NOVEMBER MEETING

WINDOWS 8

Jeff Blankenburg, thanks for the great presentation on Windows 8 development. He has provided several websites to follow up on his presentation.

Jeff’s blog site with many Windows developer articles.

31 Days of Windows 8

Thanks again Jeff.

 

DATE:

Thursday, November 29, 2012 

**(Please note this is a 5th week)**

 

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:   

This presentation will introduce many of the new ideas available in Windows 8 applications, including a heavy focus on design elements, application features, and making an amazing user interface.

 ABOUT THE PRESENTER:  

Mr. Jeff Blankenburg is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft.  Over the past 10 years, Jeff has enthusiastically applied his technical expertise to build industry-changing websites and marketing efforts for mega brands including Victoria’s Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ford Motor Company, Sony, and several pharmaceutical companies. He’s especially proficient in user interface design, web standards and mobile application development.

In addition to his developer evangelist role for Microsoft, Jeff is writing Programming Windows Phone 8 for O’Reilly, and is the author of Migrating to Windows Phone. He also serves as an organizer for the CodeMash, Stir Trek, and M3 conferences. On the academic front, Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Ohio’s Bowling Green State University.

 MENU SELECTIONS:

Buffet Menu: Roasted Turkey & Dressing, Baked Ham with Pineapples, Couscous Stuffed, Green Peppers, Sweet Potato Casserole, Scalloped Potatoes, Seasoned Green Beans, Cranberry Relish, Dinner Rolls and Butter, and Dessert.  Soft Drink or tea also included.

 LOCATION:  Raffel’s is located at 10160 Reading Road, south of Glendale-Milford Road on the east side of Reading. Take I-75 to the Glendale-Milford Rd. Exit, go east on Glendale-Milford Road approximately ¾ of a mile to Reading Rd. and turn right on Reading.

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 November 22, 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, Thursday November 22, 2012

PE CREDITS:  Depending 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.

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: 

 

Marc Arnold

Shaun Atkinson

Bo Bi

George Kerber

 

Brian Kerdolff

Greg Reese

Ethan Reynolds

Stephen Salemo

Jordan Waymeyer 

 

 

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

Cincinnati Science Olympiad- Help needed!

Science Olympiad seeks to raise awareness among Cincinnati area students of career opportunities in science and engineering. The annual tournament provides an opportunity for students with varying skills to compete and excel in science, mathematics, communication skills, and teamwork. An array of 46 events (23: Division B – Middle School, 23: Division C – High School) offer something for everyone from building robots and wooden bridges to physics & listening & writing skills. Team members can earn individual medals based on merit and the top teams qualify for the State Tournament at Ohio State.

The Cincinnati Science Olympiad Regional Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, 2013 at UC Blue Ash College and Blue Ash Elementary in Blue Ash.

Every year we need to recruit qualified individuals to run the different events. For each event, teams of 2 students have 50 minutes to complete a lab, an (more…)

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

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. 12, July 1997.

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 Workshop on How America Invents Act Will Affect Best Business Practices Coming to Arlington, Va., Friday; Live Webcast Also Available

WASHINGTON (15 October 2012) — Are you ready for the biggest change in patent law in more than 140 years? Find out how you can protect yourself in light of the America Invents Act with a “Workshop on How the AIA Will Affect Best Business Practices.”

 Sponsored by the IEEE Intellectual Property Professionals Initiative, the event will be hosted (more…)

2012 Section Elections

Members the 2012 Section elections are open from November 15 to December 15. Here is the slate of candiates

  • Chair                               Fred Nadeau
  • Vice Chair                     Marwan Nusair
  • Treasurer                      Stephen Fridrick
  • Secretary                       Lauren Tappel
  • Member At Large       Pater Staats

To vote, log on the IEEE vTools online voting tool and cast your ballot.  Voting will close after December 15th so cast your vote soon.

2012 Section Elections

We are getting ready for the 2012 Section elections and are assembling a slate of candidates. The offices up for election are

  • Chair
  • Vice Chair
  • Treasurer
  • Secretary
  • Member-At-Large 

If you would like to serve as an officer, nominate someone, or generally want to get more involved in the Section please contact me.

 

Charlie Nash

Chair Election Committee

cnash@nash.com

 

October 2012 Section Meeting

3G/4G WIRELESS

DATE:

   Thursday, October 25, 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:  

Today’s wireless users expect high-performance mobile broadband to be widely available, but even 3G systems can be frustratingly slow during peak usage times. Most mobile wireless carriers have turned to Long Term Evolution (LTE) as the answer to these demands. With its clever use of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), LTE offers flexible occupied bandwidth, very high data rates, low latency, and the ability to operate in both paired and unpaired frequency sets. Dr. Bob Morrow will present a technical comparison of 3G and 4G wireless so you can see for yourselves what the LTE “hype” is all about.

  ABOUT THE PRESENTER:  

Bob Morrow received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Air Force Academy, a Master of Science degree from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. from Purdue University, all in electrical engineering. Bob taught undergraduate engineering and was the Director of Research at the U. S. Air Force Academy, and he was Deputy Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Air Force Institute of Technology, where he taught graduate engineering courses. He also earned instructor pilot ratings in three military aircraft before retiring from the Air Force. Dr. Morrow has published over two-dozen technical articles, holds a United States patent, and is an Advanced Class Amateur Radio operator. Bob authored the books Bluetooth Operation and Use and Wireless Network Coexistence for McGraw-Hill, and is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He presently consults and teaches short courses in wireless networks

  MENU SELECTIONS:

Buffet Menu:    Baked Cod with Crab Topping, Hot Sliced Roast Beef in Gravy, Vegetable Cassoulet with White Beans en Gratinee, Rice Pilaf, Red Skinned Mashed Potatoes, Vegetable Medley, Tossed Salad, Dinner Rolls and Butter, and Dessert.

LOCATION:  Raffel’s is located at 10160 Reading Road, south of Glendale-Milford Road on the east side of Reading. Take I-75 to the Glendale-Milford Rd. Exit, go east on Glendale-Milford Road approximately ¾ of a mile to Reading Rd. and turn right on Reading.

 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 October 18th, 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, Thursday October 18, 2012

 PE CREDITS:  Depending 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.

NEXT MONTH:  Windows 8 Presentation,  Nov. 29th

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…)