
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Sales and management
training and coaching - BLT specializes in training salespeople and management
of companies selling to technical customers.
Ed
began his career at Datatel, a datacom startup that grew from 3 to 300 people
and a private acquisition. Next he
joined then venture funded start-up "Xilinx" as an original member of
their field sales team covering the northeastern US. After Xilinx’s IPO, he left to start
BLT. Ed is an alumnus of The U.S. Naval
Academy, Rutgers and Drexel Universities, a longtime member of CNNNJ, and can
be contacted at (908) 479-1200 or via email:
ed.mccauley@bltinc.com.
About the Consultants’ Network
Founded in 1992, the IEEE Consultants Network of
Northern NJ encourages and promotes the use of independent technical
consultants by business and industry.
All Welcome!
Everyone welcome. No registration needed. Free admission.
Time:
Place: Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated
Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ.
(Entrance at rear of building).
Information: For directions and up-to-date
meeting status, call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org. To download a map to KDI, go to: http://www.mcekdi-integrated.com/directions.htm.
NJ Consultants' Network:
The Consultants’ Network Interactive Website
On Thursday, June 26, 2008, the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern NJ (www.technologyontap.org) will feature a presentation by Chris Mesibov of TechGenesis, Inc., titled “The Consultants’ Network Interactive Website.”
About the Topic
The CNNNJ website (www.technologyontap.org) is the centerpiece of the Consultants’ Network. It provides many features critical to promoting the businesses run by network members. Features of the website include:
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List of the current
membership of the network
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Summary of each
consultant’s expertise and business
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Key word search tool to
find the right consultant for a job
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Referral submission
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Meeting schedules
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Member-only tools such as
intra-member email and profile management
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Links to other affiliated
networks and other general information
Managing and maintaining websites with changing content can be a lot of work. For the benefit of network members, content maintenance of the CNNNJ website has been automated.
The presentation will explore how the automated website was built, what tools were used and why. The benefits, trade-offs and pitfalls associated with all website development along with the typical challenges will be discussed
About the Speaker
Chris Mesibov is the president of TechGenesis Inc. His consulting business provides analog and digital design services, specializing in Cypress PSoC mixed signal controller applications and development of automated test systems in network environments.
His experience of 20+ years includes RF ATE systems for military avionics, cellular and satellite equipment, and most recently optical systems for telecom products. Mr. Mesibov can be reached by email at chris@techgenesis1.com His website is http://www.techgenesis1.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:
Place: Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated
Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ.
(Entrance at rear of building).
Information: For directions and up-to-date
meeting status, call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org. To download a map to KDI, go to: http://www.mcekdi-integrated.com/directions.htm.
Montclair Society of Engineers:
Montclair High School Robotics Team to Demonstrate Robots
On Friday, May 16, 2008, the Montclair Society of Engineers is hosting its annual Montclair High School (MHS) Robotics team demonstration.
About the Demonstration
The MHS Robotic
Teams entered two Robots various FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition
of Science and Technology competitions held throughout theThe students will
give a presentation followed by a demonstration of the Robots.
About the Speakers
MHS Robotics is divided into two teams. The students designed, programmed and fabricated the Robots themselves. Team 555 won the Colorado Regional last year.
The
two teams are the eight year old coed, Team 555 and the all female Team 1929.
About the Montclair Society of Engineers
The Montclair Society of Engineers is an active organization of men and women engaged in all disciplines of the engineering and scientific professions. The society was founded in 1924 to promote friendly associations among engineers, to contribute professional knowledge and experience to the solution of community problems, and to assist students in the study of engineering and allied sciences. It is not affiliated with the IEEE.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the Montclair Society of Engineers or the IEEE to attend.
Time:
Place: Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave,
Montclair, NJ. Directions are available
at http://www.montclairengineers.org/.
Information: Peter Donegan (973)783-7998
(montclairengineer “AT” yahoo.com), http://www.montclairengineers.org/
NJ Section PACE, GOLD, WIE:
Engineers Meet:
Engineering Graduates - Where
Do We Go From Here?
On
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 the North Jersey Section Professional Activities Committee,
Graduates of the Last Decade, and Women in Engineering will meet for a
discussion on “Engineering Graduates - Where Do We Go From Here?” The moderator will be Kate Duncan, WIE Chair
About
the Meeting
Grads:
1, 2, 3 years and still no job. Engineering,
especially EE and Computer Science employment in the US, have been in a
recession since the telecom bust of 2002.
It’s easy to blame the usual suspects:
outsourcing, hi tech immigration, the NSF, inflated shortage projections
by government, industry and academia, low achievement in science and tech
education. Some members detected
shortcomings of the profession during the 1970’s.
A
review of the D,S & E High tech Recruiting Index covering their demand over
a 30 year period.
http://www.aea.org/documents/tax/htri_file.pdf
As
a current or recent graduate what is the correct career path? Is this the
optimum career path for the future?
What’s the career path for the engineer of the future? Several grassroots groups have sprung up
taking very different paths to attack the issue. Are some colleges rated poorly by major
corporations? Can any of them be
successful? What’s the IEEE doing? Is there a Supply/Demand problem? Is your college equipped to meet the
requirements of major corporations?
The
engineering profession needs help if it’s going to offer a viable career and
profession. The old status quo will not
work.
What
do we do? Get political; get organized;
make friends in high places; unionize.
What’s your opinion? It’s time to
come together to save the profession we love.
We all need to get involved.
Remember; “If you’re not part of the solution; you’re part of the
problem!”
Bring
your associates, friends and spouses
About
the Speaker
Open
discussion with Kate Duncan WIE Chair as Moderator. Everyone will have an opportunity to express
their views and opinions about the profession, jobs and opportunities.
Paul
Ward, will be available for the PACE committee.
Richard F. Tax will represent The American Engineering Association
(AEA).
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
CARE is the Congressional Advocacy Recruitment Effort. CARE is a voluntary network of IEEE members who are interested in public policy. To help go to www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/.
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, May 14,
2008. 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) 664-6954, rftax “AT” verizon.net.
NJ Section PACE, GOLD, WIE:
Engineers Meet:
IEEE Section’s Congress
On
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 the North Jersey Section Professional Activities
Committee, Graduates of the Last Decade, and Women in Engineering will meet for
a discussion on “Sections Congress - An opportunity.” The speaker will be Roger K. Sullivan, Past
Region 1 Director and Member of the IEEE BoD.
About
the Meeting
Considering
Roger Sullivan’s present position in Region 1 as the Sections Congress
Coordinator, the topic will be Sections Congress
- An opportunity. I think this will
appeal to the PACE, GOLD & WIE attendees.
Roger will talk about the status of appropriate recommendations from the last Section’s
Congress and about the Region 1 recommendation process for the Sections Congress
in September 2008. These proposed
recommendations from Region 1 will be
discussed and prioritized at the Region 1 Summer meeting.
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
CARE is the Congressional Advocacy Recruitment Effort. CARE is a voluntary network of IEEE members who are interested in public policy. To help go to www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/.
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, June 11,
2008. 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) 664-6954, rftax “AT” verizon.net.
NJ Section PACE, GOLD, WIE:
Engineers Meet:
For a Members Social
On
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 the North Jersey Section Professional Activities Committee,
Graduates of the Last Decade, and Women in Engineering will meet for a Social,
with Pizza, soda & refreshments.
About
the Meeting
This
meeting is about getting members of the Section together for a light evening of
discussion and hospitality. Learn more
about the Profession and business side of Engineering. We can hold a brainstorming session to
discuss future meetings and activities.
This is a continuation of the
PACE, GOLD, WIE joint meeting’s and
lively discussions. All are
invited. We shall encourage North Jersey
Section Ex-Com officers to attend. When
they do, our Section membership will have an opportunity to meet with them on a
first name basis.
Bring
your associates, friends and spouses.
About
the Speaker
Everyone
will have an opportunity to express their views about the profession, jobs and
opportunities.
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
CARE is the Congressional Advocacy Recruitment Effort. CARE is a voluntary network of IEEE members who are interested in public policy. To help go to www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/.
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, July 9,
2008. 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) 664-6954, rftax “AT” verizon.net.
NJ Section PACE, GOLD, WIE:
Engineers Meet:
State of IEEE and Proposed
Improvements
On
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 the North Jersey Section Professional Activities
Committee, Graduates of the Last Decade and Women in Engineering will host a
meeting to discuss IEEE's present and future.
Our guest speaker will be Dr. John Vig, 2008 IEEE President-Elect.
About
the Meeting
The
talk will consist of two parts:
1)
"the state of the IEEE," i.e., a report on how IEEE is doing with
respect to membership, conferences, publications, standards, finances, and
other activities; what the major threats and opportunities are, and
2)
what 2009 President-elect Vig would like to accomplish during his term in
2009. He has a long "to-do"
list. However, his term is only one year,
and the president's powers are limited.
Nevertheless, he will discuss what he wishes to improve in IEEE, and ask
the audience's advice about the prioritization of his goals.
Bring
your associates, friends and spouses.
About
the Speaker
John
Vig was born in Hungary and came to the United States in 1957, where he
subsequently received the BS degree from the City College of New York and his
PhD degree from Rutgers – The New Jersey State University.
He
spent his professional career performing and leading R&D activities in Army
research laboratories, where he developed high-stability resonators,
oscillators, and sensors. He retired
from his Army position in 2006, after 36 years of service (as a civilian
scientist).
He
has been serving as a technical advisor to several DARPA program mangers on
programs ranging from micro- and nanoresonators to chip-scale atomic clocks and
low-noise oscillators. He is currently working as a technical consultant with
System Planning Corporation supporting selected DARPA program activities. He also serves on the Technical Advisory
Board of a startup, SiTime Corp.
Dr.
Vig is the author of more than 100 publications, including nine book chapters,
and he holds 55 patents. He is an IEEE
Fellow, and is the recipient of the IEEE Cady Award and the IEEE Sawyer
Award. He has been the Distinguished
Lecturer of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (UFFC)
Society, and he has served as the president of this Society. Dr. Vig founded the IEEE Sensors Council and
has served on the IEEE Board of Directors for three years. In 2005, he was IEEE Vice President for
Technical Activities. He is currently
serving as the 2008 IEEE President-elect, i.e., he will be IEEE President in
2009.
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
CARE is the Congressional Advocacy Recruitment Effort. CARE is a voluntary network of IEEE members who are interested in public policy. To help go to www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/.
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, August 13,
2008. 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) 664-6954, rftax “AT” verizon.net.
IEEE NJ-NY Co-Sponsors Professional Networking Mixer
The
IEEE North NJ/NY Section GOLD, WIE, PACE, CN, SAC Groups is co-sponsoring a
professional networking mixer event on Thursday, May 8, 2008.
The
event is totally free, only registration is required. Interested participants can register via the
webform located on the North Jersey GOLD website
http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/gold. For any additional questions or issue,
contact the chair at northjerseygold "AT" ieee "DOT" org.
Take
this opportunity to meet IEEE section officers, find out about the different
active section IEEE societies, investigate volunteer opportunities, and mingle
with local professionals in various fields.
There will also be raffles & speed networking - so bring plenty of
business cards and you can win a prize! Hors dhoerves will be provided and
other local engineering professionals & society members are always
welcome. Invite your peers!
Time: 6:00
– 8:00 PM, Thursday, May 8, 2008.
Place: Village Pourhouse (vegas room), 64 Third
Avenue (corner of 11th st), New York, NY.
Information: northjerseygold "AT" ieee
"DOT" org.
North Jersey Spring 2008 Student Presentation Contest
The
North Jersey Section held its Annual Spring Student Presentation Contest in
March. Due to the dramatic increase in
participants, the Contest was expanded to two dates this year. The Undergraduate Contest was held on
Tuesday, March 25; whereas, the Graduate Contest was held on Thursday, March
27. The Presentations were conducted at
the Metropolitan Campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) in Teaneck, NJ.
The
main focus of the Student Presentation Contest is to give students an
opportunity to sharpen their communication skills, and help prepare for real life
situations as practicing engineers and researchers. Additionally, the North Jersey Section
contest provides an excellent chance for students to practice for the Region I
Student Paper Contest, which will be held this year at FDU on April 26,
2008. The contest at the North Jersey
Section level is also supplemented by awarding cash prizes to the three best
presentations in both Undergraduate and Graduate categories. The first, second and third place winners in
each category won $100, $75 and $50 respectively. All engineering students were encouraged to
participate in submitting team or individual presentations on any project work
related to engineering. This local
contest does not require students to write a full paper; a slide-based
presentation on technical or non-technical work is sufficient. Senior design projects, lab projects,
personal engineering hobbies, engineering policy etc. are typical topics. Moving onto the regional contest requires
submitting a short written paper.
We
would like to thank Professor Gloria Reinish of FDU for hosting the North
Jersey Spring 2008 Student Presentation Contest. We also want to congratulate the winners:
Undergraduate
First
Place: Yaw Ohemeng-Dapaah, Fairleigh
Dickinson University (FDU)
Second
Place: Chetarth Sharma, Fairleigh
Dickinson University (FDU)
Third
Place: Stephen Ellis, Fairleigh
Dickinson University (FDU)
Graduate
First
Place: Zhe (Wendy) Wang, New Jersey
Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Second
Place (Tie): Pranesh Shah, Fairleigh
Dickinson University (FDU), Renita Machado, New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT)
Jerry Minter Featured in the Premier Oral History Video on IEEE.tv
By Howard Leach, Section
Historian
In
February of this year, Mr. Jerry B. Minter, the founder of our predecessor
organization, the IRE Northern NJ Sub-Section in 1947, made history again by
becoming the first individual to be featured in an Oral History Video on
IEEE.tv. The actual oral history video
taping took place on March 13th, 2007, at his company’s location, the
Components Corporation, Denville, NJ.
Until that time, all of the oral historical recordings were audio only.
This
first professional video taping of an oral history interview was arranged by Mary
Ann Hoffman, Archival & Web Services Manager, and conducted by Dr. Michael
N. Geselowitz, Director, both of the IEEE History Center, Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ.
To
see where first video taping occurred, see the first photo below showing the room
at the Components Corporation, Denville, NJ.
The second photo, used within the video, shows some of the attendees and demo equipment used by Jerry
Minter to demo his patented Aircraft Collision Avoidance System at a Section
meeting on December 13th, 2006.
To access the documentary on IEEE.tv, follow
this link to the entry page:
http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/IEEEtv/about.html?WT.mc_id=hpwd_ieeetv
Then
within the IEEE.tv Public Access™ window, scroll down to ‘Oral History: Jerry Minter’ and click on the arrow. The documentary is just under 13 minutes in
length.
Although
the video is very good, there many historical facts in the oral history that
are not included in the video. To review
all of the historical content, first go to the Jerry B. Minter abstract at the
following link.
http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/oral_history/abstracts/minterab.html
From
here click on the ‘Jerry B. Minter Oral History’ link to get to the complete
transcript of the interview. For a short
summary biography on Jerry Minter’s career, see the following, much of which is
included in interview and the video.
Bio
on Jerry Minter
Jerry
B. Minter was first employed in 1935 by
the Boonton Radio Corporation, NJ, in the development of band-pass intermediate
frequency transformers. In 1936 he was
involved in the development of aircraft radio receivers at the Radio Frequency
Laboratories of Boonton, N.J. During the
later part of 1936 he was employed by the Ferris Instrument Corp., NJ, to take
charge of several projects including development of a signal generator and a radio noise and field-strength meter.
In
1939, Mr. Minter and some of his associates from Ferris Instrument Corp
organized the Measurements Corp of Boonton,
NJ, where he became Vice President and Chief Engineer. After much success with design and production
of test equipment, the stockholders decided to sell the Measurements Corp. to
the Edison Company in 1953. At that
time, he had a number of conversations with Charles Edison about his father,
Thomas Edison, and dined in the dining room of Edison’s West Orange Laboratory
before it was turned over to the National Park Service as a National Historic
Site.
In
1954, Mr. Minter bought the Components Corp. and entered into the audio
business where he developed a series of special test records. In the 1960’s, the company designed and built
miniature high voltage power supplies for use in high altitude probes for
NASA. They also developed a
high-reliability edgeboard connector called the “DigiKlip” that was used
commercially in the Univac 1108, DC-10, as well as in space and military
programs.
Mr.
Minter also worked on video systems, one within a hospital area to reduce RF
interference. In another medical project
, he modified VCR’s to reduce their startup time in medical facilities within
NYC. His most recent technical
innovation is a passive collision warning system for small aircraft. Jerry Minter holds 26 patents of which the
last six are on his aircraft collision avoidance system.
He
received a BS in EE from MIT in 1934. In
1947, he organized and chaired the first Northern New Jersey Subsection of the
Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE).
Jerry B. Minter was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 1969, and he became a
Life Fellow of the IEEE in 1979. Jerry
Minter is a Fellow and past President of the Radio Club of America. He is also a past President of the Audio
Engineering Society and has held memberships in the Radio Electronic Television
Manufacturing Association, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American
Standards Association, and the American Society of Metals.
On March 13th, 2007,
Jerry B. Minter with Mary Ann Hoffman are shown just after the first oral
history video taping at the Components Corporation, Denville, NJ, of which
Jerry Minter is President. Shown in the
foreground is a grid dip meter that was engineered and produced in volume by
the Measurements Corporation.
On Dec 13th, 2006, at a
Section meeting, Jerry B. Minter gave a talk and demonstration of his patented
Aircraft Collision Avoidance System.
Shown from left to right are members of the Lone Eagle Composite
Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, Peapack-Gladstone, NJ, with Jerry B. Minter,
Capt Will McLain V, Squadron Commander, and Dr. Naresh Chand, the IEEE North
Jersey Aerospace & Electronics Systems Chairman on the right. This photo is shown at about 8 minutes and 47
seconds into the video.
Industry Liaison Chair Position Open for North Jersey Section
The
North Jersey Section is seeking new volunteers to help conduct business for the
benefit of it membership. There are a
variety of positions open and available.
My name is Russell Pepe. I was
the Industry Liaison for the North Jersey Section for several years. I recently took on two positions, as
Secretary and Student Activities Committee Chair. I am seeking my replacement as Industry
Liaison. The main function for the IEEE
Industry Liaison is to foster collaboration with Industry.
For
more information, please feel free to contact Russell Pepe at rpepe “AT”
att.net; or visit the North Jersey Section website at http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/. We also encourage you to join us at the
Monthly North Jersey Business Meeting, held during he first Wednesday of each
month at 7:00 pm (free buffet dinner served at 6:00 pm).
NJ Section Seeks Training Facility
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 technical to non-technical,
leadership or just participatory. For
Society Chapter Chairs, you MUST be a member of the corresponding IEEE Society.
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.
·
Engineering In Medicine and Biology 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
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.
Call for Fellow Nominations
Nominations are being accepted for the IEEE Fellows class of 2010. The rank of IEEE Fellow is the institute’s
highest member grade, bestowed on an IEEE Senior Member who has had an
extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of
interest. The deadline for nominations
is 1 March 2009.
Senior Members can be nominated in one of four categories: application
engineer/practitioner, research engineer/scientist, educator, or technical
leader.
The Fellows Web pages contain information regarding the history of the
IEEE Fellows program, the nomination process, access to the Fellows Nomination
Kit, lists of Fellows who are eligible to be references and more about the
Fellow program. Please visit the Fellows
website at http://www.ieee.org/fellows.
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MINI SHOW FEATURING LATEST
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