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New! Applications of Differential Equations in
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Utility Distribution Systems
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November 2007
Volume 54, Number 4
Publication No:
USPS 580-500
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The
IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
November
2007
Nov. 7 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive
Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 77 River Rd, Clifton, NJ. Russell Pepe at rpepe “AT” att.net.
Nov. 7 – “Securing Wireless Localization against Signal
Strength Attacks” by Dr. Yingying (Jennifer) Chen, NJ SP
Chapter, 11:00 AM (Pizza at 10:45 AM), New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.
Yun Shi, shi “AT” njit.edu, (973)-596-3501, Alfredo Tan, tan “AT”
fdu.edu, (201) 692-2347, or Hong Man, hman “AT” stevens-tech.edu,
(201)-216-5038.
Nov. 10 – “Field Trip to Edison Menlo Park Museum”,
NJ GOLD, WIE, 1:00 – 4:00 PM, Edison Menlo Park Museum, 37 Christie Street,
Menlo Park Section of Edison, NJ.
Contact northjerseygold “AT” ieee.org.
Nov. 14 – “A New Low Frequency
Noise Model for Multi-Stack Gate MOSFETs” by Dr. Zeynep
Çelik-Butler, NJ EDS/C&S Chapters, 7:00 PM (buffet at 6:15 PM), New Jersey
Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS
Microwave), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Durga Misra (973)
596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu).
Nov. 14 – “Engineers Meet:
Contract Engineering - An Alternate Form of Employment”
- NJ PACE, 6:15 – 9:00 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton,
NJ. Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625 (PWard1130
“AT” aol.com).
Nov. 15 – “Digital Camera Identification Using Imaging
Sensor Fingerprint” by Dr. Miroslav Goljan, NJ SP Chapter, 12:30
AM (Pizza at 12:15 AM), New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202,
ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Yun Shi, shi
“AT” njit.edu, (973)-596-3501, Alfredo Tan, tan “AT” fdu.edu, (201) 692-2347,
or Hong Man, hman “AT” stevens-tech.edu, (201)-216-5038.
Nov. 16 – “Utility Distribution Systems Technical Series –
Power Capacitors & Voltage Regulators Seminar”
by Paul Pearce, NJ PES/IAS, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, PSE&G - Hadley Road
Facility, 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield, NJ 07080-1192.
Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Upcoming
Meetings
Dec. 5 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive
Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 77 River Rd, Clifton, NJ. Russell Pepe at rpepe “AT” att.net.
Dec. 6 – “Optimal Ultrasonic Pulse Compression and
Synthesis for Imaging Applications” – by Dr. Biao Cheng, NJ Control Systems
Chapter, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room
202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark,
NJ. Professor Timothy Chang, changtn
“AT” njit.edu, (973)596-3519.
Dec. 11 – “Applications of Differential Equations in
Ultrasound Image Processing and Analysis” – by Dr. Greg
Slabaugh, NJ SMC Society Chapter, 7:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit
Streets), Newark, NJ. Dr. Mike
Liechenstein, (973) 471-0721, (m.liechenstein “AT” ieee.org). Please RSVP and check the electronic
newsletter for any changes.
Dec. 12 – “EV-DO Rev. B”
– by Qi Bi, NJ VTS Chapter, 7:00 PM, Alcatel-Lucent, 67 Whippany Rd, Whippany,
NJ. Stephen Wilkowski, Lucent
Technologies, (973) 386-6487, swilkowski “AT” alcatel-lucent.com, Arthur
Greenberg, (973) 386-6673, ahg1 “AT” alcatel-lucent.com. Please see the December Newsletter for
details.
Dec. 12 – “Security in the
Internet: Towards Perfect DDoS Attacks,
and How to Defy Them” by Dr. Roger Karrer, NJ Communications
Society, 6:15 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/comm.html
for the latest updates.
Dec. 13 – “Power Control in Wireless Communication Networks
via Estimation of Signal Interference and Optimization of Signal to
Interference Ratio” – by Dr. Zoran Gajic, NJ Control Systems
Chapter, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room
202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark,
NJ. Professor Timothy Chang, changtn
“AT” njit.edu, (973)596-3519.
Dec. 13 – “Engineers Meet:
Unemployed Engineers ” - NJ PACE,
Dec. 14 – “Utility Distribution Systems Technical Series –
Overcurrent Protection Seminar”, NJ PES/IAS, see http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
and November Newsletter for further details.
Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Dec. 20 – “Introduction to Product Focus”
– by Donald Borcherding, NJ Computer Society and EMS Chapter, 7:00 PM, Public
Meeting Room, Morris County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave., Whippany, NJ. Seth Jakel (973) 731 1902, (973) 820-1865,
sgjakel “AT” comcast.net or Howard Leach (973) 540-1283, h.leach “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ Communications Society.:
Security in the Internet: Towards Perfect DDoS Attacks, and How to Defy Them
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About
the Talk
Security
in the Internet: for more than a decade,
the problem is imminent, yet we are still far from having viable
solutions! Even worse, I will argue that
DDoS attacks are not yet exploiting their full potential, and show ways to
“improve” the impact of DDoS attacks towards a perfect attack. Consequently, I will also propose a solution
termed Edge-based Capabilities to defy such attacks. This solution advocates for a collaboration
of end systems and networks. Moreover,
as compared to many proposed solutions, Edge-based Capabilities provides direct
incentives to all participants. Finally,
I will conclude my talk with an outlook towards security in a future, clean
slate Internet architecture.
About
the Speaker
Roger
Karrer is a Senior Research Scientist at the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories in
Berlin. He received the Ph.D. in
Computer Science in 2002 from ETH Zurich.
After 2 years as a PostDoc at Rice University in Houston, he joined the
T-Labs in 2005. His research interests
include wireless mesh networks, security in networks, network protocols and
architectures and multimedia streaming.
Among other, he is the project leader of the Magnets project where a
wireless mesh network of 100 outdoor nodes is currently deployed with
heterogeneous technology. Moreover, he
is involved in 3 EU projects from 2008-2011, of which one focuses on
carrier-grade wireless mesh networks and two on clean slate Internet design.
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: 6:15 PM, Wednesday, December 12, 2007,
refreshments will be available at 6:00 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets),
Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: Dr. Nirwan Ansari (973) 596-3670
(nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html
for the latest updates.
NJ Computer Society and EMS Ch.:
Introduction to Product Focus
On
Thursday, December 20th, 2007, the IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Society
and Engineering Management Chapters will host a presentation titled
“Introduction to Product Focus” by Donald A. Borcherding.
About
the Talk
Development
teams are challenged to develop more products, in a shorter timeframe with the
same or fewer resources. As we all know
this is a difficult challenge and if not properly addressed will create a fast
paced, dynamic and often chaotic, frustrating environment.
A
new solution is emerging which looks at how well the organization’s approach
stacks up against the challenges of their development environment and
introduces a new term called Product Focus.
Product
Focus is the idea that organizations tend to exhibit a consistent behavior when
planning and executing projects and as you would expect, organizations are most
effective when their Product Focus matches their Development Environment.
All
attendees will have an opportunity to complete a survey to identify your
organization’s Product Focus. An
overview on how to interpret your Product Focus will be provided along with
methods and practices to shift and change your focus to better match the
environment. Recently compiled industry
results will be provided to help you determine whether your organization is
consistent with similar size companies.
About
the Speaker
Donald
A. Borcherding has a BSEE degree from the University of Missouri at Rolla and
over 20 years experience in new product development. He has successfully optimized Systems,
Software, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering performance in the Medical
Device, Semiconductor, Defense, Marine and Broadcast Video industries in both
small and medium size organizations.
He
founded NexSummit, LLC to help organizations reduce development cost and
improve time to market. His primary
focus has been to understand an organization’s Product Focus versus their
Development Environment to make improvements that provide the greatest benefit.
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, December 20th, 2007,
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 Control Systems Chapter:
Optimal Ultrasonic Pulse Compression and Synthesis for Imaging Applications
On
December 6, 2007, the IEEE North Jersey Section Control Systems Chapter will
host a presentation titled “Optimal Ultrasonic Pulse Compression and Synthesis
for Imaging Applications.” The speaker
will be Dr. Biao Cheng.
About
the Talk
Ultrasound
imaging is a non-invasive/non-ionizing tool in medical diagnostics. In recent years, the use of Quantitative
Ultrasound System (QUS) has become more widespread due to its potential
advantages over CT, MRI, and X-ray in terms of cost, size, safety, and
detection resolution. A major
consideration of ultrasound imaging and QUS is the resolution. Traditionally, improved resolution is
achieved by increasing the operating frequency at the expense of reduced
penetration and higher cost.
Furthermore, successive signal packets tend to interfere with each other
due to transducer transients which further limit the detection resolution. This talk introduces a method to compress
acoustic pulses to pre-specified short durations. Also referred to as the Low Transient Pulse
(LTP) method, it can be a key enabling factor for better imaging/detection
performance for ultrasound diagnostic systems.
The LTP method is an innovative technique to produce a short duration
and low transient acoustic pulse by means of pre-shaping the excitation
signal. It has been experimentally
verified that the LTP method produces a better detection resolution and simpler
hardware implementation due to less phase interference and a less complex
algorithm. No modulation circuits or
regenerative loops are necessary to synthesize the drive signal. Within the quantitative ultrasonography
context, the LTP method improves detection resolution by minimizing aliasing of
signals transmitted from soft and hard tissues.
About
the Speaker
Biao
Cheng received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers
University. He received his M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of
Technology. Currently he is a
postdoctoral fellow at the department of Electrical Engineering of New Jersey
Institute of Technology. His research
interests and ultrasound imaging.
Time: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Thursday, December 6,
2007.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets),
Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: Professor Timothy Chang, changtn “AT”
njit.edu, (973)596-3519.
NJ Control Systems Chapter:
Power Control in Wireless Communication Networks via Estimation of Signal Interference and Optimization of Signal to Interference Ratio
On
December 13, 2007, the IEEE North Jersey Section Control Systems Chapter will
host a presentation titled “Power Control in Wireless Communication Networks
via Estimation of Signal Interference
and Optimization of Signal to Interference Ratio.” The speaker will be Dr. Zoran Gajic.
About
the Talk
Signal
power is one of the most important commodities in signal transmission over
communication channels. During the last
ten years, the problem of efficient mobile power control in wireless
communication networks has become a central research problem that has resulted
in several hundred journal and conference papers. It has recently attracted broad interest from
experienced control engineering researchers.
For high quality of signal transmission a high signal power to
interference power ratio is required; but in wireless channels, increasing the
signal power of one mobile increases interference to other mobiles using the
same communication channel (co-channel users).
Even more, high mobile powers drain mobile batteries quickly and require
frequent battery recharging. The search
for efficient mobile power distribution schemes leads to several interesting
estimation- and optimization-type control problems. In this talk, we present techniques for
optimal power control based in wireless communication networks based on
estimation of interference (and the quantity called the channel
variation). The interference is
estimated using the H-infinity filter, however, any estimator can be used for
such a purpose. In addition, an optimal
performance criterion is minimized in the sense that the desired signal to
interference ratio is as close as possible to its target value for all users. Both user-centric and network-centric
objectives are met under the considered problem formulation. The results are also presented for the
corresponding stochastic power control problem under Gaussian white noise
assumption, in which case the Kalman filter is used and the signal variance
minimized. These considered algorithms
are distributive in nature requiring only local information.
About
the Speaker
Zoran
Gajic is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers
University. He has been teaching
electrical circuits, linear systems and signals, controls, and networking
courses at the same school since 1984.
Dr. Gajic has been serving since 2003 as the Graduate ECE
ProgramDirector. His research interests
are in controls systems, wireless communications, and networking. He is the author or coauthor of more than
seventy journal papers, primarily published in IEEE Transactions on Automatic
Control and IFAC Automatica journals, and seven books published by Academic
Press, Prentice Hall, Marcel Dekker, and Springer Verlag. His textbook Linear Dynamic Systems and
Signals, Prentice Hall, 2003 has been translated into the Chinese Simplified
language. His book on Lyapunov Equation
in Systems Stability and Control, originally published by the Academic Press in
1995, will be republished by Dover Publications in 2008. Professor Gajic has delivered three plenary
lectures at international conferences and presented more than one hundred
conference papers, and served on the editorial board for several journals. Zoran Gajic received Dipl. Ing. (5 year
program) and Mgr. Sci. (2 year program) degrees in Electrical Engineering from
the University of Belgrade, and an M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics and Ph.D.
in Systems Science Engineering from Michigan State University in 1984.
Time: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Thursday, December 13,
2007.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets),
Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: Professor Timothy Chang, changtn “AT”
njit.edu, (973)596-3519.
NJ EDS/C&S Chapters:
A New Low Frequency Noise Model for Multi-Stack Gate MOSFETs
On
November 14, 2007, the IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems
Chapters together with the New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a talk
on “A New Low Frequency Noise Model for Multi-Stack Gate MOSFETs." The speaker will be an EDS Distinguished
Lecturer, Dr. Zeynep Çelik-Butler.
About
the Talk
In
MOSFETs, high dielectric constant (high-k) materials are developed as possible
replacements for SiO2 as the gate dielectric.
Although these materials do overcome the issue of gate leakage current
due to increased dielectric thickness for a given equivalent dielectric
capacitance, several other problems arise.
The talk will cover noise and mobility degradation issues in high-k gate
stacks.
A
new unified noise model will be presented that accurately predicts the
low-frequency noise spectrum exhibited by MOSFETs with high-k, multi-stack gate
dielectrics. The proposed multi-stack
unified noise (MSUN) model is based on number and correlated mobility
fluctuations theory developed for native oxide MOSFETs, and offers scalability
with respect to the high-k/interfacial layer thicknesses. In addition, it incorporates the various
electronic properties of high-k/ interfacial layer materials such as energy
barrier heights between different gate layers, and dielectric trap density
distribution with respect to band energy and position in the dielectric. For verification of the new model, the low
frequency noise, DC and conventional split C-V measurements were performed in
the 78-350 K temperature range on HfO2 n-channel MOSFETs. Using the experimental noise data, the
channel carrier number fluctuations mechanism was at first established to be
the underlying mechanism responsible for the noise observed at all temperatures
considered. Secondly, the normalized
noise exhibited a weak dependence on temperature implying that the soft optical
phonons, although known to result in mobility degradation, have no effect on
the noise characteristics in these high-k gate stack MOSFETs. Finally, the new model was shown to be in
excellent agreement with the measured noise in 1-100 Hz frequency range at
temperatures of 78-350 K for the gate stacks studied.
About
the Speaker
Dr.
Zeynep Çelik-Butler is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of
Nanotechnology Research and Teaching Facility at the University of Texas at
Arlington. She received dual BS degrees
in electrical engineering and physics from Bogaziçi University, Istanbul,
Turkey, in 1982. She received the MS and
PhD degrees in electrical engineering in 1984 and 1987, respectively, from the
University of Rochester. She was an IBM
Pre-doctoral Fellow from 1983 to 1984, and an Eastman Kodak Pre-doctoral Fellow
from 1985 to 1987. She joined the
Department of Electrical Engineering at Southern Methodist University in 1987
as an Assistant Professor; was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in
1993. Dr. Çelik-Butler was the holder of
J. Lindsay Embrey Trustee Assistant Professorship from 1990 to 1993. She served as the Assistant Dean of Graduate
Studies and Research from 1996 to 1999.
She moved to University of Texas at Arlington in 2002.
She
served in various technical committees including 1988, 1989 IEEE-IEDM's and
Annual Symposia on Electronic Materials, Processing and Characterization (1989
- 1992) and International Conference on Noise in Physical Systems and 1/f
Fluctuations (1993, 1999, 2001). She was
the General Chair of TEXMEMS II Workshop.
She was the co-Chairman for the SPIE Conf. on Noise in Devices and
Circuits in the Symp. on Fluctuation and Noise (FaN'2003) and the symposium
co-chair for the same symposium in 2005 (FaN’2005). Currently, she is an editor for Fluctuation
and Noise Letters.
Prof.
Çelik-Butler has received several awards including the University of Texas at
Arlington Outstanding Research Achievement Award (2006), IEEE-Dallas Section
Electron Devices Society Outstanding Service Awards (1995, 1997), IEEE-Electron
Devices Society, Service Recognition Award (1995), IEEE-Electron Devices
Society, Distinguished Lecturer Appreciation Award (2006), Outstanding
Electrical Engineering Graduate Faculty Awards (1996, 1997, 2001), and
SMU-Sigma Xi Research Award (1997). Her
research interests include microelectromechanical systems, multi-functional
reconfigurable sensors, noise and reliability in nanoelectronic devices. She has four patents, six book chapters, and
over 150 journal and conference publications in these fields. Dr. Çelik -Butler’s research has been
supported by the NSF, SRC, NASA, AFOSR, THECB, Freescale, Legerity,
ST-Microelectronics, Texas Instruments, Raytheon Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
and ARO.
Dr.
Çelik-Butler is a senior member of IEEE, member of Eta Kappa Nu, and the
American Physical Society. She is a
Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE-Electron Devices Society.
All
Welcome!
You
do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, November 14, 2007. Free buffet will be starting at 6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets),
Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS
Microwave), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Durga Misra (973)
596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu).
NJ GOLD & WIE Chapters:
Field Trip
to Edison
Menlo Park Museum
The
North Jersey section GOLD and WIE Affinity Groups in conjunction with Central
Jersey section GOLD are jointly sponsoring a field trip to the Thomas Edison
Menlo Park Laboratory Historical Site and Museum on Saturday, November 10, 2007. The group will assemble between 1-1:30 PM at
the museum entrance located at 37 Christie Street, Menlo Park Section of
Edison, NJ 08820, immediately off Route 27 South (Lincoln Highway). The group will be treated to a special guided
tour exclusively for the IEEE group.
The
tour will conclude at 4 PM and, for those interested, the group will go to the
Starbucks located 1/2 mile south on Route 27 at 1-11 Lincoln Highway for a
coffee hour to network, mingle, and discuss future IEEE events.
Come
join the group and check out this historical site and source of so many great
innovations. The museum and tour are
free (suggested donation $2), but registration is required to get an
accurate count for the tour. Bring a
friend and enjoy the afternoon learning and interacting with your fellow
members and a chance to win some exciting door prizes.
The
museum website and directions are at: www.menloparkmuseum.com
(732-549-3299) Register by visiting the North Jersey Section GOLD website at http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/gold.
For
any questions, contact northjerseygold “AT” ieee.org.
Time: Assemble between 1-1:30 PM at the museum
entrance, Saturday, November 10, 2007.
Tour concludes at 4 PM.
Place: Edison Menlo Park Museum, 37 Christie Street,
Menlo Park Section of Edison, NJ 08820.
Information: Contact northjerseygold “AT” ieee.org
NJ Section PACE:
Engineers Meet:
Contract Engineering - An
Alternate Form of Employment
On
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 the North Jersey Section Professional Activities
Committee will meet to discuss contracting engineering, AKA job shopping. Members present at the meeting will present
their views about contract work and add to the discussion.
About
the Meeting
This meeting will provide
you with the opportunity to discuss contract engineering, the relationship
between the contract firm, client company and the contract engineer.
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Opportunities, Demand
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D, S & E High Tech Recruiting Index
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The Function of Supply and Demand Contract Engineering, a 3rd
party
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Contract Engineers, Who, What & Why
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Labor Rates Example
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Locating Contract Firms
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Playing the ga
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Interviews. Contracts and Negotiations.
You
are encouraged to attend and bring your spouse and associates.
About
the Speaker
Richard
F. Tax is a Senior Life Member of IEEE and has worked as a contract engineer
for more than 25 years. He is a member
of the North Jersey Section Executive Committee and presently the PACE Chair
for the Section and METSAC.
He
is currently president of the American Engineering Association Inc., a
professional organization dedicated to the enhancement of the American
Engineering Profession. A more detailed
article about Contract Engineering can be found at http://www.aea.org/pdf/
Contract_Engineering_07.pdf.
All
Welcome!
Members
and students from other professional societies and engineering disciplines are
always welcome. We now include members
from IEEE, ASME and AEA. For more
information about these groups see:
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
Time: 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, November 14,
2007.
Place: Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave,
Clifton, NJ, (973) 772-5500.
Information: Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT”
aol.com
NJ Section PACE:
Engineers Meet:
Unemployed Engineers
On
Wednesday, December 13th, the North Jersey Section Professional Activities Committee will meet to discuss the
unemployment situation for engineers and members of the engineering community. You do not have to be unemployed to
attend. All jobs are being threatened.
About
the Meeting
This
meeting provides an opportunity to meet and discuss the unemployment
situation. High on the IEEE-USA list of
subjects is unemployment and the displacement of American citizens by foreign
workers imported under the H-1B legislation.
This year the legislation increased the number of H-1B workers to about
200000 while citizens have been discarded and replaced by foreign workers. And,
please do not confuse this as an “immigration” issue. This is all about money and Wage Busting.
We
need input and views from the unemployed on this important issue. We will also like you to confirm your
attendance via e-mail or telephone. When we reach a suitable attendance we will
invite the press to give visibility to the employment situation here in New
Jersey.
Our
PACE meeting is open to discuss professional needs. PACE provides the opportunity to meet,
address, discuss and perhaps improve the professional aspects of the
engineering profession. We should take
advantage of the opportunity to have a place and time to meet. Invite your associates to join us.
According
to PACE Leaders “Employment Assistance and Career Development are high on their
list of priorities. More on these
projects can be found at www.ieeeusa.org.
“Today’s
Immigrant - Tomorrow’s Victim” see www.aea.org/professionalIssues.htm.
All
Welcome!
Members
and students from other professional societies and engineering disciplines are
always welcome. We now include members
from IEEE, ASME and AEA. For more
information about these groups see:
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, Wednesday, December 13,
2007.
Place: Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave,
Clifton, NJ, (973) 772-5500.
Information: Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rftax “AT”
verizon.net, Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT” aol.com, Mike Rinaldi,
(973) 515-8195, MikeRinald “AT” aol.com.
North Jersey SMC Society:
Applications of Differential Equations in Ultrasound Image Processing and Analysis
On
Tuesday, December 11, 2007, the NJ Systems, Man & Cybernetics (SMC) Chapter
will be hosting a seminar at NJIT on the topic noted above. Greg Slabaugh, a
Research Scientist at Siemens Corporate Research, will be the presenter.
About
the Talk
Ultrasound
is one of the most commonly used medical imaging modalities. Compared to other modalities such as x-ray,
magnetic resonance (MR), and positron emission tomography (PET), ultrasound
scanning has many advantages, as it is fast, portable, relatively low cost, and
presents virtually no risk to the patient when properly administered. However, the primary limitation of ultrasound
is image quality. Ultrasound images are
corrupted by speckle, an interference pattern resulting from the coherent
accumulation of random scattering in a resolution cell of the ultrasound
beam. The speckle appears as a spatially
correlated pattern and has a detrimental effect on the image quality, and
therefore poses a challenge to a sonographer’s interpretation of the image as
well as to medical imaging applications like segmentation and
registration. This presentation will
focus on several different applications in ultrasound image processing and
analysis. The presentation will cover
present methods used to enhance ultrasound image quality to decrease the effect
of speckle while maintaining the diagnostic features of the image. Additionally, ultrasound-specific
segmentation and registration techniques will be discussed, based on
mathematical modeling of speckle, for anatomic delineation and motion
stabilization. All of these methods rely
on differential equations, which result from deriving energy minimizing flows
in various contexts. Time permitting,
the speaker will also briefly describe some joint registration/segmentation
work and tracking of guide wires in video, also built on the framework of
differential equations.
About
the Speaker
Dr.
Greg Slabaugh is a Research Scientist at Siemens Corporate Research, located in
Princeton, NJ. He earned an M.S. (1998)
and a Ph.D. (2002) in Electrical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of
Technology under the supervision of Dr. Ronald W. Schafer, and a B.S. (1994) in
Engineering Physics from the University of Michigan. He is currently an Associate Editor of IEEE
Signal Processing Magazine, and co-organized the International Workshop on
Computer Vision for Intravascular Imaging held in conjunction with MICCAI
2006. He is also currently a guest
Associate Editor of a special issue on Intravascular Imaging for IEEE
Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. Dr. Slabaugh's main research interests are in
computer vision, image processing, and computer graphics. More specifically, he is interested in
medical image processing, 3D reconstruction from multiple images, new view
synthesis, image and surface registration, tracking, segmentation, geometric
modeling, adaptive filtering, PDEs, radial basis functions, deformable
surfaces, and level set methods.
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
Time: 7:00 PM (light refreshments at
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202,
Information: Dr. Mike Liechenstein, (973) 471-0721,
(m.liechenstein “AT” ieee.org). Please RSVP
and check the electronic newsletter for any changes
NJ SP Chapter:
Securing Wireless Localization against Signal Strength Attacks
On
About
the Talk
Obtaining
accurate positions of nodes in wireless and sensor networks is important
because the location of wireless devices is a critical input to many high-level
services. Such services include healthcare monitoring, wildlife animal habitat
tracking, emergency rescue and recovery, location-based access control, and
location-aware content delivery. However, the localization infrastructure can
be subjected to non-cryptographic attacks which cannot be addressed by
traditional security services. Further, location services are only useful if
the location information is accurate and trustworthy. Thus it is desirable to
explore solutions to detect and eliminate these attacks from the network. In
this talk, I first describe a generalized localization model and a
representative set of localization algorithms. Then, I present our study on the
robustness of these algorithms to signal strength attacks.
About
the Speaker
Yingying
(Jennifer) Chen is an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Chen received
her Ph.D. from Computer Science Department at
All
Welcome!
Free
admission. You do not have to be a
member of IEEE to attend.
Time:
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202,
Information: Yun Shi, shi “AT” njit.edu, (973)-596-3501,
Alfredo Tan, tan “AT” fdu.edu, (201) 692-2347, or Hong Man, hman “AT”
stevens-tech.edu, (201)-216-5038.
NJ SP Chapter:
Digital Camera Identification Using Imaging Sensor Fingerprint
On
About
the Talk
Identification
of the exact camera that took the picture at hand is an important piece of
information for forensics analysts. If
such identification is possible with very high reliability it could even serve
as evidence in the courtroom. First identification
methods located “hot and dead pixels” and look for their traces in the
image. Their effectiveness relied on
existence of such defective pixels at the first place.
The
latest most efficient method estimates tiny variations in camera pixels’
sensitivity to light which is then used by optimal detector in a hypotheses
test to verify the image origin. Since
the Pixel Response Non-uniformity Noise (PRNU) is unique to every imaging
sensor, even two cameras of exactly same model can be reliably distinguished
similarly to distinguishing two people by their fingerprint left on a
glass. Knowledge of the camera
fingerprint can reveal digital forgeries or verify image integrity. Images can be sorted by their common source
without even having access to the cameras.
The team of Prof. Jessica Fridrich at
How
the camera identification deals with images when digital zoom has been engaged
is also a subject of this presentation.
About
the Speaker
Miroslav
Goljan is a Research Scientist at the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at Binghamton University (SUNY).
In 1984, he received his MS degree in Mathematical Informatics from
All
Welcome!
Free
admission. You do not have to be a
member of IEEE to attend.
Time:
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Weston Lecture hall 1, NJIT,
Information: Yun Shi, shi “AT” njit.edu, (973)-596-3501,
Alfredo Tan, tan “AT” fdu.edu, (201) 692-2347, or Hong Man, hman “AT”
stevens-tech.edu, (201)-216-5038.
NJ VTS Chapter:
The Evolution of EVDO to Rev B
On
December 12, 2007, the IEEE North Jersey Section Vehicular Technology Society
Chapter will host a talk on the Evolution of EVDO to Rev B. The speaker will be Dr. Qi Bi.
About
the Talk
With
the deployment of EVDO Rev A high speed packet data wireless mobile systems
worldwide, the stage has been set to evolve to Rev B for broadband
applications. Currently, the efforts are
focused on the delivery of the broadband experience with integrated and blended
service. In this talk, we shall share
our view of where the industry is going and what wireless experience an average
user may expect to have in the near future.
Our analysis will cover the improvements of Rev B when compared with Rev
A.
About
the Speaker
Dr.
Qi Bi received his M.S. from
Dr.
Bi is a recognized expert in wireless communications. He received Awards of Excellence from the
Advanced Technology Lab of AT&T in 1996 and 1997, and Bell Labs President’s
Gold Awards in 2000 and 2002. Under his
leadership, his team was recognized in innovations and was awarded the Bell
Labs Innovation Team Award in 2003 by the Bell Labs Research. In 2004, he received the Speaker of the Year
Award from the IEEE New Jersey Coast Section.
Based
on his pioneering contributions in wireless communications, he broke ground in
2003 to become the first Chinese from the People’s Republic of
Dr.
Bi is also active in technical activities.
From 1998 to 1999, he served as the technical chair for the Wireless
Mobile ATM Conference. From 1999 to 2000,
he organized the first and the second CDMA conferences at Lucent
Technologies. From 2000 to 2002, he
served as the technical chair for IEEE Globecom’s wireless program. In 2003, he served as the technical chair for
the IEEE Wireless Communications and Network Conference. Currently, he serves as the chair and
organizer for the Wireless and Optical Communications Conference.
Dr.
Bi has published extensively in many technical journals and conferences and has
served as editor for many technical
publications. He is invited as a keynote
speaker in many international conferences and has filed more than 60
All
Welcome!
Free
admission. You do not have to be a
member of IEEE to attend.
Time:
Place: Alcatel-Lucent,
Information: Stephen Wilkowski, Lucent Technologies, (973)
386-6487, swilkowski “AT” alcatel-lucent.com, Arthur Greenberg, (973) 386-6673,
ahg1 “AT” alcatel-lucent.com. Advance
registration is requested.
Call for Fellow Nominations
Nominations
are being accepted for the IEEE Fellows class of 2009. The rank of IEEE Fellow is the institute's
highest member grade, bestowed on IEEE senior members who have contributed
"to the advancement or application of engineering, science and
technology." The deadline for
nominations is 1 March 2008.
Senior
members can be nominated in one of four categories: application
engineer/practitioner, research engineer/scientist, educator or technical
leader. The Fellows Web site contains
additional information on the nomination process including access to the
Fellows Nomination Kit, lists of Fellows who may be available as references as
well as the history of the IEEE Fellows program. Please visit the Fellows
website at http://www.ieee.org/fellows.
North Jersey Section Seeks Committee Chairs and Volunteers
The
NNJ IEEE Section ExCom is seeking new volunteers to help conduct business at
the section level for the benefit of its membership in the North Jersey section
and surrounding areas. There are a
variety of volunteer positions open and available. They range from long-term to short-term,
technical to non-technical, leadership or just participatory. All activities have varying levels of time
commitment. For 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 NNJ IEEE
Section, please contact Dr. Chandra Gupta at c.gupta “AT” ieee.org. You can even attend the section business
meeting held the first Wednesday of every month to find out more and other
volunteer activities that require some help.
Additionally,
if interested volunteers would like to get more general information about other activities in our section, visit
the North Jersey Section website for newsletter information http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
or contact Dr. Chandra Gupta, c.gupta “AT” ieee.org.
IEEE Personal Email Alias
The
IEEE offers a personal e-mail Alias service in which IEEE members can register
or instantly update a personal alias of their choice (subject to availability
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ISP. Over 100,000 members received more
than 200 million messages using this service in 2003. See
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IEEE cannot guarantee that every virus will be caught, the virus scanning
software is updated daily. A service
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Free
Spam Tagging
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of unsolicited commercial email (UCE), or spam, they receive. Members who elect to take advantage of this
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Want to Host a Leadership Workshop at Your Branch?
This
year, we want to bring the leadership workshop to your branch and hold it
individually at your school! The leadership workshop is a great way to educate
your branch members on some of the details of IEEE, their roles as students in
IEEE, what is happening in the section and region, how they can get involved,
and most importantly, training for new officers that were just elected or will
be elected in the future.
If
you would like to hold one at your branch, just contact the organizer at
northjerseysac “AT” ieee.org. We can
make arrangements to hold a free workshop at an appropriate date and time.
News from IEEE Computer Soc.:
IEEE Computer Society Announces 60th Anniversary Awards for a Century's Computer Contribution
Washington
(2 October 2007) - From a field of 13 prominent candidates, the IEEE Computer
Society has selected David L. Parnas of the Software Quality Research
Laboratory at Ireland's University of Limerick; and Maurice V. Wilkes, of the
University of Cambridge, to receive the one-time IEEE Computer Society 60th
Anniversary Award.
The
award recognizes an individual or individuals who have been responsible for a
fundamental and important computer science and engineering contribution over
the past century. Selection committee
members paid careful attention to the originality and significance of a
contribution, as well as the weight of its impact on computer science and
engineering, as well as society at large.
The
combined award citation reads: "For
their seminal contributions to the discipline of computing. Maurice Wilkes pioneered microprogramming,
which enabled very large and complex hardware structures to be implemented
reliably and systematically. David
Parnas provided insights into making large-scale systems development manageable
with the concepts of encapsulation and information hiding, and helped establish
software development as an engineering discipline firmly rooted in
mathematics."
Parnas
is an icon in the software engineering field.
He is one of its founders and most influential authors, writing the
first papers on program families (now known as product lines) and interface
designs. Parnas wrote widely cited
papers on synchronization primitives that were very important as examples of
certain models such as Petri Nets. His
research on information hiding is now widely accepted as the basis of
object-oriented and other design methods.
Parnas' work on the precise
specification of programs and model checking has led to current practices in
formal methods and safe systems.
Wilkes
designed and built EDSAC (1949), the world's first practical stored program
computer, and in 1951 developed the concept of microprogramming. His 1958 EDSAC 2 was the first computer to
have a microprogrammed control unit and established the viability of
microprogramming as a basis for computer design. Wilkes also developed Titan, which supported
the
The
IEEE Computer Society sponsors an active awards program that recognizes both
technical achievement and service to the Society and the profession. In the technical area, awards are presented
for pioneering and significant contributions to the field of computer science
and engineering. Service awards are
presented to both volunteers and staff for well-defined and highly valued
contributions to the Society.
To
learn more about IEEE Computer Society Awards, visit http://www.computer.org/awards.
The
IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading association of computing
professionals with 100,000 members in over 140 countries. It is also the largest society within the
IEEE, which is the world's largest technical professional organization.
Contact: Violet Doan, IEEE Computer Society,
v.doan@ieee.org, (202) 371 0101, ext. 4707.
News from IEEE-USA:
First
IEEE-USA Innovation Forum Coming in November to Help Prepare U.S.
Washington
(1 October 2007) - Because engineers are our country’s principal innovators,
and innovation generates economic activity and leads to desirable, high-paying
jobs, IEEE-USA will host its first IEEE-USA Innovation Forum at the Fairview
Park Marriott in Falls Church, Va., on 6-8 November.
The
day-and-a-half forum is designed to promote the innovation process, highlight
new technologies and trends, and help scientists, engineers and allied
professionals improve their innovative skills.
Unlike programs offered by and for business school graduates, the
IEEE-USA Innovation Forum is grounded in the experience of successful
technology innovators.
IEEE-USA
Innovation Institute President Ralph W. Wyndrum thinks the forum will benefit
individuals and their organizations in today’s globally competitive
environment.
“Innovation
has been the hallmark of American engineering,” said Wyndrum, who served as
IEEE-USA president in 2006. “We need to
retain our role as the world’s technology leader and innovation incubator. Our forum will help prepare leaders
responsible for the innovation of new products and services by sharing the
experiences of successful innovators in a coordinated program of interaction,
mentoring and networking.”
Current
and future leaders from industry, academia and government will have the
opportunity to learn from a distinguished faculty that includes: Mike Austin,
who has served as president and CEO of numerous U.S. steel companies; Alain
Rostain, founder and principal of Creative Advantage, a strategic innovation
consulting firm; Mauro Togneri, a former president and senior executive of U.S.
companies with R&D, sales and manufacturing operations around the world;
and Steve Walker, an entrepreneur and former Defense Department engineer who
helped develop the ARPAnet packet switching system that evolved into the
Internet.
Howard
Lieberman, founder and CEO of the Silicon Valley Innovation Institute, will
deliver the keynote address.
Attendees
will learn to innovate in a team-setting and work through real case
studies. Group discussions and exercises
will focus on:
·
Leadership and culture’s impact on
innovation
·
Large vs. small organizations as foundations
for innovation
·
The innovation process and how to leverage
your style to promote innovation
·
Capitalizing on new technologies and
processes
The
event begins on 6 November with an opening night reception and dinner. The forum starts the next day with a full day
of teaching and includes breakfast, lunch and breaks. It will conclude with a half-day program that
includes breakfast and a morning break.
The cost is $795 for IEEE members and $950 for non-members. See http://www.innovation-institute.org/dcforum/.
The
IEEE-USA Innovation Forum is part of the IEEE-USA Innovation Institute (http://www.innovation-institute.org/).
IEEE-USA
advances the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests
of more than 215,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are
U.S. members of the IEEE. IEEE-USA is
part of the IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society with
370,000 members in 160 countries. See http://www.ieeeusa.org.
Contact:
Chris McManes, IEEE-USA Senior Public Relations Coordinator, (202)
530-8356, c.mcmanes@ieee.org.
Employment: Mechanical Engineer
Vision Research, a local design and manufacturer of
very high speed digital cameras, is looking for qualified engineers to join its
design team. Expertise in small product enclosure design, sourcing and
finishing is essential. Skills in
thermal analysis, modeling and Solidworks design tools are necessary. This
person must have relevant industry experience of greater than 5 years to
qualify. The ideal candidate would be someone that has worked as a mechanical
engineer in an electronic products company.
Apply confidentially to Dick Toftness; rtoftness@visionresearch.com.
Vision research is an EOE employer.
NJ Power Engineering Society/Industry Applications Society
Utility
Distribution Systems Technical Series
Power
Capacitors & Voltage Regulators Seminar
The
PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a 3-month series of technical seminars on
utility distribution systems. This
second seminar will be on the topic of Power Capacitors & Voltage
Regulators. The session will be held on
Friday, November 16, 2007, at PSE&G’s Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley
Road, South Plainfield, NJ. (Please
note this is a change of location from prior seminars.)
Topics
Power Capacitors - Theory & Application
ü
Purpose of Power Capacitors
ü
Basic Theory of Power capacitors
ü
Benefits of Power Capacitors
ü
Power Capacitor Construction/Design
ü
Cap Bank Configurations
ü
Cap Bank Switching
ü
Overcurrent Protection
ü
Overvoltage Protection
Regulator Theory and Application
ü
Why voltage regulation is required
ü
Explanation of Regulator Settings
ü
Line Drop Compensation
ü
Regulator Types
ü
Regulator application for wye and delta circuits
ü
Cascading multiple Regulators
About the Instructor
Paul Pearce is a licensed
Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey. Paul has worked as a Regional Power Systems
Engineer (Applications Engineer) for Cooper Power Systems for seven years. Prior to that Paul spent 9 years as a
Distribution Field Engineer/Supervisor at Atlantic Electric and 1 year and 3
years as a Standards Engineer at Atlantic Electric and GPU Energy respectively.
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The registration fee for this seminar
prior to November 2nd will be $150 for non-IEEE members, $100 for IEEE Members,
$75 for GOLD Graduates (last 1-10 years) and $25 for students with valid
ID. The fee will be waived for IEEE Life
Member Grades with verification at the seminar.
Registrations after November 2nd must include an additional late fee of
$25. The seminar fee includes lunch,
refreshments and handouts. Non-members
joining IEEE within 30 days of the seminar will be rebated 50% of the IEEE
registration charge.
If desired, IEEE Continuing Education
Units will be offered for this course - a small fee of $25 will be required for
processing. A total of 0.4 CEUs will be
offered. Please indicate if desired
below.
|
Time: |
9:00 AM
to 2:00 PM (lunch is included), Friday, November 16, 2007. |
|
Place: |
PSE&G
- Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield, NJ 07080-1192 |
|
Directions: |
Route 287 to Exit 5 If Southbound make right onto Stelton Road; If
Northbound make left onto Make first left onto Hadley Road Pass the two lights and building is on the left; look
for PSE&G sign on left |
|
Information: |
Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade
“AT” ieee.org |
______________________________________________________________________
Registration: Power Capacitors & Voltage Regulators -
Cooper Power Systems 11/16/2007
Register
via US mail to: Ronald W.
Quade, PE
Eaton Electrical
379 Thornall St, 8th Floor
Name____________________________________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________________________
Phone__________________
Email____________________________________________________________
IEEE
#_________________ Student @________________ Non IEEE_____ Life Member______
Continuing Education Units: Yes $25 No
If CEUs are chosen, please include a $25 processing
fee
Payment Enclosed $_______________ Add $25 late
registration after November 2, 2007
Make checks payable to North Jersey Section IEEE (Credit
Cards cannot be processed at this time).
NJ Power Engineering
Society/Industry Applications Society
Utility
Distribution Systems Technical Series
Overcurrent
Protection Seminar
The
PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a technical seminar on the topic of utility
distribution systems. The session will
be held on the topic of Overcurrent Protection. The session will be held on
Friday, December 14, 2007, at PSE&G’s Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley
Road, South Plainfield, NJ. (Please
note this is a change of location from prior seminars.)
Topics
ü
Protective Principles
ü
Protective Devices:
o
Fuses
o
Breakers
o
Sectionalizers
o
Reclosers
ü
Device Coordination:
o
Fuse – Fuse
o
Current Limiting Fuse
o
Fuse – Recloser
o
Recloser - Recloser
ü
Protective Systems & Philosophies:
o
Loop and Radial Schemes
o
Switch/Recloser Schemes
o
Underground and Overhead
About the Instructor
Paul Pearce is a licensed
Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey. Paul has worked as a Regional Power Systems
Engineer (Applications Engineer) for Cooper Power Systems for seven years. Prior to that Paul spent 9 years as a
Distribution Field Engineer/Supervisor at Atlantic Electric and 1 year and 3
years as a Standards Engineer at Atlantic Electric and GPU Energy respectively.
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The registration fee for this seminar
prior to November 30th will be $150 for non-IEEE members, $100 for IEEE
Members, $75 for GOLD Graduates (last 1-10 years) and $25 for students with
valid ID. The fee will be waived for
IEEE Life Member Grades with verification at the seminar. Registrations after November 30th must
include an additional late fee of $25.
The seminar fee includes lunch, refreshments and handouts. Non-members joining IEEE within 30 days of
the seminar will be rebated 50% of the IEEE registration charge.
If desired, IEEE Continuing Education
Units will be offered for this course - a small fee of $25 will be required for
processing. A total of 0.4 CEUs will be
offered. Please indicate if desired
below.
|
Time: |
9:00 AM
to 2:00 PM (lunch is included), Friday, December 14 2007. |
|
Place: |
PSE&G
- Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield, NJ 07080-1192 |
|
Directions: |
Route 287 to Exit 5 If Southbound make right onto Stelton Road; If
Northbound make left onto Make first left onto Hadley Road Pass the two lights and building is on the left; look
for PSE&G sign on left |
|
Information: |
Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade
“AT” ieee.org |
______________________________________________________________________
Registration: Overcurrent Protection - Cooper Power Systems
12/14/2007
Register
via US mail to: Ronald W.
Quade, PE
Eaton Electrical
379 Thornall St, 8th Floor
Name____________________________________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________________________
Phone__________________
Email____________________________________________________________
IEEE
#_________________ Student @________________ Non IEEE_____ Life Member______
Continuing Education Units: Yes $25 No
If CEUs are chosen, please include a $25 processing
fee
Payment Enclosed $_______________ Add $25 late
registration after November 30, 2007
Make checks payable to North Jersey Section IEEE (Credit
Cards cannot be processed at this time).
2008 Officer Ballot
Instructions for Casting Ballots
Completed ballots should be mailed to the North Jersey Section Newsletter Editor as follows:
IEEE North Jersey Section Newsletter Editor
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, 2007, will not be counted.
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Chairperson:
(choose one)
€..............................
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Vice Chairman-1:
(choose one)
€............................ Amit
Patel
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Vice Chairman-2:
(choose one)
€............. Dr.
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Treasurer:
(choose one)
€.................... Pete
Donegan
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Secretary:
(choose one)
€...................... Russell
Pepe
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Members-At-Large:
(choose three)
€.............. Katherine Duncan
€........................... Seth
Jakel
€
(write-in)__________________________
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Signature ____________________________________ Date ____________________