Pittsburgh   Section

Events of 2007

Date

Sponsor

Event

Speaker

 

Location

17-

January-

2007

Magnetics

Society

Imaging Magnetic Surfaces with Atomic Resolution

Technical

Dr. Matthias Bode

Seagate Research Center Auditorium

1251 Waterfront Place

Strip District

31-

January-

2007

Signal Processing Society

Magnetoencephalography

A Window Into the Functioning of the  Human Brain

Technical

Mr. Robert J. Sclabassi

University of Pittsburgh

Room 424

Benedum Hall

20-

January-

2007

National Future City Competition

Future City Volunteers Needed

 

Carnegie Music Hall

in Oakland

8-

February-

2007

Life Member Chapter

Lessons from Wearable Computing and Beyond

 

Lecture

Dr. Daniel P. Siewiorek

George Westinghouse Technical Center

Building 801

Room 2C14

17-

February-

2007

Engineers Week

Engineer’s Week 2007—

Robot Car Race

Call for Volunteers

 

Carnegie Science Center

22-

February-

2007

Power

Engineering Society &

Industry

Applications

Society

The History of Electric Power Frequency

 

Technical

Mr. Keith

Sueker

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

28-

February-

2007

Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society

Clustering and Classification via Lossy Data Compression

Technical

Professor Yi Ma

University of Pittsburgh, Room 424, Benedum Hall

19-

March-

2007

Upper Mon Subsection

Introduction to Communications– Based Trained Control

Technical

Mr. Jian

 Sun

Room G39, Engineering and Science Building

West Virginia University

21-

March-

2007

Computer

Society

Pittsburgh Vision 20/10 Initiative

 

Seminar

Mr. John

Twigg

University of Pittsburgh

Room 1175 Benedum Hall

29-

March-

2007

Power

Engineering Society &

Industry

Applications

Society

MBAs for Engineers

 

Seminar

Ms. Kelly R.

Wilson

 

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

30-

March-

2007

 

Call for Pittsburgh Regional Science Fair Volunteers

 

 

1 November-

2006

To

18– April-

2007

Power

Engineering Society &

Industry

Applications

Society

The PE Electrical Exam

Review Course

 

Continuing Education

Mr. Joe

Desalvo

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

12-

April -

2007

Magnetics

Society

State of  the Art Ferrite Materials for Fundamental Research,

Nano-Science, and

High Frequency Applications

 

Technical

Mr. Vince

Harris

Seagate Research Center Auditorium

1251 Waterfront Place

17-

April-

2007

Electromagnetic Compatibility Society

Measuring Noise Current and How to Reduce it Using Ferrites

 

Technical

Mr. Lee

Hill

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

26-

April-

2007

Society on the Social Implications of Technology, (SSIT) & PACE

Ethics and The Professional Engineer:  Duties and Liabilities of the Technical Professional

 

Seminar

Mr. Joseph A.

Kalasky, PE

Holiday Inn

Rt. 48, Mosside Blvd,

Monroeville

8-

May-

2007

 

Communications

Society

TeraHertz Wave Technology

 

Technical

Mr. Xi-Cheng

Zhang

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Northpointe Campus

Freeport, PA

9-

May-

2007

Power

Engineering Society &

Industry

Applications

Society

Modern Control Room Simulator for Nuclear Power Plants

 

Tour

 

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

15-September

2007

Pittsburgh

Section

 

Pittsburgh Section Picnic

 

 

Social

 

North Park,     Leet Shelter

20-September 2007

Robotics Society & Life Member Group

Advances and Applications in Biped Robots

 

Technical

Dr Guy  Nicoletti

University of Pittsburgh,  Greensburg Campus,       Hempfield Room,  Chambers Hall

26-September 2007

Power

Engineering Society &

Industry

Applications

Society

Modern Control Room Simulator for Nuclear Power Plants

 

Tour

 

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

  15- October

2007

Upper Mon Subsection

 

Forward Error Correction

Coding and Transmission

Processing for Satellite

Communications

Technical

 

 

Dr. Lin-Nan

Lee

113 Mineral Resources Building, West Virginia University

  19-       

October

2007

Signal Processing Society

Analysis of Citywide Municipal WiFi in the US

 

Technical

Kaung-chiu

Huang

Room 501, IS Building, 135, N. Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15213

  19-       

October

2007

SSIT

Gold

WHY NOT NUCLEAR?”

Joseph T.

Cioletti PE

Conference Center Room 1175 Benedum Hall, University of Pittsburgh.

22-

October

2007

Upper Mon Subsection

Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS)

22-

October

2007

John Paserba

West Virginia University

  25-       

October

2007

EMCS

Chapter

 

MIL-STD-461E/F requirements and techniques

 

Technical

Steve

Furgeson

Westinghouse Energy Center, Monroeville

7

November

2007

Power

Engineering Society &

Industry

Applications

Society

 

Practical Lessons from Wind Farm Collector Systems and Interconnections

 

            Technical

 Ms Wanda Reder

Westinghouse

Energy Center

Monroeville

 

13

November

2007

Power

Engineering Society &

Industry

Applications

Society

 

Penn State Electro-Optics Center

 

Tour

 

 Electro-Optics Center, 222 Northpointe Blvd. Freeport, PA 16229.

14

November

2007

Magnetics

Society

 

Magnetic Nanoparticles: Self-Assembly and Nanoscale Behavior

             Technical

Prof. Sara

Majetich

Seagate Research Center is located at 1251 Waterfront Place, Pittsburgh

16

November

2007

Communications society

A Lyapunov Control Approach to Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation

Technical

Dr. David Tipper

University of Pittsburgh, First Floor Conference Room, IS Building, 135, N. Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

December 19, 2007

Pittsburgh

Section

IEEE-USA Innovation Institute Forum

Ralph W. Wyndrum CEO

Benedum Hall, Room 1175, University of Pittsburgh, Oakland Campus

January 23, 2008

Power

Engineering Society &

Industry

Applications

Society

Why not Nuclear?

 

 

Technical

Joseph T. Cioletti, PE.,

Westinghouse Energy Center, Monroeville