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The Open Channel Newsletter for the Hampton Roads Section of the IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. TUhttp:/www.ieee.org/hrs UT Volume 2 – No. 6 September 2005 Speaker: Carrie Wilson Application Engineer, Power Generation Cummins Atlantic, Inc. Date/Time: Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 6:30 PM Location: Aberdeen Barn (HTUhttp://www.aberdeenbarnvabeach.com/UTH) 5805 Northampton Blvd 757.464.1580 Virginia Beach, VA 23455 Cost: Members and guests $20; Students $10 For you power generation type the Hampton Roads Section has invited representative for Onan Generators, manufactured by Cummins Atlantic, Inc. to speak. Details of what will be presented were not yet available at the time of this newsletter’s printing. Biographical Sketch: Carrie Wilson has been an employee of Cummins Atlantic Inc. since Feb. 2005. She holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Power Systems from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. Carrie's work experience covers a wide range of sales, marketing, and product engineering positions. She worked for Westinghouse/Cutler-Hammer for 7 years and Square D/Schneider Electric for 5 years before coming to Cummins Atlantic Inc. She supports all of the Cummins Atlantic branches in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia as the application engineer. She works with the sales force and consulting/specifying engineers on generator sizing, product specifications and technical application issues. Reservations: Please forward RSVP to Brent Phillips [[email protected]] or William LaBelle [+1 757 619 9050, +1 757 421 8695, [email protected]]. Checks: Checks should be made out to IEEE and brought to the meeting. Directions to Aberdeen Barn: Directions from Norfolk: 1. Take I-64 West to Northampton Blvd (exit 282, US 13 North/SR 166). 2. Turn RIGHT into parking lot. (1.1 miles) Directions from Williamsburg: 1. I-64 East to Northampton Blvd (exit 282, US 13 North/SR 166), Virginia Beach. Turn RIGHT into parking lot. (1.1 miles) Upcoming Meetings Sep 15 TBD – Aberdeen Barn Nov 17 Magnatomer Design – Lake Wright Oct 20 HR Tech Council – Topeka Steakhouse Inside this Open Channel Page 2 From the Chair Page 4 Evaluation panelists needed for NSF’s 2006 Page 3 IEEE History Center Celebrates 25 Years! Graduate Research Fellowship Program Page 4 Evaluation panelists needed for NSF’s 2006 Page 5 Mentors wanted at NSU Graduate Research Fellowship Program Page 5 ComSec Chapter Forming Page 4 Message from the IEEE President Page 5 IEEE Conferences 2005 IEEE Executive Committee From the Chair Hampton Roads Section My Summer Break CHAIR:H William Clayton As promised, your Section executive committee took a well-deserved [email protected] H summer break. I had an unexpected one. Specifically I had a VICE-CHAIR: Brent Phillips compression fracture of vertebrae T-12, a break in my back. Running around with a back brace on, I have evoked sympathy from many a [email protected] poor sole with a story much more painful than mine. As back injuries SECRETARY: Dan Ulinski go, this one is not so bad. I can expect full recovery in about a year [email protected] and am currently in little pain. Restricted from bending and lifting, my TREASURER Kurt Clemente grass has reached new heights and my garden is only weeds. I am [email protected] thankful that 35 years ago I chose to become an electronics engineer OPEN CHANNEL EDITOR: William LaBelle rather than take up a vocation requiring physical strength and 757-619-9050 dexterity. [email protected] So as I pen this column, we have not fully recovered from our summer MEMBERSHIP: William LaBelle break. The planned Peninsula social meeting and summer executive 757-619-9050 meeting have not occurred. The Southside social meeting was a [email protected] success, with a small group of new and old acquaintances meeting in a PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: perfect summer setting. I look forward to feedback, but expect to try Michael McBeth something like this again next summer. By the time you read this, we [email protected] will have had our executive committee meeting and planned the rest of STUDENT ACTIVITIES: the year. Unfortunately, without the benefit of our executive Dr. Roland Mielke committee meeting I can’t be more specific. [email protected] I can tell you that we have a number of exciting opportunities in the EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: oven. I feel confident that our section will be doing great things over Dr. William Edmonson the next few years. Bill LaBelle attended an education workshop [email protected] intended to help us create the next generation of engineers and AWARDS: William Clayton scientists. We will be sending a number of representatives to the IEEE Sections Congress to meet with section leaders from around the world [email protected] and learn how to better serve you. We now officially have our own WEB PAGE: HTUhttp:/www.ieee.org/hrsUTH LEOS chapter. The future is so bright; we need to wear welding WEB MASTER: William Clayton goggles! [email protected] The nominating committee will be meeting soon to develop next THE OPEN CHANNEL is published monthly year’s slate of officers. If you know of anyone who should be during the academic year (September through considered including yourself, please let us know. November, January through May) by the Hampton Roads Section (HR) of the Institute of Electrical As much as we will be doing, there is still room for you to help with and Electronic Engineers, Inc. (IEEE). THE OPEN new ideas and programs. As we face the uncertain future in the CHANNEL is sent each month to members of the Hampton Roads where economic boom or bust can come at the whim IEEE in Hampton Roads. Annual subscription is of politicians and the fortunes of war, our section must adapt to the included in the IEEE membership dues. The needs of our members. I continue to look forward to hearing your opinions expressed, as well as the technical ideas and dreams. accuracy of authors or speakers published in this newsletter are those of the individual authors and So may all your breaks be. speakers. Therefore no endorsement by the IEEE, its officers, or its members is made or implied. Sincerely, Bill Clayton All materials for THE OPEN CHANNEL are due th Chair by the 22P P day of the month preceding the issue month. Address all correspondence to: Hampton Roads Section William LaBelle [email protected] 6224 Glenrose Drive Suffolk, VA 23435 Voice: (757) 619-9050 E-MAIL: [email protected] The Open Channel, Copyright 2005 IEEE History Center Celebrates 25 Years ! TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PRESERVING, RESEARCHING & PROMOTING THE LEGACY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTING August 2005 On 11 August 1980 at IEEE Headquarters in New York City, the Center for the History of Electrical Engineering began operations with a single employee, Director and historian of technology Dr. Robert Friedel. Originally formed in the lead up to IEEE’s 1984 centennial, the Center focused on gathering biographical information on major contributors to electrical engineering and computing, and locating and documenting engineering papers. As an organizational unit of IEEE, the Center received guidance from the IEEE History Committee and its Director reported to the General Manager of IEEE. Over time, the Center’s role grew to include public outreach, pre-college education, and scholarly research into the history of technology. As its mission grew, so did its staff. To better undertake its expanded mission and house its enhanced staff, in 1990 the Center relocated to the campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—which became a co-sponsor—and later changed its name to simply the IEEE History Center. Today the Center has five full-time employees, a post-doctoral researcher, and five part- time Rutgers graduate student researchers. The Center’s current Staff Director, Dr. Michael Geselowitz, reports to Barbara Stoler, IEEE’s Managing Director for Educational Activities. The IEEE History Committee still provides program guidance, and the IEEE Foundation established the Trustees of the IEEE History Center to help raise external funds to enhance the Center’s programs. Besides its support from IEEE, Rutgers, the IEEE Foundation, and IEEE organizational units such as the IEEE Life Members Committee, the Center has received grants and gifts from government agencies, corporations, foundations, and individuals. During its 25-year history, the IEEE History Center has achieved a number of landmarks, including: th • Celebrating the centennial of IEEE (its predecessor organization AIEE began in 1884), the 90P P anniversary of the IRE (the other predecessor organization, started in 1912), and the new millennium • Establishing the IEEE Milestones in Electrical Engineering and Computing Program, which recognizes at the local level important accomplishments in IEEE Fields; today there are 65 Milestones in every IEEE Region, covering the full chronological and disciplinary range of electrical and computing history (HTUhttp://www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/milestones_program.htmlUTH) • Collecting oral histories from over 400 prominent engineers and scientists, more than half of which are available on the Center’s web pages (HTUhttp://www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/oral_histories.htmlUTH) • Producing 68 newsletters that go out to almost 10,000 subscribers, currently published at three times per year and recently made available on-line (HTUhttp://www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/newsletters.htmlUTH)