This is the annual Fall Picnic for the IEEE Northern Virginia and Washington Sections. This is a catered event, so no need to bring side dishes. ***CANCELED*** Bldg: Pavilion, Columbus Club of Arlington, 5115 Little Falls Road, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 22203

This is the Fall Picnic for the IEEE Northern Virginia Section and the Washington Section. - If you live 50+ miles from Arlington and want to carpool, email (mailto:[email protected]) by September 14. - This is a catered event, so no need to bring side dishes.. Bldg: Pavilion, Columbus Club of Arlington, 5115 Little Falls Road, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 22203

This is the Fall Picnic for the IEEE Northern Virginia Section (with Washington and Baltimore Sections invited ). The event will take place at the Knights of Columbus, Arlington, VA. This will be at our usual pavilion area, but will be catered, so no need to bring side dishes. It is important to register early, so we know how much food to order. Vendors like to have several days advanced notice. Bring family, but let us know how many. Dan Cross-Cole Chair, IEEE Northern Virginia Section Co-sponsored by: Washington Section, Baltimore Section ***CANCELED*** Bldg: Pavilion, Knights of Columbus Hall, 5115 Little Falls Road, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 22203

Join R1+2 YPs for a social meetup lunch in conjunction with IEEE events during New York Climate Week 2024! We will enjoy a buffet style lunch at the Irish American Pub in Lower Manhattan. This event is generously sponsored by IEEE YP and limited to 20 attendees. The Irish American, 17 John Street, New York, New York, United States, 10038

The Careers in Technology Fall Series begins on 24 September at 8pm Eastern Time with: Professor Victor B Lawrence, PhD IEEE Fellow, National Inventors Hall of Fame. In the introduction, Dr Lawrence’s preparation for a career at Bell Labs in Advanced Communication Technologies will be discussed. Then Dr Lawrence will conduct a detailed deep dive discussion of modern communications and networks. Some of Dr Lawrence’s technical experience includes: Key innovations of Bell Labs, artificial intelligence and machine learning, communications technologies, telecommunications, networks, patents, standards of today. Technology for the future. HDTV, Modems, Bluetooth: The importance of Standards. Professor Victor B Lawrence, PhD will share his thoughts about the future influence of technology in society, and recommendations for navigating a technical career in this era. Lawrence has received numerous awards and honorary degrees, including: - 1981: (https://ieee-cas.org/guillemin-cauer-award), (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Circuits_and_Systems_Society) - 1984: J. Harry Karp Best Paper Award at Interface '84 - 1986: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley), Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture Series - 1987: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers) - 1992: Fellow of (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Bell_Labs) - 1995: Black Engineer for Outstanding Technical Contributions - 1997: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Awards) for (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Alliance_(HDTV)) Standard - 2000: IEEE Millennium Medal - 2003: Member of (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Academy_of_Engineering) - 2004: IEEE Award in International Communication - 2007: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Simon_Ramo_Medal) for leadership in world-wide data communications networks - 2012: Charter Fellow of (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Academy_of_Inventors) (NAI) - 2016: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame_inductees) Speaker(s): Professor Victor B Lawrence, PhD IEEE Fellow Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/431105

The MOVE Weather Team is one of several support components of the MOVE program. It includes both professionals and enthusiasts who are interested in weather and support of the IEEE MOVE Program. This support primarily involves providing information to MOVE Operations about conditions that might lead to the deployment of a MOVE team, and secondly, offering information to the MOVE team during a deployment. Co-sponsored by: IEEE-USA MOVE Program Speaker(s): Francis Grosz Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406590

Building a meaningful career is about more than just landing a job and climbing the ladder. It’s about being intentional about what you want to learn, how you want to grow, and who you want to become. And with the many potential paths for professionals, charting our path can be confusing and difficult. This session will help you see where you are now, get clear on where you want to go, and identify key actions you can take to move forward. Learning Objectives: - Learn what intentionality is and how it is the key to a career of impact and satisfaction. - Discover how our mindsets drive our actions and behaviors, and some ideas of how to shift your own mindset. - Develop a new approach to networking that is more about building relationships than collecting contacts or followers. Speaker(s): Jeff Perry 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. Learn about our sponsor: the IEEE Member Group Insurance Program - Powered by AMBA. AMBA specializes in providing tailored insurance solutions for IEEE members. Whether you’re seeking health, life, or disability coverage, AMBA has you covered. Visit the IEEE Member Group Insurance Program website to explore the benefits and options available to you: (https://www.ieeeinsurance.com/) 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/433111

The IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Philadelphia Chapter is holding a technical meeting. The topic is Continuous Monitoring of Substation Assets Using Thermal Imaging. Our speakers are Dr. Tim Dubbs, Director Applications Engineering, and Mr. Lenny Shaver, Director Strategic Marketing, Advanced Energy Industries. Continuous thermal monitoring of critical substation assets is essential to identify potential failure points and protect aging components. Remote monitoring with thermal imaging systems gives you highly accurate data for condition-based maintenance. Fiber optic sensors are proven to be an effective hot spot monitor and controller for power transformers. Bond meters and megohmmeters provide precise measurements and superior reliability in rugged outdoor environments. Custom software allows data and image monitoring and archiving across multiple substations. The presentation will provide examples of turn-key solutions that integrate with existing substation deployment supervisory controls (DSC) for transformer winding temperatures and complete substation area monitoring. There is no charge for meeting attendance, only for PDH certificates. Attendees may apply for 1.0 PDH provided through the IEEE Certificates Program, accepted in all states. Member cost is $6.00 and non-member cost is $9.00 (USD) via vTools (credit card payments are processed through PayPal). Complete online evaluation after lecture at https://r2.ieee.org/philadelphia-vts/forms/ Payment must be received and evaluation form must be completed within three days to receive PDH certificate. IEEE VTS Philadelphia Chapter Officers: Chapter Chair: Brandon S. Swartley, P.E., STV Incorporated, [email protected] Vice-Chair: Harvey Glickenstein, P.E., F.I.R.S.E., [email protected] Secretary and Treasurer: Robert Fisher, P.E., WSP, [email protected] Speaker(s): Tim Dubbs, Lenny Shaver Agenda: Introduction - Technical presentation - Advantages of remote monitoring of substation assets - Use of winding hot spot monitoring - Automated thermal imaging scanning of substation assets - Case studies and real world examples - Applications for power transformers, bus bars, shunts, fuses, relays, and cable terminations Questions Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/432115

Radiation resistant photovoltaics (PV) for lunar surface applications has been increasingly important for application on the lunar surface. Graphene-based Schottky diodes with semiconductor various radiation resistant layers is a promising choice for lunar PV due to (i) graphene high photon transparency (ii) and radiation resistant semiconducting layers such as GaN. We propose a G/n-GaN Schottky diode where the metal is replaced by graphene grown on top of a thin oxide layer resting on the semiconductor. Photoexcitation of carriers occurs in both graphene and the semiconductor regions. the oxide layer prevents or reduces recombination of photo-carriers. we propose a model where photo-generated electrons cross the PV device in both directions (from Gr to the semiconductor and vice versa) via two mechanisms by (a) thermionic emission and (b) quantum tunneling. We outline the method of obtaining net current densities (thermionic and tunneling). Tunneling transmission and thermionic carrier escape and current are outlined along with the advantage of high current density generation in the harsh lunar surface environment. Co-sponsored by: EDS Student Branch, Physics & Engineering Dept, University of Scranton Speaker(s): Argyrios Agenda: Professional meeting at the University of Scranton Room: 334, Bldg: Loyola Science Center (LSC), 204 Monroe Ave, Physics and Engineering Dept, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, 18510, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/424115

R1/R2 Excom members to complete awareness/assessment/and get a commitment from area chairs to do likewise with section chairs. From Bala's email on September 3, 2024 Good Morning R1 ExCom, Section Chairs & Members of BOG. Hope you all had a great summer! IEEE places great emphasis on the Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct of its volunteers and staff. Awareness, adherence and compliance to this is extremely important . The Code of Ethics & Code of Conduct were updated in 2020 and they are available at: (These are short, no more than one page documents. (3 documents that are repetitive in substance)) https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/ieee_code_of_conduct.pdf https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/corporate/ieee-code-of-ethics.pdf Our Region 1 Membership Development Chair Oscar Tonello is leading an effort to get Region 1 leaders, officers and volunteers become aware of IEEE Code of Ethics through a study and assessment program. https://ieee.surveysparrow.com/s/Ethics-Super-Power-Challenge-Region-1--2/tt-uq7ASzQyqLxsk5ckbAftS6 Here is the ask from Oscar: R1 ExCom, Section Chairs & BoG will review of Code of Ethics/Code of Conduct and complete the assessment. (The assessment involves 10 questions you need to answer and should get at least 70% right.) Section Chairs are asked to have their section officers and chapter officers complete the review and assessment in the second round. Oscar will work with you to reach non-volunteer IEEE members in the third round. There will be recognition of those who complete the assessment by Sept 28, 2024 with a beautiful, collector grade R1/R2 Ethics pin. Other recognitions will be shared by Oscar in his communications with you. The Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct Awareness & Assessment was initially started by R10 and we are taking their generous help to get R1 members complete their review and assessment. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/435508

Lehigh Valley IEEE Section invites you to Happy Hour at Campus Pizza near Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA! Our last few Happy Hours were such a success, we're doing it again! All are welcome - IEEE members, bring a guest! Location: Campus Pizza, 22 east 4th St, Bethlehem, PA https://restaurantguru.com/Campus-Pizza-Bethlehem Time: 5pm to 7pm, Thursday, September 26th - find us in the back room near the IEEE banners. Please register so we can plan. Appetizers and soft drinks will be provided to registered attendees/guests. 22 East 4th st, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States, 18105

Magnetism is capable of manipulation of objects both large and small, near and far, visible and invisible. This talk will focus on two ways in which magnetic devices are being developed for manipulation. More specifically, I will present two examples in which we are using magnetism to design versatile devices with applications to haptics (manipulating tactile surfaces) and communications (manipulating electromagnetic waves). First, we will consider what magnetic features are required to make reconfigurable haptic interfaces, capable of giving the user the sensation that they are feeling what they are seeing on a visual display; and reconfigurable communication systems, capable of tuning their frequency of operation real-time. Here, I will present our self-assembled magnetic nanostructures with large magnetic moment and anisotropy as a potential solution to both applications. For haptic interfaces, true 3D fidelity in a tactile display requires extremely flexible materials that can also be programmed real-time to physically illustrate what is visually displayed on the screen. I will present how our magnetic elastomer composites can be used to achieve such fidelity. For microwave communication systems, high frequency resonances need to be widely tunable to enable adaptive filtering and more interference-resilient communications. I will present how our high magnetic anisotropy materials can provide adaptability of such sharp filters at frequencies in the tens of gigahertz. The projects discussed will illustrate the impact of magnetism on the design of broadly versatile devices to ameliorate both technology and society in the future. Scott Hall 6142, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Dr. Mengxue Hou, an Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame, will present on robotic planning at this IEEE CSS seminar. Her talk will address the challenge of balancing computational efficiency and model fidelity in robotic decision-making for exploring unknown environments. She will focus on underwater vehicle navigation, presenting a learning method to create a non-Markovian reduced-order model that enhances accuracy. Additionally, she will discuss a Large-Language-Model-guided hierarchical planner that translates human-specified missions into executable actions with low computational cost. Speaker(s): Prof. Mengxue Hou Room: 405, Bldg: WH, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44115

--------------------------------------------------------------- For our second GM, we will be having a demonstration of RTL/SDR (intercepting air traffic control and radio signals). Along with that, a engineering clinic group at Rowan will be demonstrating their robotic project. Free pizza as always! Room: 321, Bldg: Engineering Hall, 401 North Campus Drive, Glassboro, New Jersey, United States, 08028