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2010 IEEE Intensive Course on Electrical Contacts
Announcement
30 Sept. to
2 Oct., 2010
Embassy Suites Hotel Airport/Convention Center Charleston, South Carolina
USA
The 2010 Intensive Course has been completed revised to
reflect recent needs in understanding very low contact force phenomena and
the effects of high frequency currents. While doing this, the Course still
covers the broad range of electrical contact situations, which are listed
below:
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Making contact and surface finish effects
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Making connections and connector design [low
and high current]
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Switching contacts ac and dc design
considerations [low and high current]
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Contact materials for connectors and for switching
contacts
o
Contact finishes
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Contact failure mechanisms and how to
analyses them
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Corrosion and the effects of ambient
environments
The Course includes class problem-solving exercises so
that participants will learn how the Course material can be applied. A participant in this Course will thus
leave the sessions with a thorough and broad knowledge of the subject. Our teaching approach will allow
practicing engineers to use detailed knowledge of contact technology to
resolve their own practical design problems.
In 2010 we have again decided to link the Course more
closely to the IEEE Conference on Electrical Contacts by holding the Course
the 3 days before the Conference. Thus the Course will run from Thursday
September 30 to Saturday October 2. The Conference begins on Monday October
4. We are doing this for two reasons:
- There
has been a persistent request by the Conference participants for an
in-depth review of the complete subject of Electrical contacts. This
is not possible in a 3-day Conference where the latest scientific
studies are being presented. Thus we thought that if we presented the
Course just ahead of the Conference it would satisfy this need. It
will also give those who are new to the subject an excellent grounding
in the subject that will enable them to participate more fully in the
Conference.
- Although
this means working on the Weekend, it does give participants some
leverage when requesting time to attend the Course in these times of
budget cut backs and budget restrictions in Engineering Departments.
Each participant will receive the full lecture notes
plus the 1000 page book Electrical Contacts: principles and applications
that was published in 1999. One important aspect
of the course will be the 2 sessions where the participants can ask about
their own real world problems or their own unique questions. The Lecturers
will address them and also lead any discussion of them that may arise from
the other participants.
Over
the past 30 years the course has continually evolved to ensure that it
remains relevant to the contact problems of the day. I believe that if you
send your new engineers and your engineers who are new to the subject of
electrical contacts, they will benefit enormously. Please check on the Holm
Conference Web Site to see details of how to enroll:
Paul Slade, (PaulGSlade@verizon.net)
Director of the Intensive Course on Electrical Contacts
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To sign up for the Intensive Course: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/cpmt/tc1/h2010/h2010RegistrationForm.pdf
The 2010 Intensive Course will be held 30 September-2
October at the Embassy Suites North Charleston. The hotel is offering
special rates of US$139 single/double occupancy. To make a reservation
please call the Embassy Suites at +1 843 747 1882 or +1 1
800 EMBASSY and reference group code “IEEE” in order to receive the group
rate. The special rate is valid until 30 August 2010 at 5:00PM EST.
Reservations received after this date are subject
to space and availability.
Embassy Suites Hotel Airport/Convention Center
5055 International Blvd.
North Charleston, SC
www.embassysuitescharleston.com
Course fees:
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