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November 2004
Volume 51, Number 5
Publication No:
USPS 580-500
“The IEEE Newsletter”
(North Jersey Section), is published monthly except June and July by The
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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 (410) 778-2768
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” ieee.org)
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
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IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
November
2004
Nov. 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.
Nov. 3 – “Rapid Prototyping of a Line-of-sight
Pointing and Stabilization System for Communications On-the-Move” - NJ
Control Systems Society, 5:00
PM, NJIT, 202 ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Professor Timothy Chang (973) 596-3519 (changtn “AT”
njit.edu).
Nov. 4 –
“Nanoscale
Computing Circuit and System Design” - NJ Signal Processing Chapter, 4:45
PM
(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”
fdu.edu), Dr. Hong Man (201) 216-5038 (hman “AT”
stevens-tech.edu)..
Nov. 8 –
“Life
Grade Luncheon” – (RESERVATIONS CLOSED) 11:30
AM,
Hamilton Park Conference Center, 175 Park Ave, Florham Park, NJ 07932. Ken Oexle (973)
386-1156.
Nov. 10 – “Innovative
GPS-Based Methods for Extremely Precise Navigation and Time Synchronization”
- NJ Control Systems Society, 5:00
PM, NJIT, 202 ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Professor Timothy Chang (973) 596-3519 (changtn “AT”
njit.edu).
Nov. 10 – “The Engineers’ Career - North Jersey and
Career Development Activities” - NJ
PACE/GOLD/SAC, 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)..
New! Nov. 10 – “A Career in the Telecommunications Industry”
- NJ Communications and EMS Chapters, 7:45 PM (dinner at 7:00 PM), New Jersey
Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Nirwan
Ansari (973) 596-3670 (nirwan.ansari
“AT” njit.edu) or check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj
for the latest updates.
Nov. 13
– “Professional Skills Development
Workshop” – Student Activities Committee, 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM (Free lunch
to start), Graduate Student Lounge in Busch Campus Center on Bartholomew Road,
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. Sameer Kalra (skalra
“AT” ieee.org).
Nov. 18
– “RF Power Amplifiers and Transmitters for
Wireless Base Stations” - NJ VTS & MTT-S/AP-S Chapters, 7:00 PM, Lucent
Technologies, 67 Whippany Rd, Whippany, NJ.
Arthur Greenberg (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com)
or Kirit Dixit (201) 669-7599
(kdixit “AT” microcomsales.com).
Nov. 18
– “Co-Simulation of Microwave Networks” –
EDS/C&S, 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).
Nov. 18 – “Northern NJ Engineering Networking
Event: The IEEE and the New Millennium
Engineer in New Jersey” - NJ Membership Development, 6:00 PM, Yesterdays
Tavern, Passaic/Main Ave, Clifton, NJ, adjacent to Clifton Commons Shopping
Mall. Gary Hojell, ITT SSD, (973) 284-2493 (gary.hojell
“AT” itt.com).
Nov. 19 – “Considerations
for Design of Critical Telecom and Data Centers Seminar” - NJ IAS/PES
Chapters, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, PSE&G Training Center, 234 Pierson Ave,
Edison, NJ. Ronald Quade,
PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Nov. 22 – “Trustworthy Software for Today and
Tomorrow” - 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, (973) 285-6930. Seth Jakel
(973) 731-1902, (sgjakel “AT” comcast.net) or Vivek Shaiva (908) 229-6125 (vshaiva “AT” computer.org).
Nov. 23 – “Digital
Processing of Kirlian Images” - NJ SMC Society, 7:00
PM
(light refreshments at 6:45 PM), Clifton Memorial
Library , 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ. Dr. Mike Liechenstein (973) 471-0721 (m.liechenstein “AT” ieee.org).
Upcoming
Meetings
Dec. 2 – “Annual Planning Meeting & 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.
Dec. 7 – “Reduced-Rank
Multi-User Detectors for CDMA Systems” - NJ Communications Chapter, 6:15 PM
(refreshments at 6:00 PM), New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202,
ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Nirwan Ansari
(973) 596-3670 (nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or check
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj for the
latest updates.
Dec. 9 – “Distributed
Generation Using Gaseous Fueled Reciprocating Engine-Generators” - NJ
IAS/PES Chapters, 7:00PM (buffet at 6:30
PM),
Eaton Electrical, 690 Rahway Ave, Union, NJ. Ronald W. Quade,
P.E., (732) 205-2614 (RWQuade “AT” IEEE.org).
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 Chivakula (b.chivakula “AT” computer.org).
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NJ Communications and
Engineering Management Societies:
A Career in the Telecommunications Industry
On November 10, 2004, the IEEE North Jersey Section Communications
Society, Engineering Management Society, IEEE NJIT Student Chapter along with
NJIT will host a presentation on “A Career in the Telecommunications
Industry.” The speaker will be Celia
Desmond.
About the Talk
Celia
Desmond will review her own career in industry, and also her career in
IEEE. She will give an overview of the
present environment of voice, data and multimedia communications industry. The current state of industry, the market
environment, and the regulatory environment for basic services, the Internet
and emerging services is briefly discussed.
Celia will comment on what graduates need today to have a successful
career in telecommunications engineering, and on the value that IEEE
involvement can bring to a career. All
information is presented at a high level so that background in
telecommunications is not necessary to understand the material. The attendee will gain a view of the overall
industry, and the direction it is moving, and what is required to stay afloat
in this industry.
About the
Speaker
Celia Desmond is President of World Class -
Telecommunications. Celia provides training
in management skills in business and telecommunications engineering
environments. She was instrumental in
creating a Masters Program and a Certificate Program at University
of Toronto. She has lectured internationally on Programs
for Success in Today’s Changing Environment.
At Stentor Resource Centre Inc. she was
instrumental in establishing the Stentor culture and
processes, and in obtaining buy-in from the employees to adopt and grow the new
organization. She developed and
implemented processes for service/product development and for project
governance within SRCI. As Director –
Industry Liaison, she was the external technical linkage to the Stentor owner companies, their customers, and the
international technical community. In
various positions at Bell Canada,
Celia provided strategic direction to corporate planners, ran technology and
service trials, standardized equipment, and issued guidelines for the member
companies. In Celia's previous line
positions, her groups provided technical and project management support to
large business clients.
Celia was the 2002-2003 President of IEEE
Communications Society. She is the 2004
Chair of the IEEE Transnational Committee which serves as a resource for IEEE
in serving members around the world. For
2000-2001 Celia was President of IEEE Canada, and served her second term on the
Board of Directors of IEEE. She was
1997-1998 Division III Director. She has twice served in the IEEE Audit
Committee, and actively participated in numerous other TAB, RAB, IEEE and
Society committees. Celia was awarded
the Donald J. McLellan Award for meritorious service
to IEEE Communications Society, the Engineering Institute of Canada John B.
Sterling Medal in May 2000, and the IEEE Millennium award. In 1993, she was made a Senior Member of
IEEE.
Celia holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering
from Carleton University,
a B.Sc. in Mathematics & Psychology from Queens University,
an Ontario Teaching Certificate and a Project Management Professional (PMP)
certification. Celia has taught
kindergarten, high school, and graduate courses at three universities, Ryerson
School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, and University
of Toronto.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend. Bring your friends.
Time: 7:45 PM (dinner starts
at 7:00 PM), Wednesday, November 10, 2004.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, 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 check
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj for the latest updates.
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NJ Communications Society:
Reduced-Rank Multi-User Detectors for CDMA Systems
On December 7, 2004, the IEEE North Jersey Section Communications Society
Chapter along with NJIT will host a presentation on “Reduced-Rank Multi-User
Detectors for CDMA Systems.” The speaker
will be Dr. Hongya Ge.
About the Talk
Due
to the high dimensionality of the measurement data sets as well as the changing
dynamics of wireless communication systems, computationally efficient reduced-rank
solutions are preferred to their full-rank counterparts in applications such as
channel estimation, system synchronization, multi-user detection, and adaptive
beam-forming.
This
talk introduces the framework of designing reduced-rank multi-user detectors
for wireless DS/SS CDMA systems. With
the notion of expanding subspaces, we construct the reduced-rank multi-user
detectors progressively using the simple structure of filter banks (analysis
filters and synthesis filters) – the discrete-time filter vectors contained in
the expanding Krylov subspaces. We further provide computationally efficient
iterative methods for implementing the reduced-rank multi-user detectors along
with the geometric interpretations on the filter evolution and error reduction. We prove the existence (sufficient and
necessary conditions) of warp convergence in the reduced-rank multi-user
detectors for designed CDMA systems, as well as in the adaptive beam-former for
multi-sensor array systems. Finally,
application examples are presented to demonstrate the enabling capability of
the warp convergence in designed communication systems, i.e. the reduced-rank
solution delivers the full-rank performance.
About the
Speaker
Hongya Ge received her BS degree
from the University of Electronic
Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China; MS degree
from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, Nanjing, China; and PhD
degree from the University of Rhode
Island, Kingston, RI, in 1982,
1985, and 1994, respectively, all in electrical engineering. From 1986 to 1990, she was with the
Department of Information and Electronics at the Zhejiang University, as a
lecturer, teaching and researching in Radar Signal Processing, Communication
Theory, and Numerical Analysis. Since
1995, she has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, where she
is currently an associate professor.
During the academic year of 2000-2001, she was a visiting scientist in the
Applied Research Department of Telcordia
Technologies, Inc., NJ, working on broadband wireless
access, MIMO transceiver systems, and wireless network security projects. During the academic year of 2003-2004, she
spent her sabbatical leave with the Colorado State University and the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interests are in the general
areas of Statistical Signal and Array Processing, Transceiver Design for
Wireless Communications and Reduced Rank Adaptive Subspace Methods for
Detection, Estimation, Synchronization, Tracking, Adaptive Beamforming
and Interference Suppression.
Dr. Ge has published 70+
technical papers in International Journals and Conference Proceedings. She currently serves as a member of the IEEE
Technical Committee on Sensor Array and Multichannel
(SAM) Signal Processing, the Editorial Board of the EURASIP Journal on Wireless
Communications and Networking, and the Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions
on Signal Processing. From 1998-2001,
she was the Vice Chair and Chair for the Chapter of Communications Society of
IEEE North Jersey Section. Since 1999,
she has been on the Planning Committee for the Annual Wireless and Optical
Communications Conference (WOCC). She
was the Chair for the Wireless Program of the WOCC-2003.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend. Bring your friends.
Time: 6:15 PM (refreshments
start at 6:00 PM), Tuesday, December 7, 2004.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, 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 check
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj for the latest updates.
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NJ Computer & EMS
Chapters:
Trustworthy Software for Today and Tomorrow
On Monday, November 22, 2004, the IEEE North Jersey Section Computer and
Engineering Management Society Chapters will host a presentation titled
“Trustworthy Software for Today and Tomorrow” by Lawrence Bernstein.
About the Talk
Software system development is too often focused solely on schedule and
cost. Sometimes performance and
functional technical requirements become an issue. Rarely is trustworthiness considered. Not only must software designers consider how
the software will perform they must account for consequences of failures. The issue of system trustworthiness, the
subject of this talk, is not well known or understood. Trustworthiness is a holistic property,
encompassing security, safety and reliability.
It is not sufficient to address only one or two of these diverse
dimensions, nor is it sufficient to simply assemble components that are
themselves trustworthy. Integrating the
components and understanding how the trustworthiness dimensions interact is a
challenge. Because of the increasing
complexity and scope of software, its trustworthiness will become a dominant
issue.
Much software engineering
focuses only on features and schedule, especially schedule. Mr. Bernstein will present his view that a
shift is needed. The software engineer
must make judgments and tradeoffs among the functions the software provides,
the time it will take to produce the software, the cost of producing the
software, how easy it is to use and how reliable it is.
Too often software
professionals do not think about the risks to others. And when they do, they are frequently
overruled by their bosses or product managers.
This talk will argue that it is the software engineer's ethical
responsibility to understand and qualify the trustworthiness of their software.
About the Speaker
Lawrence Bernstein is a
recognized expert in software engineering, software technology, project
management, and technology conversion.
He is Industry Research Professor of Computer Networks and Software
Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. He directs the Stevens Quantitative Software
Engineering program. He is director of
the New Jersey Center for Software Engineering.
He consults on software
process improvement. For one company he
recommended the split between R&D and software assets when it acquired
another company. He was an expert
witness in two arbitration cases where he assessed the quality and origins of a
large operations support software system, and advised another company on the
unreasonableness of their claims in a software product dispute. He has worked with the Price Waterhouse
Coopers' Technology Center for several clients.
He had a 35-year
distinguished career at Bell Laboratories in managing large software projects,
and since retirement, heads his own consulting firm. At Bell Labs he became a Chief Technical
Officer of the Operations Systems Business Unit and an Executive Director. In parallel with these Bell Labs positions he
was the Operations Systems Vice President of AT&T Network Systems from
1992-1996. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
Inc. (IEEE) and a Fellow of the leading software organization, the Association
for Computing Machinery (ACM). He is a
member of the Russian Information Academy; a visiting Associate of University of
Southern California's Center for Software Engineering and an Industrial Fellow
of Ball State Center for Information and Communication Sciences. He is a member of the honor societies Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu and is listed in Who's Who in America. He was awarded the coveted Bell South
"Eagle" for seminal contributions to their automatic service
provisioning systems. He was awarded the
Patriotic Civilian Service Award, by the US Army, for outstanding performance
on the SAFEGUARD software project.
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
Possible Webcast
The
possibility of setting up a conference bridge, so that participants may dial in
and listen to the presentation remotely, is in the process of being
investigated. Please contact Seth Jakel or Vivek Shaiva for further information on the availability of this
option.
Time: 7:00 PM, Monday,
November 22, 2004. 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).
NJ Consultants' Network:
Annual Planning Meeting & Workshop
On
December 2, 2004,
the IEEE Consultants’ Network of Northern NJ (CNNNJ) will host their Annual
Planning Meeting & Workshop.
About the
Meeting
In a combined
November/December meeting, the IEEE Consultants Network of Northern NJ (CNNNJ)
will plan the network’s direction and activities for the year 2005. We will discuss ideas and set expectations
for the various network functions.
Network members and any consultants considering joining the network are
welcome to attend and participate.
Results of the annual
election of officers will be announced at this meeting.
Traditionally, this working
session is an open, informal forum to determine what the IEEE-CNNNJ is doing
right, or wrong. The floor will be open
to suggestions for improvements, recommendations of new network directions and
activities, and proposals for new feature topics for the general meetings.
The functions performed by
the IEEE Consultants Network throughout the year include:
·
Monthly General Meetings – Suggested feature topics will be discussed.
·
Member Networking – Member presentations and alternate formats to
improve networking.
·
Group Marketing & Image Building – CNNNJ website, tri-fold
and postcard mailing, CNNNJ’s free consultant
referral service, and alternate publicity methods.
We will have our end-of-year
networking party, with refreshments, at the close of the session.
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.
Time: 7:30 PM, Thursday, December 2, 2004.
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.
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NJ Control Systems Society:
Rapid Prototyping of a Line-of-sight Pointing and Stabilization System for
Communications On-the-Move
On
November 3, 2004
the NJ Section IEEE Control Systems Society will present a talk on "Rapid
Prototyping of a Line-of-sight Pointing and Stabilization System for
Communications On-the-Move." The
speaker will be Dr. David A. Haessig.
About the Talk
BAE
SYSTEMS Communication, Navigation, Identification, and Reconnaissance is
designing and integrating the ground platform data links for the Army’s Future
Combat System (FCS) – a system that will use JTRS radios and directional
antennas. A key performance parameter is
that of Wideband Communication-on-the-Move while traversing rough, off-road
terrain at moderate speed. A wideband
link necessitates the use of a high-gain, narrow-beam antenna that must track
to within a fraction of the antenna beamwidth. This talk will describe the design,
simulation, rapid prototyping, integration, and test of the control system used
to point and stabilize the antenna.
About The Speaker
David
Haessig is a Senior Member Technical Staff at BAE
SYSTEMS, Wayne,
NJ. Currently he manages their development of
on-the-move antenna controls and is involved in design of next generation
embedded systems for wireless communication.
Dr. Haessig has recently also worked at Lucent
Technologies coordinating a team effort that implemented the physical and MAC
layers of the UMTS standard HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), a 3G
multi-access wireless system implemented over a 4x4 antenna arrangement using
the BLAST methodology (Bell Labs Layered Space Time Coding). For this work he and others were awarded the
Bell Laboratories President’s Gold Award in 2002. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and has worked
as an Adjunct Professor at NJIT and Fairleigh Dickinson University. He holds 4 patents in the area of inertial
stabilization and has over 15 professional publications.
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 PM, Wednesday, November 3, 2004.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark,
NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: Professor Timothy Chang (973) 596-3519 (changtn “AT” njit.edu).
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NJ Control Systems Society:
Innovative GPS-Based Methods for Extremely Precise Navigation and Time
Synchronization
On
November 10, 2004
the NJ Section IEEE Control Systems Society will present a talk on
"Innovative GPS-Based Methods for Extremely Precise Navigation and Time
Synchronization." The speaker will
be Joel D. Reiss.
About the Talk
The
geolocation of a hostile radar emitter by coordinated
data sharing within an airborne community requires a common navigation solution
accurate to less than one foot, and relative timing to under a nanosecond. BAE SYSTEMS has developed approaches
combining standard Link-16 hybrid inertial navigation and differential GPS
processing which can provide such performance.
Since Link-16 navigation depends on good TOA measurements, estimation of
atmospheric delay is vital. A simple
algorithm for doing so is described. In
order to further refine the navigation and time synchronization accuracy of the
community, a DGPS approach using pseudorange
measurements from all satellites within view has been developed. Three elements
of position, one of time, and one of frequency are jointly estimated. The algorithm can provide the required
navigation and time accuracy for emitter location and remote time transfer.
About The Speaker
Mr.
Reiss is a System Engineer and Senior Member of the Technical Staff at BAE
SYSTEMS CNIR Division in Wayne NJ, and has been employed there since 1970. His primary responsibilities there have dealt
with design, integration and testing of spread spectrum communication and
navigation systems, including Link-16 and the Multinational Information
Distribution System (MIDS). Other interests include the application of
integrated multiplatform navigation and time synchronization to situation
awareness, emitter location, weapon guidance and control, and other
applications of Network Centric Warfare (NCW).
He received his BSME from Cooper Union, New York in 1963, and an MSME
from New York University
in 1965.
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 PM, Wednesday, November 10, 2004.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark,
NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: Professor Timothy Chang (973) 596-3519 (changtn “AT” njit.edu).
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NJ EDS, C&S Chapters:
Co-Simulation of Microwave Networks
On
November 18, 2004,
the IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters together
with the New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a talk on “Co-Simulation
of Microwave Networks." The speaker
will be Dr. Sanghoon Shin.
About the Talk
3D
full-wave Electromagnetic (EM) simulators are widely used for analysis of RF
and microwave filters. But EM simulation
speed is very slow compared to the linear circuit simulators and it is very
hard to optimize in EM-domain.
In
this presentation, by using full-wave analyzed models imported to the circuit
domain, EM simulation level accuracy can be obtained with circuit domain
optimization speed. Several RF filter
design examples will be explored using co-simulation techniques during the
presentation.
About the Speaker
Sanghoon Shin received his BS degree from Hanyang University, Seoul,
Korea,
in 1993, MS degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic University of
New York, Brooklyn,
in 1996, and PhD degree in electrical engineering from the New Jersey Institute
of Technology (NJIT), Newark,
in 2002.
In
2002, Dr. Shin joined RS Microwave Inc., Butler,
NJ,
where he is currently a Research Engineer.
His research interest has focused on analysis and design of RF and
microwave filters.
All Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00 PM, Thursday, November 18, 2004. Free buffet will be
starting at 6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark,
NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information:
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).
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NJ Section PACE/GOLD/SAC:
The Engineers’ Career - North Jersey and Career
Development Activities
On Wednesday, November 10, 2004 the North Jersey Section PACE/GOLD and
Student Activities Committee will meet to discuss Career Development.
About the Talk
What
is going on with PACE?
This
meeting will serve as an introduction to a new alliance formed between NJIT’s Career Development Services and the North Jersey
Section. The agenda will include a
presentation by Gregory Mass of NJIT on the services and programs offered at
the Center. Objectives for the meeting
include developing a list of specific initiatives that would supplement North
Jersey Section activities for the upcoming year.
About the Speaker
Gregory Mass is the
Executive Director for NJIT’s Division of Career
Development Services. He possesses more
than 20 years experience in the design, implementation and management of career
programs. Greg has worked on similar
alliances with the executive boards of several professional associations
including the New Jersey Technology Council, the Metropolitan Electric League,
and the Construction Round Table.
All Welcome!
Guests, 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
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
www.ieeeusa.org
web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
www.Congress.org
Time: 6:30 to 9:00 PM, Wednesday,
November 10,
2004. 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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NJ PES/IAS Chapters:
Distributed Generation Using Gaseous Fueled Reciprocating Engine-Generators
On
December 9, 2004, the Power Engineering and
Industrial Applications Chapters will present a discussion on Distributed
Generation using Lean-Burn, gas fired, spark ignited “Recips”
to burn either:
1.
Purchased, Natural Gas or
2.
“Free” Biogas from landfills, sewage plants etc.
The
leader of the discussion will be Ron Williamson.
About the Talk
The discussion
will focus on Lean-Burn, gas-fired power plants up to 15-20 megaWatts
using reciprocating engines in the 300kW to 3mW range. Systems burning Biogas usually sell electric
power back to the utility company.
Systems burning natural gas usually generate Combined Heat & Power
(CHP) to make the economics viable. The
majority of these systems operate in parallel with the electric utility grid.
Topics to be
covered:
Ř
NJ SOTA emission requirements
Ř
Grant money available
Ř
Lean-Burn technology
Ř
Heat recovery equipment in a typical CHP plant
Ř
Electrical interconnection
Ř
Engine efficiency
Ř
Characteristics of Gas Turbines compared to Reciprocating Engines
Ř
Wellesley College CHP installation
About the
Speaker
The leader of the
discussion will be Ron Williamson. Ron
has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and over 25 years experience in paralleling
engine-generators with each other and with the utility grid. Ron presently works for Northeast Energy
Systems, a division of Penn Detroit Diesel Allison in Philadelphia. NES is Authorized Distributor for G.E. Jenbacher Gaseous Fueled Power Systems. Ron is the Sales Engineer for the NY/NJ
metropolitan area.
Time: 7:00 PM, Thursday, December 9, 2004. A pre-meeting buffet will be available at 6:30 PM.
Place: Eaton Electrical, 690 Rahway Ave, Union, NJ. Directions: Route 82 Morris Ave from either Springfield or Union to Rahway
Ave.
Information: Ronald W. Quade, P.E.,
(732) 205-2614 (RWQuade “AT” IEEE.org).
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NJ Signal Processing
Chapter:
Nanoscale Computing Circuit and System Design
On November
4, 2004, the IEEE North Jersey Section Signal Processing
Society Chapter along with NJIT will host a presentation on "Nanoscale Computing Circuit and System Design." The speaker will be Dr. Jie
Chen.
About
the Talk
The physical limitations of silicon devices
prohibit further miniaturization. To
overcome these limits, novel approaches to circuit and device design based on
newly discovered physical phenomena, such as single electron devices, carbon nanotube building blocks and spintronic
circuits, are being investigated. Nanoscale computing architecture and processor design poses
two challenges, structural and signal faults, which must be confronted.
We have developed a probabilistic framework for nanoscale circuit design that is inherently tolerant of
structural and signal errors. This
framework no longer requires a particular time instance of a logic signal to be
correct, but only expects that the probability distribution of values will have
the highest likelihood for valid logic states.
The appropriate mathematical framework for this type of analysis is the
Markov Random Field, which was developed to support optimizing the values of a
large set of random variables so that their overall joint probability becomes a
global maximum. We have applied the MRF
to simple combinatorial logic gates. XOR
gate using the MRF can tolerate up to 30% structural faults. This approach also demonstrates significant
noise immunity. We have successfully
simulated preliminary probabilistic test circuits for basic logic. Results showed that MRF circuits can operate
at very low supply voltages (0.1–0.2 V), and still achieve better fault
immunity than conventional silicon designs.
The proposed research also includes developing techniques to wire and
position nanoscale devices using biological means,
such as the self-recognizing capabilities of DNA. Our preliminary experimental results show
that we can comb DNA strings on the meca
substrate. We can also selectively
change DNA’s conductivity to that of metallic or semiconductor wires.
About
the Speaker
Jie
Chen received his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University
of Maryland, College
Park. He
is currently an Assistant Professor at Brown University’s
Division of Engineering. Dr. Chen's
research interests include nanoscale devices and
architecture design, genomic signal processing, and multimedia
communications. He is a Distinguished
Lecturer of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (2004-2005). He has been invited as speakers in different
conferences and workshops, and as the guest editors of two special issues,
“Multimedia over IP” for IEEE Transaction on Multimedia, and “Multimedia over
wireless networks” for EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing. Dr. Chen has published 46 scientific papers
in refereed journals, conference proceedings, and the book, “Design of Digital
Video Coding Systems: A Complete Compressed Domain Approach” (New
York: Marcel Dekker
2001); and co-edited another book “Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics” (EURASIP
Book Series, 2004). He has invented or co-invented several U.S.
patents. He is an associate editor for
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, and has been associated editors for IEEE
Transactions on Multimedia and EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing. He is a senior member of IEEE Signal
Processing Society.
Time: 4:45 PM (refreshments and pizza available at 4:30 PM), Thursday, November 4, 2004.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center, Newark,
NJ. Directions are available at www.njit.edu.
Information: Dr.
Yun Shi (973) 596-3501 (shi “AT” njit.edu), Dr.
Alfredo Tan (201) 692-2347 (tan “AT” fdu.edu), Dr. Hong Man (201) 216-5038 (hman “AT” stevens-tech.edu).
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North Jersey
SMC Society:
Digital Processing of Kirlian Images
On Tuesday, November 23, 2004, the NJ Systems, Man and Cybernetics
(SMC) Chapter will host a talk on “Digital Processing of
Kirlian Images.”
The speaker will be Xanadu Halkias.
About the Talk
In 1890, while experimenting with the mysteries of
electricity, the renowned engineer, Nikola Tesla,
became the first person to obtain a partial imprint of the electromagnetic
field surrounding all objects, referred to as their “auras.” Fifty years later,
two Russian scientists, Semion and Valentina Kirlian, developed a
practical way of capturing auras. The
process is known today as Kirlian photography and is
recognized both for its artistic appeal as well as for its controversial role
as a diagnostic tool.
Unfortunately, most research on Kirlian
photography deals with the origin, means of capture,
and interpretation of the images without the aid of an automated approach. The idea behind this talk is to use image-processing
techniques to provide some insight into whether and how the existing practice
might be amenable to a mathematical/ computational process. As discussed, by a careful choice of
descriptive features, a “diagnostic” system can be trained based on the presentation
of a Kirlian image.
The desired characteristics can be subsequently classified into three
categories: size, color, and morphology.
In the speaker’s implementation, these categories are represented by the
extraction of so-called “Regions of Interest” using Watershed segmentation and
the computation of salient features using texture and curvature analysis. This provides a novel, first approach to the
analysis of Kirlian images using the tools provided
by the broader field of Computer Vision.
About the
Speaker
Xanadu Halkias is currently pursuing advanced studies at Columbia University in signal
processing and statistical pattern recognition.
She received her MS degree from National Technical University of Athens,
Greece. Her thesis, Digital Processing
of Kirlian Images, was completed under Prof. Petros Maragos in 2002, along with the companion paper
which appeared at the 2004 International Conference on Signal Processing in Beijing.
All Welcome!
You need not be a member of IEEE to attend,
and there is no charge for admission.
Light refreshments will be served starting at 6:45 PM.
Time: 7:00 PM (light refreshments at 6:45 PM),
Tuesday,
November 23, 2004.
Place: Clifton
Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave,
Clifton,
NJ,
(973) 772-5500. (main
floor; left turn from entrance & proceed to conference room).
Contact/RSVP: Dr.
Mike Liechenstein, (973) 471-0721, (m.liechenstein
“AT” ieee.org). Please also check
electronic newsletter for any possible changes in room, etc.
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VTS
and MTT-S/AP-S Chapters:
RF Power Amplifiers and Transmitters for Wireless Base Stations
On Thursday, November 18, 2004 the Vehicular Technology and Microwave
Theory and Techniques chapters will jointly host a presentation entitled “RF
Power Amplifiers and Transmitters for Wireless Base Stations” by Joseph Lipowski of Andrew Corporation.
About the Talk
RF
power amplifiers are one of the key components of a wireless base station,
providing the RF interface to the cell phone, determining many of the key
properties such as mechanical form and functionality. The unique performance requirements of the
amplifier place many demands upon its design.
The talk will begin with a brief discussion of the basic building block,
the RF power transistor. The talk will
include systematic design methods for optimum system performance using
linearization. Advanced amplifier
architectures will be considered in a tutorial fashion. Finally, a perspective on the unique
properties of Power amplifiers that motivate and drive future base stations for
3G and 4G will be offered.
About the
Speaker
Joe Lipowski, is the Vice President of Research, RF Power Amplifier
Business Unit of Andrew Corporation since June, 2002. He was formerly Chief Technical Officer of Celiant upon its spin-off from Lucent on June 1, 2001 and was Director of RF
Hardware Development with Lucent’s Wireless Networks Group beginning in April,
1997. Mr. Lipowski
leads the development of Advanced Technology for Power Amplifiers and
Transceivers. From 1988, Joe held a
series of increasingly responsible leadership roles with Pacific Communication
Sciences, Inc., in San Diego, California,
and Boston, Massachusetts
developing RF Chipsets and subscriber terminals. Mr. Lipowski holds
a BSEE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MSEE from the University
of Michigan.
All Welcome!
Free admission. You do not have to be a member of IEEE to
attend.
Pre-Registration
is Requested
Contact Kirit Dixit at (201) 669-7599 (kdixit
“AT” microcomsales.com) or Arthur Greenberg at 973-386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com) for reservations or
directions.
Time: 7:00 PM, Thursday, November 18, 2004. 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) or Kirit Dixit (201) 669-7599 (kdixit “AT” microcomsales.com).
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Last Call for Fall 2004 Professional Skills Development Workshop
Participation
This
is your last chance to sign up for the Fall 2004
PSDW. Please take this opportunity to
pre-register for this event at the website below. This event provides individuals with a
one-of-a-kind experience to enhance their non-engineering skills critical to
successfully being a professional engineer working for a major corporation or
for engineers looking to start their own companies.
Don't
miss this chance to take part in this unique workshop to learn about managing
projects, how they are critical to running a corporation and the ins and outs
to consider before striking out to start your own company.
The
final agenda is listed below.
Schedule/Topics:
Topic 1: Project Management - Don Hsu
Topic 2: Starting Your Own Company - Larry Bernstein
Have
your project management resume reviewed for free, get valuable job hunting tips
and ask questions of folks who have started their own company.
Register: http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/sac/ieee.html
Time: 11:30 AM
to 5:00 PM (Free lunch to start), Saturday, November 13, 2004.
Place: Graduate Student Lounge in Busch Campus Center
on Bartholomew Road, Rutgers University, Piscataway,
NJ,
Free Parking Available. Directions: http://maps.rutgers.edu/maps/default.aspx
Information:
Sameer Kalra (skalra “AT” ieee.org).
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Northern NJ
Engineering Networking Event: The IEEE
and the New Millennium Engineer in New Jersey
Light buffet and
refreshments will be served, all welcome (membership not required, just show
up)
Time: 6:00 PM, Thursday, November 18, 2004.
Place: Yesterdays Tavern, Passaic/Main
Ave, Clifton,
adjacent to Clifton Commons Shopping Mall
Information:
Gary Hojell, ITT SSD, (973) 284-2493 (gary.hojell “AT” itt.com).
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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 “AT” computer.org.
Regards,
Bhanu Chivakula
Chair, Education Committee
Vice Chair, IEEE North Jersey
Section
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IEEE Organizing Global
Pre-College Technology Education Program
Continuing
in its tradition of innovation, IEEE is taking the lead in developing a new
non-discriminatory global pre-college technology education program. The program titled “emeritbadges.org” will be
directed globally towards pre-college boys and girls.
emeritbadges.org has developed hands-on electricity and
electronics instructional material based on the Boy Scouts merit badge
requirements. Instructional material for
computer education is being developed.
Any student, boy or girl can use the program to enhance technical
literacy and learn more about viable engineering and other technical career
options.
emeritbadges.org Project Director Ralph W. Russell, II from
the IEEE Richmond, VA Section said that this non-discriminatory program would
be promoted globally through IEEE and youth programs such as World Organization
of the Scout Movement and The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts. The next use of the new global
pre-college electronics education material and hands-on kit will be at the 2005
National Scout Jamboree in Caroline County, VA, USA. Over 35,000 scouts will attend the Jamboree
from the USA
and several other countries.
Project
leaders have started discussions with national and regional Girl Scout leaders
to develop a method of incorporating the emeritbadges.org program into the Girl
Scout program. The next step will be to
start discussions with the global World Organization of the Scout Movement and
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
The
2005 Jamboree will be held at Fort A. P. Hill in Caroline,
Virginia. The Jamboree will start on Monday, 25 July 2005
and end on Wednesday,
3 August 2005.
Hundreds of volunteers that can serve as Assistant Instructors at the
Jamboree Electronics Merit Badge booth for at least two days are needed. Additional project and volunteer information
can be found at http://www.emeritbadges.org.
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Marketplace of Ideas:
Should Technical Colleges Train New Grads?
Increasingly industry is expecting
potential employees to come out of engineering schools fully trained, requiring
no additional training on the job. Is
job training the responsibility of the university or of industry? Weigh in at institute@ieee.org
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Getting to Know Your
Customers
If you are just beginning
your engineering career, you might be wise to concentrate on getting to know
your customers -- really know them. You'll
realize your long-term development goals sooner and gain experience, as you
earn your customers' confidence and respect.
http://www.todaysengineer.org/mar04/customers.asp
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Reader Poll: The Virtual Workforce: A Concept Unfulfilled?
Some years ago, industry
leaders predicted that computers would help create a paperless office
environment. Others forecast that most
workers would work in virtual offices as members of virtual teams. The reality has been quite different.
http://www.todaysengineer.org/mar04/poll.asp
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Standards Hidden in Plain Sight
They're responsible for the
way your computer works, as well as for your television set, wireless router,
video games, and many other electronic products. All depend on IEEE technical standards, which
establish guidelines for how things are designed and the specifications they
should meet. Find out more at
http://www.theinstitute.ieee.org/portal/index.jsp?pageID=institute_level1_article&TheCat=2201&article=tionline/legacy/inst2004/mar04/3w.standards.xml
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Blackout 101 Forum
Educates Hill Staff
The 2003 "Northeast
Blackout" left more than 50 million people in the dark last August. What happened? The IEEE Power Engineering Society and
IEEE-USA sponsored a "Blackout 101" forum for members of Congress and
their staffs, to educate them on how North America's electric power system works;
what can go wrong; and how we can prevent future large-scale power blackouts.
http://www.todaysengineer.org/mar04/blackout101.asp
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Business 101 for
Engineering Entrepreneurs
Do you think you have what it
takes to run your own engineering business?
Several IEEE members took time out from their busy schedules to tell us
of their adventures in setting up their own businesses. Read more at
http://www.theinstitute.ieee.org/portal/index.jsp?pageID=institute_level1_article&TheCat=2201&article=tionline/legacy/inst2004/mar04/3w.featureentre.xml
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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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2005 Officer Ballot
Instructions for Casting
Ballots
Completed
ballots should be mailed to the North Jersey Section Newsletter Editor as
follows:
Keith Saracinello
IEEE North Jersey Section Newsletter Editor
Agilent Technologies Inc.
1 Cragwood
Rd
South Plainfield, NJ
07080
The
ballot MUST be filled out completely with members name, membership number, and signature. The ballots are invalid without this
information. Xerox copies of the ballot
are acceptable as long as they are filled out completely. Ballots received after November 30, 2004,
will not be counted.
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Chairperson:
(choose one)
€............................. Har Dayal
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Vice
Chairman-1: (choose one)
€................. Bhanu
Chivakula
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Vice
Chairman-2: (choose one)
€.............................. Kirit Dixit
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Treasurer:
(choose one)
€............. Dr. Sanghoon
Shin
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Secretary:
(choose one)
€...................... Russell Pepe
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Members-At-Large:
(choose three)
€................ Dr. Nirwan
Ansari
€.......................... Gary Hojell
€............. Dr. Richard Snyder
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
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Member
Name________________________________ Member No. ______________
Signature ____________________________________
Date ____________________
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NJ Power Engineering
Society/Industry Applications Society Seminar
Considerations
for Design of Critical Telecom and Data Centers
The PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a free one-day
seminar covering considerations for the design of critical telecom and data
centers. The session will be held on Friday, November 19, 2004 at the PSE&G Training Center, 234 Pierson Ave, Edison, NJ.
About the
Seminar
The seminar will cover the basics of
design and hardware required by today’s critical facilities, which demand 7 x 24 availability of precision environment and power
infrastructure. While
environmental and monitoring issues will be discussed, the emphasis will be on
design of the power system. Among the
topics to be covered are:
·
Sizing
the systems, including projected load densities and so called “extreme
densities”
·
Configurations
to ensure 7 x 24 availability, and maximum redundancy
·
Providing
maximum flexibility
·
Hardware
details, including UPS, power distribution, surge suppression, etc.
·
Specific
discussion of battery systems, including:
types, environmental considerations, maintenance, and battery
alternatives
·
Point-Counterpoint
discussion of DC power systems vs. traditional AC (UPS)
About the
Instructor
The primary instructor will be Len Giuliano, PE.
Len has a diverse background of technical experience primarily in the
electrical power industries, including design, management and technical sales
and support. Specific areas include
utility substation design, generator design, power plant switchgear, and UPS
and related products. More recently, Len
has been dedicated to issues involving critical facilities.
Len has a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University; is a registered PE; has authored a
nationally published article “Solutions to Computer Room Power Problems”; and
is a past Vice President and Program Chairman of the Delaware Valley Power
Quality Group.
______________________________________________________________________
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 .6 CEUs
will be offered. Please indicate if
desired below.
There will be no charge for this
seminar but space will be limited.
Advanced registration is required by November 5th.
______________________________________________________________________
Registration:
Considerations for Design of Critical Telecom and Data Centers 11/19/2004
Register via
US mail to: Ronald W. Quade, PE
Eaton
Electrical
379 Thornall
Street
Edison, NJ 08837
Name____________________________________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________________________
Phone__________________ Email____________________________________________________________
IEEE
#_________________ Student @________________ Non IEEE_____ Life Member______
Continuing Education Units: Yes $15 No
If CEUs
are chosen, please include $15 processing fee made payable to North Jersey Section IEEE
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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. / _____________________________________________ _________________________________
˙ Non-member Çemail
addressČ
˙ IEEE Member Member #:_________________________ Member of _____________________________
technical society
Employer:___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employer Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Business (day) telephone
#:___________________________________
Home telephone #:________________________________
Please enclose required fee payable to: North Jersey Section IEEE
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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