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Long Island Consultants Network Events and Meetings 2, 6, 13, 15, 22 Meeting Award Nominations Sought 4 Topic: TBA Industry News 6, 15, 25 Speaker: TBA IEEE Day October 7-8 2010 8 1 Location: The Great Room, Briarcliffe College, Bethpage, LI Time: 7:00 PM Hofstra’s 75th Anniversary 8
Long Island’s Electronic History 10-11 Instrumentation & Measurement Key to YOUR Benefits 17 Society Meeting Tips for Students on Job Market 19 Topic: What’s New In LabVIEW 2010? Speaker: Robert Berger Relativity ... Space Travel/Warp 20 2 Location: Telephonics, Farmingdale, LI A Visit to Thomas Edison’s Lab 22 Refreshments 6:00 PM, Lecture 6:30 PM IEEEXtreme Programming 23
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LONG ISLAND SECTION OFFICERS
Chairman Membership Development
JON GARRUBA For information on membership in the Northrop Grumman Corporation Long Island Section of the IEEE contact: Office 631-704-4697 NIKOLAOS GOLAS [email protected] Telephonics Corporation Office 631-755-7059 First Vice Chair [email protected]
NIKOLAOS GOLAS Consultant’s Network of LI Telephonics Corporation Office 631-755-7059 The Consultants Network of LI maintains a referral service [email protected] of Engineering, Computer, Managerial & Technical Professionals. Call or write for more information. There is no charge to the client for this service. Second Vice Chair Voice Mail: 516-379-1678 SUSAN FRANK, Ph.D. IEEE Consultants Network of Long Island SUNY Stony Brook PO Box 411,Malverne NY 11565-0411 Office 631-361-8667 www.consult-li.com [email protected]
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BRIAN QUINN Verizon Office 212-856-1354 [email protected] GOLD Affinity Group
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SANTO MAZZOLA Student Development / Activities BAE Systems Office 631-262-8367 MICHAEL J. CO [email protected] Parker Hannifin Corporation Office 631-231-3737 ext. 2123 [email protected] Senior Past Chairman
WILLIAM C. DEAGRO Women in Engineering (WIE)
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Award Nominations Sought for the IEEE Long Island Section by Jesse Taub, IEEE Long Island Section Awards Chairman
One of the most important aspects Section Award nominations must be sent to me no of our profession is to recognize and later than Dec.1, 2010. More details on our Section award individuals and organizations Awards can be found on our Awards Committee. that have made noteworthy webpage at: contributions. These contributions http://www.IEEE.LI/awards can be technically related, managerial or working to better the status of FELLOW AWARDS colleagues. Our IEEE Long Island Section considers it an important The member grade of Fellow is awarded to no responsibility to recognize noteworthy more than 0.1% of all IEEE members each year. It is contributions by its members. given to an individual who has made distinguished contributions (usually technical and in some cases, To this end, we have an active Awards Committee that managerial) to electrical and electronic engineering. seeks out deserving members and organizations so as to present them with appropriate awards at the Section’s The nomination process is arduous. It requires the Annual Awards Banquet. listing of written evidence of the candidate’s contributions (usually publications and patents) and We are currently seeking nominations there must be five references submitted on behalf of for Section and Fellow Awards. the candidate’s by at least five IEEE Fellows. I Accordingly, I am asking all of our particularly encourage current Fellows to be members to spend some time to sponsors because they often are in the best position nominate a deserving colleague. to seek out potential candidates. Someone made the
effort to sponsor you. There is moral imperative to SECTION AWARDS do the same for a worthy colleague.
Our Section Awards are: Our Awards Committee looks forward to your · Alex Gruenwald Award – For outstanding participation in the Awards nomination process. contributions to our profession on Long Island, and to the IEEE at large. We would be happy to assist prospective sponsors in the preparation of any of the nomination forms. If · Charles Hirsch Award – For an innovative you have questions please contact me at: technical contribution that is likely to have economic benefit to Long Island. [email protected]
· Athanasios Papoulis Award – For an To nominate a colleague, co-worker or friend whose outstanding technical educator who has career and body of work you consider eligible for demonstrated innovative teaching techniques. elevation to the IEEE Fellow Grade, go to the Online Nomination Process for IEEE Fellow Grade · Outstanding Young Engineer Award - For a page and follow the directions at: member who has made important technical contributions prior to age 35. http://tinyurl.com/fellows-nominate
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Long Island Section IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society and the Long Island LabVIEW User Group (LILUG), are presenting:
“What’s New in LabVIEW 2010?”
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 6:30 PM Refreshments will be served at 6:00PM. This seminar is free & all are invited.
Speakers: Robert Berger, National · Feedback-Driven Improvements Island/New York City area, where he Instruments · Export Graph Data to Excel now serves as the senior district sales Abstract: The latest version of · Import External FPGA IP manager. Robert is a current IEEE LabVIEW software adds programming · Packed Project Libraries member and chair of the IEEE and productivity features to help you Instrumentation and Measurement improve your application efficiency and Speaker Bios: Robert Berger received Society in the Long Island Section as performance and achieve more with a Bachelor of Science in electrical well as Secretary of the Long Island evolving PC and embedded technology engineering from Texas A&M Section. He has been an active platforms. University, Robert worked in the presenter at IEEE sections in both the Gain productivity with features Dallas and New York areas. Engineering Leadership Program in the implemented from user feedback Applications Engineering department of Location: Telephonics Corporation, including: National Instruments for over three-and- 815 Broad Hollow Road, · Save VIs without compiled code a-half years providing technical support Farmingdale. · Compiler Optimizations to NI customers and instructing customer Registration: Required. · Stream Data over the Network education classes. Since then, he has Register by visiting the Calendar · SubVI Inlining performed the role as a National page of the IEEE Long Island · Web-Based Hardware Instruments field sales engineer for two- Section webpage at: Configuration and-a-half years in the Dallas/Fort Worth · Find and Install Instrument Drivers area before moving to the Long http://www.IEEE.LI/calendar/
Northrop Grumman Awarded $517 Million Agreement for U.S. Army Airship with Unblinking Eye
A new hybrid airship weapons system, just larger than the Under the agreement, awarded by the U.S. Army length of a football field, will take to the skies in just 18 months Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces to provide an unblinking, persistent eye for more than three Strategic Command, Northrop Grumman will design, weeks at a time to aid U.S. Army troops in Afghanistan, develop and test a long-duration hybrid airship system according to Northrop Grumman Corporation officials. within an 18-month time period, and then transport the asset to the Middle East for military assessment. The company announced it has been awarded a $517 million "It is critical that our warfighters are equipped with agreement to develop up to three Long Endurance Multi- more enabling integrated ISR capability to tackle Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) systems for the U.S. Army. today's and tomorrow's conflicts," said Alan Metzger, Northrop Grumman has designed a system with plug-and-play Northrop Grumman LEMV program manager. "Our capability to readily integrate into the Army's existing common offering supports the Army's Joint Military Utility ground station command centers and ground troops in forward Assessment that this disruptive innovation must meet operating bases the main objective to provide U.S. warfighters the Army's objective of a persistent unblinking stare with persistent ISR capability to increase awareness of the ever while providing increased operational utility to changing battlefield battlefield commanders. Part of our innovative offering includes open architecture design in the payload bay to "This opportunity leverages our longstanding leadership allow sensor changes by service personnel in the field."
positions in developing innovative unmanned air vehicles, LEMV will sustain altitudes of 20,000 feet for a three- C4ISR weapon systems, and leading edge systems integration, week period, and it will operate within national and and moves Northrop Grumman into this rapidly emerging international airspace. It will be forward-located to market space of airships for the military and homeland defense support extended geostationary operations from austere arenas," said Gary Ervin, corporate vice president and president operating locations using beyond-line-of-sight of Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems sector. command and control.
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Celebrate IEEE Day on Celebrating Hofstra’s October 7-8 2010 75th Anniversary
by Mort Hans, Historical Committee
The inaugural edition of The Hofstra Cultural Center Presents IEEE Day will be held 7-8 1935 – The Reality and the Promises October 2010, global Thursday, Friday and Saturday April 7, 8, 9, 2011 event to celebrate the Conference achievements of IEEE Hofstra University will be commemorating 75 members. IEEE Day years of higher education with a multidisciplinary recognizes IEEE retrospective of the arts, sciences and social members - past, present, structure of the world as it was when the first class and future - on the of students began their studies at Hofstra in 1935. anniversary of the first Among the varied sessions, one of interest to IEEE time IEEE members members that is being organized will be, New gathered to share their technical ideas back in 1884. Directions in Science, Engineering, Medicine and Aviation, which may include participation by the Cradle of aviation Museum. IEEE Members and organizational units around the world (Regions, Sections, Societies, Chapters, Affinity Groups, Submissions Student Branches, etc.) are encouraged to take an active Abstract submissions should be 300 to 500 words role in organizing celebration events. IEEE Day provides an and submitted by October 15, 2010. Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 1, 2010. exceptional opportunity to recognize existing members, and Accepted papers are due by February 1, 2011 and introduce potential members to IEEE presentation time is limited to 20 minutes. Abstracts can be emailed to: More information about IEEE Day can be found at [email protected] www.ieeeday.org and on the flyer promoting the event on There may also be subjects not directly related to page 9. the engineering profession, as it exists today, about which you are knowledgeable and might
wish to write a paper. For a brochure describing
the conference or additional information, phone 516-463-5669 or visit their web site at: http://www.hofstra.edu/Community/culctr/culctr_events_1935_conference.html
See the flyer promoting the event on page 14.
CANDIDATES FOR THE LONG ISLAND SECTION OFFICERS 2011
The Long Island Section of the IEEE is proud to announce the slate of Executive Officer Candidates for the 2010 Administrative Year for the following positions:
CHAIR: Nikolaos Golas FIRST VICE CHAIR: Susan Frank SECOND VICE CHAIR: Robert Berger
TREASURER: TBA http://www.ieee.org/renew SECRETARY: T. David Bomzer The official ballot will appear in the
October 2010 Pulse
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Long Island’s Electronic History by Jesse Taub, IEEE Long Island Section Historian
The previous issue of the Pulse highlighted in Part 1, Underwriters Laboratories’ long history of insuring electrical and electronic product safety. This issue describes their many design and development contributions that reduce risk of safety hazards in emerging products and technologies.
Underwriters Laboratories: Working for a Safer World since 1894 by Thomas Lanzisero and Bob DeLisi, UL
Part 2
Although UL is not an electronics design or manufacturing firm, it has continually had an empowering presence in the electronics industry. UL Melville has made many enabling contributions to the development, application and use of electronics, with some examples cited below.
UL Melville Research contributions to reduce risk of safety hazards in emerging products, applications and technologies: Leakage Current – The limit for leakage (touch) current from electrical and electronics products was established at 0.5mA for startle reaction, based on experimental work conducted by UL Melville research staff in the 1960’s in collaboration with ANSI committee C101.
GFCI – The GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) was a significant advance in electrical safety, providing protection against risk of electric shock. It was initially conceived circa 1960 by Prof. Charles Dalziel (University of California at Berkeley). The GFCI was developed with the support of UL Melville Research and Engineering staff, applying the principles of electric shock physiology in combination with power distribution fault scenarios to maximize its effectiveness. Safety performance requirements were developed, and GFCIs were ultimately listed. Based on its potential to reduce the risk of electric shock, the GFCI became required in installation codes such as the NEC (e.g., National Electrical Code, NFPA 70).
AFCI – The AFCI (Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter) was another advance in electrical safety, providing protection against risk of fire due to arcing in wiring. In the 1980s and 90s, UL Melville Research had worked with NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association) and AFCI designers to help develop this device and relevant safety requirements.
IDCI – The IDCI (Immersion Detection Circuit Interrupter) and its safety requirements were developed in the 1980s, to provide protection against electric shock involving immersion of hair dryers.
Long-Term Aging of Plastics (Polymeric Electrical Insulation) – In the 1970's, UL Melville Research programmed a means to extract plastics data from laboratory tests and perform regression analyses to determine (1) the time to 50% remaining of a material property when exposed to elevated temperatures and (2) an estimate for the time to end- of-life according to the Arrhenius equation for chemical reaction rates. This helped the users of plastics including the electronics industry everywhere.
Electric Shock Current and Voltage Limits – Many years ago, UL Research in Melville developed most of the current limits for startle reaction, let-go, ventricular fibrillation based on published physiological information. Beginning around 2000, UL Research in Melville worked with the newly formed IEC ACOS-ELV committee to develop voltage limits that are consistent with the current limits. Designers of electrical equipment want voltage limits that can be used in lieu of current limits to simplify the design process in some applications, particularly for high-frequency electronics.
Accessibility – Beginning in the 1960's, the "UL Articulated Accessibility Probe" was developed based on measured penetration values from men, women, and children. Any manufacturers of electrical and electronics equipment should be interested in knowing the size of openings in enclosures that are too big to protect people from contacting hazardous parts inside.
Thermesthesiometer - In the 1970's, UL Melville research worked with the National Bureau of Standards to advance the thermesthesiometer from a prototype to a commercially available instrument. This instrument measures the potential for a thermal skin burn by measuring the temperature at the tip of a silicone rubber probe (representing human flesh) seconds after contact with a hot surface of any material. The thermal loading of the hot surface makes the measured temperature at the contact interface relate directly to the burn hazard of a hot surface, as opposed to a measurement by a thermocouple of the unloaded hot surface. This work resulted in knowledge of better ways to evaluate hot surfaces to avoid thermal burns.
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Development of safety requirements for product certification (UL standards) and for installation codes (e.g., National Electrical Code, NFPA 70): Telephone Equipment – In the 1980s, UL Melville developed the first safety standard for telephone equipment (UL1459), serving as a model for different levels of electric shock limits as a function of physiological effects and accessibility.
Electric Vehicles (EV) – In the 1990's, UL Melville helped develop safety requirements for Electric Vehicles and protection systems required for various levels of system voltage. The protection systems include insulation, GFCIs, fault detectors, etc. These rules can be applied to many power distribution systems - not just EVs.
MRI – In the 1980s, UL Melville developed safety requirements for emerging Magnetic Resonance Imaging technology and equipment, particularly for GE.
Investigation and Certification of landmark products: UL Melville has investigated some landmark products for Listing and other certifications.
Laser scanner for supermarkets (RCA bull's eye concentric circle code instead of IBM bar code), with laser safety based on UL Melville Research reports
Mainframe computer, water-cooled
Printer, non-impact (electrostatic ink-jet) for mainframe computer system
IBM PC around 1980-1981 (before its official release under very tight security)
General Electric "Talaria" large screen video projector series in the mid-70's, quite the projector for its time and used at concert venues, Disney/Epcot, military simulators, etc. Early versions could project 300 sq ft of picture at incredible brightness, using early high-technology switching power supplies and a high-pressure xenon arc-lamp (explosion hazard).
First approval (worldwide) of an electronic component under the IECQ System (International Electrotechnical Commission Quality Assessment System for Electronic Components)
EMC: In 1998, Melville expands the campus to add a standalone EMC facility. The facility houses a 10-meter semi-anechoic chamber used to test devices as small as car remote controls to full size vehicles. The lab is also part of the Verizon network of approved test labs for NEBS (Network Equipment Building System) testing for telecommunications network equipment.
Safety Research and Collaboration with Outside Organizations and Agencies: · AHAM, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers · CEA, Consumer Electronics Association · CPSC, Consumer Product Safety Commission · Cooperative Testing Institute for Electrotechnical Products Ltd. Vienna, Austria · FDA / CDRH (Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health) · EIA, Electronic Industries Association · EPRI, Electric Power Research Institute · EVAA, Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas · IAEI, International Association of Electrical Inspectors · IEC, International Electrotechnical Commission · IEEE / PSES, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Product Safety Engineering Society · Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory · JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory · NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NEMA, National Electrical Manufacturers Association · NFPA, National Fire Protection Association, Electrical Section · SAE, Society of Automotive Engineers · TIA, Telecommunications Industry Association · IEEE/EMCS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, EMC Society
For 116 years, Underwriters Laboratories has been working to keep products and consumers safe. From a one lab operation in Chicago to a global network of laboratories, Underwriters Laboratories continues to grow with today’s technology. As new energy sources, standards, and products are developed UL is at the forefront, leading the way to ensure public safety.
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The Long Island Chapter of the IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society is presenting a seminar titled: Conquering Noise for Accurate RF and Microwave Signal Measurements Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 6:30 PM Refreshments will be served at 6:00PM. This seminar is free & all are invited. Q&A will follow lecture
Who Should Attend? Design, test, of noise and improve both accuracy Applications Engineer on Long Island, and system engineers who are and speed. Both RF and microwave upstate NY and the Boston area. interested in performing and/or measurements will be discussed, along analyzing and utilizing the data from with the extra challenges associated Seminar Coordinator: Eric Darvin, MTT microwave signal measurements. with near-noise analysis. Vice Chairman for the IEEE Long Island Section [email protected] Speaker: Ernie Jackson, Electro Speaker Bio: Ernie Jackson is a Rent Corporation. Senior RF and Microwave Location: L-3 Communications Narda
Abstract: Noise is the ever-present Applications Engineer at Electro Rent, Microwave located at 435 Moreland Road in an Authorized Technology Partner of Hauppauge. foe of good RF & Microwave measurements, limiting dynamic Agilent Technologies. He specializes Registration: Is required along with U.S. range and the accuracy of small- in supporting customer applications of citizenship to enter facility signal measurements. This high performance Spectrum and Vector presentation will cover measurement Network Analyzers. Prior to joining Register by visiting the Calendar page of techniques and signal analyzer Electro Rent he worked at Hewlett the IEEE Long Island Section webpage at: features, both old and new, which Packard and Agilent Technologies for http://www.IEEE.LI/calendar/ can dramatically reduce the effects 25 yrs as an Account Manager
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The Long Island Chapter of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology is presenting a seminar titled: GPS Navigation...But What is it Doing To Us? Wednesday October 13th 2010 at 6:30 PM Refreshments will be served at 6:00PM. This seminar is free & all are invited
Speaker: Jeff Robbins, Rutgers us is also doing to us. The conventional the impacts of technology in our lives. University wisdom insists that we have better Beginning with the University of Kentucky,
Abstract: In the film classic, Butch things to do than find our own way Carnahan Conference, sponsored by the Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, from here to there without turn by turn IEEE Society for the Social Implications of Butch and Sundance try every directions. While it may be true that Technology, he has presented papers and devious trick they know to lose the losing the ability to find one’s own written articles on a wide range of issues posse chasing them. Yet they keep way, as once we were compelled, may framed by the social, physical, and mental coming on, prompting Butch to be no great loss, as a tributary feeding impacts of advancing technology. Currently, exclaim in exasperation: “Who are into the river of what’s going on across he is completing a book on the role of those guys?” Spotting one man on the board of human skill erosion, it’s a minimizing effort in the development, use, the ground, looking for clues, symptom of far more serious summing and misuse of advancing technology. Sundance thinks its going on..
Lord Baltimore, a “full-blooded Seminar Coordinator: Vic Zourides, Speaker Bio: Jeff Robbins has a Chair of the IEEE Society for the Social Indian…who could track anybody, Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical over anything, day or night.” Implications of Technology, LI Section Engineering from Carnegie Mellon Perhaps the fictional Lord Baltimore University and a Master’s Degree in Location: Telephonics Corporation located was portrayed a few standard physics from the University of New at 815 Broad Hollow Road in Farmingdale. deviations beyond the average Mexico, with additional graduate work Native American’s tracking ability, at Berkeley and UCLA. Jeff teaches Registration: Is required. Register by but survival in a pre-GPS Research Writing courses on visiting the Calendar page of the IEEE Long navigational milieu demanded such “Technology” at Rutgers University. Island Section webpage at: skills. This lecture will examine the Although most of his professional http://www.IEEE.LI/calendar/ flip side of GPS navigation, asking career has been technical his real what the technology doing it all for passion has been, and continues to be,
Telephonics Trains China’s Air Traffic Management Bureau Executives
on Next Generation Air Traffic Surveillance Technology
Telephonics Corporation a leader in next-generation air traffic “Telephonics offers the unique understanding of both ADS-B management solutions provided training on advanced surveillance and technology and its application within the operational environment of Air Traffic Management (ATM) technologies to executives from China’s air traffic systems given our company’s twenty plus years of China’s Air Traffic Management Bureau (ATMB) at the company’s experience installing Air Traffic Management systems throughout new state-of the-art research and development facility in Huntington, China,” said Antonio Lo Brutto, Vice President of ATM Business New York. The training which took place from June 9-11, 2010 was Development. part of the U.S. government’s Air Traffic Management Executive The ATM industry is at a critical inflection point, and effectively Training (ATMET) program. During the training sessions, Telephonics’ using ADS-B surveillance is a major driver of that revolution. As a ATM technology experts and senior executives demonstrated the technology innovator, Telephonics has always prided itself on benefits and new features that are available when incorporating providing the best-in-class air traffic management technologies to our Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) function into customers, and we are honored to be able to share our expertise with next generation ATM systems like Telephonics innovative AeroTrac® executives of ATMB as they look to develop China’s future air NextGen. ADS-B provides accurate aircraft information and frequent transportation system,” said Donald Pastor, President of the position updates to airspace users and controllers, and hence supports Electronic Systems Division. improved use of airspace, reduced restrictions and enhanced safety, for example through conflict management. Telephonics’ air traffic control and air traffic management systems
The ATMET program, now in its second year, was developed as a way are widely used across the U.S., Europe and China. Telephonics has to train ATMB executives in the latest management practices and next been active in the aviation market in Asia since 1985 when it was generation air traffic management technologies used in the United awarded its first contract for an Air Traffic Control system at the States through classes and visits with the Federal Aviation Authority Guangzhou International Airport.
and industry leaders like Telephonics over the course of a few weeks. Additionally, in 1995, Telephonics began installation of its first With expected strong growth in domestic air traffic, China, like the AeroTrac® ATM system in China. Today, over twenty air traffic U.S. and Europe, is adding modern ATM systems to help airports and facilities across China use AeroTrac®.
airlines increase traffic density, while also reducing taxi times, fuel and carbon emissions.
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Attendance at the conference qualifies for 5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) for Professional Engineers/IT Specialists.
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A monthly column by Nikolaos Golas, Membership Development Chairman
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THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS, INC.
IEEE NORTH JERSEY SECTION MTT-Society and AP-Society Joint Chapter
PRESENTS
25th ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM AND MINI-SHOW FOCUS: SELECTED TOPICS IN RF AND MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY APPLICATIONS
DATE: THURSDAY OCTOBER 7, 2010
PLACE: Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Ave., E. Hanover, NJ 07936. Ph#973-992-7425
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9:00 AM TO 4:30 PM
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
10 –12 LECTURES FEATURING SPEAKERS FROM LEADING COMPANIES, WITH EMPHASIS ON MILITARY ELECTRONICS, WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES AND MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS.
MINI SHOW FEATURING LATEST PRODUCTS (APPX. 30-40 EXHIBITORS)
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH SERVED
Details of the schedule and speakers and the topics will be posted on the IEEE North Jersey Section Home page http://www-ec.njit.edu/~ieeenj/NEWSLETTER.html by September 2010.
For further information contact: CHAIR/EXHIBITION: KIRIT DIXIT (201-669-7599), [email protected] PUBLICITY: ARTHUR GREENBERG [email protected] EVENT/ LOCATION CO-ORDINATOR: KEN OEXLE (973-386-1156) [email protected] CO-CHAIR– TECHNICAL PROGRAMS : HAR DAYAL , [email protected] CO-CHAIR - TECHNICAL PROGRAM: GEORGE KANNELL(973-437-9990),[email protected]
THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM OR SHOW
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Tips for Students on How to Get Ahead in a Difficult Job Market by Howard Michel 2009 R1 Director and Eleanor Baum, Fellow IEEE LI Section
There was a time when the question "What do you want to Involvement be when you grow up?" seemed to present a world of The young candidate can participate in many activities, endless opportunities. Today the search for a job comes but where to start? It is important for the future manager, true. The student’s head left to concentrate on the most you take his career seriously. Therefore, it is advisable to important aspects of the search as approaching the search be part of relevant organizations well before you start for a job, where and what tools give the best results, to looking for a job. For example, if you're an engineer, focus on the more difficult the task. seek partnership with a professional body such as IEEE. This shows that the candidate is already in search of To increase the stress, students make important choices updates to surpass expectations. for their careers in the midst of an economic slowdown, producing unprecedented levels of unemployment. The "Be part of student groups and professionals," said economic situation and the difficulties of the labor market Howard Michel, Ph.D., 2009 Director of the IEEE Region are beyond the control of any one, but you can follow 1. "This highlights the power of initiative and you gain certain guidelines in order to gain a position in the more experience, enriching your resume. Participation in successful entry into the corporate world. professional groups shows their competence and represents a great opportunity to increase your network Innovate with Extracurricular Courses of contacts. " Search for courses with a heavy workload as one of the options that excites the young candidate. This illusion However, Michel points out some points that should be enhances the curriculum with activities easily and without avoided. "It is part of activities just to make extra volume much content can hinder the professional development of in your resume. If you are not investing the time to these students, that have to face new challenges to success. activities, it makes sense. Do less and participate more actively, especially in positions of leadership. " "Thousands of students have an excellent academic curriculum, but that is not what will help you stand out," Be Prepared says Karen Panetta, Ph.D., Chair of Women in After directing your time and energy to accomplish all Engineering of the IEEE and full professor of Electrical these actions and enhance your resume, you need to Engineering and Computing at Tufts University in structure and communicate the achievements gained Boston. "To differentiate themselves from the competition, during an interview, or your efforts will be in vain. ""You do practical courses beyond those required by their should create an opportunity during the interview, to academic training. Internships are also welcome, to gain ensure that the interviewer can see the whole person, not experience and improve their knowledge. For example, an just the academic record" said Leah Jamieson, IEEE engineer with an additional course in Letters could take that President in 2007 and Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of much skill to write an application for funding. Engineering at Purdue University.
Think Global Find Something that Makes You Happy The availability and implementation of global In this market, there are always people who make the communications have grown over the past decade, a trend mistake of joining the wrong team, instead of selecting that should continue in the future. At the same time, not only a great company but also an interesting job. companies seeking to increase market presence and, for Before accepting the job, ask the following questions for that matter, are facing such a competition to serve a yourself: worldwide client base. For this, the book is a hint of the time to devote to further reading to understand what is "You should interview the company to see if they match your expectations. Not only is the company that is happening in all parts of the world. A simple suggestion is conducting the interview, you need to know the lifestyle to open an edition of The Financial Times. and culture of the place fit to yours, and if you can really "Students need to know which direction the market is be authentic at work, "said Sophie Vandebroek, Ph.D., taking," said Eleanor Baum PhD, Member of IEEE. Member of IEEE, CTO and President of Xerox "Today, companies are really global distributed teams on Innovation Group, Xerox. several continents, working with different time zones, languages and cultures. When preparing to enter this If you follow these simple steps, you will stand out from other candidates, but above all, have passion for their universe, the student must invest in learning another chosen profession and that puts you on the path to language, understand other cultures or participate in an success! exchange program. "
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Relativity, Black Holes, Worm Holes, Time & Space Travel/Warp by William C. DeAgro, Senior Past Chairman, IEEE Long Island Section
What are these things and are they real? In order to understand these it’s first important to first ask the question what is meant by real and not real. Without referring to a dictionary, my personal definition of real would be what one (and one of normal health) becomes aware of through their senses. Some other definitions also consist of: “occurring or existing in actuality” and “non-illusory”. Suppose I am looking through a telescope and I see a spectacular view of a galaxy exploding 1 million light years away. Is what I see real? I suppose it depends. For someone who doesn’t understand and thinks such is happening at that instant, it could then be considered an illusion because it’s not really happening when they look and technically this is not real. For those that do understand, they know they are simply seeing an image that’s been delayed (which actually really occurred a million years ago).
When we examine how science attempts to explain the existence of the above, we tend to consider models we know work for simpler cases (or subsets) of the big picture along with some good analogies in effort to create explanations, understanding and correlation to what we do understand. But do we really understand the big picture, are we force fitting something we shouldn’t, are we possibly also creating a false perception or are we really on to the truth of the matter? Understand our scientists have a difficult job in that they are forced to work backwards into something of a higher order and dimension which our senses can’t directly detect. And most models (and associated mathematics) we do have and are clear on are more on the micro level compared to what we’re trying to understand and clarify - and having these consistently fit into a higher level model is difficult. (An analogy is one knowing part of a simple curve in the X-Y plane where the segment we do understand is very linear. We can easily model this with a straight line extremely well, but if we try to somehow extrapolate to other areas we can’t observe and don’t understand (and even with some mild additional clues) we have difficulty and can arrive at all kinds of crazy higher level models that we think work but may not or only partially work due to the limited understanding we have).
Another interesting aspect used to explain the above is the possibility of the existence of many other dimensions to explain the unexplained. With other dimensions kind of out of our understanding realm and senses, many other unexplained things can then occur in our world which other dimensions can be used to easily devise the explanations. The analogy commonly used which we can readily understand and visualize is: Suppose we both were 2 dimensional beings (like a flat piece of paper) and lived in a world of 2 dimensions and everything was flat. We could move and see to our front, back and to the sides of us, but we couldn’t see or move up and down nor did we know the existence of up and down. Now if an entity from the 3rd dimension suddenly came down from above to our 2 dimensional world, we could not explain it very well at all. Going a step further, if we took this large vast flat 2 dimensional surface we live on and added a slight curve to it, we’ve now distorted our space thus allowing one to possibly get from one end to the other through the 3rd dimension in a shorter time and distance which us 2 dimensional creatures couldn’t understand or do – which is an analogous explanation for a time & space warp of our real physical 3 dimension existence with there being higher dimensions we don’t see. The question is: Is this correct to assume there does indeed exist other higher dimensions (4, 5, 6 …) than what we readily know, understand and experience?
Relativity and all the other associated phenomena is modeled based on the speed of light. We see equations that if we were to travel at the speed of light, time would stop our mass would grow to infinity etc but is this really correct or is there a shortcoming to the math model. Lets look at an example. If a dog was running in a circle and I was in a space ship moving away from the dog, the faster I moved away, the slower the dog would look moving. If you think of what I see as multiple consecutive images travelling at the speed of light and if I am travelling away from the dog at the speed of light also, the dog would look like he is still and time would have appeared to me as if it stopped. Did time really stop or is this just the appearance of such? We know the dog is still running in circles and that I’m just not seeing the updated images anymore.
Why is the speed of light so critical? - or is it critical? Man has 5 senses which are Sight, Hearing, Smell, Touch and Taste to qualify whether something is real or not. You’ve heard the saying: “Seeing is believing”. That’s because the sense of site is our most important sense to qualify and seeing is also associated with light which is the fastest thing we know of. Who’s to say the speed of light is the fastest? You’ve also heard the saying: “Blind as a Bat”. Bats can hardly see and use sound as there dominant sense to qualify things. We travel, drive a car, hunt etc primarily using our eyes where as a Bat primarily uses its ears.
Similar to the analogy above of reducing our dimensions to 2, instead let’s examine what happens if we reduce our senses to not having sight at all - and our primary most important sense would now be hearing. With this, who would know what light is at all, let alone the speed of light. If/when we became smart enough we would clearly understand the speed of sound and begin to reference everything to this. We would also think nothing is faster. Upon doing so, our equations would then parallel those for time and space using light and we’d be thinking in “Sound Years” not “Light Years”. As an example and similar to watching the dog running in circles, if I was moving away from someone at the speed of sound and they were singing out loud, I could no longer hear them or hear any change in sound anymore. And if we couldn’t see, our models would show time distortion and things to blow up as we approached the speed of sound.
We know for sure today travelling at or faster than the speed of sound will not do such. Now, are these above phenomena (i.e. relativity, distortion of time etc) real or could we be shy a sense (an ability) that readily allows us to better understand, just like we better understand and have proven we can easily travel today at or above the speed of sound. Perhaps if we had certain other senses we might be aware of other things that travel faster than the speed of light and perhaps maybe we could readily understand and operate in other higher dimensions (than time and the 3 physical ones we know) and understand that travelling at or faster than the speed of light is not so special other than just going very fast.
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LISAT2011 Seventh Annual IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference Friday, May 6, 2011 The Institute for Research & Technology Transfer at Farmingdale State College State University of New York - Farmingdale, NY
Preliminary CALL FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, EXHIBITORS and STUDENT PAPERS
The Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology (LISAT) Conference features several parallel professional tracks including topics in Systems, Applications, and Technology, along with an Exhibit Hall. We are currently soliciting submissions for participation in both the Technical Program and the Exhibit Hall, and are interested in papers, presentations, and exhibits that showcase the development and use of technology by local organizations. LISAT 2011 will also provide the opportunity for select student papers to be presented. Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to submit papers in an area of their interest or current work.
Preliminary acceptance to the Technical Program will be based on a 300-to-500-word abstract. Authors of accepted abstracts will be required to provide a six (6) page IEEE standard manuscript (in MS Word or LaTeX format) for publication in IEEE Xplore, and will be required to make a power point presentation at the conference. Manuscripts are subject to the LISAT Technical Program Committee’s peer review and may require revision prior to final acceptance. Important dates for the Technical Program are:
LISAT2011 Key Dates Abstracts Due Oct 31, 2010 Notification of Accepted Abstracts Nov 15, 2010 Manuscripts for publication (MS Word) and copyright Feb 15, 2011 releases due Notification of final acceptance of manuscripts Feb 28, 2011 Presenter Registration Fee Due Mar 15, 2011
Power Point slide presentation due April 1, 2011 LISAT2011 Conference May 6, 2011
Detailed instructions on submission, manuscript and presentation templates, and information on the conference, is available on the LISAT web site at www.IEEE.LI/lisat
At least one author of each paper/presentation must register for the Conference and will be expected to provide a 20-minute presentation at the conference followed by 5 minutes of Q&A. One presenting author will be allowed to register at a discounted rate. A limited number of tutorial and application presentations which will not be published by the IEEE may also be accepted
While LISAT welcomes a wide variety of papers in systems, applications, and technology, some examples of topics of particular interest are: Homeland Defense, Alternate Energy Sources, Green Building Technologies, Mobile Communications, Microwave Technology, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Mobile Ad Hoc Networking, Network Security, Sensor Fusion, Antenna Systems and Processing, Radio Locationing, Radar Systems and Techniques, and Medical Electronics.
For information on Exhibiting at LISAT, please contact: Terry Stratoudakis at [email protected] For all other information contact LISAT2011 Conference Chair: Dave Mesecher at [email protected] or Conference Co-Chair Charles Rubenstein at [email protected]
LISAT is sponsored by the IEEE Long Island Section and its Technical Society Chapters and IEEE Region 1, in cooperation with the Institute for Research & Technology Transfer (IRTT) at the Farmingdale State College (SUNY).
Releases and Approvals: This conference will be unclassified and attended by both US and non-US persons. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain all required company and government releases and approvals prior to making a paper submission. A statement that such releases and approvals have been obtained as well as a completed IEEE Copyright Form (signed by the submitting author) must accompany the manuscript of each accepted paper.
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The Long Island Chapter of IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (EMC) is presenting: How to Protect Your Sensitive Electronic Equipment against Threats of EMI and EMP? Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 6:30PM This seminar is free & all are invited. Refreshments will be served at 6:00PM
Speaker: Praveen Pothapragada, Included will be tradeoffs considered for He holds an MS in Mechanical & Chief Engineer, Equipto Electronics mechanical flange designs, RF absorptive Aerospace engineering from Illinois Who Should Attend? materials, RoHS, and material selection. In Institute of Technology. Currently People concerned about their sensitive and addition, we will present the EMC Test engaged in pursuing MBA from vulnerable data centers, people interested in Results and Test Plan. Finally, we will University of Chicago. protection against new age threats and briefly present the implications of these Seminar Coordinator: Don people interested in learning about EMC as approaches with other types of electronics Lerner, Chair of the IEEE Long Island it pertains to shielded and ruggedized enclosures under varying environmental Chapter of Electromagnetic structures that are intended to house requirements (seismic, military level Compatibility & Bob DeLisi VC sensitive electronics. shock/vibe). There will be a scaled model Location: BAE Systems located at of the enclosure available at the This presentation will discuss 450 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn, NY. Abstract: presentation. the current vulnerability of our data centers Registration: Registration is and electronics packaging methods. Speaker Bio: Praveen Pothapragada required. To register please visit the Proposes a solution with discussion on has worked in the electronics packaging calendar page of the IEEE website, industry for more than 9 years engaged in technical advancements made to achieve http://www.IEEE.LI/calendar/, isolation of 100 db or greater @ 200 MHz providing design and technical support to Equipto Electronics customers deploying Click on the registration link, and fill to 10 GHz in electronic rack structures with out the form. Registrants must be US doors, access panels, and ventilation. electronic packages in shielded, seismic, and/or militarized cabinet environments. citizens
A Visit to Thomas Edison’s Laboratory by Jesse Taub, IEEE Long Island Section Historian
I recently had the opportunity to visit one of the earliest R and D laboratories the Park Service and is open to the Thomas Edison’s Laboratory in West relating to electrical devices in the US. public. It is an added extra that will
Orange, New Jersey. Although it was Much of this laboratory remains and further enhance your visit. been a National Historic Site, it has can be visited thanks to the US National The address is: been closed for renovation for the past Park Service. You can see where he Thomas Edison several years for restoration and has invented the motion picture camera and National Historic Park now reopened to visitors as a National projector, the storage battery and the 211 Main Street Historic Park. It is a “must see” for beginnings of the phonograph industry. West Orange, NJ 07052. any electrical engineer who has an You can even walk into America’s first You can get driving instructions and interest in the roots of his profession. motion picture studio. I found it hours of operation from their website Edison was a founder of the AIEE (a particularly interesting to see 19th precursor of the IEEE) in 1884. www.nps.gov/edis
century chemistry and physics labs, as Edison started his long inventive career well as machine shops. Enter Edison’s in Menlo Park in the 1870’s and built impressive library, stand next to his his first laboratory there in 1876. That desk and you feel that you are literally was where he invented the transported back to that era. There incandescent light bulb in 1879. He were many families visiting the site. built a much larger laboratory complex Their children were fascinated by the in West Orange in 1887 and worked whole experience. there until his death in 1931. It was Edison lived down the street at Glenmount and the house is also run by
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IEEEXtreme 24-Hour Programming Competition
IEEEXtreme is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE student members – supported by an IEEE Student Branch, advised and proctored by an IEEE Member – compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to solve a set of programming problems.
IEEEXtreme 4.0 Details IEEEXtreme 4.0 is going to be held 23 October 2010, starting at 00:00 GMT and ending 23:59 GMT. Get your team members together, find a proctor, and start practicing your programming skills. Registration for the competition will be open 1 September - 9 October. Early registrations will be entered into a raffle to win a cool prize.
Eligibility · All participants must be IEEE members (Student Member or Graduate Student Member only) to register and compete in the competition. IEEE membership numbers are required. · Participants must compete as part of a team of up to three IEEE Student or Graduate Student Members. Teams should only include a maximum of two graduate student members per team. · Universities and Colleges can have multiple teams. · Each team must have a proctor to supervise during the 24-hour programming competition. · Team members must solve and complete the problems without assistance from others.
Please note that the intent and spirit of the competition is for the students, not others, to solve a problem. Persons acting as proctor must limit the level of support and must not contribute in any other form that might be considered original authorship, or in any way that may enable claims of rights or ownership to the submitted entries. In no case will work on behalf of teams or individuals be allowed.
Proctor A proctor is a mandatory for each team participating in the competition. Proctors should be an IEEE Member of higher membership grade (not an undergraduate or graduate student member). Student Branch Counselors, Department Chairs, or IEEE GOLD members make great proctors as they are all higher grade IEEE members. Teams may want to recruit two proctors so that one can take a break to rest during the 24 hour competition.
Proctor tasks include: · Monitor the general flow of the activity; · Inform students when the competition begins, at the middle of it, when there are six hours left and when there is one hour left; · Ensure that no one external to the team members helps or assists the student participants in resolving the problems in any way.
Venue As IEEEXtreme is a virtual online competition, a physical location, or venue, must be identified for participants to use during the 24-hour competition.
Venues can be in an IEEE Student Branch office or a college lab or another location on campus. It must be a place that participants can use for the 24 hours during the competition and should be equipped with at least one computer and provide some type of connection to the internet.
A proctor must be physically located within the venue at all times throughout the 24-hour competition.
Student Branch Activity Student branches, if able, should support and help to the participating teams, helping locate an appropriate venue for use during the competition, promoting the competition, assisting in identifying appropriate proctors, and increasing awareness of the student branch presence on campus.
Students attending Universities who do not have an IEEE Student Branch on campus can still participate in the IEEEXtreme competition. This is an opportunity to bring students together to have fun with IEEE activities. Consider using this opportunity as a way to form a student branch. .
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Telephonics Corporation Appoints HST 10 is produced by IEEE with technical support from Michael F. Canders as the New President DHS S&T and the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. IEEE-USA is providing organizational support. of its Communication Systems Division Telephonics Corporation announced the appointment More than 450 people attended the 2009 conference, including representatives from at least 10 foreign countries. of Mr. Michael F. Canders as President of its Raytheon is the event platinum corporate sponsor. For more Communication Systems Division (CSD). Mike will return information, visit www.ieee-hst.org or contact Robert Alongi to Telephonics to resume his outstanding career in the at [email protected] aerospace industry after a successful eight and a half year tour in the U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard, where he achieved the rank of Full Colonel.
During his recent distinguished military career as Wing Commander for the 106th Rescue Wing at Gabreski Northrop Grumman Awarded Tech Maturation Airport, Westhampton, NY and concluding with his last Contract for Next Generation Jammer assignment as the U.S. Air Force Commander, Sather Air Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $41.9 Base, 447th Air Expeditionary Group, Baghdad, Iraq, million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to mature technologies it Mike has proven to have the leadership qualities to has proposed for the U.S. Navy's Next Generation Jammer effectively manage large organizations. airborne electronic attack system development. This is for
Mike’s previous Telephonics experience, which extended the Technology Maturation phase of the program. Work on this 21-month effort begins immediately. over 13 very successful years, along with his illustrious and more recent military career, has laid a solid The Navy is developing the Next Generation Jammer to field foundation for him to lead and grow CSD. “We are very a system that can electronically attack the advanced excited to welcome Mike back to Telephonics. I believe electronics being developed by other nations' militaries and that in his new role and with his leadership skills, he the commercially available electronics that terrorists brings a strong team spirit in the way he will manage the regularly use to communicate, coordinate operations and Division which will in turn prove to be beneficial across adapt as weapons. The jammer must be capable of countering anticipated and unanticipated electronic threats. the entire company” said Mr. Joseph J. Battaglia, President of Telephonics Corporation. "I'm very proud of the technical work we did on our proposal.
We're excited to have won this award and to get started IEEE-USA News: White House Cybersecurity bringing our technologies to life for our customer," said Steve Hogan, vice president, Information Operations and Coordinator, DHS Officials to Speak at IEEE Electronic Attack.
Homeland Security Conference "Developing airborne electronic attack systems is a unique Howard A. Schmidt, national business," Hogan said. "Successful full-system development cybersecurity coordinator and special depends on having broad electronic battlefield combat assistant to the U.S. president, will be a featured speaker at knowledge and fresh, new ideas. Northrop Grumman has the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Technologies delivered integrated airborne electronic systems successfully for Homeland Security (HST 10) in November. for over 40 years and we continue to be a leader in this
Dr. Starnes E. Walker and Christopher Doyle of the U.S. critical technology."
Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology The Next Generation Jammer is to replace the ALQ-99 Directorate (DHS S&T) will join Schmidt as featured jammer that is now on the Navy and Marine EA-6B Prowlers speakers. and Navy EA-18G Growlers. The ALQ-99 is a 1970s
HST 10 will be held at the Westin Waltham Boston in technology subsystem. While still effective, it is becoming Waltham, Mass., USA, 8-10 November 2010. It will bring increasingly hard to maintain and inadaptable to countering together global science and technology thought leaders to new threats and so limits the capabilities of the Navy's foster homeland security technology innovation. The advanced new Improved Capability III receiver now on Prowlers and Growlers. conference features a technical advisory committee of leading S&T experts from academia, national laboratories, "While Northrop Grumman's Next Generation Jammer federally funded research and development centers, the concept contains our own patented technology, it is our federal government and industry. unique experience that allows us to best understand the
The event will showcase selected technical papers complexity required to integrate these technologies into an highlighting emerging technologies in: aircraft weapon system, and minimize cost and risk in the process," said Hogan. · Cybersecurity · Land and maritime border security During the course of the contract, Northrop Grumman will · Counter-WMD techniques and critical infrastructure continue to refine and mature these technologies in and key resources physical security anticipation of the Technology Development phase of the Navy's program, which is expected to start in 2011. · Attack and disaster preparation, recovery and response 25 THE PULSE September 2010 www.IEEE.LI/pulse/
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