MEMBERSHIP NEWS

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

If you are interested in upgrading your membership to Senior Member, please contact any member of the Executive Committee.

NEW MEMBERS

The following individuals are IEEE members who are new to our Section: 

 

Fahad Almutairi

Steve Brinkman

Steve Caddell

Ryan Child

Brad Cumby

Nicholas Groves

Khalid Hurayb

Philip Khoury

Phillip Mullins

 

Jacob Peters

Dan Prince

Sahir Rama

Mark Seiler

Reuben Smith

Evan Swihart

William Tegeler

Qiusheng Wu

 

 

 

We wish to welcome these members to the Cincinnati Section!!!

SCANNING THE PAST: A HISTORY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FROM THE PAST

Submitted by Marc Bell, Editor

Copyright 1997 IEEE. Reprinted with permission from the IEEE publication, “Scanning the Past” which covers a reprint of an article appearing in the Proceedings of the IEEE Vol. 85, No. 11, November 1997.

Edward W. Herold: A Leader in the Development of Color Television

Sixty years ago this month, the proceedings of the institute of radio engineers (IRE) included a paper by Edward W. Herold (Fig. 1) on an application of negative resistance in vacuum-tube circuits. At the time, he was a research engineer at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), where he worked for approximately 36 years. He received the IEEE Founder’s Medal in 1976 as recognition for his outstanding contributions to the electrical engineer­ing profession, including his leadership in the development of the shadow-mask picture tube for color television.

Herold was born in New York City in 1907, and devel­oped an early interest in amateur radio. He worked as a technical assistant in the Engineering Department of the Western Electric Company in 1924-1925, and at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1925-1926. Early in 1927, he became a vacuum-tube tester at the E. T. Cunningham Company, known for the high quality of its electronic tubes, and he continued to work there during summer vacations as an undergraduate. He received the degree in physics from the University of Virginia in 1930 and the M.S. degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1942.

Herold joined an advanced development group at the Radiotron subsidiary of RCA in July 1930, where his group was responsible for the development of new types of vacuum tubes suitable for radio applications. One of his first projects was an investigation of secondary emission in screen-grid tubes (tetrodes), and his first patent application, filed in 1932, concerned a method to suppress secondary emission (Fig. 2). This invention was utilized in the Type 48 power tetrode, and the related research was reported in his first IRE paper, published in the October 1935 proceedings, on the subject of “negative resistance and devices for obtaining it.” During the 1930’s, he also con­tributed to improvements and applications of pentode power amplifiers and the pentagrid converter tube. He also worked on wide-band amplifiers suitable for television receivers and designed and built a home television receiver in time to pick up broadcasts originating at the 1939 World’s Fair. He published a (more…)

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Upcoming IEEE Smart Tech Workshops to Focus on Technology & Careers

WASHINGTON (24 September 2011) — Three upcoming IEEE Smart Tech Metro Area Workshops will feature emerging technologies and career guidance for practicing engineers and technology professionals.

Two-day workshops are scheduled for:

* 28-29 September in Santa Clara, Calif.
http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/smart_tech/mga_maw_santaclara.html
 
* 19-20 October in White Plains, N.Y.
http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/smart_tech/mga_maw_nynj.html

* 2-3 November in Baltimore, Md.
http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/smart_tech/mga_maw_baltimore.html

Each event’s content is based on technologies in demand in those areas of the country and provide an opportunity for (more…)

P&G Business Intelligence, Leveraging the Power of Real Time Information in an Immersive Environment

DATE:

  Thursday, September 27, 2012 

 

PLACE :

Procter & Gamble (see below for directions)

TIME :

6:00 p.m. to 8:45  Dinner, Tour, Presentation

 

Attendees must be at the designated

location 6 p.m. sharp to be admitted

* See “About the Meeting” for additional requirements *

 

 

COST

Free

 

     

MENU SELECTIONS:  Pizza and Beverage

 LOCATION:  Procter & Gamble, 1 Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, OH  45202

Park in the P&G parking garage: garage is open to the public after 5 PM for $2 per night. 

Garage entrance is on 6th St. between Sycamore and Broadway Aves.

Meet and register in the Central Building lobby.  The Central Lobby entrance is on 6th street straight across from the parking garage entrance.  (Note: The Central Building is the older rectangular building.  Do not go to the Twin Tower Lobby.)  From there, the group will be escorted to dining area and meeting venue. 

 RESERVATIONS:  Please make reservations for each meeting by going to: https://ieeecincinnati.org/meetings/.  Please click on the appropriate link and complete the reservation. 

Reservations close at noon on September 24th, 2012.

DINNER RESERVATION CANCELLATION POLICY
An email to Reservations@ieeecincinnati.org prior to the close of reservations is required to properly cancel your reservation.

All Reservations must be made by noon, Monday September 24, 2012

 ABOUT THE MEETING:   

Procter & Gamble’s groundbreaking Business Sphere environment and Business Sufficiency analytic models enable the Company to be rapidly responsive to changes in the marketplace and uncover new opportunities to improve the lives of consumers.  Business Sphere—built and powered by P&G’s Global Business Services (GBS)—is a visually immersive data environment that transforms decision-making at P&G by harnessing real-time business information from around the globe.  By eliminating the delay of manually collecting and aggregating data, this patent-pending business intelligence system improves productivity and collaboration, simplifies work processes, reduces the decision-making cycle time, and enables P&G to focus on innovating for the consumer.

REQUIREMENTS:

* Affirmation of Non-compete/confidentiality agreement may be require prior to start of presentation

 * Business casual attire please

* You must be an IEEE member to attend this meeting!  Space is limited to 20 attendees!

 ABOUT THE PRESENTER:  

Mr. Brian Kandell, Global BAS Leader – Personal Health Care

–          Currently Global Business Intelligence/Analysis leader for Personal Health Care

–          Function is Information and Decision Solutions (IDS) which is part of the Global Business Services (GBS) business unit.

–          21 years of experience with P&G, touching business and marketing analysis majority of career with stints in Fabric Care; NA Market Development Organization; Kroger Customer Team in Portland, OR; Corporate Marketing; Sales Management Systems, and Laundry and Cleaning Products.

–          Graduate of Miami University (OH) with B.S. in Systems Analysis

–         Live in Mason, OH with wife Jill, and 3 children.

PE CREDITSDepending on the subject matter, attendance at IEEE Cincinnati Section Meetings now qualifies the attendee for Professional Development Hours towards renewal of Professional Engineers Licenses. Required documentation will be available following the meeting!  The Section Meetings also provide a great opportunity to network with fellow engineers in the area.

AMP Electric Vehicles Manufacturing Facility Tour

ASME Cincinnati Joint Student and Professional Section

(IEEE Members are invited)

20 June 2012 AMP Electric Vehicles Manufacturing Facility Tour

ASME Cincinnati Section Students, Members, Professionals, and Guests,

 Receive 1 CDP Hour towards licensure while touring the AMP Electric Car Manufacturing Facility. 

Please note: No cameras and No photography during the tour. 

There is no charge for attendance. 

 When:   Wednesday 20 June 2012

 Time:    5:30 PM Gather at AMP Electric

               6:00 PM Begin Tour (No cameras and No Photography)

               7:00 PM Tour Finishes

               7:00 PM Free: Pizza and Informal Mentoring at the AMP Break Room

                8:00 PM Meeting Adjourned

 Where:    AMP Electric Vehicles

   100 Commerce Drive, (aka Commerce Blvd and Commerce Way)

   Loveland, Ohio 45140

   (see below for directions)

 Dinner:   Pizza and water provided, vending machine available for soft drinks

 RESERVATIONS: (LIMITED TO 30-Students and Members) Please RSVP to Peter Staats at pstaats@cinci.rr.com   or 513-515-0316 by June 18. 

 Directions:
(aka Commerce Blvd and Commerce Way)
From Montgomery Road, turn south-east onto Union Cemetery Rd. Turn right
at the first street; Commerce Blvd (it may say Commerce Drive). Do a
U-Turn at the first opening in center median, then turn right into parking
lot of AMP Electric Vehicles. Use the main entrance of the building. If
the parking lot is full, turn right onto Union Cemetery Rd, and then turn
right into the rear parking lot of AMP Electric Vehicle.

NEXT SECTION MEETING

Just a reminder our next Cincinnati Section Meeting will be September 27th.  Have a great summer, and keep checking the website for updates.

UC Student Presentation award winners

The UC Student Presentation award winners were given a check for $200 for each group:

 1- Jim Chen
2- Chris Nixon, Jorge Moscat & Yemi Oyediran
3- Racha Goyal & Josh Fuerst
4- Maria Suarez, Stephen Newland & Jamie Rupe
5- Nathan Petts & Eric Schwieterman

MAY 2012 SECTION MEETING

SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS

UC COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

DATE:

Thursday, May 24, 2012 

 

PLACE :

Raffel’s – 10160 Reading Road (see below for directions)

TIME :

5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. –  Social Time

 

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. –  Dinner

 

7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. –  Presentation

COST

$12- $20, See information in Reservations

       

ABOUT THE MEETING:   

The Cincinnati Section sponsors awards for the Senior Design Projects at the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science.  Each year, our members judge the entries from the Electrical Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science students.  We present checks to the winners, and we invite the winners to present their projects at our May Section meeting.
Please come and help us celebrate the future of engineering on May 24th. Invite someone special and share the excitement. Inspire. Engage. Encourage. Empower. (more…)

Introduction to IEEE Awarded UC Senior Projects 2012

Project: Twipolitico

Students: Chris Nixon, Jorge Moscat and Yemi Oyeditan

 

 

 

Twipolitico

Twipolitico is a web-based application working to capture Twitter’s feelings towards the two, 2012 Presidental Candidate nominess, Barack Obama (Democrat) and Mitt Romney (Republican). Using the data we collect from Twitter and our own ranking algorithm, we look to get our own twist on the candidate’s “approval score”. We are using real-time sentiment analysis and influence analysis to calculate the scores. You can visit us at www.twipolitico.com.

 Chris Nixon: Chris is attending the University of Cincinnati majoring in Computer Engineering with minors in Computer Science and Mathematics. His main fields of interest are data mining, machine learning, algorithms and computer programming. Has been doing web development for the past two years and loves Ruby on Rails! Will be working at Tapjoy, a San Francisco mobile gaming company, upon graduation.

Jorge Moscat: Jorge is attending the University of Cincinnati majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. His main fields of interest are data mining, artificial intelligence, algorithms, machine learning, and computer programming. Hails from the beautiful country of Spain and is an all around programming beast. Will be working at Deloitte in Madrid Spain upon graduation.

Yemi Oyediran: Yemi is attending the University of Cincinnati getting a BS and Masters in Computer Science. His main fields of interest are algorithms, complexity (algorithms), graphs, data mining, and computer programming. He is a full time Dad, the head of ACM at UC, is a full time developer and a drummer extraordinaire. 

Project: Swimming Fitness Counter

Student: Jim Chen

Advisor: Dr. Joseph Boyd

 

 

Swimming Fitness Counter

The swimming fitness counter is a pedometer device for swimmers, counting the number of laps and distance swam. Unlike regular pedometers, the device uses an accelerometer and algorithms to (more…)

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

If you are interested in upgrading your membership to Senior Member, please contact any member of the Executive Committee.

NEW MEMBERS

The following individuals are IEEE members who are new to our Section: 

 

Mazen Alahmari

Rami Alamri

Omar Albassam

Raid Aldhafeeri

Raed Alfayez

Moath Almanna

Ayedh Alqtani

Rayan Alsafrani

Abduirahman Badwailan

Earl Boetlein

Charles Bowen

Max Burkart

Carson Edwards

John Evangelisti

Ivan Glasgo

Kelly Gromley

 

Frederick Kuhlmann

Kurt Lombardi

Michael Morris

Phillip Peter

Srikoundinya Punnamaraju

Shawn Razek

Bernadette Russel

Nabeel Shian

Yongkun Sui

Robert Tolley

Cameron Tolliver

Herschel Weintraub

Gregory Wocher

Bradley Wolf

Brian Wright

Thomas Zajdel

 

 

 

We wish to welcome these members to the Cincinnati Section!!!