Unless otherwise specified, meetings of the Fox Valley Subsection are held in
the auditorium at IIT's Rice Campus, 201 East Loop Road, Wheaton, Illinois. The
meetings are normally held on the 4th Wednesday of the month.
Directions: Take Rt.56/Butterfield Rd. to the first stoplight east of intersection of Butterfield and Naperville roads.
Turn north onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corners);
the campus will be on your right about two blocks north of Butterfield Rd.
More detailed directions and a map are available at:
https://www.iit.edu/rice/about/directions.shtml
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Meetings and Events for this Season (beginning Sept. 2009)
(Click here for announcements from past seasons.)
23 SEPTEMBER 2009 (WEDNESDAY), 6:30PM - 9:00PM at IIT Rice Campus
Title: "Mass-Market Electric Vehicles - Is the Third Time the Charm?"
Speaker: Gene Glaudell, Technology Consultant, Gn0man. Former CIO, Tesla Motors
Abstract:
We are witnessing the birth of the 3rd generation of mass-market electric vehicles since the late
19th century. There are major challenges that remain to be addressed before EV’s become
common sights on our roads, but much progress has been made since the announcement of
the Tesla Roadster in 2006 and the delivery of 700+ vehicles since spring 2008. We look at
Tesla Motors’ engineering solutions to these challenges, what obstacles remain to creating a
mass-market EV, and what the future may hold.
About the Speaker:
Gene Glaudell works with clients from startups through Fortune 500 firms to invent and
deliver cost-effective solutions quickly to critical engineering and business challenges. Gene
has served in technical leadership roles (CTO, CIO, Chief Architect) at firms in a variety of
industries (Tesla Motors, Classified Ventures, Lawson Products, JPMorgan Chase, BankOne,
BEA Systems, Raytheon, and Mission Research) He is regularly consulted on the topics of
clean-tech and information technology strategy and execution by entrepreneurs, VCs,
investment banks, corporate executives, and management consulting firms such as McKinsey & Co.
Before working in private industry, Gene was a physicist doing research projects at Harvard
University, the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory,
and the University of Chicago. He designed and built high-energy particle detectors and ultra-precision
optical wave meters and wrote software to model and analyze data from high-energy
particle colliders and both land and space-based optical, X-ray, and infrared telescopes. Some
of his papers are still cited as seminal works 20 years later. He has a B.S. in Physics from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Masters (A.M.) in Physics from Harvard
University.
Time: (see top of this page for directions to IIT Rice Campus)
6:30pm: Networking Time
7:00pm: Presentation
Sponsorship (no reservation required)
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IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Professional Engineers: this meeting qualifies for Professional Development
Hours
20 OCTOBER 2009 (TUESDAY), 6:00PM - 9:00PM
JOINT MEETING with IEEE Chicago EMC Society, Fox Valley Subsection and SAE
at Elite Electronics Engineering, Downers Grove, IL
Reservations required - presentation begins at 7:00pm
"Oktoberfest" and keynote topic: Vehicle Telematics Technology
Keynote speaker: Emad Isaac, Chief Technology Officer for the Morey Corporation of Woodridge Illinois
Abstract:
The Chicago chapters of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society
and Fox Valley Subsection are pleased to announce a joint meeting of the two professional organizations. This will be the third such joint meeting in the past six years. Elite Electronic Engineering is proud to be the meeting host and sponsor.
The meeting topic has been selected to overlap the interests of both societies. The keynote presentation, “Current Commercial Telematics Technology”, will explore the concepts, benefits, technology and innovation behind real-time monitoring of commercial vehicles and assets through advanced electronics, GPS systems, and wireless communications. The speaker will be Emad Isaac, Chief Technology Officer for the Morey Corporation of Woodridge Illinois.
With telematics technology, the exact location of vehicles and assets can be tracked to help fleet operators continually manage equipment, cargo, and personnel. The benefits of telematics asset tracking include improved logistics planning for more fuel-efficient routing and streamline maintenance. Vehicle systems can be monitored for key parameters like fuel usage, battery voltage, engine hours, and fault codes for the purpose of improving fleet efficiency and uptime. By knowing the operations and maintenance status, fleet managers can direct vehicles to a nearby service station at a time coordinated with drivers required rest period. Certain applications of telematics also alert fleet managers when vehicles enter or leave designated locations. This is especially useful for homeland security in situations where hazardous truck cargo may be misdirected, stolen, or even hijacked.
As an added interest, members of the Fox Valley Electric Auto Association will have one or two electric vehicles at this event. The cars will be on display during the social hour and FVEAA members will be on hand to talk about their vehicles and answer questions from meeting attendees.
As with past joint events, this meeting has an “Oktoberfest” theme and includes dinner, refreshments, and music. The dinner and background polka music make for an enjoyable social event and provides a great opportunity for members of each society to cross-network. Dinner will be German cuisine of bratwurst, pork loin, red cabbage and sauerkraut, as well as apple strudel. Past SAE-IEEE joint chapter meetings have been very well attended and a large audience is anticipated for this event. Early registration for this meeting is recommended.
About the Speaker:
Emad S. Isaac is Chief Technology Officer for the Morey Corporation. The Morey Corporation is a privately held electronics development and manufacturing services company headquartered in Woodridge, IL. The company is focused on the design, development, testing, validation and manufacturing of ruggedized electronic assemblies. Mr. Isaac began his career at The Morey Corporation in 2005; he oversees complete responsibility for the strategic technical direction for the Morey Corporation and leads Morey’s entire development engineering across all products and platforms which include Displays, Telematics, and Control Platforms. Mr. Isaac serves as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team. Mr. Isaac has been instrumental in leveraging the Morey Corporation’s 75 years of core manufacturing expertise towards design, and development of advanced electronics platforms.
Mr. Isaac’s prior experience includes over 15 years of broad responsibilities in the wireless communications, systems, and embedded technologies industry. He was a Lead Systems Architect for Motorola’s Telematics Group; served on the Motorola Patent Committee; led several corporate wide innovation initiatives; identified new standards and standard bodies for regional and global Telematics, and served as Distinguished Member of Motorola’s Technical Staff. In addition, Mr. Isaac briefly served as vice-chairman for the SAE J1939 committee. Mr. Isaac has also held various leadership roles within the military, government, and aerospace industry prior to Motorola.
Mr. Isaac holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Applied Physics and Mechanical Engineering from McGill University. He also holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Arizona, as well as a Masters degree in Engineering Management from Northwestern University. Emad holds multiple key patents, and when not tinkering at the office, spends much of his time tinkering with new technologies at the home-front, along with any projects or school programs that inspire children in the areas of Math, Science, and Engineering.
Time:
6:00pm: Social hour
including dinner, refreshments and music
7:00pm: Presentation
RSVP: Use the
online reservation form on the
Elite webpage or phone Kathy Barri at 630-495-9770 x 0
(no cost)
Location: Elite Electronic Engineering, Inc,
1516 Centre Circle, Downers Grove IL 60515
Directions
and
Bing maps birds-eye view
Sponsorship
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IEEE Chicago EMC Society, SAE and
IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Professional Engineers: this meeting qualifies for Professional Development
Hours
SUB-SECTION MEETING:
28 October 2009 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
No Meeting this month
In place of the Fox Valley Subsection October meeting, members are encouraged to
attend the Joint EMC Society "Oktoberfest" social hour and meeting at Elite
Electronic Engineering October 20.
SUB-SECTION MEETING:
18 November 2009 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
at IIT Rice Campus
Title: "Materials for new computers: smaller bits and faster memory"
Speaker: Amanda Petford-Long, Senior Scientist, Argonne National laboratory
Abstract:
The rapid increase in information storage density, and in memory density and speed, have
been brought about in part by the development of new materials. These are often layered
structures, with properties that are engineered by controlling their microstructure and
chemical profile. In addition the materials are laterally confined at the sub-micron scale
for example as rings, dots or pillars. In this presentation I will discuss the way in which
we can use advanced microscopy techniques to understand not only the structure and
composition of these complex materials, but also their magnetic and electrical behavior.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Petford-Long is a Senior Scientist in the Materials Science Division at Argonne,
National Laboratory, which she joined in August 2005. Since Sept 2008 she has also been
a Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Northwestern
University. She has a BSc in Physics from University College London and a DPhil in
Materials Science from the University of Oxford, where she was a Professor in the
Materials Department until she joined Argonne. Her research focuses on correlating
physical properties of layered thin films and nanoparticles with microstructure and
composition profile. Of particular interest are materials for information storage
applications. She has developed in-situ TEM facilities for analyzing magnetization and
transport behavior and has published over 270 papers.
Time: (see top of this page for directions to IIT Rice Campus)
6:30pm: Networking Time
7:00pm: Presentation
Sponsorship (no reservation required)
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IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Professional Engineers: this meeting qualifies for Professional Development
Hours
SUB-SECTION MEETING:
27 January 2010 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
at IIT Rice Campus
Title: "Operating System Virtualization"
Speaker: Louis Giokas, Consultant and IEEE Fox Valley Subsection Executive
Committee member
Abstract:
OS Virtualization has a long history in the mainframe world. In the past few years it has been applied to PC’s, servers and now handheld devices. This talk will briefly cover some of the history and the use in PC’s and servers. The primary purpose of the talk is to cover the use of OS Virtualization at the handheld device level.
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About the Speaker:
Louis Giokas is a member of the IEEE active in the Fox Valley Subsection. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Villanova University
and is pursuing a master's degree in Computer Science at IIT. He has extensive experience in the aerospace and software industries. He has worked for GE Aerospace, Link Simulation Systems, Sperry-UNIVAC and more recently Oracle and IBM. Currently he is a consultant specializing on a range of topics including distributed power, information management and embedded systems.
Time: (see top of this page for directions to IIT Rice Campus)
6:30pm: Networking Time
7:00pm: Presentation
Sponsorship (no reservation required)
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IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Professional Engineers: this meeting qualifies for Professional Development
Hours
SUB-SECTION MEETING:
24 February 2010 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
at IIT Rice Campus
Title: "United States Patent Office Accelerated Examination Program"
Speaker: Ronald E. Andermann, Cardinal Intellectual Property, Inc.
Abstract:
Patent application backlog at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) increased to almost 1,300,000 in 2008. Average pendency of a patent application is approaching three years. Patent application allowance rates has dropped dramatically to as low as 44% in 2008.
In response to some of these problems, in 2006 the USPTO established procedures under which the examination of a patent application may be accelerated. The objective of the accelerated examination (AE) program is to complete the examination of an application within twelve months from the filing date of the application. Early performance for patent applications that have entered the AE program has been good. Patent pendency for AE applications are averaging just over six months and allowance rates have been exceeding 70%. This presentation introduces the accelerated examination program and its requirements in an effort to make engineers and inventors aware of this option when discussing inventions and patent applications with their patent attorney or agent.
About the Speaker:
Ron Andermann is a Patent Attorney admitted to the Illinois bar and registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Ron handles a multitude of intellectual property matters from patent and trademark applications to transactional issues such as licensing and negotiating intellectual property agreements. Ron graduated from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, a nationally ranked law school in intellectual property.
Ron is also a licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois. Ron’s technical credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from University of Illinois, Urbana and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from University of Washington, Seattle, followed by extensive technical and managerial experience with UOP (a technology company owned by Honeywell), Amoco (BP) Chemical, Westinghouse, and Exxon. Ron is also a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Ron has authored a number of technical and legal publications and is a co-inventor of two United States patents.
Time: (see top of this page for directions to IIT Rice Campus)
6:30pm: Networking Time
7:00pm: Presentation
Sponsorship (no reservation required)
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IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Professional Engineers: this meeting qualifies for Professional Development
Hours
SUB-SECTION MEETING:
28 April 2010 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
at IIT Rice Campus
Title: "Nuclear Power in the Energy Picture"
Speaker: George S. Stanford Ph.D.
Abstract:
As both global population and energy demand per person continue to grow, energy from uranium will be increasingly important. The
direction the technology takes will have implications in a number of areas -- waste management, public safety, weapons proliferation, national security,
international stability and more. Some of the trends, possibilities, and
interactions will be discussed.
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About the Speaker:
George S. Stanford Ph.D., is a physicist, now retired after a career in the
reactor-development program at Argonne National laboratory. His technical
publications have pertained mainly to experiments regarding the safety of
nuclear reactors, but he has also published in the areas of energy policy and
the control of nuclear weapons.
Time: (see top of this page for directions to IIT Rice Campus)
6:30pm: Networking Time
7:00pm: Presentation
Sponsorship (no reservation required)
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IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Professional Engineers: this meeting qualifies for Professional Development
Hours
SUB-SECTION MEETING:
26 May 2010 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
at IIT Rice Campus
Title: "Steganography"
Speaker: Bill Lidinsky, Director of Security and Forensics Laboratory, IIT School of Applied Technology.
Abstract:
Steganography has been part of the human experience since before Herodotus chronicled it for the first time in the 4th century BC. But with the advent of computers, the Internet and digital representation of images, audio, video and documents of all types, steganography has moved into a new realm. It has become possible hide computer files within other computer files. The former are referred to as hidden or covert files while the latter are the carrier or overt files. The goal of digital steganography is a file that carries within it another file without being detectable as a carrier.
A related topic, steganalysis, concerns itself with determining whether a digital file is carrying covert information or is “clean”. While there have been advances for specific situations, steganalysis is an unsolved problem in the general case.
This talk will investigate several digital steganography schemes. These schemes will be demonstrated for all to see and hear. The talk will also discuss some approaches to steganalysis that have met with limited success.
About the speaker:
William Lidinsky is the Alva C. Todd Professor and
Assistant Director of Information Technology and
Management at Illinois Institute of Technology's Center
for Professional Development. Prior to joining IIT he was
the Head of the High Energy Physics Network Resource
Center at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,
supervised research groups at AT&T Bell Laboratories,
International Harvester's Science and Technology
Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. He chaired the
IEEE802.1 Local Area Network Standards Working Group that
developed the standards for Local Area Network bridges and
switches, and was a member of the IEEE802 Executive
Committee which was instrumental in developing the
standards for today's local area networks including WiFi
(802.11) and WiMax (802.16) networks. He has published a
number of papers, holds a number of patents, chaired
several professional conferences, and has consulted in his
fields of interest. His current fields of interest include
digital security, forensics, steganography/steganalysis
and ethical hacking. He holds an MSEE degree from IIT and
an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a Life Senior
Member of the IEEE and a senior member of the ACM.
Time: (see top of this page for directions to IIT Rice Campus)
6:30pm: Networking Time
7:00pm: Presentation
Sponsorship (no reservation required)
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IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Professional Engineers: this meeting qualifies for Professional Development
Hours
SUB-SECTION MEETING:
23 June 2010 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
at IIT Rice Campus
Title: "My Other Computer is a Data Center – An Introduction to Cloud Computing"
Speaker: Robert L. Grossman, University of Illinois at Chicago and Open Data Group
https://rgrossman.com
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Abstract:
We introduce cloud computing and discuss some of the different types of clouds. We give an overview of the cloud computing industry. We also discuss what is new technically and what is simply better marketing. We end with some suggestions for your first cloud computing project.
About the Speaker:
Robert Grossman is the Managing Partner of Open Data Group, the Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Computing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an Associate Senior Fellow at the Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology at the University of Chicago. He is also the Director of the Open Cloud Consortium. He has published over 150 papers in cloud computing, data intensive computing, and related areas.
Time: (see top of this page for directions to IIT Rice Campus)
6:30pm: Networking Time
7:00pm: Presentation
No reservation required
Sponsorship
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IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
IEEE Women in Engineering, Chicago Section
Professional Engineers: this meeting qualifies for Professional Development
Hours
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