Pittsburgh Section Bulletin June 2015 Volume 64, No. 6

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Pittsburgh Section Bulletin June 2015 Volume 64, No. 6 Included in this issue: Beck s Bytes... 2 Legislative Update with Russ Harrison... 3 Welcome Our New Senior Members:.

1 Pittsburgh Section Bulletin June 2015 Volume 64, No. 6 Included in this issue: Beck s Bytes... 2 Legislative Update with Russ Harrison... 3 Welcome Our New Senior Members:... 3 Behind the Scenes Tour of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center... 4 Plain Talk About the Electric Power Industry... 5 Editor: Philip Cox, p.e.cox@ieee.org; Contributors: Jim Beck, Joe Cioletti, Gene Kern, and Dave Vaglia 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, has recent issues of the bulletin and lots of other useful information IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin June 2015 Volume 64 No. 6 Page 1 of 6

2 Beck s Bytes Greetings! We had a lot of events in May and I would like to say a few words to acknowledge them. First off, we held our annual history and awards dinner. It was well attended and we had a fantastic speaker this year, Dr. Ed Cheung, who gave us a behind the scenes look at NASA along with some of his interesting work there. The PES chapter honored Suresh Channarasappa as their outstanding engineer of the year. In addition, Tom McDermott and Richard Stern were recognized for being elevated to the grade of fellow member, while Gerry Kumnik and David Edison celebrated their 50th anniversary as IEEE members. Congratulations to all these individuals, and many thanks to Kal Sen, Mey Sen, Dave Vaglia and Steve Mozelewski for organizing the event. I would also like to thank our publicity chair, Tom Dionise. Last month the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) was hosted here in Pittsburgh at the David Lawrence Convention Center. IEEE sponsors a $10,000 scholarship, and Tom served as the lead judge. Tom put together a terrific judging team and they selected an outstanding recipient, Alex Tacescu. You can check out this month's issue of the institute for more details about the event, the award and this year's award winner. The ISEF will return to Pittsburgh again in 3 years, so mark your calendar if you'd like to help out next time around. Finally, the WIE affinity group chair is vacant, so please contact me if you or someone you know is interested in this position. Thanks, and have a great month! Jim Beck, IEEE Pittsburgh Section Chair, 2015 Section Chair - Dr. Jim Beck, jebeck@ieee.org Vice Chair -- Jim Lagree, JamesLLagree@Eaton.com Treasurer Dr. Drew Lowery, drew.lowery@mail.wvu.edu Asst. Treasurer - Navid Binesh, navid.binesh@siemens.com Secretary - Dan Wilson, djwilson06@gmail.com Immediate Past Chair Dr. Louis Hart, louishart@ieee.org Awards Chair Dr. Ralph Sprang, rsprang@ieee.org Webmaster Gerry Kumnik, g.kumnik@computer.org UpperMon Subsection Chair: Dr. Gianfranco Doretto, Gianfranco.Doretto@mail.wvu.edu Chapters Communications Society Chair: Dr. Balaji Palanisamy, bpalan@pitt.edu; Sec: Phil Cox, p.e.cox@ieee.org Computer Society Chair: Dr. Ralph Sprang, rsprang@ieee.org Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology/Electron Devices Societies Russell Dudek, russell.dudek.us@ieee.org; Treas.: Dr. Louis Hart Engineering In Medicine & Biology Society Chair: Dr. Wei Wang, wangwei3@pitt.edu Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Chair: Michael J. Oliver emi@majr.com (814) Power Electronics Society Chair: Dr. Kal Sen, senkk@ieee.org Power & Energy & Industry Applications Societies Chair: Dave Vaglia, davevaglia@ieee.org; Past: Mey Sen, senml@ieee.org Magnetics Society Chair: Dr. Matt Moneck, mmoneck@andrew.cmu.edu Nanotechnology Society - Chair: Dr. MinheeYun yunmh@engr.pitt.edu Robotics Society Chair: Gene Kern, genekern@ieee.org Signal Processing Society Chair: Dr. Deniz Gencaga d.gencaga@ieee.org Society on Social Implications of Technology Chair: Joe Kalasky, P.E., j.kalasky@ieee.org Affinity Groups Young Professionals (formerly GOLD) Chair: Matthew Rehder mattrehder@gmail.com Women In Engineering Chair: Dr. Gabriela Hug ghug@ece.cmu.edu Committees Professional/Career Activities (PACE) Chair: Joe Cioletti, P.E. jcioletti@ieee.org Student Activities Dr. Irvin Jones, irjones@ieee.org Membership Development Steve Mozelewski, Steve.Mozelewski@gmail.com Publicity Chair: Thomas Dionise, P.E. ThomasJDionise@eaton.com (724) IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin June 2015 Volume 64 No. 6 Page 2 of 6

3 Legislative Update with Russ Harrison Date: Place: Time: Presenter: Sponsors: Thursday, June 4 th Westinghouse Energy Center 4350 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA :30 PM Social/Light Dinner, 7:00 PM Update Russ Harrison, Pittsburgh Section Professional Activities Committee (PACE) and Young Professionals. RSVP to Joe Cioletti jcioletti@ieee.org A new session of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate has started in 2015 with new agendas and dynamics. What can IEEE members expect from it? What are the priorities in Washington and how will they impact business and engineers? It s rare to find a major piece of federal legislation that leaves everyone entirely happy. Russ Harrison is our full time representative in Washington, DC. As Director of Government Relations for IEEE-USA, Russ discusses the intersection between public policy and engineering. He explains how elected officials have been debating major changes to US policy in fields that employ or affect IEEE members. This includes energy, space, education, intellectual property, immigrations, and broadband. Learn some simple things that you can do to influence your own elected officials. DIRECTIONS TO WESTINGHOUSE ENERGY CENTER (MONROEVILLE) From Pittsburgh take Interstate 376 East (Parkway East). Take Exit 84A to Monroeville. Cross Business Rt 22 at the traffic light and proceed on Rt 48 South (Moss Side Blvd) approx ½ mile (two traffic lights). The 2 nd traffic light is at a 4-way intersection with a Marathon station on the right and a Sunoco station on the left. Turn left onto Northern Pike. Proceed approx 0.2 miles and turn right at the 1 st traffic light onto Westinghouse Dr. Travel 0.7 miles (past the guard stand) to the 3 flags where the building s main entrance is located. Parking in the evening will be plentiful. Use the main entrance and check with the security guards inside. You will be directed to the proper room for your meeting. From the PA Turnpike, take Exit 57 (Monroeville). After the toll plaza, get in the left lane to get on Business Rt 22 West. At the first light, turn left onto Rt 48 South (Moss Side Blvd) and follow the above directions. Welcome Our New Senior Members: Suresh Channarasappa Lawrence Connor IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin June 2015 Volume 64 No. 6 Page 3 of 6

Behind the Scenes Tour of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Date: Time: Location: Sponsors: June 9, 2015 (Tuesday) Tour starts 4 PM, dinner after tour at local restaurant David L.

4 Behind the Scenes Tour of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Date: Time: Location: Sponsors: June 9, 2015 (Tuesday) Tour starts 4 PM, dinner after tour at local restaurant David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown Pittsburgh Robotics Society and Power and Energy/Industry Applications Joint Chapters Join the Robotics and PES/IAS Chapters for a Behind the Scenes Tour of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. This extraordinary facility brings an elegant, remarkably functional, and environmentally intelligent facility to Pittsburgh s riverfront. The David L. Lawrence Convention Center is the only convention center in the world with LEED certifications: GOLD in new construction and PLATINUM in existing building. The facility uses automation to optimize natural ventilation, natural daylighting, water conservation and energy efficiency. The David L. Lawrence Convention Center effectively blends unparalleled space, functionality, and flexibility with cutting-edge technology. Details on suggested parking, exact meeting location, and dinner plans after the tour will be ed to all attendees. RSVP: Required at: by June 7 th, If you would like to receive PDHs, please bring a copy of this announcement for verification of your attendance. A non-member who would like to receive PDHs is required to pay $10 to IEEE Pittsburgh Section. A Member who would like to receive PDH is required to show membership ID. Contact Gene Kern at Genekern@ieee.org or Dave Vaglia (davevaglia@ieee.org) for additional details. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin June 2015 Volume 64 No. 6 Page 4 of 6

5 Plain Talk About the Electric Power Industry IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin June 2015 Volume 64 No. 6 Page 5 of 6

6 Executive Committee 2015 Calendar Meetings of IEEE Pittsburgh Section Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec 15 TBD 19 Panera Forbes Ave, Oakland Section 21 Engineer s Week 19 Panera Bread Wilkins 27 Science Fair Communic ations Computer 12 IoT EMBS Nemacolin 1 Gigabit Apps EMCS 8 Testing EMC Power Electronics 21 DC 24 Energy Lab. 26 Power 23 EMC Microgrid PES/IAS 7 Memorial Magnetics Converter 18 Power Sys. 8 Testing EMC Nemacolin 21 Panera- Blvd of the Allies, Oakland Intel Science Fair 15 Annual Dinner 28 Magnetics on PCBs 18 Panera Bread Wilkins 9 Convention Center Robotics 9 Convention Center Sig. Processing CPMT/ED Social Impl Technology Upper Mon Nemacolin Women in Eng ing Life Mem. Young Pros PACE 24 Akustica Student Act 24 Akustica 4 Russ Harrison The Spaghetti Warehouse 20 Panera Bread Wexford 17 Panera Blvd of the Allies 15 WVU -- TBD 6-8 Plain Talk 19 Panera Bread Wilkins 17 Holiday Dinner -- TBD IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin June 2015 Volume 64 No. 6 Page 6 of 6

RICHMOND CHAPTER. Board of Directors Meeting MINUTES. September 15, 2014, Monday 5:30PM 6:35 PM

RICHMOND CHAPTER. Board of Directors Meeting MINUTES. September 15, 2014, Monday 5:30PM 6:35 PM Chapter Positions Chapter Officers Programs: Carissa Mulahn/Winnie Sung Editor Richmond Report: Norm Jacobs Technology: Stephen Weisensale Product Show Chair: Kevin Riley Certification Chair: Steve L Heureux