Volunteers Serving Our Section

Officers

Dr. Dev Palmer received the B.A. degree in Physics in 1980, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1988 and 1991 from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. His field of study was electromagnetic theory, and design, construction, and testing of microwave circuits and systems for practical applications.

From 1991 to 2001 he served on the technical staff at MCNC Research and Development Institute (formerly the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina) where he worked on a number of technologies including silicon vacuum microelectronics for microwave power amplifiers, polymeric MEMS structures, high-Q HTS filters, radio and optical communications systems, and optical and electronic packaging. In 2000, he became the Director of the Optical and Electronic Packaging group, where he managed programs in development of lead-free flip-chip bumping processes, bumping and assembly of high-density tiled detector arrays for particle accelerators, and packaging for OC-768 optical components. Since joining the US Army Research Office in 2001, he manages extramural basic research programs in radio wave propagation modeling, microwave and millimeter-wave circuit integration, compact and multifunctional antenna design, and low-power communications systems.

Dr. Palmer is a Professional Engineer registered in North Carolina, a Senior Member of the IEEE (serving on the Vacuum Devices Technical Committee and the MTT-IMS Technical Program Committee, and participating in the Antennas and Propagation, Electron Devices, Microwave Theory and Techniques, and Professional Communications societies), and a member of URSI Commission C, the American Vacuum Society (serving on the executive committee of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter), the Materials Research Society, and Sigma Xi.

Jim Ray has enjoyed computers since 1975 at Woodberry Forest School and applies the academic background from an electrical engineering degree at NC State in 1985 towards successful design, deployment and operation of technical systems in commercial and industrial environments.

In the late 1980's, Jim rolled out the first PCs for a corporation with 4 regional offices in North and South Carolina, computerized operations and allowed the offices to first communicate electronically. He managed the Charlotte branch office, had 25 direct reports and serviced companies ranging from Class A office space to manufacturing.

In the early and mid 1990's, Jim engineered electronic circuits, designed software, created technical documentation and utilized computer networks. He joined Rotary and installed his first commercial network in the Triangle area in 1994. Dovetailing the engineering and business backgrounds allowed Jim to form Neuse River Networks in 1997. Jim first joined IEEE in 1980 and now holds rank of Senior Member.

BA, University of Colorado-Boulder; graduate studies, University of Colorado-Denver, North Carolina State University. Independent IT consultant, computer science instructor; previous positions held include Marketing Manager/Systems Engineering, Fujitsu Network Communications; Member Scientific Staff, Bell-Northern Research; Documentation/Hardware Test, Storage Technology Corp. Author, Distributed Storage Networks: Architecture, Protocols, and Management (2003); editor, Java in Telecommunications: Solutions for Next Generation Networks (2001). Inventor, Method and Apparatus for Generating Permanent Virtual Connections (U.S. Patent 6,366,581).

Memberships include Association for Computing Machinery, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Computer Society, Society for the Social Implications of Technology. Past Chapter Chair, IEEE Communications Society.

My goal is to provide opportunities for professional development for IEEE members through presentations, conferences, and active participation in chapter events.

Committee Chairs

Jai is a Marketing Manager for WW Linux and Open Source Marketing at the IBM Cross-Brand Strategic Growth Businesses Initiative at Systems and Technology Group in Research Triangle Park, NC.  Jai has 8 years of experience with a vital mix of software and technology solutions marketing, and research & development  involved in the areas of Distributed Computing, Networking, TCP/IP Load Balancing, Scalability, Internet Security, Speech Recognition, e-Business, Application Integration & Middleware Technology.  Jai moved to NC in 1999 and lives in RTP with his wife, Varshal, who is also an Electronics Engineer has MS in Computer Networking from NC State University and currently working as Systems Analyst at Cisco Systems in RTP, NC.

Jai was a Scientist in School of Technology and Computer Science at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, prior to moving to USA. He has been actively participating and regularly contributing to various technical and professional and open source development communities in India and USA.

He received his MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering from VJTI, University of Mumbai, India and Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering from National Institute of Technology (Regional Engineering College), Bhopal, India.

Jai is an IEEE Member.  In his spare time, he enjoys writing poems (in Hindi) and Internet-Surfing to keep himself up-to-date with contemporary technology, and reading, writing blogs at open source communities.

Russ Frazier


Awards & Recognition Committee Chair

Russ Frazier is a technology implementation specialist in automated semiconductor design. He has 14 years of experience in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and semiconductor fields.

During his career, Russ has held technical and marketing positions in the areas of Software Development, Professional Services, Technical Training, Applications Engineering, Sales Support, Technical Marketing, and Design Flow Development.

Russ' experience has been focused primarily in the physical design and verification area, where he has added value to organizations by providing combined expertise in Semiconductor Foundry Processes, Design Flows, Parasitics and Electronic Design Automation. He has also developed front-end design software for use with schematic capture and static timing tools.

He earned a BSEE from San Jose State University in 1992 and an MBA from North Carolina State University in 2005.

Russ is a member of the IEEE, the Council for Entrepreneurial Development, the San Jose State University Alumni Association and the North Carolina State University Alumni Association.

During the early eighties, he served as a noncommissioned officer in the weapons department aboard the nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS Guardfish (SSN-612).

Lee Haas

Web Administrator

Lee Haas earned his BSEE from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1962 and his MSEE from San Jose State University in 1967.

While pursuing graduate studies at North Carolina State University in 1985 he pledged Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity. In the years following he served Theta Tau as chapter advisor, regional director, and was elected to the executive council in 1992. From 1996 to 2000 he served as national president of Theta Tau. He played a key role in creating the Theta Tau Educational Foundation and was its first president. In 2002 he was inducted into the Theta Tau Alumni Hall of Fame for outstanding service to the Fraternity and contributions to his profession.

He retired from an IBM Corporation engineering and management career in 1995. IBM recognized him with engineering and professional awards that included two Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards and the Fifth Plateau Invention Achievement Award for inventions described by technical disclosures and nine issued patents. He was instrumental in originating the TIA/EIA 568 Building Wiring Standard used today throughout the networking world.

He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, past chair of the Eastern NC Section, and is the Section Web Administrator. He is licensed Professional Engineer, a member of Tau Beta Pi and of Eta Kappa Nu.

He is active in Crosspointe Church, Cary, NC. Enjoys his family (including four grandaughters), cruising, and website administration for several organizations. Lee is a past member and enthusiastic supporter of Toastmasters. After his heart attack, 70 feet under water, he had to forgo enjoying scuba diving and snow skiing. Developing health problems have resulted in leaving behind racquetball and wood working.

Charles Lord grew up in the "land of the sky" (Asheville) and came to school at N.C. State in 1973. After he received his BSEE at NCSU, he and his family grew deep roots here and we haven't been able to get rid of him since.

Charles has been Chair of our section twice ('93, '98) and serves as NC Council Chair as well as the Region 3 Leadership Development Chair, and project director for a number of IEEE-wide projects on knowledge management, mentoring, and global leadership development.

In his spare time, he volunteers many hours to his church (sound and lighting) and to other professional societies. Charles is founder and owner of Triangle Advanced Design and Automation, PLLC, a design consultation and training practice located in Cary, NC. (http://www.tadatraining.com)

Our section demonstrated remarkable growth for new members as well as members that have been promoted to high member grades. Working together, we can continue our trend of growth and development.

We can ensure that our numbers continue to increase by utilizing the Member-Get-A-Member program, where you can earn an incentive for bringing in new members which can be used toward IEEE dues, IEEE Society fees or the purchase of IEEE products and services. To learn more about this program, go to www.ieee.org/mgm.

We are all working hard to develop ideas to attract and retain members. Please share your questions and ideas concerning membership development with us by contacting Laura Faulconer.

Bart is the Director of the ECE Design Center at North Carolina State University. He has over 25 years experience in product design holding positions ranging from design engineer to executive management in both large and small corporations. He has managed or directed a wide range of departments including design engineering, computer aided design, system/production test, systems engineering, technical documentation, product quality, product line management, project management and technical marketing. His career includes the design and development of digital flight control systems for commercial / military aircraft, operator call center systems and, most recently, broadband switching systems for the telecommunications industry. Current interests include product development methodologies and systems design.

Education: MSEE Purdue University, BSEE Purdue University,
ASEE Valparaiso Technical Institute

IEEE Student Branch Counselor at North Carolina State
University Registered Professional Engineer in the State of North Carolina

Chapter Chairs

(if chapter name is underlined, click on it to go to the chapter web page)

The acronym, ACME (AP/CPMT/MTT/EDS), a local Joint Chapter, stands for Antennas and Propagation; Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology; Microwave Theory and Techniques; and Electron Devices.

The communications industry in eastern North Carolina has seen dramatic growth in the technology and manufacturing areas that feed electronic and radio communications. The chapter's goals are to disseminate technical information and advance the professional interests of North Carolina scientists and engineers involved in research, development, design, and manufacture of electromagnetic and optical components and systems.

Education: BSEE/Computer Option McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Memberships: IEEE for over 16 years, elevated to Senior Member in 2007, International Game Developers’ Association (IGDA) Member unofficially since 2000.

John has been specializing in 2D and 3D graphics applications from on-board 3D graphics software in C and assembler at Matrox Electronics Systems, to 2D&3D artistic, technical drafting, and commercial solid modeling desktop software in C++ at Corel Corporation. At Applied Research Associates he continued to broaden his experience by developing 3D simulation and visualization applications for NASA and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency using C++ and Java. He often dabbled in game development and actively promoted the use of games for training, which led to his current position at Emergent Game Technologies where he helps develop Gamebryo - an awesome game engine that runs on computers and game consoles. John attributes his successes in cutting edge research, product development, and team management to working closely with dedicated and talented peers and supervisors.

John likes to play video games, is active in Boy Scouting, and enjoys outdoor activities of all kinds.  

Goals: Revive the Computer Society. Do more of what members enjoyed in the past and support some new interesting activities.

He has been involved in the design, development, and manufacture of power electronic equipment. His expertise lies in the systematic application of electric motors, ASDs, energy storage, and PQ mitigation equipment and he promotes total system compatibility in industrial electrical systems for electrical reliability and energy savings. He has completed work for a variety of industries. He conducts training workshops and seminars and has published a number of technical articles.

Roger graduated with a BSc(Eng) in Electrical Engineering and ACGI from Imperial College, London University. He has an MBA from Mercer University. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of IEEE IAS, PES, PELS, and RAS, and a member IEE and NSPE. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of NC, GA, FL, and TX,. He is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), a Chartered Engineer in the UK (CEng), and he holds the title Eur. Ing. in Europe.

Presently he serves as a member of the IEEE Standards Committee P1566 (for adjustable speed drives larger than 500hp). He is as Vice Chairman of the Chemical Subcommittee of IEEE PCIC.

The ElectroMagnetic Compatability Society Chapter seeks to promote the exchange of technical information among those concerned with Electro-Magnetic Compatibility through technical meetings/presentations, social networking, and our website.

Meetings are usually the first Tuesday of each month, and typically in the RTP area. IEEE members and non-members are both welcome!

See the EMC Society Eastern North Carolina Chapter web site for much more information.

Dr. Mo-Yuen Chow's biography may be read at his web pages.

The Industrial Electronics Society through its members encompasses a diverse range of technical activities devoted to the application of electronics and electrical sciences for the enhancement of industrial and manufacturing processes. These technical activities address the latest developments in intelligent and computer control systems, robotics, factory communications and automation, flexible manufacturing, data acquisition and signal processing, vision systems, and power electronics. The Society continually updates its program of technical activities to meet the needs of modern industry.

You may view the Industrial Electronics Society web site at this link.

Education: Georgia Institute of Technology 1967 B.S. in Applied Mathematics
Florida State University 1968 M.S. in Mathematics
University of New Mexico 1976 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. H Joel Trussell joined the faculty of N.C. State University in 1980 having worked for 11 years in image processing at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Joel's research interests include estimation theory, color imaging, signal and image restoration and reconstruction, and new mathematical techniques applied to signal processing. Specific applications include color measurement and reproduction, image restoration, system characterization, and improved signal measurement.

Dr. Subroto Bhattacharya is an Executive consultant in IBM. Previously in ABB, Dr. Bhattacharya has worked in: systems engineering and simulation, technical marketing, electrical power systems designs, con-current and software engineering, and design for manufacturability. In IBM, Subroto helps clients to develop business architectures with process models and create underlying systems architectures to support business architectures. Currently, his interests are in supply chain management and technology management.

Subroto has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada and a Mas-ters in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh in Accounting and Finance. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. He has published several papers on system simulation and modeling, manu-facturing, risk and valuation, application portfolio management and software metrics including a IETE Prize paper. He has co-authored a reference manual on the Electromagnetic Transients Program Theory Book.

Subroto aspires to make ENC Engineering Management Society Chapter a viable place for entrepreneur minded engineers to seek help to initiate and grow their enterprises.

The Field of Interest of the Society shall be the theory, design, application, and development of biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms emphasizing neural networks, connectionist systems, genetic algorithms, evolutionary programming, fuzzy systems, and hybrid intelligent systems in which these paradigms are contained.

Additional information about the international society is available here.

Special Interests / Outreach

Jana L. Jenkins, EI, is a graduate of NC State University with a B.S in Electrical Engineering. 

While finishing school, she worked at Progress Energy in the transmission department and upon graduation, she worked for Wells Global, where she did project management work on emergency power systems (generators) and UPS battery systems.  Currently, Jana works for Synergetic Design as a consulting engineer – primarily her focus is on power distribution systems. 

Jana has been an IEEE member for seven years and this is her second term as Women In Engineering Affinity Group chair for the Eastern North Carolina Section.

The purpose of the Employment Committee is to organize ENCS IEEE resources to help members gain access to career opportunities.

Harold moderates a list for the purpose of receiving information pertinent to career development in the NC RTP Area and redistributing in the form of a weekly news letter. You may subscribe with this link.

Walter Heger

Bioinformatics, Health and Jobs Interest Group Chair

Walter Heger is a software design architect with a M.Sc. degree from McGill University and 18 years of experience in software development especially modeling physics problems for the scientific community. More about Walter can be found at his web site, http://wheger.tripod.com

Walter chairs the Bioinformatics, Health and Jobs Interest Group that focuses on current ongoings in this field and also serves as a networking forum for members seeking jobs in the field.

Most meetings are held cojointly with the Computational Biology Seminar of Duke University's Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Program Mondays from 11:00 to 12:30 at Duke in 125 Hudson Hall during the academic year. The group benefits from Duke's guest speakers at these seminars.

The primary mode of communicating between members is the ieee-bhpjobs listserv on rtpnet.org.

The IEEE Embedded Systems SIG is a group of hardware and software engineers that get together every so often to discuss topics related to embedded systems.

The group is located in the Research Triangle Park, NC area.  However, we also welcome remote vistors to join in our discussions through online forums.

Date: We normally meet on the Fourth Monday of odd-numbered months. (For the logic-impaired, that's 5/22, 7/24, 9/25, 11/27).

Time: We meet at 6:00pm for light refreshments, and the program starts at 6:30pm. We usually break up at 8:30 or later.

Place
MCNC Conference Room A/B
3021 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park NC 27709
919-248-1800

CARE is a voluntary network of IEEE members who are interested in public policy.

http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/