The IEEE National Capital Area
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; meeting at 6:30 pm
Place: Allie's American Grill, Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill Rd., Bethesda, Md.
Directions: From the north, take 270 South to Route 355 and exit at Wisconsin Ave. From the south, take 495 exit 34 (which is Wisconsin Ave.) to Pooks Hill Rd.
More info: All interested IEEE members are welcome to attend.
Contact: Jackie Hunter 703-803-8701 or nca-admin@ieee.org. Please include the term IEEE in the subject line of your e-mail.
Speaker: Sai Chiang
Sponsor: Consultants Network, Washington and Northern Virginia Chapter
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; speaker at 7:00 pm
Place: Corner 7 Café, Tysons Corner Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA
Directions: From the east or I-495, take Route 7 West, turn right on Towers Crescent Drive, then immediately right into the Marriott parking lot. From the west on Route 7, turn right onto Old Gallows Road just opposite the Marriott, proceed around to the left until you have completed almost a full circle, and turn left into the Marriott parking lot. Free parking.
More Info: Difficulty getting paid by clients for work performed is a problem that most consultants face at one time or another. Mr. Chiang will discuss some warning signs to watch out for, as well as ways to collect your fair share.
Contact: Sai Chiang at 703-203-0771 or creativesystems@ieee.org.
Time: 8:30 am to 1:30 pm
Place: Mitre Corporation, Building 2 Conference room 1N100A/B, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA. Please check in at the main guard desk in Building 2, on the same level as the meeting room.
Directions: Off Route 123 in Tysons Corner. Free parking. See http://www.mitre.org/about/locations/mitre2_map.html.
More Info: IEEE provides a wealth of materials, tools and other resources to help organizations be successful. We are planning a half day of presentations, discussion and networking to help get you off to a good start. The training is open to all members, but we particularly encourage every chapter to send at least one officer to the session.
Cost: Free, including lunch.
Contact: To register, please send Jackie Hunter an e-mail at nca-admin@ieee.org with “IEEE Officer Training Registration” in the subject line.
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Corner 7 Café, Tysons Corner Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA
Directions: From the east or I-495, take Route 7 West, turn right on Towers Crescent Drive, then immediately right into the Marriott parking lot. From the west on Route 7, turn right onto Old Gallows Road just opposite the Marriott, proceed around to the left until you have completed almost a full circle, and turn left into the Marriott parking lot. Free parking.
More info: All interested IEEE members are invited to attend.
Contact: Jackie Hunter at 703-803-8701 or nca-admin@ieee.org. Please include the term IEEE in the subject line of your e-mail.
Sponsors: Power Engineering Society, Northern Virginia and Washington Chapter; Industry Applications Society, Washington and Northern Virginia Chapter
Speaker: Frank Ignazzitto, ReliOn, Inc.
Place: KEMA Consulting, 4400 Fair Lakes Court, Fairfax
Time: Social hour at 5:45 pm; snacks at 6:00 pm, speaker at 6:30 pm
More info: Refreshments will include assorted sandwiches, potato chips, dessert, coffee, tea and soda.
Cost: Free for members (including student members), $10 for guests
Contact: Please RSVP by Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 5:00 pm. to Sirak Belayneh at sbelayne@ieee.org.
Sponsor: Consultants Network, Washington and Northern Virginia Chapter
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; meeting at 7:00 pm
Place: Dinner at Seven Seas Restaurant, 8503 Baltimore Blvd. (Route 1), College Park, MD. Meeting at University of Maryland, A.V. Williams Building, Room 2460, College Park, MD.
Directions: From the north or I-495, take Route 1 South. The restaurant is approx. 1.5 miles on left. Approx. 0.5 mile beyond that (2 miles total), turn right onto Campus Drive, then immediately take Paint Branch Drive and the A.V. Williams Building will be on the right. Park in Lot G or just beyond the building on the right. See http://www.parking.umd.edu/themap.
More Info: Consulting is a business. In order to succeed, you need to have something to sell: not just marketable skills, but preferably something about your capabilities that makes you unique. We’ll discuss your skills, as well as related factors such as facilities or equipment, in terms of something that sales people call a Unique Selling Position (USP).
Contact: Sai Chiang at 703-203-0771 or creativesystems@ieee.org.
Sponsors: Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (Washington and Northern Virginia Chapter) and Electron Devices Society (Northern Virginia and Washington Chapter)
Speaker: Dr. Charles L. Goldsmith, MEMtronics Corp, Plano, TX
Time: Reception at 5:30 pm; dinner at 6:00 pm (optional, reservation required); lecture from 7:00-9:00 pm
Place: American Center for Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD
Directions: Adjacent to the College Park Metro station (Green line).
More Info: See Diamond story, below. Check the MTTS website at www.ieee.org/mtt-wnva for additional information and last minute changes before the meeting.
Cost: Free lecture; $15 for optional dinner (please bring exact change or a check).
Contact: If you would like to join the speaker, the administrative committee, and other microwave folks for a catered buffet dinner, please RSVP to Roger Kaul at 301-394-4775 or r.kaul@ieee.org by Feb. 11.
Speaker: TBA
Sponsors: Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (W/NV); Antennas and Propagation Society (W/NV)
Time: TBA
Place: TBA (Arlington, VA)
Contact: Dr. Daniel Purdy, 703-588-1920,
purdyd@onr.navy.mil.
Sponsor: IEEE-USA
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Place: National Building Museum, 401 F Street NW, Washington, DC
Directions: Use the Judiciary Square Metro station (Red line).
More Info: Bring your whole family for a day of fun activities about engineering. Meet the cast from the PBS Science Show ZOOM.
Contact: Murty Polavarapu at
murtyp@ieee.org.
Sponsor: Communications Society, Northern Virginia Chapter
Speaker: David Young, Verizon
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; speaker at 6:45 pm
Place: Mitre Corporation, Building 2, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA
Directions: Off Route 123 in Tysons Corner. Free parking. See http://www.mitre.org/about/locations/mitre2_map.html.
More Info: See Diamond story, below.
Cost: Free
Contact: Please RSVP to Fred Seelig at fseelig@mitre.org.
Micromachining and MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) for RF applications (RF MEMS) is an up and coming device technology. A product of development for high-end military electronics, this revolutionary new technology is working its way through the evolutionary development cycle. MEMS technology enables the construction of micro-sized mechanical switching devices on the surface of an integrated circuit wafer. Dramatic performance improvements over conventional electronic control devices at frequencies above 1 GHz have been demonstrated. Salient features of RF MEMS switches include very high figures of merit, no quiescent power drain, and extreme linearity. Current challenges in this switch technology include effective packaging and a poor understanding of reliability physics. This presentation offers an overview of the current state of MEMS switching technology, discusses some of the current issues in RF MEMS switch development, and showcases some of the companies and approaches currently under development.
Dr. Charles L. Goldsmith has been involved in the design and development of microwave and millimeter-wave circuits and subsystems since 1982. He has been employed by M/A-COM, Texas Instruments, and most recently was an engineering fellow at Raytheon Company. Dr. Goldsmith recently formed his own company and is currently consulting and pursuing business opportunities in RF MEMS. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, is a senior member of the IEEE, and has authored or co-authored more than 40 publications on microwave circuits, photonics, and RF MEMS.
He has been developing RF MEMS devices and circuits since 1993, and is the inventor of the capacitive membrane RF MEMS switch. He has dedicated the last several years to the development and application of these devices. These activities include the innovation of switches, phase shifters, and tuneable antennas for radar and satcomm applications, as well as variable capacitors and tuneable filters for microwave receiver front-ends.
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Consumers are using new communications technologies to supplement and replace traditional telephone service. From email and instant messaging to cellular technologies, consumers have more choices than ever before. The emergence of broadband voice over internet protocol (VoIP) promises to bring even more choices and innovation. The effect of these changes, the shift from wireline voice to wireless and broadband have profound implications for consumers, service providers and regulators. These trends and their implications will be identified and discussed.
David E. Young is director of internet & technology policy in Verizon’s Public Policy and External Affairs department. Before joining PP&EA, he spent six years in research and development, working on many advanced technologies including Internet telephony, data network architectures, and audio, video and image compression, and he holds ten U.S. patents. Mr. Young began his career in telecommunications with New Jersey Bell where he worked in a variety of operations, IT and staff positions. He received a degree in electrical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.
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