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Calendar Archive, June 2007
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; meeting at 6:30 pm
Place: Bethesda Marriott, 6711 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD
Directions: From Silver Spring, take I-495 West to Exit 36 North (Rt. 187), turn right onto Old Georgetown Rd., then left onto Democracy Blvd. and look for the Marriott on the right.
From Rockville, take I-270, follow the signs for Northern Virginia at the divide, then take Exit 1 (Democracy Blvd.), turn left onto Democracy Blvd, and look for the Marriott on the left (make a U-turn at Fernwood Rd.). From Northern Virginia, take I-495 to I-270, then take Exit 1 (Democracy Blvd. East), and proceed as above. Validated parking.
More Info: All interested IEEE members are welcome.
Contact: Debra Meale at 703-492-0047 or
nca-admin@ieee.org. Please include the term IEEE in your subject line.
Sponsor: Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (Annapolis, Baltimore, Washington, Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland chapters)
Speakers: Robert B. Smith, E3 Engineering Branch Head, Naval Air Systems Command; Fred Heather, E3 Lead for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program; Buz Brezinski, Senior Application Engineer, Naval Air Systems Command; Dian Kempf, Senior EMI Engineer, Rohde & Schwarz; H.P. Bauer, Senior Application Engineer, Rohde & Schwarz; and Thomas Eichelberger, Regional Sales Manager, AR.
Time: Registration 7:00 am, colloquium 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, reception 5:00 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: Attend a practical seminar designed to improve your efficiency as an engineer, product designer or technical manager, where you'll learn the latest DoD EMI Standard MIL-STD-461F. Speakers will provide inside insight to the changes and the test facilities, systems and equipment to meet the new requirements. Concurrently, the International Council on Systems Engineering will provide their two-day Systems Engineering Certification course.
Cost: IEEE Members: $175 postmark by June 1; $225 postmark after June 1 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. An online registration form is available at www.wll.com. Fees include refreshments, lunch, reception and speaker notes.
Contact: Fred Heather, EMC Expo Chair, at 240-924-8659 or heatherf@ieee.org.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Olive Garden Restaurant, 12980 Fair Lakes Shopping Center, Fairfax, VA
Directions: Take I-66 to Fairfax County Pkway, Route 7100 (Exit 55B towards Reston - Herndon). Turn left onto Fair Lakes Pkwy. Turn left at Fair Lakes Shopping Center, and left again to stay on Fair Lakes Shopping Center to the Olive Garden.
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 your subject line.
Sponsors: Signal Processing Society, Northern Virginia chapter; Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society; International Association of Software Architects
Speaker: Dr. Bruce Flinchbaugh, TI Fellow, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Place: Mitre Corporation, Building 2, Conference Room 1N100, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA
Directions: See
www.mitre.org/about/locations/mitre2_map.html.
Cost: Free, including pizza & soda.
Contact: RSVP to Tim Settle at settlet@saic.com. RSVP appreciated, but not mandatory, walk-ins are welcome.
Sponsor: Women in Engineering
Speaker: Cheryl Santia, Ambiance Lighting
Time: Light refreshments at 6:30 pm; meeting at 7:00 pm
Place: Mitre Corporation, Building 2, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA
Directions: See
www.mitre.org/about/locations/mitre2_map.html.
More Info: See Diamond story below. After the meeting, everyone is welcome to join us at a nearby restaurant for food, drinks and socializing.
Contact: Please RSVP by June 14 to Charity Burd at charity.burd@ieee.org.
Sponsors: Communications Society, Washington Chapter; and Power Engineering Society.
Speaker: Stan Klein, Open Secure Energy Control Systems
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Place: Mitre Corporation, Building 2, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA
Directions: See
www.mitre.org/about/locations/mitre2_map.html.
More Info: A light dinner buffet will be served, followed by the program. For more information about the speakers, see Diamond story below.
Cost: Free for IEEE members, $10 for non-members
Contact: RSVP to Fred Pearson at fred.pearson@unisys.com or Jeff McWhirt at jmcwhirt@mitre.org.
Sponsor: Magnetics Society
Place: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Building 101, Gaithersburg, MD
Directions: See
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/maps/nistmaps.html.
More Info: See http://ewh.ieee.org/r2/wash_nova/mags/ieeeimagine for more information about the IMAGINE Conference (IEEE MAGnetism In Nanotechnology & Electronics Conference).
Cost: Free for IEEE members.
Contact: Send an email to
ieee.imagine.conference@gmail.com. Please include IMAGINE 2007 in the subject line.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Antennas and Propagation Society Chapter Meeting
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Palisades Library, 4901 V Street NW, Washington, DC
Directions: See
http://dclibrary.org/branches/pal
Contact: Please RSVP to Monica Taysing-Lara at
mtaysing@yahoo.com.
Diamond Stories
Cheryl Santia is a senior specifier for Ambiance Lighting, Inc. She is responsible for education, product support and client relations for a wide portion of the specifier community, including architects, engineers, design and consulting groups. She provides client firms with product presentations and technical seminars, assists in performing light source calculations and layout design advice. Her intimate familiarity with lighting concepts, applications and product lines comes from more than 25 years as a manufacturer's agent.
Ms. Santia's presentation will address key application techniques of lighting products that aid designers in the reduction of energy costs and the increase in lighting efficiency. The use of occupancy sensors, dimming devices, and effective electronic ballasts will be discussed and demonstrated through a "hands on" presentation. Cheryl will have products available for visual and physical interaction, in order to display the concepts that she will be explaining.
Ambiance Lighting is a full-service lighting agency servicing Maryland, the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia, and represents a number of major lighting manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, see www.ambiancelighting.com.
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Stanley A. Klein will talk about electric utility automation standard IEC-61850 and the products that have resulted from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant he won. He has produced a toolkit to solve many of the problems in this area of work. The OSECS 61850 Secure SCADA (OS3) Toolkit provides core components to build IEC-61850 products and customized solutions, enabling utilities to achieve major cost, operational, and security benefits, and comply with emerging standards and mandates.
Dr. Klein holds B.E.S and M.S.E. degrees in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a D.Sc. in Operations Research from George Washington University. He has worked at Computer Sciences Corporation, Atlantic Research Professional Services Group, Operations Research Incorporated, and other organizations. He is currently Managing Principal of Open Secure Energy Control Systems, LLC. For more information, see www.osecs.com.
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Updated 6/27/07
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