Tuesday, November 15, 2005

El Gallo Mexican Restaurant
2910 S Congress (see below)
Austin, Texas
512-444-2205

Dinner is $10.00 – IEEE Members
$12.00 – Non-IEEE Members
Free for students.

Please RSVP - if you plan to attend please reply to this invitation. For further information, please email or contact Stacy Smith via email or phone 512-232-6103.

Dan C. Smith, P.E., Austin Energy

Dan joined Austin Energy in May 2003 as a Consulting Engineer and supervises Substation and Relay Engineering for City of Austin’s electric utility transmission and substation system. Prior to joining Austin Energy, Dan worked 10 years for AMD in Austin, TX (a semiconductor manufacturer of microprocessors and flash memory devices) as a Facilities Section Manager responsible for Site Electrical & Mechanical Engineering. His responsibilities included chairing the City of Austin’s Power Improvement Action Committee (consisting of Austin Energy and AE’s Large Primary Service customers) and acting as AMD’s liaison to Austin Energy. While at AMD, Dan completed a 2 year expatriate assignment in Dresden, Germany responsible for the coordination of a cogeneration plant supplying AMD’s electrical and thermal energy requirements and was responsible for the planning, design, installation, and start-up of the electrical distribution system and process tool hook-up. Prior to joining AMD, Dan worked 4 years as a Staff Consulting Engineer for JanCom Engineering and 2 years as a Field Engineer for Square D Company, both in Austin, TX. Dan received his BS in electrical engineering from Texas A & M University, is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas, a Member of IEEE, and has completed the first module of his MBA from St. Edward’s University. Dan has authored papers that have been included in Future Fab International and Power Quality 2000 and made technical presentations at the IEEE PES Annual Conference, Sematech, EPRI Power Quality for the Semiconductor Fabrication Industry, and the Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS).

Transmission Line Protection and Control Fundamentals.

Directions to El Gallo:

From I –35:
Exit at Oltorf, turn west, and continue until S. Congress Avenue. At S. Congress, turn left. El Gallo is about 500 feet past the next traffic light (Cumberland), on the right. It’s also directly across from the entrance to St. Edward’s University.

From Ben White Blvd. (US290/SH71):
Exit at S. Congress Avenue and turn north (left from 360, right from I-35). El Gallo is about 600 feet past the next traffic light (Woodward), on the left. It’s also directly across from the entrance to St. Edward’s University.

The parking lot extends beside the building from the S. Congress, and there is lots of it. Once you've entered the restaurant, turn left at the cashier’s counter into the party room. 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.

The menu will be a choice of seven meals; selection will be done at time of ordering. The meal includes tea or coffee, and dessert. Our only restriction is that we must close our program by 9 PM. For the early risers and the long drivers, this is good news!