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The
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers
IEEE
Palm Beach Section
eCommunicating to
1000 IEEE Members in
Palm
Beach,
Martin,
St.
Lucie,
Okeechobee,
Glades,
Hendry,
and Highlands,
Counties
eBulletin
Vol. 21,
No 11 
November 2004
Second
Edition
CONTENTS
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INVITATION
TO SECTION ANNUAL HOLIDAY DINNER
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When:
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- Friday,
December 10, 2004
- 7 PM to 10
PM
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Where:
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- Richard's Steak
House
- 6545 Boynton
Beach Blvd.
- Boynton Beach,
FL 33437
- www.mapquest.com
- Restaurant is
located on NW corner of Jog Rd and Boynton Beach
Blvd. Close to Boynton Beach Blvd. (Exit 86) of
Turnpike
- This is a very
nice place and we will have a private
room
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Menu:
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- Fixed Price
includes tax and gratuity
- Member and
Guest: $21.99
- Students and
Student Guests: $10
- Entrée:
grilled chicken with apricot sauce, salmon with
dill sauce or 6 oz filet mignon
- Includes salad,
baked potato, vegetables and choice of coffee,
tea or soda
- Other beverages
and desserts can be purchased
separately
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RSVP:
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- www.weiquality.com/palmbeach
- Send payment by
December 8 to:
- IEEE Palm
Beach
- 9712 Pavarotti
Ter
- No
104
- Boynton Beach,
FL 33437
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MEETING
INVITATION-COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY LECTURE
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What:
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- Virtual
Prototyping for Systems on Chip (SoC) Based
Designs- Is this the need of the hour? The
combination of intense time-to-market
pressures and the relentless growth in the
design complexity has rendered old
development models inefficient. Surveys has
shown that more than half of all chips
require at least one revision to fix errors.
The cost estimate is over $1 M and a new
approach is needed. This presentation covers
the evolving role of hardware designers and
outlines the requirements for effective
performance by means of virtual prototyping
(VP). This approach has a number of
advantages.
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When:
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- Friday
December 10, 2004
- 11:30 AM to
12 Noon. Networking.
- 12 Noon to
1: 00 PM. Lecture
- 1:00 PM to
1:30 PM. Q & A, Discussion.
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Who:
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- Dr.
Suryaprasad Jayadevappa, Motorola,
Inc
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Where:
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- Florida
Atlantic University
- 777 Glades
Rd
- Boca Raton,
FL 33434 Visit: http://www.mapquest.com
- University
Center, 2nd Floor, Sugar Palm
Room.
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Directions:
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- From I95,
exit at Glades Rd (Exit 45) and drive east,
staying in left lane. Drive 1/2 mile and left
at light (NW 10th Ave). This is Broward Blvd.
on the campus.
- ******PARKING
STRICTLY
ENFORCED******
- Do not park
in lots requiring decals. Tickets will be
issued. There is parking information booth on
the right after entering campus.
- For map,
visit: http://www.fau.edu/parking
- For parking,
visit: http://www.fau.edu/map/bocamap1.html
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RSVP:
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- Call or
e-mail,
- Richard
Seibel
(561) 375-8079 Section Chair
- Cyril
Iskander
(561) 297-3467 Communications Society
Co-Chair
- Hari Kalva
(561) 297-0511 Communications Society
Co-Chair
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Please bring a colleague from work. Post this notice at
work.- This meeting is
sponsored by IEEE Palm Beach Communications Society, Palm
Beach Section and Florida Atlantic University, Department
of Electrical Engineering.
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MEETING
INVITATION-IEEE FINANCIAL ADVANTAGE
PROGRAM
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What:
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- IEEE
Financial Advantage Program
- This is an
exclusive member-only program which is
designed to help you take control of your
professional and personal needs. Available to
you and your family are a number of quality
products with special cost-savings and
value-added benefits.
- Programs
include group insurances, financial services,
business services and home
services.
- Visit:
www.ieee.org
and go to Quick Links menu at top right
corner and click on Financial Advantage
link.
- This is
sponsored by IEEE PACE (Professional
Activities Committees for Engineers), a
grassroots
- network of
IEEE engineers.
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When:
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- Thursday,
December 16, 2004
- 6:30 PM
Networking
- 7:00 PM to
8:30 PM Video Presentation
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Where:
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- Florida
Atlantic University
- 777 Glades
Rd
- Boca Raton,
FL 33434
- www.mapquest.com
- University
Center, 2nd Floor, Sugar Palm
Room
- Located 1/2
mile east of I-95 from the Glades Rd Exit
45.
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RSVP:
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- www.weiquality.com/palmbeach,
after December 11
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CALL
FOR SECTION OFFICERS
- There are many openings
in the section for 2005. This includes the Chair,
Vice-Chair, Secretary, eEditor, Signal
Processing/Computer society chair and vice chair, Power
Engineering society vice chair, Communications society
vice chair.
- Some reasons to consider
giving up your precious time,
- Accept and give
challenges which are can succeed or fail.
- Organize projects and
act a leader.
- Learn emerging
technologies, such as web-based applications and
communications systems.
- Balance a budget.
- Meet and understand
other engineers and their ideas.
- Establish your own
network and find employment contacts.
- Become a traveler.
- View the inner workings
of a large organization.
- Enhance your
resume.
- Training will be
provided by section and IEEE. There will also be convened
the IEEE 2005 Sections Congress, held in Tampa, FL in
October to provide thorough training for section
officers.
- SENIOR
MEMBERSHIP UPGRADE
- The section is issuing
two calls for this membership benefit.
- If you are a member and
seek to upgrade your level, please send an email to the
Membership Development Chair, Richard Wu. He will be able
to start the process. Please be patient. This is not
instantaneous.
- Visit the Senior
Member home page for complete details.
- http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/smprogram.html
- Please include Palm
Beach Section as the nominating entity, where
applicable.
- If you are a Senior
Member or Fellow and can act as a nominator or reference
for candidates, please send an email to above
address.
- IEEE
2005 WASHINGTON INTERNSHIPS FOR STUDENTS OF
ENGINEERING
- Next summer, the IEEE
will sponsor three outstanding student members to
participate in the 2005 Washington Internships for
Students of Engineering (WISE) program. The select
candidates will spend nine weeks in Washington, D.C.,
learning how engineers contribute to legislative decision
making process.
- Visit www.wise-intern.org,
or contact Sharon Richardson at s.richardson@ieee.org.
- The application deadline
is December 10.
- MEMBER
CONTACT INFORMATION CHANGES
- If you change your
postal address, e-mail address, phone number, fax number,
mailing list preferences or
- credit card information,
you can update your profile in a number of
ways.
- Visit the website
www.ieee.org/coa
(Recommended), email address-changes@ieee.org,
or call 1 (800) 678-4333 in the USA or 1 (732) 981-0060
outside the USA.
- Section officers and
representatives have been recently calling members
inviting them to meetings.
- Many phone numbers are
not I use or the area code has not been updated. This
effects receiving communications. Please take time to
verify your contact information and update it.
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- CALL
FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER'S LICENSE
INSTRUCTOR
- At the request of a
section member, a call is issued for an Electrical
Engineer to teach Professional Engineer review classes.
The preferred location is the Florida Power & Light
facility in Juno Beach, located in north Palm Beach
county.
- Send an email to the
section email address
-
IEEE
emeritbadges.org
PROGRAM
- Continuing in its
tradition of innovation, IEEE is taking the lead in
developing a new non-discriminatory global pre-college
technology education program. The program titled
"emeritbadges.org" will be directed globally pre-college
girls and boys.
-
- The program has
developed hands-on electricity and electronics
instructional material based on the Boy Scouts merit
badge requirements. Any boy or girl can use the program
to enhance technical literacy. emeritbadges.org Project
Director Ralph W. Russell II from IEEE Richmond Section
said that this program
- would be promoted
globally through IEEE and The World Organization of the
Scout Movement and The World Association of Girl Guides
and Girl Scouts.
-
- The next use will be at
the 2005 National Scout Jamboree at Fort A. P. Hill in
Caroline, VA. It runs from July 25 to August 3, 2005.
Hundreds of volunteers are needed to serve as Assistant
Instructors. For project and volunteer information, visit
www.emeritbadges.org
A link has also been added to the section website under
PROJECTS.
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- CALL
FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL JUDGES
- 1. Judges are needed for
high school science fair on Wednesday December 8 at
County Fair grounds.
- Contact Deborah Bowen
bowen@palmbeach.k12fl.us
- 2. Judges are needed
for the middle school robotics (Lego) competition.
This is on Saturday December 4 from 8 AM to 1 PM at
Okeeheelee Middle School. Contact Olivia Rogers
rogerso@palmbeach.k12.fl.us
- Thanks to Arnold
Rothstein, ASME Life Member and Norm Bleshman, IEEE Life
Member for this item.
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- SECTION
WEBSITE
Visit the section website: www.ieee.org/palmbeach
AND
FINALLY
In a million years, it won't make any difference.
The
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers
IEEE
Palm Beach Section
eCommunicating to
1000 IEEE Members in
Palm
Beach,
Martin,
St.
Lucie,
Okeechobee,
Glades,
Hendry,
and Highlands,
Counties
eBulletin
Vol. 21,
No 11
November 2004
First
Edition
CONTENTS
MEETING
INVITATION-IEEE USA GRASSROOTS ACTIVITIES
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What:
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- Presentation on
grassroots activities and how to build a network
to share information and mobilize action on the
policy issues that concern you and the
engineering profession.
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Who:
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- Russ Harrison
from IEEE-USA staff headquartered in Washington,
DC. IEEE-USA is an organization to protect and
create jobs for the IEEE's 235,000 U.S. members
and all U.S. electrical, electronics and
computer engineers.
- Visit:
http://www.ieeeusa.org
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When:
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- Tuesday
November 16, 2004
- 6:30 PM to 8:30
PM
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Why:
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- This is an
opportunity to learn how you can have your voice
heard as an engineer.
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Where:
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- Boynton Beach
Community High School
- 4975 Park Ridge
Blvd
- Boynton Beach,
FL 33435
- www.mapquest.com
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Directions:
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- *From I95, exit
at Gateway Blvd (Exit 59) and drive west to
first traffic signal. This is High Ridge Rd.
Turn left (South). This road becomes Park Ridge
Blvd. Drive 1 mile through industrial
- park and enter
campus.
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- *From western
county areas, drive east on Gateway Blvd and
past Congress Ave. Drive to traffic signal at
High Ridge RD. Turn right (South). This road
becomes Park Ridge Blvd. Drive one mile through
industrial park and enter campus.
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- From Turnpike,
exit at Boynton Beach Blvd (Exit 86). Drive to
Congress Ave and turn left. Drive to Gateway
Blvd and turn right. Follow directions as
above.
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- *On campus, go
to main entrance located on Northeast corner of
building which is wide metal gated
entryway.
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RSVP:
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- RSVP: On-line
reservations will be available on November
4.
- www.weiquality.com/palmbeach
- Bring your
spouse or a colleague from work.
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- CALL
FOR SECTION OFFICERS
- There
are many openings in the section for 2005. This includes
the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer.
- It
includes some of the material of office, a laptop
computer and a projector.
-
- However
Here are some real reasons for filling these
jobs.
- Accept
and give challenges which are successful or failure
prone.
- Organize
projects and act a leader.
- Learn
emerging technologies, such as web-based applications and
communications systems.
- Balance
a budget.
- Meet and
understand other engineers and their ideas.
- Establish
your own network and find employment contacts.
- Become a
traveler.
- View the
inner workings of a large organization.
- Enhance
your resume.
- Training
will be provided by section and IEEE. There will also be
convened the IEEE 2005
- Sections
Congress, held in Tampa, FL in October to provide
thorough training for section officers.
- SENIOR
MEMBERSHIP UPGRADE
- The section is issuing
two calls for this membership benefit.
- *If you are a member and
seek to upgrade your level, please send an email to the
Membership Development Chair, Richard Wu. He will be able
to start the process. Please be patient. This is not
instantaneous.
- Visit the Senior Member
home page for complete details.
- http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/smprogram.html
- Please include Palm
Beach Section as the nominating entity, where
applicable.
- *If you are a Senior
Member or Fellow and can act as a nominator or reference
for candidates, please send an email to above
address.
- IEEE
2005 WASHINGTON INTERNSHIPS FOR STUDENTS OF
ENGINEERING
- Next summer, the IEEE
will sponsor three outstanding student members to
participate in the 2005 Washington Internships for
Students of Engineering (WISE) program. The select
candidates will spend nine weeks in Washington, D.C.,
learning how engineers contribute to legislative decision
making process.
- Visit www.wise-intern.org,
or contact Sharon Richardson at s.richardson@ieee.org.
- The application deadline
is December 10.
- MEMBER
CONTACT INFORMATION CHANGES
- If you change your
postal address, e-mail address, phone number, fax number,
mailing list preferences or
- credit card information,
you can update your profile in a number of
ways.
- Visit the website
www.ieee.org/coa
(Recommended), email address-changes@ieee.org,
or call 1 (800) 678-4333 in the USA or 1 (732) 981-0060
outside the USA.
- Section officers and
representatives have been recently calling members
inviting them to meetings.
- Many phone numbers are
not I use or the area code has not been updated. This
effects receiving communications. Please take time to
verify your contact information and update it.
IEEE
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY AWARD- IEEE Student Activities
Committee announced the winners of the 2004 Student
Branch web site contest.
- Florida Atlantic
University was in a Runner Up place.
- Congratulations to Max
Leynov.
- Visit the FAU branch
site: http://www.sga.fau.edu/ieee
- Visit the contest
site:
- http://www.ieee.org/portal/site/mainsite/menuitem.818c0c39e85ef176fb2275875bac26c8/index.jsp?&pName=corp_level1&path=membership/students/programs&file=websitecontest.xml&xsl=generic.xsl
CALL
FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER'S LICENSE
INSTRUCTOR- At the request of a
section member, a call is issued for an Electrical
Engineer to teach Professional Engineer review classes.
The preferred location is the Florida Power & Light
facility in Juno Beach, located in north Palm Beach
county.
- Send an email to the
section email address
- SECTION
RECOGNITIONS
- The section recognizes
the following members. Congratulations.
- Carl L. Hussey
will serve as Power Engineering Society PACE Chair and
Division VII PACE Coordinator.
- Norman Bleshman
has been appointed Corresponding Member of the IEEE
Pre-College Education Committee.
IEEE
COMPUTER SOCIETY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE-BOCA
RATON- The 16th International
Conference of Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI
2004) will be held in Boca Raton from November 15 to 17,
2004. This conference is cosponsored by Computer Society
and Florida Atlantic University.
- Visit: www.cse.fau.edu/~ictai04
IEEE
emeritbadges.org
PROGRAM- Continuing in its
tradition of innovation, IEEE is taking the lead in
developing a new non-discriminatory global pre-college
technology education program. The program titled
"emeritbadges.org" will be directed globally pre-college
girls and boys.
-
- The program has
developed hands-on electricity and electronics
instructional material based on the Boy Scouts merit
badge requirements. Any boy or girl can use the program
to enhance technical literacy. emeritbadges.org Project
Director Ralph W. Russell II from IEEE Richmond Section
said that this program
- would be promoted
globally through IEEE and The World Organization of the
Scout Movement and The World Association of Girl Guides
and Girl Scouts.
-
- The next use will be at
the 2005 National Scout Jamboree at Fort A. P. Hill in
Caroline, VA. It runs from July 25 to August 3, 2005.
Hundreds of volunteers are needed to serve as Assistant
Instructors. For project and volunteer information, visit
www.emeritbadges.org
A link has also been added to the section website under
PROJECTS.
IEEE
REGION 3-CALL FOR NOMINATIONS REGION 3
DELEGATE/DIRECTOR-ELECT- Region 3 (Southeast US
and Jamaica) is issuing a call for Delegate/Director
Elect for 2006-2007. Contact Jim Howard, Nominations and
Appointments Committee Chair, for details.
SECTION
WEBSITE
Visit the section website: www.ieee.org/palmbeach
Visit the Florida Council website: www.ieee.org/floridacouncil
This site lists IEEE activities for the twelve Florida
sections and also contains a calendar for meetings in
other sections which members can attend when
traveling.
SECTION
EMAIL ADDRESS
Send an e-mail with feedback, suggestions or unsubscribes:
MEETINGS
Meetings are open to both members and nonmembers. Please
take some time out of your busy schedule and come to one
meeting. Bring your spouse or a colleague from work. There
is generally no charge, except for tutorials.
ADVERTISING
Advertisements for companies seeking employees or
advertising products and services can be placed in the
eBulletin or on the website. Send a e-mail to the section
address. Members can also place an advertisement on the
website gratis.
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