The IEEE
Newsletter 
A Publication of the IEEE North Jersey Section
September 2002 Newsletter
North Jersey Section Activities
NJ MTT/AP Chapter: Call for Presentations
NJ Consultants' Network: .NET, C#, and What's Next?
NJ Section PACE: Manpower Issues
NJ Consultants' Network: Getting Small For Small Manufacturers: Thru-Hole vs. SMT
2002-2003 Student Activities Kickoff
NJ Computer Chapter: Introduction to Context Aware Computing
PES/IAS: Protective System Relaying Seminar
PES/IAS: National Electric
Code and Uniform Construction Code Updates
North Jersey Student Activities Committee and GOLD Seek Volunteers and Speakers
IEEE Members Now Receive
Discount on MIT Advanced Study Program Courses
It Pays to Advertise in the Newsletter
Record Engineering Unemployment Spurs IEEE-USA Call for Congressional Action
IEEE NORTH JERSEY SECTION, MTT-Society and AP-Society Joint Chapter
NJ PES/IAS: Power Transfer Switch Seminar
Registration: Power Transfer Switch Seminar, 10/18/2002
IEEE North Jersey Section Seminar: JAVA PROGRAMMING
REGISTRATION: Java Programming
September
2002
Volume 49, Number 3
Publication No: USPS 580-500
"The IEEE Newsletter" (North Jersey Section), is published monthly except June and July by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Headquarters: 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10016-5997. $1.00 per member per year (included in annual dues) for each member of the North Jersey Section. Periodicals-class postage paid at New York, NY and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster send address changes to: "The IEEE Newsletter", 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331. USPS 580-500 (ISSN 1076-3732).
NEWSLETTER STAFF
Editor:
Keith Saracinello
Business Manager: Theresa Saracinello
Deadline for receipt of material is the 1st of the month preceding the month of publication. All communications concerning editorial and business matters, including advertising, should be sent to the Business Manager via e-mail at mailto:k.saracinello@ieee.org or to The IEEE Newsletter, c/o Keith Saracinello, 25 Messenger Ln, Ringoes, NJ 08551, (908) 791-4067.
IEEE
NJ SECTION HOME PAGE http://www-ec.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
IEEE NJ SECTION NEWSLETTER HOME PAGE http://www-ec.njit.edu/~ieeenj/NEWSLETTER.html
REPORT
ADDRESS CHANGES TO:
IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331,
(732) 981-0060. It is not necessary to inform the North Jersey Section when you
change your mailing address. "The IEEE Newsletter" and other section
mailings use a list provided by IEEE's national headquarters.
SECTION
OFFICERS
Chairman: Dr. Nirwan Ansari, mailto:nirwan.ansari@njit.edu
(973) 596-3670
Vice-Chairman-1: Rodney Cole, mailto:rgcole@ieee.org
(973) 299-9022 Ext. 2257
Vice-Chairman-2: Har Dayal, har.dayal@baesystems.com
Treasurer: Durga Misra, mailto:dmisra@njit.edu
(973) 596-5739
Secretary: Wayne Owens, mailto:wowens@crestron.com
(201) 767-3400, ext. 226
Members-at-Large:
Vineeta Arora (arora@ieee.org)
Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula@computer.org)
Naz Simonelli (naz@sprynet.com)
Dr. Richard Snyder (r.snyder@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 Wayne Owens at (201) 767-3400, ext. 226, or mailto:wowens@crestron.com
IEEE North Jersey Section Activities
September 2002
Sept. 4-"NJ Section Executive Committee
Meeting" - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100 Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ. Wayne Owens at (201) 767-3400 ext. 226 or mailto:wowens@crestron.com.
Sept. 10-".NET, C#, and What's
Next?" - NJ Computer Chapter, 7:00 PM, Public Meeting Room, Morris County
Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ. Howard Leach (908) 255-1634 or mailto:h.leach@ieee.org.
Sept. 11-"Manpower Issues" - NJ
PACE, 6:30 - 8:30 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton,
NJ. Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, mailto:rtax@bellatlantic.net.
Sept. 18-"Autocorrelation Matching - A
Second-Order Statistics Theory on Blind MIMO-FIR Channel Equalization for
Wireless Communications" – NJ Signal Processing Chapter, 4:45 PM (light
refreshments at 4:30 PM), NJIT, 202 ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Yun-Qing Shi (973) 596-3501, Dr. Alfredo
Tan (201) 692-2324 mailto:tan@mailbox.fdu.edu or Dr. Hong Man (201) 216-5038
Sept. 26-"Getting Small For Small
Manufacturers: Thru-Hole vs. SMT" – NJ Consultants' Network, 7:30 PM, KDI
Triangle, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ.
Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or http://www.technologyontap.org/.
Upcoming
Meetings
Oct. 2-"NJ Section Executive Committee
Meeting" - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100 Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ. Wayne Owens at (201) 767-3400 ext. 226 or mailto:wowens@crestron.com.
Oct. 2-Dec. 18 - "JAVA PROGRAMMING
" - North Jersey Section, Wednesday Evenings, 10 sessions, 6:30-9:00 PM,
Ramada Inn Clifton, 265 Route 3 East, Clifton, NJ. Bhanu Chivakula at (732) 718-3818 or mailto:b.chivakula@computer.org.
Oct. 3-"2002 MTT/AP Symposium and
Mini-Show" - MTT-S/AP-S Chapter, 9:00AM - 6:00PM, Radisson Hotel
Fairfield, 690 Route 46 East, Fairfield, NJ.
Kirit Dixit (201) 400-2313, Willie Schmidt (973) 492-0371, Har Dayal
(973) 633-4618, or George Kannell (973) 386-4170.
Oct. 17-"National Electric Code and Uniform
Construction Code Updates" - NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 7:00PM, PSE&G
Training Center, Edison, NJ. Ken Oexle
(973) 386-1156.
Oct. 18-"Power Transfer Switch
Seminar" - NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Automatic Switch
Company, 50 Hanover Road, Florham Park, NJ.
For additional information contact Vittal Rebbapragada at (609) 720-3209
or mailto:r.rebbapragada@ieee.org.
Nov. 6-"Introduction to Context Aware
Computing" - NJ Computer Chapter, 7:00 PM, Public Meeting Room, Morris
County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ. Howard Leach (908) 255-1634 or mailto:h.leach@ieee.org.
Nov. 22-"Protective System Relaying
Seminar" - NJ IAS/PES Chapters, Time TBA, Jersey Central Power and Light
Headquarters Building, 300 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ. R. Vittal Rebbapragada (609) 720-3209 or via
e-mail at mailto:r.rebbapragada@ieee.org.
Mar. 15-2004 IEEE Fellow Nominations Due.
Members
and Non-Members Welcome
PLEASE POST
Call for Presentations
Proposals are being solicited for
presentations at the upcoming one-day IEEE North Jersey Annual Symposium and
Mini-Show at the Radisson Hotel in Fairfield, NJ on October 3, 2002.
This event is sponsored by the MTT-SAP/AP-S
Chapters; thus, topics in the RF/microwave, antenna propagation areas are of
greatest interest.
Topics are open and some suggested ones are:
Design, Manufacture and test:
* Power Amplifiers, Transistors
* Device Simulation
* Filter Design
* Oscillators
* Manufacturing/Integration
* RF Test
* RFIC Design
* MEMs
* Millimeter Wave
Systems:
* System Simulation
* Radar
* Military Communications
* 802.11
Standard
* 3G Cellular
* Modulation such as OFDM
* Smart Antennas
* Wireless
Presentations are scheduled to last about
30-40 minutes including questions and answers.
Please contact me if you have any questions
or concerns. Email any ideas or
proposals to:
George Kannell
IEEE MTT-SAP/AP-S
Technical Sessions Chair
2002 Symposium
973-386-4170
Feel free to pass this along to a colleague!
.NET, C#, and What's Next?
On Tuesday, September 10th, 2002, the IEEE
North Jersey Computer Chapter will host a presentation on ".NET, C#, and
What's Next?" by Edward (Ted) R. Byrne, PhD.
About the Talk
Some of us think that we are in the Computer
Business or in the Information Technology Profession. However, it's actually more like a technology war with Microsoft,
SUN, IBM, and others attempting to gain a competitive advantage that will make
their competitors technology obsolete.
And if you happen to be practicing in an area targeted for extinction,
it might help to know what the trends are so you can steer yourself toward a
technology that has a brighter future.
Microsoft has begun a new offensive in this
technology warfare with their release of '.NET.' '.NET' is designed to drive a wedge into the Internet business
where they expect to find their next buried treasure. '.NET' also has aimed a killer missile, called C#, at JAVA.
In fact, Microsoft won't be too worried if it also displaces or wounds
C++ or their own Visual Basic.
This talk will describe the goals and
concepts of '.NET'- what it gives us, and what it takes away. Also C# will be described and compared with
JAVA and C++. HTML has also been bulked
up to become XML and is another soldier in the campaign. We will discuss where it fits.
About the Speaker
Edward (Ted) R. Byrne, PhD, has described himself
as a software engineer, developer and consultant (and a fascinated MS-watcher).
He operates his own consulting practice,
Flatland Computer Specialties, Inc. His practice consults on software
requirements and software development engineering techniques, and provides
training in C or C++ programming,
Object Oriented Analysis, or other
developmental methodology. He also
provides specialized software packages for businesses that include generation
of bar or postnet codes, creation of user interfaces for controllers, and the
merger of check mail lists.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend. Bring your friends.
Time: 7:00 PM, Tuesday, September 10, 2002. Pre-meeting dinner 5:30 PM, at the Hanover Marriott, Hanover, NJ,
(973) 538-8811.
Place:
Public Meeting Room, Morris County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave, Whippany,
NJ, (973) 285-6930.
Information:
Howard Leach (908) 255-1634 or mailto:h.leach@ieee.org.
Autocorrelation
Matching - A Second-Order Statistics Theory on Blind MIMO-FIR Channel Equalization
for Wireless Communications
On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, the IEEE
North Jersey Section Signal Processing Society Chapter will host a presentation
on "Autocorrelation Matching - A Second-Order Statistics Theory on Blind
MIMO-FIR Channel Equalization for Wireless Communications." The speaker will be Dr. Hui Luo.
About the Talk
Blind MIMO-FIR system equalization techniques
refer to a category of signal processing methods that are designed to recover a
number of unknown input signals distorted by an unknown MIMO-FIR system from
the output signals of this system based on some statistical information about
the input signals and/or some structure information about the system
model. When these techniques are
developed for wireless MIMO communication systems, they are also referred to as
blind MIMO-FIR channel equalization techniques, and the objective is to boost
spectral efficiency using antenna arrays such that high-data-rate content, such
as multimedia signals, can be transmitted using a limited bandwidth.
This talk first introduces a SOS
(second-order statistics) based theory on blind MIMO (multiple input multiple
output) FIR system equalization. The
theory states that, given an MIMO FIR system with the autocorrelation functions
of input signals satisfying a linear shift-independence condition, the MIMO-FIR
system is equalized and every output signal equals an input signal up to a
scalar and a delay, if and only if some SOS of output signals are identical to
that of input signals. Based on this
theory, this talk then proposes a new wireless MIMO communication technique,
called the Autocorrelation Matching Method, which consists of the following
steps:
1. filtering each information signal using a
distinct pre-filter such that the autocorrelations of the filtered signals
satisfy the linear shift-independence condition
2. transmitting all filtered signals
simultaneously over the same carrier
3. receiving signals using an antenna array
with spatial diversity
4. detecting filtered signals by applying an
MIMO-FIR equalizer to the received signals such that the autocorrelations of
the output signals of the MIMO-FIR equalizer matches that of the filtered
signals
5. recovering information signals by reverse
filtering the detected signals
6. identifying the scalar and the delay for
every recovered information signal.
This method can be applied to cellular
networks as well as wireless LAN for the purpose of improving spectrum
efficiency or suppressing co-channel interference. A close-form algorithm is given to compute the optimal
zero-forcing equalizer that can minimize the noise power in the output signal.
Computer simulation results are presented to verify the theory and demonstrate
the performance of the Autocorrelation Method.
About the Speaker
Hui Luo received his PhD, MSEE, and BSEE
degrees in 1994, 1991, and 1990 respectively, all from the Department of
Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. From 1995 to 1997, he was a postdoctoral research associate with
the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, where his
research area was blind signal processing.
From 1998 to 1999, he worked as an R&D Engineer with Digital Video
Express LP, where his research area was digital watermarking. Since mid 1999, he has been working with
AT&T Labs - Research, where his research areas include wireless/mobile
networking, cryptography applications on networks, and signal processing for
wireless communications. He is now a
Principle Technical Staff Member with AT&T Labs - Research.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be an IEEE member to
attend. Light refreshments will be
served at 4:30 PM.
Time:
4:45 PM, Wednesday, September 18, 2002.
Place:
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark,
NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/.
Information:
Dr. Yun-Qing Shi, (973) 596-3501, mailto:shi@njit.edu, Dr. Alfredo
Tan, (201) 692-2347, mailto:tan@mailbox.fdu.edu, or Dr.
Hong Man (201) 216-5038, mailto:hman@stevens-tech.edu.
Manpower Issues
Your Professional Activities Committee will
meet on Wednesday, September 11, 2002, to discuss manpower issues and Member's
professional needs.
About the Meeting
High on the 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 200,000 while citizens have been
disregarded. Check this site http://www.senate.gov/legislative/vote
1062/vote_00262.html. And, please do not confuse this as an
"immigration" issue. This is
about money, wage busting and depriving IEEE members of employment and skill
enhancement opportunities.
The PACE meeting is open to discuss our
members' professional needs. PACE
provides IEEE members with the opportunity to meet, address, discuss and
perhaps improve the professional aspects of the engineering profession. Members
should take advantage of the opportunity to have a place and time to meet with
their associates to discuss their profession.
While checking with PACE Leaders, I found
high on the list of IEE-USA goals this year "Employment Assistance and
Career Development due to the worsening economy." More on these projects can be found at http://www.ieeeusa.org/.
Any suggestions may be emailed to Richard F.
Tax at mailto:rtax@bellatlantic.net.
Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend. Members of other professional
societies and engineering disciplines are always welcome.
Time:
6:30 to 8:30 PM, Wednesday, September 11, 2002.
Place:
Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave., Clifton, NJ 07011, (973)
772-5500.
Information:
Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rtax@bellatlantic.net.
Getting Small For Small Manufacturers:
Thru-Hole vs. SMT
On Thursday September 26, 2002, the IEEE
Consultants' Network of Northern NJ (CNNNJ) will present a seminar outlining
the criteria involved in taking low-volume products to Surface Mount (SMT)
technology.
About the Talk
SMT is widely recognized as the most
economical technology for high volume manufacturing. Choosing between conventional thru-hole technology and SMT is not
as simple when the volumes to be manufactured are low. A decision on which technology to use should
be made early in the product design cycle. That decision will have a major
impact on the cost to manufacture the product.
An informed understanding of the component and manufacturing costs of
each technology is essential.
A comparison of the two technologies will be
presented. The cost to manufacture a
simple product will be examined for an SMT and a Thru-Hole version of the
design for 10 prototypes, a pilot lot of 50 pieces, and yearly production
quantities of 100, 200, and 500. The
design limitations with each technology will be covered, such as product
size. The component selections required
for each design will be compared and the trade offs and component costs for
each will be discussed. The presentation
will include a discussion of the process and the cost to manufacture each design
using Thru Hole assembly, Prototype SMT, and Automated SMT assembly techniques.
Factors such as tooling, panelizing, CAD data, component packaging
requirements, testing, and rework costs will also be discussed to provide the
information needed to make an informed decision on which technology is most
economical to use at these lower quantities.
About the Speaker
Jim Disser founded Infrared Of New Jersey,
Inc (http://www.irnj.com/)
in 1986. His designs include the
company's line of optoelectronic People Sensors(tm) as well as numerous custom
OEM products including controls for the HVAC industry. After 15 years of product design and
manufacturing, Jim created a new division of IRNJ, RealTime Manufacturing Co. (http://www.realtimemfg.com/) to address
the need for a new kind of contract manufacturer, solving the types of problems
he encountered with outsourcing in IRNJ and providing cost effective
manufacturing with good service and quality to the low-to-medium volume
customer.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE or
of the Consultants' Network to attend.
Networking after the meeting is encouraged. There is no charge for admission. Bring your friends.
Time:
7:30 PM, Thursday, September 26, 2002.
Place:
KDI Triangle, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ.
Information:
For directions and up-to-date meeting status, call Robert Walker (973)
728-0344 or visit our website at http://www.technologyontap.org/.
To
download a map to KDI, go to: http://www.kditriangle.com/directions.htm.
Deadline: 15 March 2003
Recognizing the achievements of its members
is an important part of the mission of the IEEE. The IEEE grade of Fellow is conferred upon a person of "outstanding
and extraordinary qualifications and experience in IEEE designated fields, and
who has made important individual contributions to one or more of these
fields." The total number of
Fellows selected each year does not exceed 0.1% of the total IEEE membership.
Any person, including nonmembers, is eligible
to serve as a nominator with the following exceptions: members of the IEEE Board of Directors,
members of the IEEE Fellow Committee, IEEE Technical Society/Council Fellow Evaluating
Committee Chairs, members of IEEE Technical Society/Council Evaluating
Committees reviewing the nomination, or IEEE staff. The deadline for nominations is 15 March 2003.
The candidate must be an IEEE Senior Member
at the time the nomination is submitted, and he/she must have completed 5 years
of service in any grade of IEEE membership.
All the necessary material to assist you in
the nomination process is available on the IEEE Web site: http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/fellows/fellows.htm. If you prefer a hard copy, please send an
e-mail to mailto:fellow-kit@ieee.org.
Include your name, street address, city, state/province, postal code,
country, and telephone/fax numbers.
2002-2003 Student Activities Kickoff
Welcome back to the beginning of a new year
of student activities for the North Jersey Section. This year promises to be better than last with more activities
and events. Some are familiar annual
events and some are brand new. We hope
you and your student branches will be participating in all of these events
throughout the 2002-2003 academic year.
Also since the year is just getting started, it is a good time for a
refresher on what your branch must be doing to be recognized by the IEEE. Information about IEEE, student branch
bylaws and forms to fill out is available on the website given below.
To start off with, if you have not had
elections yet, it would be a good idea to hold them and report to IEEE with the
officer election form. Also coming up
is a leadership workshop that new (or potentially new) officers can attend to
get essential training on running a branch.
Your branch should fill out an annual plan of events in the fall and an
annual report in the spring. Part of
the reporting is on membership which qualifies the branch for per member
rebates. Its free money for turning in
the right forms by the right time.
Speaking of money, your branch should also plan fundraisers for basic
expenses.
So what's happening this year? Lots of things! Details of the event's exact location, date, time, directions,
and registration will become available on the SAC website below. Free Student Leadership Training Workshops,
Professional Skills Development Workshops.
These workshops are planned for throughout the fall semester. Instead of just holding single workshops,
multiple individual workshops will be held at each university who wishes to
receive formal training at their local branch for this and upcoming year's
students. This holds true for both the
leadership and professional skills training.
If you would like to host these events then contact the organizer
below. The annual Paper Presentation
Contest is also planned for mid February/early March.
Also, the Antennas Theory and Techniques/Microwave
Propagation Chapter will be holding their annual minishow on October 3rd from
9am to 6pm at the Radisson Hotel in Fairfield, NJ. If you would like to attend or participate as a student
volunteer, contact Kirit Dixit at mailto:kdixit@ieee.org for details.
Last, but not least, the SAC and GOLD
committees are looking for volunteers who might be graduating soon and would
like to help out in the North Jersey Section.
To find out how you can help, contact Amit Patel at mailto:a.j.patel@ieee.org
and visit the new website at http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/sac
Introduction to Context Aware Computing
On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, the IEEE
North Jersey Section Computer Chapter will host a presentation on
"Introduction to Context Aware Computing" by Eli Rohn.
About the Talk
Context Aware Computing is about to enter the
mainstream of computer based gadgets and with no doubt will become part of
mainstream computing. Certain future
applications will be expected to perform tasks related to context.
The presentation covers the following:
* Introduction to Context Aware Computing
* Early examples (with side bars for
clarification)
* Taxonomy and classification of Context
Aware Computing
* General, legal, and ethical issues with
Context Aware Computing
* Examples of ongoing Context Awareness
related research
* Exploring theoretical limits
* Conclusion
About the Speaker
Mr. Rohn is the Managing Member of Rohn
Consulting LLC, an outstanding IT consulting firm. He has published two technical books and over 30 professional
articles. Mr. Rohn, who started as a
programmer, has over 18 years of experience with Information Technology,
ranging from mainframes to wireless computing.
In addition, Mr. Rohn is an adjunct professor at the New Jersey
Institute of Technology, College of Computer Science.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend. Bring your friends.
Time:
7:00 PM, Wednesday, November 6, 2002.
Pre-meeting dinner at 5:30 PM, at the Hanover Marriott, Hanover,
NJ, (973) 538- 8811.
Place:
Public Meeting Room, Morris County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave, Whippany,
NJ, (973) 285-6930.
Information: Howard Leach (908) 255-1634 or mailto:h.leach@ieee.org.
Protective System Relaying Seminar
The PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a
one-day seminar covering the fundamentals and application of protective
relaying principles and applications for industrial and utility systems.
The seminar leaders are members of the IEEE
Power System Relaying Committee and will address relaying topics specific to
utility, substation and industrial distribution systems.
Complete details and a registration form will
be published in the October and November Newsletters. There will be a charge for the seminar, which includes lunch,
refreshments and handouts.
Time:
Friday, November 22, 2002.
Place:
Jersey Central Power and Light Headquarters Building, 300 Madison Ave,
Morristown NJ.
Information:
Vittal Rebbapragada 609-720-3209.
National Electric Code and Uniform
Construction Code Updates
On October 17th, 2002, the Power Engineering
and Industrial Applications Chapters will sponsor a technical meeting on recent
changes to the National Electric Code and revisions to Uniform Construction
Code. The speaker will be Won Kim, PE,
an Associate with Eckland Consultants.
Time:
7:00 PM, Thursday, October 17, 2002.
Place:
PSE&G Training Center, Edison, NJ.
Directions: Route 287 to Route 1 North, about 500 feet. Right on Pierson Road. PSE&G first driveway on left.
Information:
Ken Oexle (973) 386-1156.
North Jersey Student
Activities Committee and GOLD Seek Volunteers and Speakers
The NNJ IEEE SAC and GOLD are seeking new
volunteers to help conduct business at the section level for the benefit of
students in the North Jersey section and surrounding areas. Additionally local student chapters are
seeking speakers to give talks on professional and technical topics.
If you would like to speak on professional
topics ranging from career development, time or project management, engineering
experiences, and many more, or have specific technical topics and developments
you would like to contribute, or even have some pet topics of your own, please
contact the organizer below.
Additionally, the NNJ SAC is seeking
volunteers to get involved at the section level to help organize local events
for students and the GOLD membership in the NY-NJ Metro area. If you would like to help out even for short
periods of time or maybe take on leading a committee in the section, please
contact the organizer Amit Patel (a.j.patel@ieee.org ) to find out more and
come to a section business meeting.
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 lieu of providing the conference facility for free, the organization
can get free registration up to three members in the course/seminar. Please contact Bhanu Chivakula, Co-chair,
Education Committee at mailto:b.chivakula@computer.orgfor suggestions or discussions, if
interested.
IEEE Members Now
Receive Discount on MIT Advanced Study Program Courses
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advanced Study Program (MIT ASP) has become an IEEE Education Partner. IEEE members can now continue their life long
learning with graduate-level, credit courses provided by MIT at a 10% discount. Current ASP courses include Systems
Dynamics, a 24-month certificate program, and Economic Concepts for Engineers,
a semester-long course.
Offered over the Internet since 1995, the ASP
is in its 33rd year of providing courses to off-campus graduates. Taught by MIT faculty, the online delivery
takes advantage of the latest in technologies for working engineers to keep
pace with developments in their fields or to enlarge their knowledge base. Admission is based on the applicant's
academic and professional background.
Applications, course pre-requisites, and
systems requirements are detailed at the MIT-supplied website for IEEE
members. You must use your IEEE member number
to receive the 10% discount.
Enter through the IEEE Educational Partners, http://www.ieee.org/EduPartners, and choose MIT from the university partners. To learn more about the IEEE Education
Partners Program contact Sasha Eydlin, IEEE Educational Activities, s.eydlin@ieee.org.
It Pays to Advertise in
the Newsletter
Over 5000 readers who are influential in the
electrical, electronics, and computer industry receive the IEEE Newsletter each
month (except July). These readers represent many companies in the North Jersey
area. Included are manufacturers,
consultants, sales representatives, universities, and colleges. You can reach this targeted professional
audience with your advertisement in the Newsletter.
For information about advertising in the IEEE
Newsletter, contact the North Jersey Section Business Manager at
k.saracinello@ieee.org, or call (908) 791-4067 after business hours (leave
message).
Record Engineering
Unemployment Spurs IEEE-USA Call for Congressional Action
WASHINGTON
(12 July 2002) - Although the overall U.S. unemployment rate fell in the
second quarter, it increased significantly for engineers and computer
scientists. IEEE-USA is calling on all
Members of Congress to conduct a field hearing or town hall meeting during the
August district work period to gather input on the situation from engineers and
other high-tech professionals.
The unemployment rate for all engineers
increased from 3.6 percent in the first quarter of 2002 to 4.0 percent in the
second quarter, data from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics reveals. The rate for electrical
and electronics engineers (EEs) rose from 4.1 percent to 4.8. The rate for
computer scientists, which includes systems analysts, jumped from 4.8 to 5.3
percent. Overall unemployment fell from
5.9 to 5.4 percent.
"IEEE-USA is concerned that the most
recent increase in engineering unemployment is not a short term or cyclical
phenomenon, but represents a more fundamental shift in engineering utilization
that has potentially negative impacts for our nation," IEEE-USA President
LeEarl Bryant said in a letter to Congress
(http://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/POLICY/02July12.html).
IEEE-USA is asking Congress to investigate
the impacts of increased hiring of non-U.S. guest workers, the greater use of
temporary workers and the outsourcing of engineering work overseas as causes of
the unemployment problem, in addition to the economic downturn.
"It is time for Congress to take a
closer look at the problem of engineering unemployment and to eliminate the
government subsidies and incentives that encourage corporate management to
treat U.S. engineers as a disposable labor commodity rather than an essential
investment in our nation's future," Bryant said.
THE INSTITUTE OF
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS, INC.
IEEE NORTH JERSEY SECTION
MTT-Society and AP-Society Joint Chapter
PRESENT
17TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM AND MINI-SHOW
FOCUS:
RF AND MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION IN THE CURRENT MARKET PLACE
Thursday, October 3, 2002
Radisson Hotel Fairfield, 690 Route 46 East,
Fairfield NJ 973-227-9200
The conference presents a series of 10 -12
lectures featuring speakers from leading companies with emphasis on military electronics,
wireless technologies and microwave communications.
9:30 AM TO 6:00 PM - MINI SHOW FEATURING
LATEST PRODUCTS (Approx. 30-40 Exhibitors)
9:00 AM TO 5:30 PM - Technical Sessions
Details of the schedule, speakers and topics
can also be found at the IEEE North Jersey Section Homepage: http://www-ec.njit.edu/~ieeenj/NEWSLETTER.html
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT KIRIT DIXIT
(201-400-2313), WILLIE SCHMIDT (973-492-0371), HAR DAYAL (973-633-4618), OR
GEORGE KANNELL (973-386-4170).
THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM OR
SHOW.
Power Transfer
Switch Seminar
The PES and IAS Chapters will present a
technical seminar on the design, operation and application of industrial grade low
- medium voltage (120 thru 15000 volt) power transfer switches. The session will be held at Automatic
Switch Company, 50 Hanover Road in Florham
Park, NJ, on Friday October 18, 2002 beginning at 9:00AM.
About the Seminar
Topics to be covered include:
* Power Transfer Switch Design and
Construction
* Industry Codes and Standards
* Power Switching Applications
* Controls and Communication Systems for
Transfer Switching
* Transfer Switch Ratings
* Tour of ASCO/Emerson Switch Assembly and
Test Facility
Mr. Ronald Schroeder, Director - Product
Management Power Switching and Controls, will lead the seminar and be assisted
by other members of the staff at Automatic Switch (a Division of Emerson
Electric). Ron has over 30 years of
experience in the design and application of power transfer switches to meet
specific application requirements. A
graduate of Kean University, he is a member of IEEE.
The registration fee for this seminar prior to
October 4th will be $175 (non-IEEE members), $125 (IEEE Members), and $50
(students with valid ID). The fee will be waived for IEEE Life Member Grades
with advance registration and verification at the seminar. Registrations after October 4th 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.
Time:
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Friday, October 18, 2002.
Place:
Automatic Switch Company, 50 Hanover Road, Florham Park, NJ 07932
(973-966-2000).
Directions:
From Route 80 Take I-287 to Exit 37 (NJ 24 East - Springfield). Take NJ 24 East to Exit 2B (Columbia
Turnpike). Proceed 2.2 miles to Hanover Road (6th set of traffic lights). Turn left on Hanover Road (Afton
Restaurant). Automatic Switch will be
on the right (0.4 mile). Enter first
driveway-marked shipping/receiving and proceed to visitor parking lot on the
left. Follow sidewalk to office
entrance door.
Information:
R. Vittal Rebbapragada, PE, (609) 720-3209 or mailto:r.rebbapragada@ieee.org.
Registration: Power Transfer Switch Seminar, 10/18/2002
Register via US mail to:
K. Oexle
11 Deerfield Rd
Whippany, NJ 07981
Name___________________________________________________
Address________________________________________________
Phone__________________ Email _________________________
IEEE #_______________ Student
@________________ Non IEEE____ Life Member____
Payment Enclosed $_______________ Add $25
late registration after October 4th, 2002.
Make check payable to North Jersey Section
IEEE
IEEE North Jersey Section Seminar
JAVA
PROGRAMMING
Wednesday Evenings, October 02, 2002 through
December 18, Ten weekly classes on 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06,
11/13, 11/20, 12/04 and 12/11 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
For the convenience of the North Jersey
members, the course is now at the Ramada Inn Clifton, 265 Route 3 East,
Clifton, NJ 07014.
The North Jersey Section IEEE is offering an
evening seminar/course entitled "Java Programming." This course, however, will be for anyone
even if he/she has never took a programming course. The instructor will provide the necessary software (compiler and
editor) for everyone to get started immediately from ground zero! More assignments and handouts are planned this
time.
Instructor:
Dr. Donald Hsu, Ph.D., has been a corporate manager for 11 years and is
an experienced trainer. Since 1997, he
has trained 150+ people in Java Programming and Advanced Java Programming
courses in five organizations.
TOPICS
Explain the dynamic growth in Java Programming,
contrast the importance of AWT, CGI, JavaScript and HTML, classify the
different types of Java applets vs Java applications, identify the control
structures, arrays and classes, construct character strings and graphics tools,
define multithreading, files and streams, draw multimedia, animation and swing
images, build audio files, JavaBeans and networking applications, distinguish
Java utilities, error handling, serialization and reflection and analyze
real-world projects using SDK 1.3 development tools.
Class size will be limited to a maximum of
25. Early registration is recommended. The members are required to pre-register by
calling Mr. Bhanu Chivakula on (732) 718-3818. Registration and checks are
accepted only after pre-registration.
WHERE:
Ramada Inn Clifton, 265 Route 3 East,
Clifton, NJ 07014 (Checks should not be mailed to this address)
WHEN:
10 Sessions, October 02, 2002 through
December 18, 2002. Ten weekly evening classes
on 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, and 12/11
from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
COST:
With textbook or notes: IEEE (&
affiliate) members $300; Non-IEEE members $400.
CONTACT:
Bhanu Chivakula - email mailto:b.chivakula@computer.org
For pre-registration only, call Bhanu
Chivakula at (732) 718-3818.
REGISTRATION: Java
Programming
Please send checks AFTER PRE-REGISTRATION
with this form to
Bhanu Chivakula
19 Prestwick Way
Edison, NJ 08820
Include the sender's address and mark the
envelope "Java Programming". (Checks payable to "North Jersey
Section IEEE" with registration form should be mailed to this
address). Checks without
pre-registration will be returned.
Direct inquiries via email to mailto:B.Chivakula@computer.org
Name:
/ Mr. / Mrs. / Miss / Ms. /
______________________________________
email address ___________________________________________________________
__ Non-member
__ 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 September 25,
2002. 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:___________________________________________
