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IEEE
Central Texas Section
Power Engineering Society
Austin Chapter
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Announcements and Events
Next
Meeting, Tuesday, September 28, Anatomy of an Accident:
How Lack of Documentation Will Cause Problems |
Join us on at the September meeting when our very
own former leader provides us his insight into how
inadequate documentation of facilities installations
may result in an unanswered questions in the case of
a later investigation. James is a multifaceted engineer
with previous experience in highway lighting and traffic
signals and who is now a Hydraulics Engineer at the
Texas Department of Transportation. For more information
please see the announcement.
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| Thank
You David Walker |
| We all appreciate David Walker's enlightening
presentation us on the technical intricacies and problems
of Water management in in the lower Colorado River basin.
One really gained an appreciation for the service that
LCRA in making sure that we are not swamped during heavy
rains but that water is available for us during drought.
We all thank him for his time to lead our discussion
at the August meeting. |
| Continuing
Education |
| Certificates. You may pick up your CE certificates
for IEEE meetings at the meeting. |
| Roy
Matthews Receives IEEE Award |
Roy Matthews (left) receives an IEEE Appreciation
Award on May 23, from Vice Chapter Chair Mike Noth,
for service as Central Texas Power Society Chapter
Chair for 2005-2006. We all appreciate Roy's hard work
and dedication coordinating the PES Chapter's successful
activities.
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| Presentations |
July, 2006, Power Factor and Power Factor Correction
Michael
Hillhouse presentation (24.2 Mb PowerPoint File)
February, 2006, Uninterruptible Power Supplies,
Chuck
Berry presentation (2.4 Mb PowerPoint File)
January, 2006, Katolight Generator Sets and Applications
Mike
Dauffenbach presentation (9.9 Mb PowerPoint File)
October, 2005, Stored Diesel Fuel Maintenance Standards
Greg Hagopian
presentation (0.5 Mb PowerPoint File)
May, 2005, Critical Power Distribution System
Mike Filley presentation (4.2 Mb PowerPoint File)
April, 2005, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
(SCADA) Systems
Mark
Hunter presentation (0.5 Mb PowerPoint File)
October, 2004, Bridge Collapse Monitoring System (5.5
Mb PDF File)
James
Mercier presentation background (The article is
on pages 28-35.)
February, 2004, Wind Power.
Jules
Campbell presentation (5.9 Mb PDF File)
Walter
Hornaday presentation (0.3 Mb PDF File) |
| Analog
Newsletter |
Some attendees of our meetings have not been
receiving their electronic copy of the IEEE Central Texas
Section Newsletter, The
Analog. If you are an IEEE member, your subscription
is automatic to your profile on record at IEEE. IF you
are not a member, you may subscribe. Details are provided
at the Analog Webpage.
Be advised that
there is NOT a lot of traffic on this list intentionally. The
list manager tries to keep it below 3 emails a month
- The Analog, the mid-month reminder, and maybe
an emergency announcement, but we prefer 2 emails a month. |
| San
Antonio and Austin Have New PES Chapters |
Congratulations to the engineers in Austin and San
Antonio for establishing new IEEE PES chapters effective
August 1, 2006. The chapter leaders are looking forward
to working with each other under Central Texas Section
and the Power Engineering Society. Interestingly, Central
Texas Section PES members will not have to choose between
the two chapters; we will automatically be members of
both chapters. So we may pick and choose the programs
we like best or even attend them all.
The Austin Chapter officers are:
President: Ron Brown
Vice President: Mike Noth
Secretary: Rheuben Hair
Treasurer: Stacy Smith
Webmaster: Don Drumtra
The San Antonio Chapter officers are:
Chairman, Annie Lévesque,
P.E.
Vice Chairman: Scott Walowsky
Secretary/Treasurer: Steven Mouser |
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