PRODUCED BY THE LONG ISLAND SECTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS THE NOVEMBER 2019 VOL. 66, NO. 9 OF LONG ISLAND INSIDE THIS ISSUE ❖ IEEE Long Island Section Award Nominations 5 ❖ Article: Fight for the Moon Part 3: Dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the First Manned Moon Landing 7 - 10 ❖ Calendar of Events 11 ❖ Lectures and Seminars 12 ❖ Conferences 13 - 14 CHAIR’s MESSAGE We are always in need of energetic volunteers with a positive and collaborative attitude to help us with Section activities. There are micro-volunteering activities for those whose time is limited. Any member of the IEEE Long Island Section is welcome to attend the Executive Committee meetings. If you would like further information on any of our activities, please contact me at [email protected]. Voting for the 2020 LI Section Officer positions was completed on October 31st in accordance with the Long Island Section Operations Manual. The results are: Section Chair: Arnold Stillman Vice Chair: Ronald Pirich Treasurer: Santo Mazzola Secretary: Rhonda Green I would like to thank all of the candidates for volunteering to serve the Long Island Section. The following conferences and seminars are scheduled for the month of November: NOVEMBER 6th: CEWIT 2019: Conference on Emerging Technologies for a Smarter World https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/203737 NOVEMBER 7th: Long Island Section 2019 Power Electronics Symposium https://www.ieee.li/pes NOVEMBER 14th: LI Consultants Network seminar: “Circuit Studies, Living Analog” Pre-registration is requested by sending an email to [email protected]. Refer to the informational flyers in this edition of the PULSE for further information. Please check the Long Island Section website and calendar frequently to stay informed about all of our upcoming events. One of the many contributions that Jesse Taub made was the monthly “LI Electrical and Electronics History” article in the PULSE. Many members enjoyed reading his articles. Please consider volunteering to submit a monthly history article. Thank you for your support of our Section, and I look forward to meeting you at our upcoming events. My best wishes to you and your families for the Thanksgiving holiday. Warm regards, Louis D’Onofrio, PE, SM IEEE IEEE Long Island Section 2019 Chair THE PULSE OF LONG ISLAND PAGE 2 SECTION OFFICERS / AFFINITY GROUPS and COMMITTEES IEEE LONG ISLAND SECTION OFFICERS Chair Treasurer THE LOU D’ONOFRIO SANTO MAZZOLA PULSE [email protected] [email protected] OF LONG ISLAND First Vice Chair Secretary JAMES COLOTTI RON PIRICH [email protected] [email protected] Second Vice Chair Junior Past Chair ARNOLD STILLMAN MARJANEH ISSAPOUR The Pulse of Long Island is produced by [email protected] Senior Past Chair the Long Island Section of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers. It is M. NAZRUL ISLAM published monthly except during July & August. 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THE PULSE OF LONG ISLAND PAGE 3 IEEE LI SECTION SOCIETIES and 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: Howard Hausman Vice Chair: Vacant Vice Chair: Sai Padmanabhan Vice Chair: Alberto deLeon Vice Chair: Tony Bowden Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] ® COMPUTER SOCIETY (CS) ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE INSTRUMENTATION AND Chair: Barbara Porter COMPATIBILITY SOCIETY (EMCS) & BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBS) MEASUREMENT SOCIETY (IMS) Vice Chair: Brian Quinn Chair: Santo Mazzola Chair: John Vodopia Chair: Joe Jordan Email: [email protected] Vice Chair: Robert DeLisi Vice Chair: Vacant Vice Chair: Ephraim Adeola Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] ® MICROWAVE THEORY AND PHOTONICS SOCIETY (IPS) POWER & ENERGY/INDUSTRY TECHNIQUES SOCIETY (MTT) NUCLEAR AND PLASMA APPLICATIONS SOCIETY (PES & IAS) SCIENCES SOCIETY (NPS) Chair: Adam A. Filos Chair: Saikumar Padmanabhan Chair: Shaorui Li Vice Chair: M. Nazrul Islam Chair: Marjaneh Issapour Vice Chair: Eric Darvin Vice Chair: Graham Smith Email: [email protected] Vice Chair: Lou D’Onofrio Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] POWER ELECTRONICS PRODUCT SAFETY SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS SOCIETY (PELS) ENGINEERING SOCIETY (PSES) SOCIETY (SPS) OF TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY (SSIT) Chair: Ronald DeLuca Chair: Tom Lanzisero Chair: Jessica Donaldson Chair: Howard Edelman Vice Chair: Predrag Hadzibabic Vice Chair: Vacant Vice Chair: Dave Mesecher Vice Chair: John Vodopia Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] The Long Island Section of IEEE has 18 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 volunteers. If you would like to help with TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING any of the Long Island Chapter's steering groups, please do SYSTEMS COUNCIL (SYSC) MANAGEMENT SOCIETY (TEMS) Chair: Stephanie White contact the relevant Chapter Chair, Vice Chair, or one of Chair: Brian Quinn Vice Chair: Vacant Vice Chair: Barbara Porter the Section officers. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] THE PULSE OF LONG ISLAND PAGE 4 IEEE LI SECTION AWARD NOMINATIONS IEEE Long Island Section IEEE LI Section Award Nominations Awards Committee Acknowledging the accomplishments of our peers is important to our profession. Each year, our Section gives several awards in various categories. You are encouraged to submit nominations for worthy candidates. You can find nomination - forms on the ieee.li website. Section Award nominations must be sent to me no later than December 1, 2019. They will. be reviewed by the Section’s Awards Committee. The names of the Section Awards and their criteria are listed below: ALEX GRUENWALD AWARD CHARLES HIRSCH AWARD This Award honors an IEEE member who has made important This Award recognizes an IEEE member who has made an contributions to our profession on Long Island, and to the IEEE at outstanding technical contribution that has benefited Long Island. large. Alex Gruenwald was an IEEE pioneer in the area of profes- Charles Hirsch was a creative engineer at Hazeltine. sional activities. He was a very active member of the Long Island Section, and went on to be a Region 1 Director. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD This Award is given to a member who has demonstrated continual ATHANASIOS PAPOULIS AWARD and distinguished leadership, outstanding career-long contri- This award is presented to educators in engineering, science, bu-tions and service benefiting the Engineering community and or mathematics, either living or teaching within the boundar- the IEEE LI Section. This award is the highest honor the IEEE Long ies of the Long Island Section of the IEEE, who has demon- Island Section bestows on an individual. strated innovative teaching techniques. Athanasios Papoulis was a distinguished professor at Polytechnic University who ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR AWARD was committed to promoting quality technical education on This award reognizes a Long Island company, laboratory or educa- Long Island. tional institution involved with electrical, electronic or computer engineering for a noteworthy achievement. This award is intend- HAROLD WHEELER AWARD ed to encompass a broad categort of achievements. They can This Award recognizes an IEEE member who has demonstrated include areas such as a new product or system as well as provid- outstanding technical and management abilities. Harold