Your Executive Committee worked hard this summer to put together a great set of programs for this fall.

We begin with the September 25th meeting that features cool and  affordable stuff from TI; see details below.

Sticking with the stuff motiff, Carl Selinger arrives in October to present his famous “Stuff” seminars.  First, to our section at our Thursday night meeting, then on Friday to the Student Branch, and finally, on Saturday, at a six-hour workshop.

Note: The October meeting is on Oct 16 (the third week of the month – not our usual fourth week). 

The workshop, on Oct 18, provides six professional development hours for Ohio Professional Engineers.  Members of the IEEE Cincinnati Section may attend this workshop a reduced rate and have an opportunity to register before non-members.  To register for this workshop, please use the “Professional Development Workshop – October 18” link in the About Us column on our Home page. 

In December, we unwind with a wine-tasting party.

Our Nominating Committee has been hard at work this summer, and they have pulled together a terriffic slate.

I will be representing the Cincinnati Section at the IEEE Sections Congress.  I return just in time to see you on September 25th at Raffel’s.

Also, please mark your calendars for the Nov 10 and 11 celebration of 50 Years of Computing at the University of Cincinnati. For more details: 50 Years of Computing at UC

SEPTEMBER MEETING
Development Tools and Slick Devices from Texas Instruments that Anyone can Afford

DATE: Thursday, September 25, 2008
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 8:30 p.m. –  Presentation
 
COST FOR DINNER: $10.00 per person – REGARDLESS OF MEMBERSHIP OR MEMBERSHIP GRADE!

NOTE:  DINNERS ARE ALWAYS OPTIONAL – YOU MAY ATTEND THE PROGRAM ONLY. 

MENU SELECTIONS:   Maryland Crab Cakes, Baked Pork Chops with Apples, Boneless Chicken in Sherry Wine Sauce, Twice Baked Potatoes, Wild Rice, Sautéed Vegetables, Salad, Rolls, Assorted Bar Cookies, Coffee, Tea, Iced Tea, Soft Drinks. There is also a bar available for the purchase of alcoholic drinks.

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 email Fred Nadeau for reservations at mailto:fnadeau1@earthlink.net (preferred) or call the Section Voice Mail at 513-629-9380 by Noon, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 if you plan to attend. Please leave your Name, IEEE Member Number, and a daytime telephone number.

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.

ABOUT THE MEETING:  This month’s meeting will feature a presentation by a representative from Texas Instruments entitled “Development Tools and Slick Devices from Texas Instruments that Anyone can Afford.”  It will feature the MSP430 microcontroller family and their uC with RF transceiver USB development kit costing $50 as well as less expensive kits.

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

Brian Anderson
Christopher C. Baker
Nicholas Bedford
Jeremy M. Bock
Brian Booher
Sheila L. Brown
Cristina Burcica
Thomas Burns
David Michael Cannane
Cory S. Castle
Christopher J. Davis
Justin Day
Harry Dressler
Timothy Joseph Franke
Jeffrey Gladish
Nicholas D. Glockner
Bobby Goins
Leonard P. Grammel
Daewoo Han
Kyle Matthew Hardin
Kevin L. Hooker
Charlie S. Howell
Hetal Jasani
Michael Jones
Igor Kalennyy
Duk Young Kim
John F. Kline
Matt Knollman
Steven Landon
Gary Long
Scott Masturzo
William McGuire
John Andrew Mistler

Scanning the Past: A History of Electrical Engineering from the Past
Submitted by Bob Morrison, Editor

Copyright 1995 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. 83, No. 6, June 1995.

Raymond A. Heising
Seventy years ago this month, the PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERS (IRE) included a paper by Raymond A. Reising concerning the use of single sideband modulation for transatlantic radio communication. At the time, Heising, a future IRE president, was a research engineer with the Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Heising was born in 1888 in Minnesota and graduated in electrical engineering from the University of North Dakota in 1912. He went on to earn an M.S. in physics at the University of Wisconsin in 1914 and, the same year, joined the research department of the Western Electric Company New York City. One of his first assignments was to design an experimental two-channel carrier system for wire telephony. At about the same time he developed a successful vacuum-tube voltmeter circuit.

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We had a terrific meeting on May 22.  Nine students from the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering shared their projects with us:

David Stricker, Mark Monnin, and Chris Shaw demonstrated their Wayfinder software – a UC Mobile cell phone and web application that provides walking directions for on-campus destinations.

David Beckman and Joshua Bell demonstrated their intelligent power-out flashlight – complete with hand crank and solar cells for recharging.

Logan Niehaus and Mads Almassalkhi demonstrated their new musical instrument.

Ryan McGovern and Chris Siebert demonstrated Project Mimir –  a distributed file system based on Luby’s Algorithm. 

A big thank you to Stephen Herman, student branch president, for making the arrangements.

The Section awarded prizes to three senior design projects from the College of Applied Science (these projects were on display at the Duke Energy Center the same day as our Section Meeting):

Josh Hays – GPS Logging Cycling Computer – A microcontroller project that interfaced to a GPS unit, tire rotation sensor, and heart monitor.  The LCD displayed current stats and an SD card recorded the path for playback and analysis by a PC program.

Sean McShay – Siren Detection System – A DSP application that “hears” and recognizes police and emergency vechicle sirens.

Nicholas Werner – Diabetic Foot Ulcerations Screening Shoe Sole – A shoe sole instrumented with pressure sensors was connected to a PC system for data collection and analysis.

The Section does not meet again until September 25.

Have a great summer!

A special thanks to Dr. James Stever for his presentation on Homeland Security “Re-Engineering The City”.  His power point slides are available here: Re-Engineering the City Presentation.

Tech Expo 2008, the College of Applied Science exposition of Senior Design projects,  is being held May 22 at the Duke Energy Center (downtown Cincinnati 10:00 to 4:00).

This month, our meeting at Raffel’s, will feature Senior Design project presentations by students from the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering (and possibly other colleges).  We have had some scheduling issues. 

Remember, we begin our summer break from Section meetings after tonight’s meeting.  Meetings resume in September. 

MAY MEETING
STUDENT PROJECTS

DATE: Thursday, May 22, 2008
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 8:30 p.m. –  Presentation
 
COST FOR DINNER: $10.00 per person – REGARDLESS OF MEMBERSHIP OR MEMBERSHIP GRADE!

NOTE: DINNERS ARE ALWAYS OPTIONAL – YOU MAY ATTEND THE PROGRAM ONLY. 

MENU SELECTIONS:   Country Fried Chicken, Spaghetti with Meatballs, Meatloaf with Brown Gravy, Whipped Potatoes, Succotash, Caesar Salad, Fresh Fruit Salad, Biscuits, Apple Dumplings, Coffee, Tea, Iced Tea, Soft Drinks. There is also a bar available for the purchase of alcoholic drinks.

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 email Charlie Nash for reservations at mailto:cnash@ieee.org (preferred) or call the Section Voice Mail at 513-629-9380 by Noon, Tuesday, May 20, 2008 if you plan to attend. Please leave your Name, IEEE Member Number, and a daytime telephone number.

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.

ABOUT THE MEETING:  This month’s meeting will feature presentations by senior students from the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati.  We have also extended an invitation to students from the Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology program at Northern Kentucky University and the Electrical Engineering program at Miami University.  Students will present their findings in a brief slide show, demonstrate their projects, and answer questions from the audience.

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

Ali A. Alfayez
Balaji Ananthanpillai
Kevin Berndsen
Robert Brockman
Thomas P. Ferrell
Royden J. Forsythe
Slobodan M. Gataric
Yi Hu
Von Edwin Huffaker
Hoang Lai
Eric L. Lapresto
Daniel Legg
Wei Li
Michael R. Logies
Michael A. Miskus
Guangdong Pan
Karen Price
Mamoun Sawah
Patrick E. Searfos
Brent A. Shields
Scott Smith
Christopher P Trampel
Tim Tylinski
Phillip Ulrich
Timothy Joseph Wurth

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