Pittsburgh Section

Events of 2009

Date

Sponsor

Event

Speaker

Location

Monday   January 12, 2009

12:15 PM

Magnetics Society

The Evolution and Revolutions in Disk Drive Recording

Dr Michael Mallary

Seagate Research Center

1251 Waterfront Place

Strip District

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

 

The Pitt Power & Energy Initiative

Dr. Gregory F. Reed

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Thursday

February 19, 2009

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society.

The Life Story of Andre-Marie Ampere

Dr. Georges Montillet

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Friday February 13, 2009

 

5:30

Communications

Society

Consolidated Communications’ Digital Video Service Over the

Existing Telephone Network

Eric Dunmire and Mark Swift

University of Pittsburgh

School of Information Sciences

Room 404

Wednesday

February 25, 2009

GOLD

Social: Penguins vs Islanders

 

The Library Bar Southside

Thursday

March 12, 2009

 

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society.

Materials and Fabrication Techniques in Printed Circuit Boards

Louis Hart

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Thursday March 26, 2009

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society.

Applications of Optical Instrument Transformers in the Electric Utility Industry

Dr. Michael Mendik

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Wednseday

March 18 & 25, 2009

4:30 PM

Engineering  in Medicine and Biology Society

Two Tutorial Lectures on Control Theory in Neuroscience

Dr. Peter Strick

 

Dr. Steve Massaquoi

420 Benedum Hall

University of Pittsburgh

 

Wednesday

March 25, 2009

6:30 PM

Geneva College Student Branch

Peregrine's UltraCMOS SOS technology

Peter Bacon

Science and Engineering Building

Geneva College,  Rm 233

Thursday April 2, 2009

6:30

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society.

Global Climate Change

Nigel P. McQuin

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Thursday

April 9, 2009

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society.

The Importance of Obtaining a PE License

Joseph M. DeSalvo P.E.

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Tuesday

April 21, 2009

6:30 PM

Computer Society

Voice And RFID Technologies In Supply Chain Operations

Tom Kerr

Vocollect, Inc

703 Rodi Road

Pittsburgh, PA 15235

Thursday April, 23 2009

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

The Evolution and Revolutions in Disk Drive Recording

Dr Michael Mallary

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

 

May 7,

2009

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

A History of Thrills

David Markus

&

David Altman

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

May 18, 2009

6:00 PM

Communication

Society

Next Generation Service-Oriented Networks: Modeling for Networked 3-D Virtual Collaboration

Dr. Michael Devetsikiotis

University of Pittsburgh

Langley Hall Rm A224

May 18

2009

6:30 PM

Electromagnetic

Compatibility

Society

Who's Afraid of Maxwell's Equations?”

Elya B Joffe

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Tuesday

May 26,

2009

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

Electrical Contacts For All Your Switching Needs

Dr. Chi H. Leung

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Thursday

May 28,

2009

6:00 PM

Section

History and Awards Dinner with George Westinghouse

 

Lidia’s Pittsburgh Italian Restaurant

1400 Smallman Street

Pittsburgh 15222

Thursday

May 28,

2009

6:00 PM

Thursday June 11, 2009

 

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)1: A one hour fun-filled introduction

Daniel Roy

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Friday June 19,

2009

 

11:30 AM

Society for Social Implications of Technology

TOUR: FBI Criminal Justice Information Systems, Clarksburg, West Virginia

 

Clarksburg,

 WVa

Thursday,June 25, 2009

 

6:30 PM

 

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

Essential Technologies for Energy Efficiency and Management

Mr. Paulo Pereira

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Thursday, July 9, 2009

 

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

Conceptual Models and Conceptual Thinking

Ross Potter

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Friday, July 17, 2009

 

7:05 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

A Night With the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants

 

PNC Park, North Shore, Pittsburgh

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

 

6:00 PM

Computer Society

Using PSP/TSP to plan process improvement

Daniel Roy

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Thursday August 13, 2009

 

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

 

Tour of Award Winning Electronic Instrument Lean Manufacturing at Industrial Scientific

Fred Koos, PE, PMP

Yong Wang, PhD

INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC

1001 Oakdale Road, Oakdale, PA 15071

Tuesday, August 4,

   2009

 

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

Past, Present, and Potential of Energy Harvesting

William Clark

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Thursday September 10,2009

 

6:30 PM

 

Society for Social Implications of Technology & Upper Monongahela IEEE Subsection.

 

Compact Florescent Bulbs – Legislation and Technology

Bill Williams

Becky Rainer

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Saturday

Sept. 12, 2009

Pittsburgh Section

Section Picnic

Joe Cioletti

Boyce Park

Pack  Grove

Tuesday

Sept_8, 2009

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

High-fidelity Power Injection from a Fuel Cell onto a Variable-Frequency AC Power Bus

 

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Saturday

Sept. 12, 2009

 

1:00 PM

WIE

IEEE Women in Engineering  (WIE): WIE structure and What WIE can do for you

Holly Cyrus

Boyce Park

Pack  Grove

Thursday

Oct 29, 2009

 

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

Condition Assessment of Power Transformer On-Load Tap Changers using Dissolved Gas-In-Oil Analysis

Norman Field P.Eng

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Thursday Nov 5, 2009

 

6:00 PM

WIE

 

Electromagnetic

Compatibility

Society

 

 

Scanning Electron Microscopy for Industrial Problem Solving And EMC History – “The first two Thousand Years”

Dr. Karen Harris

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Monday

Nov 9,

2009

 

5:00 PM

Upper Mon Subsection

Growth of III-Nitride Thin Films and Structures

Prof. Dimitris Korakis

WVU

Room G102

Engineering Service Building

Thursday Nov 12, 2009

 

6:30 PM

Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society

 

Energy Harvesting

Dr. Marlin H. Mickle

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Monday Nov 16,

2009

 

6:00 PM

Communication Society

 

GOLD Affinity Group

Leadership =/= Management

Dr. Richard A.

Thompson

University of Pittsburgh

Room 722

Benedum Hall

3700 O’Hara St.

Wednesday

Nov 18,

2009

 

6:30 PM

Components Packaging, and

Manufacturing Technology

 

Electron Devices

Report on 2009 Electronics Packaging Expo and Conference

Dr. Louis Hart

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

Monday Nov 30, 2009

 

5:00 PM

Upper Mon Subsection

Robust Biometrics for Tracking and Surveillance

Harry Wechsler

WVU

Room G102

Engineering Service Building