This program offers an opportunity to share your passion for a subject by teaching STEM topics to students aged 13-18. IEEE Penn State Harrisburg will provide the necessary equipment for your sessions and transportation to the library. By signing up, you agree to a one-hour teaching slot on a Monday. It's a straightforward way to contribute and share your STEM interests with enthusiastic learners. If you're interested, your participation could significantly impact a student's learning path. We invite you to join this initiative and play a role in inspiring the next generation in STEM fields. You have to be a Penn State Harrisburg student to volunteer. Co-sponsored by: Middletown Public Library Room: Second floor , Bldg: Middletown Public Library, 20 N Catherine St, Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States, 17057

This initiative provides an opportunity for you to engage with and inspire young students aged 8-13 in the Middletown area by teaching them about STEM topics. Penn State Harrisburg's IEEE will provide all the necessary equipment for your sessions. By signing up, you commit to just one hour on a specific Monday. This represents a straightforward and impactful way to share your passion for STEM with eager young minds. Choosing to be part of this program can significantly influence a young student's learning perspective. It offers a valuable opportunity to play a part in nurturing the next generation's interest in the STEM fields. This opportunity is specifically available to Penn State Harrisburg students eager to volunteer their time and knowledge. Co-sponsored by: Middletown Public Library Room: Second floor , Bldg: Middletown Public Library, 20 N Catherine St, Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States, 17057

Dive into the exciting world of electronics and radio by building your own FM radio at our next workshop! Perfect for anyone from beginners to those with some soldering skills, this session lets you create a radio that can transmit signals up to 10 meters, all on a simple 9-volt battery. What You'll Do: - Get Hands-On: Solder components onto a PCB and make your own antenna. You'll learn about radio design while sharpening your soldering skills. - Tweak the Tech: We'll give you the basic code, and you can play around with it to improve your radio's signal or add cool features like song controls. - For Everyone: Crafted by our IEEE team, this project is tested to be fun and educational, no matter your skill level. Why Join? You'll not only pick up new technical skills but also walk away with a mini radio station you've built yourself. It's a great addition to your resume and a fun way to spend some time. Catch you at the 'Build Your Own Radio' workshop—turn your curiosity into a cool project! Co-sponsored by: Penn State University-Harrisburg Room: EAB 213, Bldg: Educational Activity Building (EAB) , 777 W Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States, 17057

Collecting information on individual animals’ vocal and movement behavior is important in many ecological and behavioral applications. However, gathering this information in wild animals may be especially challenging, time-consuming, invasive, or disruptive. This talk will describe a non-invasive method we engineered for gathering behavioral data for individual wild birds at large scales. We gather acoustic data using an array of 49 autonomous recorders. Audio is precisely time-stamped and synchronized using GPS receivers onboard the sound recorder. To estimate birds’ positions, we created tools for automated song detection and localization in OpenSoundscape, an open-source Python package for bioacoustic analyses. In particular, we create machine learning algorithms to detect the songs of each species, use a spatial-matching algorithm to match up detections of the same sound event recorded on multiple microphones, then estimate the position from which each sound event was sung. I will discuss several applications of these new techniques, including mapping individual birds’ home territories, estimating bird population sizes, observing birds’ movement and behavior, and creating libraries of individual birds’ distinctive voices. Speaker(s): Tessa Rhinehart, Agenda: mac Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/413370

Stress can be defined as a state of worry or mental tension caused by a difficult situation. 45% of American college students claimed to undergo "more than average stress" while 33% of students reported "average stress." Stress influences our mood, affects our relationships and inhibits our success. In this webinar, we'll discuss how stress impacts our lives (including beneficial ways) and steps we can take to reduce and even prevent stress. Speaker(s): Carmen Osborne Agenda: IEEE-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job, maintain your career, negotiate an appropriate salary, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and learn about other career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession. For information regarding upcoming webinars or to visit our vast webinar archive, please visit: (https://ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/) (https://newsletter.smartbrief.com/rest/sign-up/2479DAB0-4089-43E7-925D-86AE0C1E6244?campaign=e0d52cef) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/409050

With the rapid development of Internet of Things, a vast number of small, low-cost, and low-power mobile electronic devices, such as radio frequency identification tags and wireless sensors, will become integral parts of our society. Supplying electrical power to these devices wirelessly would eliminate/relieve their battery life limitation. Since wireless power delivery must be dedicated to the designated receivers in space, it is inevitable to employ one narrow electromagnetic beam as the carrier of wireless power toward each mobile device. The retro-reflective beamforming technique has excellent potential to accomplish efficient wireless power transmission in the context of Internet of Things and can track multiple mobile devices, generating wireless power to the devices accordingly. The primary merit of retro-reflective beamforming technique is that wireless power transmission is augmented by radar tracking. Specifically, wireless power transmission is initiated by pilot signals broadcasted from wireless power receiver(s); and in response to the pilot signals, a wireless power transmitter delivers directional microwave power beams to the receiver(s). Results collected in our research demonstrate that the retro-reflective beamforming scheme enables microwave power beams to follow the location of mobile wireless power receiver(s) dynamically when the receiver(s) broadcast pilot signals periodically. Speaker(s): Dr. Mingyu Lu Room: Library, Bldg: Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering and Sciences, 512 South Kanawha Street, Beckley, West Virginia, United States, WV 25801, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/414643

Dive into the world of DIY electronics with our hands-on workshop. We're making wireless weather stations using the Raspberry Pi Pico W, and you're invited to join us! This session is designed for those with an interest in electronics and data collection, welcoming participants of all levels. What We're Doing: - Assembling a wireless weather station that measures temperature, humidity, and more. Who Should Join: - While this workshop is geared towards those with some experience, we welcome anyone eager to learn. Our team will be there to help every step of the way. What You'll Achieve: - By the end of our session, you'll have your own working weather station, capable of connecting to your laptop for data analysis. Connectivity: - We'll guide you through connecting your station to a laptop, making it easy to keep tabs on the weather conditions around you. If you're curious about technology or just looking for a fun project, this workshop is a great way to get hands-on experience with building and programming. Come learn, create, and connect with others who share your interests. Co-sponsored by: Penn State University-Harrisburg Room: EAB 209, Bldg: Educational Activity Building (EAB) , 777 W Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States, 17057

IEEE - Cleveland Section - April ExCom Meeting Agenda: TBD Bldg: MAI, (Checkpoint Surgical) 6050 Oak Tree Blvd, Independence, Ohio, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/413349

We are excited to announce an upcoming NIST MSED/NCNR Seminar being presented by Ms. Rachel Maizel (Virginia Polytechnic Institute). This Seminar talk is taking place in person at the NIST Center for Neutron Research and will be additionally broadcast over ZoomGov - details follow below. Co-sponsored by: NIST Center for Neutron Research, NIST Materials Science and Engineering Division Speaker(s): Rachel Maizel Room: K04B, Bldg: NCNR (NIST Gaithersburg campus Bldg.235), 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States, 20899, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/413229

The THz portion of the electromagnetic spectrum presents notable challenges for technological development. This band straddles the domains of classical electromagnetics and photonics, creating a philosophical and practical conflict due to the dual nature of light. This dilemma has historically been termed the "THz gap," characterized by difficulties in generation and propagation. In an AFIT dissertation, research will be conducted to address these issues. The Center for Technical Intelligence Studies and Research (CTISR) has conducted preliminary research using superconductors to transmit THz waves. This dissertation will extend that work by fully characterizing antenna pattern characteristics within the confines of current measurement capabilities and will look to inform future designs for the THz regime. Additionally, THz wave propagation through the atmosphere is significantly attenuated by water vapor absorption in certain sub-bands. The AFIT Center for Directed Energy's HELEEOS code will be examined to potentially refine the prediction of THz propagation characteristics. Time-Domain Spectroscopy (TDS) will be employed to validate these models. Co-sponsored by: Wright-Patt Multi-Intelligence Development Consortium (WPMDC), The DOD & DOE Communities Speaker(s): Nathan Agenda: The THz portion of the electromagnetic spectrum presents notable challenges for technological development. This band straddles the domains of classical electromagnetics and photonics, creating a philosophical and practical conflict due to the dual nature of light. This dilemma has historically been termed the "THz gap," characterized by difficulties in generation and propagation. In an AFIT dissertation, research will be conducted to address these issues. The Center for Technical Intelligence Studies and Research (CTISR) has conducted preliminary research using superconductors to transmit THz waves. This dissertation will extend that work by fully characterizing antenna pattern characteristics within the confines of current measurement capabilities and will look to inform future designs for the THz regime. Additionally, THz wave propagation through the atmosphere is significantly attenuated by water vapor absorption in certain sub-bands. The AFIT Center for Directed Energy's HELEEOS code will be examined to potentially refine the prediction of THz propagation characteristics. Time-Domain Spectroscopy (TDS) will be employed to validate these models. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/415628