PUBLICATION OF THE NORTH JERSEY SECTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS

 

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September 2006

 

 

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Activities Calendar

 

 

 

 

Communications:

New! Soft Iterative Equalization and Decoding for Alamouti Encoded MIMO Signals

Consultants' Network:

National Instruments – “that GPIB Company”

Consultants' Network:

All You Wanted to Know About Reliability Engineering!

EDS/C&S:

Wireless Sensor Networks

EDS/C&S:

Chip-Package Co-Design of RF Microsystems

EDS/C&S:

Theory and Applications of SEM/FIB DualBeam Instrumentation

GOLD:

North Jersey GOLD Sponsors Xilinx ISE Design and FPGA Implementation Workshop

PACE & GOLD:

Engineers Meet:  Getting Started in Consulting

PES/IAS:

Energy Conservation Series - Power Factor Correction

PES/IAS:

New! Energy Conservation Series - Retro-Commissioning

Signal Processing:

Partitioning QoS Management for Secure Tactical Wireless Adhoc Networks

VTS:

Evolution Data Only (EVDO) Rev. A

 

 

 

Interested in Being a North Jersey Section Officer?

 

IEEE Mentoring Connection Invitation - Call for Mentors

 

2006-2007 Student Activities Kickoff

 

So long Good Soldier and Fellow Antenna Engineer - John (Ned) Hines (Lifetime Member, IEEE)

 

 

NJ Section:

Call For Papers - 9th International Conference on Information Technology (CIT 2006)

NJ Section Course:

C# .NET Programming

NJ Section Course:

Project Management

PES/IAS Seminar:

National Electric Code Seminar

 

Life Grade Luncheon

MTT/AP Minishow:

21st Annual Symposium and Mini-Show

 

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September 2006

Volume 53, 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

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SECTION OFFICERS

Chair....................................................... Har Dayal

har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com  (973) 633-4618

Vice-Chair-1................................ Bhanu Chivukula

    b.chivukula “AT” computer.org  (732) 718-3818

Vice-Chair-2............................................. Kirit Dixit

                       kdixit “AT” ieee.org  (201) 669-7599

Treasurer................................. Dr. Sanghoon Shin

         s.shin “AT” ieee.org  (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22

Secretary............................................... Seth Jakel

             sgjakel “AT” comcast.net  (973) 731-1902

 

 

Members-at-Large:

Pete Donegan (doneganp “AT” ieee.org)

Amit Patel (a.j.patel “AT” ieee.org)

 

The North Jersey Section Executive Committee usually meets the first Wednesday (except holidays and December) of each month at 7:00 PM.  Meetings are open to all members.  For information on meeting agenda contact Secretary Seth Jakel (973) 731-1902, Sgjakel “AT” comcast.net.

 

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IEEE North Jersey Section Activities

September 2006

 

Sep. 6 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100 Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ.  Seth Jakel at sgjakel “AT” comcast.net.

Sep. 13 – Partitioning QoS Management for Secure Tactical Wireless Ad-hoc Networks” by Dr. George F. Elmasry, NJ SP Chapter, 4:45PM (pizza at 4:30 PM), New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Weston Lecture Hall 1, Newark, NJ. Dr. Yun Shi (973) 596-3501 (shi “AT” njit.edu), Dr. Alfredo Tan (201) 692-2347 (tan “AT” mailbox.fdu.edu), Dr. Hong Man (201) 216-5038 (hman “AT” stevens-tech.edu).

Sep. 13 – “Engineers Meet:  Getting Started in Consulting” by Jim Boyd and Robert Walker, NJ PACE & GOLD, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ.  Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625 (PWard1130 “AT” aol.com) or Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954 (rtax “AT” verizon.net).

Sep. 16-Dec. 2 – C# .NET Programming” by Dr. Donald Hsu, North Jersey Section, Saturday Mornings, 10 sessions, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Avtech, 130 Clinton Road, Second Floor, Fairfield, NJ.  Donald Hsu (yanyou “AT” hotmail.com).

Sep. 20 – Energy Conservation Series - Power Factor Correction” by Ron Quade, PE, NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 6:30 PM, Eaton Electrical (Cutler-Hammer), 690 Rahway Ave, Union, NJ. Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.

Sep. 20 – Wireless Sensor Networks” by Dr. Martin Haenggi, 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).

Sep. 21 –Evolution Data Only (EVDO) Rev. A” – by Dr. Raafat Kamel, NJ VTS Chapter, 7:00 PM (dinner at 6:15 PM), Lucent Technologies, 67 Whippany Rd, Whippany, NJ.  Stephen Wilkowski, Lucent Technologies, (973) 386-6487, swilkowski “AT” lucent.com, Arthur Greenberg, (973) 386-6673, ahg1 “AT” lucent.com.

Sep. 21 –Soft Iterative Equalization and Decoding for Alamouti Encoded MIMO Signals” – by Dr. Magnus Lundberg Nordenvaad, NJ Communications Chapter, 11:00 AM (refreshments at 10:45 AM), New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.  Hongya Ge (973) 642-4990 or check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html for the latest updates.

Sep. 28 – National Instruments – “that GPIB Company”” by Jeff Steele, NJ Consultants' Network, 7:30 PM, Aeroflex/KDIIntegrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org.

Sep. 30 – Xilinx ISE Design and FPGA Implementation Workshop”, NJ GOLD, 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM, Muscurell Building, Rm 207, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ. See http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/gold or email Amit Patel at northjerseygold “AT” ieee.org.

 

Upcoming Meetings

 

Oct. 4 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100 Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ.  Seth Jakel at sgjakel “AT” comcast.net.

Oct. 5 – 2006 MTT/AP Symposium and Mini-Show” – MTT-S/AP-S Chapter, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Birchwood Manor, 111 N. Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ. Kirit Dixit (201) 669-7599 (kdixit “AT” ieee.org), Art Greenberg (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com), Har Dayal (973) 633-4618 (har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com), or George Kannell (973) 386-4170 (gkk “AT” lucent.com).

Oct. 17 – Chip-Package Co-Design of RF Microsystems” by Professor P.R. Mukund, 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).

Oct. 17-Dec. 5 – Project Management” by Dr. Donald Hsu, North Jersey Section, Tuesday Evenings, 8 sessions, 6:30-9:00 PM, NJ International Bulk Mail Center, 80 County Rd, Jersey City, NJ.  Donald Hsu (yanyou “AT” hotmail.com).

Oct. 27 –National Electrical Code Update” by Won Kim, NJ PES/IAS, 9:00AM - 2:00PM, Jersey Central Power & Light Company, 300 Madison Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07962.  Ronald W. Quade (732) 205-2614 or RWQuade “AT” IEEE.org.

Nov. 2– Life Grade Luncheon” - 11:30 AM, Hamilton Park