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IEEE Pittsburgh Section Baseball Outing with a Tailgate Party (Skyblast Fireworks Extravaganza)
We welcome IEEE Pittsburgh Section members, their families and partners to a baseball outing with a tailgate party. We would like to celebrate the hard work of all our IEEE volunteers. Free and delicious food and soft drinks will be served. Please register each family member separately for an accurate headcount. Registration is limited to 50 people on a first-come-first-serve basis. Thank you again to all of our volunteers! After August 1, please rsvp for food, but purchase your own ticket at dynamic pricing and separate seating from the IEEE group. Please send your check, payable to “IEEE Pittsburgh Section,” to Mey Sen, 126 Pauline Dr., Monroeville, PA 15146. Please provide the name(s) of your guest(s), if any. For any question, please write to Kal Sen at [email protected] $32 per ticket (no charge for Food) Agenda: Agenda: 5:00 PM: Arrival 5:30 PM: Dinner 7:05 PM: Game – Chicago Cubs at Pirates ($10 discount at the concession stands) Skyblast Fireworks Extravaganza The PNC Park – Parking Lot (upper left-hand corner of Gold Lot 1A), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15146
IEEE-PEAL Chapter Technical Talk at UDRI – High voltage electrical insulation design and reliability consideration for Aviation applications
Electrical insulation design is an important area in the development of electrified aircraft. This presentation will first discuss insulation design challenges associated with high voltage electrical stress, as well as environmental stress under fight-like conditions. The second part will focus on electric field management in the electrical insulation to prevent partial discharge and disruptive discharges. The last part of the presentation will cover electrical insulation partial discharge detection and insulation qualification. Speaker(s): Dr. Zhang Agenda: - 5:00 - 6:00 pm Soft-start,Meal provided - 6:00 - 7:00 pm Dr. Zhang's presentation - 7:00 - 8:00 pm Q&A discusssion Room: S1050, Bldg: AUDITORIUM, 1700 South Patterson Blvd, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45409
From Transistor Scaling to 2D Materials: A Journey into Nanoelectronics
The rapid development of the nano-electronic industry over the past decades has relied on the process of transistor scaling to provide significant improvements to transistor performance at a reduced cost. Multiple directions have been pursued to extend the semiconductor industry's growing trend, including searching for new material systems, designing new transistor structures, demonstrating new functionalities, and developing new applications. The semiconductor chip has two main elements: active devices (i.e., transistors) and interconnects. As for active devices, new 2-D materials (MoS2, WS2, BN, etc.) are all aggressively studied to realize high energy efficiency and memory/logic functions for system compactness. Since the discovery of graphene in 2004, researchers have focused on layer-structured materials and their applications in electron devices. This talk will present the current status and possible application developments in nanoelectronics and nanomaterials. A brief introduction is discussed to the general nanoelectronics and 2D materials for device applications. The technical challenges of 2D materials are discussed. This talk will introduce various technologies that are based on 2D materials and will be discussed possible applications. In addition, traditional silicon-based devices and the nanotechnology-enabled high-performance device will be discussed. Co-sponsored by: Northern Virginia/Washington Chap,ED15,SSC37,EP21 Speaker(s): Prof. Jeongwon Park, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/369321
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Sensing and Signal Processing Challenges with Data Sets for Associated Research
Abstract: Radar offers some unique capabilities compared to other sensing phenomenologies. For example, radar can operate at long ranges, during the day and night, and in most weather conditions. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) enables formation of 2D and 3D images of ground scenes for a wide array of military and commercial applications. In this talk, Dr. Linda Moore will discuss current challenges in SAR signal processing, including the challenge of applying machine/deep learning techniques to SAR automatic target recognition (ATR). Measured and synthetic SAR data has been made publicly available by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and can assist in developing new techniques for today's SAR signal processing challenges. Available data sets will be associated with relevant technical challenges and examples of related IEEE published work will be highlighted. Speaker(s): Dr. Linda Moore, PhD Agenda: 6:30 - 6:45 Virtual Gathering and Settling In 6:45 - 7:45 Technical Presentation Proper 7:45 - 8:00 QnA Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/366626
CIT Summer Series – Jon Peddie – The History of Visual Magic in Computers: How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR
This is a weekly session of the CIT Summer Series, with Jon Peddle presenting The History of Visual Magic in Computers: How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR : If you have ever looked at a fantastic adventure or science fiction movie, or an amazingly complex and rich computer game, or a TV commercial where cars or gas pumps or biscuits behaved liked people and wondered, “How do they do that?”, then you’ve experienced the magic of 3D worlds generated by a computer. 3D in computers began as a way to represent automotive designs and illustrate the construction of molecules. 3D graphics use evolved to visualizations of simulated data and artistic representations of imaginary worlds. In order to overcome the processing limitations of the computer, graphics had to exploit the characteristics of the eye and brain, and develop visual tricks to simulate realism. The goal is to create graphics images that will overcome the visual cues that cause disbelief and tell the viewer this is not real. Thousands of people over thousands of years have developed the building blocks and made the discoveries in mathematics and science to make such 3D magic possible, and The History of Visual Magic in Computers is dedicated to all of them and tells a little of their story. It traces the earliest understanding of 3D and then foundational mathematics to explain and construct 3D; from mechanical computers up to today’s tablets. Several of the amazing computer graphics algorithms and tricks came of periods where eruptions of new ideas and techniques seem to occur all at once. Applications emerged as the fundamentals of how to draw lines and create realistic images were better understood, leading to hardware 3D controllers that drive the display all the way to stereovision and virtual reality. Maps the history of the techniques behind science fiction movies, complex and rich computer games, and TV commercials capable of making cars, gas pumps and biscuits behave like human beings. Speaker(s): Dr. Jon Peddie, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/364008
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The Balancing Act of Automating and Monitoring in electric distribution grids
The Balancing Act of Automating and Monitoring in electric distribution grids
Electric underground distribution system is generally more reliable than overhead because it is not exposed to the severe weather events round the year. However, it is still prone to failures from corrosion, mechanical issues, animal intrusion to name a few. While the number of failures is typically much less the duration of outages are much longer when compared to that for overhead. What is the best approach to minimize impact of an outage? Automate and implement FLISR system wide or retrofit monitoring or do both? In this presentation we will examine the various approaches. Co-sponsored by: Sentient Energy Speaker(s): Bidesh Kar Agenda: 12:00 PM - 12:05 PM - IEEE PES Baltimore chapter introduction of the Speaker 12:05 PM - 12:40 PM - Presentation by Speaker 12:40 PM to 12:55 PM - Questions and Answers (Q&A) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/369673