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Pittsburgh Section Bulletin July 2012 Volume 61, No Pittsburgh Section Bulletin July 2012 Volume 61, No. 7 Included in this issue: • Lou’s Limnings ............................................................................................................................................. 2 • PACE & SSIT Meeting: Legislative Updates with Russ Harrison, IEEE-USA ............................ 3 • Generating Cost Effective Solar Power and Innovations of Westinghouse Solar Products ... 4 • An Evening at PNC Park with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres .............................. 5 • IEEE Spark Magazine on Green Technology ....................................................................................... 6 • Pictures From Modern Recycling Technology Tour ........................................................................... 6 • Congratulate Our New Senior Members: ............................................................................................ 7 • Welcome New EMBS Chair Dr. Wei Wang: ......................................................................................... 7 • Controlling and Interfacing with the Nervous System: a Neural Engineering Approach ........ 8 Editor: Philip Cox, [email protected]; Contributors: Bob Brooks, Joe Cioletti, Louis Hart, Joe Kalasky, Ramana Kumar Vinjamuri, Andrew Novotny, and Mey Sen All announcements for publication in a particular month’s bulletin are due to the Editor by the 20th of the previous month. The accuracy of the published material is not guaranteed. If there is any error, please bring it to the Editor’s attention. The Section’s web site www.ewh.ieee.org/r2/pittsburgh has past issues of the bulletin and lots of other useful information IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin, July 2012 Volume 61 No. 7 Page 1 of 9 • Lou’s Limnings Section Chair - Dr. Louis Hart, [email protected] Last month our Pittsburgh PACE chapter held a most interesting plant tour, of Greenstar recycling on Neville Vice Chair - Dr. Jim Beck, [email protected] Island. Greenstar has 14 facilities around the US. The Treasurer – Mey Sen, [email protected] one in Pittsburgh produces 10 000 tons of material for Secretary - Frank Pietryga, [email protected] recycling every month. It was impressive to see how the Immediate Past Chair – Robert Brooks, [email protected] vision and control systems identified and sorted the Awards Chair - Ralph Sprang, [email protected] various recyclable plastics, metals, paper, and Webmaster – Gerry Kumnik, [email protected] cardboard from a single, rapidly moving stream of UpperMon Subsection material. Here is a YouTube video: Chair: Dr. David Graham [email protected] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLTuka7qoKU .(304) 293-9692 Let’s pass along some useful pieces of information that Chapters may help you recycle more effectively. Greenstar Communications Society – Co-Chairs: Phil Cox asked us not to put the plastic ‘supermarket bags’ in the [email protected] (724) 443-0566 and Dr. Ajay Ogirala [email protected] household recycling container. These bags get tangled Computer Society – Chair: Ralph Sprang, [email protected] in the wheels of the sorting chambers and have to be Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing cleaned out at the end of each shift. Plus they are not Technology/Electron Devices Societies – Russell Dudek, [email protected]; Treas.: Dr. Louis Hart recycled after that, they just go into the regular trash. Engineering In Medicine & Biology Society To recycle such bags, take them back to the store and Chair: Dr. Wei Wang, [email protected] put them in the bag recycling containers. The clean Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Chair: Michael J. Oliver bags that go there will certainly be recycled. Steel is [email protected] (814) 763-3211 always recyclable, including the tops of cans and ‘jelly Power & Energy & Industry Applications Societies Chair: Dave Vaglia, [email protected]; Past: Mey Sen, jar’ lids. These present no problem to the recycler. [email protected] 412-373-0117 Magnetics Society – Chair: Dr. Jimmy Zhu, [email protected] Aluminum beverage cans are prized recyclables, Nanotechnology Society - Chair: Dr. MinheeYun however, the companies who recycle them can only [email protected] tolerate the admixture with them of ~5% ‘pet food’ Robotics Society – Chair: Dr. Guy Nicoletti [email protected] (724) 836-9922 aluminum containers or aluminum foil. I’m not sure Signal Processing Society – Chair: Dr. Ramana Kumar what this information means to us. I plan on continuing Vinjamuri;,[email protected] to put my pet food-style aluminum into recycling and Society on Social Implications of Technology Chair: Joe Kalasky, P.E., [email protected] 724-244-1609 hope the material will be reused gracefully. Affinity Groups There is good news regarding our Women in GOLD – Chair: Mike Hollis, [email protected] Engineering affinity group. Dr. Gabriela Hug will be Life Member – Chair: Bob Grimes, P.E. taking over the chair of WIE in August. More good [email protected] (412) 963-9711 news is that our chapter of the Engineering in Medicine Women In Engineering – Chair: Open and Biology Society has a new chair, Dr. Wei Wang. Committees Plus our former Engineering in Medicine and Biology Consultants Network chair, Bob Brooks, has joined the PACE committee and Professional/Career Activities (PACE) Chair: Joe Cioletti, P.E. [email protected] will be assisting the chair, Joe Cioletti, in planning and Student Activities – Rajiv Garg, [email protected] conducting more of the kind of great events PACE has Membership Development – Dr. Karl Muller P.E., been putting on. [email protected] Publicity – Chair: Thomas Dionise, P.E. [email protected] (724) 779-5864 Lou Hart, 2012 Chair IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin, July 2012 Volume 61 No. 7 Page 2 of 9 • PACE & SSIT Meeting: Legislative Updates with Russ Harrison, IEEE-USA Please mark your calendars for an upcoming meeting on the evening of July 24th with Russ Harrison, Senior Legislative Representative, Grassroots Activities, IEEE-USA. Russ will comment on the latest activities on the hill in Washington, DC such as Energy Policy, America Invents Act, and others. Russ will also comment on how engineers can become more involved with our political process including: - Communicating with your local politicians and what they see from their perspective - IEEE-USA Professional Activities for Member Engagement that range from Congressional Visits to becoming a Government Fellow and WISE program. Russ' speaking style is highly engaging and informative and the evening will be a highly worthwhile experience for all! The meeting will be held at Westinghouse Cranberry Headquarters and start at 7:00 PM RSVP required: Contact Joe Cioletti, [email protected] Directions from the South: Take 79 North to the route 228 east exit. Stay in right lane and drive by Marriott Hotel (on right). Turn right into Cranberry Woods facility and stay in left lane. Make first left into Westinghouse Headquarters and drive straight through roundabout. Park in visitors parking places that are located on either side of the entry road. Directions from the East: Take the PA Turnpike (I-76) West following signs for Ohio / I-76 W. Take Exit 28 and follow I-79 N toward Erie. Stay in the entrance lane (right lane) and immediately take Exit 78, PA-228 Cranberry/Mars. Turn right onto PA-228 E toward Mars. Turn right onto Cranberry Woods Drive. Take immediate left at Westinghouse sign and drive straight through roundabout. Park in visitors parking places that are located on either side of the entry road. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin, July 2012 Volume 61 No. 7 Page 3 of 9 • Generating Cost Effective Solar Power and the Innovations of Westinghouse Solar Products Speaker: Mark Barlow, IEEE Member, EWB Member Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 Time: Social 6:30 PM, Program 7:00 PM Place: Westinghouse Energy Center 4350 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA 15146 RSVP: Required to Mey Sen ([email protected]) by July 24, 2012 with each attendee’s Name, Affiliation, email, and phone number. If you would like to receive PDH, please bring a copy of this announcement for verification of your attendance. A non-Member who would like to receive PDH is required to pay $10 to IEEE Pittsburgh Section. A Member who would like to receive PDH is required to show membership ID. Organizers: Power & Energy Society/Industrial Applications Society Abstract: A combination of rising energy prices and cost-reducing product innovations are making solar power a permanent part of our nation’s energy supply landscape. A brief discussion of recent solar energy history will set the stage for a closer look at the cost efficacy of solar power. The talk will highlight some of the cost saving features, such as built-in mirco-inverters and frame integrated racking that come standard with Westinghouse AC solar modules. Speaker: Mark Barlow is currently a consulting engineer working in the field of Solar Photovoltaics (PV). In 2011 he started his own company DC to Power to assist clients with the design of solar power systems and equipment purchases. Cumulatively, Mark has designed over 30 MW of Solar PV Power Plants during his 3 years within the solar industry. Additionally, he has 5 years of work experience within electronics device manufacturing, reliability, and academic research. Mark holds an MSE in Electrical Engineering and a BSEET in Electronics Engineering. He is also a high voltage electronics enthusiast and a member of Engineers Without Borders, volunteering his time to assist with development projects in Ecuador and India. DIRECTIONS
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