Central Georgia IEEE Section 2005 Meeting History




November Meeting
The November meeting was cancelled, the speaker was not able to get to Macon. The topic was telemedicine and we hope to reschedule in 2006. Have a good Thanksgiving and Christmas.

October Meeting The October meeting was on the 25th of October and was a 3D scanning presentation. 3DSCANSCO came from Lawrenceville to make the presentation. Lead Engineer Karol Hatzilias and Applications Engineer Michael Mock spoke to us. Messrs Hatzilia and Mock presented the following topics: laser scanning technology, photogrammetry, and inspection software. He illustrated scanning with three case studies: US Department of Energy (Princeton Plasma Physics Lab stellerator fusion power generation inspection project), NASA UAV reverse engineering project, and NASA x38 lander inspection project. The meeting wasat the Ball Aerospace (Warner Robins) conference room. Dinner afterwards was at Po' Folks.
Thanks to Suraj Padmanabhan for arranging this meeting.
Thanks to Rick Noel for arranging the Ball Areospace meeting room for the presentation.

June 2005 Meeting The June meeting of the Central Georgia Section of the IEEE was a tour of Georgia Power's Scherer Electric Generating Plant, north of Macon. We met at the plant on Tuesday, June 21, 2005, at our usual time of 6:30 PM. The Plant Scherer electricity generating plant is the one of the largest (coal fired) power generation sites in the country. Lake Juliet is the impoundment next to the facility which provides coolant. The four generator system receives a train load of coal each day. Plant Scherer is operated by the Georgia Power Company; it’s owners are Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG), the City of Dalton, Florida Power Corporation, and Georgia Power. Damon Woodson showed us through the facility.
We last toured the plant back in 1999, they were readying the control software for the coming Y2K event. Dinner afterwards was at Logan's Roadhouse on Arkwright Road. Thanks to Central Georiga Secion Chairman Curtis Lee for scheduling this meeting.

May 2005 Meeting The May meeting of the Central Georgia chapter of the IEEE was a motor protection presentation by John S. Levine, P. E., of Levine Lectronics and Lectric, Inc. We met at the Mercer University School of Engineering, on Tuesday, May 17, 2005. Mr Levine is a controls consultant in Atlanta. Mr Levine presented specifications and operational information on a programmable motor protection controller. The unit is manufactured by General Electric. Motor controllers are important in providing protection to the motor, protecting wiring, provding short circuit and overload protection, and providing safe, efficient operation. With some large industrial motors costing $50k, motor protection is an important consideration. The programability gives more control and flexiability but also place more responsibility on designers. Mr Levine's website is L-3.com.
Afterwards, the group adjorned to the Macon O'Charley's for dinner.
Thanks to Curtis Lee for working up this guest speaker.


April 2005 Meeting Our April meeting was a presentation by Mark Mosely on the JOINT Stars Phased Array Radar. We met at Ball Aerospace on Tuesday, April 19, 2005. Mr Mosely presents a thorough, understandable technical presentation. The Phased Array Radar antenna hangs underneathe the JOINT Stars airplane (a renovated Boeing 707), is canoe shaped, and has a range of at least 300 miles. Mark is a good speaker, recovering quickly when the PowerPoint presentation projector failed. The meeting was in the Ball Aerospace conference room. Dinner and post meeting analysis was at Po'Folks restuarant.
Thanks to Rick Noel for scheduling Mark.
March 2005 EXCOM meeting The executive committee of the Central Georgia Section of the IEEE met on the 15th of March (yes, the Ides of March) to plan/review for the next year. We met at Logan's Roadhouse in north Macon. A top item of that meeting was preparation of a slate of nominees for the next year. In attendance to plan the year were Curtis Lee, Russ Minchew, Dan Bishop, Al Richardson, Max Roesel, and Rick Noel. Also attending was former Central Georgia section member, Dennis Ludwig, who agreed to speak at the November meeting.
Thanks go to President Curtis Lee for his several years of leadership.

March 2005 Meeting The March 2005 Meeting was in conjunction with the Dixie Crows Electronic Warfare (EW) Sympoisum. We met with the Dixie Crows on Tuesday, 22 March 2005, at the Robins AFB Museum of Aviation, Century of Flight building. The symposium is the spring gathering of EW professionals.
Thanks to Julie Vick, last years symposium Chair, for arranging our visit. Thanks to Patty Martin of EW for hosting the Dixie Crow Symposium at Robins. Thanks to Tracy Tillman of Mercer for chairing this year's symposium. For more on the Dixie Crows, visit Dixie Crows
Mike Baker of Teledyne (TWT guru) was in town for the Dixie Crow Symposium. Mr Baker and his folks at Teledyne gave the IEEE an excellent presentation two years ago on TWTs.
Thanks to Gregory D. Taylor, P.E. of Ball Aerospace for setting up this IEEE meeting.


February 2005 Meeting The February 2005 Meeting was on Tuesday, February 22, 2005, at 6:30 PM at Ball Areospace, behind Po' Folks restuarant on Watson Boulevard in Warner Robins GA. Our speaker was Rick Noel. Rick spoke about Spread Spectrum technology. Rick discussed the history of the technology (including contributions of actress Hedley Lamar, originator of an early patent) and the three techniques: direct sequence, frequency hopping, and hybrid technology. Such technologies as cell telephones and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) use spread spectrum technology. Rick closed the seminar with a discussion of advantages and disadvantages which include frequency conservation, security, and integrity. Afterwards, we supped at Po’ Folks restaurant.
Thanks to Rick Noel for the quick response on organizing this meeting.

January 2005 Meeting The IEEE Central Georgia chapter started the year with a meeting on Tuesday, January 18, 2005, at the Ball Aerospace building off Watson Boulevard in Warner Robins GA. The topic was Semiconductor Die Processing and Packaging. The meeting was presented by David Goss, Packaging Sales Specialist, and Christian Durning, Southeast Regional Sales Manager of Chip Supply, Inc. in Orlando FL. Chip Supply provides bare semiconductor die and packaged die after a manufacturer has discontinued production. Chip Supply, Inc. is the largest semiconductor wafer processor in the world. They cut individual die from wafers manufactured by over twenty semiconductor foundries, and provide 100% temperature testing, speed sorting, burn-in, visual inspection, and lot qualification. They also provide environmental screening to allow upscreening of commercial semiconductor devices to industrial or military temperatures. In addition to providing bare die, Chip Supply offers hermetic packagingof die - flat packs, leadless chip carriers, metal cans and dual in-linepackages. They provide packaged die to the medical and aerospace industries, the military, and commercial and industrial customers. Messers Goss and Durning showed the various interconnect technologies they offer, and specifically how they can provide a steady stream of supply on products after a manufacturer has discontinued the packaged part offering. Dinner afterwards was Po' Folks.


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