PRODUCED BY THE LONG ISLAND SECTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS THE

PULSEOF LONG ISLAND

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

❖ June 2015 Calendar of Events 6

❖ Long Island’s Electronic History 7

❖ Feature Article: Evolution of American Engineering Education (part IV) 8-10

❖ IEEE USA Conference Report 11

❖ New Members of the IEEE Long Island Section 12

❖ International Year of Light 2015 14

❖ June 2015 Lectures and Seminars 15-18

❖ 2015 Conferences 19-21

❖ Private-Sector Job Fair 23

JUNE 2015 VOL. 62, NO. 6 CHAIR’S MESSAGE John F. Vodopia, Chair, IEEE Long Island Section

The May 1, 2015, LISAT event at Farmingdale State College was a huge success. On behalf of the IEEE Long Island Section, I thank all of those who participated and attended, with particular thanks going out to the LISAT committee. I am sure I am not alone in looking forward to LISAT 2016 (the 12th annual LISAT event).

As you probably know, volunteers are crucial to the success of our Section. If you have the time, wish to work with us and are not already involved, please take a look at our section’s website on IEEE.LI and browse to the societies’ and committees’ pages to see the volunteer positions available. I also encourage you to attend the monthly ExCom meetings; the next one is to be held on August 24th at Telephonics in Farmingdale. The August 24th ExCom meeting was originally scheduled for June 29—the June 29 ExCom meeting is cancelled The ExCom meetings operate as forums for you to voice your concerns about IEEE, about IEEE Long Island about the state of technology in the US and to make recommendations for action that we might take to improve any of the aforementioned. There is no better place to discover what is happening in the section and how you can get involved in one of the societies to affect change. Just send me an email before you attend so I can have your name added to the attendance list. If you wish to speak to ExCom on a particular topic, just let me know your topic in advance, I will add same to the agenda and you will have an opportunity to present your topic to ExCom and receive the feedback from those that are present. For that matter, we (ExCom) need your help to support maintaining and even growing IEEE Long Island membership. Our membership numbers somewhat down at present (below 2000), much of which can be attributed to shifting engineering job availability on Long Island. In my opinion, while our LI IEEE membership is important in the short term (e.g., funding from IEEE headquarters is based on membership), membership numbers in the long term reflect (whether accurately or inaccurately), a desirability of IEEE membership and therefore operate as a barometer of our organization as a whole.

Please come to our ExCom meeting and offer your opinion on how we can improve the member experience on Long Island. We have a budget—come and tell us how we can use our available funds for you. For example, what about a ball game at Citibank Park in CI to see our LI Ducks? What a great way to meet and greet each other. If there is any interest in such an event, or a like event, over the next 12 or so weeks (until we meet again on August 24), just email me and I will try to arrange.

For that matter, while our numbers may be somewhat down, let me take this opportunity to welcome our new LI Section members for the 1st quarter of 2015. They are: Michael Leonardo Asitimbay Gary L Deluca Kyle Joseph McHugh Barry Schneider John Baston Robert Desimone Kevin J McShane Jordan Elliott Shulman Joseph Carrano Juliette Anne Guild Betsy Mendieta Brito Douglas John Sidoti Collin Champagne Thaier Hayajneh Luis Ortiz Stephan Stanzione Jeffrey Robert Christiansen Zahraa N Krayem Paul Scalice Yang Wang Hayley Cohen Justin Matos

Finally, please take a look at John Schmidt’s VTools/L31 Report in the ExCom minutes from our May 18 meeting to get a feel for how many L31’s have been submitted for your society for 2015. If your society is not listed, it means that there are no L31s submitted, regardless of whether your society held a meeting or not. If there is no L31, a meeting is not counted. Please have meetings and please submit L31s. Thank you again for the opportunity to serve, and please reach out to me if I can help you in any way.

John F. Vodopia Chair, IEEE Long Island Section [email protected]

JUNE 2015 PAGE 2 THE PULSE OF LONG ISLAND May 2015

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Let Your Voice Heard The Pulse of Long Island is a newsletter for the members of the Long Island IEEE Section. You THE can let your voice heard by writing to the Editor. How to bring more value to our members? Interesting new technology, or a project? PULSEOF LONG ISLAND An issue of interest to members of the IEEE Long Island, Long Island engineers and The Pulse of Long Island is produced by computer professionals, or Long Island technical the Long Island Section of the Institute of community at large? Write to the Pulse. Let your letter be read, and your voice heard. Electrical & Electronic Engineers. It is published monthly except during July & August.

Davor Dokonal, Editor [email protected] Anthony Giresi, Graphic Designer [email protected] The opinions expressed in this newsletter are HOW TO CONTRIBUTE: those of the authors, and no endorsement by Send your letters or articles via email to IEEE, its officials, or its members is implied. [email protected]. IEEE prohibits discrimination, harassment, If selected for publication, the letter and bullying. For more information on IEEE or article will be edited before being published. policies, please visit www.ieee.org. CONTRIBUTION DEADLINE: IEEE Long Island Section reserves the right to 20th of a month for the next month edition. decide whether or not to publish any content in our sole discretion. Any contributed content CONTRIBUTIONS FROM may be edited before publishing. LONG ISLAND TECHNICAL & ENGINEERING COMPANIES: Publish your technology related press release (up to one page) at no cost. Please send the press release as a PDF file attached to email to INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL [email protected], addressed to the Editor, with a & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS Subject line “Pulse -PR” followed by your 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 company name, and the responsible contact person's name, email and phone number in Phone: 1-800-678-4333 (USA & Canada) the email body. Phone: 1-732-981-0060 (Worldwide) Website: www.ieee.org ADVERTISERS: E-mail: [email protected] Please contact us at [email protected] for advertising rates.

JUNE 2015 PAGE 3 OFFICERS 2015 IEEE Long Island Section Officers and Affinity Groups

IEEE LONG ISLAND SECTION OFFICERS

Chair Treasurer JOHN VODOPIA SANTO MAZZOLA Office: 631-673-7555 [email protected] EXT. 128 [email protected] Secretary MARJANEH ISSAPOUR First Vice Chair [email protected] M. NAZRUL ISLAM Office: 631-546-2464 Junior Past Chair [email protected] JOHN SCHMIDT

Second Vice Chair Senior Past Chair LOU D’ONOFRIO THOMAS LANZISERO Office: 631-928-7894 [email protected]

AFFINITY GROUPS

Young Professionals Chair Student Development / Activities ROBERT SCHMID NEIL RAMOS [email protected] [email protected]

Life Members Affinity Group Women in Engineering (WIE) VICTOR ZOURIDES MIHAELA RADU [email protected] [email protected]

The IEEE Long Island Consultant’s Network Membership Section Website of Long Island Development The IEEE LI Section website is The Consultant’s Network of For more information on regularly updated to reflect recent Long Island maintains a referral membership with the Long section activity and upcoming service of engineering, computer, Island Section of the IEEE, events. Each Society and Affinity managerial & technical profes- e-mail M. Nazrul Islam at: Group has a dedicated page that sionals. For more information, [email protected] describes their function and please visit their website at: includes contact information. www.consult-li.com Visit our site at IEEE.LI

JUNE 2015 PAGE 4 2015 IEEE LONG ISLAND SECTION SOCIETIES Chapter Officers

AEROSPACE & ELECTRONIC ANTENNAS AND CIRCUITS AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS SOCIETY (AES) PROPAGATION SOCIETY (APS) SYSTEMS SOCIETY (CAS) SOCIETY (COMSOC) Chair: Dave Mesecher Chair: Bryan Tropper Chair: James Colotti Chair: Lawrence Hausman Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Vice Chair: Alex Doboli Vice Chair: Arnold Stillman Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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COMPUTER SOCIETY (CS) ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT SOCIETY (IMS) Chair: Davor Dokonal COMPATIBILITY SOCIETY (EMCS) & BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBS) Vice Chair: Metodi Filipov Chair: Santo Mazzola Chair: Glenn Luchen Chair: Terry Stratoudakis Email: [email protected] Vice Chair: Bob DeLisi Vice Chair: John Vodopia Vice Chair: Ephraim Adeola Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

MICROWAVE THEORY AND NUCLEAR AND PLASMA PHOTONICS SOCIETY (IPS) POWER & ENERGY/INDUSTRY TECHNIQUES SOCIETY (MTT) SCIENCES SOCIETY (NPS) Chair: M. Narzul Islam APPLICATIONS SOCIETY (PES & IAS) Chair: Saikumar Padmanabhah Chair: Shaorui Li Vice Chair: Adam A. Filos Chair: Rob Schmid Vice Chair: Eric Darvin Vice Chair: Graham Smith Email: [email protected] Vice Chair: Greg Sachs Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

PRODUCT SAFETY POWER ELECTRONICS SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS ENGINEERING SOCIETY (PSES) SOCIETY (PELS) SOCIETY (SPS) OF TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY (SSIT) Chair: James Colotti Chair: Alberto De Leon Chair: Jessica Donaldson Chair: Howard Edelman Vice Chair: Glenn Luchen Vice Chair: Ronald DeLuca Vice Chair: Sandra Evans Vice Chair: John Schmidt Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

The Long Island Section of IEEE has 17 Chapters. Each Chapter is a technical subunit of the Long Island Section, associated with an IEEE Society. The Chapters, as well as the Section, are always welcoming TECHNOLOGY AND volunteers. If you would like to help with any of the Long Island ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT SOCIETY (TEMS) Chapter's steering groups, please do contact the relevant Chair: Brian Quinn Chapter Chair, Vice Chair, or one of the Section officers. Email: [email protected]

JUNE 2015 PAGE 5 CALENDAR OF EVENTS June 2015

JUNE 2015

June 3, Wednesday June 24, Wednesday June 25, Thursday Long Island Consultants MTT & Photonics Society Meeting AIAA/AFA/IEEE(AES)/ Network Meeting Use Of Cylindrical Dielectric ASME/AOS/IIE Consulting: Resonator for Microwave Circuits Joint Section Meeting Onerous Contracts & Antenna Applications Human Spaceflight By Chris Early By Charlotte Blair Activities At Nasa Briarcliffe College SUNY Farmingdale Langley Research Center The Great Room Farmingdale, LI By William Cirillo Bethpage, LI 6:00 PM - Pizza Spumante Restaurant 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM 6:30 PM -Lecture East Meadow, NY June 5, Friday June 24, Wednesday 6:00 PM - Social Time Photonics Society IEEE EMC Society Meeting 6:30 PM - Dinner Photonics Workshop Review Of Recently Proposed 7:15 Presentation SUNY Farmingdale MIL-STD-461G CS117 & History Farmingdale, LI of DO160 Section 22 Requirements 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM By Lou Feudi BAE Systems 450 Pulaski Rd., Greenlawn, NY 6:00 PM - Pizza 6:30 PM -Presentation

For more information about these meetings and lectures, please visit: http://www.IEEE.LI/calendar

JULY 2015

July 1, Wednesday Long Island Consultants Network Meeting Briarcliffe College The Great Room Bethpage, LI 7:00 PM - Meeting

JUNE 2015 PAGE 6 LONG ISLAND’S ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC HISTORY By Jesse Taub

Long Island’s Electrical and Electronic History By Jesse Taub, IEEE Long Island Section Historian

We continue to peruse Pulse issues from 1984. We start, this month, with the March issue. The topic for the Section’s meeting (held jointly with the Computer Society) was Distributed Processing and Local Networking, and the speaker was Professor Ming T. Liu of Ohio State University. The notion that computer processing could be networked was still emerging at that time. Its growth undoubtedly paralleled the proliferation of PC’s that was also just beginning.

The IEEE was celebrating the centennial of its founding that year. We on Long Island used this occasion to reflect upon some of the early contributions that took place here. This Pulse issue featured an article by Harold Wheeler about AlfredH. Griebe who, in 1917 was one of the first manufacturers of radio receivers using DeForest’s audion tube. Griebe’s factory was in Richmond Hill. His receiver employed regenerative circuits. Griebe’s sales dropped after Hazeltine invented the Neutrodyne receiver. A highpoint for his radio was that it received a blow to blow account of the first broadcast of a boxing match, Dempsey vs. Carpenter in1921

The highlight of the Awards Banquet was the honoring of two new Fellows – Edward Drogin of AIL and Leonard Shaw of Polytechnic University (now NYU –Poly). We were also very proud that Professor Papoulis of Poly received the prestigious IEEE Education Medal.

We also honored 13 Centennial Medalists. They were Henry Bachman, William Bailey, David Doucette, John Dyer, Reinhard Hellmann, Bernard Loughlin, Rod Lowman, Arthur Rossoff, Joel Snyder, J. Greg Stephenson, Jesse Taub, Frank Williams and Victor Zourides.

The section talk for May, also sponsored by the Communications Society, was titled New York State Center for Telecommunications Technology. The speaker was Dr. Richard Van Slyke of Polytechnic University. He stressed the need for strong industry – university interaction. This issue also had a notice of a Microprocessor Workshop. It filled an important need to educate engineers on what was then, a new technology.

A talk on Compressive Receivers for EW Systems was given by Klaus Breuer of AIL. It was jointly sponsored by Airspace and Electron- ics Systems and Sonics and Ultrasonics. The talk stressed the benefits of using acoustic surface waves to realize miniature dispersive delay lines. Klaus became the IEEE LI Section Chairman in 1989.Capping out a busy month was the notice of an Artificial Intelligence Symposium to be held at the Marriott in Uniondale.

The April issue described plans for another one-day symposium on Satellite Communications also to be held at the Marriott. As part of our many Centennial celebrations, there was an article by Rod Lowman on Long Island’s contributions to color TV engineering. RCA’s 3 dot system that became the approach of choice was helped by Clarence Hansell of the RCA Rocky Point facility who came up with a time division multiplexing scheme. Barney Loughlin of Hazeltine came up with an improved shunted monochrome receiver that cut down on interference. These and other innovations helped to make color TV practical.

Looking back at these times reminds us how many systems and technologies such as satellite communications, distributed computing, and surface acoustic waves were still developing. While the IEEE is now 131 years old, it is worth noting that these was much to celebrate at its Centennial. Let’s all look forward to its 150’th year anniversary.

As always I thank Rod Lowman, our former Historian for preserving these Pulse issues and to James Colotti, our webmaster who has made some of them available on the ieee.li website.

JUNE 2015 PAGE 7 EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Part 4

PART 4, CONTINUED FROM THE MAY EDITION OF PULSE This month we are publishing the last part of a four-part series on Evolution of American Engineering Education started in the March edition of Pulse. The article, co-authored by IEEE Long Island Section’s member Marjaneh Issapour, was presented and published on ASEE's CIES 2015 in Palm Beach CA on February 4th of 2015. The original article has been edited for Pulse. The authors’ references are listed at the end.

Evolution of American PART IV By Marjaneh Issapour Engineering Education and Keith Sheppard

INTRODUCTION Throughout the history of American engineering education, change has been the only constant. The rapid expansion of engineering education started in the land-grant schools established under the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862 (Marcus 2005). It was then that engineering found a firm place in academia, and a four-year curriculum was adopted as the standard for an engineering degree. However, different forms of formal or informal engineering education did exist prior to the Civil War. Initially, engineering was taught informally as skills handed down from practicing engineers who were mostly European immigrants. Later it was integrated into the curriculum at academies to train engineers to meet the regional economic need. The academies offered a more formal training as part of the high school education. Further- more; there were several patterns of formal college-level engineering courses in the pre-Civil War era. Most historians

have ignored different forms of practical engineering courses offered by the antebellum colleges (Reynolds 1992). This paper gives an overview of engineering education in America from its inception to the present. Based on the signifi- cant changes of format and the curriculum content of engineering education, the historical timeline can be divided into four major segments. These segments are: 1) the period prior to Morrill Act of 1862, 2) the post-Civil War and prior to World War II, 3) after World War II and 4) the most recent movements to integrate engineering in K-12.

FUTURE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN K-12. As shown in the previous historical narrative, engineering education was initially introduced in academies for interested individuals who have had an equivalent of elementary education. It was practically oriented, and its sole purpose was to prepare the engineering workforce. As engineering education developed it required a more theoretical science and mathematics background and was integrated into a collegiate level. The graduate program and research in engineering were developed.

Currently, despite the demand for engineers, the US is not producing enough of them. One of the reasons cited for this lack of engineers is that not enough students succeed in getting their degrees. Preparation and encouragement of high school students is one major cause for the lack of interest and success in the engineering related careers. This is espe- cially true for women and minorities (Dettelis P. 2010), (Hunter M. A. 2006)and (Kimmel 2007). As the result of such shortcomings, NSF, and the State Education Department are funneling funds toward STEM education research. The aim is to provide K-12 education, which prepares the students for success in the engineering and science fields.

Presently, in the United States, science and mathematics are fully integrated with the K-12 education. However, the engineering and technology or “ET” is missing from the STEM core curricula for K-12 courses (Dettelis P. 2010) and (Jeffers 2004). However, the future job forecast indicates an increased demand in engineering related fields.

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FUTURE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION

In fact, in the late 1990’s the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) conducted a detailed study on the state of engineering and technology; Educating Scientists and Engineers: Grade School to Grad School is the result of that study that was published in 1988 and then was prepared as a report to the US Congress. The report stated that scientists and engineers are only 4% of the American workforce. However, they possess specialized skills that are vital to the national welfare and the future economy of the nation. Unfortunately, many able students leave science during college. Only about 30 percent of baccalaureate science and engineering graduates enter the full-time graduate study, and nearly half of science and engineering doctoral candidates never earn Ph.D.s. On the other hand, the demand for scientists and engineers has been rising. The Nation is well advised, therefore, to seek an adequate supply of people prepared for science and engineering careers.(U. S. Congress 1989) (summary p 3)

This report further suggests Elementary and secondary schools could do a better job of encouraging students in science and mathematics, thus expanding the talent pool.(U. S. Congress 1989) (p 7). This report and other similar reports on the K-12 deficiencies in STEM preparation lead to the National Science Education Standards (NSES) of 1996. As the result of the creation of NSES, most of the states included more science and some added Technology to their K-12 programs.

More recently The National Research Council (NRC) has recognized the deficiency of “ET” in K-12 education. The 2010 NRC’s draft report on a framework for science education has led to The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). NGSS describes the major scientific ideas and practices that all students should be familiar with by the end of high school. The importance of understanding the designed world and the need to integrate better the teaching and learning of STEM are emphasized. Engineering and technology should be featured alongside the natural sciences (NGSS 2013).

The NGSS is the most important policy setting instrument to motivate changes in K-12 education with regards to engineer- ing and technology. It is important to note that having a well-qualified teacher is an important factor that may affect the future of those majoring in science and engineering. NGSS recognizes that an early display and recognition of talent is essential. In the absence of preparatory mathematics and science courses, students will be left behind, and can’t catch up if they aspire to a scientific or engineering career. For example, high school students who have not had an exposure to Physics or advanced mathematics, are not going or able to consider or succeed in engineering.

As indicated by the history of engineering education above, the Federal government is instrumental in aiding a higher education institution in conducting research and promoting engineering through the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health.

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FUTURE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION The Federal Government can also be influential in these career decisions:

• Through targeted support of students, universities, and research, and through its pervasive influence on the American economy and research agenda at University level; • By supporting the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards for K-12 through actions such as: – Providing funding to states for implementation of changes; – Provisioning of teacher training at the National level; – Supporting collaborative projects between industry and the education department.

Mainly, however, K-12 reform is up to the state and regional level authorities.

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JUNE 2015 PAGE 10 IEEE USA CONFERENCE REPORT By Lou D’Onofrio

CONFERENCE REPORT On May 14-16, 2015, I represented the Long Island Section at the IEEE USA conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was an excellent opportunity to meet representatives from across the country and discuss common issues with them. I also attended a dinner on Friday evening with representatives of Region 1.

One of the common issues expressed by all the sections was the difficulty in attracting and retaining new members. I attended several workshops in which the participants discussed Membership Devel- opment strategies. There was a brainstorming session, and many ideas were discussed. We know the many benefits of belonging to IEEE, but I think we need to come up with additional ways of getting the message out. One of the significant benefits to our members is the technical seminars. I think we need to enlist the support of the participants in communicating the benefits of belonging to IEEE.

Of course I am sure that everyone reading this article may have additional ideas for attracting & retaining members. Engineers, we were reminded, are Problem Solvers.

I I would like to thank the section for giving me the opportunity to attend the conference, and I look forward to your comments and suggestions for addressing this important issued.

Lou D’Onofrio, Second Vice Chair of the LI Section Membership Development Vice Chair

IEEE USA ANNUAL MEETING 2015 and 36th GREAT LAKES BIOMEDICAL CONFERENCE

JUNE 2015 PAGE 11 IEEE LONG ISLAND NEW MEMBER WELCOME June 2015

IEEE NEW MEMBER WELCOME THE LONG ISLAND SECTION WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS FOR 2015!

Steve J Archer James Basedow Earl k Campbell

Jeffrey Robert Christiansen Richard DeMotta Shameera Dudekula Robert Halversen Rayhan Morales Mienbaikebi Patani Alex Sabella Peter Wolfinger William Schwartz

IEEE LONG ISLAND SECTION

would like to thank for its support:

JUNE 2015 PAGE 12 IEEE CS CALL FOR SPEAKERS / CO-OP PROGRAM June 2015

Share Your Experience PRESENTERS AND SPEAKERS NEEDED

Working on an interesting project? Or have an interesting topic to talk about? A startup ready to spread a word, or in need of beta testers with computer knowledge?

Computer Society Chapter invites you to present your project or your experience. For one of the upcoming meetings we’d like to mash technical and social, and have several presenters presenting interesting computer-related topics in a shorter timeframe, fostering conversation. This is an opportunity to meet each other, learn about our work and possibly identify opportunities for collaboration.

Contact IEEE Computer Society Chapter at [email protected] with your suggested topic.

CO-OP PROGRAM: Hofstra University School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)

Beginning with the 2014-15 academic year, SEAS is proud to offer a co-operative educational experience, which offers qualified students the opportunity to work in companies utilizing the skills of engineers and computer scientists. The SEAS model envisions students being hired by a company after the Fall semester of their junior year and then working for an six to eight month period with suitable salary paid, and then returning to Hofstra SEAS to complete their degree requirements.

The co-op experience is a very attractive option for students, and has the added benefit of cementing ties between SEAS and technology companies. For more information contact Philip Coniglio, Founding Director of the SEAS Co-Op Program, at 516-463-5548 or [email protected].

JUNE 2015 PAGE 13 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF LIGHT 2015 Article By M. Nazrul Islam

By M. Nazrul Islam

Light is the most interesting energy that impacts the human There is an enormous demand for research and development life as well the whole universe significantly. Light is the only works in the field of photonics. It has a broad range of appli- medium of energy transportation from the sun to the earth. cations, from communication to medicine, from economic Light is the one that allows a human being to see. development to building green environment. It was 1,000 years ago when the first studies and discoveries were made Light is a mystery to science and technology. It possesses in optical communication that led to the global communica- characteristics that can be explained using the wave theory, tion of today. which describes light as an electromagnetic wave. At the same time, light has features that require quantum mechanics to On December 20, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly explain using particle theory. 68th session proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015). The objectives LIGHT HAS BEEN BEING USED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING are to promote improved public and political understanding OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION IN DIFFERENT FORMS. of the central role of light in the modern world. The IYL2015 A MEANS OF VISION: Light reflected from an object passes programs will bring together many different stakeholders through the lens of the human eye and creates the correspond- including scientific societies and unions, educational institu- ing image impression (shape & color of the object) on the retina. tions, technology platforms, non-profit organizations and Without a light source, we cannot see anything. private sector partners. A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION: Light signals, usually color, have been used to transmit a message. In early days, people It is our pleasure to announce that the Photonics Society of used to convey a message to a distant place through smokes IEEE Long Island Section is going to organize a full day work- and similar light signals. Even nowadays, we use different shop on photonics technology to celebrate the IYL2015. The forms of visible light signals, like traffic signals. workshop will include a series of lectures on the fundamental concepts as well as research and developments in optics and A CARRIER OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS: Lightwave is photonics technology. Students, faculty, engineers, and indus- being used as a carrier of communication signals carrying try professionals are encouraged to attend the workshop. The information from one place to another. Because of its huge objective of the workshop is to promote education, research bandwidth and development of flexible and thin fiber, optical and developments in photonics so that the society is aware of communication has become the major transmission system. the importance of the field and provide support. A TECHNIQUE FOR IMAGE PROCESSING: Optics-based image processing systems have become very attractive because of their fast and reliable operation. Use of laser light sources, lenses, and other optic devices have made possible error-free real-time target detection and monitoring applications.

JUNE 2015 PAGE 14 JUNE 2015 LECTURES & SEMINARS PHOTONICS WORKSHOP • June 6, 2015

THE PHOTONICS SOCIETY IEEE LONG ISLAND SECTION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER, FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE PRESENT: PHOTONICS WORKSHOP CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF LIGHT 2015

WHEN: Friday, June 5, 2015 TIME: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm ADMISSION: FREE WHERE: Farmingdale State College, Campus Center, Ballroom A 2350 Broad Hollow Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735

KEYNOTE SPEECH: First Photonic Experiment SPEAKER: Dr. Mohammad A. Karim, Executive Vice Chancellor, Provost & Chief Operating Officer, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

INVITED SPEECH: Whispering Gallery Modes of Optical Resonators & Their Applications for Sensing of Nanoobjects SPEAKER: Dr. Lev Deych, Professor, Queens College of CUNY

INVITED SPEECH: Nanomaterials and Organics for Third Generation Solar Cells SPEAKER: Jeff Secor, City College of CUNY

INVITED SPEECH: Passive Optical LAN Technology Overview SPEAKER: John Culbertson, President, IPLAN Access

INVITED SPEECH: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic System Design SPEAKER: Johnathan Lane, Licensed Solar Energy Instructor

JUNE 2015 PAGE 15 JUNE 2015 LECTURES & SEMINARS Wednesday, June 24, 2015

THE MICROWAVE THEORY & TECHNIQUES SOCIETY & THE PHOTONICS SOCIETY OF IEEE LONG ISLAND SECTION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RENEWABLE ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY CENTER OF FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE, PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING LECTURE: USE OF CYLINDRICAL DIELECTRIC RESONATOR FOR MICROWAVE CIRCUITS AND ANTENNA APPLICATIONS

DATE: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Dr. Charlotte Blair, Farmingdale State College Senior Application Engineer, Lupton Hall, TIME: ANSYS Inc. 2350 Broad Hollow Road, Farmingdale, NY 6:00 PM - Pizza 6:30 PM - Presentation E-mail: [email protected] COST: This lecture is free & all are invited.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? SPEAKER BIO: Engineers with an interest in the design, test, and application of ANSYS Senior Application Engineer. Charlotte Blair is a Senior Microwave, Millimeter wave circuits like Filters, Oscillators and Applications Engineer for ANSYS,INC. (Concord, Mass, USA). Antennas used in Components & System Design She received her BSEE from Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA and MSEE and PhD at NJIT, Newark, NJ, USA. Dr. Blair ABSTRACT: serves as 2015 IEEE MTTS MGA SAMIEEE Coordinator and IEEE The ability to utilize a single cylindrical dielectric resonator to MTTS Connecticut Section Chair and IEEE Connecticut Section realize a multi-functional device is presented. Simultaneous Vice Chair. She received the IEEE Region 1 Award in 2009. excitation of multi-independent modes of a single dielectric resonator is used for filtering and oscillating as well as radiating REGISTRATION: purposes is discussed. A design of a dielectric resonator Registration is required, and is available online only. Please visit antenna in a polarization filtering cavity for dual function the calendar page of the IEEE Long Island Website www.IEEE.LI, applications is studied where a cylindrical dielectric resonator is click on the registration link, and fill out the form. Pizza and soda enclosed by a hypothetical resonant cavity that acts as a shield- will be served at 6:00 PM, and the presentation will begin at ing for the resonating mode while transparent for the radiating 6:30 PM. Please join us early and enjoy networking with your mode. A possible application of this device is a receiving colleagues. The lecture is scheduled to last 60-90 minutes. antenna at the frequency of the radiating mode and can incor- porate a local oscillator operating at the resonant frequency of DIRECTIONS: the resonating mode. LIE (I-495): Take I-495 to exit 49S.Merge to Route 110.Take Right on Dr. Frank A. Cipriano Drive to enter Farmingdale State College. LECTURE COORDINATORS: Option 1: Pick up your temporary parking pass at university Saikumar Padmanabhan ([email protected]), Chair, police once you enter campus. Eric Darvin, V.Chair MTT Society, IEEE Long Island Section Option 2: Pick up your temporary parking pass in Roosevelt Hall Dr. Nazrul Islam, Chair, Photonics Society, room 111 and bring it back to your car IEEE Long Island Section Marjaneh Issapour, Director, Renewable Energy & Sustainability Center, Farmingdale State College

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THE LONG ISLAND CHAPTER OF IEEE EMC SOCIETY IS PRESENTING A LECTURE TITLED: REVIEW OF RECENTLY PROPOSED MIL-STD-461G CS117 and HISTORY OF DO160 SECTION 22 REQUIREMENTS

DATE: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: Wednesday, Lou Feudi, BAE Systems June 24, 2015 Ametek Compliance 450 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn, NY. TIME: Test Solutions 6:00 PM - Pizza COST: 6:30 PM - Presentation This lecture is free and all are invited.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? SPEAKER CREDENTIALS: Individuasl interested in learning about MIL- Lou Feudi has been working in the Compliance STD-461G CS117 (DO-160 G Section 22), Industry for 33 years, as an Engineer, Engineering testing and requirements. Manager, Sales, Sales Manager, and Corporate Sales and Engineering Trainer. He has been ABSTRACT: employed at UL, DS&G, Inchcape Testing/ Intertek, MIL STD 461G was published this year for com- TUV Rheinland, US Technologies, Thermo Fisher ment and is expected to achieve final publication Scientific, and is the Eastern Regional Sales Man- by year end, 2015. DO-160 G Section 22 has ager for Ametek CTS featuring the Teseq, EMTest, been incorporated, in part, into MIL STD 461G, Milmega and IFI Brands. Lou currently lives in newly created section CS117. The presentation Georgia. reviews all added requirements to CS117, and a brief history of the DO-160 Section 22 require- REGISTRATION: ments. To register please visit the calendar page of the IEEE Long Island Website, WWW.IEEE.LI, click on LECTURE COORDINATORS: the registration link, and fill out the form. Regis- Mr. Sandy Mazzola, trants must be US citizens. BAE Systems Inc (Greenlawn). LOCATION: Mr. Robert De Lisi, This lecture will be held at BAE Systems located at Underwriters Laboratories. 450 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn, NY. The facility is located just east of Park Ave (Suffolk County Rte 35) on Pulaski Road.

JUNE 2015 PAGE 17 JUNE 2015 LECTURES & SEMINARS Thursday, June 25, 2015

AIAA / AFA / IEEE AES / ASME/ AOS/ IIE JOINT SECTION MEETING HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT ACTIVITIES AT NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER DATE: Thursday, June 25, 2015 PRESENTED BY: William Cirillo Senior Researcher, NASA Langley Research Center

LOCATION: Spumante Restaurant 1650 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY

TIME: 6:00 PM - Social Time 6:30 PM - Pizza 7:00 PM - Presentation COST (DINNER): Members & Guests: $30.00 Students: $10

Over the past twenty-five years, the Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate (SACD) at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia has directly supported all of the major human spaceflight design and development activities within NASA. Today, SACD works directly with the Human Spaceflight Architecture Team (HAT) lead by the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) at NASA Headquarters to define and assess potential system and architecture level options for expanding human presence beyond Low Earth Orbit. Mr. Cirillo will provide an overview of current NASA human exploration activities supported by SACD including human Lunar and Mars exploration architectures, the recently defined Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission, and on-going planning activities with our International Partners.

Mr. William Cirillo currently serves as a Senior Researcher at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, where he has worked for the past 25 years in the area of Human Space Exploration Systems Analysis. He has contributed to studies of the Space Shuttle, International Space Station (ISS), and Human Exploration beyond low Earth orbit. In 2005, Mr. Cirillo served at NASA Headquarters as a core member of the Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS) team, where he was responsible for studying the use of Ares I/Orion in meeting future ISS crew and logistics transportation needs. Mr. Cirillo currently leads a team of analysts in assessing, at a strategic and tactical level, the manifesting of assembly and logistics flights for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit.

Directions: Spumante Restaurant is on the south side of Hempstead RESERVATIONS REQUESTED RSVP BY Turnpike ¼ mile East of Meadowbrook Parkway Exit M5 (Hempstead June 23, 2015 to: David Paris at: Turnpike) and 1/8 mile east of Merrick Avenue. [email protected] or (516) 458-8593

JUNE 2015 PAGE 18 CONFERENCES EMBC 2015 Milano Conference • August 25-29, 2015

FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015

37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society Biomedical Engineering: a Bridge to improve the Quality of Health Care and the Quality of Life embc.embs.org/2015/ MiCo, Milano Conference Center, Milano, Italy August 25-29th, 2015

The 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) will take place in Milano, Italy, in the period August 25th-29th, 2015. It will be a remarkable event as it is the first time that Italy will host a conference of the world’s largest member-based scientific Society in Biomedical Engineering (BME): at the same time, it will be a unique oppor- tunity to come in touch with the actual BME activities all over the world. The Theme of the Conference is: “Biomedical Engineering: a bridge to improve the Quality of Health Care and the Quality of Life”, thus remarking the central role of BME in the improvement and innovation of health care (with a direct impact on the quality of life) but also focusing on how to reach and maintain a “wellness” status through proper and advanced technologies, devices and protocols. The Conference will take place in MiCo - Milano Congressi, recently rebuilt (2011) and located in downtown Milano, among the largest conference facilities in Europe and worldwide, catering for up to 18,000 people in 70 or so fully appointed conference rooms.

THEMES • Biomedical Signal Processing SUBMISSION DEADLINES • Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing • Bioinstrumentation, Biosensors and Bio-Micro/ CALL FOR PAPERS (4 Pages) PROPOSALS FOR Nano Technologies January 15th, 2015 – Paper Submission Start SPECIAL SESSIONS Workshops, Tutorials, • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, March 31st, 2015 – Paper Submission Deadline Systems Biology and Modeling Methodologies Invited Sessions, May 15th, 2015 – Author Notification Mini-Symposia and • Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems Engineering June 1st, 2015 – Author Final Submission Special Sessions • Neural and Rehabilitation Engineering • Cellular and Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials February 15th 2015 – Biomechanics and Robotics CALL FOR PAPERS (1 Page) Proposals Deadline • Therapeutic and Diagnostic Systems, Devices and March 31st, 2015 – Paper Submission Start Technologies & Clinical Engineering May 26th, 2015 – Paper Submission Deadline • Healthcare Information Systems & Telemedicine June 15th, 2015 – Author Notification • Biomedical Engineering Education and Society embc.embs.org/2015/ • Technologies for Active Ageing and Wellbeing June 30th, 2015 – Author Final Submission

JUNE 2015 PAGE 19 CONFERENCES IEEE-EMBS Summer School 2015 • August 30th - September 6th, 2015

9th IEEE-EMBS INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING IN NEUROENGINEERING: ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR REHABILITATION Almo Collegio Borromeo, Pavia, University of Pavia, Italy August 30th - September 6th, 2015 (just after the IEEE-EMBS Conference in Milan!) www.summerschoolbio2015.deib.polimi.it

APPLICATION: FEE: Prospective applicants must send a curriculum vitae with a summary The registration fee is $1,180 and includes full of professional activities and list of publications, besides a title and a accommodation for one week at the Borromeo short summary of poster presentation, by email, within April 24th, College, meals, coffee breaks, social events and 2015, according to the instructions available on the website of the lecture materials. School (The School – Application). The admission to the School will be decided upon a selection made by the Steering Committee. Notification of the acceptance will be made by May 12th, 2015.

The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society invites you to join us at the Almo Collegio Borromeo (Pavia, Italy) for an exciting and stimulating week of learning, teaching and brain storming on advanced biomedical signal processing methods for quantification of biosignal parameters and their integration. The IEEE EMBS has initiated a series of Summer Schools with the aim to provide the participants the state-of-the-art knowledge on emerging areas in biomedical engineering. As a part of these ongoing efforts, the 2015 edition of the IEEE-EMBS Interna- tional Summer School will focus on tutorial presentations of the applications of the advanced signal processing methods and modeling for the information enhancement and classification in Central Nervous System studies and applications, with particu- lar emphasis to Rehabilitation. Fusion of modeling and signal processing aspects will be considered, as well as fusion among different modalities for innovative approaches in Neurosciences, Brain-Computer Interface, Robotics and Prosthetic Devices. Prominent experts in the area of biomedical signal processing, biomedical data treatment, medicine, signal processing, applied physiology will introduce novel techniques and algorithms as well as their clinical or physiological applications. Evening Poster Sessions are foreseen in which students themselves may informally exchange information about the main research activity in which they are involved. The best student poster will be also awarded. Engineers, medical researchers, biologists, computer scientists, physicists and applied mathematicians are encouraged to join and to learn about the recent developments in these biomedical signal processing tools. A few exciting social events will be also organized in which attendees will enjoy the beautiful environment as well as the historical and artistic traditions of the area. The Summer School will be held at the Almo Collegio Borromeo, recognized by the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research as a “highly qualified Cultural Institute”. It is one of the two historic colleges in Pavia that stand out as prestigious institutions of the Lombardy-Veneto area. Collegio Borromeo was founded in 1561 by the estate of St. Charles Borromeo.

JUNE 2015 PAGE 20 CONFERENCES CEWIT 2015 Conference • October 19 & 20, 2015

The 12th International Conference and Expo on Emerging Technologies for a

Smarter World (CEWIT 2015)

OCTOBER 19 & 20, 2015, CEWIT 2015 MELVILLE MARRIOTT, MELVILE, NEW YORK

We are pleased to announce the return of the CEWIT Conference to Long Island after a very successful 2014 event that welcomed over 500 attendees from 14 countries in 15 unique industries to the two-day program featuring 3 renowned keynotes, 55 academic and industry experts in 8 breakout sessions, an additional 13 distinguished intellectual property lawyers and venture capital professionals in 3 panels, 4 parallel big data and data science tutorials, and over 65 high quality poster presentations.

CEWIT2015 will continue its reputation of hosting the premier international confer- ence on the development and application of emerging technologies in infrastructure, healthcare, and energy, bringing together academic research and industry innova- tions at a single forum.

Originally known as the International Conference on Cutting-Edge Wireless and Information Technologies, this conference is organized by the New York State Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) located at Stony Brook University in New York. Mark Your Calendars!

FOR CEWIT 2015 CONFERENCE INFORMATION, CALL FOR PAPERS AND TO REGISTER, VISIT: www.cewit.org/conference2015

JUNE 2015 PAGE 21 TELEPHONICS NEWS June 2015

TELEPHONICS’ RADAR CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF U.S. NAVY SEARCH & RESCUE MISSION

Telephonics Corporation announced today that it’s AN/APS-147 maritime surveillance radar system was instrumental in assisting U.S. Navy crews during a search and rescue mission. After receiving notification from the USS New York (LPD-21) of a man overboard, the Navy deployed an MH-60R, with a flight crew from the Helicopter Strike Maritime (HSM)-46 Detachment 3 assigned to the USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109). The MH-60R serves as the Navy’s primary anti-submarine and surface warfare helicopter and is equipped with the AN/APS-147 system.

Using the periscope-short mode optimized for small target detection, AN/APS-147 operators were able to find the overboard sailor within 90 minutes of search- ing in nighttime conditions. The rescue mission took place approximately 300 miles off the coast of South Carolina. In addition to providing a search and rescue capability, the radar system also enhances crew situational awareness as well as littoral and maritime domain awareness for its host ship.

“Telephonics is extremely proud that a system designed and developed by its engineers was able to assist the Navy during a search and rescue operation, effectively locating the sailor quickly and bringing him back home safely,” said Joseph J. Battaglia, President and Chief Executive Officer of Telephonics. “Serving and protecting our nation’s armed forces is always Telephonics’ top priority and this story truly reminds us of the important role technology plays in critical, life-saving situations.”

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO of Lt. Cmdr. Godbehere, Lt. Cona, Lt. Woods, AWR2 Crawford and AWR2 Berry describe their successful search and rescue mission on September 11, 2014. ©2015 Telephonics Corporation

JUNE 2015 PAGE 22 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES June 2015

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JUNE 2015 PAGE 25 CONFERENCES 3rd IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability • July 30- August 1, 2015

FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015 REGION 6 AND IEEE Consumer THE OREGON Electronics Society AND UTAH SECTIONS

3rd IEEE CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY Utah Section SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS OGDEN, UTAH ON JULY 30-AUGUST 1, 2015 The intention of the SusTech conference is to explore the comprehensive nature of sustainability and to emphasize the role of technology in achieving a sustainable lifestyle for humanity. The topic listings below are meant to indicate the breadth of the area and are definitely not to be considered exhaustive.

• Agriculture (e.g., control and production of fertilizers, soil, water conservation, irrigation, fisheries) • Alternative Energy (e.g. solar, wind, tidal, fuel cells, energy harvesting, nuclear, thermal) • Energy Efficiency(e.g. sensors and measurement, energy saving controls, auto electronics & fuel economy, data centers, power saving, Smart Environment) • Transportation Electrification (e.g. electric vehicles, aviation, motors, drive controls, batteries, sensors, environmental and power distribution impacts) • Smart Grid (e.g. communications, control, power electronics, industrial and home applications, energy storage, demand control response) • Sustainable Electronics (e.g. sustainable manufacturing, components, global materials supply, hardware life cycle, nanotechnology & health/environment, reuse and repair of consumer electronics, materials harvesting from electronic waste, Open repair manuals and on-line repair and electronics sustainability resources, best practices) • Quality of Life (e.g. EM spectrum allocation, global warming, autonomous vehicles, health & medical electronics, global education & human resources, risk management, remediation, purification, public policy)

Tutorials, Workshops, and Papers are solicited for both oral and poster presentation from industry, government and academia (including students), covering relevant research, technologies, methodologies, tools and case studies. Posters sessions this year will be limited to undergraduate students. In addition, we are seeking proposals for tutorials and workshops on Certifications & Standards (e.g. verification, standards, regulations, compliance).

SusTech will feature contributed papers and distinguished invited speakers in each track. Full papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Conference content that meet IEEE quality review standards will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Topics with policy implications are welcome, in both technologies for sustainability and sustainable technologies. Undergraduate Student Poster Contest. Prizes to be awarded. Submit an abstract of the poster in IEEE format. Abstracts in PDF should be submitted via the website or to [email protected]. A full paper is not required for the conference, only the poster. Rules on the website. Submit poster abstracts by May 15 . Notification of acceptance June 1. Full details including information for authors are found on the conference website at: sites.ieee.org/sustech/conference/.

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