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Dayton Section Student Paper Competition Saturday, March 27th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Engineers Club, English Room All participants will have the opportunity to have their papers published in the 2010 NAECON Proceedings. The winner of this competition will represent the Dayton Section in the Region 2 Student Paper Competition to be held in April of 2010. (http://ewh.ieee.org/ecc/r2/)	IEEE APS/GRS/MTT Meeting TOPIC: Time-Frequency Analysis and Processing of Signals with Time-Varying Spectra SPEAKER: Myoung An and Richard Tolimieri, Principal Scientists, Prometheus Inc. Thurs, 11 March 2010, Part 1: 1000, Part 2: 1500 more info
IEEE-Dayton Section Computer Society Meeting Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:30 am-12:30 pm Virtualization in Both Home and Business Environments: Introduction to virtualization: emulating multiple OSs on a single platform, using VirtualBox SPEAKER: Jordan McCollum PLACE: Ball Aerospace, Dayton Conference Room, 2875 Presidential Dr. (SW corner of Colonel Glenn Hwy & Center Park Blvd) Fairborn, OH 45324 RSVP: Dave Perez, david.perez.ctr@wpafb.af.mil or 937-522-6192. Pizza and soft drinks provided for $3/person - RSVP required. Meeting open to all. ABSTRACT: VirtualBox is a popular virtualization software package, originally developed by Sun Microsystems (acquired by Oracle in January, 2010) and released under the Personal Use and Evaluation License and under GNU's General Public License. It is available at http://www.virtualbox.org. This live demonstration will show the viewer how to experiment with different operating systems without risking loss of personal data, requiring extensive knowledge, or incurring the expense of dedicated hardware and/or software. We will walk through the steps of setting up a virtual machine, examine the capabilities of VirtualBox, and compare them with those of VMWare's products. Finally we will discuss the benefits of using virtualization in both a desktop and a server/business role. BIO: Jordan McCollum is an independent consultant working with individuals, home users, and small businesses; providing technical support, installations, upgrades and configurations of computers and networks. He has an Associate's degree in Computer Information Systems and will obtain his Bachelor's in Management Information Systems this year. He is a member of the Golden Key Honor Society & Alpha Iota Delta, is the Dayton Regional Leader for Ubuntu's Local Community Group, Ohio Chapter, and has served on Sinclair's Linux Advisory Committee which suggests topics and curriculum for courses. He started using Linux in 2002, transitioned his systems to Linux exclusively in 2003, and has worked with Redhat 7.3, Fedora Core 1-11, and Ubuntu 7.10 through current.
Plan Ahead - Dayton Section Awards Banquet The Banquet will be on April 17 at the Charity Earley Auditorium at Sinclair. Dave and Kathy Perez will again be organizing and running the banquet. We (IEEE Dayton Section) greatly appreciate their help and time on this large event!! Questions can be addressed to dave.perez@ieee.org. For science fair winners, we will award plaques for first place winners and generate certificates for all IEEE selected winners with savings bonds. For RSVP, April 9 is the official respond date. Our featured Keynote Speaker for the Banquet will be Dr. Krishna Shenai. His lecture is entitled, “Silicon Carbide - 21st Century Transformative Semiconductor for Energy, Space and Defense Electronics”. The silicon semiconductor transformed the 20th century global economy beginning with the invention of the transistor and leading to today's "information" revolution. Energy and environment together will define and govern 21st century global economy. Unfortunately, silicon is unable to adequately meet many of the new key technological challenges including cost-effective generation and utilization of green energy, and advanced compact space and military electronics systems. Silicon Carbide (SiC) promises to break performance and reliability barriers of silicon because of its superior electrical and thermal properties. This talk will provide an in-depth overview of the current status and future opportunities in SiC material, device, and systems research in strategic areas of energy and military electronics.
CONGRATULATIONS! Two of our own are winners this year at The 51st Annual Engineers and Scientists Awards Banquet. The Affiliate Societies Council of Dayton cordially invites you and your guests to attend the honoring outstanding Engineers and Scientists of the greater Dayton area on Thursday evening, March 4, 2010 at the University of Dayton Kennedy Union Ballroom. Please join us for dinner and the awards presentation, including Guest Speaker Dr. Thomas J. Lasley II, Dean, School of Education and Allied Professions at the University of Dayton and Executive Director of Edvention. Dr. Lasley's presentation is titled "Achieving Ohio's Economic Potential Through STEM and Air Camp". Category: Education Category: Research Dr. Surinder M. Jain Interim Associate Dean & Professor, Science, Mathematics and Engineering Dr. Guru Subramanyam Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Dayton For questions, contact the Affiliate Societies Council, 937-224-8513, asc@dnaco.net.
Plan Now for NAECON 2010 Conference - July 14 -16 Dayton Ohio * Call for Papers is now Available * NAECON 2010's theme is "Intelligent Aerospace Systems & Biomedical Sensors" For more info see www.naecon.org
IEEE Dayton Section Meeting Our IEEE Dayton Section meeting will be held on 3rd Wednesday of each month Wednesday, March 17th from 6:00pm-7:30pm at the Montgomery County Regional Education Service Center, 4018 Springfield St, Dayton. Rm 1-26. more	LORE Seminar Thurs March 11 Featuring 2 AFOSR sponsored guest speakers. LORE Theory at noon; LORE applications at 3pm. The general topic is SAR as an Intel platform. INFO: Prof. Andrew Terzuoli, AFIT. 255-3636 x 4717
	Read about the NAECON Grand Challenge Smart Vest for Detector Dogs The smart vest that houses computing, storage and communications resources is the target goal. The smart vest is envisioned to be composed of a lightweight mesh that serves as a medium for integrating electronic modules with flexible interconnections. Requirements: Minimum payload with the maximum comfort possible for detector dogs working in extreme heat. The vest should allow a dog handler to have real-time optical capabilities, as well as a means for bi-directional communications.
Science Fair Volunteers Needed March is the month of science fairs and the IEEE Dayton section will again be sending a special delegation to 2 events from which we select student projects that 'best advance the electrical engineering profession' and honor those students with a savings bond and dinner at our awards banquet. We are looking for a few good engineers to judge at each event: Contact Gary Lynch 252-4779 gary.lynch@ieee.org Event: Montgomery County Science Day Western District Science Day Date: Sat, March 6 Sat, March 20 Breakfast: n/a 7:30 am Orientation: 8:30 am 8:30 am Judging: 9:00-12:30 9:00-12:30 Awards: 1:15 pm 2:00 pm Location: NCR Building UD Campus Dayton Beacom/Lewis Gym Central State Campus Wilberforce
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IEEE Dayton Section Meeting IEEE Dayton Section Meeting Our IEEE Dayton Section meeting will be held on 3rd Wednesday of each month Wednesday, March 17th from 6:00pm-7:30pm at the Montgomery County Regional Education Service Center, 4018 Springfield St, Dayton. Rm 1-26. New Meeting Location Miami Valley Regional Center at 4801 Springfield St., (that's the same street as the AF Museum, and about a mile West of the Museum, just outside the Dayton corporation line.) (ASC) Affiliate Societies Council, Inc is co-located within the Miami Valley Regional Center, which allows us to use the building. www.ascdayton.org. The building has a very nice parking lot with lights next to the building, and a park area behind the bldg. www.ascdayton.org. All Welcome! Plan Ahead for 2010 Mtgs *April 21st May 19th *June 16th July (NAECON) *August 18th September 15th *October 20th November 17th *December 15th The asterisks are there to denote that in addition to the section meeting, there is a request for the active chapters to supply a speaker and the meeting will also become a section social. In Memorium Dr. Daniel W. Repperger Truely a gentleman and a scholar, Dan will be missed The Human Effectiveness Directorate had some very sad news to report on their return to work on Monday 4 January 2010. Dr. Daniel W. Repperger, DR-IV (GS-15), Electronics Engineer, Crew Interfaces Branch, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, passed away very suddenly from a massive heart attack on 3 January 2010. Dan was the kindest, gentlest man who loved his job and had an unbelievable work ethic. He had worked in government service with the United States Air Force for approximately 35 years. Dr. Repperger held 14 patents and 28 inventions and was an author in 434 publications. He held awards and honors in the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the American Institute of Medical and professional societies. Locally Dr. Repperger worked with Wright State University School of Engineering and the Air Force Institute of Technology. Nationally, he most recently worked with the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Internationally, he supported NATO meetings, meetings in New Zealand and was a keynote speaker at a major engineering conference in China in 2008. More ENGINEERING ETHICS - INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY Engineering is a profession in transition and our technology continues to expand at a rapid pace. As more domestic companies become international because of expansion of business in the global economy, individual engineers must reshape and constantly improve their character (ethics). Also, the international corporations must develop and structure their "Ethics/Policies/Guidelines" such that they are adaptable and applicable in foreign countries. The speaker will discuss the evolution of standards for moral behavior and ethics, how most religions and professional codes of conduct share the common bond of "The Golden Rule," the new "Global Ethics," and recent Supreme Court decisions relating to ethics. He will point out that we can learn much about how to deal with ethical dilemmas by the study of past ethics cases. Today, in the period of corporate mergers, downsizing, layoffs, re-assignments and increased work loads and working hours, engineers are under more stress than usual and must avoid unethical behavior under these conditions. Only those with a strong character and a desire to adhere to a Code of Ethics will avoid unethical actions. Moral character and our ethical behavior are shaped by family, religion, education, and professional practice and are unique and different for each of us. Our challenge in life is to continuously improve our ability to know what is right and to have the courage to always do the right thing so as to avoid the temptation to be unethical. IEEE Dayton Section 2009 Lecture Series On 18 November 2009, the IEEE Dayton Section Fall Lecture Series had two excellent speakers, both addressing autonomous robotic applications. We hosted the talk at the Affiliate Societies Council’s building located on 4801 Springfield St. We had over 70 people attend the lecture series. The first speaker was 1Lt. Casey Miller. 1Lt. Miller talked about the Mini Urban Challenge and his role with the National High School Competition. His talk highlighted the following; The challenge model is based on DARPA’s Urban Challenge, where the high school students must develop a robotic, autonomous ground vehicle using a LEGO® MindStorms kit to navigate through a LEGO® city. nd robotic vehicles. The government is looking to meet a congressional mandate to have 33% of military ground vehicles operating unmanned by the year 2015. This presentation showed how an ad-hoc team was able to compete in this international competition. Grayson discussed technical obstacles, building a team, innovating on a fixed schedule with a small budget, utilization of an incremental development process, techniques used to accelerate technology discovery, mentoring, and the benefits of student participation. He demonstrated with Grand Challenge pictures and video. Grayson Randall is president of Insight Technologies, Inc. (www.insightrobots.com), a North Carolina company which specializes in ground based robots for both commercial and military use. Insight Technologies, Inc. performs both research and development on control systems for autonomous robotic unmanned vehicles. Mr. Randall led the Insight Racing team (www.insightracing.org) in the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grand Challenge series of races. Insight Racing's most recent entry was a computer driven Lotus Elise which was developed in conjunction with NC State University. The Elise would drive through city traffic without a driver, remote control, or any human intervention whatsoever. Mr. Randall is a "Distinguished Visitor" for the IEEE Computer Society. He received the Outstanding Engineer Award from IEEE Region 3 at SoutheastCon 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia where Mr. Randall was chosen from among over 30,000 engineers in the Southeastern United States. Mr. Randall was also recognized by IEEE-USA in 2007 "for leadership that inspired pre-college students and college engineering students in the area of robotics." Grayson is chairman of IEEE Robotics and Automation chapter for Eastern North Carolina. He mentored a FIRST high school robotics team which won 1st place in the 2004 international FIRST competition as well as numerous other awards. In addition, Mr. Randall is president of Insight Technologies, Inc. (www.insightrobots.com), a North Carolina company which specializes in ground based robots for both commercial and military use. Insight Technologies, Inc. performs both research and development on control systems for autonomous robotic unmanned vehicles. His lecture was on the topic: DARPA Grand Challenge- Invention on a Schedule Development of Unmanned Robotic Vehicles. The DARPA Grand Challenge and the DARPA Urban Challenge are events sponsored by the US Government to help promote the development of autonomous land robotic vehicles. Mr. Randall showed specific examples were developing an innovative product or service can be challenging. He showed how unsolved technology goals, a fixed schedule, limited resources and budget, and the problem can seem overwhelming at times. But somehow his small team with little funding or resources was able to place 12th out of 196 teams in an event created to advance technology in autonomous robotic ground vehicles.
IEEE DAYTON SECTION HIGH SCHOOL CHALLENGE (IEEE Mentors for Students) The IEEE Dayton Section will have the unique opportunity to assist and mentor a brand new competition focused on promoting engineering to high school students. The Institute of Navigation's Mini-Urban Challenge, modeled after DARPA's Urban Challenge, challenges high school students to work in teams of 3-10 to design and build a robotic autonomous car, built from a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit, that can accurately navigate through a Lego city. We plan to link our IEEE Dayton Section website to the Mini-Urban Challenge, and address the concept of "new sensory devices", which we will test in our local high schools over the next few years along with e-documentation, or electronic documentation that we will maintain on our website. Background: In its inaugural year, only two regional competitions will be held, one here at WPAFB, and a second at Eglin AFB, Florida. The top winners from each regional competition will be invited to compete in a national competition to be held in conjunction with the Sixth Annual Robotic Lawn Mower Competition in Dayton, Ohio. More information about the competition can be found at the competitions website www.miniurbanchallenge.com (for on base access: www.ion.org/outreach/muc). This competition is a great opportunity for our engineers to get involved with the local community and to promote engineering. There are multiple ways you can get involved. Committees are forming for the remainder of the 2008-2009 school year to cover the following areas: Public Relations, OH Regional Competition, Fundraising, and Mentorship. You can volunteer to be a committee chair or member, and you can be paired with a high school team and serve as a mentor. Please keep in mind, if you volunteer you should be willing to commit for the rest of the school year. Please find updates later this summer on the IEEE Dayton Section Webpage. We need your support to make this competition a success! IEEE Dayton Award’s Banquet CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS! Click for Photos More Photos (on Snapfish)	New! NAECON 09 Highlights New! www.naecon.org Special July NAECON Issue ATTENTION STUDENT MEMBERS The student area in IEEE gives a lot of good info including challenge projects, announcements, and free software available to student members. http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/students/index1.html Real World Engineering Projects can be really valuable in attracting new members (particularly student members) by giving them projects related to real-world problems http://www.ieee.org/web/education/university/RealWorldEngineering Try engineering similarly encourages students to become engineers by giving insight into what engineers do. http://www.tryengineering.org/ Many chapters of the IEEE have consulting groups that meet regularly and help members to network. You can add a member to the on-line IEEE-USA consultants database for a nominal fee at http://www.ieeeusa.org/business/consultants/cgi-bin/consultant.cgi?task=display_page/page=home.html Thank you TechFest Volunteers - Sharing Engineering Fun with the Next Generation Changing Your Resume's Focus When it comes to crafting your resume, it's important to think from the other side of the desk--that is from the point of view of the hiring manager. This is especially true for first-time job seekers right out of college. The point of the exercise is to cast your educational and extracurricular experiences so that they clearly demonstrate your value to the employer. For every entry on your resume, you should have good answers for the following questions: Why would an employer be interested in this? How does it make me a more attractive applicant? How does this show a skill or ability of mine? Read on at: http://www.jobjournal.com/thisweek.asp?artid=2557
Expert Now! Free training We will schedule “kick-off” for the first of a series of the “Expert Now Modules” for the May Day Festival at Wright State University, upcoming dates will be determined by the interest from the Dayton Section and the University of Dayton student chapters for 2008. Learn More
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