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February 2010
Volume 56, Number 7
Publication
No: USPS 580-500
“The
IEEE Newsletter” (North Jersey Section), is published monthly except June and
July by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Headquarters: 3 Park Avenue,
17th Floor, New York, NY
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Chair................................................... Amit
Patel
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Vice-Chair-1............................. Dr.
Sanghoon Shin
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“AT” ieee.org (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22
Vice-Chair-2............................... Dr.
Naresh Chand
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baesystems.com (973) 636-7408
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Secretary......................................... Russell
Pepe
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Dr. Katherine Duncan (kduncan
“AT” ieee.org)
Dr. Mengchu Zhou (zhou “AT” njit.edu)
The North Jersey
Section Executive Committee usually meets the first Wednesday (except holidays
and December) of each month at 7:00 PM. Meetings are open to all members. For information on meeting agenda contact
Secretary Russell
Pepe (201) 960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
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IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
February 2010
Feb. 3 – “NJ Section Meeting”,
6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, Clifton Public Library - Allwood
Branch, 44 Lyall Road, Clifton, NJ 07012.
Russell Pepe at rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
Feb. 10 – “Digital
Radiography” by Dr. Lucian A.
Kasprzak, NJ EDS/C&S Chapters,
7:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center
(Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark,
NJ. Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207
(RS Microwave), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Durga Misra (973)
596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu).
Feb. 10 – “Engineers
Meet: The Engineer’s View” by Diane Young, NJ
PACE, GOLD, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave,
Clifton, NJ. Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625,
PWard1130 “AT” aol.com, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rtax “AT” aea.org.
Feb. 25 – “Convert
Your Consulting Business into a Full-Fledged Engineering Company” by Dan Kamdar, NJ
Consultants' Network, 6:00-8:30 PM, Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover
Avenue, Whippany, NJ. Robert Walker,
(973) 728-0344, or visit www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Feb. 26 – “Arc
Flash Seminar” by Alton Baum, PE, NJ
PES/IAS, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Automatic Switch Company, 50 Hanover Road, Florham Park,
NJ. Ronald W. Quade, PE,
(732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Upcoming
Meetings
Mar. 3 – “NJ Section Meeting”,
6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, Clifton Public Library - Allwood
Branch, 44 Lyall Road, Clifton, NJ 07012.
Russell Pepe at rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
Mar. 10 – “Engineers
Meet: IEEE-USA – Engineering Supply and
Demand”, NJ PACE, 6:30 PM to 8:45
PM, Clifton
Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave,
Clifton, NJ. Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT”
aol.com, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rtax “AT” aea.org.
Mar. 11 – “Deadlock-free
and Ratio-enforced Supervision of Automated Manufacturing Systems Using Petri
Nets”, by Hesuan Hu, NJ SMC
Society, 7:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE
Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Dr. Mike Liechenstein (973-471-0721) or
E-Mail: itsmikesju “AT” aol.com or zhou “AT” njit.edu. Please RSVP and check the electronic
newsletter for any changes.
Mar. 13 - May 15 – “C#
.NET Programming” by Donald Hsu, PhD,
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Room: ECEC 202 , NJIT, 161 Warren Street, Newark,
NJ. Donald Hsu, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com.
Mar. 24 – “North
Jersey Spring 2010 Student Presentation Contest”, NJ Section, 6:00 PM, FDU, Teaneck, NJ. For more information contact northjerseysac
“AT” ieee.org or jignasa.ray “AT” ieee.org.
Mar. 25 – “Brushless
DC Motors – More Knowledge Means Better Results” by Steven R. Garfinkel,
NJ Consultants' Network, 6:30-8:30 PM, Morris County
Library, 30 East Hanover Avenue,
Whippany, NJ. Robert Walker, (973) 728-0344, or visit www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Mar. 26 – “Small
Power Transformer Technical Seminar”
by Tommy Nunn and Jeffrey Wimmer, NJ PES/IAS, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, PSE&G -
Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield, NJ. Ronald W. Quade, PE,
(732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Apr. 6 – “Internal
Development of Test and Measurement Hardware for Wireless Infrastructure
Applications” by Charles Jobbers, NJ
IMS, 6:30 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center
(Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark,
NJ. Russell C. Pepe, 201-960-6796,
rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
Apr. 6 - May 25 – “Project
Management” by George Sierchio,
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Room: ECEC 202
, NJIT, 161 Warren Street,
Newark, NJ. Donald Hsu, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com.
Apr. 29 – “More
Assistance for Small High-Tech Businesses:
Resources and Grants from NJ COS&T” by Dr. Peter Reczek,
NJ Consultants' Network, 7:00 PM, Olive
Restaurant, Parsippany Hilton, Parsippany, NJ. Robert Walker, (973) 728-0344, or visit www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
May 2 – “NJ
Section Awards Reception” - 3:00 to 6:00 PM at
the Birchwood Manor, 111 North
Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ.
Anne Giedlinski (973) 377-3175.
May 4 – “Outdoor
ITE-Global Deployment” by Don Gies, NJ IMS,
6:30 PM, Alcatel-Lucent, Building 5, 600
Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ.
Russell C. Pepe, 201-960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
Members and Non-Members Welcome
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NJ Consultants’ Network:
Convert Your
Consulting Business into a Full-Fledged Engineering Company
On Thursday, February 25, 2010, the IEEE Consultants' Network
of Northern NJ (www.TechnologyOnTap.org) will
present an informative talk, of great interest to all independent engineering
professionals. Dan Kamdar will discuss
how you can expand your one-man consulting business into a lucrative
Engineering Company.
About the Topic
Many consultants stay in a small practice and never fully realize the
potential of growing into a bigger business.
Some may prefer this as their personal choice.
However, if you want to turn your practice into a multi-million dollar
business, we highly recommend that you attend this talk. It will certainly spark your thinking.
Mr. Kamdar will describe how he joined CNNNJ about 10 years ago and
started his consulting company. Soon
thereafter, he embarked on a path of expansion of the business. His ‘Affordable Engineering Services, LLC’ is
nowadays a thriving company with about 275 employees. As he will explain, that accomplishment
requires a specific mindset.
About the Speaker
Dan Kamdar worked for Boeing as a Senior Engineering Manager, in charge
of a group of some fifty engineers.
After 25 years at Boeing he retired and started his own consulting
business. Dan, who is both an engineer
and a businessman, moved from California
to New Jersey
in 1997.
Mr. Kamdar earned MBA, MSEE, BSEE and BSME degrees from the California State University
and from the University
of Michigan.
About the Consultants’ Network
Founded in 1992, the IEEE Consultants Network of Northern NJ encourages
and promotes the use of independent technical consultants by business and
industry.
All Welcome!
Free admission – members and non-members are welcome
Time: 6:00-8:30 PM, Thursday, February 25, 2010.
Place: Morris County
Library, 30 East Hanover Avenue,
Whippany, NJ. Directions to Library: www.mclib.info.
Information: For directions and up-to-date
meeting status, call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
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NJ Consultants’ Network:
Brushless DC
Motors – More Knowledge Means Better Results
On Thursday, March 25, 2010, the IEEE Consultants' Network of
Northern NJ (www.TechnologyOnTap.org) will
present Steven R. Garfinkel, Principal of Ellipsah LLC, who will discuss how
BLDC motors are constructed, their performance and how to select them.
About the Topic
Brushless DC motors are used in high performance servo systems. They are capable of high power output in a
given size, making them the motor of choice for weight- or size-sensitive
applications. When properly applied, they
are enormously robust.
This discussion will cover the basics of the construction of BLDC
motors. Without resorting to heavy math,
the basics of their design will be presented, to provide attendees with a more
complete understanding of how they work and what features to look for. Users of BLDC motors will be in a better
position to ensure they get a motor that will work from their supplier.
The primary components of a BLDC motor are the magnets, laminations,
insulation, commutation sensor and windings.
Each will be briefly discussed. A
systematic approach to the selection of a BLDC motor for a specific application
will be presented. If you have any
questions about how BLDC motor work, you will find the answers in this
presentation.
About the Speaker
Steven Garfinkel received his BSc and MEng in Electrical Engineering
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy,
New York. He designed autopilots, flight control
actuators, rescue hoists, cargo winches and industrial tools over his career of
more than twenty five years. His
company, Ellipsah LLC, provides complete servo system design services,
including custom motors and controllers. Steven can be reached at sgarfinkel@ellipsah.com or at (973) 432-7401.
About the Consultants’ Network
Founded in 1992, the IEEE Consultants Network of Northern NJ encourages
and promotes the use of independent technical consultants by business and
industry.
All Welcome!
Free admission – members and non-members are welcome
Time: 6:30-8:30 PM, Thursday, March 25, 2010.
Place: Morris County
Library, 30 East Hanover Avenue,
Whippany, NJ. Directions to Library: www.mclib.info.
Information: For directions and up-to-date
meeting status, call Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
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NJ Consultants’ Network:
More Assistance
for Small High-Tech Businesses: Resources
and Grants from NJ COS&T
The April 29, 2010 meeting of the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern
NJ will feature a talk on assistance for small high-technology businesses
provided by the State of New Jersey
Commission on Science and Technology.
The presenter, Peter Reczek, PhD, is the Executive Director of New
Jersey COS&T. He brings to this position an extensive background in
high-tech start-ups that he founded, as well as in managing technology transfer
and industrial-academic partnerships.
Dr. Reczek will highlight many of the state programs that foster growth
of small design or manufacturing businesses or benefit engineers in consulting
practices.
The meeting will take place on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 7pm, in the Olive Restaurant
at the Parsippany Hilton.
More information will be available closer to the meeting date – in this
newsletter and on the CNNNJ Web site (www.TechnologyOnTap.org).
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NJ EDS/C&S:
Digital
Radiography
On February 10, 2010, the IEEE NJ Section Electron
Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters together with the New Jersey Institute
of Technology will host a talk on “Digital Radiography." The speaker will be Distinguished Lecturer,
Dr. Lucian A. Kasprzak.
About the Talk
If you or someone you know has had an x-ray
recently, you may have discovered that things have changed in the radiology
department. Almost all the techniques
used today are digital. Some techniques
used in the radiology department of a hospital are digital by nature. As examples, Computed Radiography, Magnetic
Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography come to mind. However, general radiography and mammography
were not digital as originally conceived.
These two types of medical radiography have gone through a transition in
the last 15 years, resulting in the displacement of x-ray film radiography by
digital devices. This change in media,
so to speak, allows radiologists to see images almost instantaneously. Further, the infrastructure is now in place
to quickly send these images literally around the world for analysis or second
opinion.
After a brief description of the x-ray film
technique, we will explore the digital technologies used in general radiography
and mammography. The image capture
technologies and their applications will be described with a focus on aspects
of resolution and detection. These
detectors use TFT technology
similar to that used in flat panel displays.
Key attributes of the detector pixels, such as, fill factor, modulation
transfer function, detective quantum efficiency and fixed pattern noise will be
reviewed. In addition, the components,
materials and processes used in the fabrication of these devices will be
examined to lend perspective on their performance and reliability. Finally, some practical challenges for
possible future improvement will be advanced.
About the Speaker
Lucian A. Kasprzak received the PhD degree in Solid State Technology
from the Materials Science Department of Stevens Institute of Technology in
1972, while on an IBM Resident Fellowship. He received a BS in Physics from Stevens in
1965 and an MS in Physics from Syracuse
in 1970. He has worked, his entire
career, on reliability of semiconductor devices and ICs: from their inception
as discrete devices to ULSI. He
discovered the hot electron effect in short channel MOSFET devices in 1973
while at IBM, from which he
retired in 1995. The past 14 years, he
has been in the medical device industry in various R&D organizations. He pioneered the creation of IEEE
transactions on Device and Materials Reliability and is on the Board of
Directors of the International Reliability Physics Symposium. Dr. Kasprzak is a Fellow of the IEEE.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Free buffet will begin at 6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center
(Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark,
NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.
Information: Dr. Durga Misra (973) 596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu), Dr. Edip Niver
(973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS Microwave)..
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NJ IMS:
Internal
Development of Test and Measurement Hardware for Wireless Infrastructure
Applications
On Tuesday, April 6, 2010, the IEEE North
Jersey Section of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) is hosting
a talk entitled, “Internal Development of Test and Measurement Hardware for
Wireless Infrastructure Applications.”
The presenter will be Charles Jobbers, MTS, Andrew Corporation.
About the Talk
The cost pressures on commercial
infrastructure component manufacturers have forced organizations to explore
innovative solutions to reduce test costs.
For some manufacturers, viable options to address specific test and
measurement needs must be developed internally. Andrew Corporation decided to design our own
hardware to determine whether cost savings are possible while maintaining the
necessary performance criteria needed to test our commercial wireless infrastructure
hardware. Utilizing a highly-focused,
small development team and a straightforward goal to reduce cost, we decided to
develop a line of modular hardware that may be used by R&D, reliability and
production test and measurement needs.
We have successfully developed an Arbitrary Waveform Generator (ARB),
Digital Upconverter, CW Signal Source and Reflectometer that are used in Vector
Signal Generators (VSGs) and Vector Network Analyzers (VNA’s) which are
currently in use throughout the organization.
Our work has resulted in a significant reduction in our capital
equipment expenditures as well as a new product line which may be marketed as a
lower cost alternate to the RF & Microwave Test and Measurement industry.
About the Speaker
Charles D. Jobbers was earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic
Engineering Technology from DeVry University in North
Brunswick, NJ on June
2001. Later he received his Master’s Degree in Software Engineering from Monmouth University
in West Long Branch, NJ in May 2006. He is currently pursuing an MBA in Finance
from the same institution. He is
currently working as an Engineering Manager at Andrew Corporation for the last
6 years. Previously, he held titles of Test Engineer, Software Engineer, and RF
Engineer at Mitec Wireless, Inc based out of Montreal
Canada.
All Welcome!
Free admission. Members and non-members
welcome.
Time: 6:30 PM, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Free buffet will be provided at 5:30 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center
(Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.
Information: Russell C. Pepe, 201-960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ IMS:
On Tuesday, May 4, 2010, the IEEE North
Jersey Section of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) is hosting
a talk entitled, “Outdoor ITE-Global Deployment.” The presenter will be Don Gies, MTS,
Alcatel-Lucent Global Product Compliance Laboratory.
About the Talk
This talk explores aspects of IEC 60950-1,
enclosure test standards (UL 50, CSA C22.2 No. 94, NEMA 250, IEC 60529, IEC
60950-22), and global electrical codes and wiring methods that impact outdoor
ITE, and provides insight on how to juggle, compromise, and reconcile
conflicting international requirements.
About the Speaker
Don Gies has been a Product Compliance Engineer for over 23 years. Since
1989, Mr. Gies has worked at AT&T-Bell Laboratories/Lucent
Technologies/Alcatel-Lucent as a Product Safety Engineer, responsible for
obtaining product safety certifications for his company’s telephone and
information processing equipment from domestic and international product safety
organizations. Mr. Gies has become a
leading subject matter expert for his company in the field of global product
safety compliance, working primarily with Alcatel-Lucent's wireless base
station equipment. Mr. Gies is a member
of the Alcatel-Lucent
Technical Academy. Prior to working at AT&T, Mr. Gies was a
Tempest Engineer for Honeywell-Signal
Analysis Center,
where he worked on various secure communications projects for the US Army
Communications -Electronics Command. Mr.
Gies, a lifelong resident of the Jersey
Shore, graduated from Rutgers University
- College of Engineering as an Electrical Engineer.
He is an iNARTE Certified Product Safety Engineer.
All Welcome!
Free admission. Members and non-members
welcome.
Time: 6:30 PM, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Free buffet will be provided at 5:30 PM.
Place: Alcatel-Lucent, Building 5, 600
Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974.
Information: Russell C. Pepe, 201-960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ Section PACE, GOLD:
Engineers
Meet:
The Engineer’s View
On Wednesday,
February 10, 2010 the North Jersey Section Professional Activities Committee
and Graduates of the Last Decade will host a meeting to host a meeting to
discuss the “The Upside of Being Downsized.”
Our speaker will be Diane Young.
About the Meeting
If you have
been downsized or fear that you may be, then you will want to attend this
informative and thought-provoking seminar.
You will
learn: How to turn a challenge into an
opportunity by changing your outlook.
Through
experiential exercises, how to set and achieve goals. Tips on how to survive and thrive in a down
economy.
This is a
discussion group that is designed to be fun and interactive. Handouts will be given so you may apply what
you have learned long after the seminar has ended.
About the Speaker
Diane Young is a certified professional coach who focuses on both
relationship and career transition coaching.
She completed her studies at the Institute for Professional Excellence
in Coaching (iPEC), a renowned training program accredited by the International
Coach Federation (ICF).
The LYF Experience is the name of Diane’s coaching practice and LYF
stands for Love Yourself First. Diane
has learned that success begins with self-love and self-acceptance. She works closely with her clients to help
them let go of self-defeating thoughts and behaviors, discover their potential,
take action and achieve their personal and career goals.
In response to this challenging economic climate, Diane founded and
facilitates a support and networking group called The Unemployed Optimists
where participants can connect and feel inspired and motivated during their
transition. Feature stories on this
group have appeared in The Record, The Star Ledger and Herald News and on News
12 NJ.
Diane’s practice includes individual, couples and group coaching. She may be reached at diane@thelyfexperience.
com.
All Welcome!
Members and students from all professional
societies and engineering disciplines are welcome. We now have
attendees from IEEE,
ASME, NSPE, ASCE and AEA. For
information about these groups see:
www.aea.org
www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care
www.ieeeusa.org
www.programmersguild.org
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
CARE is the
Congressional Advocacy Recruitment Effort CARE
is a voluntary network of IEEE members who are interested in public
policy. To help and for information go
to www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/.
Time:
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Refreshments will be served.
Place: Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton,
NJ, (973) 772-5500.
Information: Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130
“AT” aol.com, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rtax “AT” aea.org.
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NJ Section PACE:
Engineers
Meet:
IEEE-USA – Engineering
Supply and Demand
On Wednesday,
March 10, 2010 the North Jersey Section Professional Activities Committee will
meet to discuss IEEE-USA’s influence on the Manpower Supply/Demand Ratio. Do
they help or hinder? Stop in for an
informative discussion with Pizza, & refreshments. Bring your friends and associates.
About the Meeting
This
meeting will provide members of the Profession
with an opportunity to discuss IEEE-USA’s involvement and influence over the Supply of
engineers. More about this subject
listed in the “PACE News” column in this Newsletter.
These
meeting’s provide the means to reach other engineers and IEEE members. Historically, once members get to our
meetings they just don’t want to leave.
Our meetings are entertaining and thought provoking.
All are
invited. We encourage North Jersey
Section Ex-Com officers to attend. When
they do, our Section membership can meet with them on a first name basis.
Bring your
associates, friends and spouses.
All Welcome!
Members and
students from all professional societies and engineering disciplines are
welcome. We now have attendees
from IEEE, ASME, NSPE, ASCE and AEA. For
information about these groups see:
www.aea.org
www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care
www.ieeeusa.org
www.programmersguild.org
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
CARE is the
Congressional Advocacy Recruitment Effort CARE
is a voluntary network of IEEE members who are interested in public
policy. To help and for information go
to www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/.
Time:
6:30 PM to 8:45 PM, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Refreshments will be served.
Place: Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton,
NJ, (973) 772-5500.
Information: Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT”
aol.com, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rtax “AT” aea.org.
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NJ SMC Society:
Deadlock-free
and Ratio-enforced Supervision of Automated Manufacturing Systems Using Petri
Nets
On Thursday,
March 11, 2010, the NJ Systems, Man & Cybernetics (SMC) Chapter will be
hosting a seminar on “Deadlock-free and Ratio-enforced Supervision of Automated
Manufacturing Systems Using Petri Nets.”
Mr. Hesuan Hu, a visiting PhD student in New Jersey Institute of
Technology, will be the presenter.
About the Talk
In automated manufacturing systems (AMSs), Petri nets are widely adopted
to solve the supervisory control problems. Among them deadlock-freeness and fairness
constitute two important parts. The
former ensures no occurrence of deadlock situations so as to inhibit the
emergence of the partial or complete blockage of the processing of jobs. The latter ensures a reasonable regulation
scheme for orderly resolution such that a desired ratio can be achieved among
different processes. This work proposes
an efficient method for designing the supervisors, which are based on the
invariance property of Petri net models of AMSs. A novel approach is proposed to iteratively
produce empty siphons as the solutions of a set of linear inequalities. We show that the implementation of these two
supervisors can be separately performed.
The applicability of these results is illustrated through examples. Comparison with the previous work is
presented to demonstrate the advantages of the proposed approach.
About the Speaker
Hesuan Hu received the BS and MS degrees from Xidian
University, Xi’an, P. R. China, in 2003 and 2005,
respectively. He is currently working
towards the PhD degree at Xidian
University. Since 2008, he has been a research scholar in
the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, New Jersey Institute of
Technology, Newark,
where he has also served as an Adjunct Professor in charge of two graduate
courses since 2009. From 1997 to 2000,
he was an Assistant Engineer at the Metrology Department of Xi’an Aircraft
Engine Control Engineering Co., Ltd., where he was appointed as the Director of
the Electrical and Electronic Laboratory from 2001 to 2002. His research focuses on Petri nets and their
application, automated manufacturing systems, resource allocation systems, and
discrete event systems. In the above
areas, he authored or co-authored 40 papers on various peer-reviewed journals
or conferences including a number of IEEE Transactions. Also, he is an active reviewer for more than
10 prestigious international journals as well as many conferences. Since 2008, he has served as a program
committee member for several conferences.
All Welcome!
You need not be
a member of IEEE to attend, and there is no charge for admission.
Time:
7:00 PM (light refreshments at 6:45
PM), Thursday,
March 11, 2010.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center
(Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark,
NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.
Information: Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT”
aol.com, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rtax “AT” aea.org.
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North Jersey
Spring 2010 Student Presentation Contest
The Spring 2010 Student Presentation Contest is coming up! The North Jersey Section will be holding a
presentation contest scheduled for March 24, 2010, for undergraduate and graduate
students. This contest has been held in
years past. Its overwhelming success in generating student participation and
interest make it a fantastic event for up and coming engineers. This year's contest will feature similar
prizes ($$$) and have graduate and undergraduate categories.
The main focus of the presentation contest is to give students an
opportunity to sharpen their communication skills, and help prepare for real
life situations as practicing engineers and researchers. Additionally, the
North Jersey Section contest provides an excellent chance for students to
practice for the Region I Student Paper contest in Spring.
The contest at the North Jersey Section level is also supplemented by
awarding cash prizes to the three best presentations in both graduate and
undergraduate categories. All
engineering students are encouraged to participate in submitting team or
individual presentations on any project work related to engineering. This local contest does not require students
to write a full paper, just a slide-based presentation on technical or
non-technical work is sufficient. Senior
design projects, lab projects, personal engineering hobbies, engineering
policy, etc., are great topics to submit.
Moving onto the regional contest requires submitting a short written
paper.
The details of contest rules, judging criteria, viable topics for
presentations, and abstract form will be same as last year. Also, if you would like to get an idea of
what topics would be appropriate or how you can prepare your abstract, take a
look at winners from past years at the NNJ IEEE SAC homepage archive.
This year's North Jersey Section Contest will be open to graduate and
undergraduate students and first/second/third place prizes will be awarded in
each category of $100/$75/$50. All participants MUST REGISTER by submitting an
abstract by filling in the form available at the SAC website to qualify as a
contest participant.
Time:
Starting at 6:00 PM
with dinner at 5:30 PM, Wednesday, March 24, 2010.
Place: FDU, Teaneck, NJ
(http://www.fdu.edu/visitorcenter/directions/teaneck_map.html).
Information: Dr. Mike Liechenstein
(973-471-0721) or E-Mail: itsmikesju “AT” aol.com or zhou “AT” njit.edu. Please
RSVP and check the electronic newsletter for any changes.
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1st Transistor IEEE Milestone Dedicated at
Alcatel-Lucent Bell
Labs
by Michael Miller and Howard
Leach
(Photo by Pete Bryon of Morris Plains)
L-R seated are early Bell Labs
researchers: Dr. Alfred Mac Rae, Dr.
Walter Brown, and Dr. Morris Tanenbaum.
L-R standing are: Dr. Michael Geselowitz Director, IEEE History
Center at Rutgers University, Dr. Alexander B. Magoun, Executive Director,
David Sarnoff Library, Dr. Rod C. Alferness, Chief Scientist at Alcatel-Lucent
Bell Labs, Dr. Charles P. Rubenstein, Director-Elect, IEEE Region 1, Dr. Durga
Misra, Chair, Southern Area, IEEE Region 1, and Amit J. Patel, Chair, IEEE
North Jersey Section.
The North
Jersey Section’s fourth milestone plaque, with following citation, was
officially dedicated at a ceremony held at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, 600 Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ,
on Tuesday, December 8th. The
dedication was hosted by Dr. Rod C. Alferness, Chief Scientist at
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, and was attended by over 80.
‘Invention of
the First Transistor at Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., 1947
At this site,
in Building 1, Room 1E455, from 17 November to 23 December 1947, Walter H. Brattain and John
A. Bardeen -- under the direction of William B. Shockley -- discovered the
transistor effect, and developed and demonstrated a point-contact germanium
transistor. This led directly to
developments in solid-state devices that revolutionized the electronics
industry and changed the way people around the world lived, learned, worked,
and played.’
After
opening remarks by Amit J. Patel, Section Chair, Dr. Durga Misra Chair,
Southern Area, Region 1, and Dr. Charles P. Rubenstein, Director-Elect, Region
1, Dr. Alex Magoun, the 2009 IEEE History Committee Milestone Coordinator and
advocate for this milestone, explained the purpose of the IEEE Milestone
program. It recognizes significant
technological innovations in areas promoted by the IEEE that have occurred at
least twenty-five years ago. Then some
early Bell Labs researchers reminisced about the early transistor pioneers
shown to the right.
Dr. Alfred
MacRae, IEEE Life Fellow, NAE, EDS
Past President, of Berkeley
Heights, joined a
department in Bell Labs in 1960 that included Walter Brattain. He noted that Walter Brattain was a superb
experimentalist and a down to earth person who bragged more about his
marksmanship from a galloping horse while growing up on the family ranch in Washington State than his scientific
accomplishments. Later, Dr. MacRae, as
Director of the Advanced Integrated Circuit Technology Laboratory, interacted
with William Shockley and referred to him as the most intellectually
stimulating person he ever met. Dr.
MacRae has been recognized for his pioneering work on ion implantation in integrated
circuit fabrication, was Director, AT&T Skynet Satellite Communications
Laboratory, and continues as a consultant in satellite communications systems.
Dr. Walter
Brown , NAE, of Berkeley
Heights, related how John
Bardeen was a thoughtful person and always took time to answer a question and
invariably had the right answer. He also
stated that William Shockley always knew what had to be done and instructed his
staff precisely how to proceed which was not always well received.
Dr. Morris
Tanenbaum, IEEE Life Fellow, NAE, of Short Hills, joined the Bell Labs Chemical
Physics Department in 1952 and worked on the chemical composition of
transistors. At William Shockley’s
prompting and with the invaluable collaboration of the technician Ernie Buehler,
he made the world’s first silicon transistor in January 1955. He provided reasons why silicon was preferred
over germanium and some problems that had to be solved. Some of the above is from his ‘First-Hand
Histories’ article entitled ‘Beginning of the Silicon Age’ and his
‘Oral-History’ both on the IEEE Global History Network.
Dr.
Robert E. Kerwin, another Bell
labs researcher, on the left, was also recognized for his early transistor
contributions. He was the winner of the
IEEE Jack A. Morton Award for contributions to the basic understanding and
innovative development of MOS device technology. The process described in his patent on the
silicon gate technology is the basis of all transistors that comprise modern
very large scale integrated circuits.
Dr. Alferness, (left)
Chief Scientist at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, NAE, Fellow - Optical Society of
America, and a member the IEEE Photonics Society, was formerly the Bell
Laboratories Research Senior Vice President. He also serves on Optical Society’s Executive
Management Committee within the European Conference. He introduced Ken Oexle, (right) the North
Jersey Awards Chair and Master of Ceremonies, who expertly handled with ease
all the introductions beginning with Amit J. Patel, Chairman of the New Jersey
Section.
Amit
J. Patel, on left, thanked Alcatel-Lucent for hosting the luncheon and
recognized the efforts of the Robert W. Abbott, Chief, and Edward J. Eckert, of
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Intellectual Property, Deb McGregor and Thomas J.
McCarthy of Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Communications, and Ken Oexle and Howard
Leach of the North Jersey Section for their support with the Milestone
Nomination and dedication ceremony.
Next,
Dr. Durga Misra, on right and Chairman of Southern Area, Region
1, described the geographic area and recognized the numerous
IEEE Fellows in attendance.
Then
Dr. Charles Rubenstein, on left, Region 1
Director Elect at that time, reminisced about his early start in engineering
beginning with a trip to Bell Labs in the fall of 1963 as a student of Sheepshead Bay High School,
LI. As a senior, he was selected by his
physics teacher for a weekend of presentations and discussions with Bell Labs
scientists. This trip inspired him, in
part, to continue with a career in electrical engineering. The rest is history. He earned a doctorate in Bio-engineering at
the Polytechnic Institute of New York and a Masters in Library and Information
Science at Pratt Institute. Dr.
Rubenstein is Professor of Engineering and Information Science at Pratt
Institute’s graduate School
of Information and
Library Science. An IEEE senior member, he
became the Region 1 Director and a
member of the IEEE Board of Directors on January 1st.
Dr.
Rubenstein noted that the transistor was the twentieth milestone approved in Region 1, the Center of Technology.
As Director, he plans on working with
the IEEE History Center staff on identifying other potential milestones within
Region 1 to celebrate the foundations of our profession that have occurred in
the Region’s states: Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Closing
remarks were given by Dr. Rod C. Alferness who noted that the transistor is
considered by many to be one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth
century. The transistor is the key
active component in practically all modern electronics. Its importance in today's society rests on its
ability to be mass produced using a highly
automated process that achieves astonishingly low per-transistor costs.
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PACE News
By Richard F. Tax
IEEE to increase Engineer Supply/Demand Ratio
“The E2 Education Act would help states
introduce engineering to students as regular parts of the science curriculum. The bill provides the states grant money to
develop curriculums that introduce engineering and engineering concepts to
students. The bill then provides further grants to implement those
curriculums.”
Are you worried about the declining number of American students who are
majoring in Engineering or the STEM professions?
IEEE-USA has sent the following to our membership to solicit their
support for The E2 Education Act. However, is this in the best interest of the
Profession or our students? How will
this affect the Engineering manpower Supply/Demand ratio? High is bad for the Engineering professional,
and low would be better. It looks like
another money issue where cheap is better.
IEEE-USA
wrote,
under the Subject line: “Help IEEE-USA
Reform Science Education”
“IEEE Member:
We
have a unique opportunity to change the way science and engineering are taught
in the Untied States - if we act quickly.
A
bill will soon be introduced into Congress that would help states add
engineering to their basic science curriculums at the K-12 level. If
passed, the bill would be a significant reform to our STEM education system. The bill will introduce all students to
engineering much earlier in their academic careers than we do currently. It will also encourage students to continue
their science educations through high-school, a time when many American
students abandon the hard sciences.
While
the bill has support in Congress, it needs more. We need to explain to our elected officials
exactly what the bill is and what it does. Most importantly, we need to convince Congress
that this issue is important enough for them to focus on it.
To
do this, IEEE-USA is inviting all IEEE members to come to Washington on February 8 and 9 to discuss
the bill with your elected leaders.
Full
details are here: http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/careerflyin/default.asp
If
you are interested in education reform, concerned about how America is
educating our future engineers, or worried about the declining number of American
students who are majoring in STEM fields, this is your opportunity to make a
difference. Please join IEEE-USA on
February 8 and 9 to explain this problem, and this solution, with Congress. Register today!”
That sums up this effort toward increasing the supply of engineers, but
we know their will be more.
See the involvement on the National Engineers Week (NEW) effort. Hey, little girl, want a cookie? You will see it when you get there.
http://www.eweek.org/EngineersWeek/Introduce.aspx?ContentID=28.
LETTER
With concern about the Supply/Demand Ratio, I sent the following, dated
November 28, 2009, to our IEEE-USA presidents. I never did receive a
reply.
Here is the letter:
To Gordon W. Day, Ph.D, Russell Lefevre, Ph.D, Evelyn H. Hirt. John Vig
November 28, 2009
I am the PACE chair for the North Jersey,
IEEE, Section and the Metropolitan Section’s Activities Council (METSAC). PACE is the acronym for Professional Activities
Committee for Engineers.
I would like to prepare a Year End report for these two entities. We all have access to “The Institute” and
“Spectrum”, but I see little to address the bread and butter issues facing our
American Engineers.
What has IEEE-USA done during 2009 to enhance the profession for our
engineering practitioners? Please note,
I mentioned engineering practitioners (working engineers) and not academics. These two groups seem to have conflicting
interests and goals.
I am interested in your efforts to address the Supply/Demand Ratio and
enhancement of the job market for engineers. Are IEEE-USA’s efforts having a positive or
negative affect on the S/D ratio? I see
as a goal the reduction of the S/D ratio i.e. reducing the supply and increasing
the demand for our American Engineers.
Regards,
Richard F. Tax
North Jersey Section. PACE chair.
METSAC PACE Chair
See http://www.aea.org/documents/tax/htri_file.pdf
While IEEE-USA wrote “While the bill has support
in Congress, it needs more.”
No it doesn't need more support; it needs opposition. This
bill provides federal funding to expand the K-12 education and seduce our youth
into engineering.
Perhaps it is time to get rid of IEEE-USA and IEEE leaders responsible
for this activity.
In conclusion, I believe IEEE-USA and IEEE are and have been acting to
increase the supply of Engineers with total disregard for the profession or
demand for our engineering members. Supporting
IEEE-USA and these efforts is detrimental to the career of all practicing
engineers. It is also harmful to our
young students. I know and respect the
staff at IEEE-USA. Unfortunately, they
can only do what they are told to do.
Compare them to www.aea.org.
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Elevate to Senior Member Grade!
To get information and
an application to advance to Senior Member Grade, see http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/senior-members/. For
further information or to find potential references, contact Mario Ogava,
Membership Chair, at m.ogava “AT” ieee.org.
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North Jersey
Section Seeks Committee Chairs and Volunteers
The North Section is seeking new volunteers to help conduct business for
the benefit of its membership. There are
a variety of volunteer positions open and available. They range from long-term to short-term, from
technical to non-technical, leadership or just participatory. For Society Chapter Chairs, you must be a member
of the corresponding IEEE Society. You
must be an active IEEE member to hold an elected office at the section level.
If you would like to become involved with volunteering in some of these
efforts or positions or just become more informed about what is happening at
the North Jersey Section, please contact Dr. Chandra Gupta at c.gupta “AT”
ieee.org. You are welcome to attend the
Section business meeting held the first Wednesday of every month to find out
more and other volunteer activities that require some help.
Some committees needing volunteers include the following. Please contact the person indicated for additional
information.
· Power Electronics Society Chapter Chair - contact c.gupta below.
· GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Affinity Group Volunteers and
Committee members needed - contact northjerseygold “AT” ieee.org
· WIE (Women in Engineering) Affinity Group Volunteers and Committee
members needed - contact kduncan “AT” ieee.org
· EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) is seeking a chair
and active committee volunteers - contact c.gupta “AT” ieee.org.
· Membership Development Committee Chair and Volunteers - contact c.gupta
below.
Additionally, if interested volunteers would like to get more general
information about the Section, including a complete listing of all chapters and
committees, visit the North Jersey Section website http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/, or contact Dr. Chandra Gupta c.gupta “AT” ieee.org.
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Region 1 Award Nominations
Nominate a colleague. Region 1 of IEEE offers a variety of awards to
recognize the engineering accomplishments
of members. Specific award categories include: technological
innovation, engineering organization, academic teaching, enhancement of IEEE image in the public or industry and
sustained IEEE service. To obtain
additional information about these categories visit the Region 1 website
www.ieee.org/r1
Once at the site click on Section Information on the
far right column. On the Section page
click on Region 1 Awards Information. We
will assist you. To nominate a qualified
individual prepare a 200-word summary (including the individual’s name, IEEE number and IEEE US postal mail address) specifying
the accomplishment of the candidate.
Send the summary to our Awards Chair Ken Oexle, 11 Deerfield
Road, Whippany, NJ
07981, prior to May 1. The North Jersey Awards Committee will review
the summary; suggest any changes; complete the nomination form; and forward it
to the Region 1 Awards committee with a Section endorsement.
Award nominations are evaluated and approved at the Region 1 Summer
Meeting and plaques are presented at the following North Jersey Section Annual
Awards Reception.
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From the North Jersey Section’s Education Committee: Hot courses can enhance your position in the
job market
IEEE North Jersey
Education Committee ran programming and management courses since 1993. 236 IEEE members and non-members completed
these courses. Benefits: Some got jobs at AT&T and Microsoft
Corporation.
We need hot courses,
instructors and classrooms. If you can
teach a hot course (any course that can get people jobs), email your one-page
abstract and your resume. If your NJ
firm can provide a conference room, evening or Saturday morning, contact Donald
Hsu, Chair, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com.
Thank-you and act NOW!
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Volunteer
Teacher for 11-week apprenticeship with middle school students in Newark
Citizen Schools is a national
non-profit serving low-income middle-school students after school, extending
the number of hours spent in an active learning environment. A core program element is the project-based
student apprenticeship.
Each semester, generous volunteers get trained to become Citizen Teachers who lead these
hands-on apprenticeships on a topic of their choosing, and about which they are
both passionate and knowledgeable. These apprenticeships culminate in a WOW! moment where students
teach back what they learned
via the creation of a high-quality product, service or presentation that
demonstrates their mastery.
We
have a renewed focus on science, technology and engineering and are looking for
ways to bring these to live in an exciting way to our students. This semester’s offering has ranged from an
Arup Consulting Engineering working with them on structural engineering to the
students learning mechanical engineering principles by creating a dance
pad. We are currently recruiting
volunteers for the Spring semester (starting week of February 8th)
to spend 90 minutes a week on either a Tuesday or Thursday (for 11 weeks) as
Citizen Teachers in Newark (NJ) and would be interested in engaging yourself
and/or your organization in the process.
To learn more about the program (http://www.youtube.com/profile?v=mx4xeO3Xq7g&user=citizenschoolsonline) , read about past apprenticeships (http://ctnation.citizenschools.net/dotnetnuke/Teach/ThinkIt/ApprenticeshipIdeaBank/tabid/151/Default.aspx)
or apply to become a Citizen Teacher (http://ctnation.citizenschools.net/dotnetnuke/Volunteer/SignUp/tabid/175/Default.aspx).
To apply: http://ctnation.citizenschools.net/dotnetnuke/Volunteer/SignUp/tabid/175/Default.aspx
If you have any questions, please contact
Bing Howell at binghowell@citizenschools.org.
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TCF-2010
The 35th Annual
Trenton Computer Festival (TCF) will be held Saturday & Sunday, April 24th
& 25th, 2010 http://www.tcf-nj.org.
The TCF IT
Professional Conference is Friday April 23rd.
New this year, the
ARRL NJ Amateur Radio Convention is being held coincident with the festival, on
Sunday April 25th, all at The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey.
This year we are
focusing on Open Source Software, but we are still interested in covering all
topics relating to computers and digital technology. As 2010 is our 35th year, we are also seeking
talks that deal with the history of PCs and their impact on society. We are looking for talks (50 minutes) and
tutorials/workshop (100 minutes) on all forms of computer, digital electronics,
information, communications technology, robotics, home/environmental control,
Vid/Podcasting, gaming and digital home entertainment, digital photography,
wireless technology, networking.
If you have an idea
for a talk or workshop/tutorial for TCF, please fill out a Speaker Application
form at http://tcf-nj.org/speaker_registration.html.
If you are
interested in more information, or in speaking at the other related
events. For the IT Professional
Conference contact David Soll at dsoll@Omicron.com. For the Amateur Radio Conference contact Gary
Wilson at k2gw@optonline.net. For TCF in general, contact
Allen Katz, TCF Program Chairperson, a.katz@ieee.org, telephone:
609-771-2666, fax: 609-631-0177, US Mail: Dr. Allen Katz, School of
Engineering, The College of New Jersey, PO Box 7718, Ewing, NJ 08628-0718.
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Call for
Papers - The 33rd IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2010
http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/princeton-centraljersey/2010_Sarnoff_Symposium/
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Call for
Papers - LISAT2010
http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/lisat/cfpLisat2010rev5.pdf
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IEEE Awards
Reception
North
Jersey Section
May 2,
2010
Birchwood
Manor, Whippany
NJ
A time to relax, unwind and
enjoy --
A time to pay tribute to
our new Fellows --
A time to honor our Award
Winners --
YES it's time for the
Annual Section Reception
The Annual Section IEEE Awards Reception
will be held at the Birchwood Manor, 111 North Jefferson Road,
Whippany again this year. The affair is
scheduled for Sunday, May 2, 2010 from
3 to 6
PM. Tickets are $35.00
each. Spouses and guests are
welcome. We are limited to 90
attendees, so please make your reservations early.
Reservations are required by April
24, 2010. Complete the
reservation form and return it with your payment. If you would like tickets mailed back to you,
please enclose a self-addressed stamped
envelope. Otherwise, your tickets will
be held at the door for you. If any
additional information is required concerning the reception, contact Anne
Giedlinski at (973) 377-3175.
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Use this form for Reception
reservations. ENCLOSE A
SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE to receive tickets in advance. Reservations are required by April 24, 2010. Mail reservation request to:
Anne
Giedlinski
299 Brooklake Road
Florham
Park, NJ 07932
Enclosed is __________ for ____ ticket(s) at
$35.00 each (make check payable to North Jersey Section IEEE)
for:
NAME:
___________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Yes,
please send me directions to the Birchwood Manor
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NJ Power & Energy Society/Industry Applications
Society
Small Power Transformer Technical
Seminar
The PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a technical
seminar on the topic of medium voltage small power transformers. The session will be held on Friday, March 26,
2010 at PSE&G’s Hadley Road Facility, 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield,
NJ.
Topics
The seminar will cover the basics of design and
product selection of small power transformers for power distribution systems
for industrial and commercial facilities.
The seminar will focus on the selection of the various types of small
power transformers, and how to configure the systems to provide the proper
level of reliability based on available project funding:
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ü
Comparison of Transformer
Technologies, Dry Type and Liquid Filled Transformers
ü
Transformer Overload
Capability and System Coordination
ü
Transformer Thermal
Characteristics
ü
ANSI C57.12.96 and
C57.12.92
ü
ANSI Test Requirements
ü
DOE National Efficiency
Standard
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ü
Fluids: Oil, Less
Flammable, Biodegradable
ü
Total Ownership Costs:
ü
New Equipment Developments
ü
Acquisition &
Commissioning Costs
ü
Operations / Energy Costs
ü
Operations / Maintenance
Costs
ü
Life Cycle / Retirement
Cost
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About the Instructors
The instructors will be Tommy Nunn and Jeffrey Wimmer,
ABB.
Tommy Nunn has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering
and comes to us with 31 years experience in the medium voltage power equipment
industry specializing in Small Power Transformers. His experience in the industry includes ITE,
Gould, Brown Boveri Corporation, PEMCO and presently he is the Marketing
Manager for ABB’s North American Dry Type Transformer Division.
Jeffrey Wimmer MS/MBA studied both engineering and
management, and is a certified substation maintenance engineer with experience
in the medium voltage power equipment industry specializing in Small Power
Transformers. His experience in the
industry includes the US Air Force, Virginia Transformer Corp., AVO/Megger,
North American EPC’s, and currently he is the Senior Marketing Representative
in Business Development for ABB’s North American Dry Type Transformer Division.
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The registration fee for this seminar will be $150 for
non-IEEE members, $100 for IEEE Members, $75 for GOLD Graduates (last 1-10
years) and $25 for students with valid ID.
The fee will be waived for IEEE Life Member Grades with verification at
the seminar. The seminar fee includes
lunch, refreshments and handouts.
Non-members joining IEEE within 30 days of the seminar will be rebated
50% of the IEEE registration charge.
If desired, IEEE Continuing Education Units will be
offered for this course - a small fee of $25 will be required for
processing. A total of 0.4 CEUs will be
offered. Please indicate if desired
below.
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Time:
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9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (lunch is included), Friday, March 26, 2010.
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Place:
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PSE&G
- Hadley Road
Facility, 4000 Hadley Road,
South Plainfield, NJ 07080-1192h
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Directions:
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Route 287
to Exit 5
If
Southbound make right onto Stelton
Road; If Northbound make left onto Stelton Road
Make
first left onto Hadley Road
Pass the
two lights and building is on the left; look for PSE&G sign on left.
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Information:
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Ronald W. Quade, PE,
(732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org
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______________________________________________________________________
Registration: Small Power Transformer Seminar 3/26/2010
Register via US mail to: Ronald W. Quade, PE
Eaton
Electrical
379 Thornall St, 8th
Floor
Edison, NJ 08837
Name______________________________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________________________________
Phone__________________
Email______________________________________________________
IEEE
#_________________ Student @______________________ Non IEEE_____ Life
Member______
Continuing Education Units: Yes $25 No
If CEUs are chosen,
please include a $25 processing fee
Payment Enclosed
$_______________
Make checks payable to North
Jersey Section IEEE (Credit Cards cannot be processed at this
time).
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NJ Power & Energy Society/Industry Applications
Society
Arc Flash Seminar
The PES and IAS
Chapters will sponsor a technical seminar on the topic of arc flash. The session will be held on Friday, February 26, 2010
at Automatic Switch Co., 50
Hanover Rd, in Florham Park, NJ.
Topics
Arc Flash:
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ü Intro/Recap
of Arc Flash – concern, standards, etc.
ü The
“Compliance” Process
ü Limits of
Approach
ü NFPA 70E-2009
– highlighting changes to 70E-2004
ü Review of
Hazard Risk Categories and PPE
descriptions
ü IEEE
1584-2002 – overview, what’s ahead
ü Arc Flash
Study – including typical results / recommendations
ü Incident
Energy Equations – a comparative analysis
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ü Using the 70E
Tables vs. 1584 Equations
ü NESC 2007
ü Coordination
vs. Arc Flash
ü Labeling
ü Your
Electrical Safety Program – considerations
ü Your
Electrical Safety Program – keeping it EVERGREEN
ü Technical
Concerns from the Practitioner
ü Latest
Industry Practices
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About the Instructor
The speaker will be Alton Baum, PE
from AB Engineering, LLC. Mr. Baum
carries over 20 years of utility generation and industrial power systems
experience working for Westinghouse, Eaton Electrical, and Square D.
After starting his career as a field engineer in large generators/excitation,
Mr. Baum focused in the area of power systems analyses, power quality investigation/solution,
and, most recently, arc flash analysis. In 2007, Mr. Baum started an
independent engineering consulting practice, AB Engineering, LLC, which
provides power engineering services to the industrial/commercial markets.
He has performed hundreds of short circuit, overcurrent coordination, and arc
flash studies, and has been teaching in these areas for most of his
career. Mr. Baum holds the BS degree in
Electrical Engineering from West Virginia Institute of Technology (1987), the
Master of Business Administration from Widener
University (1998), and the MSEE in
Power Engineering from Drexel
University (2003).
He is a member of IEEE, board member of the Delaware Valley Power Quality
Group, and holds Professional Engineer licenses in multiple states.
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The registration fee
for this seminar will be $150 for non-IEEE members, $100 for IEEE Members, $75
for GOLD Graduates (last 1-10
years) and $25 for students with valid ID.
The fee will be waived for IEEE Life Member Grades with verification at
the seminar. The seminar fee includes lunch,
refreshments and handouts. Non-members
joining IEEE within 30 days of the seminar will be rebated 50% of the IEEE
registration charge.
If desired, IEEE
Continuing Education Units will be offered for this course - a small fee of $25
will be required for processing. A total
of 0.4 CEUs will be offered. Please
indicate if desired below.
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Time:
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9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (lunch is included), Friday, February 26, 2010.
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Place:
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Automatic
Switch Company, 50 Hanover Road,
Florham Park, NJ 07932 (973-966-2000)
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Directions:
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From Route 80 Take I-287 to Exit 37
(NJ 24 East - Springfield). Take NJ 24 East to Exit 2B (Columbia Turnpike). Proceed 2.2 miles to Hanover Road (6th set of traffic
lights). Turn left on Hanover Road (AAA Building). Automatic Switch will be on the right (0.4
mile). Enter first driveway-marked
shipping/receiving and proceed to visitor parking lot on the left. Follow sidewalk to office entrance door.
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Information:
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Ronald W. Quade, PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org
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Registration: Arc Flash Seminar 2/26/2010
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Electrical
379 Thornall St, 8th
Floor
Edison, NJ 08837
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IEEE North Jersey Section Course
C# .NET
Programming
Saturday, March 13, 2010 through May 15, 2010
Eight weekly classes (March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, May 1, 8, 15,
2010)
Place: Room ECEC 202, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 161 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
(Checks should not be mailed to this address)
IEEE
North Jersey Section thanks New Jersey Institute of Technology, for sponsoring
this course.
The IEEE North
Jersey Section is offering a course entitled "C# .NET Programming".
Since 2004, C# .NET has generated
significant headway in Fortune 1000 enterprise development systems. Dice.com lists 700+ C# .NET jobs in the New York tri-state area daily! This course
will cover the fundamentals of C# language, the .NET
framework, window and web-based applications, ADO.NET, ASP.NET,
and XML. It will be useful for anyone to
develop applications based upon these tools.
You will receive
the IEEE Certificate of Completion when you finish the course. Microsoft Corp. has MCAD and MCSD
certifications. You may wish to get
certified by taking the necessary Microsoft exams with the knowledge gained
from this course.
Instructor: Donald Hsu, Ph.D.,
has been a corporate manager for 11 years and is an experienced trainer. Since 2004, he has trained 700+ people in
database, Java, WebLogic, XML, and C# .NET courses in 7 organizations.
TOPICS
1. Compare the
enterprise development tools using Java to C# .NET
2. Define Visual
Studio .NET Version 2005 to 2008
3. Identify C# syntax,
data type, control structures and common language runtime
4. Distinguish
methods, arrays, object-oriented programming
5. Build graphical
user interface, multithreading, files and streams
6. Explain the
benefit of using extensible markup language (XML)
7.