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TUESDAY December 15, 2009
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speaker: John Carter, Principal, TCGen, Inc.
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

Estimating the effort required for a project is one of the most difficult tasks for a consultant.? It is also one of the most important because such estimates are used in estimating budgets and managing a clientâ??s (more…)

TUESDAY December 15, 2009
SCV Photonics Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Robert Lang
Time: Networking & catered holiday dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: IEEE Members $10; Non-Members $15; children 15 and younger $5.
Place: National Semiconductor, Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: required (no walk-ins), from the website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

Our December meeting has traditionally been something the whole family could come and enjoy, but with a scientific angle to it.? Origami, for those who aren’t familiar with it, is the ancient Japanese art making (more…)

TUESDAY December 15, 2009
SCV Nanotechnology, with CPMT, EMC and EDS Chapters
Speaker: Dr. Ritu Shrivastava, VP Manufacturing Technology, ZettaCore Inc.
Time: Light lunch at 11:30AM; Presentation 12:00 noon
Cost: IEEE Members and Students $5; Non-Members $10
Place: National Semiconductor Bldg E-1 CMA Room. 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: from the website
Web: www.ieee.org/nano

This talk will discuss the use of charge storage molecules at the nanoscale with molecular attachments to metals, to form a capacitor which is unlike any conventional capacitor.? This nanoscale device (more…)