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Calendar Archive, December 2007
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; meeting at 6:30 pm
More Info: This meeting is for officers only.
Contact: Dr. Kiki Ikossi, Washington Section Chair, at
ikossi@ieee.org.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
National Capital Area Consultants' Network Annual Business Meeting and Awards Banquet
Time: Meeting and officer elections at 6:00 pm; dinner at 7:00 pm
Place: Agio, Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill Rd., Bethesda, MD
Directions: From the north, take I-270 south to Route 355 and exit at Wisconsin Ave. From I-495, take exit 34 (Wisconsin Ave.) to Pooks Hill Rd. Validated parking.
More Info: Members are invited to bring a spouse or guest.
Cost: $35 per person
Contact: Please RSVP by Dec. 3 to Monica Mallini at m.a.mallini@ieee.org.
Sponsors: Vehicular Technology Society, Land Transportation Committee; American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Speaker: Alfred E. Fazio, General Manager, Southern New Jersey Light Rail Transit System
Time: 11:30 am
Place: American Public Transportation Association, Conference Room, 11th Floor,
1666 K Street NW, Washington, DC
Directions: Take the Metro to Farragut North station (Red Line, use K Street exit) or Farragut West station (Orange & Blue lines, use 17th Street exit).
More Info: See Diamond story below. All interested persons are invited to attend our monthly luncheon meeting.
Cost: $15 cash at the door.
Contact: Please make reservations by 4:00 pm on Friday, Dec. 7 by contacting Ken Briers at ken.briers@parsons.com or 202-775-3397, or Karl Berger at karl.berger@dcm-va.com or 703-803-7917.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Design of a Biomimetic Controlled-Curvature Robotic Pectoral Fin
Sponsor: Robotics and Automation Society
Speaker: John Palmisano, Naval Research Laboratory
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: University of Maryland, Kim Engineering Building, Room 1105, College Park, MD
Directions: From I-495, exit at Route 1 South, proceed approx. 2 miles, turn right onto Campus Drive, then immediately turn right onto Paint Branch Drive and the Kim Engineering Building will be on the left (after a stop sign). Free parking after 4:00 pm in Lots T and XX. See
www.parking.umd.edu/themap.
From the College Park Metro Station (Green line), take the free UM campus shuttle, get off at the first stop, walk back a hundred yards to Paint Branch Drive and look for the Kim Engineering Building on the left. See shuttle schedule at
www.transportation.umd.edu/routes/schedules/CollegeParkMetro.pdf.
More Info: The new RAS Member Speaker Series features members of the Washington, Northern Virginia and Baltimore sections talking about their research in robotics, intelligent systems, and automation research and implementations. John Palmisano recently received the Best Conference Paper Award at the 2007 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) for his paper about the research that is the subject of this talk.
Contact: Raj Madhavan at raj.madhavan@ieee.org.
Sponsor: Graduates of the Last Decade (Northern Virginia chapter)
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Place: Ruby Tuesday's, 9444 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VA
More Info: All IEEE members and their guests (including children) are welcome. Hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided.
Cost: Free for IEEE members and guests. Individuals are welcome to stay for dinner afterwards at their own cost.
Contact: In order that we may plan appropriately, please RSVP by Monday, Dec. 17 to Chuck Baldi at cbaldi@ieee.org or Van B. Le at vanble@ieee.org. Include the number who will be attending.
Diamond Story
This presentation will review light rail technology and address concepts and methods associated with public/private partnerships in progressing passenger rail public works projects.
Light Rail Transit (LRT) is a mode which fits between conventional heavy rapid transit (e.g. WMATA), and Streetcar. Since the late 1970’s LRT has experienced significant growth in North America. The Light Rail mode has the broadest range of technologies and affords the design and operating communities an extremely wide spectrum of choice in "applications engineering." Two modern New Jersey systems, the high capacity Hudson Bergen Light Rail and the lower capacity, high speed South Jersey River LINE, illustrate the range of capacitites available. Both New Jersey projects involved Design Build Operate Maintain (DBOM) contracts. The presentation will include a discussion of advantages and challenges associated with transit DBOMs as well as other means of achieving greater private sector involvement.
Alfred E. Fazio, P.E., has 30 years of executive experience in public and private sector companies. He has hands-on experience in engineering analysis and design, railway construction, and operation. He is currently the general manager of Southern New Jersey Light Rail, a commingled freight and light rail operation. Since taking this position in November 2006 he has raised on-time performance from 95 percent to more than 99 percent, raised fleet availability by 10 percent, initiated new service, and maintained a high level of customer confidence and satisfaction.
He was previously president and CEO of Twenty First Century Rail where he directed all aspects of the design, construction, and operation of the billion dollar plus Hudson Bergen Light Rail. As Amtrak’s assistant chief engineer for New York improvements he established an organizational unit to execute all major improvements between Rahway, Long Island and New Rochelle. This included more than three billion dollars of construction on NECIP, LIRR, and NJ Transit while maintaining approximately 1,000 daily revenue train movements.
He has also participated in the revision of Federal Track Safety Standards leading to the development of track standards for High-Speed Rail. He is the author of a book and more than 20 papers and a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He holds civil engineering degrees from Villanova University, Drexel University and University of Pennsylvania.
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