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Pittsburgh Section |
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Events of 2008 |
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Date |
Sponsor |
Event |
Speaker |
Location |
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January 10, 2008 |
WIE |
Women in Engineering (WIE) in Pittsburgh – Inaugural Meeting |
Jennifer Ploskina |
Soba Lounge, Ellsworth Ave. Shadyside |
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January 23, 2008 |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Why not Nuclear?
Technical |
Joseph T. Cioletti, PE., |
Westinghouse Energy Center, Monroeville |
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January 28, 2008 |
West Virginia University |
A Biomolecular Detection Device Employing an Optofluidic Photonic Crystal for Resonant Fluorescence Emission Enhancement |
Dr. Jeremy Dawson, |
G39 Engineering Sciences Building, West Virginia University |
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February 1, 2008 3 PM |
Commun-ications Society |
Contention resolution in optical packet/burst-switched networks |
Dr. W. Cerroni |
School of Information Science Building, Room 404, 135. North Bellefield Avenue, University of Pittsburgh |
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February 4, 2008 4 PM |
West Virginia University |
Studying Radio Pulsars with the Green Bank Telescope |
Dr. Maura McLaughlin |
West Virginia University, G39 Engineering Sciences Building |
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February 13, 2008 6:30 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Intelligent Buildings |
Art Bell PE
Ron Mann RCDD |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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February 16, 2008 Noon - 5:00 PM |
Computer Society |
Rajivg Garg |
Carnegie Science Center
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February 27, 2008 6:30 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
The Electric Vehicle Land Speed Record |
Nigel P. McQuin |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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March 5, 2008
12:15 PM |
Magnetics Society
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Patterned Nanomagnetic Bits and Devices |
Bruce D. Terris |
Seagate Research Center 1251 Waterfront Place Strip District, Pittsburgh |
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March 12, 2008
6:30 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Analytical Representation of Thermal Systems with Thyristors |
Matthew Krisnosky |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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March 20, 2008
5:50 PM
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Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society |
Neural Engineering: Developing Technology to Communicate Directly with the Brain |
Prof. Douglas J. Weber Ph.D
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360 Benedum Hall University of Pittsburgh Oakland, Pittsburgh |
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March 26, 2008
6:30 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Our Improbable Universe: The Evolution of Primordial Energy into Mind |
Dr. Michael Mallary |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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March 28 2008
1:00 PM |
Society for Social Implications Of Technology
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Unlocking the Utility Meter: A Perspective on Non-Traditional Energy Technologies for Homeowners & Businesses |
Panel of Experts |
Greensburg Garden Center 951 Old Salem Road Greensburg, PA |
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April 2, 2008
6:30 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
The Importance Of Obtaining A PE License |
Joseph M, DeSalvo, P.E. |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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April 3, 2008
6:00 PM |
Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society |
Sensory-Motor Coordination: Basic Neuroscience and Neural Prosthetics |
Dr. Batista |
360 Benedum Hall University of Pittsburgh Oakland, Pittsburgh |
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April 10 2008
6:15 PM |
Magnetics Society |
Radiation pressure and the linear and angular momenta of the electromagnetic field |
Masud Mansuripur |
Seagate Research Center 1251 Waterfront Place Strip District, Pittsburgh |
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April 17, 2008
6:00 PM |
Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society |
Biomechanics and Motor Control of the Hand |
Prof.Zong-Ming Li
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360 Benedum Hall University of Pittsburgh Oakland, Pittsburgh |
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April 24 2008
5:30 PM |
Annual History Dinner |
America is Eating its Feed Corn |
Dr. Richard Thompson |
Church of the Ascension, the corner of Neville and Ellsworth in Oakland (4729 Ellsworth Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15213 |
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April 24 2008 |
Magnetics Society |
Spintronic biochips for biomolecular recognition |
Paulo Freitas |
Seagate Research Center 1251 Waterfront Place Strip District, Pittsburgh |
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May 8 2008
6:00 PM |
Communication Society |
Controlling Speech Quality in VoIP Networks |
Dr. Richard Thompson |
School of Information Science 1st Floor Conference Room 135 North Bellefield Ave. University of Pittsburgh |
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May 8 2008
5:30 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Tour Of The Eaton Power Quality Experience Center And Lab |
Charles Baker |
Eaton Warrendale, PA |
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May 21 2008
6:00 PM |
EMC Society |
Equipment Test Guidelines Test Setups, Work Scopes, and Reporting for Qualifying Equipment to MIL-STD-461 |
Mr. Bowman |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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May 22 2008 |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Nuclear Energy Now |
Dr. Michael Mallary |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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June 7 2008
7:30 AM |
Tutorial |
Power Quality Tutorial |
Thomas Dionise |
Eaton Electrical, 130 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale, PA |
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July 17 2008
6:30 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Lessons Learned from Post 8/13/03 Blackouts |
Mo El-Hawary
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Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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July 20 –24 2008 |
POWER ENGINEERING SOCIETY |
The IEEE Power Engineering Society Will Hold the 2008 General Meeting
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David J. Vaglia, P.E. |
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July 19 2008
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Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Career Survival for Engineers and Scientists in the 21st Century |
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Seagate Auditorium 1251 Waterfront Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4215 |
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July 24 2008 |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Advances in HVDC Technology as applied to the Pacific HVDC Intertie |
Wayne Litzenberger |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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August 7 2008 |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Simulation of Wind Turbine Generators |
Dr. Thomas E. McDermott P.E. |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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August 15 2008
7:05 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
A Night With the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets |
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PNC PARK North Shore Pittsburgh |
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August 21 2008
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Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Creating Winning Products and Services through Ethnography and the Voice of The Customer |
Julie Gulick and Dr. Ned Uber |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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August 28 2008
6:30 PM
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Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
Wayne Lundberg |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville
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September 2, 2008
7:00 PM |
Computer Society |
RFID - Timing and the Gen 2 Protocol |
Archana Murari |
University of Pittsburgh Benedum Hall Room 621 |
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September 4, 2008
7:00 PM |
Electromagnetic Compatibility Society
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Selecting a Quality EMC Lab |
Daniel Hoolihan |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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September 6, 2008
1:00 PM |
SECTION PICNIC |
Section Picnic |
Joe Cioletti |
BOYCE PARK
PACK GROVE |
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September 17, 2008
6:15 PM |
Communication Society & OSA |
Lasing in Semiconductor Nanostructures |
Jian Xu |
Northpointe Campus (not the main campus in Indiana), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 167 Northpointe Blvd. Freeport, PA 16229. |
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September 23, 2008
5:00 PM |
Communication Society |
Photonic Switching for a Global Ubiquitous Network |
Dr. Richard A. Thompson |
School of Information Science Building, First Floor Conference Room, 135. North Bellefield Avenue, University of Pittsburgh |
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September 25, 2008
7:00 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Renewed Interest in UHV AC and HVDC |
Joseph Koepfinger |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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October 2, 2008
6:30 PM |
GOLD |
Skills for Success in the Real World |
Jason Harchick |
University of Pittsburgh, Benedum Hall, Third Floor |
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October 6, 2008
5:00 PM |
WVU Upper Mon Subsection |
Assurance Based Development of Critical Systems |
Dr. John C. Knight |
G102 Engineering Sciences Building, WestVirginia University, Morgantown, WV |
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October 16 2008
5:45 PM |
Social Implication of Technology Chapter & Professional Activities Committee |
Federal Bureau Of Investigation: Overivew Of The Functions Of The Clarksburg Facility |
William Estok |
G102 Engineering Sciences Building, WestVirginia University, Morgantown, WV |
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October 16, 2008
6:30 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Photostriction in Lanthanum-Modified Lead Zirconate Titanate Ceramics |
Patcharin (Rin) Burke PhD |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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October 23, 2008
6:00 PM |
Communication Society |
Multi Input Multi Output systems (MIMO) |
Dr. Joseph Kabara, Assistant Professor of Telecommunications at the University of Pittsburgh |
Room 502, School of Information Science Building, 135 North Bellefield Avenue, University of Pittsburgh |
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October 27, 2008
5:00 PM |
WVU Upper Mon Subsection |
Impedance Biosensors that Utilize Nanomaterials |
Prof. Ian Ivar Suni from Clarkson University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Eng. |
G102 Engineering Sciences Building, WestVirginia University, Morgantown, WV |
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October 30, 2008
6:30 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Affinity Diagramming for Understanding and Discovery |
Dr. Ned Uber, MEDRAD |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |
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November 10, 2008
5:00 PM |
WVU Upper Mon Subsection |
Impedance Biosensors that Utilize Nanomaterials |
Dr. Lisa Pattison |
G102 Engineering Sciences Building, WestVirginia University, Morgantown, WV |
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November 14, 2008
4:00 PM |
Signal Processing Society |
Ultrasound-based multimodal functional imaging: from whole-organ to molecular scale |
Kang Kim Ph D |
University of Pittsburgh Benedum Hall Room 360 |
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November 21, 2008
4:00 PM |
Signal Processing Society |
Performance Analysis of 802.11 DCF with Multiuser Detection Support |
Mir Hamza Mahood |
University of Pittsburgh Benedum Hall Room 360 |
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December 11, 2008
6:30 PM |
Power Engineering Society & Industry Applications Society |
Fusion power - the other side of the nuclear coin |
Keith H. Sueker PE |
Westinghouse Energy Center Monroeville |