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The Current Source Newsletter of the Schenectady Section of the IEEE
April 2015 (Section Established: 26 Jan 1903, part of IEEE Region 1)
http://sites.ieee.org/schenectady
The next Issue of Newsletter will be published in June 2015. Submit articles by June 5.
Steinmetz Memorial Lecture 21 April 2015
Upcoming Events
(Please see Page 3 for details.)
Section Lunch Time Talks – 24 April and 15 May Mechanicville Hydro Power Plant Tour – Mid May
Please see Section website for details.
Nominate a Senior Member Initiative http://www.ieee.org/about/volunteers/membership_development/senior_member.html
Goal: The Nominate a Senior Member Initiative was designed to encourage all IEEE Sections and Socie-ties to become actively involved in promoting the Senior member grade. This initiative aims to: encourage grade advancement in IEEE; simplify the application process; offer financial incentives for approved Senior
member applications; offer increased benefits for Senior membership.
Deadline: To qualify for the 2015 Nominate A Senior Member Initiative, Senior member application and reference forms must have been completed no later than 11 November 2015. 2015 Region 1 Senior Member Elevation: (None from Schenectady section)
YTD Total Goal % of Goal 60 195 31%
IEEE Resume Lab ResumeLab allows IEEE members to use customized templates to create resumes/CVs, letters related to the employment process, portfolios of past work, skills profiles, and video resumes. The product also provides members with the ability to conduct mock interviews. Finally, everything created in the product can be shared with colleagues, mentors, potential employers, the public, or social media via publicly-available links. Visit www.ieee.org/resumelab to see information about the product.
IEEE-USA Legislative Update The IEEE-USA web site offers timely summaries of legislation that concerns you! Check IEEE-USA’s Legislative Action Center (www.ieeeusa.org/policy; look in the upper right).
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2015 Nominations for Elected Officers Is your local society staffed? If not, we need you. A Society with no Events/Talks/Meetings for 3 years will be dissolved by IEEE. Call for Volunteers! The Schenectady Section needs your help! By volunteering you will meet great people and help plan professional, educational or social events in the area. These events are reimbursed and bring our IEEE dues back to the local area. Please contact Rebecaa Nold or James Barrett.
Executive Committee Electron Device Society
Chair James Barrett, [email protected] Chair Stanley Kocsis, [email protected]
Vice Chair, Membership Pat Irwin, [email protected] Vice Chair Anuj Bhatia, [email protected]
Vice Chair, Treasurer Rebecca Nold, [email protected] Vice Chair Vinit Todi, [email protected]
Vice Chair, Secretary Anh Nguyen, [email protected] Vice Chair Ahmed Elasser, [email protected]
Computational Intelligence Society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Chair Steve Gustafson, [email protected] Chair Judy Kilday, [email protected]
Vice Chair Mark J. Embrechts, [email protected] Vice Chair open
Computer Society Industry Applications Society
Chair open: Plan technical speaker(s) Chair Abouzar Ghavami, [email protected]
Vice Chair Howard Halstead [email protected] Vice Chair Kumar Modepalli, [email protected]
Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society Vice Chair Javad Heydari, [email protected]
Chair Karim Younsi, [email protected] Power and Energy Society
Vice Chair Qin Chen, [email protected] Chair Vince Forte, [email protected]
Vice Chair Dr. Nancy Frost, [email protected] Vice Chair Sowmya Nellutla, [email protected]
Education Society Vice Chair Amal Mallavarapu, [email protected]
Chair Jonathan Ashdown, [email protected] Committee Member Prabhakar Neti, [email protected]
Signal Processing Society Committee Member Navaneeth Varadarajan,
Chair Michael Lexa, [email protected] [email protected]
2015 Appointed Officers
Awards Chair Karim Younsi, [email protected]
Membership Meeting Coordinator Lou Tomaino, [email protected]
Newsletter Editor Krishnat Patil, [email protected]
Nominating Committee Chair Open: Short time commitment - coordinate volunteers
PACE Chair Sina Afshari, [email protected]
Past Section Chair Chandra Reis, [email protected]
PDH Coordinator John Golde, [email protected]
Section Historian Neal Taylor, [email protected]
Section Liaison to Prof. Eng. Society Louie Powell, [email protected]
Steinmetz Committee Chair Vince Forte, [email protected]
Student Activities Co-Chair Hugo Raul Bashualdo, [email protected]
Student Activities Co-Chair Vinit Todi, [email protected]
Webmaster Rebecca Nold, [email protected]
Women in Engineering Affinity Group Anna Topol, [email protected]
Young Professionals Program Masoud Abbaszadeh, [email protected]
Union College and IEEE Schenectady Section
present The Steinmetz Memorial Lecture for 2015
Ms. Lynn Conway Professor Emerita, University of Michigan
Our Travels Through Time: Envisioning Historical Waves of Technological Innovation
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Lecture at 7 pm in Nott Memorial building, Union College free and open to the public.
Optional buffet dinner (Orzo Stuffed Chicken or Vegetarian Lasagna) at 5:30 pm in Hale House, Union College for $20.00
Monitor http://sites.ieee.org/schenectady/ for additional information (campus map, parking).
This talk will reflect on past waves of innovation including the rapid spread of AC electrification propelled by Charles Steinmetz. Ms Conway will then help us to envision the next wave of inno-vation as almost everything becomes embedded with ever-tinier and ever-more empowering modular microsystems.
Lynn Conway invented computer techniques that propelled the computer revolution that is famil-iar to all of us. She is responsible for key innovations that allowed computer chips to grow much smaller and more complex. These innovations enable today’s complex rapid communications switching, smart phones, personal computers, missile guidance systems, satellite communications, robotics, virtually anything with high level computer systems and small physical envelopes.
A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Ms Conway holds five U.S. Patents for in-ventions on visual communications and control, and has received many major national and inter-national awards.
Ms Conway has also served on the U.S Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and numerous com-mittees of the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Engineering. Her book, Introduction to VLSI Systems, has been used in college engineering courses around the world.
For those attending the dinner please make checks payable to: IEEE Schenectady Section Return check to: Professor Frank Wicks 216 Steinmetz Hall, Union College Schenectady, New York, 12308 (518 388 6267)
State whether you prefer “Orzo Stuffed Chicken” or “Vegetarian Lasagna” Please provide your name and email for confirmation of reservation.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY L. C. SMITH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING and COMPUTER SCIENCE
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Invites you to attend
A Workshop on Electrical Power Engineering
A Workshop for all Professional Engineers in the Energy Sector
Monday, April 13, 2015 on the campus of Syracuse University Room 1-218 Center for Science and Technology
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Earn Eight (8) PDH credits (NYS approved) while advancing your knowledge of Electric vehicle integration, renewable energy, power system protection, arc flash, engineering ethics, as well as communication technology, cyber-security.
A Workshop on Electrical Power Engineering Syracuse University Smart Grid Group will be offering a workshop on Power Engineering for industry and academia. This workshop will introduce different intertwined topic areas to show the benefits as well as the complex nature of the Power System. Various power engineering topics will be presented in a balanced way so participants will see the global picture of the power system. The workshop will be informative for engineers, executives, academia and anyone who would like to get a perspective on the future power system. This workshop is designed such that all professional regardless of their discipline will be able to take the course. Each hour of the workshop will provide 1 PDH for the attendees (total of 8). The workshop will cover a wide range of interconnect topics related to power engineering including Electric vehicle, renewable sources, optimization, protection, as well as communication and cyber security processes in power systems, and how the advanced technology will positively impact energy suppliers, manufacturers, consumers and society.
Workshop Outline 1. Economical and Societal impact of EVs 2. Renewable energy sources 3. Arc Flash and its impact and prevention 4. Basics of mobile communication technology 5. Technology involved in protecting the power delivery system 6. Engineering Ethics 7. Cyber-security and its applications 8. Smart Grid Laboratory tour and experiment demonstration
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/syracuse_universitys_25_millio.html
Registration Includes Eight (8) PDHs Lunch and Morning & Afternoon Snacks Free Parking in Booth Garage (you must say you are parking for the “Smart grid Workshop” to
receive free parking)
Registration The registration fee for the Smart Grid Workshop is $199.00. Registration Fee payment must be mailed with the Registration Form by March 20, 2015 to Dr. Prasanta Ghosh, Syracuse University, EECS Department, 4-206 CST, Syracuse. NY 13244 Payment should be made by check payable to Syracuse University, and indicate “Power Engineering Workshop” on the memo line. (Sorry, we are unable to accept credit cards.)
Questions/Contacts Please feel free to contact us with questions or for more information: Dr. Prasanta Ghosh, Faculty Coordinator, 315-443-4440, [email protected]
Syracuse University Smart Grid Programs have been developed with the support of US Department of Energy Workshop is sponsored by the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University
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