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Calendar Archive, June 2006
Sponsors: National Capital Area Consultants' Network, Women in Engineering, Power Engineering Society, Industry Applications Society, IEEE-USA
Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Place: Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, 4300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 750, Arlington, VA
Directions: From Ballston Metro Station (Orange line), turn right at top of escalator then left on the street. Proceed two blocks toward Hecht’s. Turn right and walk one block to Ballston Point at the intersection of Wilson Blvd. and Glebe Rd. ARI is on the 7th floor. If driving, enter the parking garage from the small lot shared with Hecht’s. Weekend parking is $1 for the first 3 hours. Limited street parking is available. See
www.ari.vt.edu/ari_directions.htm.
More Info: See News story. IEEE Senior Members and Fellows will be available to help members process their Senior Member upgrade applications. Members who have 10 years of experience after the B.S. degree and who otherwise qualify can complete the entire application, including references, at this event. IEEE-USA will distribute career information for all members including student members. Lunch will be served, and door prizes will be awarded.
Cost: Free for IEEE members; $10 for guests.
Contact: Monica Mallini at 703-387-6021 or m.a.mallini@ieee.org.
Sponsor: Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (Annapolis, Baltimore, Washington, Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland chapters)
Speakers: Dr. Bruce Archambeault, IBM; Andrew Drozd, ANDRO Computational Solutions; Edward Hare, American Radio Relay League; Dr. Eric Mokole, Naval Research Laboratory
Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, reception 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Place: Waldorf Holiday Inn, 45 St. Patrick's Drive, Waldorf, MD
Directions: Take I-95 to Maryland Exit 7A Route 5 South. Drive south to Waldorf and merge with Route 301 South. Turn right on St. Patrick's Drive (before St. Charles Mall).
More Info: This is a practical colloquium with two tracks to satisfy the broad interest range of members in our area, plus an industry table top display of EMC components, products, services and equipment. The presentations are designed to improve your efficiency as an engineer, product designer or technical manager, and include troubleshooting tips and strategies from the experts. For details about the tracks and speakers, see Diamond story below.
Cost: IEEE Members: $125 postmark before May 1; $175 postmark May 1-15; $225 postmark after May 15 or at door. Non-members: $50 additional. Full-time students: $75 postmark by May 15, with copy of valid Student ID. Unemployed or retired attendees: 50 percent discount off IEEE Member fees. Please make checks payable to Washington Laboratories, Ltd. and mail to EMC Expo, c/o Washington Labs, 7560 Lindbergh Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20879. An online registration form is available at
www.wll.com/Jun6seminar.shtml. Fees include refreshments, lunch, reception and speaker notes.
Contact: Fred Heather, EMC Expo Chair, at 301-342-6975 or heatherf@ieee.org.
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
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 (Wisconsin Ave.) to Pooks Hill Rd.
More Info: All interested IEEE members are welcome to attend.
Contact: Debra Meale at 703-492-0047 or nca-admin@ieee.org. Please include the term IEEE in the subject line of your email.
Sponsor: Women in Engineering Affinity Group
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Reston Regional Library, Conference Room, 11925 Bowman Towne Drive, Reston, VA
Directions: The library is located near the Reston Towne Shopping Plaza area. See
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/rr/direct.htm.
Contact: For further information and to RSVP, contact Debi Siering at siering@ieee.org or 703-633-3155 ext 9095 by Monday, June 12.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Wickers Cafe, Tysons Corner Holiday Inn, 1960 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, VA
Directions: From I-495 or I-66, take Route 267 West. Exit at Route 123 West (Chain Bridge Road). Turn right on International Drive, then left on Greensboro Drive. Look for the Holiday Inn entrance on the left. Free parking.
More Info: All interested IEEE members are invited to attend.
Contact: Debra Meale at 703-492-0047 or nca-admin@ieee.org. Please include the term IEEE in the subject line of your email.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
"You Don't How Much Energy is Wasted Behind Closed Doors" and Other Stuff
Sponsors: Power Engineering Society, Industry Applications Society
Update: A new speaker and topic have been scheduled for this meeting, as described here.
Speaker: Larry Schoff, P.E., Energy Efficient Solutions, Blacksburg, VA
Time: Refreshments at 6:00 pm, speaker at 6:30 pm
Place: Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, 4300 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA
Directions: From Ballston Metro Station (Orange line), turn right at top of escalator then left on the street. Proceed two blocks toward Hecht’s, turn right and walk one block to Ballston Point at the intersection of Wilson Blvd. and Glebe Rd. ARI is on the 7th floor.
If driving, see
www.ari.vt.edu/ari_directions.htm.
More Info: See Diamond Story below.
Cost: Free for IEEE members; $10 for guests.
Contact: RSVP to Monica Mallini at 703-387-6021 or m.a.mallini@ieee.org.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Beyond the Limits of Magnetic Recording:
An Itinerant Magnetician Looks at Hysterical Loops
Sponsor: Magnetics Society
Speaker: Mason L. Williams, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Retired)
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Lecture Room C, Building 101, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD
Directions: See
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/maps/nistmaps.html.
More Info: This is an IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecture. See Diamond story below.
Contact: For access to the NIST campus, attendees from outside NIST must preregister by contacting Philip Pong at 301-975-8876 or ppong@nist.gov.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Model Driven Software Development:
What It Can and Cannot Do
Sponsor: Computer Society
Speaker: Dr. Jon Whittle, George Mason University
Time: Dinner 6:30 pm, technical presentation 7:00 pm
Place: 1910 Oracle Way, Reston, VA
Directions: From I-495, take the Dulles Toll Road (Route 267) to Exit 12, Reston Parkway. Turn right onto Reston Parkway, right onto Sunset Hills Road, and right onto Oracle Way.
See
http://ewh.ieee.org/r2/wash_nova/computer/directions.html#oracle.
More Info: See Diamond story below. Pizza and soft drinks will be served.
Cost: $4 donation requested for IEEE members, required for non-members.
Contact: Please register at least 48 hours in advance at
http://ewh.ieee.org/r2/wash_nova/computer/archives/jun06.htm.
For more information, contact the chapter program chair, Prabhat at
prabhat@ieee.org, or the chapter co-chairs T.K. Ramesh at tkramesh@ieee.org
and Shahid Shah at
shahid.shah@netspective.com.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
RTCA DO-160: The Impact of New Aircraft Requirements on Lightning Testing
Sponsor: Electromagnetic Compatibility Society
Speaker: Leo Makowski, President, HV Technologies, Inc.
Time: Networking 11:00 am; lunch 11:30 am; presentation 12:00 noon; adjourn 1:00 pm
Place: Bell Labs Network Reliability and Security Office, 1100 New York Avenue, Suite 620W, Washington, DC
Directions: Located two blocks north of Metro Center (Blue, Orange, Red lines). Leave the Metro station via the exit for 12th and G Streets, proceed north on 12th Street to New York Avenue and turn right. (The facility is in the beautifully renovated art deco style former Greyhound bus terminal.)
Cost: $20, includes lunch.
Contact: Joann Dorsey at
joannd@wll.com or 301-417-0220.
Sponsors: Women in Engineering, Computer Society, Power Engineering Society, Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, Control Systems Society, Communications Society, Consultants' Network
Speakers: Members of the Herndon FIRST Robotics Team
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
Place: Mitre Corporation, Building 1 Conference Room (back entrance), 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA
Directions:
See
www.mitre.org/about/locations/mitre1_map.html.
More Info: The Herndon High School FIRST Robotics Team will be presenting the robot that they designed, built and entered in competitions this year. They will share their experiences on building and what it is like traveling and competing in FIRST competitions. After their talk, they will give a live demonstration of the robot's capabilities. Refreshments will be provided. For more information about the team, see Diamond story below.
Contact: RSVP is required by June 16, 2006 and photo id must be presented during admission to the event. This is to comply with Mitre security regulations. IEEE members whose children are in middle or senior high school are welcome to attend. (Be sure to include their names in the RSVP and bring their photo IDs, such as a school ID or passport.) Please RSVP to Debi Siering at
siering@ieee.org or 703-633-3155 ext 9095.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Overview of WiMAX Technology and the Current Marketplace
Sponsor: Communications Society, Northern Virginia Chapter
Speaker: Pam Hemmings, Booz Allen Hamilton
Time: Dinner 6:00 pm; speaker 6:45 pm
Place: Mitre Corporation, Conference Auditorium, Building 1 (back entrance), 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA
Directions:
See
www.mitre.org/about/locations/mitre1_map.html.
More Info: See Diamond story, below.
Cost: Free for IEEE members.
Contract: Please RSVP to Fred Seelig at fred.seelig@ieee.org.
Diamond Stories
Track 1: EMC Design for Working Engineers
This full-day session by Dr. Bruce Archambeault will cover a wide range of basic topics in EMC, including grounding, bonding, shielding, PCB design for EMI decoupling, system EMC, I/O design issues and fullwave EMC modeling and simulation.
Dr. Archambeault is a member of IBM's senior technical staff in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He received a B.S.E.E degree from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in 1977 and an M.S.E.E degree from Northeastern University in 1981. He earned his Ph.D. from UNH in 1997. His doctoral research was in computational electromagnetics applied to real-world EMC problems. Dr. Archambeault has authored or co-authored a number of papers in computational electromagnetics, mostly applied to real-world EMC applications. He is currently a director for the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (EMCS) and is a past director for the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society. He has served as an EMCS distinguished lecturer and as associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. He is the author of PCB Design for Real-World EMI Control and the lead author of EMI/EMC Computational Modeling Handbook.
Track 2: Advances in Spectrum Effects
Four presentations will cover contemporary technologies for the experienced electromagnetic environmental effects engineer. First, Andrew Drozd will present information on current and future policy requirements for the next generation of software programmable radios and will examine dynamic spectrum access, or the concept of expanding spectrum by allocating use in domains other than frequency. Dr. Drozd's afternoon topic will be new paradigms for system-level EMC modeling and analysis. Edward Hare’s brief on broadband over power lines spectrum compatibility will provide insights on this new consumer technology and implications to ham radio. The final speaker, Dr. Eric Mokole, will discuss waveform diversity and how future radar systems may change and achieve spectrum compatibility.
Andrew Drozd is president and chief scientist for ANDRO in Rome, N.Y., and is the current president of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society. Mr. Drozd's expertise is in area of systems engineering and assuring life cycle EMC. His work has involved the use of sophisticated computer modeling, simulation and analyses codes to study EMC problems in large, complex systems. He has also consulted on hardware design for EMC specification compliance, and conducted EMC lab tests and verification experiments. He has recently been at the forefront of innovative research to apply expert system technologies for EMC modeling and EMC analyses. He continues to apply more than 27 years of technical and program experience in electromagnetics technologies primarily for E3 modeling and analysis of government and commercial systems. Mr. Drozd is a NARTE-certified EMC Engineer and an IEEE Fellow. He has authored and co-written over 130 technical papers, reports, and newsletter and journal articles. He received a B.S. in physics and mathematics in 1977, and an M.S.E.E. specializing in communications and signal processing in 1982, both from Syracuse University.
Edward Hare (W1RFI) was first licensed in 1963. After 16 years in the electronics industry, he arrived at the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, in 1986. He started as ARRL's product review test engineer, advanced to "RFI guru" (notice his call), and now holds the position of laboratory supervisor. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers EMC Committee, the IEEE C.63 Committee, and the IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 28, representing ARRL and the interests of amateur radio in developing standards for the immunity of consumer equipment and motor vehicles and standards for RF exposure. He has written many RFI articles for publications ranging from QST and the ARRL Handbook to professional trade journals. He is also a contributor to the ARRL RFI Book and the author of ARRL's RF Exposure and You.
Dr. Eric Mokole is head of the Surveillance Technology Branch, Radar Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, which he joined in 1986. He has been conducting research and system analyses on space-based radar, on shipboard Navy radars and the associated electronic countermeasures and electronic counter-counter measures, and on ultra-wideband radar. These efforts have involved information extraction, non-Gaussian detection theory, data analysis, system simulation and modeling, threat and electronic-attack modeling, antenna theory (element and arrays), electromagnetic propagation near the Earth’s surface and through the ionosphere (deterministic and random), pulsed propagation in a dispersive medium, and RF scattering from the sea and land. Additionally, Dr. Mokole has over 40 conference publications, journal articles, book chapters, and reports, and is co-editor of the 2003 book, Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 6. He received a B.S. in applied mathematics from New York University in 1971, an M.S. in mathematics from Northern Illinois University in 1974, M.S. degrees in physics and applied mathematics from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1976 and 1978, respectively, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1983.
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Thursday, June 15, 2006
"You Don't How Much Energy is Wasted Behind Closed Doors" and Other Stuff
Today we as we drive up to the pump at our local gas station, we are amazed that the price has changed again, and we feel there is nothing we can do about it. Electrical energy costs are rising yearly, and in some parts of Maryland will be increasing more than 100 percent during this upcoming year. Costs of operating buildings of all types are making an impact on business bottom-lines. As electrical engineers, you are designing facilities with the lowest energy use per square foot as budgets allow. One technology where energy efficiency can be improved is literally behind closed doors - dry transformers.
Technology exists today that can significantly reduce the waste of energy and improve the overall energy efficiency of the building with the installation of energy efficient solutions. If you specify this new technology today, your clients will benefit from a rate of return on the initial investment of between 33 and 50 percent and saving of $100,000 to millions of dollars in electrical costs over the life of the building. This presentation will provide background and technical information on this technology. Examples of the educational building segment of the commercial building market will be highlighted.
Today’s buildings have large investments in technology in many forms. They can all be made inoperable or destroyed by electrical anomalies. Do we properly protect this investment? Surge suppression technology will be included in our discussion.
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Beyond the Limits of Magnetic Recording:
An Itinerant Magnetician Looks at Hysterical Loops
For several decades, there have been declarations that digital magnetic recording as we know it is about to reach the ultimate limit of areal density. Technological advances have enabled steady progress primarily through simultaneous scaling of dimensions and tolerances over several orders of magnitude and use of materials with larger energy densities. In the 1990, it became clear that then-current approaches would be limited to about 40 Gb/sq. in. by the combined requirements that individual grains have reversal barriers of above 40 kT for long term data retention and that a bit cell contain 100 or more grains for adequate media signal-to-noise. Recent areal density demonstrations at about 6 times that limit have been possible with perpendicular recording and improved materials, but perhaps we are again nearing the ultimate physical limits, unless a novel idea comes along.
In addition to perpendicular recording, technologies suggested to extend the limits include patterned media, thermally-assisted writing and tilted media. We will discuss the potential advantages and challenges of these approaches. Areal density is primarily limited by write head materials and fabrication tolerances, while data-rate is limited by sensor technology which must provide several times kT of signal energy (and low noise levels) to detect a bit. Sensors have evolved from inductive heads to anisotropic magneto-resistive heads to in-plane giant magneto-resistive (GMR) devices with CPP (current across the gap) GMR devices with spin-tunneling sensors also under consideration. We will discuss the attributes of these technologies and the anticipated requirements. Powerful error correction codes will also be required if we are to reach 1 Tb/sq. in, so attention must be paid to writing, reading and arithmetic.
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Model Driven Software Development:
What It Can and Cannot Do
Software models are abstractions of a software system and have been popularized ever since the introduction of the standard Unified Modeling Language (UML). Model driven development gives first class citizenship to software models and views them as precise artifacts that can be used in code generation, testing and simulation. This talk will discuss two of the leading approaches to model driven development: the OMG's Model Driven Architecture and Microsoft's Software Factories. The talk will describe the details of both approaches, discuss what is possible and what is not, and highlight key directions in which the technologies will or should develop in the future.
Jon Whittle is an associate professor in the Information and Software Engineering Department at George Mason University. He has published more than 40 articles on software modeling and model driven development. He is vice chair of the steering committee for the International Conference on Model Driven Engineering, Languages and Systems, the premier conference in the field of software modeling. Dr. Whittle is also an associate editor of the Journal on Software and Systems Modeling. Prior to his current position at GMU, he was a research lead at NASA Ames Research Center where he developed and applied model driven development techniques to air traffic control and space applications. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Oxford.
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The For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Herndon High School Robotics Team is a science and engineering club which enables students to design, build, and operate robots to solve problems in order to promote interest in math, science, and engineering. This an invaluable hands on experience to better prepare students to meet real world challenges.
Herndon High School Robotics Team is also known as Team #116, Epsilon Delta (ED). Team ED makes direct contact with the public via presentations, community service, demonstrations, print and broadcast media, and mentoring. Every year during National Engineers Week, ED participates in the Discover Engineering Family Day at the National Building Museum, doing everything from field set-up and break-down, to leading a hands-on VEX demonstration, to showcasing the robot and playing in a mock competition.
ED has built a strong bond among school, sponsors and community. Team members work as interns at NASA and SAIC, and they have gone on to become aerospace, computer, electrical and mechanical engineers. Sponsors take an active interest in the careers and lives of ED team members, maintaining contact long after they graduate from college.
Several articles (with pictures) about FIRST teams and competitions appear on pages 6-7 of the May-June Scanner (PDF, 689k).
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Wednesday, June 27, 2006
Overview of WiMAX Technology and the Current Marketplace
With the recent finalization of the 802.16 standards and work of the WiMAX Forum, fixed and mobile WiMAX solutions are becoming a reality. Despite the availability of certified fixed WiMAX solutions, significant uncertainty remains around how service providers will deploy operational networks and how the technology will fit in with other wireless technologies. In addition to providing commercial wireless services, WiMAX has gained extensive attention in the public safety, defense, and homeland security sectors.
This session will overview the various 802.16 standards, the work of the WiMAX Forum, and the certification process. The purpose of the session will be to provide insight into where WiMAX is today, technically and operationally, and what we expect in the near future. Finally, the session will address how the DoD and other government sectors are investigating WiMAX technology and services.
Pam Hemmings is currently a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton where she works on a hybrid networking team. She has spent the past several years investigating, testing, and prototyping broadband wireless and IP datacasting solutions for the Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal agencies. She evaluated the viability of deploying European-based Digital Video Broadcast - Terrestrial (DVB-T) and Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld (DVB-H) technologies to wirelessly extend one-way IP-based streaming video and data services from the DoD's fixed SATCOM terminals out to mobile, forward-deployed users. This effort is currently focusing on how Mobile WiMAX can support the two-way extension of broadband services including streaming video, voice, and collaborative services to mobile users. Centered on the DoD sector, the work involves addressing the operational challenges of deploying these networks, including security, quality of service, and spectrum availability issues.
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