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November 2006
Volume 53, Number 5
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
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08855-1331. USPS 580-500 (ISSN 1076-3732).
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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
November
2006
Nov. 1 – “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.
Nov. 2– “Life Grade Luncheon” - 11:30 AM, Hamilton Park Conference Center, 175 Park Ave, Florham Park, NJ. Ken Oexle (973) 386-1156.
Nov. 7 – “Student Leadership
Training Workshop”, 5:00 pm to 9:00 PM (food will be provided), Main Auditorium,
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ. Russell
Pepe (northjerseysac “AT” ieee.org).
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).
Nov. 8 – “Efficient Simulation-based Stochastic Optimization
and Its Application to Network Design and Management”
by Professor Chun-Hung Chen, NJ Control Systems Chapter, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM,
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark,
NJ. Professor Timothy Chang (973)
596-3519 (changtn “AT” njit.edu) or Professor Mengchu Zhou (973) 596-6282.
Nov. 8 – “Engineers Meet: IEEE-USA from the Top”
- 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).
Nov. 15 – “Course -
Navigation: Land, Sea, Air and Space”
by Dr. Myron Kayton, AES Chapter, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, L-3Com Space and Navigation, 450 Clark Drive, Budd Lake, NJ, 07828, (973)
446-4000, www.L-3Com.com/Spacenav. Dr. Naresh Chand, (973) 636-7408,
naresh.chand “AT” baesystems.com.
Nov. 17 – “Arc Flash Seminar”
by Won Kim, NJ PES/IAS, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM, PSE&G, 80 Park Plaza, Newark, NJ 07101. Ronald
W. Quade (732) 205-2614 or RWQuade “AT” IEEE.org.
Nov. 22 – “Nano and Industrial
Robotics” by Dr. Heping Chen, NJ SMC Society, 7:00 PM
(light refreshments at 6:45 PM), NJIT, 202 ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Mike Liechenstein, (973) 471-0721,
(m.liechenstein “AT” ieee.org).
Upcoming Meetings
Dec. 18-21
– “9th
International Conference on Information Technology (CIT 2006)”,
see http://www.citconference.org
and http://www.cs.unt.edu/~smohanty/CIT2006.
Jan. 25 – “PSoC Mixed Signal Development”
by Chris Mesibov, NJ Consultants' Network, 7:30 PM, Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. Robert
Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org
Members and Non-Members Welcome
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NJ AES Chapter:
Navigation: Land, Sea, Air and Space
On Wednesday,
November 15, 2006, the IEEE NJ Section of Aerospace, Electronics and Systems
(AES) Technical Society together with the L-3Com will host a short course on
Navigation: Land, Sea, Air and Space.
The instructor is Dr. Myron Kayton.
About the Course
The course will
include: Overview of navigation, Coordinate Frames, Absolute navigation versus
dead reckoning, Guidance versus navigation, Tailoring navigation to the
vehicle, Terrestrial radio systems, GPS and DGPS, timing, Dead reckoning,
compass, gyroscopes and accelerometers, gimbal sets, strap-down configurations,
sensor processing, Cell-phone positioning, Spacecraft navigation, coasting
flight, powered flight, land navigation, Testing, Calibration, initialization,
and alignment, Cost and accuracy, Animal navigation, Future trends,
Bibliography: books, journals, and web sites.
About the
Instructor
Dr. Myron Kayton has 50
years of experience designing and testing avionic, navigation, communication
and computer-automation systems. He is a
Consulting Engineer for his own company.
From 1968 to 1981, he was a member of the senior staff at TRW where he
served as Chief Engineer for Spacelab avionics and head of System Engineering
for Space Shuttle avionics among scores of assignments. From 1965 to 1969, he served as Deputy
Manager for Lunar Module Guidance and Control at NASA's Johnson Space
Center. From 1960 to 1965, he was
Section Head at Litton's Guidance and Control Division where he designed and
analyzed some of the earliest multi-sensor navigation systems, for example the
SRAM cruise missile. Dr. Kayton is a
Life Fellow of the IEEE, served on its Board of Directors and as President of
the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, and received numerous awards and
honors. He is an AESS Distinguished
Lecturer, has taught at UCLA and published more than 80 papers; two books,
Avionics Navigation Systems (two editions); Navigation: Land, Sea, Air and
Space; and several handbook chapters.
All Welcome!
All
are welcome but seats are limited (first come-first served)! You do not have to
be IEEE member to attend the course.
Early registration, latest by October 31, is required to help L-3Com for
security review and allowing you access to their building.
Cost: $10 for
IEEE-AES members, unemployed and students.
$25 for all others. You are
welcome to join AES Society and pay the reduced rate.
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Wednesday, November 15, 2006.
Refreshments will be provided.
Place: L-3Com Space and Navigation, 450 Clark Drive, Budd Lake, NJ, 07828, (973)
446-4000, www.L-3Com.com/Spacenav.
Information:
Dr. Naresh Chand, (973) 636-7408, naresh.chand
“AT” baesystems.com.
REGISTRATION: Navigation: Land, Sea, Air and Space by Myron
Kayton
Please mail the completed registration form
with the check (payable to “North Jersey Section IEEE”) to: Dr. Naresh Chand, BAE SYSTEMS, M/S 100A2, 164 Totowa Road, Wayne, NJ 07474
Name: Dr. / Mr./ Mrs./ Miss / Ms./____________________________________________
Email address:
____________________________________
Telephone #
Business:_________________________ Home:______________________
Member of IEEE-AES Technical Society: Yes
No
If no, do you want to join AES Technical
Society: Yes
IEEE Member Member #:____________________
Member of _____________________________
technical society
Employer:_______________________________________________________________
Employer address:________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Home
Address:___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
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 through email.
Tuition receipt will be mailed only if this
box is checked
I wish to receive IEEE Completion
Certificate
Signature:___________________________________________
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NJ Consultants' Network:
PSoC Mixed Signal
Development
On Thursday,
January 25, 2007, the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern NJ is pleased to present
”PSoC Mixed Signal Development”, by Chris Mesibov.
About the Talk
CNNNJ is pleased to
present a technical presentation about Cypress PSoC (Programmable System on
Chip) mixed signal IC development. Since
its introduction, the Cypress PSoC has made dramatic inroads into embedded
systems as a versatile mixed signal microcontroller. The PSoC contains microcontroller, digital
and analog functions that provide an embedded engineer a vast set of solution
all within a single IC. The discussion
will describe what functions can be provided, how they are implemented, why
engineers are choosing the PSoC over other micro controllers, and how the PSoC
is used. Application examples are
examined and demonstrations of the software tools are given that provide insight
into the powerful features and development environment available to the PSoC
developer.
About the
Speaker
Chris Mesibov is
President of TechGenesis Inc. His
consulting business provides analog and digital design services and specializes
in PSoC development. Mr. Mesibov is a
Cypress PSoC certified designer/developer and has 20+ years experience
designing embedded systems for RF ATE systems for military avionics, cellular /
satellite equipment, and power systems for telecom products. His website is http://www.techgenesis1.com and can be reached
by email at chris “AT” techgenesis1.com or by phone at (914) 584-2659.
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., January 25,
2007.
Place: Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. (Entrance at rear of building)
Information: For directions and up-to-date
meeting status, call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org. To download a map to KDI, go to: http://www.mcekdi-integrated.com/directions.htm.
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NJ Control Systems Chapter:
Efficient
Simulation-based Stochastic Optimization and Its Application to Network Design
and Management
On
November 8, 2006, the IEEE North
Jersey Section Control Systems Chapter will host a presentation titled
“Efficient Simulation-based Stochastic Optimization and Its Application to
Network Design and Management.” The
speaker will be Professor Chun-Hung Chen.
About the Talk
Discrete-event
simulation is a popular tool for designing large, complex, stochastic systems,
since closed-form analytical solutions generally do not exist for such
problems. While the advance of new
technology has dramatically increased computational power, efficiency is still
a big concern when using simulation for large system design, in which case many
alternative designs must be simulated.
This presentation gives our new development to address such an
efficiency issue. A key component of our
methodologies is a new control-theoretic simulation technique called Optimal
Computing Budget Allocation invented by the speaker. Another key technique is
Ordinal Optimization, which concentrates on finding a subset of good designs by
approximately evaluating a parallel set of designs and obtains an exponential
convergence rate. We will demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach via a
series of network design problems. We
will also present an on-going project about efficient simulation and management
of the US
air traffic network.
About the Speaker
Dr.
Chen received his PhD degree in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University.
Dr. Chen is an Associate Professor of Systems Engineering & Operations
Research at George Mason University, Fairfax,
VA. He was an
Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering at the University
of Pennsylvania before joining
GMU. His research interests include stochastic systems modeling and simulation,
optimization, network management, systems design under uncertainty, and air
traffic management. Dr. Chen currently leads NSF-sponsored research in
developing efficient network simulation methodologies, and leads NASA-sponsored
research in national air transportation simulation modeling. Dr. Chen won the
1994 Harvard University Eliahu I. Jury Award for the Best Thesis in the field
of Control. He is one of the recipients of the 1992 MasPar Parallel Computer
Challenge Award and 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Automation Best Paper Award. He is an IEEE senior member and is listed in
Who'sWho in America,
Who'sWho in Finance and Business, Who'sWho in Science and Engineering, and
Who'sWho in Education.
Time: Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Wednesday,
November 8, 2006
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: Professor Timothy Chang (973) 596-3519
(changtn “AT” njit.edu) or Professor Mengchu Zhou (973) 596-6282.
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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/University/Directions.html.
Information: Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS
Microwave), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Durga Misra (973)
596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu).
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NJ PACE &
GOLD Chapters:
Engineers
Meet: IEEE-USA from the Top
On
Wednesday,
November 8, 2006, the
North Jersey Section Professional Activities Committee and Graduates of the
Last Decade will meet to discuss IEEE-USA.
Our guest speaker will be Ralph W. Wyndrum, Jr., President of IEEE-USA.
About
the Meeting
The
subject will be improving the state of engineering in the USA.
• How can US Engineers succeed in the global
environment?
• Is engineering losing its value today?
• What are specific IEEE-USA programs to
maintain US
leadership in engineering?
• Mastering the Innovation Process.
About
the Speaker
Dr.
Wyndrum leads Executive Engineering Consultants, consulting in areas of R&D
resource allocation and decision sciences targeted at new product and service
development. He also teaches a seminar
on Strategic Leadership and Decision Quality at Rutgers University. Prior to assuming these positions, he had a
long and successful career at Bell Labs and AT&T Labs, beginning in thin
film and solid state circuit R&D, and retiring as Technology VP, and then
Program Planning and Management Vice President.
During
his 36 year career at AT&T and Bell Labs, Dr. Wyndrum was a member of the
Technical Staff; Supervisor of Integrated Circuit Development; head of several
Transmission Systems and R&D Departments; Director of Systems Analysis;
Director of Quality, Engineering, Software and Technologies; Technology Vice
President of AT&T Labs; and Program Planning and Management Vice
President. In 2000 at AT&T Labs, he
was Executive Consultant where he was involved in a wide variety of
business-related projects and development of a graduate level Internet Protocol
curriculum for AT&T’s technical staff.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Dr. Wyndrum served as a CCITT (ITU) delegate
from AT&T for local Transmission Systems.
He led the development for manufacture of several major Subscriber Loop
carrier systems now serving millions of customers, and of the early prototype
TouchTone ® Telephones. He also taught
graduate EE courses at Stevens Institute of Technology as adjunct Professor
from 1981-1988, and has advised masters and doctoral thesis students at Rutgers
and NJIT.
Dr.
Wyndrum is the 2006 President of IEEE-USA and a member of the 2006 ExCom and
IEEE BOD. In 2004 he served as IEEE Vice
President of Technology Activities and has served as a member of the IEEE
Executive Committee, and the IEEE Board of Directors for five years. In 2003, he was VP for Technology Policy of
IEEE-USA. He has served on the Boards of
Governors of the Communications Society and the CPMT Society, and was the
President of the CPMT Society. He has
also served as IEEE Publications Vice President, and on the Technical
Activities Board (TAB), the United States Activities Board, and as an ABET
evaluator.
Dr.
Wyndrum holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Business
Administration (Executive MBA) from Columbia University
and a Doctor of Engineering Science (Eng.Sc.D.) from New
York University. He has published over 40 papers, articles and
reviews and is a contributing author to texts published by Wiley and McGraw
Hill. He holds six patents in integrated
circuit applications, VF receiver design, and voice/data transmission.
All
Welcome!
Members
and students from other professional societies and engineering disciplines are
always welcome. We now include members
from IEEE, ASME and AEA. For more
information about these groups see:
www.aea.org
www.ieeeusa.org
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/1/
Time: 6:30
to 9:00 PM, Wednesday,
November 8, 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 SMC Society:
Nano
and Industrial Robotics
On
Wednesday,
November 22, 2006,
the NJ Systems, Man & Cybernetics (SMC) Chapter will be hosting a seminar
at NJIT on Nano and Industrial Robotics.
Dr. Heping Chen, a research scientist at Robotics and Automation Labs,
ABB Corporate Research Center, ABB, Inc., will be the presenter.
About
the Talk
Nanosensors/devices
can be fabricated using nano-robotics based on atomic force microscopy
(AFM). AFM has been widely used as an
imaging tool since it was invented by Benning, et. al., who won the Nobel Prize
because of the invention in 1986.
Recently, it has been also used as a manipulation tool to fabricate
nanostructures and nanosensors. However,
it cannot be used as an image tool and a manipulation tool simultaneously. Therefore, a haptic assisted interface has
been developed to manipulate nano objects, such as nanoparticles, nanorods,
carbon nano tubes (CNT) and DNA, etc. An
automated fabrication methodology has been also developed to facilitate the
manufacturing process. The developed
system has been successfully implemented to fabricate nanostructures.
Path
planning of industrial robots in automotive manufacturing is a challenging
research topic. An on-line robot
programming strategy based on vision, force and position sensor fusion has been
developed and implemented to automatically generate robot tool paths. The developed strategy can be applied in
robot programming for de burring, stripe painting, machining, and polishing
processes. For a part with a CAD model,
an off-line optimal path planning method has been developed to generate robot
tool paths. A software package based on
the method has been used in production at the Ford Motor Company, Inc., in
order to manufacture automotive parts using the spray forming technology. The method can also be used for spray
painting, spray forming, and rapid prototyping processes.
About
the Speaker
Dr.
Heping Chen received a BS degree in Control System Engineering from Harbin
Institute of Technology, China, in 1989; an MEng degree in Electrical and
Electronic Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in
1999; and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Michigan State
University, Michigan, in 2004.
Currently, Dr. Chen is a research scientist at Robotics and Automation
Labs, ABB Corporate Research Center, ABB, Inc.
He
has published about 40 journal/conference papers and applied for 4
patents. He has received several awards
including Quality Salute Award from ABB, Inc., in 2006; the Most Outstanding
Graduate Student Award from Michigan State University
in 2003; and the Highly Commended Award from the Journal of Industrial Robots
in 2002. His research interests include
micro/nano manufacturing, micro/nano robotics, industrial automation, and
control system design and implementation.
All
Welcome!
You
need not be a member of IEEE to attend, and there is no charge for
admission. Light refreshments will be
served starting at 6:45
PM.
Time: 7:00
PM (light refreshments at 6:45
PM),
Wednesday,
November 22, 2006.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center, Newark,
NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information/RSPV: Dr.
Mike Liechenstein, (973) 471-0721, (m.liechenstein “AT” ieee.org).
Please RSVP
prior to the presentation since space is limited, as well as for getting
instructions for accessing the secured parking deck at NJIT. Also check electronic newsletter for any
possible changes in room, etc.
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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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First Student Leadership Training Workshop
for Fall 2006
A
Student Leadership Training Workshop is being held for the Fall 2006
Semester. Remember to send representatives
from your branch to take advantage of this great learning opportunity. The Workshop is open to students from all
local universities; it is not restricted to students from Stevens Institute of
Technology.
·
Place:
Stevens Institute
of Technology, Hoboken,
NJ
·
Date: Tuesday,
November 7, 2006
·
Time: 5:00
pm to 9:00 PM
(food will be provided)
·
Building/Room:
Main Auditorium
·
Directions:
http://www.stevens.edu/main/maps/driving_directions.shtml
·
Dress: Code:
Informal-Just Show Up
·
Questions:
northjerseysac “AT” ieee.org
A
second Student Leadership Training Workshop is being schedule for the first
week in December, 2006 at NJIT, Newark,
NJ. Details will be provided shortly.
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PES/IAS Leadership Openings
The
PES and IAS Chapters are seeking members who are willing to serve in leadership
and officer position in these Chapters.
Interested candidates should contact Ken Oexle at (973) 386-1156 for
more information.
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Looking for a Few New Fellows
Nominations
are being accepted for the IEEE Fellows class of 2008. The rank of IEEE Fellow is the institute’s
highest member grade, bestowed on senior members who have contributed “to the
advancement or application of engineering, science, and technology.” The deadline
for nominations is 1 March 2007.
Senior members can be
nominated in one of four categories: application engineer/practitioner,
research engineer/scientist, educator, or technical leader.
To nominate an IEEE
senior member or to learn more about the Fellow program, visit http://www.ieee.org/fellows.
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FIRST
LEGO Judges Needed
The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science
and Technology) is sponsoring the FIRST LEGO League Nano
Quest. This year they will be holding a
competition in Montclair
at Mt Hebron School on Saturday, December 2,
2006
from 9
AM
to 2 PM.
The FIRST organization is
seeking judges for this competition. You
can check out the details at http://www.firstlegoleague.org/default.aspx?pid=21380
If you are interested in
judging, please contact Harvey Morginstin at harvey.morginstin “AT” excite.com.
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IEEE
North Jersey
Section MTT /AP 21st Annual Symposium and Mini-Show
The
IEEE North Jersey Section MTT/AP 21st Annual Symposium and Mini-Show was
successfully held on October 5th at the Birchwood Manor, Whippany, NJ,
with about 175 attending. During the
event consisting of nine lectures and numerous corporate table booth displays,
the following pictures were taken.
Kirit Dixit, General Chair, shown with speaker David Bates, Chief
Scientist, Dielectric Laboratories
Kirit Dixit, General Chair, and
George Kannell, Technical Program Chair
Prospective new member
and Peter Donegan, Section MTT/AP Vice Chair 2 and Membership Chair
From left - George
Kannell, Technical Program Chair, presenting plaque to Bill McGinn, Application
Engineer, Ansoft Corp, along with Kirit Dixit, General Chair
From left - Dr. Richard Snyder, President-RS Microwave
and C&S/ED Society Section Chair, Art Greenberg of Lucent Technologies and
VT Society Section Chair, Ken Oexle, Technical Program Chair and IAS Society
Section Chair, and Dr. James Benjamin, guest speaker from BAE Systems
From left - Wilhelm Schmidt, Section MTT/AP Vice Chair 2
and Life Member Chair, with Arthur Zekis and Denis Rehse, Tekmar, Inc., Sales
Engineers
From left - Bob Morrell, Russell Pepe, Technical Program
Chair and Section Student Activities Chair, and Pat Nolan, all of Advanced
Technical Marketing, Inc.
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NEWS
from IEEE-USA:
U.S.
IT Infrastructure Not Adequately Prepared for Cyber Attacks, Says IEEE-USA
Washington
(14 July 2006) - Because our nation’s information technology infrastructure is
highly vulnerable to hackers, terrorists, organized crime syndicates and
natural disasters, increased funding for cyber security research and
development is needed, according to a recent position adopted by IEEE-USA.
“Because
of society’s complete reliance on information technology and cyber networks,
all the critical infrastructures and networks are interdependent and
interconnected,” IEEE-USA stated. “A
cyber attack on one sector’s infrastructure may have devastating consequences
to another sector. U.S. infrastructure is not
adequately prepared to defend against such risks.”
Nearly every aspect of
life in the United
States
is tied to computers. Air traffic
control systems, power grids, financial systems, public health records and
military and intelligence cyber networks, among others, all depend on computer
networks. According to IEEE-USA, core
Internet protocols such as Internet routing, e-mail and end-user authentication
are at risk of cyber attack.
To
help mitigate the risk of attack, IEEE-USA recommends that Congress and the
executive branch work with private industry to:
·
Authorize and appropriate increased and stable
funding for cyber security research
·
Encourage and support cyber security
technology transfer programs
·
Facilitate commercialization
·
Facilitate development and implementation of
cyber security standards
·
Support cyber security education programs
“Not
only has the government traditionally played an important role in financing
such efforts, but IEEE-USA strongly believes that, without the government
driving a long-term cyber security vision, industry will most likely continue
to make only incremental advances and improvements based on short-term, market-driven
and adverse risk factors.”
The
position is accessible at http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/positions/cybersecurity.asp.
IEEE-USA
advances the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests
of more than 220,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are U.S. members of the
IEEE. IEEE-USA is part of the IEEE, the
world's largest technical professional society with 360,000 members in 150
countries. See http://www.ieeeusa.org.
Contact: Chris McManes
IEEE-USA Senior Public
Relations Coordinator
Phone: (202) 530-8356
E-Mail: c.mcmanes “AT” ieee.org
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NEWS
from IEEE-USA:
Reports, Studies Shatter Myth that
H-1B Visa Holders are Paid Same Wages as U.S.
Citizens
Washington (6
September 2006)
- U.S. industry spokespeople say
repeatedly that H-1B visa holders are paid the same wages as similarly
qualified American citizens. Numerous
studies and reports, however, have found this to be untrue.
Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS) Vice President Phiroz Vandrevala even admitted that his company enjoys a
competitive advantage because of its extensive use of foreign workers in the United
States
on H-1B and L-1 visas.
"Our
wage per employee is 20-25% lesser than US wage for a similar
employee," Vandrevala said.
"Typically, for a TCS employee with five years experience, the
annual cost to the company is $60,000-70,000, while a local American employee
might cost $80,000-100,000. This (labour
arbitrage) is a fact of doing work onsite.
It's a fact that Indian IT companies have an advantage here and there's
nothing wrong in that. … The issue is that of getting workers in the US
on wages far lower than local wage rate." ("US visas are not a
TCS-specific issue," Businessworld (India) magazine, June 2003).
IEEE-USA President Ralph
W. Wyndrum, Jr. said proposals now before Congress to raise the H-1B visa cap
should be scrapped until significant workforce protections for U.S.
and H-1B employees are instituted.
"Not
paying market wages to H-1B holders is unfair to both foreign and domestic
high-tech workers," Wyndrum said.
"H-1B employees are being taken advantage of, and some U.S. workers' salaries are
likely suppressed by the influx of thousands of additional job
competitors. The wage problem is one
symptom of how deeply flawed the H-1B program is."
Findings showing H-1B
holders earning less than the market wages paid to U.S.
technology workers include:
1)
"Immigrant engineers with H-1B visas may be earning up to 23 percent less
on average than American engineers with similar jobs, according to documents
filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
Salary data from Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) lends credence to
arguments that lower compensation paid to H-1B workers suppresses the wages of
other electronics professionals." -- EE Times (June 2006), which
calculated average H-1B salaries from LCAs and compared them to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics survey of employers. See http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189401976.
2)
"In spite of the requirement that H-1B workers be paid the prevailing
wage, H-1B workers earn significantly less than their American
counterparts. On average, applications
for H-1B workers in computer occupations were for wages $13,000 less than
Americans in the same occupation and state."
"Applications
for 47 percent of H-1B computer programming workers were for wages below even
the prevailing wage claimed by their employers." -- Center for Immigration
Studies report (Dec. 2005). See http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/back1305.html
(under Key Findings).
3)
"Some [H-1B] employers said that they hired H-1B workers in part because
these workers would often accept lower salaries than similarly qualified U.S. workers; however, these
employers said they never paid H-1B workers less than the required wage."
Government Accountability Office report (September 2003). See http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03883.pdf (p. 4).
According to IEEE-USA
Vice President Ron Hira, the concept of "prevailing wages" is
worthless as a safeguard for U.S.
and H-1B workers.
"Proponents
of the H-1B program say that by law H-1B workers must receive prevailing wages,
but this is a legal façade so full of loopholes that it is frequently gamed by
employers to pay below-market wages," Hira said. "This is another myth of the H-1B
program, that prevailing wages are the same as market wages."
A
review of the DOL's LCA database for FY 2005 shows some of the
well-below-market wages employers have been certified to pay H-1B workers. For example, Teja Technologies received
permission to pay a software engineer $10,900.
Infosys Technologies was authorized to pay a programmer analyst
$20,030. TCS was certified to pay a
computer programmer $20,571, and Syntel, Inc., was permitted to pay a computer
programmer $31,304.
Under
law, U.S. employers have three options
for determining an H-1B employee's prevailing wage. According to the DOL, an employer can request
a "prevailing wage determination from the appropriate State Workforce
Agency;" use a "survey conducted by an independent authoritative
source;" or use "another legitimate source of information."
Despite the law's intent,
Hira enumerated a few ways companies circumvent the law's prevailing wage
requirements when hiring H-1B workers:
1) By selecting a survey
source with the lowest salaries
2) By misclassifying an
experienced worker as entry level
3) By giving the person a
lower-paying job title than one reflective of the work to be performed
4) By citing wages for a
low-cost area of the country, then sending an employee to a higher-cost area
One reason it is so easy
for employers to underpay H-1B holders is because they know how to exploit the
loopholes and have almost no chance of ever being investigated. Even if they were investigated, the loopholes
are so large most of the employers would likely be found following the letter
of the law. First, DOL's automated
review of LCAs is limited to looking for missing information or obvious
inaccuracies; no human looks at the applications. Second, if a Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) review finds that an H-1B worker's income on the W-2 form is less than
the wage on the original LCA, DHS does not have a way to report the discrepancy
to DOL.
"It's a
self-policing system that is never actually checked," Hira said. "The law itself is written in a way to
invite exploitation. It should be no
surprise that firms take advantage of the loopholes."
IEEE-USA advances the
public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of more than
220,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are U.S.
members of the IEEE. IEEE-USA is part of
the IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society with 360,000
members in 150 countries. See http://www.ieeeusa.org.
Contact: Chris McManes
c.mcmanes
“AT” ieee.org
202-530-8356
IEEE-USA
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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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NJ Power Engineering Society/Industry
Applications Society
Arc Flash Seminar
The PES and IAS Chapters
will sponsor a technical seminar on the topic of Introduction to Arc Flash
Hazards. The session will be held on
Friday, November 17, 2006, at Public Service Electric & Gas Corporate
Headquarters in Newark, NJ.
Topics
Introduction to Arc Flash Hazards
ü Existing and Proposed
Standards
ü Determine Safe Approach
Distance
ü Arc Fault Current
Calculations
ü Flash Protection Boundary
Calculations
ü Incident Energy Exposure
Calculations
ü Determine Hazard Risk
Category
ü Select Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
ü ATPV Values for PPE
ü Reducing the Arc Flash
Hazard
About the Instructor
Bill Vilcheck received his
BSEE and MSEE from West Virginia University and has been employed as a power
systems engineer since 1975. He joined
Eaton Electrical Services & Systems in 1998. As Principal Engineer, he has been involved
in all power systems engineering activities and continues to focus upon power
quality engineering, energy management, and arc flash safety. Bill Vilcheck is a Senior Member of IEEE and
member of the Pulp and Paper Industry Committee. He is a Professional Engineer registered in
Pennsylvania and West Virginia and co-author of several technical papers.
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The registration fee for this seminar
prior to November 3rd will be $150 for non-IEEE members, $100 for IEEE Members,
$75 for GOLD Graduates (last 1-10 years) and $25 for students with valid
ID. The fee will be waived for IEEE Life
Member Grades with verification at the seminar.
Registrations after November 3rd must include an additional late fee of
$25. The seminar fee includes lunch,
refreshments and handouts. Non-members
joining IEEE within 30 days of the seminar will be rebated 50% of the IEEE
registration charge.
If desired, IEEE Continuing Education
Units will be offered for this course - a small fee of $25 will be required for
processing. A total of 0.4 CEUs will be
offered. Please indicate if desired
below.
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Time:
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9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (lunch
is included), Friday, November 17, 2006.
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Place:
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PSE&G, 80 Park Plaza,
Newark, NJ 07101
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Directions:
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http://www.pseg.com/about/directions.jsp or Amtrak, NJ Transit or PATH buses and
trains
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Information:
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Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732)
205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org
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REGISTRATION: Arc Flash Seminar 11/17/2006
Register
via US mail to: Ronald W.
Quade, PE
Eaton
Electrical
379
Thornall St, 8th Floor
Edison,
NJ 08837
Name____________________________________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________________________
Phone__________________ Email____________________________________________________________
IEEE #_________________ Student @________________ Non
IEEE_____ Life Member______
Continuing
Education Units: _____Yes $25 _____
No
If
CEUs are chosen, please include a $25 processing fee
Payment
Enclosed $_______________ Add $25 late registration after November
3, 2006
Make checks payable to North Jersey Section IEEE
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2007 Officer
Ballot
Instructions for Casting Ballots
Completed ballots
should be mailed to the North Jersey Section Newsletter Editor as follows:
Keith Saracinello
IEEE North Jersey
Section Newsletter Editor
25 Messenger Ln
Ringoes, NJ 08551
The ballot MUST be
filled out completely with members name, membership number, and signature. The ballots are invalid without this
information. Xerox copies of the ballot
are acceptable as long as they are filled out completely. Ballots received after November 30, 2006,
will not be counted.
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Chairperson: (choose one)
€.............................. Kirit Dixit
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Vice Chairman-1: (choose one)
€................. Bhanu
Chivakula
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Vice Chairman-2:
(choose one)
€...................... Russell
Pepe
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Treasurer: (choose one)
€............. Dr.
Sanghoon Shin
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Secretary: (choose one)
€........................... Seth
Jakel
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
Members-At-Large: (choose three)
€.................... Pete
Donegan
€............... Alin
Cosmanescu
€............................ Amit
Patel
€............................. (write-in)__________________________
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