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Sponsor: Northern Virginia Technology Council Nanotechnology Committee
Speakers: Dr. Barbara Karn, EPA National Center for Environmental Research, Office of Research & Development; Dr. Mark P. S. Krekeler, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University; Jay Larson, CIH, Department of Energy, Office of Science
Time: Registration and networking 7:30 am, program 8:00-9:30 am
Place: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Tysons Corner, VA
More Info:
http://online.nvtc.org/calendar/geteventinfo.cfm?event=NANO-5
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; meeting at 6:30 pm
Place: Allie's American Grill, Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill Rd., Bethesda, Md.
Directions: From the north, take 270 South to Route 355 and exit at Wisconsin Ave. From the south, take 495 exit 34 (which is Wisconsin Ave.) to Pooks Hill Rd.
More info: All interested IEEE members are welcome to attend.
Contact: Jackie Hunter 703-803-8701 or nca-admin@ieee.org. Please include the term IEEE in the subject line of your e-mail.
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Small Business Involvement on Large Government Contracts
Sponsor: Consultants Network, Washington and Northern Virginia Chapter
Speaker: Arnetta Cook, Small Business Utilization Center, U.S. General Services Administration
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; speaker at 7:00 pm
Place: Corner 7 Café, Tysons Corner Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA
Directions: From the east or I-495, take Route 7 West, turn right on Towers Crescent Drive, then immediately right into the Marriott parking lot. From the west on Route 7, turn right onto Old Gallows Road just opposite the Marriott, proceed around to the left until you have completed almost a full circle, and turn left into the Marriott parking lot. Free parking.
Contact: Sai Chiang at 703-203-0771 or creativesystem@ieee.org.
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Mapping Beneath the Vegetation: The GeoSAR Mapping Instrument
Sponsors: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Washington and Northern Virginia Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Scott Hensley, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center, Greenbelt, MD.
Directions: From the south, take the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (I-295) to Greenbelt Rd. East (Route 193). Follow Greenbelt Rd. past NASA's main gate. Turn left onto Soil Conservation Rd., then left onto Explorer Rd. to reach the Visitor Center. See www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/visitor/directions/index.html.
More Info: Speaker provided through the GRSS Speakers program. See Diamond story, below.
Cost: Free, open to the public.
Contact: James C. Tilton at james.c.tilton@nasa.gov.
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Corner 7 Café, Tysons Corner Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA
Directions: From the east or I-495, take Route 7 West, turn right on Towers Crescent Drive, then immediately right into the Marriott parking lot. From the west on Route 7, turn right onto Old Gallows Road just opposite the Marriott, proceed around to the left until you have completed almost a full circle, and turn left into the Marriott parking lot. Free parking.
More info: All interested IEEE members are invited to attend.
Contact: Jackie Hunter at 703-803-8701 or nca-admin@ieee.org. Please include the term IEEE in the subject line of your e-mail.
Sponsor: Graduates of the Last Decade, Northern Virginia Chapter
Time: Noon - 4 pm
Place: Lake Fairfax, Reston, VA
Directions: From the Beltway, take exit 47A (Route 7, Leesburg Pike) to Baron Cameron Avenue. Turn left on Baron Cameron Avenue and take the second left onto Lake Fairfax Drive. Follow the signs to the picnic.
See
www.co.fairfax.va.us/parks/maps/lakefairfaxmap.htm and
www.restonpaths.com/LakeFairfaxPark.
More Info: All GOLD members and their guests (including children) are invited. Hot dogs, hamburgers, and vegetarian burgers will be grilled, and cold sodas will also be provided. Optionally, a food item such as a dessert would be appreciated, or bring along an outdoor game. Please no alcohol.
Cost: Free
Contact: In order that we may plan appropriately, please RSVP no later than Wednesday, June 8 to Chuck Baldi at cbaldi@ieee.org or Syed Ahmed at syed.f.ahmed@ieee.org.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Elements of Power Quality: The Building Blocks to System Performance
Sponsors: Power Engineering Society, Northern Virginia and Washington Chapter; Industry Applications Society, Washington and Northern Virginia Chapter
Speaker: John Csomay, Chair, PES Richmond Chapter
Time: Light dinner buffet with dessert at 5:45 pm; speaker 6:30 pm; meeting ends at approx. 8:00 pm
Place: (Updated Info) Alexandria Research Institute (ARI), 206 N. Washington St., 4th floor, Old Town Alexandria (same building as Office Depot). This will be the final meeting held at this location as ARI is moving to a new campus in Arlington.
Directions: See http://www.ari.vt.edu/ari_directions.htm
More info: Please join us for a tutorial on power quality, facilitated by John Csomay, P.E., chair of the Richmond PES Chapter and president of the Mid-Atlantic Power Quality Society. Mr. Csomay will give us an overview of power quality from his dual perspective as a utility engineer and private engineering practitioner, illustrated by case studies. As a bonus, he will share the power quality engineer’s trade secrets: some often overlooked PQ elements. Bring your own "squirrel" stories to contribute to the discussion! See Diamond story, below.
Cost: Free for members (including student members), $10 for guests
Contact: RSVP by June 15 to Monica at 703-973-7727 or
mmallini@vt.edu or Sirak Belayneh at sbelayne@ieee.org.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Ad Hoc Networks: New Applications Bring New Challenges
Sponsor: Computer Society, Northern Virginia Chapter
Co-sponsors: Computer Society, Washington Chapter; Women in Engineering, Washington and Northern Virginia Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Luiz A DaSilva, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Time: Networking and food 6:00 pm; technical presentation 7:00-8:00 pm, followed by questions and other CS business
Place: Oracle Facility, 1910 Oracle Way, Reston, VA
More Info: See Diamond story, below. Pizza and soft drinks provided.
Contact: For more information on technical activities of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the Computer Society, please contact T.K. Ramesh, co-chair, at tkramesh@ieee.org.
Sponsor: Communications Society, Northern Virginia Chapter; Communications Society, Washington chapter
Speaker: Lynn Rector, Intelsat
Time: Sign-in 11:45 am; lunch 12:00 pm (Building 2); overview 12:45 pm; tour of Intelsat Earth Station 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Location: Intelsat, 22001 Comsat Drive, Clarksburg, MD
Directions: From the Washington Beltway, take I-270. Exit at Route 121 and go north towards Clarksburg. After less than 1 mile, turn right onto Gateway Center Dr., then right onto Comsat Drive.
More Info: Intelsat’s earth station in Clarksburg, MD carries communications traffic for customers over Intelsat’s satellites. It also performs vital telemetry, commanding, and monitoring (TTC&M) functions which are essential to maintaining the satellite fleet in orbit. Mr. Rector, engineering supervisor of the Clarksburg facility, will give a short presentation on the station’s history, its role in the Intelsat network, and an overview of the services it performs, followed by a tour of the facility. Mr. Rector has 37 years experience in satellite ground station operations at Comsat’s Etam, WV station and the Clarksburg station.
The tour of the Intelsat facility is limited to U.S. citizens only. Pre-registration is required. Due to size limitations, the tour is limited to the first 40 people to sign up. Only those individuals registered to take the tour will be permitted to enter the facilities.
Cost: Free, including lunch.
Contact: Please RSVP to Fred Seelig at fseelig@mitre.org.
Sponsor: Electron Devices Society, Northern Virginia and Washington Chapter
Speaker: Jimmy Xu, Brown University
Time: Refreshments at 6:00 pm; talk begins at 6:30 pm
Location: George Mason University, Science and Technology Building II, Room 320, Fairfax, VA
Directions: Visit
www.gmu.edu/gmu/Directions-to-GMU.html.
Parking available at the parking deck near the Center for Performing Arts (fee). Consult campus map at http://coyote.gmu.edu/map/fairfax.html or the information kiosk on the third level of Parking Deck for directions.
More Info: See Diamond story, below, or go to
www.ewh.ieee.org/r2/no_virginia/eds/.
Cost: Free
Contact: For more information, contact Murty Polavarapu at murtyp@ieee.org or 703-367-1497.
Sponsor: Atlantic Nano Forum; Electron Devices Society, Northern Viriginia and Washington Chapter
Speaker: Steve Simon, mPhase Technologies
Time: Registration 4:00 pm; program 4:30 pm
Location: Buchanan Ingersoll PC, including the attorneys of Burns Doane Swecker & Mathis LLP, 1737 King Street, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA
Directions: See www.burnsdoane.com/alex.html
More Info: See Diamond story, below.
Cost: Free
Contact: To register or for more information, please send email to nano@burnsdoane.com.
Diamond Stories
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Mapping Beneath the Vegetation: The GeoSAR Mapping Instrument
GeoSAR is a program to develop a dual frequency airborne radar interferometric mapping instrument designed to meet the mapping needs of a variety of users in government and private industry. Program participants are the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Earthdata International, Inc., and the California Department of Conservation with funding provided initially by DARPA and currently by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
Begun to address the critical mapping needs of the California Department of Conservation to map seismic and landslide hazards throughout the state, GeoSAR is currently undergoing tests of the X-band and P-band radars designed to measure the terrain elevation at the top and bottom of the vegetation canopy. Maps created with the GeoSAR data will be used to assess potential geologic and seismic hazards (such as landslides), classify land cover, map farmlands and urbanization, and manage forest harvests.
This talk will present an overview of the system and show some examples of X- and P-band data and maps generated using the GeoSAR systems and comparison with other sensor data such as LIDAR and photogrammetric data.
Dr. Scott Hensley received his B.S. degrees in mathematics and physics from the University of California at Irvine and his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he specialized in the study of differential geometry. Subsequent to graduating, Dr. Hensley worked at Hughes Aircraft Company on a variety of radar systems, including the Magellan radar.
In 1992, Dr. Hensley joined the staff of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he studies advanced radar techniques for geophysical applications. His research has involved using both stereo and interferometric data acquired by the Magellan spacecraft at Venus. Dr. Hensley has worked with ERS-1, JERS-1 and SIR-C data for differential interferometry studies of earthquakes and volcanoes. Current research also includes studying the amount of penetration into the vegetation canopy using simultaneous L and C band TOPSAR measurements and repeat pass airborne interferometry data collected at lower frequencies.
Dr. Hensley is the GeoSAR Project Manager and is currently leading the GeoSAR Processing and Algorithm Development Team for an airborne interferometric radar mapping instrument using X- and P-bands for mapping true ground surface heights beneath the vegetation canopy. He is the technical lead of the SRTM Interferometric Processor Development Team that is a shuttle based interferometric radar used to map the Earth’s topography between ±60° latitude.
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
Elements of Power Quality: The Building Blocks to System Performance
"Power quality" refers to deviations from an ideal sinusoidal voltage or current signal in the
electric power delivered to a customer. Such deviations are the result of power quality events, many of which are statistically predictable and natural occurrences on the distribution system. Other causes are customer equipment, human error, and "squirrels." Power quality has always been an aspect of power delivery, so why has it become a critical issue in the past decade?
The rapid evolution of industrial electronic technology has resulted in installations that are increasingly sensitive to power supply disturbances. This same sensitive equipment tends to produce harmonics that are problematic for that installation, as well as neighboring utility customers and the utility itself. Simultaneously, the stakes are rising as the value of industrial operations at each installation soars because – you guessed it – electronic devices are helping to improve productivity, efficiency, and product quality.
Because power quality affects reliability, the economic impact can be enormous. Emerging standards address power quality issues by quantifying acceptable disturbance levels and by prescribing greater immunity in manufactured devices. Meanwhile, power quality engineers are busy sorting out incompatibilities, investigating mysterious problems, and conducting forensic investigations. Don’t miss a discussion of this fascinating subject with a power quality expert and fellow IEEE member, John Csomay.
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
Ad Hoc Networks: New Applications Bring New Challenges
Mobile ad hoc networks offer the promise of rapid, unstructured deployment and self-organization. Significant research activity on ad hoc networks over the past several years has resulted in advances in areas such as routing and clustering algorithms. Lately, interest in ad hoc networks has expanded from military environments to a broad array of civilian applications, including homeland security, broadband wireless access, transportation applications, etc. As a result, new challenges have emerged, in areas that include network security, algorithms for energy-efficient multicasting, and incentives for cooperation among network nodes. Dr. DaSilva will present an overview of the current state of ad hoc networks, as well as some recent approaches to address some of these research challenges.
Luiz A. DaSilva joined Virginia Tech’s Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1998, where he is now an associate professor. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of Kansas and previously worked for IBM for six years. Dr. DaSilva's research interests focus on performance and resource management in wireless mobile networks and quality of service (QoS) issues. He is currently involved in funded research projects in the areas of QoS interoperability and policy-based network management, application of game theory to model mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs), heterogeneous MANETs employing smart antennas, and pervasive computing, among others.
Dr. DaSilva has published more than 40 papers in journals and major conferences in the communications and networking areas. Current and recent research sponsors include NSF, the Office of Naval Research, Booz Allen Hamilton, the U.S. Customs Services, Intel, and Microsoft Research, among others. He is a member of the Center for Wireless Communications (CWT), associated faculty at the Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG), and a member of the governing board of the NSF-funded Integrated Research and Education in Advanced Networking (IREAN) program at Virginia Tech. Dr. DaSilva is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE. He frequently teaches distance and distributed learning courses on network architecture and protocols and on mobile and wireless networking.
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Tuesday, June 28
Nanotube Electronics: An Enabling Platform for Beyond-CMOS Technologies
"The great digital electronics revolution has marched on a simple one-dimensional path of miniaturization and has brought to us the much celebrated era of nanotechnology. Unbeknown to the public, the driving force behind this revolution -- the CMOS technology itself -- is in deep trouble and is confronted with the wiring and power dissipation crises. Information technology has been a great success. But it has been a narrow one for it has been confined largely to the tasks of processing information and transmitting information. In this talk, I venture to suggest that these are the great and pressing problems confronting our professions, that they are rooted in the very foundation of the CMOS technology, that our problems are more than technological, and that parts of the solution may exist in new spaces beyond CMOS and in information technologies beyond processing and transmitting information. I will present carbon nanotube electronics as an example of emerging platforms which could enable technology advances beyond CMOS and into such new spaces as bioelectronics and molecular sensing and actuation." -- Dr. Xu
Jimmy Xu is the Charles C. Tillinghast University Professor of Engineering and Physics at Brown University, and an IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecturer. Prior to coming to Brown in 1999, Dr. Xu was the James Ham Professor of Optoelectronics and the Nortel Chair Professor of Emerging Technologies and Director of the Nortel Institute of Telecommunication at the University of Toronto. He is recipient of seven international and national prizes, awards and honors, including a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship and the 1995 Steacie Prize of Canada. He serves on several industrial and government advisory boards and the editorial board of IOP, and was an editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 1992-97.
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Nano scale structures and MEMS technology are known to provide unique properties. mPhase Technologies, in collaboration with Bell Labs, has been able to focus these technologies into a unique power source as well as a sensor, that when available as commercial building blocks, will provide technical features not easily achievable when building sensor networks using conventional approaches.
By applying novel techniques and processes to etching silicon structures, new devices can be designed using tools that have been developed for the semiconductor industry. Steve Simon, executive vice president of research and development for mPhase Technologies, a New Jersey based company, will describe a collaboration effort with Bell Labs to build a series of nano scale reserved batteries having properties such as very long shelf life, high power and energy densities, and characteristics that allow for the design of integrated power systems for lab on the chip devices not possible with convention battery technology. A second application will be described which uses the unique properties of silicon to design an ultra sensitive, uncooled magnetometer that potentially has properties that are 100x to 1000x times greater than conventional sensors. These would be capable of being used in a wide variety of applications. By ultimately combining the battery and sensor technologies into an integrated device, lower cost sensor networks can be developed.
Simon joined mPhase in 2003, bringing with him more than 19 years of experience in developing leading-edge networking products. Previously, he served in engineering management and emerging technology development positions within Lucent Technologies Bell Labs and AT&T Labs.
For more information, please visit www.mphasetech.com/nanotechnology.htm
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