Previous Meetings

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                   2021
Date April 28, 2021
Speaker Francisco Ponce
Topic Searching for DM with the SuperCDMS HVeV Detector  Slides in PDF
2020
Date October 23, 2020
Speaker Tom Graly
Topic California Building Electrification  Slides in PDF
                                                         2019
Date May 29, 2109 
Speaker Dr. Chung-Kwang (C-K.) Chou
Topic New IEEE EMF Exposure Safety Standard  Slide Presentation
Date March 20, 2019
Speaker Gary Johnson
Topic The Reactor Accident at Chernobyl Unit #4  Video Presentation  Presentation   PPTX version
Date Dec 4, 2019
Speaker Dr. Ryan Goldhahn
Topic Cooperative Estimation in Large Numbers of Semi-Autonomous Actors (paraphrased)
                                                                                                  2018
Date 26 Sept 2018
Speaker Tom Ramos
Topic The First Ten Years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Date: February 14th, 2018
Speaker: John Busch
Topic: Steamships
Date: April 16, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Paul Grant
Ret. EPRI
Topic: Plugged into the Matrix      The North American Powergrid: Past, Present and Future
Date: May 16, 2018
Speaker Dr. Lance Simms
LLNL
Topic Flipping Bits in the James Webb Space Telescope Camera
Youtube link to Program Video 
2017
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Speaker: Matthew O’Connor
Senior Project Manager,
Advanced Nuclear Technology (ANT) Program
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Topic: The Advanced Nuclear Technology Program at the Electric Power Research Institute
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Speaker: Peter Paradis
Topic: Stock Market Trading Strategies, Part 2
An Expert System for picking stocks tuned via Genetic Algorithms
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Speaker: Dr. Robert Baertsch
Chief Scientist at skyTran
NASA Research Park
Moffett Field CA
Topic: skyTran, a Unique Transportation System
Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Speaker: Dr. Tanguy Hubert
Senior Engineer
Renewables Integration Group
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Palo Alto, CA
Topic: Integrated Management of Solar Photovoltaic Generation
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Organizer: Ron Pratt
Vice Chair,
IEEE Oakland/East Bay Life Members Affinity Group
Topic: Tales From the Vault
2016
Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Movie: Pandora's Promise,
Is Nuclear Power Our Salvation?
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Speaker: Arthur M. Krakowsky
Retired, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Topic: TOPS: Teaching Opportunities for Partners in Science:
A Program to Increase Elementary (K-8) Student Science
Achievement with Retired Scientists and Engineers
Date: Thursday, August 11, 2016
Speaker: Paul Wesling, IEEE Life Fellow
Tandem Computers/HP (retired)
Topic: The Origins of Silicon Valley:
Why and How It Happened
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Speaker: Dr. C-K. Chou
IEEE Life Fellow
Topic: Safety Issues of Radiofrequency Exposure
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Speaker: Matthew M. Myrick
Computer Incident Response Team
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Topic: A Glimpse Into the World of Cyber Security:
A View from an LLNL Incident Responder
2015
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Meeting Facilitator: Dr. Les Besser
Topic: Plans for the Future of the Group
Date: Friday, September 11, 2015
Tour: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
National Ignition Facility
Business Luncheon: Applebee's, Livermore
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Speaker: Peter Paradis
Topic: Stock Market Trading Strategies
2014
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Timothy Lipman
Co-Director, University of California, Berkeley, Transportation Sustainability Research Center
Title: Hydrogen Fueling Stations for Fuel Cell Vehicles
Status of Recent California and International Efforts
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Timothy Lipman
Co-Director, University of California, Berkeley, Transportation Sustainability Research Center
Title: Tour of Richmond Field Station UC Berkeley
/Toyota Hydrogen Fueling Facility
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Michael Stadermann
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Title: A Perspective on Desalination
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Jim Steele
San Francisco State University
Title: Climate Change: Reasons for More Debate and More Optimism
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Speaker: Dr. David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer Clean Vehicles Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
Title: Electric Vehicles in California: Charging Ahead to 1 million EVs
2013
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Speaker: Prof. Jasmina Vujic
Department of Nuclear Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Title: The Latest State of the Art in Nuclear Power
Date: Monday May 13, 2013
Speaker: Paul Wesling
Life Fellow of the IEEE
IEEE SF Bay Area Communications Director and Webmaster
Title: The Origins of Silicon Valley:
Why and How It Happened Here
Date: Monday September 16, 2013
Speaker: Donald Anthrop
Professor Emeritus
Department of Environmental Studies
San Jose State University
Title: Many Uncertainties About Climate Change
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Meeting Coordinator: L. Lynn Cleland
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Retired
Title: Charting the Course for the Group
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Speaker: Dr. Alexander Cannara
Cannara Consulting
Title: Molten Salt and Thorium Power (MSR)
2012
Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Speaker: This meeting will be conducted by the officers of the Oakland/East Bay Life Members Affinity Group:

Charles Herget, Chair,
Roy Merrill, Vice Chair and Secretary,
Larry Moon, Treasuer

Title: IEEE Oakland/East Bay Life Members Planning and Strategy Meeting
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Speaker: Bill Halsey
Associate Program Leader for Advanced Nuclear Energy,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Title: So - What About Nuclear Energy?
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012
Speakers: Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard
Founders of Tesla Motors
Title: The Drive for Electric Vehicles
Date: Saturday, October 13, 2012
Speakers: IEEE 2012 President-elect, Peter Staecker
IEEE VP Educational Activities, Michael Lightner
others
Title: Forum on Motivating Our Students to Become Engineers
How To Make It Happen
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Speaker: Prof. Donald Anthrop
Retired, San Jose State University
Title: Fuel Cells, Hydrogen and the California Carbon Mandate
2011
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Speaker: Art Krakowsky
Retired, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Title: TOPS: A Program to Increase Elementary (K-8) Student Science Achievement with Retired Scientists and Engineers
Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Speaker: Benjamin D. Santer
Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Title: How do we know that human activities have affected global climate?
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Speaker: Dr. Charles J. Herget
Past President, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
Title: Sustainable Transportation Systems: Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Ships
Date: Monday, November 7, 2011
Speaker: Dr. Edward Moses
Director, National Ignition Facility
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Title: LIFE: Fusion Energy Soon Enough To Make A Difference
2010
Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Speaker: Charles Herget
Chair, IEEE Oakland/East Bay Life Member's Affinity Group
Topic: Organization of the Group and Topics of Interest
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Speaker: Albert G. Engelhardt
President and CEO Enfitek, Inc
Title:
Subtitle: 		An Iconoclast Revisits Climate Change:
Climate Change, Some Pleasant Truths.

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