This is a planning meeting for the Lehigh Valley WIE Affinity Group. Interested Lehigh Valley Section WIE members or prospective members are welcome to attend. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/392600

This is a planning meeting for the Lehigh Valley WIE Affinity Group. Interested Lehigh Valley Section WIE members or prospective members are welcome to attend. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/392600

We are excited to announce an upcoming Magnetics Society local Chapter Seminar being presented by Prof. Xiaojia Wang (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities). This Seminar talk is taking place in person at the NIST Materials Building 223/A252. Co-sponsored by: NIST Materials Science and Engineering Division Speaker(s): Prof. Xiaojia Wang Room: A252, Bldg: 223, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States, 20899

We are excited to announce an upcoming Magnetics Society local Chapter Seminar being presented by Prof. Xiaojia Wang (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities). This Seminar talk is taking place in person at the NIST Materials Building 223/A252. Co-sponsored by: NIST Materials Science and Engineering Division Speaker(s): Prof. Xiaojia Wang Room: A252, Bldg: 223, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States, 20899

IEEE R2 Mini-Sync Welcome to 2024 R2 RD / Technical Activities - Mr. John Verboncoeur, Mr. Fred Schlinder Held via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82796826585?pwd=dGJEQ0I1RjZ2VFVSOUsyQTFPNXFrZz09 Agenda: Welcome to 2024 R2 RD / Technical Activities Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/389631

Meetings of the Administrative Committee are held virtually. Members are welcome to attend. Reserve your place by registering online or calling the office by the Monday before. Agenda: AdCom Meeting: 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/371915

Handoff for financial activities and planning for 2024 3800 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213

IEEE Volunteers share their enthusiasm for Volunteering and provide information about these high profile IEEE Projects with opportunities to become involved. Professor Dr Mehmet Ulema discusses the IEEE Public Safety Technology Initiative and Mark Torres, PE discusses the MOVE Project. Information will be available about the nature of the Projects, accomplishments, and how to Volunteer. Computer Society Region 1 and Region 2 Webinar, Region 1 Professional Activities Webinar, NJ Coast Instrumentation / Computer Chapter, NJ Coast PACE SIGHT Group, MOVE. Agenda: 7PM Introductions 7:10PM Presentations 1 and 2 7:45PM Group Discussion Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399307

Please join us for the monthly administrative meeting of the IEEE Washington Section. All IEEE members in our Section are welcome to attend. IEEE members who wish to volunteer for the Washington Section Administrative Committee are encouraged to attend. Co-sponsored by: Sastry Kompella Agenda: 1. Election of Director and other open positions 2. Presentation and voting on the Budget for CY2024 3. Discussion of upcoming events in the Washington Section 1909 Corporal Frank Scott Dr, College Park, Maryland, United States, 20740, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399265

Due to the inclement weather and ICY road conditions, this meeting will be fully virtual. We will not be meeting in person at the College Park Airport Operations building!! Please join us for the monthly administrative meeting of the IEEE Washington Section. All IEEE members in our Section are welcome to attend. IEEE members who wish to volunteer for the Washington Section Administrative Committee are encouraged to attend. Co-sponsored by: Sastry Kompella Agenda: 1. Election of Director and other open positions 2. Presentation and voting on the Budget for CY2024 3. Discussion of upcoming events in the Washington Section Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399265

Program: This presentation provides an overview of following: - Inverter topologies, operating principles and control for various forms of inverter-based resources including grid-forming and grid following inverters - Power system dynamic modelling and analysis - Grid connection processes and lessons learned Speaker(s): Babak Badrzadeh, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/391642

Low Voltage VFDs The application of Variable Freqency Drives (VFD) has increased significantly since I initally wrote courses on VFDs 10 years ago. This course will present the electrical and mechanical enngineering utilized to specify adjustable speed drive and include case studies for projects completed over the past 10 years, like the Sky Diving Wind Tunnel Motor and Drive System and the Replacement of the MG Set for the Gateway (St. Louis) Arc trams, pointing out the design of the power system and the control systems which are unique to using Low Voltage VFDs. Speaker(s): Joseph F. Maida, PE, Agenda: WEBINAR: 7:00 - 8:00 P.M. The Zoom Webinar link and password will be forwarded to all registered participants after Noon on the day of the meeting. Check your spam folder if you don't see the email. Webinar is open to all. PDH certificates are available and an evaluation form will be emailed to you after the meeting. PDH certificate are sent by IEEE USA 3-4 weeks after the meeting. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/385172

IEEE GRSS Distinguished Lecture In this talk, we focus on the recent developments toward integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). We consider a broad definition of coexistence, which covers ISAC, collaborative communications, and sensing with interference. Toward fully realizing the coexistence of the two systems, optimization of resources for both new/futuristic sensing and wireless communications modalities is crucial. These synergistic approaches that exploit the interplay between state sensing and communications are both driving factors and opportunities for many current signal processing and information-theoretic techniques. In addition, a large body of prior works considers colocated ISAC systems while distributed systems remain relatively unexamined. Building on the existing approaches, the tutorial focuses on highlighting emerging scenarios in collaborative and distributed ISAC, particularly at mm-Wave and THz frequencies, highly dynamic vehicular/automotive environments that would benefit from information exchange between the two systems. It presents the architectures and possible methodologies for mutually beneficial distributed co-existence and co-design, including sensor fusion and heterogeneously distributed radar and communications. The tutorial also considers recent developments such as the deployment of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) in ISAC, 5G systems, passive internet-of-things, and ISAC secrecy rate optimization. This tutorial aims to draw the attention of the radar, communications, and signal processing communities toward an emerging area, which can benefit from the cross-fertilization of ideas in distributed systems. Speaker(s): , Kumar Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399553

: In this talk, we focus on the recent developments toward integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). We consider a broad definition of coexistence, which covers ISAC, collaborative communications, and sensing with interference. Toward fully realizing the coexistence of the two systems, optimization of resources for both new/futuristic sensing and wireless communications modalities is crucial. These synergistic approaches that exploit the interplay between state sensing and communications are both driving factors and opportunities for many current signal processing and information-theoretic techniques. In addition, a large body of prior works considers colocated ISAC systems while distributed systems remain relatively unexamined. Building on the existing approaches, the tutorial focuses on highlighting emerging scenarios in collaborative and distributed ISAC, particularly at mm-Wave and THz frequencies, highly dynamic vehicular/automotive environments that would benefit from information exchange between the two systems. It presents the architectures and possible methodologies for mutually beneficial distributed co-existence and co-design, including sensor fusion and heterogeneously distributed radar and communications. The tutorial also considers recent developments such as the deployment of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) in ISAC, 5G systems, passive internet-of-things, and ISAC secrecy rate optimization. This tutorial aims to draw the attention of the radar, communications, and signal processing communities toward an emerging area, which can benefit from the cross-fertilization of ideas in distributed systems. Speaker(s): Kumar Vijay Mishra, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399345

This is training for newly elected IEEE Section Officers and Directors. So far, the following topics will be discussed: - Documents required for each monthly Section Excom meeting. - Structure of different IEEE levels. This includes MGA, IEEE-USA, and other IEEE entities. - Introduction to vTools, eNotices, and Event management. - Merger of Regions 1 and 2. - Collabratec Co-sponsored by: Washington Section, Baltimore Section ***CANCELED*** Agenda: January 20, 2024 9:00am Coffee, Pastries 10:00am Introductions 10: 30 am Documents Prepared for Monthly Section Meeting 11:30 am Lunch 1:00 pm Structure of IEEE Above the Section Level/ Merger of R1 and R2 2:00 pm Introduction to vTools, eNotices, Events 3:00 pm Collabratec 4:00 pm Adjourn Knights of Columbus Hall, 5115 Little Falls Rd., Arlington, Virginia, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/400101

Training for teachers & parents for student participation Co-sponsored by: Baltimore Museum of Industry Agenda: 10:00 AM Introduction and training on the manual robot, required for all participants. 12:30 PM Automated and Autonomous robot training. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/376521

Program: Part 2 This presentation provides an overview of following: - Inverter topologies, operating principles and control for various forms of inverter-based resources including grid-forming and grid following inverters - Power system dynamic modelling and analysis - Grid connection processes and lessons learned Speaker(s): Babak Badrzadeh, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/391962

John Ockenfels and Peter Teahen’s Flight to End Polio took three months to circumnavigate the globe. Getting their single engine Cessna 210 off the ground took three years. In our April 2023 Tech Talk, John Ockenfels and Peter Teahen gave a presentation on the preparations for the flight. In this month’s Tech Talk, they will give a presentation on the three-month trip to circumnavigate the globe. On 30 July, after traveling about 26,000 miles, Teahen and Ockenfels landed safely at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids. Along the course of their flight, they had participated in 24 fundraisers (the money raised there has yet to be tallied). I hope you can join us for an update on A Flight to Fight Polio >> https://www.rotary.org/en/flight-fight-polio Both Peter and John are pilots, Rotarians, and members of the Fellowship of Flying Rotarians. Polio eradication has been a primary focus of Rotary for over 35 years and continues to be a major initiative. While the end of polio may be near, no child anywhere is safe until every child has been vaccinated. Co-sponsored by: IEEE-USA MOVE Program Speaker(s): JOHN OCKENFELS, PETER TEAHEN Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/400681

A Consultants Committee Virtual Meeting In early 2022, the (https://ieeeusa.org/committees/aicncc/) polled local consultant network chairs to find out the status of their local groups. What we learned is that many local networks were having trouble restarting activities after having such a long layoff from in-person meetings. We also learned that many chairs have questions about activities of the IEEE-USA Consultants Committee. On January 25 at 12:00pm-1:00pm EST, the IEEE-USA Consultants Committee is again sponsoring a virtual workshop for local consultant network chairs. We have asked Dr. Johannes Schaefer, Senior Manager with IEEE Strategic Research and author of the (https://ieeeusa.org/product/ieee-usa-consultants-fee-survey-report-2023-edition/) to give a presentation on key findings from the report. Dr. Schaefer will be joined by members of IEEE-USA Consultants Committee to add their commentary about the impact on independent consultants from findings of the survey. The committee also wants this workshop to be an interactive discussion with network chairs regarding the report. After the presentation, there will be a Q/A with members of the IEEE-USA Consultants Committee. IEEE-USA Consultants Committee members want to address any questions about the committee's activities that local chairs may have. The speaker will address any additional questions chairs may have regarding the presentation. So, we invite all Chairs, Vice Chairs and other network officers, as well as potential future Board members, to attend this online event. This meeting will be recorded to be used as an on Demand resource. Speaker(s): Johannes Schaefer, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/390924

First general body meeting of the semester to welcome returning students and showcase the benefits of joining IEEE to new students. The meeting will cover all events planned for the rest of the academic year/semester and guage interests in proposed events/conference opportunites. Meeting will also introduce members to new officers and declare open positions. Room: 102, Bldg: Engineering Building (Temple U), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

City science fair and STEM event. The Akron Section will have a display of IEEE information, science experiments and ham radio. The event will be held at Ellet High School, 309 Woolf Ave., Akron, OH 44312. The Akron Section will have Sponsor judges and be awarding awards based on the merits of projects. Co-sponsored by: Akron Public Schools Agenda: Setup will start at 7:30 AM. Display and table will be open at 8:30 AM. 309 Woolf Ave, Akron, Ohio, United States, 44312

City science fair and STEM event. The Akron Section will have a display of IEEE information, science experiments and ham radio. The event will be held at Ellet High School, 309 Woolf Ave., Akron, OH 44312. The Akron Section will have Sponsor judges and be awarding awards based on the merits of projects. Co-sponsored by: Akron Public Schools Agenda: Setup will start at 7:30 AM. Display and table will be open at 8:30 AM. 309 Woolf Ave, Akron, Ohio, United States, 44312

Join IEEE Documentary Night: Adele Goldberg, An Oral History. We will introduce IEEE Oral Histories with special guest speaker Dr. Mary Ann Hellrigel of the IEEE History Center. Then we will watch videos with breaks for discussion. Today's Oral History: Dr. Adele Goldberg with video segments from her oral history conducted by the Computer History Museum as well as a video created for her induction into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame by Workforce Innovation, Trust, and Influence (WITI). Dr. Hellrigel will highlight portions of Goldberg’s oral history recorded by Janet Abbate in 2002 which is now part of the IEEE History Center’s Women in Computing Oral History Collection. This oral history has the most unique page visits for the previous 365 days among all IEEE Oral Histories of women. Dr. Goldberg began her career as a researcher at Xerox, where she developed the programming language Smalltalk and managed the System Concepts Laboratory. She continued to develop Smalltalk technology as the head of ParcPlace Systems. She served as president of the Association for Computing Machinery and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from PC Magazine in 1990 (IEEE). Speaker(s): Dr Mary Ann Hellrigel, Agenda: We will introduce IEEE Oral Histories with special guest speaker Dr. Mary Ann Hellrigel of the IEEE History Center. Then we will watch videos with breaks for discussion. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/400868

Join in for an introduction by Dr Mary Ann Hellrigel and IEEE Documentary Night: Adele Goldberg Oral History. We will introduce IEEE Oral Histories with special guest speaker Dr Mary Ann Hellrigel of the IEEE History Center. Then we watch a video with interstitial breaks for discussion. Today's Oral History: Dr Adele Goldberg with video segments from the Computer History Museum. Credit: WITI, Workforce Innovation, Trust, and Influence; Adele Goldberg and the Women in Technology Hall of Fame Awards. Credit: WITI, Workforce Innovation, Trust, and Influence and the Women in Technology Hall of Fame Credit: Computer History Museum Adele Goldberg, an oral history conducted in 2002 by Janet Abbate, IEEE History Center, Piscataway, NJ, USA. The ETHW oral history of Adele Goldberg is in the Women in Computer Oral History Collection. IEEE History Center directory links to the transcript of an Oral History of Adele Goldberg. This Oral History has the most unique page visits for the previous 365 days among all IEEE Oral Histories of women. (https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Adele_Goldberg) - Goldberg began her career as a researcher at Xerox, where she developed the programming language Smalltalk and managed the System Concepts Laboratory. She continued to develop Smalltalk technology as the head of ParcPlace Systems. She served as president of the Association for Computing Machinery and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from PC Magazine in 1990 (IEEE) Speaker(s): Dr Mary Ann Hellrigel, Agenda: Brief introduction by Dr Mary Ann Hellrigel of the IEEE History Center Staff to Oral History. Viewing video excerpts of and interview with Adele Goldberg, PhD Interstitial breaks to discuss the video. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/400868

The internal electric field plays a fundamental role in radiation detectors and access to it is therefore strategic. An important and widely used material in room temperature detectors is CdTe. This semiconductor exhibits the electro-optical Pockels effect, which is the linear response of the refraction index to an applied electric field. This allows to probe the electric field distribution inside the detectors with good spatial and temporal resolution. In this talk I will show recent results related to optically induced electric field perturbations. Trap-related optical doping is demonstrated in Schottky devices. Original experimental approaches enable to highlight the local perturbation on the timescale of the charge carriers transit time. A 2D Electric field imaging on such a timescale together with the visualization of free carrier motion is in progress, which is expected to provide a deep insight into charge transport mechanisms. The underlying scope of the present talk is to point out how fixed and free charges, on their corresponding timescales, can be used to control the local electric field and the optical modulation. These are general concepts in semiconductors which, with suitable materials/design, can be exploited in optoelectronics. Speaker(s): , ADRIANO COLA Bldg: BOSSONE 302, DREXEL UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/402114