Volume 49               Issue 2         October 2005

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Contents

• Upcoming Events and Courses
• Time to Vote in 2005 IEEE Annual Election
• Science, Technology and Society 2005-2006 Linus Pauling Memorial Lectures
• From the Editor’s Desk
• Computer Society News
• New IEEE Senior Members
• Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society News
• Legislative Alert: Raising H-1B Cap
• Robotics and Automation Society Chapter Startup
• Call for Papers
• Congressman Looks to IEEE-USA for Expertise on Medical IT Issues
• IEEE-USA Teacher-Engineer Partnership Award, TechXplore Electrotechnology Award
• 4Frontiers Corp To Establish Mars Settlement
• Government Activity Headlines
• Opportunities from IEEE-USA
• News from The Institute
• OGI Public Seminars

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POSITION: A part-time instructor is needed to teach Electronics II (Applications of Electronic Devices) during the spring semester of 2006 (January 9 – April at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. Candidates should hold an MS in Electrical Engineering or closely related field and be comfortable working in a Christian, faith-affirming context. Previous classroom teaching experience is desirable. The engineering program at George Fox has state of the art engineering laboratory and computer facilities and is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

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email: bharder@georgefox.ed

Pacific NW High Tech Career Fair Featuring 100’s of High Tech Jobs

The Pacific NW Tech Career Fair is sponsored by the IEEE Seattle Section, and the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA).

The fair is on Tuesday October 18 from 2 pm to 7 pm. It will be held on the University of Washington Bothell campus, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell WA in the North Creek Café.

See www.pacificnwtech.org. It is FREE to job seekers. You must register on the web site where you can get more information about the Career Fair. Bring plenty of resumes.

IEEE Oregon is holding FOUR morning technical seminars from 8:00 am - Noon Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at Hawthorn Farm Athletic Club, Hillsboro in conjunction with the 5th Annual OctoberBest Regional High-Tech Manufacturing Conference and Expo.
See http://old.ieee-oregon.org/events/obest  for details on these IEEE seminars:
• Introduction to Nanotechnology
• EMI Regulations and Design Techniques
• Lean Manufacturing - What's Next
• FPGAs vs Structured ASICs: Choosing the best path to silicon implementation

CEUs: 0.3 CEUs (3 PDH) will be awarded on completion
Cost: Registration fee ranges from $50-$60 for Members.
Seminars are LIMITED TO 25 attendees - register now!

5th Annual OCTOBERBEST
Co-sponsored by EMA-Oregon and Pacific Northwest ERA Date: Wednesday, Oct. 19 2005 Time: Noon - 6 p.m. Hawthorn Farm Athletic Club, 4800 N.E. Belknap Ct., Hillsboro, OR (a half block west of Intel - Hawthorn Farm).
OctoberBest is a favorite event of the Pacific Northwest high tech industry. It's where you'll learn about what's new, what's hot and what's coming. Be sure to visit the exhibit booths ... choose from a terrific roster of educational seminars ... and enjoy the festive German atmosphere ... including brats and beer!

Free admission to exhibits 12-6 pm if you sign up before October 14 online at www.emaoregon.org/OctBest5_attend.html. All participants are asked to bring a donation of nonperishable food items for the Oregon Food Bank.

For details, visit the OCTOBERBEST WEB SITE at http://www.ema-oregon.org/OctBest5.html.

Robotics and Automation Society Chapter Startup

Topic: The DARPA Grand Challenge
Date: Thursday October 20th at 7 PM
Place: Wilson Clark Center – Conference Room 407 Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology 20000 NW Walker Road, Beaverton http://www.ogi.edu/maps/

Please RSVP to Nelson Bridwell at Bridwell@MobileRobot.Org  or 503 740-5102.

Communications Society & Computer Society

Topic: RFID Generation 2 – a Single Low-Cost/High-Performance Worldwide Standard
Speaker: Dr. Harley Heinrich, Intermec
When: Thursday, October 20th, 2005
Time: 6:00 PM ~ 8:30 PM
Cost: Free and open to the public (registration required). Pizza and refreshments provided
Place: Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (OGI), Wilson Clark Center, 20000 NW Walker Rd, Beaverton, OR 97006
Registration: http://www.cpd.ogi.edu/coursespecific.asp?pam=1930

PACE (Professional Activities)

Topic: Career Models – A Framework for Success
Speaker: John Prohodsky, IEEE Senior Member
Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Doors open 6:00PM
Place: Oregon Graduate Institute(OGI), Wilson Center Main Dining Room
Cost: FREE and open to the public
Registration: See www.ieee-or.org/events or go to http://cpd.ogi.edu/class.asp?n=06-IEEE-1025 
This PACE meeting of the IEEE Oregon Section will help you learn about career models and how to use them to understand and manage your career.

Microwave Theory & Techniques and Electron Devices

Topic: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Technology: How supporting technologies have advanced capabilities and performance

Where: Oregon Graduate Institute, Wilson Clark Center Dining Hall, Hillsboro, OR.

Coming Friday Nov. 18:

One-day seminar/tutorial on Wireless PAN Technology and IEEE802.15.4/Zigbee™ at Kingstad Meeting Center, Beaverton, OR

This seminar will introduce the major aspects of current Wireless PANs (Personal Area Networks) development (wireless USB, wireless UWB, Zigbee) and provide a tutorial on the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless networking standard. A roadmap of standards work in the space will be presented. The basic protocol physical and MAC layers for 802.15.4 will be described. IEEE 802.15.4 is a low-speed, very low-power protocol, is particularly suited to application specific embedded systems.

Registration details coming soon