Unless otherwise specified, meetings of the Fox Valley Subsection are held in
the auditorium at IIT's Rice Campus, 201 East Loop Road, Wheaton, Illinois. The
meetings are normally held on the 4th Wednesday of the month.
Directions: Take Rt.56/Butterfield Rd. to the first stoplight east of intersection of Butterfield and Naperville roads.
Turn north onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corners);
the campus will be on your right about two blocks north of Butterfield Rd.
More detailed directions and a map are available at:
http://www.iit.edu/rice/about/directions.shtml
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Meetings and Events for this Season (beginning Sept. 2009)
(Click here for announcements from past seasons.)
23 SEPTEMBER 2009 (WEDNESDAY), 6:30PM - 9:00PM at IIT Rice Campus
Title: "Mass-Market Electric Vehicles - Is the Third Time the Charm?"
Speaker: Gene Glaudell, Technology Consultant, Gn0man. Former CIO, Tesla Motors
Abstract:
We are witnessing the birth of the 3rd generation of mass-market electric vehicles since the late
19th century. There are major challenges that remain to be addressed before EV’s become
common sights on our roads, but much progress has been made since the announcement of
the Tesla Roadster in 2006 and the delivery of 700+ vehicles since spring 2008. We look at
Tesla Motors’ engineering solutions to these challenges, what obstacles remain to creating a
mass-market EV, and what the future may hold.
About the Speaker:
Gene Glaudell works with clients from startups through Fortune 500 firms to invent and
deliver cost-effective solutions quickly to critical engineering and business challenges. Gene
has served in technical leadership roles (CTO, CIO, Chief Architect) at firms in a variety of
industries (Tesla Motors, Classified Ventures, Lawson Products, JPMorgan Chase, BankOne,
BEA Systems, Raytheon, and Mission Research) He is regularly consulted on the topics of
clean-tech and information technology strategy and execution by entrepreneurs, VCs,
investment banks, corporate executives, and management consulting firms such as McKinsey & Co.
Before working in private industry, Gene was a physicist doing research projects at Harvard
University, the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory,
and the University of Chicago. He designed and built high-energy particle detectors and ultra-precision
optical wave meters and wrote software to model and analyze data from high-energy
particle colliders and both land and space-based optical, X-ray, and infrared telescopes. Some
of his papers are still cited as seminal works 20 years later. He has a B.S. in Physics from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Masters (A.M.) in Physics from Harvard
University.
Time: (see top of this page for directions to IIT Rice Campus)
6:30pm: Networking Time
7:00pm: Presentation
Sponsorship (no reservation required)
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IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Professional Engineers: this meeting qualifies for Professional Development
Hours
20 OCTOBER 2009 (TUESDAY), 6:00PM - 9:00PM
JOINT MEETING with IEEE Chicago EMC Society, Fox Valley Subsection and SAE
at Elite Electronics Engineering, Downers Grove, IL
Reservations required - presentation begins at 7:00pm
"Oktoberfest" and keynote topic: Vehicle Telematics Technology
Keynote speaker: Emad Isaac, Chief Technology Officer for the Morey Corporation of Woodridge Illinois
Abstract:
The Chicago chapters of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society
and Fox Valley Subsection are pleased to announce a joint meeting of the two professional organizations. This will be the third such joint meeting in the past six years. Elite Electronic Engineering is proud to be the meeting host and sponsor.
The meeting topic has been selected to overlap the interests of both societies. The keynote presentation, “Current Commercial Telematics Technology”, will explore the concepts, benefits, technology and innovation behind real-time monitoring of commercial vehicles and assets through advanced electronics, GPS systems, and wireless communications. The speaker will be Emad Isaac, Chief Technology Officer for the Morey Corporation of Woodridge Illinois.
With telematics technology, the exact location of vehicles and assets can be tracked to help fleet operators continually manage equipment, cargo, and personnel. The benefits of telematics asset tracking include improved logistics planning for more fuel-efficient routing and streamline maintenance. Vehicle systems can be monitored for key parameters like fuel usage, battery voltage, engine hours, and fault codes for the purpose of improving fleet efficiency and uptime. By knowing the operations and maintenance status, fleet managers can direct vehicles to a nearby service station at a time coordinated with drivers required rest period. Certain applications of telematics also alert fleet managers when vehicles enter or leave designated locations. This is especially useful for homeland security in situations where hazardous truck cargo may be misdirected, stolen, or even hijacked.
As an added interest, members of the Fox Valley Electric Auto Association will have one or two electric vehicles at this event. The cars will be on display during the social hour and FVEAA members will be on hand to talk about their vehicles and answer questions from meeting attendees.
As with past joint events, this meeting has an “Oktoberfest” theme and includes dinner, refreshments, and music. The dinner and background polka music make for an enjoyable social event and provides a great opportunity for members of each society to cross-network. Dinner will be German cuisine of bratwurst, pork loin, red cabbage and sauerkraut, as well as apple strudel. Past SAE-IEEE joint chapter meetings have been very well attended and a large audience is anticipated for this event. Early registration for this meeting is recommended.
About the Speaker:
Emad S. Isaac is Chief Technology Officer for the Morey Corporation. The Morey Corporation is a privately held electronics development and manufacturing services company headquartered in Woodridge, IL. The company is focused on the design, development, testing, validation and manufacturing of ruggedized electronic assemblies. Mr. Isaac began his career at The Morey Corporation in 2005; he oversees complete responsibility for the strategic technical direction for the Morey Corporation and leads Morey’s entire development engineering across all products and platforms which include Displays, Telematics, and Control Platforms. Mr. Isaac serves as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team. Mr. Isaac has been instrumental in leveraging the Morey Corporation’s 75 years of core manufacturing expertise towards design, and development of advanced electronics platforms.
Mr. Isaac’s prior experience includes over 15 years of broad responsibilities in the wireless communications, systems, and embedded technologies industry. He was a Lead Systems Architect for Motorola’s Telematics Group; served on the Motorola Patent Committee; led several corporate wide innovation initiatives; identified new standards and standard bodies for regional and global Telematics, and served as Distinguished Member of Motorola’s Technical Staff. In addition, Mr. Isaac briefly served as vice-chairman for the SAE J1939 committee. Mr. Isaac has also held various leadership roles within the military, government, and aerospace industry prior to Motorola.
Mr. Isaac holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Applied Physics and Mechanical Engineering from McGill University. He also holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Arizona, as well as a Masters degree in Engineering Management from Northwestern University. Emad holds multiple key patents, and when not tinkering at the office, spends much of his time tinkering with new technologies at the home-front, along with any projects or school programs that inspire children in the areas of Math, Science, and Engineering.
Time:
6:00pm: Social hour
including dinner, refreshments and music
7:00pm: Presentation
RSVP: Use the
online reservation form on the
Elite webpage or phone Kathy Barri at 630-495-9770 x 0
(no cost)
Location: Elite Electronic Engineering, Inc,
1516 Centre Circle, Downers Grove IL 60515
Directions
and
Bing maps birds-eye view
Sponsorship
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IEEE Chicago EMC Society, SAE and
IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Professional Engineers: this meeting qualifies for Professional Development
Hours
SUB-SECTION MEETING:
28 October 2009 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
No Meeting this month
In place of the Fox Valley Subsection October meeting, members are encouraged to
attend the Joint EMC Society "Oktoberfest" social hour and meeting at Elite
Electronic Engineering October 20.
SUB-SECTION MEETING:
18 November 2009 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
at IIT Rice Campus
Title: "Materials for new computers: smaller bits and faster memory"
Speaker: Amanda Petford-Long, Senior Scientist, Argonne National laboratory
Abstract:
The rapid increase in information storage density, and in memory density and speed, have
been brought about in part by the development of new materials. These are often layered
structures, with properties that are engineered by controlling their microstructure and
chemical profile. In addition the materials are laterally confined at the sub-micron scale
for example as rings, dots or pillars. In this presentation I will discuss the way in which
we can use advanced microscopy techniques to understand not only the structure and
composition of these complex materials, but also their magnetic and electrical behavior.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Petford-Long is a Senior Scientist in the Materials Science Division at Argonne,
National Laboratory, which she joined in August 2005. Since Sept 2008 she has also been
a Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Northwestern
University. She has a BSc in Physics from University College London and a DPhil in
Materials Science from the University of Oxford, where she was a Professor in the
Materials Department until she joined Argonne Her research focuses on correlating
physical properties of layered thin films and nanoparticles with microstructure and
composition profile Of particular interest are materials for information storage
applications She has developed in-situ TEM facilities for analyzing magnetization and
transport behavior and has published over 270 papers.
Time: (see top of this page for directions to IIT Rice Campus)
6:30pm: Networking Time
7:00pm: Presentation
Sponsorship (no reservation required)
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IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Professional Engineers: this meeting qualifies for Professional Development
Hours
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