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September 2006
Volume 53, Number 3
Publication No:
USPS 580-500
“The IEEE
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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
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“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 Conference Center, 175 Park Ave, Florham Park, NJ. Ken Oexle (973) 386-1156.
Nov. 8 – “Theory and Applications
of SEM/FIB DualBeam Instrumentation” by Dr. Lucille A.
Giannuzzi, 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).
Dec. 18-21
– “9th
International Conference on Information Technology (CIT 2006)”,
see http://www.citconference.org
and http://www.cs.unt.edu/~smohanty/CIT2006.
Members and Non-Members Welcome
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NJ Communications Chapter:
Soft Iterative
Equalization and Decoding for Alamouti Encoded MIMO Signals
On Thursday, September 21, 2006, the North
Jersey Chapter of the IEEE Communications Society will host a presentation
titled “Soft Iterative Equalization and Decoding for Alamouti Encoded MIMO
Signals” by Dr. Magnus Lundberg Nordenvaad.
About the Talk
In this
presentation s soft input/soft output linear equalizer for Alamouti encoded
MIMO signals will be proposed. The
derived structure allows for simultaneous equalization of MIMO channels along
with decoding of Alamouti coded signals.
The equalizer/decoder is used within the turbo equalization framework to
exploit the complex and rich characteristics of the acoustic underwater channel. The proposed scheme can operate at very low
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) levels enabling high transmission rates over long distances. We investigate the viability of the technique
by using simulation examples and by studying its behavior for a real scenario,
using data collected in the Baltic
Sea..
About the Speaker
Magnus
Lundberg Nordenvaad was born in Lulea, Sweden,
in 1973. He received the MSc degree in
Computer Science and Engineering in 1998 from Lulea University of Technology
(LTU), Lulea, Sweden,
and the PhD degree in Signal Processing in 2003 from the School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. He has held visiting positions at Purdue University
and Colorado State University. Currently Dr Lundberg Nordenvaad is an
Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Electrical
Engineering, LTU and holds a research position at the Swedish Defense Research
Agency.
His research interests lie
in statistical signal processing and how it applies to digital communications,
radar, sonar, land-mine detection, and high-level power estimation in CMOS
architectures. Dr Lundberg Nordenvaad
has received several awards and grants for his research. These include the 1998 “MD110 User-group
award” for the best Masters Thesis in the telecommunications area in Sweden
that year and a postdoctoral scholarship award from the Swedish Research
Council.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 11:00 AM, Thursday, September 21, 2006. Refreshments will be available starting at 10:45 AM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu.
Information:
Hongya Ge (973) 642-4990 or check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html for the latest updates.
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NJ Consultants' Network:
National Instruments –
“that GPIB Company”
On Thursday,
September 28, 2006, the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern NJ is pleased to
present ”National Instruments – “that GPIB Company””, by Jeff Steele.
About the Talk
The IEEE CNNNJ has
invited Jeff Steele, National Instruments, to emcee the feature presentation
for our September meeting, and we invite everyone to come to this special
event!
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Who is National Instruments?
·
What problems can they help you solve?
Depending on when
you have looked at National Instruments you might say “They're that GPIB
Company” or “They make LabVIEW””. Traditionally, National Instruments has been
a Test & Automation company, but they have been expanding their
capabilities to assist engineers in solving control and design problems. NI
continues to expand the computing platforms that its development environments
can target to include mobile, industrial, and embedded targets. NI also continues
to expand its own hardware platforms for test, control and design.
Jeff, together with
NI engineers, will be discussing and demonstrating NI’s various development
environments and will show some NI’s hardware platforms, including FPGA-based
PLCs, PC-based RF instruments, USB-based data acquisition plus others. Some of
these platforms help engineers do rapid prototyping, hence decreasing time to
market. Other platforms might make sense
embedded into OEM products, helping to lower development costs.
About the
Speakers
Jeff Steele has
worked for National Instruments for over 17 years. He is currently the local
Area Sales Manager; he has had various other positions at NI before this. Prior
to working for NI, he was employed by Gould Electronics and Westinghouse
Electric. He graduate Electric. He graduated from Clarkson University in 1984 with a
BSEE degree.
About the
Consultants’ Network
Founded
in 1992, the IEEE Consultants Network of Northern NJ encourages and promotes
the use of independent technical consultants by business and industry.
All Welcome!
Everyone welcome. No registration needed. Free admission.
Time: 7:30 PM, Thursday, September 28, 2006.
Place: Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. (Entrance at rear of building)
Information: For directions and up-to-date
meeting status, call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org. To download a map to KDI, go to: http://www.mcekdi-integrated.com/directions.htm.
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NJ Consultants' Network:
All
You Wanted to Know About Reliability Engineering!
On
Thursday, October 26, 2006, the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern NJ is
pleased to present ” All You Wanted to Know About Reliability Engineering!”, by
Dan Kamdar.
About the Talk
CNNNJ
is pleased to present a technical presentation about reliability &
maintainability engineering, systems safety, and logistics. The Discussion will describe various terms,
such as MTBF & MTTR, Parts Stress Analysis, screening to enhance MTBF,
Failure Modes Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), software reliability,
associated standards, HALT/HASS accelerated testing for earlier identification
of failures, three levels of maintenance concept, BIT analysis and
demonstration, safety risks and mitigations, Hazard Analysis, and logistics
supportability and management. Software
tools for performing these analyses will also be described.
About the Speaker
Dan
Kamdar is the President and CEO of Affordable Engineering Services, LLC, a
one-stop multi-disciplined engineering company.
He has received MBA, MSEE, BSEE and BSME degrees. His company provides consulting services in
reliability, maintainability, test, circuit design/ analysis, quality
assurance, lo¬gistics and component engineering. He has extensive background in aerospace and defense
systems, such as fighter and transport aircrafts, rockets, missiles, space
station and helicopters.
Dan
can be reached at (973) 890-8915 or by email at dkamdar “AT”
affordservices.com; Affordable Engineering Services' web site is http://www.affordservices.com.
About the Consultants’ Network
Founded in 1992, the IEEE Consultants Network of
Northern NJ encourages and promotes the use of independent technical
consultants by business and industry.
All Welcome!
Everyone welcome. No registration needed. Free admission.
Time: 7:30 PM, Thursday, October 26, 2006.
Place: Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated
Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ.
(Entrance at rear of building)
Information:
For directions and up-to-date meeting status,
call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org. To
download a map to KDI, go to: http://www.mcekdi-integrated.com/directions.htm.
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NJ EDS/C&S Chapters:
Wireless Sensor Networks
On September 20, 2006,
the IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters together
with the New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a talk on “Wireless
Sensor Networks: A New Paradigm for
Ubiquitous Sensing and Information Processing." The speaker will be Dr. Martin Haenggi.
About the Talk
Due to the advances
in wireless communications and electronics in recent years, the development of
networks of low-cost, low-power, and multifunctional sensors has received
increasing attention. These sensors gather
and process data, and communicate with each other over a wireless channel. Various hardware platforms have already been
designed to test the many ideas spawned by the research community and to
implement applications in many fields of science and technology. This presentation gives a general
introduction to sensor networks. We will
discuss their properties, emphasizing the differences to other types of
wireless networks, including WLANs and ad hoc networks. An overview of existing hardware solutions for
sensor networks will be given, and we will conclude by discussing future
directions and developments.
About the
Speaker
Martin Haenggi received the Dipl. Ing.
(M.Sc.) degree in electrical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology (ETH) in 1995. In 1995, he
joined the Signal and Information Processing Laboratory at ETH as a Teaching
and Research Assistant. Between 1996 and
1998, he continued his studies and earned the Dipl. NDS ETH (post-diploma)
degree in information technology. In 1999,
he completed his PhD thesis on the analysis, design, and optimization of
cellular neural networks. After a
postdoctoral year at the Electronics Research Laboratory at the University of
California in Berkeley, he joined the faculty of the electrical engineering
department at the University of Notre Dame as an assistant professor in January
2001. He is a senior member of the IEEE,
a professional member of the ACM and the ASEE (American Society for Engineering
Education), and a reviewer for numerous international journals and
conferences. Recently he joined the
Editorial Board of the Elsevier Journal of Ad Hoc Networks. For both his MSc and his PhD theses, he was
awarded the ETH medal, and he received an NSF CAREER award in 2005. His scientific interests include networking,
wireless communications, and dynamical systems, with an emphasis on ad hoc and
sensor networks. His publications
include 3 book chapters, 21 journal publications, and 36 conference papers.
All Welcome!
You do not have to
be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, September 20, 2006. Free buffet will be starting at 6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu.
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).
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NJ EDS/C&S Chapters:
Chip-Package Co-Design of
RF Microsystems
On October 17,
2006, the IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters together
with the New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a talk on “Chip-Package
Co-Design of RF Microsystems." The
speaker will be Professor P.R. Mukund.
About the Talk
The design of
systems that contain both RF circuitry and digital circuitry, either in a
single integrated circuit or a single package, poses challenges that are
difficult to overcome with traditional design tools. For an efficient design methodology, it is
imperative that an early design component be incorporated into the design cycle. Further, the chip and the package have to be
designed concurrently. In this talk, a
chip package co-design methodology and a resultant software tool will be
presented. This research was sponsored
by the National Science Foundation and the Semiconductor Corporation. In addition, related topics of built-in self
test and self calibration of RF I.C.s will also be discussed.
About the
Speaker
Professor P.R. Mukund is the Director of the
RF, Analog and Mixed-signal Laboratory (RAMLAB) at R.I.T. In this capacity, he is the principal
investigator of five research projects, sponsored by both industry and
government agencies. He is currently
supervising the research of five PhD students, whose work is based on close interaction
with companies such as LSI Logic, Freescale Semiconductors, National
Semiconductors and Kawasaki LSI. Dr.
Mukund has a BSEE, MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the
University of Tennessee and has seven years of industrial experience, in
addition to seventeen years of academic experience. He has co-edited IEEE Computer, chaired
several IEEE international conferences and is currently on the Steering
Committee of the IEEE International SoC Conference. He has published in the area of analog and RF
integrated circuit design, in refereed forums.
All Welcome!
You do not have to
be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00 PM, Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Free buffet will be starting at 6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu.
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).
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NJ EDS/C&S Chapters:
Theory and Applications of
SEM/FIB DualBeam Instrumentation
On November 8,
2006, the IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters
together with the New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a talk on
“Theory and Applications of SEM/FIB DualBeam Instrumentation." The speaker will be Dr. Lucille A. Giannuzzi.
About the Talk
The basic concepts
of ion-solid interactions and focused ion beam (FIB) instrumentation and theory
will be presented. Examples of basic FIB
milling and the uses of gases for chemical vapor deposition and gas enhanced
etching will be given. The first uses of
FIB in the semiconductor industry for device modification and circuit repair
have extending into many applications, materials research, and industrial
markets. The applications of FIB and
DualBeam usage on multiple material systems in numerous industries have been
realized, and examples of FIB milling for many material systems will be
shown. Uses of the DualBeam platform for
nanotechnology applications will be described, showing that the utilization of
such a tool is limited only by one’s imagination. FIB milling techniques for specimen preparation
for scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM),
and other analytical tools will be presented.
In particular, the ex-situ lift-out and in-situ lift-out TEM techniques
will be presented in detail, and the applications of these specimen preparation
methods for many TEM and Scanning TEM techniques will be emphasized. The concepts and advantages of a dual
platform FIB and scanning electron microscope (SEM) will be discussed. In particular, the development of the
combined FIB/SEM DualBeam instrumentation as a nano-lab and a 3D
characterization tool which including microstructure, elemental composition,
and crystallographic information will be given.
Examples of using the DualBeam as a 30 keV scanning transmission
electron microscope will also be presented.
About the
Speaker
Lucille A. Giannuzzi received her BE and MS
Degrees from SUNY Stony Brook, and her PhD Degree from The Pennsylvania State
University. She spent ten years at the University
of Central Florida where she was the recipient of an NSF Career Award. As Professor of Mechanical Materials &
Aerospace Engineering, her primary research interests included ion/solid
interactions and the microstructural evaluation of materials using focused ion
beams and transmission electron microscopy.
She has been with FEI Company as a field product marketing engineer for
FIB/DualBeam systems for the past three years.
She is on the editorial board of the journal, Microscopy and
Microanalysis and participates as an instructor in the Lehigh Microscopy
School. She is active in the local and
national chapters of AVS, MSA and MAS.
She has been a local affiliate speaker for both MSA and the MAS and is
co-editor of a book entitled, “Introduction to Focused Ion Beams.”
All Welcome!
You do not have to
be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, November 8, 2006. Free buffet will be starting at 6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu.
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).
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NJ GOLD Chapter:
North
Jersey
GOLD Sponsors Xilinx ISE Design and FPGA Implementation Workshop
The
North Jersey Section GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Committee in
conjunction with the FDU IEEE Student Branch Teaneck, NJ, willbe co-sponsoring
a technical workshop on Xilinx ISE design and FPGA implementation. The workshop provides an excellent
opportunity to all students preparing to enter into the workforce or
thosegraduates already working to gain some new skills to propel forward in
their current jobs or help prepare for changing and upgrading their current
career track. The purpose of the
workshop is to teach participants how to use Xilinx FPGAs and the ISE
development kit to implement digital logic and designs. This is a critical
skill in the fast-changing world of semi-conductors and just-in-time
manufacture of new embedded devices.
Each participant will also receive a 30-page workbook with instructions
and labs to take home with them as a future technical reference. Due to using
lab equipment, seats are very limited and reservations will be made on a first
registered basis. There is also free and discounted seating reserved for FDU
students and IEEE members. All the details of registration and costs can be
found on the North Jersey GOLD website http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/gold
or feel free to email the organizer at northjerseygold “AT” ieee.org.
Time: 10:30
AM – 4:00 PM, Saturday,
September 30, 2006.
Free lunch will be provided to all participants during the workshop.
Place: Muscurell Building,
Rm 207, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck,
NJ.
Free parking is available outside the building
Information: See
http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/gold
or email Amit
Patel
at northjerseygold “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ PACE & GOLD Chapters:
Engineers
Meet: Getting Started in Consulting
On
Wednesday,
September 13, 2006
the North Jersey Section Professional Activities Committee and Graduates of the
Last Decade will meet to discuss Getting Started In Consulting.”
About
the Meeting
Due
to downsizing and budget cuts, an increased number of companies consider using
consultants to fulfill their needs, while at the same time many engineers look
at independent contracting as an alternative career path. The discussion will explore the motivations
of prospective consultants, the risks that they face, the logistics and
organization of a consulting business, marketing, and contracts.
About
the Speakers
Our
guest speakers will be two long-term member consultants of the IEEE Consultants
Network of Northern NJ (www.TechnologyOnTap.org)
will offer their thoughts on operating a consulting business and share their
personal experiences.
Jim
Boyd of XL Research, Inc. has designed micro controller-based products for
consumer and industrial applications since 1978. His designs include arcade games, cordless
telephones, experimental solar homes, high-speed printing machinery, fire alarm
systems, a control system for a U.S.
prison, and DMX-512 based theatrical lighting.
Jim was consulting editor of Electronic Design magazine from 1995-2001.
Robert
Walker of RD Walker Engineering has offered analog and digital design services
since 1987. Robert's expertise includes
sensing, conditioning, control and telecommunication equipment, utilizing
discrete design as well as embedded controllers and FPGA's. For further information about the speakers,
join us for Q & A.
All
Welcome!
Members
and students from all professional societies and engineering disciplines are
welcome. We now have attendees from
IEEE, ASME, NSPE, ASCE and AEA. For
information about these groups see:
www.aea.org
www.ieeeusa.org
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
CARE
is the Congressional Advocacy Recruitment Effort CARE is a voluntary network of
IEEE members who are interested in public policy. To HELP go to
www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/.
Time: 6:30
to 9:00 PM, Wednesday,
September 13, 2006. Refreshments will be served.
Place: Clifton
Memorial Library, 292
Piaget Ave,
Clifton,
NJ,
(973) 772-5500.
Information: Paul
Ward, (973) 790-1625 (PWard1130 “AT” aol.com) or Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-0803
(rftax “AT” verizon.net).
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NJ PES/IAS Chapters:
Energy
Conservation Series - Power Factor Correction
On
September 20, 2006, as part of an ongoing series of free seminars on the topic of
energy conservation, the PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor an evening
discussion on energy savings associated with power factor correction by Ronald
W. Quade, PE.
About
the Meeting
The
seminar will provide the basics of power factor correction:
·
What is Power Factor?
·
Should I Be Concerned About Low Power
Factor?
·
What Can I Do to Improve Power Factor?
·
How Much Can I Save by Installing Power
Capacitors?
·
How Can I Select the Right Capacitors for My
Specific Application Needs?
·
How Much kVAR Do I Need?
·
Where Should I Install Capacitors in My
Plant Distribution System?
·
Can Capacitors Be Used in Non-Linear,
Non-Sinusoidal Environments?
·
What About Maintenance?
About
the Speaker
Ron
Quade, PE, is an Industrial and Utility Sales Manager for Eaton Electrical, a
manufacturer of electrical equipment. He
has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and an MS in Power
Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is also a registered professional engineer
in the State of NJ. His prior experience
includes Power Quality Engineer with Jersey Central Power and Light and
consulting engineering with Burns & Roe Industrial Services Company..
Time: 6:30
PM, Wednesday,
September 20, 2006.
A pre-meeting buffet will be available starting at 6:00
PM.
Place: Eaton
Electrical (Cutler-Hammer), 690
Rahway Ave,
Union,
NJ. Directions:
Route 82
Morris Avenue
from either Springfield
or Union
to Rahway
Ave.
Information: Ronald
W. Quade,
PE,
(732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ PES/IAS
Chapters:
Energy
Conservation Series - Retro-Commissioning
On
October 18, 2006, as part of an ongoing series of free seminars on the topic of
energy conservation, the PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor an evening
discussion on Retro-Commissioning by Keith Rinaldi.
About
the Meeting
Are
calibration and scheduling issues unnecessarily increasing your operating
costs? Are you confident that mold and
indoor air quality issues are not a problem in your facility? Just because space temperature and humidity
control are excellent, doesn’t mean the HVAC systems are as efficient as they
can be.
Retro-commissioning
is a rigorous and systematic process of discovering and correcting HVAC/
utility system defects in existing systems so that the building will function
as intended. The presentation will
include of overview of the retro-commissioning process and its stages of
discovery and analysis. With simple
paybacks of less than 12 months, retro-commissioning can be a quick and easy
way for you to lower your energy costs and increase your building’s efficiency.
Attendees
will gain a basic understanding of the process and its benefits and what to
look for in a qualified retro-commissioning provider.
About
the Speaker
The
presenter will be Keith Rinaldi, Vice President, Field Engineering Services.
A
founding member of the field engineering group, Keith A. Rinaldi has been with
Dome-Tech since 1992. With over 14 years
of experience, Keith has developed expertise in problem solving and the
optimization of all major plant utility systems including boilers, steam
distribution and condensate return systems, compressed air systems, chillers,
cooling towers, pumps, chilled water distribution, air handlers and air
distribution systems.
Keith
was a key member of the team which established and formalized Dome-Tech’s
retro-commissioning process.
Retro-Commissioning is a systematic process of reviews, inspections and
testing which ensures systems have been designed, installed and operate
properly to efficiently meet the needs of the building’s occupants. In the last five years he has been personally
involved in and supervised retro-commissioning projects for over 3 million
square feet of office, laboratory, production and school facilities.
In
addition to retro-commissioning, Keith’s project experience includes:
·
The evaluation and optimization of countless
steam and condensate systems in the tri-state area.
·
The evaluation and optimization of numerous
>3,000 ton central chilled water plants.
·
Failure analysis of two engine driven
chillers. Provided independent testing
and analysis for litigation purposes.
·
Owner’s representative for the acceptance
testing of a 100 MW cogeneration unit.
·
Provided specialty TAB services for
pharmaceutical and health care HVAC systems.
As the President of Field Engineering
Services, Keith is ultimately responsible for the day-to-day operations and
management of all field engineering projects.
He is an integral part of the Dome-Tech Group’s senior management team,
developing the strategic direction of the company as a whole.
Time: 6:30
PM, Wednesday,
October 18, 2006.
A pre-meeting buffet will be available starting at 6:00
PM.
Place: Eaton
Electrical (Cutler-Hammer), 690
Rahway Ave,
Union,
NJ. Directions:
Route 82
Morris Avenue
from either Springfield
or Union
to Rahway
Ave.
Information: Ronald
W. Quade,
PE,
(732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ SP Society:
Partitioning
QoS Management for Secure Tactical Wireless Adhoc Networks
On
September
13, 2006,
the IEEE North Jersey Section Signal Processing Society along with NJIT will
host a seminar on "Partitioning QoS Management for Secure Tactical
Wireless Ad-hoc Networks." The speaker will be Dr. George F. Elmasry.
About
the Talk
Addressing
Quality of Service (QoS) in military wireless ad-hoc communication networks
involves unique challenges due to imposed tactical requirements and conditions,
such as heterogeneous traffic with stringent real-time and survivability
requirements, mobile wireless nodes in hostile environments, and limited
spectrum availability. Encryption adds another layer of complexity because the
partitioning of the network into plain text (unencrypted) and cipher text
(encrypted) parts that, by definition, cannot communicate QoS information to
one another. A typical communication shelter consists of a number of
unencrypted LANs connected to a packet-encrypted backbone network. This talk
presents a partitioned QoS approach focusing on QoS management at the
unencrypted LANs that complements QoS management done at the encrypted
backbone. Some of the outlined QoS techniques for unencrypted LANs were used
for Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (the future army tactical backbone
network).
About
the Speaker
George
F. Elmasry received his BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from Alexandria
University,
Egypt,
and his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from NJIT. He currently
heads the Networking and Communications Division at DSCI with a focus on the
Future Combat System (FCS) tactical networks for the US Army. The FCS is composed of multiple mobile ad-hoc
networks with hierarchical architecture. Before joining DSCI, he worked for
General Dynamics C4S in the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T)
group where he spearheaded research in the areas of resource management and
capacity analysis for WIN-T which is the tactical core network for the US Army.
Prior to General Dynamics, he worked for Lucent Technologies in the Wireless
Networks Wideband CDMA group. His research interests include the areas of
wireless networking, ARQ, joint source and channel coding, and multidimensional
interleaving. He holds over 35 publications and patents in these fields. He is also actively involved with technology
conference organization and paper reviews.
Time: 4:45
PM
(refreshments and pizza available at 4:30
PM),
Wednesday,
September 13, 2006.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Weston Lecture Hall 1, Newark,
NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: 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”
stevenstech.edu).
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NJ VTS Society:
Evolution
Data Only (EVDO) Rev. A
On
September 21, 2006, the IEEE North Jersey Section Vehicular Technology Society
Chapter will host a talk on "Evolution-Data Only Rev. A." The speaker will be Dr. Raafat Kamel of
Lucent Technologies.
About
the Talk
EVDO
is a wireless technology optimized for data transmission. The initial release is designated as Rev 0,
and has been successfully deployed commercially for over 4 years.
Rev
A is an enhancement that provides
several
improvements including: higher reverse
link bandwidth, enhanced Quality of Service (QoS) and the ability to support
delay sensitive applications like Voice over IP (VOIP). Rev A is completely backward compatible with
the earlier release.
The
talk will present an overview of Rev 0 and will highlight the differences
between Rev 0 and Rev A with special emphasis on the physical and Medium Access
Control (MAC) layers.
About
the Speaker
Raafat
Kamel is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Lucent
Technologies. He received his BS from
the University of Khartoum, Sudan, in 1989 and MS and PhD degrees from New
Jersey Institute of Technology in 1990 and 1994. All degrees are in Electrical Engineering. Since 1995 Dr. Kamel has worked for AT&T
Network Wireless Systems and then Lucent Technologies in the CDMA Radio
Technology Performance Analysis Group.
He has worked on 2G, 3G1X, 1xEVDO systems in the areas of RF power
control, call processing, and performance analysis.
All
Welcome!
Free
admission. You do not have to be a
member of IEEE to attend.
Advance
Registration Suggested
Please
email swilkowski “AT” lucent.com or ahg1
“AT” lucent.com with full name (first and last) , affiliation, citizenship so
that a guest badge is ready.
Time: 7:00
PM, Thursday,
September 21, 2006. Free buffet will be served starting at 6:15
PM.
Place: Lucent Technologies, 67
Whippany Rd,
Whippany,
NJ.
Information/RSPV: Stephen
Wilkowski, Lucent Technologies, (973) 386-6487, swilkowski “AT” lucent.com,
Arthur Greenberg, (973) 386-6673, ahg1 “AT” lucent.com.
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Interested in Being a North Jersey Section Officer?
The
North Jersey Section Nominating Committee will soon begin to consider candidates
for section officers for next year. We request that those who are interested in
a section office submit their name, office sought, and qualifications to the
Committee Chair, Dr. Fred Chichester, by mail at
56
Gordonhurst Ave
Upper
Montclair,
NJ 07043
For
further information, you may telephone him at (973) 744-7340 between the hours
of 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM.
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IEEE Mentoring Connection Invitation -
Call for Mentors
The
IEEE has developed an online program to foster mentoring relationships between
younger IEEE members and those with more experience. We would like to offer you the opportunity to
participate as a mentor in this program.
As
a mentor, you will be able to draw from your professional life experiences to
help guide a younger professional in their career planning and professional
development. The online program enables
the mentee to select their mentoring partner from among those who have volunteered
to serve as mentors. After you have been
identified as potential match, you will be contacted and asked to begin
establishing a relationship.
IEEE
has partnered with The Training Connection, a vendor that has developed a
web-based mentoring program to facilitate the matching process. Participation in the program is voluntary and
open to all IEEE members above the grade of Student Member. If you are interested in being a mentor,
please go to http://www.ieee.org/mentoring
for information on the roles and responsibilities of each mentoring partner
including additional program information and an FAQ page. We also ask that you review the time and
effort commitment to the program necessary to ensure a successful mentoring
partnership. Access to the actual
mentoring site is available via the IEEE Membership Benefits page at http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/benefits/index.html.
We
encourage you to take advantage of the IEEE network of technical professionals
and sign up for the online mentoring program today. If you have any questions, please contact
Cathy Downer, IEEE Mentoring Connection Coordinator at mailto:c.downer “AT”
ieee.org.
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2006-2007 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 filled
with new activities and events. We hope
you and your student branches will be participating in all of these events
throughout the 2006-2007 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.
Also,
I would like to announce that Amit Patel is passing the baton as
Student Activities Chair to me. My name
is Russell Pepe. You can reach me at the
following e-mail address: northjerseysac
“AT” ieee.org. I met several of you last
year at the Spring 2006 Presentation Contest at NJIT and at the Student
Leadership Workshop at Stevens Institute of Technology. I look forward to working with all of you
during the upcoming school year.
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.
It’s free money for turning in the right forms by the right time. Speaking of money, your branch should also
plan fundraisers for basic expenses. If
you really want to get started right, host one of these leadership workshops to
learn the basics. Contact the organizer
below. 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 in and Professional Skills Development Workshop in the fall. 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. This is a chance for students to showcase
their hard work on different projects worked on during the year. It is open to both graduate and undergraduate
students.
The MTT/AP (Microwaves
and Antennas) Society of North Jersey will be holding its annual MTT Minishow
on October
5, 2006
at the Birchwood Manor in Whippany, NJ. The Minishow is always looking for student
volunteers to help out for the daylong conference. If you are interested, please contact Kirit Dixit at kdixit "AT"
ieee "DOT" org.
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 northjerseysac
"AT" ieee "DOT" org and visit the new website at http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/sac. You will find the latest information updated
there or you can also join the mailing list to get regular reminders of
different events.
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So long
Good Soldier and Fellow Antenna Engineer - John (Ned) Hines (Lifetime Member,
IEEE)
Anyone attending the
annual Robert Allerton Park Antenna Symposia over the years remembers Ned
Hines, a faithful regular since its inception.
Ned had so enjoyed the learning experience and camaraderie that he
financed his own travel to Monticello, Illinois after retirement.
I first met Ned in 1996
when I joined Bell Labs-Lucent Wireless Research Labs where we worked together
on next generation high efficiency intelligent antenna systems. What impressed me most about him was his
positive spirit and gentle attitude under the most challenging set of
circumstances. I never heard him say a
bad word about anyone.
One must put his life
into perspective to fully appreciate this.
Ned was born in China
in 1920, the son of a textile merchant.
He joined the US Army Signal Corps and served in the Pacific Theater,
including the Philippines during WW II. After the war he went to Ohio State University
for his EE degree after which he worked in OSU R&D labs developing new
antenna technologies, and was married and had several children. In 1956, he was offered a position at Bell
Labs in Whippany, NJ
and moved to Morristown. There he worked on versions of the Nike
missile system, and ultimately the famous Telstar satellite antenna.
He relished weekly after
work socializing over a ‘G&T’. Ned
continued to work as a consultant at Bell Labs until 2000. At home in his workshop, he kept busy making
handmade jewelry for family and friends, to the particular delight of my
daughter Natalie.
A kind soul and good
friend to all who knew him, Ned passed away on June
19, 2006. He is survived by his wife Mary and lots of
children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. We salute Ned Hines, a gentle giant of a man
who did good to all he touched.
Gary
Hojell
Senior
Member, IEEE
Gary_Hojell
“AT” Raytheon.com
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Call For Papers
9th International Conference on
Information Technology (CIT 2006)
Bhubaneswar, India, December
18-21, 2006
http://www.citconference.org
http://www.cs.unt.edu/~smohanty/CIT2006/
co-sponsored
by
CIT (Conference on
Information Technology) is a premier international forum for high quality
research in the areas of Information Technology. CIT2006 is being jointly organized by the
Orissa Information Technology Society (http://www.oits.org) and the Institute
of Technical
Education and Research, Bhubaneswar,
India (http://www.iterindia.com). Researchers, developers, and practitioners
from academia and industry are invited to present their research findings on
various topics of IT and its Applications.
Four types of submissions are solicited: regular papers, short papers,
poster papers and tutorials.
Conference Tracks: CIT encourages
submissions in all the areas of information technology. However, the papers in the following 6 tracks
will be primary focus of this year conference (CIT2006). The submissions in each track could be on any
of the topics listed, but are not limited to them.
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology: Novel applications in Bioinformatics, Data Mining and
Statistical Modeling of biological data, Visualization of Biological Processes
and Data, Management, Migration and Integration of Biological Databases,
Biological Database search/indexing.
Communication Networks and Protocols: Broadband Multimedia Communications, Wireless Ad hoc/Sensor
Networks, Network Security, Wireless and Mobile Communications, Emerging IT
Networks.
Language Processing: Character recognition, text to speech conversion, speech
synthesis, Signal and Image Processing.
Security, Content Protection, and Digital Rights Management: Watermarking, Steganography, Cryptography, Biometrics,
Digital Libraries.
Databases, Information Warehousing and Data Mining: Intelligent Databases, Query and Constraint-based Data
Mining, Mining Spatial and Temporal Data, Mining of Data Streams, Feature
Extraction, Collaborative filtering/personalization, Cost-based Decision
making, Visual Data Mining, Privacy Sensitive Data Mining.
Application Specific Software and Hardware Systems: Embedded Information Systems, Hardware/Software/Firmware
issues, Nano-technology and Applications, Quantum Information Processing.
Paper Submission: Online submissions of original and unpublished papers are
encouraged. Three types of papers of
papers will be considered: regular papers (6-pages), short papers (4-pages),
poster papers (2-pages). Regular papers
will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (by
Springer-Verlag). Short/poster papers
and 1-page tutorial-abstracts will be printed by Tata-McGraw-Hill (TMH). All submitted papers will undergo
DOUBLE-BLIND-REVIEW by a strong team of reviewers and program committee members
consisting of leading researchers around the globe. Authors of papers need to prevent identity
disclosure in many ways: (1) not list names and affiliations of authors, (2)
not say "my work" or "our work" in the text while citing
self references, and (3) not write acknowledgments such a way that identity of
authors are implied. Author information
should ONLY be included in the submission form.
Best Paper Awards: Three awards will be conferred with due recommendations from
the program committee from the papers presented in the conference. Each award will carry cash prize and
citations. Amiya K. Pujari Award is
provided for the Best Paper of the conference.
Narayan Misra Award is given to the best paper from Orissa. One student best paper award will be awarded
from the papers with students as the leading authors.
Fellowships: The Steering
Committee will award limited number of fellowships to students based on need
and merit, to partially cover expenses of attendees from India. Applications must be submitted before the
fellowship application deadline using the conference website.
Important Deadlines
Papers/tutorials
submission: June 15, 2006
Notifications
of review status: August 15, 2006
Camera
ready papers or tutorial-abstracts: September 15, 2006
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IEEE North Jersey Section
Course
C#
.NET Programming
Saturday morning, September 16, 2006 through December 2,
2006
Ten weekly classes (September 16, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28,
November 4, 11, 18, December 2, 2006)
Place: Avtech, 130 Clinton Road, Fairfield, NJ (Checks should not be mailed to this address)
IEEE North Jersey Section
thanks Avtech for sponsoring this “hands-on” course at its site.
The IEEE North Jersey Section
is offering a course entitled "C# .NET Programming". Since 2002, C#
.NET has generated significant headway in Fortune 1000 enterprise development
systems. Dice.com lists 650+ C# .NET jobs in the New York tri-state area daily! This
course will cover the fundamentals of C# language, the .NET framework, window
and web-based applications, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, and XML. It will be useful for
anyone to develop applications based upon these tools.
You will receive the IEEE
Certificate of Completion when you finish the course. Microsoft Corp. has MCAD
and MCSD certifications. You may wish to
get certified by taking the necessary Microsoft exams with the knowledge gained
from this course.
Instructor: Donald
Hsu, PhD, has been a corporate manager for 11 years and is an experienced
trainer. Since 2001, he has trained 350+ people in C++, Java, WebLogic, XML, C#
.NET courses in 7 organizations.
TOPICS
1. Compare the enterprise development tools using C++, Java to C#
.NET
2. Define Visual Studio .NET Version 2002 through Version 2005
3. Identify C# syntax, data type, control structures and common language
runtime
4. Distinguish methods, arrays, object-oriented programming
5. Build graphical user interface, multithreading, files and
streams
6. Explain the benefit of using extensible markup language (XML)
7. Select database, SQL server, and ADO .NET
8. Choose ASP .NET, web forms, web controls, and web services
9. Operate the network, streams-based socket and mobile toolkits
10. Search and sort, data structures, generics and collections
11. Present student Projects
Class
size will be limited to a maximum of 16 with a minimum of 9. Early registration is recommended.
Registration accepted after September
3, 2006
will impose a late fee of $25. No
registration will be accepted after September
9, 2006.
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WHERE:
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Avtech, 130 Clinton Road, Second Floor, Fairfield, NJ
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WHEN:
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10 Saturdays, September 16,
30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18, December 2, 2006, 9:00 AM to
12 noon
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COST:
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IEEE (& affiliate)
members $475; Non-IEEE members $550.
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CONTACT:
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Donald Hsu, yanyou “AT”
hotmail.com
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REGISTRATION: C# .NET Programming
Please mail the completed
registration form with the check (payable
to “North Jersey Section IEEE”) to:
Donald Hsu
Co-Chair, Education Committee
IEEE North Jersey Section
PO Box 2093
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Name: / Mr. / Mrs. / Miss / Ms. /
_____________________________________________ _________________________________
˙ Non-member Çemail addressČ
˙ IEEE Member Member #:_________________________ Member of _____________________________
technical society
Employer:___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employer
Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home
Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Business (day) telephone
#:___________________________________
Home telephone #:________________________________
Continuing Education Units: Yes $15 No
If CEUs are chosen, please
include a $15 processing fee
Payment Enclosed
$_______________ Add $25 late registration after September 9, 2006, 2006
Please enclose required fee
payable to: North Jersey Section IEEE
As soon as a fully completed
registration form and the payment are received, you are officially registered
for this course. Registration status
will be mailed after September 9, 2006.
˙ Tuition receipt will be
mailed only if this box is checked
˙ I wish to receive IEEE
Completion Certificate Signature:___________________________________________
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IEEE
North Jersey
Section Course
Project Management
Tuesday Evenings, October 17, 2006 through December 5, 2006
Eight weekly classes (October 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14,
21, 28, December 5, 2006)
Place: USPS, NJ International Bulk Mail Center,80 County Road, Jersey
City,
NJ 07097 (Checks
should not be mailed to this address)
IEEE North
Jersey Section appreciates USPS, BMC for sponsoring these courses at their
premises.
The North Jersey Section IEEE
is offering an evening course entitled "Project Management". Dice.com
lists 3800+ Project related jobs in the New York tri-state area daily! This
course will help you to break down a master project into manageable tasks,
pinpoint possible solutions, and provide information to keep the project under
control. Using Microsoft Project 2003
software, you will learn to accomplish various project plans. In addition, it
will greatly enhance your business, communications and interpersonal skills.
You will receive the IEEE
certificate of completion when you finish the course. You may wish to take two
Certification exams, one in Project Management administered by Project
Management Institute and the other in IT Project+ by CompTIA Inc from the
knowledge you learned in this course.
(This is not an exclusive PMP-PMI examination prep course. No PDUs are
issued for PMP eligibility. CEU credits would be given by IEEE)
Instructor: Donald
Hsu, PhD, has been a corporate manager for 11 years and is an experienced
trainer. Since 1999, he has trained 400+ people in IT Project+, MS Project
2003, and Project Management courses in eight organizations.
TOPICS
1. Explain the need for a project manager
2. Define SOW, PERT, GANTT, CPM, and Scope of the project
3. Identify the team members, resources and plan for the strategy
4. Calculate schedule, budget variances, and monitor project progress
5. Manage changes, estimates, and communications
6. Set a baseline, import tasks from MS Excel, export Project files
to MS Word
7. Create and modify custom reports, templates and combination
views
8. Share resources and create a master plan loaded to Project
Server
9. Approve updates and conclude a project plan
10. Analyze global E-Commerce and present student Projects
Class
size will be limited to a maximum of 20 with a minimum of 10. Early registration is recommended.
Registration accepted after October
5, 2006
will require a late fee of $25. No
reservations will be accepted after October
10, 2006.
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WHERE:
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NJ International Bulk Mail Center, Jersey City, NJ. (Checks should not be mailed to this address)
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WHEN:
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8 Tuesdays, October 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21, 28, December 5,
2006, 6:30-9:00 PM.
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COST:
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IEEE (& affiliate) members $400; Non-IEEE members $480.
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CONTACT:
|
Donald Hsu: yanyou “AT”
hotmail.com
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REGISTRATION: Project Management
Please mail the completed registration
form with the check (payable to “North Jersey Section IEEE”)
to:
Donald Hsu
Co-Chair, Education Committee
IEEE North Jersey Section
PO Box 2093
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Name: / Mr. / Mrs. / Miss / Ms. / _____________________________________________ _________________________________
˙ Non-member Çemail addressČ
˙ IEEE Member Member #:_________________________ Member of _____________________________
technical society
Employer:___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employer
Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home
Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Business (day) telephone
#:___________________________________
Home telephone #:________________________________
Continuing Education Units: Yes $15 No
If CEUs are chosen, please
include a $15 processing fee
Payment Enclosed
$_______________ Add $25 late registration after October 10, 2006
Please enclose required fee
payable to: North Jersey Section IEEE
As soon as a completed
registration form and the payment are received, you are officially registered
for this course. Registration status will be emailed after October 10, 2006.
˙ I wish to receive the IEEE
Completion Certificate
˙ Tuition receipt will be
issued only if this box is checked Signature:___________________________________________
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NJ
Power Engineering Society/Industry Applications Society
National Electric Code Seminar
The PES and IAS Chapters
will sponsor a one-day seminar providing an overview and discussion of recent
changes incorporated in the 2005 National Electrical Code (NEC). The session
will be held on Friday, October 27th, from 9:00 AM – 12:45 PM, in the Punch Bowl Room at
Jersey Central Power and Light, 300 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ. The instructor will be
Won Kim, PE. Participants are encouraged to bring their NEC book to the
seminar. It can be ordered at www.NFPAcatalog.org (request the current NEC
2005 edition).
About the Seminar
The National Electrical
Code is revised every three years by National Fire Protection Association as
NFPA 70, and is adopted by most of the States as the State’s Electrical Code.
The purpose of the Code is the practical safeguarding of persons and property
from hazards arising from the use of electricity. The seminar will cover the
major changes in the code, and the topics will include the following:
ü Relationship to Uniform
Construction Code of New Jersey and Electrical Safety Code(NESC) published by
IEEE.
ü Enforcement of the Code by
the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and the municipalities.
ü Relationship between
electrical engineers/designers, electrical contractors and electrical inspectors.
ü Wiring methods, materials
and protection.
ü Equipment for general use.
ü Special occupancies and
conditions
ü Communications Systems
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The registration fee for this seminar
will be $100 (non-members), $75 (IEEE members), $50 IEEE GOLD (Graduates of the
Last Decade) Members, $25 Student Members and the fee will be waived for Life
Members. All Registrations after October 12 must include an additional late fee
of $25. IEEE Continuing Education Units will be available at the seminar for an
additional charge.
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Time:
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9:00 AM – 12:45 PM,
Friday, October 27, 2006.
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Place:
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Punch Bowl Room at Jersey Central Power and Light, 300 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ.
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Directions:
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Route 287 to Route 124 (Madison Ave exit). Head toward Madison. Jersey Central building
is on the left about
1.5 miles from the exit.
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Information:
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Ken Oexle, (973) 386-1156
or k.oexle “AT” worldnet.att.net.
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REGISTRATION: National Electric Code Seminar 10/27/2006
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
12, 2006.
Make checks payable to North Jersey Section IEEE
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Life Grade
Luncheon
The PES Chapter and the
Section will sponsor a luncheon for North Jersey IEEE Life Grades (Members,
Senior Members and Fellows) on Thursday, November 2, at the
Hamilton Park Conference Center, 175 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932. The luncheon will begin
at 11:30 AM in the Terrace area. Cost
is $5.00 per person.
Advance registration is
required prior to October 24. We can accommodate only 30 people. Registrations
will be processed in the order of receipt and will be confirmed by
return mail. Please
complete the following registration form and include a check payable to the North Jersey Section IEEE in the amount
of $5.00 per person.
Reservations cannot be
accepted at the door. For additional
information contact Ken Oexle (973) 386-1156.
IEEE Life Grade Luncheon Registration NJ Nov 2, 2006
Name_________________________________________
Address_________________________________________
Phone _________________________________________
IEEE #______________ Life Grade ____Yes
Return to:
Ken Oexle
11 Deerfield Rd
Whippany, NJ 07981
Prior to October 24 and enclose a $5.00 check payable
to NJ Section IEEE
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THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL
AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS, INC.
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IEEE
NORTH
JERSEY SECTION
MTT-Society
and AP-Society Joint Chapter
PRESENT
21ST
ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM AND MINI-SHOW
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FOCUS: SELECTED
TOPICS IN RF AND MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Birchwood Manor
111 N. Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ (973) 887-1414
SCHEDULE
OF EVENTS
9:30 AM TO 4:30 PM
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
10 –12 LECTURES
FEATURING SPEAKERS FROM LEADING
COMPANIES, WITH EMPHASIS
ON MILTARY ELECTRONICS,
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
AND MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS
MINI SHOW FEATURING
LATEST PRODUCTS
(Approximately 30-40
Exhibitors)
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH SERVED
Details of the schedule, speakers and topics can also be found at the
IEEE North Jersey Section Newsletter webpage:
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/NEWSLETTER.html
For further information contact
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Chair/Exhibition:
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Kirit Dixit
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(201) 669-7599
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Kdixit “AT” kivimicrotech.com
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Publicity:
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Arthur Greenberg
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(973) 386-6673
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ahg1 “AT” lucent.com
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Event/Location Co-Ordinator:
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Ken Oexle
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(973) 386-1156
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Section Chair/Coordinator:
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Har Dayal
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(973) 633-4618
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har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com
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Technical Program Chair:
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George Kannell
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(973) 386-4170
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gkk “AT” lucent.com
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THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM OR SHOW
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