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50th Anniversary

Volume 50 Issue 7 May 2007

Contents

Upcoming Events and Courses
PacificNWtech Career Fair
Senior Members Update
CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT IEEE Oregon & Southwest Washington EMC Society Chapter
Eye on Washington
Motivating Children to Become Engineers:Design Squad
Pelosi, Alexander Recognized for Leadership Promoting U.S. Innovation & Competitiveness
In Memoriam: James A. Rooks
Excerpts from the Institute Online
Letting The Sunshine In
Financial Advantage Program
Free May 22 Webinar Reveals Innovation Skill Sets
IEEE President Leah Jamieson to be Honored as a Woman of Vision
Membership Recruitment Record Set In First Quarter 2007
SCITOPIA.ORG Research Site Set to Launch in June
EAB and WIE offer Honoraria for project and Online Workshop Ideas
Call for Articles: IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine
IEEE-USA Call For Nominations
IEEE-USA 2006 AnnualReport Now Available Online
IEEE Foundation Grant to help David Sarnoff Library Recover from Flood Damage
Online Professional Certificate Programs Available To IEEE Members
IEEE Joins with ETA KAPPA NU to Increase cooperative Activities
IEEE Establishes Vietnam Section
IEEE-USA Announces Award Winners

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SynthWorks' VHDL Training Portland Area Classes

VHDL Coding Styles for Synthesis
May 29 - June 1, $2300
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Comprehensive VHDL Introduction
June 12 - 15, $2100 before May 22, $2300 there after
Beginners Class, 50% Labs
Learn VHDL syntax plus the basics of RTL and testbench coding.
Get VHDL design experience with our FPGA based lab board.
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contact us at (503) 590-4787, (800) 505-VHDL,
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PACE (PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES) Meeting

Topic: Critical Infrastructure Protection - Opportunities for Engineers
Speaker: Greg Hutchins, Dan Sawyer, QPE
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Doors open 6:00PM
Location: OGI School of Science and Engineering at OHSU's West Campus, Wilson Clark Center
Cost: FREE and open to the public (registration required).
Pizza sponsored by QPE.
Registration: http://cpd.ogi.edu/courseSpecific.asp?pam=2232

Critical Infrastructure Protection is a key concept all engineers should know. US DHS will be spending $Billions on assessments. What it is it? What does it mean?
Why is this a new career opportunity for engineers
and other technical professionals?

PacificNWtech Career Fair

June 20, 2007, 3-6PM
OHSU OGI West Campus
COMPANIES REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN -
www.pacificNWtech.org

The PacificNWtech Career Fair is completing its third year. Oregon Graduate Institute Center for Professional Development, Oregon Section of the IEEE, Software Association of Oregon (SAO) and the Professional Resource Consortium NW are jointly sponsoring a high-tech job fair to be held in the Wilson Clark Center of the OHSU Oregon Graduate Institute West Campus in Beaverton.

PacificNWTech draws the best prescreened, local hightech professionals possessing advanced college degrees and more than 10 years experience in their respective fields.

Job Seekers
The Career Fair is free to high tech professionals. All candidates will be required to pre-register for one of the hour-long time slots at www.pacificnwtech.org. Registration is on a first come basis.
Job search seminars will run concurrently with the event.

IEEE Oregon IAS Meeting

Title: The Flux Offset Controller - A novel approach to reduce transformer noise caused by ½ cycle saturation due to ambient DC current flow on the power system
Presenter: Karl Mitsch, P.E., Bonneville Power Authority
Time: Wednesday, May 23, 2007
6:00pm dinner, Speaker presentation starts at 7:30pm
Cost: $20.00 for dinner. No charge for presentation only.
Place: Holiday Inn Hotel Portland, 1441 NE 2nd Avenue
Reservations: For dinner reservations please email WilliamJStoick@ieee.org by Monday, May 21st