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• New Technical Concepts in Electrical Engineering.

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who must forward each Section nomination package (form and endorsement letters) to the Region 1 Awards Chair by June 15.

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OFFICERS SECTION CHAIRMAN – Benjamin Schall VICE CHAIRMAN, OPERATIONS – Robert P. Noberini VICE CHAIRMAN, ACTIVITIES – Paul J. Sartori TREASURER - Stanley Karoly SECRETARY – Neil Weisenfeld AWARDS CHAIRMAN - Peter Mauzey P.A.C.E. CHAIRMAN -Peter J. Greco PUBLICATIONS CHAIRMAN - Frank E. Schink

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Editorial – The IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition is coming to New York City in October 2004. This event provides a venue for sharing and discussing various issues and developments in the multifaceted field of electrical power systems. There are always areas where we can gain experience and insight from others. By networking and consulting with others regarding equipment and diverse organizations we can learn and deploy the latest in technology and engineering. We look at this as a great opportunity for sharing and promoting technical expertise, hearing from our vendors, consultants, and technicians. We encourage all to attend and we are seeking sponsors for various functions. We are particularly interested in obtaining sponsors for a student luncheon of about 100. I know that engineering students are our future and I want to extend a very warm welcome to this group. The cost of this event could be shared among multiple companies. New York City will welcome all who attend with a myriad of cultural events that will supplant what you will find in the Conference and Exposition, thus making sure that everyone will find activities that they will like. Power systems engineers, operators, planners, policy makers, economists, academics, and others working in the areas of planning, operation, implementation, security, and related areas, will greatly benefit from the discussions during meeting sessions. A unique highlight will be a new look at security issues based on policy following 9/11. There is so much and more that can be added – I hope to see you all at this great event.

RECRUITING AND RETAINING VOLUNTEERS, PART V What volunteers need: “A good reason for doing the task.” * A task is more likely to be completed and on time when your volunteers know that their contribution is important and that others are counting on them. So let them know the importance of what they are doing and how the job fits into the Section’s goals and organization. And be sure to let them know that they were selected because they are the best people for the job. IEEE best practice: in Region 10, if a member complains about the way the Section is being run, that person is invited to take on a volunteer position. They are informed that someone like them, who is observant and has ideas for improvement, is needed to help the Section. (*from “Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep Them” by Helen Little; page 37, 38, Panacea Press, Inc. Naperville IL., 1999)

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Introducing: Darlene E. (Caprio) Rivera Our new: Women in Engineering Chapter Affinity Group Chair Darlene Rivera hopes to increase the participation of women within the NY section chapter and encourage women to pursue leadership roles within the IEEE governance. Education: M.S.E.E. Manhattan College, New York, NY, 2001 M.S.C.E. Manhattan College, New York, NY, 2000 B.S.E.E. Manhattan College, New York, NY, 1992

License: New York State Professional Engineers License in Electrical Engineering 2002 Professional History: MTA Bridges and Tunnels 2003-Date ITS Project Manager Responsible for directing the design, acquisition, implementation and testing of electronic systems (systems including hardware, software and applications) utilizing advanced transportation and toll technology. Various technologies include Incident detection, Advanced Traffic Management Systems, Traffic Command Centers, Weather and Road Condition reporting systems, Variable Message signs, Variable speed limit signs, Violation Enforcement Systems, Video Surveillance systems, Dedicated short range communications. TransCore 1998-2003 Senior Engineer Project Manager and Task Leader for both NYSDOT and NYCDOT projects, responsible for the design of fiber optic, wireless and other communications networks and ITS Equipment, and development of technical specifications. AT&T 1996-1998 Technical Manager Responsible for the resolution of system outages, software system modifications and the interfacing of billing, ordering, management and marketing systems for Local Service. Bronx VA Medical Center 1991-1995 Responsible for the modification of equipment and development of technical specifications for new equipment which led to the publication of an article in Physiotherapy. Publications:Cherniack, E. P., Caprio, D., Fischer, A. A. and Tuckman, J. "A Novel Device for Walking Training in Elderly Patients", Physiotherapy, 85, 3, pp 141-148, 1999. Professional Membership: Women Transportation Seminars, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Other Professional Activities: Women Transportation Seminars Mentoring Program

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New York Section PACE Calendar of Upcoming Events: The following are proposed Section activities. Note that there will be a Financial Seminar this month. Look for the details on the announcement page of this issue. Please plan to attend a meeting or seminar. March 10: General Meeting March 24: Financial Seminar April 14; General Meeting If you have suggestions on areas of professional activities that interest you please contact me. Peter Greco PACE Chairman Tel.: 212-614-3357 Fax: 212-529 5237 email: p.j.greco@ieee.org IEEE-USA’s and IEEE Job Site: This highly rated job listing service was replaced by a new internet-based job site, and is sponsored by IEEE-USA and IEEE Spectrum. The site allows the active and passive job seeker more control over the recruiting process. For more details go to www.ieee.org/jobs.

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Calendar of Upcoming Events March 18, 2004 (Thursday) PES / IAS Technical Discussion Group and the Edison Engineering Society – Present: Square D discussing Programmable Lighting Control Solutions in the Con Edison Executive Dining Room, 4 Irving Place, 19th Floor, New York, NY For information or Reservation call : Sukumar Alampur Sukuman@JRLA.comn or 212 563 7400 / Jim Nucito J.R.Nucito@IEEE.org or 732 380 1100 Ext. 4149 March 18, 2004 (Thursday) PES / IAS Technical Discussion Group and the Edison Engineering Society – Present: Alan Bradley discussing Variable Frequency Drives (VFD’s) in the Con Edison Executive Dining Room, 4 Irving Place, 19th Floor, New York, NY For information or Reservation call : Sukumar Alampur Sukuman@JRLA.comn or 212 563 7400 / Jim Nucito J.R.Nucito@IEEE.org or 732 380 1100 Ext. 4149Cutler Hammer / Alan Bradley March 24, 2004 (Wednesday) Tappan Zee Subsection meeting at 6:30 PM. The meeting will be held at the Westchester Graduate Center of Polytechnic University located at 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY 10532. The speaker will be Dr. Laurent Balmelli, Research Staff Member in the IBM Research Division. He will be presenting the System Engineering Modeling Language. An abstract of his talk is detailed below. March 24, 2004 (Wednesday) Financial Seminar on Principals of Investing beginning at 5:30 PM in the Con Edison executive dining room, 4 Irving Place, 19th floor, New York, NY 10003. Topic: Reviewing Investment Concepts. Speaker: Jeremy A. O’Brien, USB Financial Services Contact: Peter J. Greco at Email: P.J.Greco@IEEE.Org or Phone: (212) 614-3357 March 30, 2004 (Tuesday) PES/IAS Tentative Program Committee Meeting is scheduled to being at 5:30 PM at the Con Edison Executive, 19th floor, Dining Room, 4 Irving Place, NYC. , Subject: The 2nd Avenue Subway – In on Again, RSVP to John Michelsen at (914) 968-8400 or Michael A. Miller by email at MillerM@ConEd.Com or at (212) 460-4911 April 29, 2004 (Thursday) at 6:00 PM, Vehicular Technology Society, "RF Communications for Communication Based Train Control (CBTC)" presented by Dr. Alan Rumsey and Mike Fitzmaurice, Cisco Systems, Inc., One Penn Plaza, New York City, 5th Floor, For information call Mr. Joern Fellenberg at 212-672-4052 or by e-mail at Joern.Fellenberg@IEEE.Org October 10-13, 2004 (Sunday – Wednesday) IEEE PES Power Systems Conference & Exposition at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York, NY See Page 16, back cover for details. October 19 & 20, 2004 (Tuesday & Wednesday) IEEE Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation & Measurement Conference, IBM Palisades Executive Conference Center See Page 15 for details.

The following New York Section members have been elevated to Senior Member.

Eero P. Simoncelli

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NYCT Rail Control Center

The Programming Committee headed by John Michelsen presented a unique view of NYC developing a world class transit system.

John Michelsen

David Weiss, our presenter spoke about the progress being made since 1992 when the concept was born. The new NYCT Rail Control Center (RCC) building is on the site of the old 54th Street Bus Depot, which was demolished in 1996. David has been with the NYCTA for 12 years and is now the Senior Director of Project Planning.

David M. Weiss

NYCTA Senior Director

The foundation was built in 1997. The RCC measures 375’ by 140’ on 3 levels.

The New Rail Control Center It contains an operating theater with 40,000 sf of column free space. The new RCC will contain several new technology systems including Automatic Train Supervision (ATS), a SONET/ATM communication system; Communications Based Train Control (CBTC); and a Station Information Management

System (SIMS) with public address. The IRT will be the first line with Automatic Train Supervision (ATS).

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Concept CBTC System Operation

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ATS provides automatic routing and dispatching; transportation rule monitoring; real time train monitoring and control; integrated communications at the console; and the data source for the customer information signs. Completion is scheduled for 2005. NYCT is already working on the design of the next phases. The ATS will enable NYCT plans to provide real-time customer information through the train monitoring function. Information will be passed on to the new Station Information Management System’s public address component.

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Customer Information Signs (CIS) Public Address Speaker (PA)

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and interlocking control. It will increase operating flexibility and provide smoother stops at stations. The SIMS provides public address at stations, customer information signs with real-time information from ATS, customer help points where customers can get information and CCTV.

Operating Theatre – Work Consoles

There will be integrated voice communications which are to be centralized. Remote locations will be tied in to master towers, yard towers, dispatching offices. The operating theater is multifunctional with several platform levels.

Operating Theater

There were many implementation issues that go along with transitioning from a decentralized, manual system based in towers and field offices to a centralized, automated system based in the Rail Control Center with electronic connections to other computer applications. Project Implementation Teams (PITs) have been established to assure we’re ready and in place when the time comes. Training over 1000 people to operate and maintain the new software based system is critical. This requires facilities, courses, and trainers. Organization and Staffing issues are involved. Operating and Maintenance plans are being developed. New Rules and Procedures, including Records Retention, must be developed. In addition, other support groups, such as timekeeping, train and crew scheduling, and reporting are also affected. The key issues for the 12 year plan was to allow sufficient planning to define and specify all requirements, deliverables, monitor and approve intensive prototyping, GUI, interfaces, commercial software vs. site developed software, and ownership issues.

Mr. Weiss is an active member of the IEEE in the Vehicular Technology Society. He is now the Chair of the Student Activity Committee and President of Camp Sussex, Inc. a charity that brings 600 kids to camp each summer.

Alan Osborne, Chairman of the PES/IAS NY&LI Chapter, who has greatly enriched our programs and in general the PES/IAS section during the past year, said his farewells as he retires to Florida at the end of November 2003.

Media Concentration: How regulatory law and public policy have served to transform today’s telecommunication industry. A one day seminar by: Peter Lubell, IEEE Life Senior Member. Just as the newsprint market in U. S. cities has evolved into a single, or dual, provider marketplace, so has federal regulatory law and public police served to restructure the telecommunications industry in all its current attributes. Wired and wireless telephony, radio and television broadcasting, cable and satellite TV, and Internet services. Learn how almost 100 years of U. S. federal regulation of the telecommunications industry has evolved and adapted to the current divers technologies of today’s electronic media marketplace. Understand the options and opportunities that are afforded by recent regulatory and policy decisions. Although this course is focused on policies and practices in the U. S., some attention will be paid to the growing impact of globalization as it relates to our domestic telecommunications economy. For further information about this one-day short course to be given on Friday, April 2nd at The Cooper Union contact the office of Continuing Education at www.cooper.edu/ce or by phone at 212 353 4195.

IEEE Confers Life-Fellows Member Status to Dr. A. Mayer Sasson

Dr. Sasson became a fellow member in 1994 and joined

the elite ranks of IEEE Life- Fellows this year, January

2004. Dr. Sasson is a senior project manager at Con Edison and works in the

Energy Markets Policy Group.

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POWER ENGINEERING SOCIETY AND

INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS SOCIETY NEW YORK & LONG ISLAND

YOU ARE INVITED TO A JOINT MEETING

of the IEEE and Edison Engineering Society Wednesday, March 24th, 2004

PRESENTING: “The Market Outlook for 2004”

The March meeting will feature Jeremy A. O’Brien of Smith Barney / Citigroup, Financial Consultant

Presentation will Cover: • Defining retirement goals • Planning early retirement • Balancing your retirement goals with your overall financial plan • Working with a financial consultant • The market outlook for 2004 • Conclusion – Q&A

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All Invited !THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, INC.

Wednesday, March 24th, 2004

Refreshments: 5:15 pm Program: Starting at 5:45 pm Location: Con Edison Executive Dining Room, 19th Floor Nearest Subway: Union Square 4 Irving Place, NY 10003

Reservation to : Peter J. Greco, Phone: 212 614-3357

Email: P.J.Greco@IEEE.Org Alison Belliveau (800) 477-7522 ext.8858

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IEEE TAPPAN ZEE SUBSECTION MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT The next meeting of the Tappan Zee Subsection is scheduled for March 24, 2004 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Westchester Graduate Center of Polytechnic University located at 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY 10532. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Laurent Balmelli, Research Staff Member in the IBM Research Division at the T.J. Watson Center in New York. He will be presenting the System Engineering Modeling Language. An abstract of his talk is detailed below. SysML: The System Modeling Language Today's competition and market pressure forces manufacturing companies to improve their effectiveness to plan, design and manufacture products. This presentation gives an overview of an emerging standard for System Engineering, SysML- the System Modeling Language (www.sysml.org). SysML is a modeling language for representation systems and product architectures, as well as their behavior and functionalities. SysML is based on the actual standard for software engineering, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) developed within the Object Modeling Group (OMG, see www.omg.org.) SysML is developed by the SysML Partners as a response to the Request For Proposal (RFP) issued by the OMG in March 2003. The SysML partners include representatives from companies such as: IBM, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, John Deer, NASA, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Telelogic, I-Logix, Gentleware, and others. SysML brings a solution to multiple needs along the product development lifecycle, for example: It enable efficient product requirements traceability across the lifecycle, it allows the association of requirements to design elements, which in turns provides, for example, impact analysis capabilities. Representing products using SysML gives a means for storing engineering knowledge and transform the engineers' expertise into reusable and durable company assets. The improved development processes emerging from these new modeling capabilities translate into faster time-to-market, increased design reuse and product commonality, cost reduction and enhanced product features. About the speaker: Dr. Laurent Balmelli is a Research Staff Member in the IBM Research Division at the T.J. Watson Center in New York. He is a SysML partner and represents the interests of IBM within the SysML group, as well as in other standard committees in the area of System Engineering. He is one of the authors of the final SysML language specification submitted to the Object Modeling Group. He can be joined at balmelli@us.ibm.com.

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We cordially invite you to be a part of the IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition (PSCE) that will be held at the Grand Hyatt New York in the heart of New York City, on October 10 - 13, 2004. We expect to attract over 600 professionals in the fi eld of electrical power systems engineering to the conference. This would be an ex cel lent op por tu ni ty to meet with this fo cused group of professionals.

The exhibits are strategically located adjacent to other conference activities to give you optimal exposure to the attendees. The technical program will also include times devoted exclusively to exhibits. In addition to listing your company name and booth location in the program, you will be invited to meet the conference attendees at the reception on Monday, October 11, 2004.

You may also elect to become an offi cial PSCE 2004 supporter for as little as $3,000. In addition to the acknowledgements in the conference program, your company will be featured on the conference webpage and on signage at the conference.

Exhibit Hours (Tentative): Monday, October 11, 2004 12:00 noon - 7:00 pm *Dedicated Hours 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:00 am - 4:00 pm *Dedicated Hours 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm (lunch provided in the exhibit hall) Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:00 am - 2:00 pm *Dedicated Hours 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm*Time devoted exclusively to exhibits.

Move In: Sunday, October 10, 2004 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Monday, October 11, 2004 8:00 am - 10:00 am

Move Out: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Book your booths early to be eligible for the registration discounts. Booth selection is priority based (see preliminary fl oor plan attached). Send your application and inquiries to the attention of Christopher Garza at:

PSCE 2004 Exhibits Conference Management Services, Inc. Attn: Christopher Garza 3833 Texas Avenue South, Suite 221 Bryan, Texas 77802-4015 USA(979) 846-6800 (phone) (979) 846-6900 (fax) exhibits@pscexpo.com

Exhibitorʼs Invitation

PSCE 2004 Technical ProgramTRACK 1: Planning and Op er a tionTRACK 2: Markets, Policies, and EconomicsTRACK 3: Dynamic Per for mance of Pow er SystemsTRACK 4: Real-Time Ap pli ca tionsEducational Track: Un der stand ing Power Systems

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The Month’s meeting on SCADA featured Jerry Fink, Systems Engineer, Randy Bouwense, Sales Engineer, and Chad P. Barry, Systems Engineer, General Electric Regional Applications.

Randal Bouwense Jerry Fink

Their roles are to provide engineering design guidance to Consulting Engineers, Industrials, Commercial Users and Electrical contractors. Randy Bouwense did the presenting. Randy is presently with GE as a Power Management System

Engineer. Jerry Fink’s GE experience spans 38 years with various assignments in GE

Industrial Systems. It is interesting to note the progression of SCADA developments through the years moving from simple load monitor, tenant sub-metering to more exotic equipment and device communication, and finally to systems management and interfacing. Winning rapid recognition within the span of only a few years based on cost allocation and load management, temperature control, information status, and connectivity issues SCADA has gained worldwide acceptance.

This has been highlighted of late with the Blackout of August 17, 2003 where simple relay connections could have saved the day. Featured in this system are: Use Aggregation, Site Benchmarking, Bill Auditing, Remote Viewing, and an inexpensive equipment purchases. The system is mission critical serving banking, stock markets, server farms both by UPS and generators. There is the ability to grow and drill down to component parts. Security is high, standards incorporated, and monitoring can be wireless or hard wired depending on need.

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Sukumar Alampur Chad Barry

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POWER ENGINEERING SOCIETY AND

INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS SOCIETY NEW YORK & LONG ISLAND

YOU ARE INVITED TO A JOINT MEETING

of the IEEE and Edison Engineering Society Thursday, March 18th, 2004

PRESENTING: Programmable Lighting Control Solutions

The March meeting will feature John Berry, Business Development Specialist for Square D Company. Johnworks in the Power Management Organization at Square D, specializing in PowerLink intelligent lighting controlpanels. With territorial responsibility from New York to Virginia, he interfaces with consultants, contractors, andend-users from a wide variety of industries to help them with their lighting control interests. Presentation will Cover: • Changes in building codes driving energy awareness. • Alternative methods of controlling loads • Integration into building automation systems • Networking and software solutions • Programming options with various sensors and controls • Conclusion – Q&A

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All Invited !THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, INC.

Thursday, March 18th, 2004

Refreshments: 5:15 pm Program: Starting at 5:45 pm Location: Con Edison Executive Dining Room, 19th Floor Nearest Subway: Union Square 4 Irving Place, NY 10003

Reservation to : Sukumar Alampur @ 212-563-7400

Salampur@Loringengineers.com Jim Nucito @ 732-380-1100 x4149

IEEE Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation & Measurement Conference October 19 & 20, 2004

Sponsored By IEEE Metropolitan Sections Activities Council, IEEE Region 1*, IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society, and the IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society

At The IBM Palisades Executive Conference Center in Palisades, NY (near New York City)

An application-oriented Lightwave Technologies Conference devoted to applying and developing

instrumentation and applications for improving quality and productivity. Lightwave technologies implemented with hardware or in conjunction with software are increasingly becoming the primary, sole and/or economic means for monitoring, understanding and controlling industrial, biomedical, and natural events and processes. The conference field of interest and related topics include: instrumentation employed in research and development, applications, related software and concepts.

CALL FOR PAPERS Sessions are planned for:

• Continuous process control in manufacturing, • Monitoring ambient environments – land, sea and air (e.g. LIDAR, range gating, air turbulence, multi-

spectral), • Medical and biological, • Enabling materials, processes and technologies, • Opto-electronic interface issues in electronic and optical environments, • Advanced opto-electronic packaging techniques, • Measurements of optical communication signals and components, • High-reliability and military opto-electronic ground and airborne applications, • State-of-the-art thermal design techniques for opto-electronic modules, • Processes in any of the aforementioned that benefit through the use of lightwave technologies, • Novel applications, including speculative applications, • Technology surveys and case histories in uses of lightwave instrumentation, including related or integral

software, materials and applications. Abstracts are to be sent via EMAIL to: Cam Ingelin c.ingelin@ieee.org

• Abstract due date - April 15, 2004 - 250 word abstracts accompanied by key words • Abstract acceptance - May 15, 2004 – Authors will be notified by email of acceptance with paper instructions • Paper delivery via email - August 15, 2004

Conditions For Acceptance and Publication • No paper will be accepted or published without a pre-paid conference registration • Authors are expected to deliver their papers and participate in the conference and its sessions

Exhibits are Welcome Exhibit space costs are very modest in this exhibitor hassle-free location. This exhibitor-congenial facility

allows exhibitor personnel to setup and teardown exhibits. This conference center is very close to mid-town New York City, airports and offers 45-minute bus service to

mid-town Manhattan. Two hundred high-technology rooms are available for those desiring convenient, on-sight housing. Nearby hotel and motel accommodations are also available. The IBM Conference Center offers more-than-ample no-cost on-site parking for all attendees. The IBM Conference Center information is at www.ibmpalisades.com.

Please go to http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r1/metsac/LTWV.htm for up-to-date conference information including Conference Registration and Exhibitor Information.

The IBM Conference Center is offers American Plan room accommodations that include all meals, and use of all facilities. Reservations require advanced payment.

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