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. 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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] ® 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.