IEEE Oregon Section

Volume 49               Issue 6         February 2006

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Contents

• Upcoming Events and Courses
• New IEEE Senior Members
• Senior Member Rodeo
• SERIES: How to Turn Your Ideas into Money
• Foundation Gift to Benefit Power Students
• Requirements Satisfaction: A Multi-part Tutorial
• IEEE WCNC 2006 Conference
• IEEE-USA Commends Senators for PACE Act
• Grassley: L Visa Loopholes Need to be Closed
• IEEE Virtual Museum Highlights Nanotech
• Computer Society Digital Library Update
• IEEE News
• IEEE-USA's Today's Engineer Highlights
• IEEE-USA - Eye On Washington

Wireless LAN Analysis (4-day workshop)
Dates: February 28 - March 3, 2006
Venue: Kingstad Place for Meetings, Beaverton, Oregon

This workshop offers hands-on learning using the latest enterprise-class wireless LAN analysis hardware and software. This course targets experienced networking professionals who wish to gain critical, detailed skills inwireless networking analysis. For more info and registration go to http://old.ieee-oregon.org/events/cwap

ISEPP Lecture:

A Fork in the Road to Reality
Sir Roger Penrose, Oxford University
Date: March 9, 2006
25% Discount for IEEE members – see our website

BREAKING NEWS - Retirement Fly-in March 14-15

Congress will be considering major changes to America’s
retirement system this year with or without your input. If you are concerned about retirement policy or the future of your retirement, please join IEEE-USA in Washington, D.C on
March 14th and 15th.  There is no charge for the event, other
than your own travel arrangements.

Detailed information on the event can be found here: 
http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/flyin/retirement/

For more information about this Fly-In, contact Russ
Harrison at r.t.harrison@ieee.org or (202) 530-8326.

Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS)
Topic: Evidence based engineering - lessons learned
Speaker: Ron Sakaguchi, DDS, MS, PhD; OHSU
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 15
6:00 PM - Social. Pizza & soft drinks provided.
6:30 PM - EMBS business, election of officers
6:45 PM - Talk begins
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Place: Room 333, Smith Memorial Student Union, PSU.
See map at http://www.pdx.edu/map.html.

IAS (Industry Applications)
Title: Design Review of the JFS1 Intel Jones Farm Data Center
Speaker: Bill Guy, P.E., Intel, Hillsboro, OR
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Time: 6:00pm dinner; Speaker presentation starts at 7:30pm
Cost: $20.00 for dinner. No charge for presentation only
Place: Red Lion Hotel Portland, Grand Avenue
Reservations: Email DavidDurocher@ieee.org

PacificNWTech (PortlandTech) Career Fair
Date: Thursday, February 15, 2006
Time: 3-7 PM
Register at: www.pacificnwtech.org  
Portland's focused high-tech career fair featuring local companies with local jobs.

Computer & ComSoc
Topic: Got MIPS? The Need for Speed in On-line Games
Speaker: Wu-chang Feng, Portland State University
Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006
Time: 6:00 PM ~ 8:30 PM
Place: Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI) Wilson Clark Center
Cost: Free, open to the public (registration required)
Registration: http://cpd.ogi.edu/class.asp?n=06-ieee-0216

RAS (Robotics & Automation) Society
Advanced Workshop for Mobile Robotics SW Challenge
Topic: Using the OpenCV Computer Vision Library
Speaker: Samuel Siciliano, Logic Product Development
Date: Wednesday February 22nd, 2006
Time: 7-9 PM
Place: Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI) Wilson Clark Center
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Register at: http://cpd.ogi.edu/class.asp?n=06-IEEE-0222

PACE
Topic: Patents 101 - What you need to know about patents
Speaker: Dan Bedell, Smith-Hill and Bedell, P.C.
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
         Doors open 6:00PM
Place: Oregon Graduate Institute(OGI), Wilson Clark Center
Cost: FREE and open to the public
Registration: http://cpd.ogi.edu/class.asp?n=06-ieee-0228

Coming in March
Career Makeover for the 21st Century Workshop
IEEE Oegon PACE and the IEEE-USA Career and Workforce Policy Committee present a 1-day workshop
on the changing engineering job market, globalization, how to adapt and succeed in your career.
Date: Saturday, March 25
Time: 8AM - 5:30 PM
Venue: University Place Conference Center, Portland State University
Cost: $50 members, $75 non-members, $25 students/unemployed
Check web for details and registration.