The Open Channel Newsletter for the Hampton Roads Section of the IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. http:/www.ieee.org/hrs Volume 2 – No. 2 February 2005 Spyware /Adware Speaker: Anish Parikh Assistant Manager Vigyan Inc., VA Date/Time: Thursday, February 17, 2005 at 6:30 PM Location: Topeka’s Steakhouse ‘N Saloon 55 Town Center Way 757.896.9696 Hampton, VA 23666 Cost: Members and guests $20; Students $10 SPYWARE: By definition a Spyware is a program that secretly monitors your actions. They are sometimes sinister, like a remote control program used by a hacker. Software companies have been known to use spyware to gather data about customers. The practice is generally frowned upon. Another variant of spyware also known as Adware is a hidden software program that transmits user information via the Internet to advertisers in exchange for free downloaded software. The terms Spyware & Adware are many times used as alike. Advertising companies also install additional tracking software on your system, which is continuously "calling home", using your Internet connection and reports statistical data to the "mothership". While according to the privacy policies of the companies, there will be no sensitive or identifying data collected from your system and you shall remain anonymous, it still remains the fact, that you have a "live" server sitting on your PC that is sending information about you and your surfing habits to a remote location..... Mr. Anish Parikh presentation will be on these two forms of undesirable renegade software programs that threaten to inundate the computers we use at work and home. Biographical Sketch: Mr. Anish Parikh is an Engineer with a Bachelor's Degree in "Electronics & Telecom" from Pune University in India. I was mainly involved in techno-sales jobs earlier in India. I came to USA, about 5 years ago on a work Visa & currently employed with a company called Vigyan Inc since then. Mr. Parikh claims to be no expert in Spyware/Adware issues or about the intricate and technical aspects of it. However he has worked on these issues since last 2 years and has fixed 100's of system which had spyware infection. 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: See page 3 Upcoming Meetings Feb 17 Anish Parikh – Topeka Steakhouse Apr 21 XMSF (Modeling) – Topeka Steakhouse Feb20-26 Engineers Week May 19 Social Mar 17 TBD Inside this Open Channel Page 2 From the Chair Page 3 Education Society Looking for Members Page 3 Directions to Topeka Steakhouse Page 3 IEEE Educational Activities & History Center Page 3 Hampton Roads Engineering 2005 EWeek Activities Page 4 News Briefs from The Institute Editors Page 3 2005 PEC Engineer of the Year Banquet Page 6 Sir Harry Kroto – Nobel Laureate Chemistry (1996) 2005 IEEE Executive Committee From the Chair Hampton Roads Section Engineers - The Next Generation IEEE Hampton Roads CHAIR: William Clayton [email protected] I am writing this after having participated in the annual Future Cities competition and would like to share with you my VICE-CHAIR: Brent Phillips impressions. Yes that was your hansom chair on the Saturday [email protected] evening news. But the real stars of the day were the Middle SECRETARY: Dan Ulinski School students that put together some amazing presentations. [email protected] They were required to build a computer model of their city, write TREASURER Kurt Clemente an essay, build a physical model and they get up and talk about it [email protected] as a group. OPEN CHANNEL EDITOR: William LaBelle 757-619-9050 Many of these groups did all this on their own time. They [email protected] carefully planned their cities and understood the importance of its infrastructure and had a appreciation for the economic MEMBERSHIP: William LaBelle 757-619-9050 impacts of their decisions. You can learn more at [email protected] http://www.futurecity.org/. It is too late for this years competition, unless you can visit Washington, DC during PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Michael McBeth National Engineers Week. Start planning for next year. If you [email protected] have Middle School students, make sure your school considers STUDENT ACTIVITIES: participation in the regional competition. When the call for Dr. Roland Mielke volunteers is issued, answer it. Then take your family out to see [email protected] it. Based on this year's efforts, I am sure you will be both EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: entertained and impressed. Dr. William Edmonson Engineer's week ( www.eweek.org ) is this month (20-26 Feb) [email protected] and we will participate in the Peninsula Engineers Council's AWARDS: William Clayton NASA Career Days (23-24 Feb). Here is another opportunity to [email protected] influence the next generation of engineers. So if you would like WEB PAGE: http:/www.ieee.org/hrs to help us man our booth or loan something exciting to show, WEB MASTER: William Clayton contact Bill LaBelle. The calendar also has "Introduce a Girl to [email protected] Engineering Day" on the 24th, the ODU Engineering Open THE OPEN CHANNEL is published monthly House (25-26 Feb), and the Engineers Club of Hampton Roads during the academic year (September through Excellence Banquet on 25 Feb. November, January through May) by the Hampton Roads Section (HR) of the Institute of Electrical Bill LaBelle has tried to capture all these in his e-Week bulletin and Electronic Engineers, Inc. (IEEE). THE OPEN which can be downloaded from CHANNEL is sent each month to members of the http://ewh.ieee.org/r3/hampton_roads/news/art5.html or by IEEE in Hampton Roads. Annual subscription is picking the "Hampton Roads E-Week Bulletin" from the "Whats included in the IEEE membership dues. The New" section of our home page ( www.ieee.org/hrs ). opinions expressed, as well as the technical accuracy of authors or speakers published in this The PEC annual banquet will be 26 Feb. We will be honoring newsletter are those of the individual authors and our Engineer of the Year, Mike McBeth, at the banquet. Tickets speakers. Therefore no endorsement by the IEEE, its officers, or its members is made or implied. and more information on any of our e-Week events will be available from Bill LaBelle. Please join us. All materials for THE OPEN CHANNEL are due by the 22th day of the month preceding the issue Sincerely, month. Address all correspondence to: Bill Clayton William LaBelle Acting Chair 6224 Glenrose Drive Hampton Roads Section Suffolk, VA 23435 [email protected] Voice: (757) 619-9050 W: (757) 203-7090 E-MAIL: [email protected] The Open Channel, Copyright 2005 H: (757) 432-9000
Topeka’s Steakhouse ‘N Saloon: Directions from Norfolk: 1. Take the HAMPTON RDS CENTER PKWY WEST exit- exit number 261A. (0.3 miles) 2. Merge onto HAMPTON ROADS CENTER PKWY. (0.5 miles) 3. Turn RIGHT onto VA-600 N/BIG BETHEL RD. (0.1 miles) 4. Turn RIGHT onto TOWNE CENTRE WAY. (<0.1 miles) 5. End at 55 TOWN CENTER WAY HAMPTON VA Directions from Williamsburg: 1. Take the HAMPTON RDS CENTER PKWY WEST exit- exit number 261A. (0.2 miles) 2. Merge onto HAMPTON ROADS CENTER PKWY. (0.2 miles) 3. Turn RIGHT onto VA-600 N/BIG BETHEL RD. (0.1 miles) 4. Turn RIGHT onto TOWNE CENTER WAY. (< 0.1 miles) 5. End at 55 TOWN CENTER WAY HAMPTON VA
Hampton Roads Engineer 2005 EWeek Activities – William LaBelle National Engineers Week, or more commonly E-week, is fast approaching. The 54th annual celebration of National Engineers Week will be observed February 20-26, 2005. This year it is co-chaired by ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and BP p.l.c. Information on nation-wide activities may be found at www.eweek.org. In Hampton Roads, we will attend banquets honoring selected engineers and their achievements to the profession, society, and mankind. Additionally, we will encourage our children to consider a career in science and engineering through presentations and participation in traditional engineering competition. You can get information on the various Hampton Roads EWeek activities in bulletin available for downloading on the PEC website http://www.va-pec.org/events.html. 2005 Peninsula Engineering Council Engineer of the Year Banquet – William LaBelle On the peninsula, the Peninsula Engineers Council Engineer of the Year banquet will be held at the Point Plaza Suites and Conference Hotel on route J. Clyde Morris Blvd. in Newport News on February 26, 2005. Mr. Robert L. Gunter, Jr. Senior Vice-President for Aircraft Carriers Programs at Northrop Grumman Newport News, was been selected as the PEC 2005 Engineer of the Year. Contact William LaBelle, IEEE HR Peninsula Engineering Council representative, for tickets and information at [+1 757 619 9050, +1 757 421 8695, [email protected]]. Education Society Looking For Members– Robert Pedigo Hampton Roads Section members interested in education events, activities, and organizations can contact Bob Pedigo, Education Committee Co-Chair, for information at [email protected]. We are looking at establishing a local chapter of the Education Society. Current EdSoc members are highly encouraged to contact Bob and join in the effort. Those interested in joining need not be current EdSoc members, all are welcome. For information on the Education Society and its activities, visit their web site at http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/ or contact Bob. News from IEEE Educational Activities And The History Center REGISTER NOW FOR VINNY COMPETITION Named after Leonardo da Vinci, VINNY is an award given to students in grades K-12 for the best one-minute videos explaining how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can help solve common global problems. VINNY is a worldwide video competition designed to build awareness of STEM. Teams of 3 students and 1 teacher will identify and research a global problem and discover ways that STEM can help solve it. The teams will create a one-minute video explaining the global problem and a possible STEM solution. There are 3 levels of competition: grades K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. The award is given in both English and Spanish, for a total of 6 categories and prizes. The VINNY website is available at http://vinny.pcs.cnu.edu. The deadline for registration is February 15, 2005. VINNY is proudly sponsored by the NASA Center for Distance Learning, Christopher Newport University, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Funding for the project is providing by the IEEE Foundation. 2005 Education Activities Board (EAB) Award Nominations – Tara Gallus The IEEE Educational Activities Board is accepting nominations of IEEE members for its annual awards. The deadline for nominations is 30 April 2005. Awards include: IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities; IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education; IEEE EAB Major Educational Innovation Award; IEEE EAB Pre-College Educator Award; IEEE EAB Meritorious Service Citation; IEEE EAB Employer Professional Development Award; And FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2005 - IEEE EAB Society/Council Professional Development Award (PLEASE NOTE that the EAB Society/Council Professional Development Award is offered in odd-numbered years alternating with the Section Professional Development Award which is offered in even-numbered years). For award descriptions, honorarium details, and nominations packets, visit http://www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/EABAwards/callnominations-2005.htm For more information, contact: Rae Toscano, Manager +1 732 562 5482; Karen Kleinschmidt, Administrator, +1 732 562 5493; Email: [email protected]. Editor’s Note: You can also contact Dr. William Edmonson, Hampton Roads Section Education Activities Chair. HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS RELEASED Also in October, the Guglielmo Marconi International Fellowship Foundation at Columbia University held their 30th anniversary banquet in Bologna, Italy, at which they presented a historical book they had commissioned from the IEEE History Center. Around the same time, Eta Kappa Nu celebrated their centennial with another historical work from the Center, this one underwritten by the IEEE Foundation. ABOUT THE IEEE HISTORY CENTER The IEEE History Center is a staff unit of IEEE that is located not at the IEEE Operations Center, but on the nearby New Brunswick campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, which cosponsors the Center’s activities. The Center’s mission to preserve, research, and promote the legacy of IEEE technologies is overseen by the IEEE History Committee, a standing committee of the IEEE Executive Committee. Since most of the activities in carrying out this mission are educational in nature, the Staff Director of the History Center reports to the IEEE Managing Director for Educational Activities, and Center staff work closely with EAD staff on many programs. Those interested in more information are invited to look at the Center’s website (http://www.ieee.org/history_center) or to email the Center at [email protected]. News briefs from The Institute Editors 1. Student Ethics Competitions Planned for All 10 IEEE Regions The IEEE Ethics and Member Conduct Committee wants to raise the ethics awareness of IEEE members while they're still in school. To this end, the committee is launching the IEEE Student Ethics Competition, which will provide student members with experience in applying ethical concepts to situations that might arise in the workplace. Find out more at http://boldfish.ieee.org/u/student47/02354629. 2 Awards Board Program Needs You If you've ever wanted to get involved with the IEEE awards program, apply for one of the seven vacancies on the Awards Board and its committees. Learn more at http://boldfish.ieee.org/u/needs4d/02354629.
Nobel Laureate to Talk on Nanoscience And Nanotechnology Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:00 AM to 12 Noon Ted Constant Convocation Center 43 rd St and Hampton Blvd Old Dominion University A public lecture open to all “2010, NanoSpace Odyssey” SIR HARRY KROTO Nobel Laureate Chemistry (1996) As Chemistry and Physics at one borderline and Chemistry and Biology at the other begin to become indistinguishable, multidisciplinary research is leading to the fascinating “new” field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (N&N - not to be confused with M&M). Ingenious strategies for the creation of molecules with complex exactly-specified structures with function are being developed - basically molecules that do things. In fact N&N may be considered “Frontier Chemistry of st the 21 Century”. When the molecule C60 , and its elongated cousins, the carbon nanotubes, were discovered it suddenly became clear that our understanding of the structural factors and the dynamic behaviour of graphite and other sheet materials was limited - especially at the nanometer scale. In the Sussex N&N Centre (www.nano.sussex.ac.uk) new experimental vapour and condensed phase approaches, often involving metal cluster catalysis, have led to the production of novel refractory nanostructures. Studies of composites involving these new materials are beginning to exhibit interesting advanced materials behaviour. Fascinating fundamental insights into their formation mechanisms have also been revealed. Possible applications range from civil engineering to electronics promising to transform our economics but if this is to be realised a paradigm shift in synthetic control strategies will be necessary to create really large molecules with accurately defined structures at the atomic level. This presents one of the greatest technical challenges for 21st Century Chemists. From a fundamental research strategy viewpoint it is worth noting the fact that the original C60 discovery experiments were carried out as a consequence of earlier molecular spectroscopy/radioastronomy discoveries relating to material in interstellar space and red giant carbon stars, together with the development major advances in our techniques for studying small refractory clusters. For more information about the talk, please contact Professor Amin Dharamsi Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ODU [email protected] 757 683 4467 Biography Harold Kroto’s parents were born in Germany but had to leave in the late nineteen-thirties, emigrating to the United Kingdom. Harold was born in 1939 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, and grew up in Bolton, Lancashire, in the U.K. He obtained his degrees, including the doctorate in Chemistry, at the University of Sheffield where his dissertation research was on high-resolution electronic spectra of free radicals produced by flash photolysis. Sir Harry spent two years working with the group of the legendary Gerhard Herzberg at the National Research Council in Ottawa, Canada. He then went on to spend one year at Bell Laboratories, in the USA. He started his academic career at the University of Sussex (Brighton, U.K.) in 1967, and he became a professor in 1985. In 1991 he was made a Royal Society Research Professor. Dr. Kroto is now at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Professor Kroto's love for teaching drives him to teach, even when his appointments have allowed for full time research endeavors. Harry Kroto's pioneering work has spawned several other extremely active subfields that have interested a large number of other scientists. His synthetic and spectroscopic work led to the surprising discovery, by radio astronomy, that very long carbon chain molecules, were relatively abundant in interstellar space. In order to explore the possible source of these carbon chains in space, he performed laboratory experiments, which simulated the chemical reactions in the shells of red giant carbon stars. These experiments led to the unexpected discovery of the now famous C60 Buckminsterfullerene molecule. Work by Dr. Kroto and his research collaborators has resulted in a detailed understanding of this molecule as well as the related elongated "nanotubes". These breakthroughs resulted in the Nobel Prize in Chemistry that Profesors Kroto, Curl and Smalley shared in 1996. Harry Kroto's awards, too numerous to list in detail, include: appointments as Tildon Lecturer; designation as Elected Fellow of the Royal Society; the Royal Society Research Fellowship; the International Prize for New Materials; the Italgas Prize for Innovation in Chemistry; the Longstaff Medal; the Hewlett Packard Europhysics Prize; the Moet Hennessy/Louis Vuitton Science Pour l'Art Prize; the Copley Medal of the Royal Society. He was knighted in 1996. Harry Kroto's vast contributions are not limited to research and university teaching. Even before his Nobel Laureate fame, in 1995, together with BBC producer Patrick Reams, he inaugurated the Vega Science Trust (http://www.vega.org.uk/) to create science films of sufficiently high quality for network television broadcast. These films reflect the excitement of scientific discovery. As importantly, they also convey the intrinsic concepts and principles without which broad fundamental understanding is impossible. The Trust also seeks to preserve mankind’s scientific cultural heritage by recording scientists who have not only made outstanding contributions but, further, are superb communicators. The trust has now made some tens of films of Royal Institution Discourses archival programs and interviews. These are invaluable resources that capture some of the greatest human minds' exposition of the wonders of the world in an exciting and highly accessible manner. The Vega Science Trust serves a wide audience ranging from school and university students, teachers, professors and, equally importantly, interested members of the general public. Structures that are the size of approximately 1 billionth of a meter (a “nanometer”) are called “nanostructures”. In comparison, the thickness of a human hair (about 100 micrometers) is about a hundred thousand times bigger. Hence, nanostructures are about the size of a few atoms. Directions to the Ted Constant Convocation Center: From Virginia Beach via the I-264 West: From I-264 West, take the East Brambleton Exit. (Exit 11) Brambleton will turn into Hampton Blvd. The Ted Constant Convocation Center will be located on your right, across from Old Dominion University. From Interstate 464 North (Chesapeake, VA) From I-464 North, take the St. Paul?s Exit. Stay on St. Paul?s until you reach Brambleton Avenue, then turn left on Brambleton. Brambleton Avenue will turn into Hampton Blvd. The Ted Constant Convocation Center will be located on your right hand side. From Interstate 664 East: (Newport News, VA) From I-664 East, take Exit 9 onto Route 164 toward Portsmouth. Stay on 164 and follow the signs to the midtown tunnel. (left on Cleveland Street) After the midtown tunnel, bear left following the signs to Hampton Blvd/Old Dominion University. The Constant Center will be located on your left hand side. From Interstate 64 East: (Hampton, VA) From I-64 E., take Exit 276A. (Granby Street). Bear right at the fork of the exit ramp following the signs to Terminal Blvd/Naval Station. Take the first exit to Terminal Blvd/Hampton Blvd/ODU. At the end of Terminal Blvd, turn left on Hampton Blvd. The Constant Center will be located on your left hand side.
Parking will be available on the top-floor deck of the adjacent garage on 43rd St and Hampton Blvd. Special Events Parking will also be available for school buses. Members of the general public, School Students, University Students, Faculty and Staff are all cordially welcome to attend the public talks. A special welcome is also extended to all the Students and Faculty in surrounding universities and community colleges. The Vega Science Trust, a registered charity, was co-founded by Sir Harry and is an invaluable resource to school and university students, teachers, professors and the general public. Visit it at: http://www.vega.org.uk/ Other details of Dr. Harry Kroto’s work can also be found at: http://www.nano.sussex.ac.uk/
February 2005 Calendar of Events Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 PEC ECHR
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 IEEE Meeting
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 President’s Day George NASA Career NASA Career ODU Engineering ODU Engineering Washington’s Days Days Open House Open House Birthday Introduce a Girl to Engineering Engineering PEC EOY Excellence Banquet PEC Day 2005 Banquet 27 28
March 2005Calendar of Events Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 ECHR ODU Tech Tour
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 PEC
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2010, NanoSpace St. Patrick’s Day Odyssey - ODU IEEE Meeting
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31 SOLE SOLE SOLE Conference Conference Conference April 2005 Calendar of Events Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ECHR EXCOM ODU Tech Tour
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 PEC
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 IEEE Meeting
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ASNE Day 2005 ASNE Day 2005
2004 - 2005 Technology Tour Series The Batten College of Engineering and Technology’s, Technology Tours, provide executive overviews of research and development capabilities of our College through interaction with engineering faculty and researchers. These tours include campus facilities in Kaufman Hall and our satellite Enterprise Centers and provide the participant a mechanism for determining whether these resources can be utilized in their business. At the same time, gain a better understanding of how we educate your future employees for a more informed targeted hiring of co-ops and full time employees. In 2004-2005, the tours have been designed with executives and technical management in mind. The tours are concise, requiring only a half-day time commitment of participants and focus on specific subject matter. There is no cost for attending. Thursday, March 3, 2005-Laser Applications and Electronics focus Thursday, April 7, 2005- Aerospace Focus
For detailed information and to register online go to http://www.eng.odu.edu/cc_techtours.htm or call Clair Dorsey at 757-683-4478
It was very impressive to see first hand the involvement of Old Dominion in the cutting edge research that is going on in Hampton Roads. It is equally gratifying to see that some of the results of this research have application in industries such as ours.
Local Announcements
Virginia Children’s Engineering Council Children's Engineering Convention 2005 Hello Everyone! Below are the important dates you need to know about the convention. In addition to these dates you should also check the schedule of events! The Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, will be our luncheon speaker on Friday. When you go to your administrators requesting permission and funding to attend the convention, be sure to tell them that Dr. Wheelan will be speaking and invite them to come along. Copy this e-mail and the attached flyer and take it with you or go to the web site given below to see the convention schedules and updates as well as the forms needed to come. Announcing the 9th Annual Children’s Engineering Convention February 24-26th, 2005 Richmond Marriott West at Innsbrook (same wonderful place as last year!) Important deadlines: November 1, 2004 Call for Presentations Using successful design and technology activities in your classroom? How a! bout sharing your original ideas with others? You will be notified by December 15th. December 15, 2004 Registration deadline to qualify for freebies ! January 15, 2005 Registration deadline January 15, 2005 Hotel cut off for group rate Forms for submitting presentation proposals, registration and hotel are online at
REGISTER NOW! ElectroMed 2005 Conference
Registration is now open for ElectroMed 2005 conference to be held May 15-18, 2005 in Portland, Oregon.
Please go to website www.electromed2005.com for information on the conference and registration.
• Early Bird General Registration: $450.00 valid through February 15, 2005. • General Registration: $500.00 after February 15
Abstract submissions will be accepted until January 31, 2005. (Note: Revised deadline date due to printing restrictions.) Please see the registration website listed above for instructions and template. Notification of acceptance will be sent out March 15, 2005.
Kind regards, MicroET, host of ElectroMed 2005
7th Annual 2005 Mid-Atlantic Logistics Conference And Professional Development Workshop
"The Lean Logistics Enterprise " March 29-31, 2005 Woodlands Conference Center Williamsburg, VA For Additional Information, Please view our announcement at http://www.mid-atlantic-log.net/2004 Announcement.htm. Sponsored by District 02 -The Mid-Atlantic Chapters SOLE - The International Society of Logistics