IEEE Oregon Section

©2008 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Volume 51                 Issue 8             May 2008

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Contents


• Latest UPCOMING EVENTS
• IEEE Oregon 2nd Annual LIGO Tour Sign up Deadline July 1
• Hire an Intern today—and grow a future engineer!
• Professional Technology Career Fair, June 19th at OGI
• IEEE Computer Society Announces Its NEW Online Career Center
• IEEE-USA CAPITOL HILL WATCH
• Two Section members Recipients of IEEE-USA 2007 Awards
• Texas Engineer Receives IEEE-USA's Highest Honor,
One of 24 IEEE-USA Award Recipients
• IEEE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RESIGNS
• IEEE POWER ENGINEERING SOCIETY CHANGES NAME
• IEEE FOUNDATION AWARDS OVER US$170,000 IN GRANTS
• IEEE-SUPPORTED DESIGN SQUAD WINS PEABODY AWARD
• IEEE.tv ANNOUNCEMENT - TWO NEW PROGRAMS RELEASED
• Technical Papers Sought for IEEE Wireless Hive Network Conference
• COMMUNICATIONS Bird's eye view
• Hurricane Forecasters Adopt NCAR Radar Technique
• Introducing “Computing Now”
• IEEE offering online Mentoring Orientation
• Advertisement: Facilitators Needed for PE Review Course


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Summer Term Classes at OGI
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
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Registration is now open.
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Last day to register 22-June; classes begin 23-June.
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EMC Chapter Meeting

Topic: Effects of Vias on High-Speed Signals
Speaker: Dr. Jun Fan, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Time: Food at 6:30 PM, Meeting at 7:00 PM
Place: U of P,  Chiles Center, Hall of Fame Room
Details: Click HERE
Please RSVP for food.

ORCNET Meeting

Topic:  PSoC® - Programmable System on a Chip
Speaker: Kenneth Oishi, Cypress Semiconductor
When: Thursday, May 22, 2008
        6:00 PM to Chat & eat; meeting at 7:00 PM (approx.).
Where: Beaverton International House of Pancakes (IHOP)
        15935 SW Regatta Lane, 503-614-8485.

Discover what makes Cypress’s PSoC (Programmable System-on-Chip™) architecture so popular and the perfect platform for implementing quick, cost-effective and flexible designs.

See www.ieee-or.org.events for details

IAS Chapter Meeting

Title:  "Infrared Inspection in Forest Products Processing Environments "
Presenter: Mark Higginson, North Pacific Paper Corporation
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
           6:00pm dinner; Speaker presentation starts at 7:30pm
Cost: $22.00 for dinner (by hotel). No charge for presentation only
      The IAS Chapter offers free dinner for all local PSU, OSU,
     George Fox, U of P, and WSU Vancouver E.E. Students
Place: Red Lion Hotel Portland
Reservations: For dinner reservations send email;
       Please reply by Monday, May 26th.

See www.ieee-or.org.events for details

PacificNWTech Professional Technology Career Fair

Spaces are available for companies looking for experienced
technology professionals. See www.pacificnwtech.org.

Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: OHSU-OGI School of Science and Engineering

This career fair is an open forum in which NW technology companies, entrepreneurs, and small to medium business
owners are seeking experienced professionals to fill their technology jobs.

IEEE Oregon Section, OHSU-OGI, and the Software Association of Oregon are co-sponsoring this high-tech career fair.

The Fair is FREE to professionals who are seeking jobs.
On-line registration will close on Monday June 16th, after which you can still attend but ask that you sign-in at the Front Desk.
IEEE Oregon Section 2nd Annual LIGO Tour

Sign up Deadline is July 1 (online signup soon).

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!
BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF LAST YEARS TOUR,OPENINGS ARE FILLING UP FAST,AND AVAILABILITY IS TRULY LIMITED SO DON'T MISS OUT.
SAVE YOUR PLACE IN LINE!!

If this sounds like something you might want to take advantage
of, what you should do to find out more:
Email the event coordinator, Anita Matthews
Tell her of your interest, how many in your party, and which tour package you are interested in ( see here).

Requesting information DOES NOT OBLIGATE YOU!

IEEE Oregon MTT&ED with EMC Joint Chapter Meeting

Topic: "Minimizing EMI Noise - Coupling Among Circuit Regions In Circuit Boards"

Place, Date & Time:
OGI Wilson Clark Center
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
     6:00PM - pizza
     6:30PM - speaker
Register here

See www.ieee-or.org.events for details