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March 10 6:00 to 6:30 pm — Networking and refreshments (pizza and water) 6:30 to 6:40 pm — IEEE CEDA Chapter Meeting 6:40 to 8:00 pm — Technical Presentation 8:00 to 8:30 pm — Q&A |
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The CEDA chapter normally meet on the 3rd Thursday 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 zhuoli@ieee.org.
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Mar 12 6:00 to 6:30 pm — Networking and refreshments (pizza and water) 6:30 to 8:00 pm – Seminar |
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| Topic/Title | Wind Energy and Wind Turbines |
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| Speaker | Dr. Vaughn Nelson, West Texas A&M University Professor Emeritus of Physics, West Texas A&M University Retired: Dean Graduate School, Research and Information Technology 2001 Director, Alternative Energy Institute, 1977-2003; 2009-2010 Dr. Nelson has been active in wind energy since the early 70's. Primary work has been on wind resource assessment, education and training, applied R&D, and rural applications of wind energy with USDA. He served as Director of the Alternative Energy Institute since its conception in 1977 was principal investigator of several national and state renewable energy projects (most in wind energy). He was instrumental in starting online programs at WTAMU in 1997. He developed and taught online courses in solar energy, wind energy and renewable energy and also taught physics course over interactive TV. Dr. Nelson is the author on 3 books and 4 CDs (go to https://www.windenergy.org for more information) and published over 50 articles and reports. He has given over 50 workshops and seminars from the local to international level. |
| Abstract | The modern wind industry began in the late 70’s
as one response to the oil crisis of 1973. From
the small wind turbines of up to 100 kW installed
in Denmark and in the wind farms in California in
the early 80’s, global capacity in wind farms is
now around 365 GW. The installed capacity of small
wind turbines and distributed wind is estimated at
2.5 GW. Wind power is proportional to the cube of the velocity, so knowledge of the resource is important. Wind speed maps and wind power potential maps are available for many regions of the world. The Alternative Energy Institute, WTAMU, collected data from numerous locations across TX, and from two tall towers (up to 100 m). Wind shear is an important factor as the variation by time of day at heights of 40 m and above is relevant to the utility grid. Types of wind turbines (lift and drag), plus configurations, generators, operation, power coefficient, and estimated and calculated energy production will be discussed. Size of turbines is now multi-MW, with rotor diameters 60 to 100 m and on towers of 60 to greater than 100 m. Capacity factors (average power) of 40% and greater are from regions with good to excellent wind resources. There are 3 main factors for development of wind farms and the economics (cost of energy) and the value of power purchase agreements depend on whether selling at market or at fixed price. Production tax credit and renewable portfolio standards are the main drivers for installation of wind farms. Future estimates for capacity for the world and for Texas will be given. The new transmission lines due to CREZ are a for increased wind capacity on ERCOT grid. |
| Date/Time | March 16, 2015, 6:00-7:30pm |
| Location | National Instruments, Building C 1S13, 11500 N
Mopac Expwy, Austin, TX 78759 |
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| Topic/Title | Practical Examples of Security Analytics |
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| Speaker | Joshua Stevens |
| Speaker Bio | Joshua Stevens is an innovator and subject
matter expert in vulnerability management and SIEM
integration, Josh has more than ten years
experience in security with specialization in
perimeter defense, event analysis and incident
response. Josh is a featured SANS presenter with
multiple patents pending for visualizing
cyber-attack data. Josh co-created and open
sourced a security application in 2011 under the
MIT license, offering IT Operations with
visibility into scanning activity. In his current role at Hewlett-Packard, Josh serves as an Enterprise Security Architect responsible for providing strategic and technical direction for the Cyber Defense Center with a primary focus on product evaluations, applied research and HP-on-HP projects. His current interests include Information Networks including Broadband networking, Internet Interworking, IP telephony, NGN, Future Networks and their QoS aspects. |
| Abstract | As cyber-attacks become more advanced, security
groups are turning to analytics to identify
emerging security threats. Within HP, internal
security teams are leveraging big data analytics,
including HP ArcSight, HP Vertica and Hadoop to
identify these threats. |
| Date/Time | Mar 18 6:30 p.m. Networking and Gathering (Pizza, Salad, drinks provided – free) 6:50 p.m. Call to Order, Announcement 7:00 p.m. Presentation, with Q/A 8:30 p.m. Meeting Evaluation, Adjourn |
| Location | THE ADVISORY BOARD – BUILDING 7 12357-C Riata Trace Parkway Bldg 7, Suite 100 Austin, Texas |
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| Topic/Title | About FPGAs |
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| Speaker | Jim Brakefield |
| Abstract | Field Programmable Gate Arrays provide an
interesting way to program microcontrollers and
other devices. Life Senior Member Jim
Brakefield will discuss this powerful technology. |
| Date/Time | March 17 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
| Location | Conference Room B Bldg: University Center St. Mary’s University 1 Camino Santa Maria San Antonio, Texas |
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| Topic/Title | Factom: Using the Bitcoin Blockchain to Enable Internet of Things, and Ensure Privacy and Security |
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| Speaker | Paul Snow of Factom.org |
| Speaker Bio | Paul Snow is the chair of the Texas Bitcoin
Conference, and the technical founder of Factom, a
data layer for the Bitcoin blockchain. He
has been a developer for 30+ years. He
designed and implemented the Decision Table based
Rules Engine used by Texas to evaluate eligibility
for all Health and Human Resource Assistence
programs (Medicare, Medicade, TANF, SNAP,
etc.). He also wrote the first Postscript
clone to ship in a comercial product. Paul
lives in Austin Texas, and is active in the
technical community. |
| Abstract | The Factom protocol creates a general purpose
data layer over Bitcoin. The Bitcoin
Bllockchain is the most secure distributed and
ordered ledger in the world. Factom uses
this ledger to allow the creation of lists, and
allows the adding of data to these lists.
This architecture allows the building of state for
the Internet of things to build more secure, more
private, yet more powerful smart devices.
This talk will explain how these objectives can be
met with Factom. |
| Date/Time | 25-March-2015 06:00PM to 08:30PM |
| Location | PoK-e-Jo's Smokehouse 2121 West Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village Ave. Austin, Texas |
| Cost | $5.00 minimum cost for the restaurant. Supper is
at optional extra cost. Reservations are not
required. All interested parties are invited to
attend. |
| Reservations | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/33005 |
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Do a friend a favor. Bring your colleagues to grow the Consultants Network.
More information on Consultants Networks
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| Topic/Title | Wind Energy and Wind Turbines |
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| Speaker | Dr. Vaughn Nelson, West Texas A&M University Professor Emeritus of Physics, West Texas A&M University Retired: Dean Graduate School, Research and Information Technology 2001 Director, Alternative Energy Institute, 1977-2003; 2009-2010 Dr. Nelson has been active in wind energy since the early 70's. Primary work has been on wind resource assessment, education and training, applied R&D, and rural applications of wind energy with USDA. He served as Director of the Alternative Energy Institute since its conception in 1977 was principal investigator of several national and state renewable energy projects (most in wind energy). He was instrumental in starting online programs at WTAMU in 1997. He developed and taught online courses in solar energy, wind energy and renewable energy and also taught physics course over interactive TV. Dr. Nelson is the author on 3 books and 4 CDs (go to https://www.windenergy.org for more information) and published over 50 articles and reports. He has given over 50 workshops and seminars from the local to international level. |
| Abstract | The modern wind industry began in the late 70’s
as one response to the oil crisis of 1973. From
the small wind turbines of up to 100 kW installed
in Denmark and in the wind farms in California in
the early 80’s, global capacity in wind farms is
now around 365 GW. The installed capacity of small
wind turbines and distributed wind is estimated at
2.5 GW. Wind power is proportional to the cube of the velocity, so knowledge of the resource is important. Wind speed maps and wind power potential maps are available for many regions of the world. The Alternative Energy Institute, WTAMU, collected data from numerous locations across TX, and from two tall towers (up to 100 m). Wind shear is an important factor as the variation by time of day at heights of 40 m and above is relevant to the utility grid. Types of wind turbines (lift and drag), plus configurations, generators, operation, power coefficient, and estimated and calculated energy production will be discussed. Size of turbines is now multi-MW, with rotor diameters 60 to 100 m and on towers of 60 to greater than 100 m. Capacity factors (average power) of 40% and greater are from regions with good to excellent wind resources. There are 3 main factors for development of wind farms and the economics (cost of energy) and the value of power purchase agreements depend on whether selling at market or at fixed price. Production tax credit and renewable portfolio standards are the main drivers for installation of wind farms. Future estimates for capacity for the world and for Texas will be given. The new transmission lines due to CREZ are a for increased wind capacity on ERCOT grid. |
| Date/Time | March 16, 2015, 6:00-7:30pm |
| Location | National Instruments, Building C 1S13, 11500 N
Mopac Expwy, Austin, TX 78759 |
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Joint meeting with I&M, PI^2 and Computer
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| Topic/Title | Mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Laser Development at Hamamatsu Photonics |
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| Speaker | Dr. Kazuue Fujita |
| Abstract | During the last two decades, considerable
improvements in the performance of Quantum Cascade
Lasers (QCLs) have been reported in the
literature. These have included advances made in
active region designs, waveguide design, and in
several areas associated with device fabrication.
At Hamamatsu, we have progressed steadily in their
development since 2002 when we designed and
fabricated our first QCLs. In this presentation,
the commercially available QCL development at
Hamamatsu Photonics will be reviewed. We will also
present continuous wave, broadband quantum cascade
lasers based on dual-upper-state homogeneous
active region design and their advantages. |
| Date/Time | March 6, 2015 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
| Location | Room: 2.114 Bldg: Microelectronics Research Center (UT Austin Pickle Research Campus Bldg. 160) |
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For information email Tom Grim |
For more information, contact Mikhail Belkin
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| Topic/Title | SwRI Simulation & Training |
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| Abstract | The March program will include a presentation
of the Simulation and Training program at
Southwest Research Institute and a laboratory/demo
tour. SwRI has been involved in simulation and
training for almost 30 years. More recently,
work has included operator training simulators for
construction, forestry and agriculture
applications. This presentation will include an
overview of some of the research and development
that is ongoing at SwRI, presented by Susan
Porter, Program Director. |
| Date/Time | March 19 Lunch from 11:30 am to 1:00 Laboratory tour from 1:00 till 1:30 |
| Location | Southwest Research Institute Cafeteria 6220 Culebra Rd San Antonio, Texas |
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| Reservations | We will need to have RSVP’s so that name badges
can be prepared for visitors. Any non-US
citizens are requested to contact Ernest Franke
(210-317-5757 or e.franke@ieee.org) to confirm
arrangements. |
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Lunch will be at the Institute Cafeteria. This
will not be a served lunch – each person will go
through the cafeteria line and take their tray
into a private dining room. Each person will
pay for their own lunch in this arrangement – but
the SwRI cafeteria is fairly reasonable. The demonstration will be in Building 97, within walking distance from the cafeteria. |
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| Topic/Title | Wind Energy and Wind Turbines |
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| Speaker | Dr. Vaughn Nelson, West Texas A&M University Professor Emeritus of Physics, West Texas A&M University Retired: Dean Graduate School, Research and Information Technology 2001 Director, Alternative Energy Institute, 1977-2003; 2009-2010 Dr. Nelson has been active in wind energy since the early 70's. Primary work has been on wind resource assessment, education and training, applied R&D, and rural applications of wind energy with USDA. He served as Director of the Alternative Energy Institute since its conception in 1977 was principal investigator of several national and state renewable energy projects (most in wind energy). He was instrumental in starting online programs at WTAMU in 1997. He developed and taught online courses in solar energy, wind energy and renewable energy and also taught physics course over interactive TV. Dr. Nelson is the author on 3 books and 4 CDs (go to https://www.windenergy.org for more information) and published over 50 articles and reports. He has given over 50 workshops and seminars from the local to international level. |
| Abstract | The modern wind industry began in the late 70’s
as one response to the oil crisis of 1973. From
the small wind turbines of up to 100 kW installed
in Denmark and in the wind farms in California in
the early 80’s, global capacity in wind farms is
now around 365 GW. The installed capacity of small
wind turbines and distributed wind is estimated at
2.5 GW. Wind power is proportional to the cube of the velocity, so knowledge of the resource is important. Wind speed maps and wind power potential maps are available for many regions of the world. The Alternative Energy Institute, WTAMU, collected data from numerous locations across TX, and from two tall towers (up to 100 m). Wind shear is an important factor as the variation by time of day at heights of 40 m and above is relevant to the utility grid. Types of wind turbines (lift and drag), plus configurations, generators, operation, power coefficient, and estimated and calculated energy production will be discussed. Size of turbines is now multi-MW, with rotor diameters 60 to 100 m and on towers of 60 to greater than 100 m. Capacity factors (average power) of 40% and greater are from regions with good to excellent wind resources. There are 3 main factors for development of wind farms and the economics (cost of energy) and the value of power purchase agreements depend on whether selling at market or at fixed price. Production tax credit and renewable portfolio standards are the main drivers for installation of wind farms. Future estimates for capacity for the world and for Texas will be given. The new transmission lines due to CREZ are a for increased wind capacity on ERCOT grid. |
| Date/Time | March 16, 2015, 6:00-7:30pm |
| Location | National Instruments, Building C 1S13, 11500 N
Mopac Expwy, Austin, TX 78759 |
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| Reservations | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/32173
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Joint meeting with I&M, PI^2 and Computer
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| Topic/Title | An Insider View of the 1960’s Space Program |
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| Speaker | Mr. Dennis P. O’Connor, PE Mr. O’Connor has had a long career of close to 50 years of which the 16 most recent years are with Boeing in the areas of Logistics Engineering for International Space Station, financial and technical planning. The other 32 years were spent with the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp initially in the design and test of Lunar Module at Bethpage NY and Kennedy Space Center, Fl and designing special purpose ground based telemetry systems (B1 bomber at Edwards AFB, Trident missile subs at Point Mugu, Ca. Mr. O’Connor was the chief engineer of a 200+ rack system for jet engine testing at Arnold Air Force Station in Tennessee. He was a manager of F-14 avionics and electronic warfare upgrades – ground test and a manager of hardware planning and implementation – IT services contract for all of Johnson Space Center. Mr. O’Connor holds
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| Abstract | In 1961, President John F. Kennedy began a
dramatic expansion of the U.S. space program and
committed the nation to the ambitious goal of
landing a man on the moon by the end of the
decade. A new space program, Project Mercury, had
been initiated during President Dwight D.
Eisenhower's administration. Seven men were
selected to take part as astronauts in the
program. As space exploration continued through
the 1960s, the United States was on its way to the
Moon. Project Gemini was the second NASA
spaceflight program. The Apollo Program followed
Project Gemini. Its goal was to land humans on the
moon and assure their safe return to Earth. Mr. Dennis P. O’Connor will provide his personal insights of the 1960’s space program. He will provide an overview of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs followed by providing details on Apollo program structure, Apollo program ground facilities, and Apollo program vehicles. Mr. O’Connor will conclude with his personal observations (the crazy things). |
| Date/Time | March 19, 2015 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
| Location | AT&T Labs, Room Number: #220, 9505
Arboretum, Austin, Texas 78729 |
| Cost | FREE |
| Reservations | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/33105 |
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