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Newsletter of the Central Texas Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. Published monthly. Deadline for inclusion is the 27th day of the previous month. Send submissions, comments, questions to Dennis Ferguson, Editor, dferguson@ieee.org CONTENTS1. Section Activities2. Chapter Activities3. News & Information4. Local Conferences5. Other ConferencesIEEE EXTERNAL LINKS
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1. Section ActivitiesMembership DevelopmentNot an IEEE member and have been waiting to join?Join now with year dues! Join IEEE and receive 10 months of membership for the price of six. If you have been away from IEEE for more than a year, you can re-join for half price! Have you renewed your IEEE membership for 2010?It is easy to forget and easy to put off. If you haven't renewed your IEEE membership, or don't know if you have, go to your MYIEEE account NOW and check at www.myieee.org or call 800 678-4333. Beginning March 1st, non-renewing IEEE members will lose all member benefits. Renew now and regain access to your IEEE benefits. If you have already renewed, thank you for being part of the Central Texas Section and the IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association. IEEE First Year Member BenefitThe IEEE has made available select IEEE Expert Now courses first year renewing members. Four (4) learning modules from Carl Selinger's book, "Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School", and a module on "Risk Management", a $350 value, are available to renewing first year members. Go to your MyIEEE account for details or watch for Email Communications. Did you know about IEEE - E-Books from IEEE PressThe IEEE Press has partnered with John Wiley, Inc. to provide 200+ books ( pre copyright 2007), which are available to member at no additional cost. The e-book collection spans a number of today's technologies across 19 content areas, and include:
IEEE is committed to serve the needs of practicing engineers and members from industry. The value of this benefit grows ever year the member renews. IEEE Press will be adding 40-50 books annually. Access your E-Books on IEEE Xplore though your MyIEEE account. Joe Redfield Back to TOP Section & Chapter NewsDiscover EngineeringDiscover Engineering is a Central Texas program that coordinates classroom visits from local engineering volunteers. The mission of Discover Engineering is to excite K-12 students to pursue careers in math, science, and engineering through hands-on engineering activities and collaborative, volunteer-driven initiatives of the engineering and education communities. During the 2008-2009 school year, Discover Engineering volunteers visited over 13,000 students from more that 80 schools in the greater Austin area. Over 800 volunteers from more than 50 area companies, government organizations and professional societies participated in these visits. Registration for volunteers and teachers for the 2009-2010 school year is now open on the Discover Engineering web site (https://www.centexeweek.org). Teachers can sign up for a single classroom visit, an entire grade level, or an entire school. Individuals, Teams or entire companies can sign up as volunteers. Please take a few minutes to look at our web site, then sign up as a volunteer. And don't hesitate to pass this information on to any others you think would be interested. John Purvis Programmable Logic Group in San Antonio
Back to TOP Continuing EducationThe Engineering Leadership Institute begins its 2009-2010 year with a one-week intensive bootcamp, training engineering managers to:
This program also includes quarterly follow on workshops, geared to the participant's needs. Certification from the Engineering Leadership Institute is available. Register now at https://lifelong.engr.utexas.edu/management/index.cfm. Back to TOP Student BranchesSt Mary's University - San Antonio (https://engineering.stmarytx.edu/ieee/) Texas State University - San Marcos (new branch, 2009) Trinity University - San Antonio University of Texas at Austin (https://ieee.ece.utexas.edu/) University of Texas at San Antonio (http:/www.utsaieee.org/) Student Member NewsHumanitarian Technology Challenge Launches Student Design CompetitionIEEE is sponsoring a Regional Student Design Competition for solutions to one of three humanitarian problems as part of the joint IEEE-United Nations Foundation Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC). The competition runs from Oct. 2009 to May 2010. HTC is a partnership among humanitarians, technologists, funders, and others, to develop implementable technological solutions to some key challenges facing humanitarian health and disaster workers today. The participants volunteer their time to collaborate for the benefit of humanity. The Regional Student Design Competition challenges students to provide a working prototype, scale model or detailed engineering design specifications for a project that satisfies one of the three Challenges. The project can be developed by student individuals or by student teams. Teams must be led by an IEEE student member. More information about the HTC project, and detailed descriptions of the challenges, can be found at https://www.ieeehtc.org. Rules for the Regional Student Design Competition can be found at https://www.ieeehtc.org/index.php/htc/students/challenge. Back to TOP Calls for VolunteersBack to TOP 2. Chapter ActivitiesMultiple Chapter EventsJoint Meeting of the Computer Society - San Antonio and Engineering in Medicine and Biology
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Topic/Title | The Annual Review of the ISSCC Conference |
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Date/Time | Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 6:30-8:30pm |
Cost | none, will provide pizza |
Reservations | not required |
Location | UT Campus - ENS 306 |
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The joint Circuits & Systems/Solid State Circuits Societies normally meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. This meeting is open to the public and interested parties. Additional details will be posted at the website. If you have any questions about this meeting or this group, please contact renhaoxing@ieee.org or dferguson@ieee.org
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No Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology meetings are scheduled for March.
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No Computer Society - Austin meetings are scheduled for March.
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Topic/Title | Microchip Fabrication Technologies |
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Speaker | Kiyoshi Mori received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Gumma University , Japan. Dr. Mori has worked on various technical issues in both Japan and US semiconductor facilities. His recent work included CMOS, MEMS, bipolar dechnologies development, and nanotech process/device simulations. Dr. Mori has published more than 15 technical papers, and won a Best Paper Award. He holds 20 patents, and received a Best Patent Award. Dr. Mori is an IEEE senior member, and he has also served as chairman and committee member of SEMI and SPIE conferences. |
Abstract | While the progress in microchip technologies allows the manufacturers to produce more advanced medical devices, the processes of microchip fabrication are still new to many engineers. This presentation will show step by step how to build a very basic IC device, will review in more detail the nanotechnologies used in today's microchip production and will discuss the potential applications of microchip technologies in the medical device field. |
Date/Time | Tuesday, 23 March 2010 - 7:00-9:00 pm |
Cost | $15 IEEE members, $18 non-members, $4 students |
Reservations | Please email Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang, or call (210) 999-7399 (so we have a head count). |
Location | AT&T Center for Information Technology, Room 108, at St. Mary's University. (This is building 45 on the campus map available on our website). Parking will be in lot U in front of the building. |
Notes | Note the new location. |
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Topic/Title | Why Marketing Matters |
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Speaker | Alora Chistiakoff Alora Chistiakoff, Principal & Co-Founder, The Indigo Heron Group, Inc, has spent more than a decade working in ecommerce, web development, and online marketing in both professional services, and in-house enterprise environments. Her strong technical and marketing background has been put to good use by clients such as Playboy, Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Norm Thompson, Keds and JetBlue Airways. |
Abstract | "If I build it, they will come" is a common philosophy among developers-turned-entrepreneur. And yet, it's a one that doesn't work. Alora will discuss the changes that have occurred in online business over the past decade, and why they mean that marketing really does matter -- as much as development. |
Date/Time | Wednesday, 24 March 2010, |
Cost | $5.00 minimum charge for the restaurant. Supper is at optional extra cost. |
Reservations | Not required. All interested parties are invited to attend. For more information, contact Ed Gordon ebg@ieee.org, or Kai Wong kaiwong@ieee.org. |
Location | China Star Restaurant, 6134 Hwy 290E, Austin TX, Westbound access road of 290E, just east of I-35 |
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Do a friend a favor. Bring your colleagues to grow the Consultants Network.
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Topic/Title | CISPR 32 and CISPR 35: New EMI Requirements for Multimedia Equipment |
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Speaker | Richard Worley, Sr. Regulatory Engineer. Dell |
Date/Time | Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 6:30pm social/food, 7:00 -9:00pm program |
Cost | none |
Reservations | Not necessary |
Location | National Instruments, Building C, 11500 North Mopac Expwy., Austin, TX 78759 |
Notes | Food and refreshments are provided. See the EMC Society Chapter web site at https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/chapters/centraltexas/index.html for more information and directions. This meeting is open to the public. |
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Topic/Title | 2010 Semiconductor Industry & Economic Conditions |
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Speaker | Shelly Van Dyke |
Abstract | In 2010, the semiconductor industry is headed for growth, after 2 years of consecutive decline in 2008 and 2009 during the global economic downturn. As the global economy recovers, we examine the factors affecting semiconductor growth and the possible outcomes, especially:
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Date/Time | 25 March 2010 from 6:00 - 7:30pm |
Refreshments | Light refreshments are provided |
Reservations | Please RSVP to Christian Catalan at Christian.Catalan@amd.com. We need an accurate count to purchase refreshments. |
Location | Rio Grande Conference room at SVTC - Map at https://www.sematech.org/corporate/map.htm |
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Topic/Title | Microchip Fabrication Technologies |
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Speaker | Kiyoshi Mori received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Gumma University , Japan. Dr. Mori has worked on various technical issues in both Japan and US semiconductor facilities. His recent work included CMOS, MEMS, bipolar dechnologies development, and nanotech process/device simulations. Dr. Mori has published more than 15 technical papers, and won a Best Paper Award. He holds 20 patents, and received a Best Patent Award. Dr. Mori is an IEEE senior member, and he has also served as chairman and committee member of SEMI and SPIE conferences. |
Abstract | While the progress in microchip technologies allows the manufacturers to produce more advanced medical devices, the processes of microchip fabrication are still new to many engineers. This presentation will show step by step how to build a very basic IC device, will review in more detail the nanotechnologies used in today's microchip production and will discuss the potential applications of microchip technologies in the medical device field. |
Date/Time | Tuesday, 23 March 2010 - 7:00-9:00 pm |
Cost | $15 IEEE members, $18 non-members, $4 students |
Reservations | Please email Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang, or call (210) 999-7399 (so we have a head count). |
Location | AT&T Center for Information Technology, Room 108, at St. Mary's University. (This is building 45 on the campus map available on our website). Parking will be in lot U in front of the building. |
Notes | Note the new location. |
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The Engineering Management Society has become the Technology Management Council. Information about meetings can be found in the sections for Technology Management Council - Austin and Technology Management Council - San Antonio
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No Graduates of the Last Decade meetings are scheduled for March.
For more Information contact Jason Polendo jpolendo@ieee.org
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No Laser and Electro Optics Society meetings are scheduled for March.
For more information, contact Ray Chen
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Our 2010 Officers will be:
We are in the process of planning a technology expo for 2010, where members can display and explain details of their historical items.
Our Excom could use several additional members. If you would like to meet for an occasional lunch and help with our future plans, please let Ernest know by sending him an email at efranke@swri.org.
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Topic/Title | The LED Lighting Gold Rush - It's Like Prospecting on the Moon |
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Speaker | Mr. Peterson is an engineer with a diverse background in a number of different industries and disciplines. He won several academic and project awards and honors while completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology with minor degrees in Packaging and Facilities Engineering. His degrees provided a well-rounded education in a number of engineering disciplines that has allowed him to win numerous achievement and performance awards, while working for large, medium, and small sized companies and filling numerous roles in each. His early encounters working with machines and components in the semiconductor arena during and after college developed an effective core set of competencies and work ethic that have carried throughout his professional career. Skills and experience to design, manufacture, and document machines, products, and systems utilizing electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, computer control systems, and robotics were honed at companies such as Strasbaugh, Newport Corporation, Lockheed Martin - Mission Systems, and Micro Solutions Enterprises. Seesmart, Inc. presents a challenge to Mr. Peterson that calls on all of his prior experience in virtually all fields of engineering. Since LED technology and its application are growing and improving by leaps and bounds each and every day, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, facilities, and even civil engineering skills are all called upon on a regular basis in order to advance the engineering and development of LED products. The need to multi-task and understand the demands of the business mean that his focus must be broad in order to ensure that the needs of the company's aggressive marketing plans, demanding production/delivery schedules, and product performance/development all stay on course. |
Abstract | It is an exciting time right now in the LED industry and in the general lighting industry as a whole. The development of the white LED and its applications have opened up the entire world to a totally new way of thinking about lighting and what it can do for anyone and everyone. The improvement of the construction methods and materials of the LEDs themselves, the growth of the electronic systems and drivers used to power and control the LEDs, the progress of the heat management systems for the LEDs and the electronics, and then the final application and incorporation of all of the above into usable lighting products have all exploded into a very lucrative and rapidly-changing business that is rewarding to the LED industry companies and consumers alike. However, the current LED market is progressing on a daily basis in ways that are very similar to the computer industry innovation explosion of the mid-90s, and in that sense it is kind of like prospecting for gold. There is plenty of gold available here on Earth, but the equipment is on the Moon. Lots of companies in all parts of the world are rushing to get a piece of the 'worldwide-plus' market, but not everyone can provide the level of service and support that consumers will need in order to survive in today's global business climate. In this talk, I will review current and future LED lighting technology and what kind of benefits and advancements can be expected in the near and far futures. I will discuss how the design, development, marketing, and sustainable support of LEDs when used in residential and commercial lighting applications must all come together in the right way so that LED lighting will remain a viable and sensible technology for manufacturers and for those that buy their products. |
Date/Time | Thursday, 23 March 2010 - 6:00pm Social, 6:30pm Dinner, 7:00pm Meeting, 7:30pm Program, 9:00pm room closes |
Cost | Dinner is free for full-time students |
Reservations | Please RSVP if you plan to attend. To reply or for further information, please contact Kevin Ewing via email at kewing@shermco.com. |
Location | El Gallo Mexican Restaurant |
Notes | The bar will be available to those who care to purchase a drink or beer. In fact, there is a service window, so we don't even have to leave the party room. When you order, you will have a choice from seven special selections and five traditional combinations on our menu. All meals include coffee or tea and special selections include soft drinks. |
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Topic/Title | Safety Related Maintenance Practices |
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Speaker | Mike Moore |
Abstract | So now you think you are in 70E bliss because your arc flash study is complete, your warning labels are applied, your employees and contractors are trained & qualified, and all of your high incident energy hazards are mitigated. But wait -- are you sure you've read Chapter 2 of the 2009 NFPA 70E? This presentation examines a prime area where 70E compliance problems can arise due to the improper or lack of maintenance of electrical components, wiring and equipment which can drastically increase the propensity of injury or death. |
Date/Time | Thursday, 25 March 2010 - 6:00-6:30 Registration |
Cost | $10 members, $15 non-members |
Reservations | RSVP to Christina Gaydos via e-mail at chris@grubbengineering.com or via phone at (210)658-7250. |
Location | Grady's BBQ, 6510 San Pedro, San Antonio (210-806-8036) |
Notes | For more information please go to our web site at https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pes/centraltexas/sanantonio |
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Topic/Title | Open Discussion - Future of Product Safety Discipline |
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Speaker | Everyone who attends! |
Abstract | Is the product safety engineer still a value-added member of the design team? Will there be a separate and distinct product safety engineering staff in the future, or will they simply be absorbed by the "design engineering" staff? How well do you effect product safety changes with products being built half a world away? What new dynamics are involved in communications in this situation, i.e. how do you get your point across so it's understood and implemented? This and many more questions will be open for debate as we try our first "open mike" group discussion on these topics. Please join us and give ua your opinions on these subjects, and more... |
Date/Time | Tuesday 16 March 2010 at 6:30 - 8:00pm |
Cost | None |
Reservations | None needed |
Location | Dell, Parmer Campus, 701 East Parmer Lane, Building S.4, Victoria Conference Room |
We encourage you, others in your organization, or other interested parties to participate in our meetings. The PSES meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, with the program starting at 7:00pm. For further information about the PSES, please contact Dale Ritzen at (512) 651-5338.
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No Joint Signal Processing/Communications Society - Austin meetings are scheduled for March.
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No Joint Signal Processing/Communications Society - San Antonio meetings are scheduled for March.
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Topic/Title | Growing Your Business with Social Media |
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Speaker | Kenneth Cho, CEO and co-founder of Social Agency, Inc., the creators of Spredfast. |
Abstract | How can Social Media, such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn and YouTube, help your business efforts? How can you tell whether the time you put into Social Media is really helping to build brand or product awareness? Join us for lunch and a scintillating talk by Ken Cho, recognized social media veteran and co-founder/CEO of Social Agency, Inc., the creators of Spredfast. |
Date/Time | Wednesday 10 March 2010 from 11:30am - 1:00 pm |
Cost | No cost for meeting, $18 for lunch |
Reservations | RSVP online at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1711, For questions, contact Leslie Martinich at lmartinich@ieee.org. |
Location | Mirabelle Restaurant, 8127 Mesa Dr, Austin, TX 78759-8632 just north of the intersection with Spicewood Springs. |
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Contact Doug Russell for more information about the Austin TMC.
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No Technology Management Council - San Antonio meetings are scheduled for March.
Contact Nils Smith (nils.smith@ieee.org) for information about the San Antonio TMC.
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Jointly held with the Technology Management Society - Austin (see above).
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MBAs prove useful for climbing the corporate ladder, getting back into the workforce faster, or keeping a startup chugging along. Read more at MBA.
New turbines amounting to almost 10 gigawatts were installed in the United States in 2009, bringing the country's total wind capacity to about 35 GW, according to data released by the American Wind Energy Association this week. This week, the Global Wind Energy Council, based in Brussels, is expected to release figures showing that wind installation worldwide nearly equaled the booming growth rates seen in recent years, which have been around 28 percent per annum.
The 2009 performance is all the more remarkable in light of last year's severe economic recession and a sharp run-up in wind installation costs that go back several years. Steve Sawyer, secretary general of the global council, points out that the cost of steel doubled from 2004 to the period from 2006 to 2007, and the cost of copper rose almost as much; pretty much the same was true for the price of the fiberglass used in turbine blades, made from a petroleum feedstock. Four or five years ago the cost of European wind installation was about 1000 euros per kilowatt (or roughly $1.4/W), says Sawyer, but in the next years it increased to around 1400 euros per kilowatt, mainly because of the higher commodity prices. Wind costs peaked about a year ago and have since come down some, but only a little.
The China price, notes Sawyer, is 30 to 40 percent lower than the global average--and the India price is even lower than that.
Putting its spin on the rather sensational U.S. news, the American wind association asserts that additional wind capacity prevents the emission of more than 60 million metric tons (mt) of annual carbon dioxide, 200 000 mt of sulfur dioxide, and 80 000 mt of nitrous oxide, and saves 20 billion mt of water. A spokesperson for the association claims, perhaps a little dubiously, that their number crunchers got these results whether the generation being replaced by wind is taken to be the average national mix or the specific mix replaced by specific turbines. The amount of wind installed last year in the United States, the association boasts (and rightly so!), was equivalent to the amount of new natural gas capacity. Together, wind and gas accounted for 80 percent of new U.S. generating capacity in 2009. Read more at Wind.
On 19 January IEEE launched the IEEE Smart Grid Web Portal an integrated gateway to Smart Grid intelligence, education and news from IEEE and other expert sources. The Web Portal is designed for manufacturers, policymakers, educators, academics, governments, engineers, computer scientists, researchers and other stakeholders in the power and energy, information technology (IT), and communications industries. The IEEE Smart Grid Web Portal is the first phase of IEEE Smart Grid, created to bring together IEEE's broad array of resources to provide expertise and guidance for those involved in Smart Grid worldwide. Read more at Smart Grid.
Sometimes an electrical device needs to stay put for a while. But how do you power it if it's in a place that's not easy to reach--say, inside a concrete pillar or in the bowels of a chemical plant? Two separate research teams, at Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., and at Imec, in the Netherlands, have developed piezoelectric generators that they say will power wireless sensors for up to 100 years. The Cornell team employs a radioactive isotope with a half-life that long, while the Imec researchers' device relies on the tiniest vibrations from the surrounding environment. Read more at Long Life Electronics.
This week at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Intel lifted the hood on a 48-core prototype chip that indicates a shift in direction for the company's many-core research. Rather than focusing on the number-crunching needs of traditional supercomputer problems, the chip is geared toward the needle-in-a-haystack problems of data centers. Read more at: Cloud Computing.
IEEE is sponsoring a Regional Student Design Competition for solutions to one of three humanitarian problems as part of the joint IEEE-United Nations Foundation Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC). The competition runs from Oct. 2009 to May 2010.
HTC is a partnership among humanitarians, technologists, funders, and others, to develop implementable technological solutions to some key challenges facing humanitarian health and disaster workers today. The participants volunteer their time to collaborate for the benefit of humanity.
Three challenges have been identified:
Reliable Electricity: Availability of electric power for lighting and other electronic devices in resource-constrained environments. Important for education, communications, and economic development.
Data Connectivity of Rural District Health Offices: Capability of exchanging data among remote field offices and central health facilities. Important for accessing treatment protocols, creating and monitoring health trends, and sharing results of treatments.
Individual ID Tied to Health Records: Consistent availability of patient medical records. Important for ongoing treatment of patients, especially migrants and those with long-term diseases.
The Regional Student Design Competition challenges students to provide a working prototype, scale model or detailed engineering design specifications for a project that satisfies one of the three Challenges. The project can be developed by student individuals or by student teams. Teams must be led by an IEEE student member.
More information about the HTC project, and detailed descriptions of the challenges, can be found at https://www.ieeehtc.org. Rules for the Regional Student Design Competition can be found at https://www.ieeehtc.org/index.php/htc/students/challenge.
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2010 IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference - I2MTC 2010 on 5 May 2010 at the Austin Hilton.
2010 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - ISIT on 12 June 2010 at the Austin Hilton. For more information see https://www.isit2010.org/.
56th IEEE Pulp and Paper Industry Conference - PPIC on 20 September 2010 at San Antonio's Omni La Mansion Del Rio Hotel. For more information see https://www.ieee-pcic.org/Conferences/futureconf.html.
16th International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design on 18 August 2010 in Austin. For more information see https://www.islped.org/.
2010 Solar Technology Workshop on 17 September 2010 in Austin at Freescale Semiconductor. For more information see https://ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/stw/.
IEEE Petroleum and Chemical Industry Technical Conference (PCIC 2010) on 20 September 2010 at the San Antonio Marriott River Center. For more information see https://www.ieee-pcic.org.
2010 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting - BCTM on 4 October 2010 at the Austin Radisson Hotel & Suites. For more information see https://www.ieee-bctm.org/.
IEEE 19th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS) on 25 October 2010 at the Austin Crowne Plaza Hotel. For more information see https://www.epeps.org.
2010 IEEE International Test Conference (ITC) on 31 October 2010 at Marriott Austin Downtown/Convention Center. For more information see https://www.itctestweek.org/.
IEEE Conference Search can be found at https://www.ieee.org/web/conferences/search/index.html.
See also https://www.wikicfp.com - A place to organize and share Calls for Papers.
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