Central Texas Chapter
IEEE
Product Safety Engineering Society
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Meetings
are now being held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Dell Parmer South
Building 4.
The meetings start at 6:30pm. A map to the meeting place may be found at this
link (MS Word file, compressed).
The meetings are open to the public
and a meal is provided at no charge.
Call
Dale Ritzen (512) 651-5338 for
details and directions.
CALENDAR
September Meeting
Topic or Presentation Title: A
Review of the Underwriter's Laboratories Amusement and Gaming Machines Standard
- UL22,
Speaker: David Ball of Multimedia Games, Inc.
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 19,
6:30pm
Cost: None
Reservations: Not required
Meeting Location: Dell Parmer South 4, Victoria Conference Room.
EXCITING FUTURE MEETINGS
October 17: Equipment Use in Hazardous Locations – Jim Dolphin
December 5: Hazardous Voltage
Primer – Dave Lohbeck, National Instruments – NOTE CHANGE IN DATE
We encourage you, others in your organization, or other interested parties to participate in our meetings every month. The PSES meets every month on the third Tuesday of every month at 6:30, with the program starting at 7pm, except in November/December. A combined monthly meeting is held in early December to allow members and guests to enjoy the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. For further information about the PSES, please contact Dale Ritzen at (512) 651-5338.
ALSO OF INTEREST
Not IEEE PSES Sponsored, but likely of interest to our
members
RECENT MEETINGS
Some presentations available upon request.
Contact Sam Davis at (512) 728-9117 for presentations.
August Meeting: Job Hunting Resources in Central Texas, Kathy Lansford, WorkSource
July
Social Event: Mission Impossible III at
the Alamo Draft House
June
Meeting Presentation: ESD vs Product Safety: Are they really two worlds apart? Tim Collins, Associated
Research
May
Meeting Presentation: Surviving Factory Inspections. Regan
Arndt, TÜV America.
April
Meeting Presentation: The New Hazard Based Safety Engineering Standards.
Lal Bahra, Senior Regulatory , Dell.
March
Meeting Presentation: International Market Access Solutions.
Helena Wolf, North American Regional Manager for International Certification,
Underwriters Laboratories.
February Meeting Presentation: EMC for
Product Safety Engineers. Richard Worley
January Meeting Presentation: National
Sanitation Foundation Overview. Dale Ritzen
2005
November/December
Meeting Presentation: "Choosing a NRTL". Jim Dolphin,
Director of Product Safety Certifications, Professional Testing.
October Meeting - Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 6:30 PM
Presentation: “Hazard Considerations
For The Aircraft Environment” by Jack Burns and Sam Davis, plus
a synopsis of the “2005 Product Safety Engineering Symposium”
September Meeting: Hot Flaming Oil
Test by Nathan Arldt.
August Meeting: Product Safety 101 -
A Primer. A review of
four aspects of basic product safety. We covered Standards, Labels,
Agency inspections, and Basic Hazards.
July Meeting: Product Safety on
the Web. A group sharing
of favorite Product Safety related web sites.
June Meeting: Movie Night- Selected Safety Shorts We viewed a
collection of Product Safety-related videos, relating to UL testing,
investigations, and plastic burning characteristics. One point of
education for most was the distance a 500kV source will arc. Some of these videos
are available upon request.
May meeting: RFID
An interesting look into the history, current uses, and future considerations
for this technology. Presentation slides available upon request.
April meeting: Power Cords 101
A very helpful presentation on the multitude of concerns with meeting
international power cord regulations. Presentation slides available upon
request.
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Last updated 15 August, 2006