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- full text access to IEEE Publications The Spectrum Online - The Magazine for Technology Insiders IEEE: The Bridge - IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN)'s signature publication, an interactive digital magazine published three times a year. IEEE Member Newsletter https://theinstitute.ieee.org |
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John Jay
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Computer
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Texas
Board of Professional Engineers Ethics
Webinar Registration links will be posted 30 days prior to the event at: https://engineers.texas.gov/webinars.html. |
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Texas
State Senior Design DaySenior
Design Day
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Science Fair Judge
Application Form for Harmony Science
Academy-San Antonio (December 16, 2017)We are so excited that our annual Science Fair is just around the corner (December 16, 2017). We are looking forward to your support. We are in an immediate need finding Science Fair Judges. Please help us to spread the word by directing other potential judges . For further information or if you have any questions, contact me at agomez@harmonytx.org or jbush@harmonytx.org |
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Greater Austin STEM
Networking Forum
Thursday, January 11,
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5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
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Junior
Academy of Science Science FairSan Antonio https://www.arase.org/ |
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Energy Regional Science Festival 2018Austin https://www.sciencefest.org/index.php |
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Regional Science & Engineering FairSan Antonio, https://www.arase.org/ |
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2018 IEEE
Applied Power Electronics Conference and
Exposition (APEC)APEC focuses on the practical and applied aspects of the power electronics business. The conference addresses issues of immediate and long term importance to practicing power electronics engineer. |
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ExxonMobil
Texas Science & Engineer FairSan Antonio, https://emtsef.utsa.edu/ |
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2017
National Electrical Code for Engineers
WorkshopLocated at the Scottish Rite Theater, next door to the Hampton Inn. 8AM-5PM |
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2018 IEEE
GreenTech International Conference of Smart
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IEEE R5
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2018
IEEE Texas Power and Energy ConferenceWe are pleased to announce that the submission system for both, papers and posters for the 2018 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (IEEE TPEC 2018) is now open! The submission deadline for the full six-page manuscript is November 10, 2017, and deadline for the poster abstract submission is December 1, 2017. |
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TBPE
Ethics WebinarWebinars will be held at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day. Registration links will be posted 30 days prior to the webinars at: https://engineers.texas.gov/webinars.html. |
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2018 IEEE
International Workshop Technical Committee
on Communications Quality and Reliability
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NI WeekAs 2017 comes to an end, make sure you have secured your seat to attend the best engineering conference in the industry. Register now to save up to 60 percent by taking advantage of our early bird pricing. |
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TBPE
Ethics WebinarWebinars will be held at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day. Registration links will be posted 30 days prior to the webinars at: https://engineers.texas.gov/webinars.html. |
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2018 IEEE
Electrical Insulation Conference (EIC)This conference papers are dealing with application, development, analysis, testing, and service experience with electrical insulation in electrical and electronic equipment around but not limited to the following themes: rotating machines, transformers, cables, variable speed drives, testing, outdoor insulation, nanodielectrics, switchgear, new materials, etc. |
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Ethics WebinarWebinars will be held at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day. Registration links will be posted 30 days prior to the webinars at: https://engineers.texas.gov/webinars.html. |
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Ethics WebinarWebinars will be held at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day. Registration links will be posted 30 days prior to the webinars at: https://engineers.texas.gov/webinars.html. |
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2019 IEEE
Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects
Conference (NSREC)Conference offers a one day "Short Course" and 3.5 days of Tehchnical sessions consisting of 8-10 session of contributed papers. The material presented is completely related to the radiation environment and its impact on electrical components and materials |
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2019
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Location | Sherlock's Baker Street Pub and Grill, 9012 Research Blvd., Austin, TX 78758. Southeast corner of Burnet Road and US 183/Research Blvd. |
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The CEDA chapter normally meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month. This meeting is open to the public and interested parties. Additional details will be posted at the website. If you have any questions about this meeting or this group, please contact zhuoli@ieee.org.
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Maysam Ghovanloo received the B.S. degree in
electrical engineering from the University of
Tehran, and the M.S. degree in biomedical
engineering from the Amirkabir University of
Technology, Tehran, Iran in 1997. He also received
the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical
engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, in 2003 and 2004. Dr. Ghovanloo developed the first modular Patient Care Monitoring System in Iran where he also founded a startup to manufacture physiology and pharmacology research laboratory instruments. From 2004 to 2007 he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of ECE at the North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. Since 2007 he has been with the Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he is a Professor and the founding director of the GT-Bionics Lab. He has 8 issued patents and authored or coauthored more than 200 peer-reviewed conference and journal publications on implantable microelectronic devices, integrated circuits and micro-systems for IMD applications, and modern assistive technologies. Dr. Ghovanloo was the general chair of the IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems (BioCAS 2015) in Atlanta, GA in Oct. 2015. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. He is serving on the technical program committee for the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC). He served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part II (2008-2011), as well as a Guest Editor for the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits and IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. He has also served on the Imagers, MEMS, Medical and Displays subcommittee of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) from 2009-2014. He has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Tommy Nobis Barrier Breaker Award for Innovation, and Distinguished Young Scholar Award from the Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage. |
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Implantable microelectronic devices (IMD) and
neuroprostheses are finding applications in new
therapies thanks to advancements in
microelectronics, microsensors, RF communications,
and medicine, which have resulted in embedding
more functions in IMDs that occupy smaller space
and consume less power, while offering therapies
for more complex diseases and disabilities. I will
address the latest developments in key building
blocks for state-of-the-art IMDs, particularly on
the analog front-end, RF back-end, and power
management. IMDs have been quite successful in
neuroprosthetic devices, such as cochlear implants
and deep brain stimulators. They have been
recently approved for vision and are being
considered for brain-computer interfacing (BCI) to
enable individuals with severe physical
disabilities to control their environments,
particularly by accessing computers. Implantable
BCIs, however, are highly invasive and should be
used when there are no less invasive alternatives
that would offer similar benefits. They can also
be utilized as advanced tools for neuroscience
research on freely behaving animal subjects. I
will talk about the example of a smart cage, which
can wirelessly power, communicate with, and track
sensors implanted in or attached to small freely
behaving animals. At the same time, novel
minimally-invasive methods are being explored for
individuals with severe paralysis to make the best
use of their remaining abilities to control their
environments. An example of such technologies is a
wireless and wearable brain-tongue-computer
interface (BTCI), also known as the Tongue Drive
System (TDS), which enables individuals with
tetraplegia to control their environments using
their voluntary tongue motion. Implantable microelectronic devices (IMD) and neuroprostheses are finding applications in new therapies thanks to advancements in microelectronics, microsensors, RF communications, and medicine, which have resulted in embedding more functions in IMDs that occupy smaller space and consume less power, while offering therapies for more complex diseases and disabilities. I will address the latest developments in key building blocks for state-of-the-art IMDs, particularly on the analog front-end, RF back-end, and power management. IMDs have been quite successful in neuroprosthetic devices, such as cochlear implants and deep brain stimulators. They have been recently approved for vision and are being considered for brain-computer interfacing (BCI) to enable individuals with severe physical disabilities to control their environments, particularly by accessing computers. Implantable BCIs, however, are highly invasive and should be used when there are no less invasive alternatives that would offer similar benefits. They can also be utilized as advanced tools for neuroscience research on freely behaving animal subjects. I will talk about the example of a smart cage, which can wirelessly power, communicate with, and track sensors implanted in or attached to small freely behaving animals. At the same time, novel minimally-invasive methods are being explored for individuals with severe paralysis to make the best use of their remaining abilities to control their environments. An example of such technologies is a wireless and wearable brain-tongue-computer interface (BTCI), also known as the Tongue Drive System (TDS), which enables individuals with tetraplegia to control their environments using their voluntary tongue motion. |
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Maysam Ghovanloo received the B.S. degree in
electrical engineering from the University of
Tehran, and the M.S. degree in biomedical
engineering from the Amirkabir University of
Technology, Tehran, Iran in 1997. He also received
the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical
engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, in 2003 and 2004. Dr. Ghovanloo developed the first modular Patient Care Monitoring System in Iran where he also founded a startup to manufacture physiology and pharmacology research laboratory instruments. From 2004 to 2007 he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of ECE at the North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. Since 2007 he has been with the Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he is a Professor and the founding director of the GT-Bionics Lab. He has 8 issued patents and authored or coauthored more than 200 peer-reviewed conference and journal publications on implantable microelectronic devices, integrated circuits and micro-systems for IMD applications, and modern assistive technologies. Dr. Ghovanloo was the general chair of the IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems (BioCAS 2015) in Atlanta, GA in Oct. 2015. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. He is serving on the technical program committee for the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC). He served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part II (2008-2011), as well as a Guest Editor for the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits and IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. He has also served on the Imagers, MEMS, Medical and Displays subcommittee of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) from 2009-2014. He has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Tommy Nobis Barrier Breaker Award for Innovation, and Distinguished Young Scholar Award from the Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage. |
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Wireless power transmission is on the rise for a
variety of applications from electric vehicles to
smartphone and implantable microelectronic devices
(IMD). Unlike pacemakers, extreme size constraints
and high power consumption prevent many IMDs such
as cochlear and retinal implants from using
primary batteries as their energy source.
Moreover, such devices need to deliver a sizable
volume of information from external artificial
sensors to the nervous system while interfacing
with large neural populations at high stimulus
rates. Nonetheless, the skin barrier should remain
intact and the temperature should be maintained
well within the safe limits. In this talk I will
cover the fundamentals of efficient short-range
power and wideband data transmission across
inductive links. I will discuss the optimization
procedure to achieve the highest possible power
transmission efficiency using two, three, and four
coil systems, including mm-sized coils that can be
used in very small implants distributed in an area
of interest in the body. I will review some of the
latest techniques to establish wideband
bidirectional communication links across the skin,
and also touch on efficient methods to convert the
received AC power on the IMD to DC and stabilize
it at a desired level despite coupling variations
due to coil misalignments. |
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You are invited to share an evening with your colleagues and enjoy some holiday cheer. The Central Texas Consultants Network and the Life Members affinity groups will provide the snacks and a drink. Anything more is up to you. Reservations: Please register at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/48654 so that we know approximately how many are coming. Last minute walk-ins and guests are welcome. |
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You are invited to share an evening with your colleagues and enjoy some holiday cheer. The Central Texas Consultants Network and the Life Members affinity groups will provide the snacks and a drink. Anything more is up to you. Reservations: Please register at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/48654 so that we know approximately how many are coming. Last minute walk-ins and guests are welcome. |
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Location | Sherlock's Baker Street Pub and Grill, 9012 Research Blvd., Austin, TX 78758. Southeast corner of Burnet Road and US 183/Research Blvd. |
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Do a friend a favor. Bring your colleagues to grow the Consultants Network.
More information on Consultants Networks
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The EMC and MTT/AP Society Chapters are Jointly
sponsoring an Antenna Workshop on September 27. See IEEE Events for details.
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(see Austin Computer Society for
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For more information, contact Mikhail Belkin
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You are invited to share an evening with your colleagues and enjoy some holiday cheer. The Central Texas Consultants Network and the Life Members affinity groups will provide the snacks and a drink. Anything more is up to you. Reservations: Please register at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/48654 so that we know approximately how many are coming. Last minute walk-ins and guests are welcome. |
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You are invited to share an evening with your colleagues and enjoy some holiday cheer. The Central Texas Consultants Network and the Life Members affinity groups will provide the snacks and a drink. Anything more is up to you. Reservations: Please register at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/48654 so that we know approximately how many are coming. Last minute walk-ins and guests are welcome. |
Date/Time | Thursday, December 7 05:00 PM to 07:00 PM |
Location | Sherlock's Baker Street Pub and Grill, 9012 Research Blvd., Austin, TX 78758. Southeast corner of Burnet Road and US 183/Research Blvd. |
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Membership in the Sensor Council is free if you are
already a member of one of the sponsoring IEEE
Societies. Those Societies are: AES, AP, BT, CAS, COM,
CPMT, C, DEI, ED, EMB, EMC, IE, IA, IM, MAG, MTT, OE,
PE, PHO, RA, SP, SSC, UFFC, and VT.
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AESS Chapter of the Year Award
2016 for US-based chapters
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