Meeting Announcement

Austin Chapter Central Texas Section www.ieee.org/CTS

March Meeting Announcement

Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Time: 6:00 PM Social 6:30 to 7:00 PM Dinner 7:00 to 7:30 PM Business Meeting 7:30 to 8:30 PM Program 9:00 PM room closes for then benefit of long distance drivers and early risers

Location: El Gallo Mexican Restaurant, 512-444-2205 http://www.digitalcity.com/austin/dining/venue.adp? sbid=109356169&type=details 2910 S Congress (directions below) Austin, Texas

Dinner: Dinner is free for full-time students $12.00 for IEEE members and accompanying spouses $15.00 for non-IEEE members

Menu: The bar will be available to those who care to purchase a drink or beer. In fact, there is a service window, so we don’t even have to leave the party room. The menu will be a choice of eight meals; selection will be done at time of ordering. The meal includes tea or coffee, and dessert.

RSVP: Please RSVP - if you plan to attend please reply to this invitation. To reply or for further information, please contact Stan Friend via email at [email protected].

Speaker: Bill Kaewert, President & Chief Technical Officer, Stored Energy Systems LLC (SENS). Bill has nearly 30 years diverse experience with mission-critical systems including mainframe computing, field service, information technology consulting, and startup of two power quality companies. He is a recognized industry authority on improving battery system reliability at low cost. Bill is experienced in leading organizational change including complex product development and high performance business systems such as Lean Manufacturing. Bill received his BA in History from Dartmouth College and MBA from Boston University.

Presentation: Improve Genset Availability by Detecting Bad Batteries Early. Despite advances in nearly every aspect of standby and emergency diesel generator performance, failure to start continues to be the biggest avoidable cause of diesel generator failures. More than 80% of failures to start are caused by battery problems. Today, most gensets do not include any means to detect if the starting battery has deteriorated and is not fit to start the engine. Genset failure can cause large economic losses and, in some cases, loss of life. The presentation discusses a practical, low cost battery failure detection technology that will significantly reduce the risk of genset start failure. The detection scheme can be used either in new installations, or be retrofitted at low cost to existing sites.

Parking: There is a large parking lot in front of and on the south side of the restaurant. The meeting will be held in the party room to the left of the cashier’s counter.

March 27, 2007 Meeting Announcement

Directions: (See map on the Website.). From I –35: Exit at Oltorf and drive west. At S. Congress, turn left (south). El Gallo is about 500 feet past the next traffic light (Cumberland), on the right (west) side of Congress, directly across from the entrance to St. Edward’s University.

From Ben White Blvd. (US290/SH71): Exit at S. Congress Avenue and drive north. El Gallo is about 600 feet past the next traffic light (Woodward), on the left (west) side of Congress directly across from the entrance to St. Edward’s University.