IEEE Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA

Region 3 Newsletter Table of Contents

2011-04-15T20:40:00.000-04:00

Front Page Message from our Director, Lee Stogner
Page 2 Ready, Set, Engage ...
Page 3 The IEEE Central Tennessee Section and Region 3 Recognize Tom Maddox for his Contributions to the IEEE
Page 4 IEEE-USA Government Fellowships: Linking Science, Technology & Engineering Professionals with Government
Page 5 IEEE Introduces IEEE Technology News - Looking for Editors
Page 6 IEEE Dayton Small Radio Telescope
Page 7 Region 3 Fall EXCOM 2010
Page 8-9 IEEE Southeast Conference 2011
Page 10 Career Survival in the New Millennium
Page 11 Past Region 3 Director Jim Howard Elected as the 2011 IEEE-USA President Elect
Page 11 L50 .... New ... Improved ...Shorter!
Page 12 IEEE-USA Panel Reveals How to Succeed in Today's Digital Era
Page 12 Plan Now for IEEE Sections Congress 2011
Page 14 2011 Conferences in Region 3
Page 15 IEEE Region 3 Executive Committee - 2011
Page 16 Outstanding Performance Award
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The HR-PES Short Circuit for April 2011

2011-04-15T20:37:00.002-04:00

The March meeting on Arc Flash has been rescheduled for May 3rd, same Al Fresco in Newport News venue. The Speaker, Adeeb Hamzey safely returned to the States later than planned, but is back into his normal routine. That meeting will start earlier than the regular PES routine, so that Adeeb can return to the Richmond area that evening.
SoutheastCon was enlightening on opportunities to help Section and Chapter membership grow. Not grow in membership numbers, but grow our members as professionals in the engineering community. One focus is to increase the number of members who elevate in grade from Member to Senior Member. May newsletter will have criteria to elevate, and in June PES will schedule a couple of nights to support submitting all interested and eligible IEEE members of the section (PES Members is not a requirement for this). Contact jennifer.ammentorp@ieee.org if you would like to support this effort. More details and eligibility criteria will be posted in the May segment of the PES Short Circuit.
Another area important to the Section is engagement with our Student sections. This can be a win⁵ situation for the student, the member, the school, and the employer; as a mentor to even one of our five student sections. Dr. Nare at Hampton University illustrated many benefits to mentoring a student section. This access to entry level engineers is an excellent opportunity for the employer, having a more personal exposure to job candidates. Students get insight into the business culture through contact with mentors from the professional sector, and can improve the skills for entry into the job market. Universities win with an increased number of graduates getting hired, and the company acquires a job candidate who recognizes the value of investing in self development. The section sees higher retention of first year and GOLD members, stimulating the Section program and activities. Two hours a quarter from one member can make a significant difference in Section and Chapter activities.
Thank you for your participation in IEEE. HRPES is open to suggestions for meeting topics and venues that interest you!
Yours in Power,
Jennifer Ammentorp
Chair,
PES Hampton Roads

April 2011 From The Chair

2011-04-15T20:36:00.002-04:00

Thank you to Mühlbauer in Newport News for the tour and demonstration of their manufacturing equipment in March. Everyone could relate to the products that their equipment is used to manufacturer, from driver's licenses and passports to subway tickets. It was interesting to see the new applications for RFID and other technologies on display for die sorting.
In April we will meet at ODU for a technical presentation from Ed Larsen of SquareD on NEC requirements for low-voltage circuit breakers. This is an excellent opportunity to hear from an industry expert in this area. Mr. Larsen is involved in IEEE standards as well as other standards organizations.
IEEE is still looking for a volunteer for the Secretary position, please contact officers-r3-hamptonroads@ieee.org if you are interested and would like to get involved.
Jason Naramore
2011 Chair
IEEE Hampton Roads Section

The Open Channel for April 2011

2011-04-15T20:35:00.000-04:00

Inside The Open Channel

Front Page Selective Coordination with Low Voltage Circuit Breakers
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 2 Directions to ODU
Page 3 The HR-PES Short Circuit
Page 4 Upcoming Conferences
Page 5 Career Opportunities

Upcoming Events

Apr 28 Meeting
May 19 Meeting

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From the PES Corner - March 2011

2011-03-08T22:03:00.000-05:00

PES is off and running in 2011! January was reporting and HR-PES qualified for High Performing Chapter in 2010. February was a small tour of AetnaWire Manufacturing Facility supported by Members Rick Williamson and Dawn Zhao. There was great positive feedback from this event, and it will be something PES does again in the future.
Feb 21st was the first HR-PES Chapter Awards presentation and Networking meeting at Kelly's Tavern in Hampton. Dawn Ostenberg presented Jennifer Ammentorp with the first Outstanding Engineer Award for establishment and continuation of the HR-PES Chapter.
HR-PES will be sponsoring two networking opportunities a year, as one means of linking student members with local professional mentors. This is very important for several reasons! Students need a link to future professions, Industry needs a personal link to future employees, professional membership can gain a better knowledge of local resources for their own career development as well as keeping abreast of the rapidly changing job climate in our area. If nothing else, remember the USA desperately needs more home grown engineers! Please look forward to future networking opportunities on vTools, even if you can only stay for a part of the meeting. This function is open to all IEEE members snacks provided cash bar available. Student advisors are encouraged to invite electrical engineering students to these events. This is a no cost event, but registration is required to reserve enough space, and an idea of how many appetizers to order .
The March Meeting for Arc Flash has been postponed. Speaker Adeeb Hamzey from the Richmond PES Chapter was on assignment in the Middle East at the start of the year and due to come back Feb 15th. This is part of why no abstract for the meeting had been posted on vTools. The Chapter's thoughts and prayers are extended to Adeeb and his family that they are all well safe, and the Arc Flash meeting will be rescheduled in the future.
The Chapter also welcomes Rick Williamson who has stepped up to fill the chapter's Vice Chair vacancy. Please welcome and thank Rick for his willingness to donate some free time in keeping the chapter rolling!
Your suggestions and feedback are welcome. Currently HR-PES is soliciting for topics and Venues for an April 6th meeting.
Yours in Power,
Jennifer Ammentorp
Chair,
PES Hampton Roads

From The Chair - March 2011

2011-03-08T22:01:00.003-05:00

Mühlbauer Tour

Please join us for the March technical meeting, which will be a tour of the Mühlbauer facility in Newport News. The tour will include an interactive demonstration of their cutting edge manufacturing equipment used to produce ID Cards, Passports, RFID's and others. This is an exciting opportunity to visit a local high-tech business; I can say the Mühlbauer tour in 2009 was very well received by the Hampton Roads IEEE members. The tour is free to everyone (members, guests, and students), please register ASAP so that we can get a good count for refreshments.
I'd like to thank Mickey Wilson of Harger for his presentation last month on lightning protection systems. Jennifer Ammentorp, the Hampton Roads PES Chapter Chair, will be traveling to SoutheastCon March 17-20 in Nashville to represent the Hampton Roads Section in Region 3 activities. If you have any ideas on how IEEE can better serve its members, please feel free to email the officers list or myself so that we can relay this information to Jennifer. I would like to welcome Mr. Richard Williams to the IEEE HR Executive Committee; he will serve as the 2011 Section treasurer.
Volunteer opportunities are still available within the Hampton Roads Section, please contact the officers list if you are interested.

Jason Naramore
2011 Chair
IEEE Hampton Roads Section

The Open Channel for March 2011

2011-03-08T22:00:00.002-05:00

Inside The Open Channel

Front Page Mühlbauer Tour
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 2 Directions to Mühlbauer
Page 3 From the PES Corner
Page 4 IEEE SoutheastCon 2011
Page 5 Upcoming Conferences

Upcoming Events

Mar 17 Meeting
Apr 2 Tidewater Science Fair @ The TED Meeting Meeting
Apr 21 Meeting
May 19 Meeting

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EWeek 2011 is ending with two banquets

2011-02-15T21:53:00.001-05:00

Next week is EWeek ending with two banquets. Contact William LaBelle at w.labelle@ieee.org or 757.619.9050 for information and tickets.

Engineers Club of Hampton Roads 2011 Engineering Excellence Banquet
The Town Point Club
101 West Main Street, Suite 300
Norfolk, VA 23501
February 25, 2011
Social starts at 6 PM
Online reservations at www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=215861
Peninsula Engineering Council 2011 Engineer of the Year
Point Plaza Suites and Conference Hotel
950 J Clyde Morris Blvd
Newport News, VA 23601
February 26, 2011
Social starts at 6 PM
Online reservations at www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=213905

Help Address Global Humanitarian Challenges Through "Engineering for Change"

2011-02-07T22:16:00.000-05:00

Dear Colleague:

As you may have noticed, IEEE has initiated recently several new efforts toward humanitarian and global development challenges. This undertaking represents recognition on our part of the great potential of our members (engineers and experts in computing and technology) to provide effective assistance and leadership in regions with under-developed infrastructure, and in areas where the infrastructure was damaged by natural or human-made disasters. Many of our IEEE members have told us that they have strong interest in taking part of such activities, and we have reached out to other professional associations to explore opportunities for joint action.

I am pleased to announce that as a result of these efforts, IEEE, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), and Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) have launched jointly a new online platform called EngineeringforChange.org (E4C). The E4C platform provides engineers, technologists, computing and networking experts, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local community advocates with tools to collaboratively address humanitarian and global development challenges. Members of the E4C community - working together - will design, apply and share knowledge to develop technical solutions for emerging challenges in local communities throughout the world.

The E4C Web site was designed to provide users with a convenient and user-friendly way to learn, collaborate, and share data, experience, and insights - leading to enhanced problem solving. As part of this growing community, E4C users will be able to:

Post challenges and problems in order to gain understanding, perspectives and experience from other E4C community members;
Work collaboratively and virtually on project teams;
Make use of a growing, open-source archive of documented solutions and related information submitted by organizations from around the world;
Keep updated with news and information related to the forefront of engineering and global development;
Learn from expert practitioners on applying engineering in developing communities;
Track projects of interest.

We are inviting you today to join the E4C community and share information and expertise on humanitarian projects that match your professional profile.

To learn more and become an active participant in this important initiative, visit the Engineering for Change Web site, the E4C Facebook page or Twitter feed.

Sincerely,
Moshe Kam
IEEE President and CEO

To get in touch with the E4C team and to provide user feedback, please contact their administrator .

The Open Channel for February 2011

2011-02-05T19:39:00.000-05:00

Inside The Open Channel

Front Page Lightning Protection Systems for IT Data Centers
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 3 Directions to Clark Nexsen
Page 3 PEC 2011 Engineer of the Year Banquet
Page 3 From the PES Corner
Page 4 IEEE SoutheastCon 2011
Page 4 Upcoming Conferences

Upcoming Events

Feb 17 Section Meeting
Feb 20-26 National Engineer's Week
Mar 17 Meeting

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GreenCom Call For Papers

2011-02-03T23:42:00.000-05:00

The IEEE Online Conference on Green Communications (GreenCom) explores a new way of conducting scientific colloquia in an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly way. The conference will not only discuss latest research results in saving energy with "green" communications technology, but also be IEEE ComSoc's first "green" conference with very low CO2 emissions that is conducted on a single track entirely online without requiring participants to travel.

IEEE GreenCom will cover a wide range of green communications including energy efficiency of communications as well as communications technologies for other green solutions such as smart grids, green buildings, and green logistics. The conference solicits original, unpublished research papers on the subsequently listed topics of interest. Both academic and industry contributions that report substantial results in green communications with a significant potential for energy savings are welcome.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Green Wireless and Fixed Line Communications

Energy-efficient protocols and extensions
Energy-efficient technology for network equipment
Energy-efficient communications management
Energy-efficiency in specific networks
Measurement & profiling of energy consumption

Communications Technologies for Green Solutions

Transport and logistics
Industrial processes
Communications for energy efficient buildings
Energy harvesting

Smart Grid Communications

Communications networks for Smart Grids
Demand-response
Distributed generation and storage

For a detailed list of potential topics and submission instructions, visit www.ieee-greencom.org/submit.html.
Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: 20 March 2011
Acceptance Notification: 1 June 2011
Camera Ready Version Due: 1 July 2011

ODU's Engineering Unplugged 2011

2011-02-01T23:31:00.000-05:00

The Premier Green Engineering Conference on Earth!

When: 12 April 2011, 8 am - 4 pm
Where: The TED Norfolk, Virginia
0.8 CEUs • 8 Contact hours
Green Building Experts • Wind Power and Supply Chain • Peer Networking • Roundtable Solutions • Energy Savings Gurus • Green Thought Leaders • Latest Products Services
For more information visit: www.engineeringunplugged.com or call 757-683-5479

Engineering Unplugged just got a "little" better

Old Dominion University's Green Conference, Engineering Unplugged not only provides the adult engineer and technologist with leading environmental experts presenting groundbreaking advances in green practices, engineering, and technology through round table discussions and educational tracks that provide continuing education units (CEUs) .. registering for the conference also offers your kids an environmental experience.
Treat your kids to an afternoon of fun, excitement and learning, as you both get dirty to keep the world green. By attending KIDS Engineering Unplugged events, your child will develop an understanding of environmental engineering, problem solving and teamwork through our simulated Gulf Oil Spill Project.

www.engineeringunplugged.com/conference/kids

Your child attends for free with your Engineering Unplugged enrollment!

Register for Engineering Unplugged 2011 within 24 hours of either session (February 15 and March 1) and get a free ticket to KIDS Engineering Unplugged.

Visit the conference website for details of the educational track at www.engineeringunplugged.com
An incredible turnout is anticipated for the third year of Engineering Unplugged, which is being held 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, at The Ted Constant Convocation Center at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. With actor and environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr. serving as the event's special guest speaker and former Assistant Secretary of the Army John Paul Woodley, Jr. giving the keynote address, it is an event that can't be missed.

SoutheastCon 2011: Building Global Engineers

2011-02-01T23:29:00.000-05:00

Nashville Airport Marriott, Nashville, TN, March 17-20, 2011

IEEE SoutheastCon is an annual IEEE Region 3 Technical, Professional, and Student Conference. It is the premier conference for the IEEE Region that encompasses the IEEE Southeastern United States and Jamaica. IEEE SoutheastCon 2011 brings Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science professionals, faculty and students to share the latest information through technical sessions, tutorials, professional development sessions, and exhibits. It is the most influential conference in Region 3 for promoting awareness of the technical contributions made by our profession to the advancement of engineering science and to the community.
IEEE SoutheastCon will feature the following student competitions:

Student Paper Competition
Student Software Competition
Student Hardware Robotics Competition
Student Website Design Competition
Student T-Shirt Design Competition

Be sure to check the website for more information. Space is limited for some events, so we strongly encourage you to take advantage of early registration to make sure you will be able to participate in your chosen events.
Attendance and technical program participation from areas outside IEEE Region 3 is welcomed and encouraged. You do not have to be a member of IEEE to participate or attend IEEE SoutheastCon 2011, although membership is required in order to participate in student competitions. However, we do encourage you to investigate the benefits of IEEE membership. One immediate benefit is the reduced registration fee to attend.
For more information, please see our website at www.southeastcon2011.org

From the PES Corner - February 2011

2011-02-01T23:22:00.002-05:00

PES has been busy behind the scenes. There is the Aetna Wire Tour on the 9th and the Arc Flash presentation from Adeeb Hamzy of the Richmond Chapter of PES on March 9th at Al Fresco in Newport News. Note that meeting starts a little earlier to accommodate Adeeb's return to Richmond that evening. Look for links to the meetings elsewhere in the newsletter!
For Engineer's Week PES will host a Networking social and volunteer recognition on Monday Feb 21st at Kelly's Tavern from 6:30 to 8. This event is free, and students are encouraged to attend bringing resumes and business cards. PES will provide appetizers, there is a cash bar and folks are welcome to order off the menu. This is going to be an annual event. The goal is at least two Networking Socials a year, another in the Fall.
I would like to acknowledge both Richard Williams and Rick Williamson for their joining the IEEE/PES team to keep the wheels spinning. If you see them at any functions please be sure to thank them for their time and effort.
There will be another tour of Surry for members of PES and IEEE the first full week of April. Anyone wishing to attend should e-mail me their availability and details.
The distinguished lecture will happen in Nov as a joint meeting with the Section, and if anyone has suggestions for a topic, please submit that soon.

Yours in Power,
Jennifer Ammentorp
Chair,
PES Hampton Roads

From The Chair - February 2011

2011-02-01T23:21:00.001-05:00

Lightning Protection Systems for IT Data Centers

IEEE Hampton Roads begins our 2011 technical presentation series with talk from Mr. Mickey Wilson of Harger (www.harger.com) on lightning protection systems. This presentation should be of interest to a variety of local engineers with its implications in power as well as computer engineering.
The March meeting will be held at Mühlbauer in Newport News, and will include a facility tour. Mühlbauer manufactures a variety of products including RFID manufacturing systems. In March they will have a new die-sorter to demo. This is a chance to see some high tech electronics manufacturing equipment.
We have an exciting technical presentation series planned for the rest of 2011, including topics from academic research to industry. Please check the Hampton Roads Section website for updates regarding meetings.
The culmination of our 2011 schedule will be a banquet to celebrate IEEE Hampton Roads' 50th Anniversary. Please contact me if you have any suggestions about a technical topic for the meeting, and if you would like to volunteer to help with planning.
A few other upcoming meetings this year include:

ECHR Engineering Excellence Banquet (Town Point Club) February 25
Virginia Peninsula Engineering Council Engineering of the Year Banquet (Point Plaza Suites) February 26
IEEE SoutheastCon 2011 (Nashville, TN) March 17- 20
IEEE Sections Congress 2011 (San Francisco, CA) August 19-22

I would like to thank all of those who have continued to volunteer for the Hampton Roads IEEE Section. Currently we have open volunteer positions, and I encourage anyone who is interested to contact myself or other section volunteers at officers-r3-hamptonroads@ieee.org to find out more information. We can use help at any capacity, so please do not hesitate to contact us.
I look forward to seeing everyone Feb. 17th, please come participate and get in involved in IEEE!

Regards,
Jason Naramore
2011 Chair

2011 IEEE Military Communications Conference

2011-01-22T23:39:00.002-05:00

2011 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 2011) - 07 Nov - 10 Nov 2011, Baltimore Convention Center, MD, USA , IEEE Sponsor: Communications Society - COM.

2011 IEEE 42nd Semiconductor Interface Specialists Conference

2011-01-22T23:38:00.003-05:00

2011 IEEE 42nd Semiconductor Interface Specialists Conference (SISC) - 30 Nov - 03 Dec 2011, Key Bridge Marriott Hotel Arlington, VA, USA , IEEE Sponsor: Electron Devices Society - ED.

2011 IEEE 61st Annual Broadcast Symposium

2011-01-22T23:38:00.000-05:00

2011 IEEE 61st Annual Broadcast Symposium (BTS) - 19 Oct - 21 Oct 2011, The Westin Alexandria, Alexandria, VA, IEEE Sponsor: Broadcast Technology Society - BT.

The 24th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society

2011-01-22T23:37:00.000-05:00

The 24th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society - 09 Oct - 13 Oct 2011, Marriott Crystal Gateway Arlington, VA, IEEE Sponsor: Photonics Society - PHO.

2011 Integrated Communication, Navigation, Surveillance Conference

2011-01-22T23:36:00.000-05:00

2011 Integrated Communication, Navigation, Surveillance Conference (ICNS) - 16 May - 20 May 2011, Westin Dulles, Hearndon, VA, IEEE Sponsor: Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society - AES.

MILCOM 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS

2011-01-22T23:33:00.000-05:00

The research, ideas and innovations offered by participants make up the heart of MILCOM 2011! Planning has already begun for five exciting tracks and one workshop-oriented track. Professionals in industry, academia, and government organizations from the U.S. and countries worldwide are asked to participate in addressing the latest technology in resilient, autonomous network operations. Click here for additional information on submitting papers.

MILCOM 2011 is soliciting unclassified and classified (up to Department of Defense Secret) technical papers as well as proposals for tutorials and panels on networks such as communications and information processing systems and infrastructure, weapons and battlespace technologies. Professionals in industry, academia, and government organizations from the U.S. and countries worldwide are asked to participate in addressing the latest technology in resilient, autonomous network operations.
Abstracts and Tutorial and Panel Proposals due 18 March 2011

60th Annual Tidewater Science Fair Solicits Your Support

2011-01-22T23:31:00.000-05:00

Tidewater Science Congress
John Oakes, Treasurer
5016 Churchill Court
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
October 15, 2010
Dear Sir/Madam:
The Tidewater Science Congress solicits your support for the 60th Annual Tidewater Science Fair, scheduled March 12, 2011 at Old Dominion University's Webb Center. Since 1951, the Tidewater Science Fair has encouraged middle school and high school students from Williamsburg to Virginia Beach to become directly involved in the processes of research and develop the technical writing skills needed to clearly and effectively communicate the results of their experiments. By encouraging interest in the STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), we hope to inspire and encourage students to study the "hard subjects" that prepare them for careers as leaders of the workforce of the future.
The Tidewater Science Congress encourages and assists teachers and school districts in developing science fair programs that conform to protocols that ensure that student projects will be eligible to advance from regional competition to the Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Representing their schools at regional, state, and national level competitions gives important public and peer recognition to students who focus their interests, talents, and efforts on STEM. The honors these students earn in state and national competitions build the region's reputation as a place where parents can be confident that their children receive a quality education and businesses can be confident of finding a high quality workforce.
The restrictions associated with public funding prior to 2004 limited eligibility to participate in the Tidewater Science Fair to students from a limited number of public school districts. Since 2004, support from industry, professional organizations, and individuals has freed us from those restrictions and allowed us to open the Tidewater Science Fair to all public school, private school, and home schooled students from Williamsburg to Virginia Beach. This has given teachers and schools throughout Tidewater an incentive to include science fairs and science projects in their curricula by assuring them that their students will have an opportunity to advance to higher levels of competition.
Please consider a personal or corporate contribution to help the Tidewater Science Congress continue a 60-year commitment to encouraging young people to develop their interests in STEM. We must raise approximately $15,000.00 per year for expenses which include the costs of organizing and staging the fair in Norfolk and funding the Grand Prize winners' travel to Los Angeles in May to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Funds donated to the Tidewater Science Fair are accepted and administered by the Tidewater Science Congress, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered with the Internal Revenue Service (TIN: 52 1385891). The Tidewater Science Congress will provide receipts for your tax deductible contributions and will recognize you as a sponsor in the printed Science Fair Program and at our website.

Contributions

The Tidewater Science Congress is eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions. You can verify this status online by searching Internal Revenue Service Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Point your browser to www.irs.gov/app/pub-78. Our TIN is 52-1385891
Your contribution before February 2011 would be greatly appreciated. We will use your contribution to defray the expenses of organizing and staging the 60th Tidewater Science Fair and funding Grand Prize Winners' travel to the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Any balance on hand after meeting these expenses will be carried forward to support the 61st Tidewater Science Fair in 2012.
Please mail contributions to the address shown at the top of this sheet.
If you have any questions, please contact either
John Oakes, Treasurer, Tidewater Science Congress by e-mail addressed to john.r.oakes@cox.net or by phone at (757) 748-8560
OR
Ms. Dell Young, Executive Director, Tidewater Science Congress, by email addressed to dellandlarry@verizon.net or by phone at 757-460-1383
Levels of Sponsorship:

Bronze: $1 to $250
Silver: $251 to $1,000
Gold: $1001 to $ 4,999
Platinum: $5,000+

Please provide the information requested below and include this form with your donation. We will use this information to prepare a proper receipt for your donation, to recognize your sponsorship properly in the Tidewater Science Fair printed program and at our website, and to maintain donor records required to maintain our status as a tax-exempt charitable organization.

Company/Organization
Point of Contact
Title
Street Address
City, State, Zip
Telephone
e-mail address

SoutheastCon paper submission deadline has been extended

2010-12-13T00:40:00.001-05:00

SoutheastCon paper submission deadline has been extended to December 31, 2010!

SoutheastCon 2011 Paper Submission Website Open! Follow the instructions here.
Instructions for Student Hardware Competition posted.

Linking Science, Technology & Engineering Professionals with Government

2010-12-08T22:56:00.001-05:00

Each year, IEEE-USA sponsors three government fellowships for qualified IEEE members. The fellows - chosen by the IEEE-USA Government Fellows Committee and confirmed by the Board - spend a year in Washington serving as advisers to the U.S. Congress and to key U.S. Department of State decision-makers. Known as either a Congressional Fellowship or an Engineering & Diplomacy Fellowship, this program links science, technology and engineering professionals with government, and provides a mechanism for IEEE's U.S. members to learn firsthand about the public policy process while imparting their knowledge and experience to policymakers.

2012 Application materials are now available online. The deadline is March 18, 2011

Application Kit for Congressional Fellowship
Application Kit for Engineering & Diplomacy Fellowship

Washington Internships for Students of Engineering

2010-12-08T22:54:00.003-05:00

Each year, outstanding engineering students are selected to spend nine weeks in Washington, D.C., learning about the public policy process, including how government officials make decisions on complex technological issues and how engineers can contribute to legislative and regulatory public policy decisions. The WISE Program is ranked as one of the best Internship opportunities in the U.S. by the Princeton Review. Applications are on-line. The deadline for Summer 2011 is December 31, 2010.

IEEE SoutheastCon 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS

2010-11-24T16:38:00.000-05:00

The annual IEEE SoutheastCon '11 conference promotes all aspects of the theories and applications of the engineering disciplines. Sponsored by the IEEE Region-3, this event will attract researchers, professionals, and students from the southeast region of the U.S. The event will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, the city of country music. Also, IEEE SoutheastCon 2011 will feature tutorial sessions and workshops.

Scope of the Technical Program

IEEE SoutheastCon 2011 invites prospective authors to submit their technical work on all aspects of engineering, science, and technology of current interest to the conference. The conference technical program includes, but is not limited to the following technical categories:

Power and Sustainable Energy
Military and Security Applications
Optics and Optoelectronics
Communications and Networking
Applications and Interdisciplinary
Bioengineering and Informatics
Control and Automation
Software Engineering
Instrumentation & Measurements
Robotics and Computer Vision
Embedded Systems
Remote Sensing
Nanotechnology and Materials
Electromagnetics and Microwaves
Sensor Networks
Signal and Image Processing
Devices and Semiconductors
Topics on Education

The Technical Paper submission deadline is December 10, 2010.
More information is available on their homepage.

This year E-Week is 20-26 February 2011

2010-11-20T23:12:00.000-05:00

Engineers Week is traditionally the week in February that encompasses George Washington's actual birthday.

George Washington - The First US Engineer

NEW YORK - "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," George Washington has also been described as America's first engineer. That his birthday, on February 22 (observed February 20), is celebrated during National Engineers Week, February 20-26, is no coincidence.

A gentleman farmer of inherited wealth and limited formal education, Washington acquired credible surveying skills early in life, but excelled as a manager, strategist, and leader.
Washington directed a growing nation toward technical advancements, invention, and education. He promoted construction of roads, canals, the Capitol, docks and ports, water works, and new efforts to extract coal and ores and develop manufacturing resources.

Around the world, technology was gaining equal footing with pure science. Washington's contemporaries included James Watt (Scottish steam-engine inventor); Joseph Priestley (British chemistry pioneer); Richard Arkwright (British cotton-spinning inventor); John Fitch (American steamboat inventor); and the Montgolfier brothers (French aeronauts).
First in Washington's heart, it seems, was agriculture. As a young surveyor, his first sight of the Shenandoah Valley reportedly inspired the vision of an agricultural empire. As an adult, Washington settled into Mt. Vernon as a tobacco planter and experimented with the innovative agricultural techniques of crop rotation, soil fertilization, and livestock management. He had accurately predicted the valley's fertile farming potential.

As the foremost American general, Washington promoted at least one engineering marvel ahead of its time. During the Revolutionary War, he sent David Bushnell's hand-operated submarine into New York Harbor to sink a British warship. The Turtle's lone operator attempted to attach a timed bomb to the British Eagle's hull. The mission failed when the bomb floated away before exploding. The technology just wasn't advanced enough for Washington's vision, and submarines didn't become a force in navies for the next 100 years.

On June 9, 1778, at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, General George Washington issued a call for engineers and engineering education. This order is considered the genesis of a US Army Engineer School, which found its permanent home at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where Washington had practiced surveying. As President (1789-97), Washington pushed for the passage of the first US Patent Act in 1789, and signed the first official US patent to Samuel Hopkins of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for his process of making potash and pearl ashes. In 1794, President Washington established a Corps of Artillerists and Engineers to be educated and stationed at West Point in New York, which later become the US Military Academy at West Point.

From transportation to education, Washington's engineering vision proved to be ahead of its time. After his death in 1799, many of the technologies he supported provided an impetus to the American Industrial Revolution. New York's Erie Canal (1817-25) was built, and canals soon crisscrossed America east of the Mississippi. By the 1830s, the nation's population tripled, traveling west through canals, along rivers, and across new roads and bridges. The Army Corps of Engineers began many of these projects.

By the middle of the century, the railroads become the favored mode of transportation. As a result, America had gone west and Washington's vision was realized.

Courtesy of the
National Engineers Week Foundation
1420 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

2011 IEEE Computer Society Simulator Design Competition

2010-11-19T23:23:00.000-05:00

IEEE Computer Society is presenting the 2011 Simulator Design Competition for students worldwide with a top prize of 8,000 USD and a second place prize of 2,000 USD. Student teams will be invited to design a CPU simulator, a program used in many architecture courses to illustrate how computers work.

The competition requires that students have taken a course in architecture and have both programming and software engineering skills. Student teams will submit both a report and a working program at the end of the competition.

Who can compete?

The competition is open to student members of the IEEE Computer Society organized into teams consisting of three to five students enrolled at the same institution of higher learning.

The competition is conducted through online submission of reports and simulators to the panel of international judges (chosen by the IEEE Computer Society). This year's judges include Bob Colwell, one of the world's leading experts on computer design and Intel's former chief architect on the Pentium 4 processor.

To register and for more information visit the competition web site at: www.computer.org/portal/web/competition

Registration deadline is 18 January 2011

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Virginia Technology Conference & Expo

2010-11-14T21:50:00.002-05:00

Sponsored by Va Technology Alliance
Wednesday 26-Jan-11 8:00 AM to Thursday 27-Jan-11 6:00 PM EST
Register Now! Registration deadline is Saturday 15-Jan-11 11:45 PM
Greater Richmond Convention Center
403 North Third Street
Richmond VA 23219
Phone: (804)783-7300

www.hrtc.org/en/cev/448

Hampton Roads Defense & Homeland Security Consortium (DHSC) Forum

2010-11-14T21:49:00.000-05:00

Venue:
Friday January 21, 2011 11:15 AM to 1:00 PM
Virginia Modeling & Simulation Center
1030 University Blvd. Suffolk, VA 23435
www.hrtc.org/en/cev/567

Hampton Roads Defense & Homeland Security Consortium (DHSC), an integration organization sponsored by Technology Hampton Roads (formerly known as Hampton Roads Technology Council). The mission of the DHSC is to serve as a forum to coordinate activities of business, government and educational groups in our region that would contribute to supporting a robust local economy and equip its workforce.

2011 Systems and Information Design Symposium

2010-11-01T23:49:00.000-04:00

2011 Systems and Information Design Symposium (SIEDS) - 29 Apr 2011, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, IEEE Sponsor: Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMC)

2011 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium

2010-11-01T23:48:00.002-04:00

2011 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS) - 10 Apr – 13 Apr 2011, Alexandria, VA, IEEE Sponsors: DEI, IA, OE, PEL, PES, SEN, SYSC, and VT.

2010 International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications

2010-11-01T23:47:00.002-04:00

2010 International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA) - 12 Dec – 14 Dec 2010, Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Washington, DC, IEEE Sponsor: Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMC).

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2010-11-01T23:46:00.002-04:00

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Section Annual Elections for 2011

2010-11-01T23:45:00.002-04:00

The Hampton Roads Section will be holding its annual election of officers in December. The elected positions are: Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary. The current slate of candidates are:

Chair - Jason Naramore
Vice Chair - Mike Cooper
Treasurer - open
Secretary - open

Nominations are still be accepted for these positions. Send them to James Bolitho or Bill LaBelle .

This year we will be using officer elections tool available to sections using Vtools. An e-notice will be sent out when it is set up.

November 2010 From the PES Corner

2010-11-01T23:44:00.002-04:00

The Oct Distinguished Lecture was an excellent presentation, and slides will be posted to the PES Chapter Webpage for review. Many thanks to our Section Chair, James Bolitho and Section Treasurer, Mike Cooper for their help in bringing this meeting to Hampton Roads. Also, Bill LaBelle was instrumental in developing brochures and announcements to publicize the event. As a result of the publicity Distinguished Visitors from the City of Newport News Engineering, Langley AFB Civil Engineering, and ODU Civil Engineering attended. John Whitelaw, Project Manager for Team Tidewater, the ODU-HU Solar Decathlon Team, provided a display of updates on that project for informal discussion during the social period. Currently, the Chapter is pursuing an opportunity to hear a more formal update from Team Tidewater, as a meeting topic. An e-mail to follow up with an e-mail on date and location will be provided, once those details have been locked down.

While the turnout for the Distinguished lecture was good (29) the Chapter did not break even on the expenses, and we are considering a more structured format to make it easier for folks to plan attending meetings. This will be helpful in cooperation with other Engineering organizations (ASME, ASCE, NSBE, SWE, etc) to expand membership development opportunities for necessary continuing education. As we test our theories on the best way to meet and learn there are bound to be bumps along the way. It is more affordable to make arrangements at local restaurants, rather than the conference room setting.
Please send inputs on where you would like to see meetings held to jennifer.ammentorp@ieee.org by Dec 1st, to begin the selection process in time for the 2011 meeting schedule.

Future technical meeting topics, in addition to Team Tidewater, include Arc Flash and another tour of the Surry Nuclear Plant in early April, and a tour of Aetna Wire. We are expanding our invitation to include other engineering organizations.

Some updates on our membership statistics include we are now at 50 members, compared to the 32 when we first formed in May of 2009. There are still volunteer leadership opportunities available for Vice Chair and Secretary. Also, if anyone can offer about 4 hours a month to help organize future events (just to help coordinate) and activities, that would be very welcome support! Thanks again for your feedback, and have a great Thanksgiving!

Jennifer Ammentorp
jennifer.ammentorp@ieee.org

November 2010 From The Chair

2010-11-01T23:43:00.000-04:00

The September presentation by Dr. Yoon of Norfolk State University was extremely interesting. He shared a video clip of a neural nano-probe that helped a violin player overcome a case of the shakes. The amazing thing was that the violin player was awake during the procedure, playing the violin. I recently had an aunt die from a grand mal seizure, so this kind of technology, if it could be applied to help people like my special aunt, would be a tremendous benefit to mankind. Probably the most exciting part of my evening was the tour of Norfolk State’s industrial sized cleanroom. The setup was very nice and big.

The October meeting, held with the Power and Energy Society Chapter, was also very enlightening. By some experts’ analysis, there is forty years of petroleum left on our planet if consumed at the current rate; less if the consumption rate increases. Fifty percent of all trips that we take in our vehicles are less than twenty miles in length, which is well within the distance covered by the capacity of an electric car’s battery. Charging the batteries is a different story. In Virginia, we are billed on our consumption, whereas other states actually have demand management. The timing to charge your car is different in Virginia than say in Maryland. Or to run your clothes dryer or whatever electrical load you have in your house.

In November, we will have our student paper presentation at Hampton University. I want to thank Dr. Nare and Hampton University for hosting this event for the section. Please come out and support our engineers of tomorrow.

We have not received any additional volunteers for the section officers other than Jason Naramore for Chairman and Mike Cooper as Vice-Chair. These are two fine individuals that I have had the opportunity to work with over the past two years. I feel very comfortable that the Section will be in fine hands with Jason and Mike. It is not too late to volunteer. We can combine the secretary and treasurer positions if we only get one volunteer or keep them separate if we get two volunteers. Please contact any section officer if you are interested in being an officer in the coming year

This will be my last section chair message. I want to thank my officers for their assistance for the past two years. I have been richly rewarded with the time that I have spent as your chair, well beyond the effort that I put in. I have met some really interesting people and I believe even more strongly today, that the Hampton Roads Section could be one of the best sections in the Region and in the entire IEEE organization; we have that much engineering diversity. But we have to go out and make it happen. It has been a little bit of a struggle for me over the past two years, between finishing my MBA and the surgeries that I had to endure, but if I had it to do all over again, I would once again volunteer to be an officer in our section. Thank you for all of your support and I look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting.

Regards,
James Bolitho
2010 Chair
Hampton Roads Section

The Open Channel for November 2010

2010-11-01T23:41:00.000-04:00

Inside The Open Channel

Front Page 2010 Annual Student Paper Presentations
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 2 Directions to Hampton University
Page 3 From the PES Corner Upcoming Conferences
Page 4 Upcoming Conferences

Upcoming Events

Dec Executive Committee (EXCOM)
Jan 20 Meeting
Feb 17 Meeting
Feb 20-26 National Engineer's Week

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IEEE Day

2010-09-15T22:27:00.002-04:00

IEEE Day is a global event planned for 7 - 8 October 2010, in recognition of IEEE members -- past, pre- sent, and future -- on the anniversary of the first time IEEE members gathered to share their technical ideas in 1884. IEEE organizational units (regions, sections, chapters, affinity groups, student branches, etc.) are encouraged to participate by providing local events for their members and encouraging the use of social networking to communicate members’ technological achievements, interests, and successes. IEEE Day is on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and LinkedIn.

IEEE Day is a project initiated by Salima Kaissi, a Region 8 GOLD member, through the 2010 MGA Challenge. The concept was further developed by a group of interested GOLD and Student volunteers and is sponsored by IEEE Member and Geographic Activities.
IEEE Day is a project that grounds its roots in a simple concept: Celebrate everywhere around the world the achievements of IEEE members. The project aims to build a platform and a network where all IEEE members, affinity groups, sections, regions, chapters, societies, and technology lovers in general can organize events in their home locations. Any type of event is welcome!

Put IEEE Day -- 7 - 8 October 2010 -- on your calendar and start thinking of creative ways to participate in the excitement. Use IEEE Day to tell us about yourself, share your work, and get to know your fellow members.

IEEE-USA E-Books and Online Publication Available to all Members

2010-09-15T22:26:00.000-04:00

IEEE-USA has launched the second issue of its new, interactive online publication, IEEE-USA in ACTION. Made possible by the U.S. dues assessment, this new publication is free to all IEEE members. IEEE-USA in ACTION is your new source for learning about the programs, products, services, and activities that IEEE- USA has to offer and finding out what IEEE- USA is doing on behalf of U.S. IEEE members.
IEEE-USA E-Books offer a convenient way to brush up on career and policy issues. Choose from titles in a number of categories, including careers, public policy, financial planning, innovation, and more. Some titles are available as free member downloads, and most are available at heavily discounted member rates. Recently added E-Books include:

Engineers Can Write! This new IEEE-USA E -Book features engineers whose success in the literary world, including award-winning poetry, short stories, and novels, is as strong an argument as you will find to any claims that engineers can't write. Author Tom Moran explores differences and similarities between writing and engineering, and offers some tips for conceptualizing writing to improve reports, articles, proposals, and other documents.
Technical Presentations Book 1. Without a strategy and appropriate preparation, a technical presentation can be unfocused, irrelevant, or fail completely. Book 1 of this new, four-part E-Book series outlines a framework to help you prepare for your next presentation.

IEEE Annual Elections

2010-09-15T22:25:00.000-04:00

Remember to Vote — Deadline 1 October

IEEE members are requested to participate in the annual IEEE elections. This is your opportunity to provide input to determine who will serve on the IEEE Board of Directors, Member and Geographic Activities Board, Technical Activities Board, IEEE-USA Board, and Standards Association Board. The ballots for the IEEE Annual Election have been mailed to all eligible IEEE voting members. Please remind the members in your geographic unit to vote. The IEEE Annual Election Web page has more information about the election and a link to access the ballot electronically. The balloting period will end on Friday, 1 October, at 1 p.m. EDT (17:00 UTC).

IEEE CISW-SG 2010 Smart Grid Survivability Workshop

2010-09-15T21:32:00.002-04:00

IEEE Critical Infrastructure Survivability Workshop (CISW) Series CISW-SG 2010 Smart Grid Survivability Workshop - 13 - 14 Oct 2010, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Conference Center, Arlington, VA, IEEE Sponsor: Systems Council.

56th IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts

2010-09-15T21:31:00.000-04:00

Joint Meeting 25th International Conference on Electrical Contacts & 56th IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts - 4 - 7 Oct 2010, The Mill House Hotel, Charleston, SC, IEEE Sponsor: Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society.

IEEE Fourth International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems

2010-09-15T21:29:00.003-04:00

IEEE Fourth International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems - 27 - 29 Sep 2010, Doubletree Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, VA, IEEE Sponsor: Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society and Biometrics Council.

1st IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications

2010-09-15T21:29:00.000-04:00

1st IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm) - 4 - 6 Oct 2010, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, IEEE Sponsor: Communications Society.

The Open Channel for September 2010

2010-09-15T21:27:00.000-04:00

Inside The Open Channel

Front Page - Nano-Sensors and Modulators for Neural Engineering Applications
Page 2 - From the Chair
Page 3 - Directions to Norfolk State University
Page 3 - IEEE Day
Page 3 - IEEE Annual Elections
Page 4 - From the PES corner
Page 5 - IEEE USA E-Books and Online Publications
Page 3 - Impacts of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Grid
Page 8 - Upcoming Conferences

Upcoming Events

Oct 6 Meeting with PES
Nov 18 Student Paper Presentations

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From the PES Corner - September 2010

2010-09-15T21:26:00.000-04:00

Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for your support of IEEE and its wholesome endeavors. My life in engineering entangles with Boy Scouting, as my husband (Merv Wagner) has been a Scoutmaster of a Boy Scout Troop (Troop 43 in Newport News) for over 5 contiguous years. This summer we were merit badge counselors with a very large undertaking spurred by a Ralph Russell of the Richmond PES Chapter. IEEE volunteers and friends (emeritbadges.com) piqued the interest of as many scouts as possible. We captured the attention of nearly 1100 scouts, competing with over 100 other merit badges, a slew of pioneering activities, Mysterium Compass, Technology Quest, and the seemingly endless lines of patch traders. IEEE sponsored two booths for this 100 years of Scouting; PES being a significant contributor, to enlighten these young people in the wonders of electrical and electronic engineering. You can take pride in being a part of an organization devoted to technology, and its advancement, by inspiring the next generation.
This is important with respect to power generation issues nearing limelight here in Hampton Roads. During the April tour of Surry Nuclear it was brought to PES attention how Dominion Virginia Power is watching the upcoming availability of Plug in Hybrid and Plug in Electric Vehicles (PHEV/PEV) with more than one wary eye. Then, it was emphasized that the Commonwealth of VA is currently at a -2 Megawatt capacity, importing electricity from other states!. We struggle with this issue intimately, too. Just drive within 40 miles of Dendron (Surry County) in any direction, and see controversy posted in yards, with signs that support Cypress Creek and oppose Coal Plant building. There is a sense that neighbors of 30 years quit talking to each other over this single issue; the passion runs so deep! Sept. 15th is the next tour of Surry, and sign up for that closes Aug 30 to get the form to Surry for security review. Dawn Ostenberg will be the ExCom Rep on that tour. Please contact me if you would like to tour Surry, as we will schedule more tours in the future.
The new determination to become gasoline independent, further aggravated by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the need for America to get back in the auto manufacturing world are going to change the nature of electricity in the home place. The need for understanding of this issue is wide, because it will affect us as consumers of electricity. Taking the first step to understanding how wide the impact will be in the community, PES is having a joint meeting with IEEE in Oct to bring Dr. Saifur Rahman from Virginia Tech to discuss it. This year's Distinguished Lecture promises to be a grand event, with time on our side. It is at Point Plaza Suites, and we currently have space for up to 300 people. Attendance is anticipated to be at least 100, and it is going to be more widely disseminated than the Practical Lessons of Wind Power Generation. Certificates of Contact hours, if not official Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees. This will appeal to PE's from several engineering disciplines outside of IEEE and Power, and is not just for engineers. Please share the invitation to anyone you know with an interest. Bring your spouses, your friends, colleagues from work, as this meeting is not just for engineers, but is open to the public. If you have a neighbor or coworker who plans to buy a PHEV or PEV, link them to the registration page below. Discussion will include changes needed to home electric service to accommodate charging these vehicles at home. Register early to assure your seat!
Vtools Meeting Announcement Also note that late registration for the Oct 6th meeting, which starts Sept 16th, is $45 for all, no exceptions. Finally, HR-PES welcomes any membership support in the form of organizing tours, assisting with meeting logistics, or bringing in new topics for technical meetings. If you can volunteer an hour every week, if you can come early to a meeting to assist with registration, or have some other talent to contribute, your energy would be a welcome asset! Contact me at jennifer.ammentorp@ieee.org to learn how you can help and make it better. Remember "Many hands makes for little work."
Jennifer Ammentorp
jennifer.ammentorp@ieee.org

From the Chair - September 2010

2010-09-15T21:25:00.000-04:00

It is the fall season and we have a very exciting fall program in store. We start off in September with a presentation by Dr. Hargsoon Yoon of Norfolk State University on Nano-Sensors and Modulators for Neural Engineering applications. I think that this topic sounds very interesting. I want to thank Dr. Yoon and Norfolk State University for hosting this presentation. In October, we will have a joint meeting with the Power Engineering Society chapter on Electric Vehicles. I did not know that Virginia actually has to import electricity. We simply do not generate enough electricity. While electric vehicles either reduce or eliminate the production of exhaust gases (not counting any gases produced during generation of the power), the need to charge the vehicles remains a challenge for the transmission of power and the stresses that it will put on the grid. I am anxiously waiting to hear this presentation and where we stand on the issues that await us in this area. Lastly, we will be holding our student paper presentation in November. I encourage all undergraduate student members to participate. You just don't know but you may walk away with some money in your pocket.
Also in the fall we will be holding our elections for officers in the section. The four positions open for elections are the chair, vice-chair, treasurer and secretary. The election is open to all members from graduate student members to Fellows. I highly encourage all those that are interested to contact any section officer by the October meeting. We will formally announce our slate of candidates through our October newsletter. Formal election will be held in November. I have been an officer in this section for four years and I have found my experience to be very rewarding. I have had the opportunity to travel and represent the section at various conferences and had my travel covered by IEEE. There will be much to do in the upcoming years between the Section's 50th anniversary in 2011 and Oceans 2012 the following year. Descriptions of the positions are as follows:
The Section Chair shall serve as Chair for all meetings of the Section, the Section Committee and the Section ExCom. The Section Vice Chair shall assist the Chair in the coordination of all Section activities.
At the request of the Section Chair or in the absence of the Section Chair, the Section Vice Chair shall chair meetings of the Section, Section Committee or Section ExCom.
The Section Secretary shall include correspondence, the keeping of the minutes of the Committee meetings, mailing notices, and submission of meeting and officer reports to the Member and Geographic Activities Department at the end of each year and such other duties as are assigned by the Chair.
The Section Treasurer shall include the development of a Section budget for approval by the Section, accounting of all Section funds, keeping financial records, and submitting the Financial Operations Report of the Section to the IEEE Staff Director, Financial Services.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone this fall.
Regards,
James Bolitho
2010 Chair
Hampton Roads Section

2010 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference

2010-04-07T23:59:00.001-04:00

2010 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - 25 - 30 Oct 2010, Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA , IEEE Sponsor: Computer Society.

2010 IEEE 60th Annual Broadcast Symposium

2010-04-07T23:58:00.000-04:00

2010 IEEE 60th Annual Broadcast Symposium - 20 - 22 Oct 2010, The Westin Alexandria, Alexandria, VA , IEEE Sponsor: Broadcast Technology Society.

2010 IEEE EMBS Forum on Grand challenges in Neuroengineering -

2010-04-07T23:56:00.002-04:00

2010 IEEE EMBS Forum on Grand challenges in Neuroengineering - May 7 - 8, 2010 Bethesda, MD, IEEE Sponsor: Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.

2010 IEEE 18th Annual International Symposium on Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines

2010-04-07T23:54:00.002-04:00

2010 IEEE 18th Annual International Symposium on Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines - May 2 - 4, 2010 Charlotte, NC, IEEE Sponsor: Computer Society.

The Open Channel for April 2010

2010-04-07T23:51:00.000-04:00

Inside The Open Channel

Front Page - Performance Enhancement in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks
Page 2 - From the Chair
Page 3 - Directions to Old Dominion University
Page 3 - SoutheastCon 2010
Page 4 - From the PES corner
Page 4 - Upcoming Conferences
Page 6 - Engineering Unplugged
Page 7 - JLab Open House
Page 8-9 - Career Opportunities

Upcoming Events
Apr 15 Meeting
May 20 Social

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Jefferson Lab Open House

2010-04-07T23:50:00.000-04:00

A Celebration of Science, 1 May 2010 9 AM - 2 PM.

www.jlab.org/openhouse

Engineering Unplugged April 13, 2010, The Ted@ODU

2010-04-07T23:48:00.000-04:00

Join us at Engineering Unplugged April 13, 2010, The Ted@ODU

The premier green technology event in Virginia

Are you ready to transform your career and the planet? Does the idea of going green turn you on?

If you believe that engineers and green technology will make the difference in our future and save our planet, then plan on making Tuesday, April 13, 2010, your day. Engineering Unplugged is the day to transform your career and the planet. The second annual event is a one-day learning/networking intensive designed for today’s green professionals topped off with a green social, the Grow Green Marketplace. ODU’s President John R. Broderick will kick off the event and noted environmentalist, Edward Nixon (brother to former President Richard Nixon) will provide a keynote luncheon presentation on “Energy Sources for the Future.”

This statewide initiative will address environmental issues in manufacturing, architecture/design, transportation, engineering, facilities management and more. The event aligns with Gov. Bob McDonnell’s goal to “make Virginia the Energy Capital of the East Coast.”

CHOOSE FROM THREE EDUCATIONAL TRACKS – EARN CEUs. Earn half the CEUs required to renew your PE license and other professional certifications, all in one day.

* LEED AND GREEN BUILDINGS
* ENERGY CONSERVATION /ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
* GREENHOUSE GASES

Go to www.engineeringunplugged.com for more about the day!

WHEN: April 13, 2010
8:00 AM - 3:30 p.m. Conference and Keynote Luncheon “Energy Sources for the Future” 3:30 PM – 4:30 p.m. Exhibits & Grow Green Marketplace: green food, products, Happy Hour, Fun!

WHERE:
Ted Constant Convocation Center on ODU Campus 4320 Hampton Blvd; Norfolk, VA 23529

How Much / But really, how little! Just As of 3/31, fee is $295

REGISTER Now and Save!
WEBSITE: www.engineeringunplugged.com
EMAIL: pdc@odu.edu PHONE: 757-683-5479

Live Video StreamingODU is getting greener by the minute! We're proud to announce that Engineering Unplugged 2010 will be offered in video stream on April 13th live from the Ted Constant Center in Nor- folk. It will also be available on-demand after the event - at your convenience. Online conference includes the same 0.8 CEUs or 8 PDHs

From the PES Corner April 2010

2010-04-07T23:46:00.000-04:00

Spring is here and things are swinging into action! Steve Walk organized a truly engaging presentation by the ODU and HU Solar Decathlon Team, as Finalists in the Concept phase of the competition. Thirty four Teams remain, from which 20 will be chosen to implement their idea. As PES Members might have received post meeting word via e-mail, these people are visionaries.

They are inspiring in their goal to look for real solutions the urban middle class can enjoy and appreciate. John Whitelaw and Justin Smith assure me that the Team will be happy to present to us again, giving an update to their project. Trust me, you do not want to miss these latest developments in Green Engineering and Real Estate.

Here it is April, and the next two Technical meetings are Facility tours. On April 7th PES and IEEE will Tour Dominion’s Surry Nuclear Power Plant on Hog Island. The Surry tour is closed, yet do not panic!

I will be scheduling another one later this year. Steve Walk is working with Rick Williamson of AetnaWire Inc. for a tour of their Manufacturing Facility. PES is working on scheduling repeat tours this summer and fall to both locations, as we get feedback of conflicting dates. Also, ODU is bringing Gov. McDonnell to The Ted April 13 at the Engineering Unplugged conference. See www.engineeringunplugged.com for more details.

Elections are coming up! We are actively seeking a new Treasurer. If you are interested please contact myself or Tama Littley by April 20th. If you are interested in any of the other positions (Chair, Vice Chair or Secretary) please notify me, or someone on the ExCom (Steve Walk, Tama Littley, Dawn Ostenberg or myself), by April 20th so the ballot can be made and electronically circulated. Members who are unopposed to the current PES Chapter ExCom continuing for another term could facilitate the process by sending an affirmation e- mail to the address below. Be sure to include your membership number in the content of the affirmation..

Issues with meeting space: My affiliation with WHRO presents an opportunity to use some of their meeting space, though this is limited to approximately 25. The ideal situation is to alternate on both sides of the water, so the Chapter is still looking for space on the Peninsula. We are open to suggestions.

Upcoming PES Travel: The 2010 PES Transmission and Distribution Conference is right around the corner on the calendar, and just over a couple of rivers on the map in New Orleans LA. In addition to attending The PES conference (Thank you Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding), I will be representing the Section and the Chapter as a full time instructor at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree in the Electricity Merit Badge booth. The Merit Badge Chair of this adventure is Ralph Russell from the Richmond Chapter of PES. Anyone interested in supporting that effort, or knowing of possible corporate sponsorship for a very worthwhile STEM Project, should contact me to learn more about how they can make a difference. The PES GM is in Minneapolis, this year. Anyone who is planning to go to the PES GM this year please get in touch with me about that conference.

Where would the approaching summer be without a PES Social Event? Location is expected in Newport News this year, in June. Date and Menu TBD, but you can bet it will involve grilling and maybe even another chocolate lover’s turtle cheesecake!

I welcome your questions, comments, and other feedback at jennifer.ammentorp@ieee.org

Jennifer Ammentorp
jennifer.ammentorp@ieee.org

April From The Chair

2010-04-07T23:44:00.002-04:00

We had a very good presentation on Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) given to us from Dave Cook of Eaton Corporation. Dave has been in the business for a quite a while, but has been able to keep up to date with his work. What he talked about are not your father’s UPS, but rather a quite sophisticated piece of equipment. He talked about the old technology whose output was so dirty that the systems that the UPS was trying to protect would double clock. Today’s technology actually uses double conversion and IGBTs vice the SCRs that was in your father’s UPS. He also talked about Blade UPS that have a near unity power factor. All in all, it was a very good presentation. I want to thank Kurt Clemente for hosting us again.

This month we are going to visit another of our student branches. Dr. Popescu will be hosting us at Old Dominion University. The presenter will be Danda B. Rawat, who is a Ph.D. candidate at Old Dominion. The topic is Performance Enhancement in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks. Intelligent systems can be used in a variety of situations. Danda will be presenting how intelligent systems can be used in vehicles thereby reducing the number of accidents and deaths on our roadways. I think that this is an excellent topic. I did a simulation once in graduate school and I chose to model the traffic flow through the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel ; this topic generated many questions from my fellow students. Capacity is reached going through the tunnels when traffic is flowing freely. So I am thinking that this would be another advantage of this network. The network will allow the Traffic to flow freely (instead of stop and go as the human in the loop is constantly braking for the car in front of them, which causes the human in the loop in the next car behind the first car to brake even more). The free flowing traffic will save time and gasoline. I am looking forward to this presentation. I want to thank Dr. Popescu in advance for hosting us.

Our Vice-Chair/Secretary Jason Naramore attended the SoutheastCon 2010 in Charlotte North Carolina. He represented our section at the region meeting. As always, Bill LaBelle and Bill Clayton attended in their regional capacity. Bill and Bill have been invaluable mentors for me and we are very lucky to have them in our section. Thank you all for attending the meeting.

We are still looking for a Secretary for the section. Please contact any section executive committee member if you are interested in this position. Keep your calendars open in June in case Bob Kugler calls for assistance with the Oceans 2012 techsurge program. This is an excellent opportunity for the section.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone in April.

Regards,
James Bolitho
2009 Chair
Hampton Roads Section

ICOPS 2010

2010-03-18T13:50:00.000-04:00

IEEE 37th International Conference on Plasma science - 20 Jun – 24 Jun 2010, Marriott Norfolk Waterside, Norfolk, VA, IEEE Sponsor: Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society.

The Open Channel for March 2010

2010-03-18T13:48:00.002-04:00

Inside The Open Channel

Front Page The UPS in the Data Center, Trends, Issues, and Solutions
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 3 Directions to Clark Nexsen
Page 3 From the PES Corner
Page 4 Volunteer Judges needed for Regional and State Science Fairs
Page 4 Upcoming Conferences
Page 5-6 SoutheastCon 2010
Page 7-8 Career Opportunities

Upcoming Events

Mar 18 Meeting
Apr 15 Meeting
May 20 Social

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March 2010 PES Corner

2010-03-18T13:47:00.002-04:00

It is hard to believe March is here and important IEEE Conferences are just around the corner. Several things are going on for HR-PES Chapter. I am pleased to announce that our tour request of Surry Nuclear Power has been approved (April 7th at 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.). Further, the tour invitation is now open to Section members of IEEE. If you are interested to attend this daytime event please contact me via e-mail by March 15th. Please include the following information in your contact: Citizenship and IEEE member number. Non U.S. citizens do require advance approval by the Plant Director. My Delegate, Glenn Oder will be attending this tour, and there are three more seats reserved for State Delegates. Please contact your Representative and ask them to reserve the date, and join us.
Steve Walk is working on our upcoming meetings include ODU's Solar Decathlon Team to present March 25th, at ODU main campus. Watch the V- tools page for more details on that meeting. April hopes to bring us (in addition to the day tour of Surry) a plant tour of Aetna wire for a plant tour.
Dawn Ostenberg' persistence pays off to get a response from IEEE about Section and Chapters ability to affiliate and support various political action committees. Our specific interest of the moment is the Green Job Alliance and Green Economic Alliance. The Chapter has signed a letter of support for the upcoming Green Jobs Federal Legis

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lative Conference on March 2, 2010. I will attend the morning breakfast event and Dawn Ostenberg will attend the luncheon event on the Southside.
Notes from the PES corner ends with a reminder that our elections will be coming up in early April. While Dawn, Steve and myself plan to continue on for a second term, Tama Littley is unable to continue in the role of Treasurer for a second term. She has done a fantastic job at keeping the books and rather than give you the standard answer of 'Oh, it is only about an hour a week...' of your time. If you are willing or interested to help, or learn more about the Treasurer's position please contact me or Tama for more information. Having one person to handle the books and end of year financial report is important. Please consider taking on this job to keep our new chapter rolling!
HR-PES invites your feedback and suggestions to improve our organization.
Jennifer Ammentorp
jennifer.ammentorp@ieee.org

March 2010 From the Chair

2010-03-18T13:46:00.000-04:00

The Hampton Roads Section Technical Meeting was held on February 18 at Christopher Newport University. Anton Riedl was a most gracious host and the section would like to thank him for providing pizza for us before the meeting. Luke Hargrove of National Instruments gave us a new look into LabVIEW. Like so many companies, National Instruments is very interested in the Green side of our business. They are even giving grants for developing green solutions utilizing their software. That sounds like a good deal. The amounts as I understand should cover the cost of the software that you will need, so if we have anyone out there with an entrepreneurial desire to make our planet greener, this may be what you need.
In March, we will be back to Clark Nexsen, where we will once again be hosted by Kurt Clemente. This month’s topic will be the use of UPS systems data centers. I like when a topic can cover two or more technical interest groups for our membership. I am interested in the current trends in this area. I realize that the UPS have limited capacity and if the data systems shut down, like my PC at home shuts down, then that capacity better increase. Seriously, as these data centers get more complex the need to coordinate our effort with the power engineers becomes even more urgent. Some systems may not be able to shut down and the UPS can bridge the gap until a site diesel can come on line. Likewise, an improper shutdown can corrupt an operating system causing an inability to come back on line once power is restored. This could be costly for a company and you know that users are an impatient lot.
Bob Kugler is meeting with the Marine Technology Society for the Oceans 2012 program and the techsurge program that will occur in June of this year. Bob will provide us with the information as we go forth with this effort. Please be supportive of the section and the programs that will be offered at those times. We have been struggling as a section financially so this will be an opportunity for the section to raise some money while supporting a worthwhile conference. We are looking for someone to be the section’s Secretary. If you are interested, please contact one of the section officers. The Section Secretary acts as the gateway between the Section members and the IEEE, having a leadership role in bringing the needs of members to the Executive Committee. Part of the role involves having accountability and ownership of the records and correspondence of the Section including meeting records, reporting officer changes and submitting reports of committee activities. The Secretary’s role is much more than record keeping – he/she is a steward of the Section’s history and future, bringing critical data to enable decision making by the Executive Committee and deliver real value to members that keeps the Section engaged, relevant and sustainable in the long term. The Section Secretary plays a key role in ensuring that the IEEE members within the Section are engaging in IEEE activities. So please consider this important position.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone in March.
Regards,
James Bolitho
2009 Chair
Hampton Roads Section

Brain Teaser Challenge - "January" 2010†

2010-02-25T22:42:00.002-05:00

Parker Peter was a science nerd. One day his school went for a field trip to a laboratory where they experiment with genetically altered earthworms. As the students were visiting the specimen cases, he discovered that one of the slithering mutants had escaped. Then while he was distracted taking pictures of the lab assistants, the errant annelid managed to sink its fangs (I did say it was a mutant, right) into the unsuspecting Parker. Naturally, Parker experienced only mild side effects as his body was transformed into that of a superhuman with all of the powers of a very large earth worm.

Aside from the ability to asexually reproduce, Wormboy also gained the ability to flatten his body so he could slide under the door to enter a locked room and borough in the soil. His arch enemy, The Bass Fisherman, discovered that passing an electric current through the ground would force Wormboy to come to the surface and reveal his whereabouts. BF decided to measure the bulk resistivity of the soil with four probes 1 cm apart and got 20 ohms. What is the bulk resistivity of this soil?

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MedTech 2010

2010-02-09T22:00:00.000-05:00

First AMA/IEEE EMBS Medical Technology Conference: Personalized Medicine (MedTech) - 28 – 30 Mar 2010, Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC, , IEEE Sponsor: Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.

From the PES Corner February 2010

2010-02-08T22:58:00.001-05:00

Belated Happy New Year Everyone! Compared to our closing presentation by Wanda Reder last November, PES as a group feels like it has a slow start for 2010. There are things going on behind the scenes, covering lessons learned from that presentation and planning for a better turn outs at future high profile Lecturers. There are Administrative issues to close at this time, reports need to be finalized and turned in to IEEE Headquarters, all a part of a new Chapter’s learning curve. The Web page effort is slow in development, but we do have space allocation now. We just need to format files and the space, and then upload them. This is a steep learning curve for me, just so you know. As they say in Monte Python, “But I’m not dead, yet.”

At the January 12 PES ExCom we determined a few things yet to iron out with respect to holding Officer elections times and meeting attendance. Our intent is to hold elections in April for terms that run from 1 July to 30 June, and our challenge is to insure there is not some obstacle to that plan. Another lingering question was limitations of the Section and Chapter public ally affiliating with political action groups. Thanks to Dawn Ostenberg’s perseverance we received an answer from IEEE National about the Chapter and Section affiliating ourselves with Green Job Alliance, and Green Economic Alliance. And for Chapter activities we are planning to forecast for the entire year of 2010, to improve publicizing events and increasing participation. For example, October will be our month for the big Distinguished Lecture, allowing for more time to plan and schedule without competing with so many functions in November. HR-PES continues the search for more economical venues for meetings, alternating on both sides of the water. PES members can expect a survey asking for those talents and time you are willing and able to commit to upcoming activities.

Again I must give credit to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in supporting the generation of this chapter. My leader ship has volunteered to cover the expense of sending me to the General Membership meeting in July, to get Chapter Chair training. This would commit me to another term of service as Chair. It is humbling to know my company stands behind PES, believing this is an important investment for them in support of the Professional Community. Thank you Northrop Grumman Corporation!
PES is arranging a guided tour April 7th at Surry Nuclear Power Facility but this is a very limited tour. We can schedule more in the future if this turns out to be a popular activity. I am waiting for responses from PES Members before opening up to the IEEE General Membership. Because this is a daytime activity, we are likely going to have a Technical meeting that month, as an evening event.
Rick Williamson is looking into a tour of Aetna Wire for February. This facility is very close to Aberdeen Steak house on the Southside. Will send out an e-mail with details and create a Vtools link time permitting.

This July and Aug summer I will be participating in the IEEE Merit Badge Project as an instructor in the Electricity Merit Badge Booth. This project is chaired by Ralph Russell, a long time PES and IEEE member in the Richmond area. He has been organizing this project for several BSA Jamborees. I am proud to represent our chapter in this STEM type effort which has brought many young scouts into careers of Engineering as a result of how fun and challenging it can be. Anyone interested in helping with this project can contact me to learn more about it, or find out how to help.

PES is open to ideas of what topics you would like to explore for meetings, where we can hold meetings and even if you can offer a little time trying to help iron out these details.

Your feedback will strengthen our Chapter, and help increase our momentum beyond the spectacular presentation by Wanda Reder last year. The response from attendees was great, it was an upscale finale we would like to continue as a Chapter tradition. I look invite your inputs and look forward to a stronger year for the Chapter!

Yours in Energy,

Jennifer Ammentorp
jennifer.ammentorp@ieee.org

The Open Channel for February 2010

2010-02-08T22:32:00.002-05:00

Inside The Open Channel

Front Page LabVIEW and its Application in Electrical Engineering
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 3 Directions to Christopher Newport
Page 3 From the PES Corner
Page 4 Upcoming Conferences
Page 5-6 SoutheastCon 2010
Page 7-8 Career Opportunities

Upcoming Events

Feb 14-20 EWeek
Feb 18 Meeting
Feb 20 PEC
Mar 18 Banquet Meeting

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February 2010 From The Chair

2010-02-08T22:31:00.001-05:00

The Hampton Roads Section technical meeting was held on January 21st at Clark Nexsen. The presenter was Jimmy Tran from Old Dominion University. The topic dealt with atomic layer deposition and is one method that is being worked on currently to solve the scaling issues associated with smaller architecture. All this work just so we keep Moore’s law active. Although the section attendance was small in number, the questions were plenty and quite diverse. I guess I had not given it much thought lately that surface roughness plays a very important part on surface conductance. I haven’t been living in the nano-scale world recently. I want to thank Mr. Tran for presenting and Kurt Clemente for hosting at Clark Nexsen.

In February, we will have a vendor give us a demonstration on the latest effort by National Instruments and their product LabView. I always liked Labview, where you could design an instrument at the module level and can really see signal throughput. As practical as this seems, the training applications are outstanding. I can say one thing about Labview, you don’t have to worry about surface roughness, or do you? I want to thank Dr. Riedl for hosting the meeting at Christopher Newport University. My wife is a graduate of Christopher Newport, so we get to go to some athletic events. I have to put a plug in for the Lady Captains basketball team and Coach Hunter. I am very impressed with the team. As of this writing, they are still undefeated (19-0).

We have an opportunity to be a team. We have too many openings on the Executive committee. We have an upcoming anniversary in which I have heard from one person volunteering to help with the program. We have an opportunity to work with the Marine Technology Society for the Oceans 2012 program and the tech surge program being held in June, but we are still looking for volunteers. With that all said, I would be remiss if I did not say that we do have quite a few individuals who have stepped up and I would like to name them all but space does not permit. A team can do a lot more than an individual. So I hope to hear from you once you have read this newsletter.

The Power and Energy Society Chapter is going to have a tour of the Surry Nuclear Power plant scheduled for some time in April. One of our Executive Committee members will be attending the SouthEastCon 2010 in Charlotte. So there is plenty to do, we just have to get out there and do it. If you have a desire to volunteer, please contact any member of the Executive Committee.

Regards,
James Bolitho
2009 Chair
Hampton Roads Section

Brain Teaser Challenge - "December"†

2010-01-15T22:02:00.002-05:00

Space travel has been the spark of imaginary adventures for over a hundred years. Jules Verne wrote "From the Earth to the Moon" in 1864. A popular film today is "Avatar" which takes place on a hypothetical planet some distance away where a very valuable mineral (unobtainium) is in abundance. One of the things that always bugs me about these science fiction stories is that they always underestimate the sophistication of future technology. Avatar is supposed to take place over 140 years into the future, and the military is still flying around in a type of helicopter and firing weapons that have chemically propelled bullets. And the worst thing is that they miss the target most of the time (also true in Star Trek). I am quite confident that in 100 years we will have fire control systems in handheld weapons that will ensure better accuracy, if only to conserve energy. I can imagine that many of you are hoping that in 100 years the whole notion of weapons is obsolete.

Today we improve the accuracy of air dropped ordnance, and reduce collateral damage, by using a target designator system. Can anyone tell me how these work?

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January 2010 From the Chair

2010-01-13T20:39:00.002-05:00

The Hampton Roads Section had several significant accomplishments this past year. The biggest accomplishment was the creation of our Power and Energy Society (PES) Chapter. We had two student paper competitions, which was done so that we could synchronize the timing of the completion with the completion of a semester at our local schools. I attended the Region 3 SouthEastCon in Atlanta (I got the extra special good deal of spending the night in Detroit that Sunday as I missed a connecting flight). We also experienced significant increases in attendance at our monthly meetings during 2009.

None of this could happen without the effort of several of our members. Jennifer Ammentorp was very instrumental in getting the PES Chapter going. Anton Riedl hosted the first student paper competition at Christopher Newport University and coordinated the second student paper competition. Greg Hodges, who served as the section vice-chair, did a marvelous job in setting up the technical programs as was demonstrated by our increase in attendance at the monthly meetings. My efforts were rewarded (and not by spending an extra night in Detroit), but rather by having these individuals make my job seem easier. We have a lot more individuals that help make the section run and for those individuals I am indebted for their efforts and support.

With all of this said, there remains work to be done. Our Bylaws have to be rewritten to be consistent with the Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) bylaws. We will be co-hosting Oceans 2012 and there is a need for an individual(s) to attend and work with our partner, the Oceanic Engineering Society. The section will be celebrating our 50th year as a section in 2011 with special events to be planned. In addition there are several other items that have been talked about in the Executive Committee (ExComm) meeting that we generally have before each monthly meeting. There is work to be done, some of which requires effort of short duration, while other volunteer efforts require a longer duration. All effort is crucial and welcomed.
I am looking forward to this upcoming year for the section. Let any officer know if you would like to volunteer or if you have any ideas on how to help the section grow and meet the expectations of our membership.

Thank you.
Regards,
James Bolitho
2009 Chair
Hampton Roads Section

The Open Channel for January 2010

2010-01-13T20:39:00.001-05:00

Inside The Open Channel
Front Page -A Systemic Study of Atomic Layer Deposition of Platinum Nano-scale Metalization Films and their Application ...
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 3 Directions to Clark Nexsen
Page 3 IEEE Hampton Roads and CHROME
Page 4 Upcoming Conferences
Page 4 IEEE Honors 2010 Class of Fellows
Page 5 SoutheastCon 2010
Page 7 Career Opportunities - Jefferson Labs
Page 14 Electrical Engineers- MacDonald-Bedford LLC
Page 14 Virtual Recruiting Partners - Risk Analyst
Page 15 Relocation Opportunities - C2, C4, IS Battle Command Engineer
Page 16 United Technologies - Principle Engineer - Power Electronics

Upcoming Events

* Feb 14-20 EWeek
* Feb 18 Meeting
* Feb 20 PEC Banquet
* Mar 18 Meeting

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IEEE Recently Announced its Class of 2010 Fellows

2010-01-13T20:39:00.000-05:00

IEEE recently announced its class of 2010 Fellows, which consists of members from around the world who have demonstrated an "extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest." They join a group of thousands of other IEEE distinguished Fellows who have contributed to the advancement or application of engineering, science, and technology. The IEEE Board of Directors awards the honor of Fellow to no more than 0.1 percent of the voting membership as of 31 December of the preceding year.

The list of 2010 Fellows is available at www.ieee.org/web/membership/ fellows/2010_fellows_class.html.

11th Joint MMM-Intermag Conference

2010-01-13T20:37:00.003-05:00

2010 11th Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials - INTERMAG Conference, 17 - 21 Jan 2010, Washing- ton, DC, IEEE Sponsor: Magnetics Society.

First Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies

2010-01-13T20:37:00.000-05:00

2010 Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - 19 - 21 Jan 2010, Gaithersburg, MD, IEEE Sponsor: Computer Society, Power & Energy Society.

MicroRad 2010

2010-01-13T20:31:00.000-05:00

2010 11th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment - 1 - 4 Mar 2010, Washington, DC, IEEE Sponsor: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.

SoutheastCon 2010

2010-01-13T20:30:00.000-05:00

IEEE SoutheastCon2010 - 18 - 21 Mar 2010, Concord, NC, IEEE Sponsor: Region 3, Charlotte Section, North Carolina Council 2010.

March 18-21, 2010, Embassy Suites Concord (Charlotte), NC

JOIN US in Concord, NC, right off of I-85 (exit 49) and next door to Lowe's Motor Speedway, to ‘rev up’ your career and find yourself in the winners circle!

IEEE SoutheastCon is an annual IEEE Region 3 Technical, Professional, and Student Conference. It is the premier conference for the IEEE Region that encompasses the IEEE Southeastern United States and Jamaica. IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 brings Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science professionals, faculty and students to share the latest information through technical sessions, tutorials, professional development sessions, and exhibits. It is the most influential conference in Region 3 for promoting awareness of the technical contributions made by our profession to the advancement of engineering science and to the community.

For more information, please see our website at www.southeastcon2010.org

Radar2010

2010-01-13T20:26:00.000-05:00

IEEE International Radar Conference - 10 - 14 May 2010, Arlington, VA, IEEE Sponsor: Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society.

Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Virginia 22202 USA
Phone: 1-703-920-3230
Fax: 1-703-271-5212

ICNS Conference

2010-01-13T20:23:00.001-05:00

2010 Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference - 10 - 14 May 2010, Herdon, VA, IEEE Sponsor: Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society.

Westin Washington Dulles Airport Hotel
Herndon, VA
May 11-13, 2010

Call for Papers: The 2010 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'10), USA, July 12-15, 2010

2009-12-28T20:00:00.001-05:00

WORLDCOMP'10 will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote/tutorial/panel speakers have included: Prof. David A. Patterson (pioneer/computer architecture, U. of California, Berkeley), Dr. K. Eric Drexler (known as Father of Nanotechnology), Prof. John H. Holland (known as Father of Genetic Algorithms; U. of Michigan), Prof. Ian Foster (known as Father of Grid Computing; U. of Chicago & ANL), Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (pioneer/VR, U. of California, Berkeley), Prof. Barry Vercoe (Founding member of MIT Media Lab, MIT), Dr. Jim Gettys (known as X-man, developer of X Window System, xhost; OLPC), Prof. John Koza (known as Father of Genetic Programming, Stanford U.), Prof. Brian D. Athey (NIH Program Director, U. of Michigan), Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna (pioneer, U. of Southern California), Dr. Jose L. Munoz (NSF Program Director and Consultant), Prof. Jun Liu (Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard U.), Anousheh Ansari (CEO, Prodea Systems & first female private space explorer), and many other distinguished speakers. To get a feeling about the conferences' atmosphere, see the 2009 delegates photos can be viewed at: www.pixagogo.com/8658134154

IMPORTANT DATES:

Jan. 16, 2010: Proposals for organizing sessions/workshops
March 1, 2010: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)
March 25, 2010: Notification of acceptance
April 22, 2010: Final papers + Copyright + Registration
July 12-15, 2010: The 2010 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'10)

LOCATION OF CONFERENCES:

See: www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp10/ws/location

IEEE emeritbadges.org Launches Updated Web Site

2009-12-21T18:07:00.003-05:00

22 November 2009 - The IEEE emeritbadges.org project has updated its web site, www.emeritbadges.org, featuring hands-on, pre-college technology educational materials for boys and girls. The updated site will feature information on the program’s sponsorship of the Electricity and Electronics Merit Badge booths at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree, to be held from 26 July to 4 August, 2010, at Fort A.P. Hill, in Caroline County, Virginia.

IEEE emeritbadges.org, which volunteers have developed and run, provides instructional materials based on the Boys Scouts’ Electricity and Electronics Merit Badge requirements. Materials are under development for the Computer Merit Badge. A team of emeritbadges.org Jamboree volunteers, recruited from across the United States and around the world, will teach Scouts the basics of electricity and electronics at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. Scouts also will learn about technical careers and build a microprocessor-based kit that they can take home. During the 10-day long-event, approximately 100 volunteers will be manning these two booths, using the emeritbadges.org-developed materials to help 1,500 to 2,000 boys learn about electrical fundamentals, simple electronic circuits and microprocessors. The course materials and tests reinforce and supplement the Boy Scout Merit Badge Pamphlet requirements and provide the necessary knowledge for the boys to earn these two badges.

Any student, boy or girl can use the program to enhance technical literacy and learn more about viable engineering and other technical career options.

Similar to its counterpart, the IEEE GirlsGoEngineering.org mission is to energize girls toward careers in engineering, mathematics, and the physical sciences. A major component is a volunteer developed and run web site, www.GirlsGoEngineering.org, which provides science and engineering career and instructional programs, activities, materials and web resources of interest to girls, educators, and adult leaders. Other planned activities include participation in Girl Scout events and similar organizations to enlighten girls about careers in science and engineering.

To foster an interest in the engineering profession, IEEE serves students, members and colleges around the world. IEEE realizes that high school student exposure to the accomplishments of engineers is critical to increase engineering enrollment significantly at the university level. Thus, the IEEE created and sponsors the IEEE Scouting program, primarily through the Boy Scout organization and local Girl Scout groups. The program is designed to reach pre-university students and educators to “enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators and students worldwide.”

For more information, contact:
emeritbadges.org – email Neil Durbin or call (216) 780-0172
GirlsGoEngineering.org – e-mail Lynn J. Simms

IEEE Hampton Roads and CHROME

2009-12-21T18:06:00.002-05:00

The Hampton Roads Section, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Cooperating Hampton Roads Organizations for Minorities in Engineering (CHROME), announce a new collaborative program to bring together practicing engineers and students in the 4th through 12th grades, encouraging minority and female students especially to explore their interests and skills in electrical and electronics engineering disciplines. In this new collaborative program, coordinated by the IEEE section Education Committee and CHROME leaders, volunteer engineers will entertain and enrich students attending CHROME club meetings at schools throughout the Hampton Roads area. Volunteer presentations will include personal introductions to the practice of electrical and electronics engineering, but focus largely on age-appropriate hands-on student experience building practical electronics circuits using commercially available electronic learning kits.
The effort has evolved following the success of one volunteer engineer's efforts visiting various CHROME clubs with popular off the shelf learning kits purchased and made available through grants from local industry and universities. Additional fund raising is planned to purchase more kits with the intention of expanding the program. It is hoped that the program can be a model program for other professional engineering societies to bring together their practicing engineers and CHROME students to help stimulate interest in a variety of technical careers among minority and female students in the Hampton Roads area.
For further information or to volunteer, contact Education Committee Chair Dawn Ostenberg@ieee.org at IEEE Hampton Roads. For more information about CHROME go to www.chrome.org.

November 2009 Excom Minutes

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November Minutes

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Brain Teaser Challenge - "November"†

2009-12-01T08:02:00.004-05:00

by Butch Shadwell
Fred Jones was in his last term as an EE undergrad at Whatsamatter U. For his senior project he decided to build a codec that would send 8 bit PCM audio at 2.5 kilobytes per second. It seemed to work pretty well on most male voices, but there was weird distortion with music and some women. Fred may have fallen asleep in his DSP class. What do you think could be his problem? Fred often preferred to be called Stanley Smith for some odd reason, but I am not sure why I am telling you his alternate identification. I have to stop with the clues.

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Brain Teaser Challenge - "October"†

2009-11-25T21:26:00.000-05:00

by Butch Shadwell
When I got started in this business we used multi-meters with a d'Arsonval meter movement that was powered by the signal that was being measured. Of course the voltage that one read from the meter needle movement could be off a bit depending on the source impedance of the signal. They used to rate the meters input resistance in ohms per volt. Some would be 10,000 ohms/v or even higher sometimes.

If I had a multimeter rated at 1000 ohms per volt, set on the 10 volt range, what voltage would I read from the dial if I measured the voltage at the middle node of a voltage divider composed of two 10,000 ohm resistors in series, across a solid 5 volt DC supply? Later I bought a VTVM or vacuum tube volt meter, with a fixed input resistance of 11 megaohms.

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October 2009 ExCom Minutes

2009-11-25T21:23:00.000-05:00

October Minutes

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Free PES Student Membership

2009-11-25T21:19:00.001-05:00

Students: Energize Your Future!

Join the IEEE Power & Energy Society for FREE!

This offer ends 15 August 2010
With over 23,000 members around the globe representing every facet of the electric power and energy industry, PES is at the forefront of the rapidly changing technological advancements that impact everyone’s future.
LEARN about current research and applications of recent technologies such as wind, photovoltaics, fuel cells, distributed generation, flexible AC transmission, energy storage, SmartGrids, and more.
STAY INFORMED about the latest developments in traditional technologies and the new opportunities created as today’s technological and financial situations impact the power and energy industry.
NETWORK with experienced professionals in all aspects of the industry at local, regional and international meetings. Save really big on conference registration fees,too. Some are even free!
If you have not previously been a PES member, we’d like to introduce you to the benefits of membership by offering the FIRST YEAR FREE. To be eligible for this offer you must be an IEEE Student member.

Already an IEEE Student Member? JOIN PES FOR FREE RIGHT NOW! You must already have renewed your IEEE Student Membership for 2010 to take advantage of this offer.

Go to: www.ieee.org/go/PE_add (case sensitive)
Login with your IEEE Web Account. (No web account yet? visit www.ieee.org/web/web/accounts).
IEEE Power & Energy Society Membership will appear in the mini-cart after login.
Click “View Cart/Proceed to Checkout.”
At the Shopping Cart, enter PES10WEBA in the promotion code box next to IEEE Power & Energy Society Membership.
Click "Recalculate Totals" at the bottom of the page.
From there, you may "Checkout" or browse.

Not an IEEE Student Member yet? FREE PES MEMBERSHIP WHEN YOU JOIN IEEE AS A STUDENT MEMBER TODAY!

Log on to: www.ieee.org/go/PE_student (case sensitive)
Create your IEEE Web Account.
IEEE and IEEE Power & Energy Society Memberships will both appear in the mini-cart after login.
Click “View Cart/Proceed to Checkout.”
At the Shopping Cart, enter PES10WEBN in the promotion code box next to IEEE Power & Energy Society Membership.
Click "Recalculate Totals" at the bottom of the page. Your total will reflect the cost of IEEE Student Membership only.
From there, you may "Checkout" or browse.

Energize YOUR Future with PES

September ExCom Minutes

2009-11-08T11:46:00.000-05:00

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Systems Engineering Certification Tutorial Webinar

2009-11-07T21:44:00.001-05:00

Interested in receiving your INCOSE Systems Engineering (SE) certification and becoming an INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)? Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) is hosting a tutorial webinar to help you learn SE and prepare for the certification exam. The tutorial is taught by John O. Clark, Chief Engineer at the NGC Information Systems Sector and Director of Education & Training for the INCOSE Hampton Roads Area Chapter. The tutorial covers the CSEP process and the SE Handbook version 3.1 (the basis for the CSEP exam). It also provides tips on filling out your application. A certificate of completion is provided.

Beginning Thursday, November 19th and running through April 2010, the tutorial consists of 16 weekly sessions, held from noon to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Time USA, for up to 250 participants. Prior to each session, participants are encouraged to read the sections and appendices of the SE Handbook to be presented. Course materials include the tutorial slides (including PowerPoint Notes), sample questions, and prior-session audio recordings. The current schedule (including the specific session, section/appendix, and topic) is available at the links below. This schedule is subject to change as the course progresses. Check the links below for the course materials and to obtain the latest schedule.

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2010 IEEE Election Results

2009-11-05T22:27:00.000-05:00

IEEE Members Select Moshe Kam 2010 President-Elect

8 October - Moshe Kam, department head and Robert Quinn Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., USA, has been selected as 2010 IEEE President-Elect. Pending acceptance of the Teller's Committee report by the IEEE Board of Directors on 22 November, Kam will begin serving as IEEE president on 1 January 2011. He will succeed 2010 IEEE President Pedro Ray, president, Ray Engineers, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The other candidates for 2010 IEEE President-Elect were J. Roberto Boisson de Marca, professor, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Joseph V. Lillie, AT&T (retired) Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. All of the candidates were nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors.

Of the members who voted, 15,690 selected Kam, 14,903 selected Lillie, and 12,704 selected de Marca.

Region 3 selects David G. Green as Director Elect for 2010-2011

David G. Green of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, has been selected as the IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2010-2011

David G. Green has been on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) since 1981. His areas of interest include software engineering, collaboration systems, computer networking, and the engineering design process. He is a member of the project management team for the university´s Active Directory (Windows Services) and Exchange (E-Mail) projects. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (BSE, 1975; MSE, 1977) with an Electrical Engineering specialization. David Green has received numerous IEEE awards including the IEEE Millennium Medal, IEEE Educational Activities Meritorious Service Award, Region 3 Outstanding Service Award, Regional Activities Board Innovation Award, USAB Regional Professional Leadership Award, IEEE´s Outstanding Branch Counselor, and the Region 3 Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Education Award. He is a senior member of IEEE, a member of ASEE, HKN, and Tau Beta Pi, and a life member of ARRL.

The other candidate for IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2010-2011 was Eric S. Ackerman, Assistant Dean Nova Southeastern University, Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

Of the members who voted, 1,474 selected Ackerman and 2,178 selected Green.

The Open Channel for November 2009

2009-11-05T22:24:00.000-05:00

Note our next newsletter will be in January 2010

Inside The Open Channel
Front Page - 2009 Annual Student Paper Presentations
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 3 Directions to Culinary Arts Institute
Page 3 IEEE HR Annual Elections - Last Call
Page 3 From the PES Corner
Page 4 Brain Teaser Challenge Solution - August 2009
Page 5 Brain Teaser - September 2009
Page 5 Moshe Kam is 2010 IEEE President - Elect
Page 5 Other IEEE Election Results

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November PES Update

2009-11-05T22:22:00.000-05:00

PES had a successful first stand alone meeting with "The New Face of Nuclear Power." Presented by Ray Riha, Ph.D on Oct 8th. There have been several improvements in the area of safety; all moving in the direction of passive safety where the need for human interaction is not required to deploy the safety feature in Generation III and Generation III + Reactors. Some designs of newer reactors also consume a greater portion of the fuel, leaving less waste (in one case it can use the spent fuel rods from older facilities).

A motion was made and carried to have a tour of a Nuclear power facility, and details will follow on that effort.

We continue the Green Power Engineering with the November 10th meeting: "Practical Lessons in Wind Farm Collector Systems and Interconnections" by Wanda Reder of S & C Electric. Ms. Reder is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE and PES. This is a great follow up to the Sept. Presentation on Off Shore Wind Farm Project presented by Justin Turner .

If you are interested in attending the Nov 10 Meeting please RSVP early to inure your seat.
This meeting will be opened to the public and announced through the local media, and the limited seats could fill quickly.

It will be held at Town Point Club in Norfolk, and their dress code applies (business attire, coat and tie preferred)

Cost for members Early RSVP and advance payment (IEEE, PES) is $25 and Guests $30.

Checks payable to HR-PES can be mailed to IEEE HR-PES at 210 Graves Circle Newport News, VA 23602-7536

Early RSVP closes Nov 2. Late RSVP is $35, and is from Nov 3 - 6, when Registration closes.

Please submit your reservation(s) online at http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1231.
Your feedback and comments are invited. Tell HRPES what tours, and topics you want to see in our Spring line up.

I look forward to working with you in the future!

Sincerely,
Jennifer Ammentorp

November from the Chair

2009-11-05T22:18:00.000-05:00

So do you think you know as much as a university student? Here’s your chance to find out. Come to the November section meeting and hear our local undergraduate engineering students give presentations on the topics of their choice. We have adjusted our meeting schedule to be more in line with the students’ schedule so that, as they are finishing projects, they can practice presenting on a body of engineers and receive feedback from us. If you are not careful you may even learn something! The PES chapter is providing a technical program this month for those that need to get continuing education credits for the licensure requirements. Either way, I believe both programs will be quite informative.

We had an excellent October meeting that was well attended. I want to thank Muelhbauer for being such gracious hosts in sponsoring this event. It is truly amazing how much technology has increased and improved even since I went to school. One of our life members asked the question, “What would Maxwell think?" Remember him? The mention of his name conjures up memories of curl and divergence. The technology of today might overwhelm the giants of yesterday, but in electrical engineering we truly get to stand on the shoulders of giants in our understanding of the world. What will tomorrow bring? I don’t know. But I do know that electrical engineering will be out front. Actually all engineering disciplines will be out front, we are just partial to electrical engineers. My thought is that the IEEE provides us the opportunity to meet as a body of engineers so that we can learn from each other. The local section, society chapters and student branches allow us that opportunity. We have 876 active members in our section. There is opportunity to learn from each one of them.

Not only does IEEE give us an opportunity to learn but also the opportunity to serve. We have numerous opportunities in the section for people to serve. We are currently working with the local Marine Technology Society in co-hosting the Oceans 2012 conference which will be held in Virginia Beach. The local Marine Technology Society is small (~14 members). We have been asked to help them with this conference. There is a great deal of work to be done to pull this off but I am confident that we can do it. I am going to be blunt about this - if we are successful, the section can make some money on this deal. We continue to struggle with finances (for the 3 years that I have been an officer). This will get us on some good footing when it comes to our financial picture.

November is the last technical presentation for this year. We will be looking for additional presentations starting in January and running through April. If you know of any potential presentations and/or presenters, please contact our Vice-Chair Greg Hodges.
Nominations for officers are still being taken by our past Chair, so please contact Kurt Clemente if you are interested in serving in our section. Elections will be in November.

Regards,
James Bolitho
2009 Chair
Hampton Roads Section

Brain Teaser Challenge - "September"†

2009-10-13T22:41:00.001-04:00

by Butch Shadwell

Little Schlomo had nothing on his mind as he rolled the wheel down Pearl Street with his stick. The sound this perfect circle made as it rumbled along, drew his thoughts away from here and now. It was 1889, and for a ten year old in New York, life was lived in the street, and things were hard. Uncle Lenny, who had been living with his family for as long as he could remember, was sure his ship would come in any day now. Even though he knew it was rubbish, sometimes Schlomo would enjoy listening as his uncle would explain his latest get rich quick scheme. It was on a Tuesday, as he heard his Uncle Lenny describe his new electric light business. As you know, light bulbs were pretty expensive, about a dollar a piece, and they didn't really last that long. Lenny's idea was to sell folks lower voltage light bulbs which were a little cheaper and would last a little longer. He planned on buying transformers to reduce the voltage. What turn ratio did he need to run 25 volt bulbs? Hope you remember your electrifying history.

Reply to Butch Shadwell at b.shadwell@ieee.org (email)
904-223-4510 (fax)
904-223-4465 (v)
3308 Queen Palm Dr.
Jacksonville, FL 32250-2328.
www.shadtechserv.com

† Our friend Butch volunteers a bit too much, he never quite catches up to the current month.

IEEE Annual Election Results

2009-10-13T22:39:00.003-04:00

The information provided below is the tally of votes of the 2009 IEEE Tellers Committee. These results are unofficial until the Tellers Committee Report is accepted by the IEEE Board of Directors at its meeting 22 November 2009.

IEEE President-Elect, 2010

J. Roberto Boisson de Marca 12,704
Moshe Kam 15,690
Joseph V. Lillie 14,903

IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2010
Division II

Caio A. Ferreira 1,346
J. Keith Nelson 1,407
Brian C. Wadell 1,028

Division IV (Electromagnetics and Radiation)

Peter N. Clout 2,354
Elya B. Joffe 1,523

Division VI

Gerard (Gus) H. Gaynor 852
Jeffrey M. Voas 1,034

Division VIII (Computer)

Susan K. (Kathy) Land 4,565
James W. Moore 1,710

Division X

Vincenzo Piuri 2,412
Daniel S. Yeung 2,195

IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2010-2011
Region 1 (Northeastern USA)

Peter Alan Eckstein 2,538
Albert J. Reinhart 2,011

Region 3 (Southeastern USA)

Eric S. Ackerman 1,474
David G. Green 2,178

Region 5 (Southwestern USA)

James A. Jefferies 1,812
Richard A. Painter 1,434

Region 7 (Canada)

Keith B. Brown 686
Maike Luiken 630
Marcelo O. Mota 337

Region 9 (Latin America)

Gustavo A. Giannattasio 893
Norberto M. Lerendegui 742

IEEE Standards Association President-Elect, 2010

S. Mark Halpin 682
Steve M. Mills 716

IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors Member-at-Large, 2010-2011

M. (Mark) Epstein 719
Stanley L. Moyer 661

IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors Member-at-Large, 2010-2011

Andrew L. Drozd 506
T. W. (Ted) Olsen 891

IEEE Technical Activities Vice President-Elect, 2010

Thomas G. Habetler 8,977
Donna L. Hudson 16,377

IEEE-USA President-Elect, 2010

James M. Howard 9,963
Ronald G. Jensen 14,154

IEEE-USA Member-at-Large, 2010-2011

Winnfort J. Myles 15,358
Mauro G. Togneri 8,627

The Open Channel for October 2009

2009-10-13T20:36:00.001-04:00

Inside The Open Channel
Front Page Mühlbauer Plant Tour (Newport News)
Upcoming Events
Nov 19 Student Paper Presentations
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 3 Directions to Mühlbauer.
Page 3 Student Paper Presentations
Page 4 From the PES Corner
Page 4 Biographical Sketch Raymond J. Riha, Ph.D.
Page 3 2010 Call for HR Section Nominations
Page 3 IEEE Annual Elections
Page 4 Remember to Return Your Ballot
Page 4 2010 Dues Notice Reminder
Page 4 Candidates Take On the Top issues
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October 2009 From The Chair

2009-10-01T20:31:00.001-04:00

Fall is upon us. With school back in, football season starting, the weather getting cooler and the beginning of the fall program for the IEEE Hampton Roads Section.

We had a very impressive program hosted by our new Power and Energy chapter in September. Justin Turner from ODU provided us a glimpse of the ongoing work in the area of offshore wind power. One of the key objectives for the Virginia Energy Plan is to create renewable energy sources. In the outlying coastal areas of the state, it seems that we have sufficient wind resources to sustain a wind farm. Some projections have that the wind farm could generate as much as 20% of the energy requirements for the state of Virginia. This is significant and I believe vital to our state. The Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium was formed by the Virginia Legislature in 2007 to research and develop the concept to the point of commercialization and implementation of renewable energy sources. Justin provided us with the conceptual idea of the wind farm, taking into account the effects on other ocean users, migratory bird flight paths and included some issues concerning the potential entry points for the wind farm into the electric grid. I have to admit that I was impressed that we had over 40 members and guests at the meeting. In addition, the question and answer session prompted quite a discussion in areas outside of plain old electrical engineering. But don’t worry; we are still talking about the concept so there will still be room during design for some of that good old electrical engineering stuff. I want to thank Clark Nexsen for the use of their facilities.

We will be taking a field trip to Mühlbauer in Newport News in October. Please RSVP early for this event as this will be a catered event. There will be no cost for the members at this event as Mühlbauer has offered to pick up the tab. I want to thank Mühlbauer in advance for this generous offer. This field trip will provide us first hand view of a manufacturing plant that works with semiconductors and RFIDs. I know that I am looking forward to this opportunity. The student paper presentation is scheduled for November and I am hearing that there is a lot of interest this year. I encourage all of our undergraduate student members, especially those that are doing senior design papers to consider this as an opportunity to present before a group of engineers.

Your Hampton Roads Section leadership attended a training seminar for IEEE Section and Chapter leaders conducted by Region 3 and hosted by our friends in the Richmond Section at the end of September. This was very important for our section leadership in learning about the IEEE. I am fortunate to be working with some very dedicated volunteers in our section and region. Please bring up any concerns or ideas on how or what we can do as a section to any executive committee member. Our contact points are listed on our web page and we are looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
James Bolitho
2009 Chair
Hampton Roads Section
jbolitho@ieee.org

IEEE GOLD presents, "Gandhian Engineering," by Dr. R.A. Mashelkar

2009-09-29T21:57:00.001-04:00

In commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday on 2 October 2009, IEEE GOLD is pleased to announce a special webinar, "Gandhian Engineering," presented by the renowned Dr. R.A. Mashelkar.

As President of Global Research Alliance, a network of publicly funded R&D institutes from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and USA with over 60,000 scientists, and as Chairman of India's National Innovation Institute, Dr. R.A. Mashelkar has played a critical role in shaping India's science and technology policies.

Please join us to hear Dr. Mashelkar's perspective on Gandhian Engineering, describing how to get more from less for more and more people of the world. This style of engineering stems from the application of a combination of Mahatma Gandhi's ideologies of the earth providing enough to satisfy the needs of men, rather than the greed of men and prizing every invention of science that benefits all of humanity.

Topic: Gandhian Engineering
Presented by: Dr. R.A. Mashelkar
Date: Friday, 2 October 2009
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 EDT / 9:30 - 10:30 CDT
Registration URL:
https://icm3.ieee.org/eventmanager/OnlineRegistration.asp?eventcode=pwx

An abstract of the topic, as well as a full biography of Dr. R.A.
Mashelkar can be found at:
http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/gold/events/gandhianengrg.html.

Please direct any questions regarding this IEEE GOLD sponsored webinar to gold@ieee.org or Wah W. Myint Garris, Region 3 GOLD Coordinator, wah.garris@bankofamerica.com.

Register for Upcoming Free IEEE-USA Webinars

2009-09-29T21:51:00.002-04:00

http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/

22 October 2009
2:00pm ET
Why Aren't I Hired Yet?
Moderator: Elizabeth Lions
The job market in 2009 can be frustrating and confusing to job seekers. The unemployment rate for U.S. electrical and electronics engineers hit a new record in the second quarter, while the unemployment rate for all engineers increased for a second straight quarter, according to data released by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Elizabeth Lions solves the mystery in this IEEE-USA webinar by examining market data and the latest hiring trends during this challenging economy. This presentation is an in-depth follow up to her article published in the September issue of Today's Engineer.

29 October 2009
2:00pm ET
What are HR professionals looking for in a Resume?
Moderator: Nathalie Thompson
Right Management is the talent and career management expert within Manpower, the global leader in employment services. Come hear from a consultant from Right Management and learn what HR Professionals are looking for in a resume.

2009-10 FUTURE CITY® COMPETITION

2009-09-09T19:29:00.000-04:00

CREATING GREEN LIVING SPACES TO HOUSE THE NEEDIEST
THAT’S NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK FOUNDATION’S 2009-10 FUTURE CITY® COMPETITION CHALLENGE FOR AMERICA’S MIDDLE SCHOOLS

WASHINGTON DC, May 26 2009 - Designing affordable housing for those most in need is enormously complicated. But how to do it while adhering to LEED recognized green building standards, with an emphasis on energy efficiency and a low carbon footprint?
Future Cities

That’s the challenge for America’s middle schoolers as they prepare for National Engineers Week Foundation’s 2009-10 Future City® Competition. Now entering its 18th year, Future City Competition invites seventh and eighth graders nationwide to create the cities of tomorrow and encourages interest in science, technology, engineering and math through hands-on applications.

“Future City motivates students to learn more about the possibilities and opportunities for careers in engineering,” said Leslie Collins, Executive Director, National Engineers Week Foundation. “As they participate in the competition, they realize that engineering is exciting and creative and that they can use what they know to make a difference in the world. Helping young people discover what the field has to offer is a critical step in insuring that the engineering profession continues to grow in the years ahead.”

Themed Providing An Affordable Living Space For People Who Have Lost Their Home Due to a Disaster or Financial Emergency, this year’s Future City Competition will attract more than 33,000 students from 1,100 middle schools in regions located across the country. Participating students will be asked to design a model of their city using SimCity 4 Deluxe software, provided by Electronic Arts, and then build a physical model of the city using recycled materials. They will also write a research essay describing their design and a second narrative outlining the key features of their city.

The regional competition gets underway with the new school year in September and culminates with the regional finals in January. One winning team from each region qualifies for a trip to the national finals in Washington DC, which take place during Engineer’s Week, February 15- 17, 2010. The National Finals Grand Prize winners receive a trip to U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, provided by National Finals host Bentley Systems, Incorporated. The second and third prize winners receive $5,000 and $2,000 scholarships for their schools’ technology programs.

“We learned that engineering is more than just making sure that buildings work the way they are supposed to,” commented Tom Krajnak, 14, a member of the 2009 Grand Prize winning team from Bexley Middle School in Bexley, Ohio. “Engineers are involved in every aspect of building a city. We discovered how necessary they are and now we know the reasons why.”

Registration deadline for schools nationwide is October 31, 2009 but, to help students get an early start before the close of the current school year, Future City is offering early registration to interested students. Future City is also looking for professional engineers who may be interested in serving as mentors. For information, school registration, or to volunteer in the Future City Competition, visit www.futurecity.org, www.futurecityhamptonroads.com or call Hampton Roads Regional Coordinator, Selena Griffett at 757-728-2038.

About Future City Competition

The 18th Annual Future City Competition, for seventh and eighth grade students, is held from September, 2009 through February, 2010. The National Future City Competition is sponsored in part by the National Engineers Week Foundation, a consortium of professional and technical societies and major U.S. corporations. Major funding comes from Bentley Systems, Incorporated, Ford Motor Company and Shell.

About Engineers Week

The National Engineers Week Foundation, a formal coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies, is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers among young students and by promoting pre-college literacy in math and science. Engineers Week also raises public understanding and appreciation of engineers' contributions to society. Founded in 1951, it is among the oldest of America's professional outreach efforts. Co-chairs for 2010 are ExxonMobil Corporation and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

For more information, visit www.eweek.org.

CONTACTS:
Hampton Roads Regional Coordinator:
Selena Griffett
757-728-2038
sgriffett@hampton.gov

IEEE Annual Elections

2009-09-02T00:49:00.001-04:00

IEEE members are requested to participate in the annual IEEE elections. This is your opportunity to provide input to determine who will serve on the IEEE Board of Directors, Member and Geographic Activities Board, Technical Activities Board, IEEE-USA Board, and Standards Association Board. The ballots for the IEEE Annual Election have been mailed to all eligible IEEE voting members. The IEEE Annual Election Web page has more information about the election and a link to access the ballot electronically.

A Message from your PES Chair

2009-09-02T00:47:00.001-04:00

Greetings Everyone! I am pleased to report PES gains Momentum as we develop our business model for meetings. The account is nearly finalized, thanks to efforts of Treasurer Tama Littley. Steve Walk and Dawn Ostenberg are working various details of meeting venues and topics for the upcoming schedule. And with our core group of about 24 members in regular contact with me, pieces are falling into place with the Fall line up.

I would like to thank Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News for their support in establishing the HR- PES. My Department leadership has given me some time at work to iron out some administrative details of establishing a new Professional Organization Chapter. Tama Littley has also received recognition and support from her Department. It is gratifying to know those we work for believe in professional development opportunities for their people, and that there is corporate benefit in good citizenship by supporting organizations like IEEE and PES.

The Oct meeting lecture addresses Nuclear Power Technology Advances, and November has good potential to have a Lecture from the PES Distinguished Lecture Series, focusing on a 'green' theme for the fall, and possibly January.

This is an important point though, as the 'Green Theme' is the current hot topic. Members canvassed wanted to learn more about Green, but that was not the only area of interest/ concern. Many of us already recognize many other critical issues going on in the Power and Energy world. Often the less exciting issues until a loss of power, or serious injuries occur. These are equally pressing to cleaning up our environmental habits as a species. We must continue to address safety and reliability concerns for existing power and energy systems, while strategically planning future concerns that had been tabled for several reasons, and in some cases, several decades.

A head's up to all that the business model for PES meetings is going to be different from the Section meetings. We must be frugal with limited budget and significant expenses on the horizon. The cost schedule for meetings is going to have greater variation than what the Section has traditionally followed. Donations and sponsorships will be seriously entertained.

I look forward to seeing everyone at the various Sections and Chapter meetings planned. It is an exciting season of challenges ahead for us all!

Thank you Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding!"

Jennifer Ammentorp

The Open Channel for September 2009

2009-09-02T00:45:00.001-04:00

Front Page Offshore Wind Power
Page 2 From the Chair
Page 3 Directions to Clark Nexsen
Page 3 Student Paper Presentations
Page 4 From the PES Corner
Page 4 IEEE Annual Elections

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IEEE Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA

Region 3 Newsletter Table of Contents

The HR-PES Short Circuit for April 2011

April 2011 From The Chair

The Open Channel for April 2011

Inside The Open Channel

Upcoming Events

From the PES Corner - March 2011

From The Chair - March 2011

Mühlbauer Tour

The Open Channel for March 2011

Inside The Open Channel

Upcoming Events

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EWeek 2011 is ending with two banquets

Help Address Global Humanitarian Challenges Through "Engineering for Change"

The Open Channel for February 2011

Inside The Open Channel

Upcoming Events

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GreenCom Call For Papers

ODU's Engineering Unplugged 2011

The Premier Green Engineering Conference on Earth!

Engineering Unplugged just got a "little" better

SoutheastCon 2011: Building Global Engineers

Nashville Airport Marriott, Nashville, TN, March 17-20, 2011

From the PES Corner - February 2011

From The Chair - February 2011

Lightning Protection Systems for IT Data Centers

2011 IEEE Military Communications Conference

2011 IEEE 42nd Semiconductor Interface Specialists Conference

2011 IEEE 61st Annual Broadcast Symposium

The 24th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society

2011 Integrated Communication, Navigation, Surveillance Conference

MILCOM 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS

60th Annual Tidewater Science Fair Solicits Your Support

Contributions

Company/Organization

Point of Contact

Title

Street Address

City, State, Zip

Telephone

e-mail address

SoutheastCon paper submission deadline has been extended

SoutheastCon paper submission deadline has been extended to December 31, 2010!

Linking Science, Technology & Engineering Professionals with Government

Washington Internships for Students of Engineering

IEEE SoutheastCon 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS

Scope of the Technical Program

This year E-Week is 20-26 February 2011

George Washington - The First US Engineer

2011 IEEE Computer Society Simulator Design Competition

Who can compete?

Registration deadline is 18 January 2011

Virginia Technology Conference & Expo

Hampton Roads Defense & Homeland Security Consortium (DHSC) Forum

2011 Systems and Information Design Symposium

2011 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium

2010 International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications

TryEngineering.org

Discover the creative engineer in you!

Section Annual Elections for 2011

November 2010 From the PES Corner

November 2010 From The Chair

The Open Channel for November 2010

Inside The Open Channel

Upcoming Events

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IEEE Day

IEEE-USA E-Books and Online Publication Available to all Members

IEEE Annual Elections

IEEE CISW-SG 2010 Smart Grid Survivability Workshop

56th IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts

IEEE Fourth International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems

1st IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications

The Open Channel for September 2010

Inside The Open Channel

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