Adam Rousselle is the president and founder of UMRC, a utility focused risk management services company. Prior to founding URMC in 2005, he spent over 15 years working internationally in the sawmill, logging, and related industries.

Early in his career, Rousselle partnered with NASA experts and academics to develop remote sensing technologies to identify and inventory timber and forests. That work resulted in the founding of Falcon Informatics, a leader in forest information services and solutions for owners, investors, and insurers of forestland around the globe.

He sold Falcom Informatics in December 2005, by which point the company had anlayzed more than 4.5 million acres of forest in North and South America, Indonesia, Finland and Brazil for clients such as Fort Benning, Boise, UPM Kymmene, The Bureau of Land Management, Forest Capital Partners, Forest Systems, Fort AP Hill, and others.

Rousselle founded URMC in 2005 to focus exclusively on serving the utility industry. URMC currently serves some of the largest utilities in North America and is partnered with leading software and engineering firms focused on the utilities industry.

PLEASE RSVP to Howard Jones by email hrjones@aep.com or by phone at 614-552-1107 by 5:00 pm, September 22nd

Advise when you RSVP, if IEEE Member and /or P.E.

IEEE Members and guests are cordially invited to attend.
Check the IEEE Columbus web page at “IEEEColumbus.ORG for future
IEEE Columbus Section and PES meeting announcements

IEEE Control Systems Society (Columbus Section) and DeVry University IEEE Student Branch are pleased to bring you a fascinating presentation by a NASA speaker. Please RSVP if you are interested in attending this free presentation.

When: Wednesday, September 24th at 6:00pm

Where: DeVry University – Room 8, 1350 Alum Creek Dr., Columbus, Ohio
43209

Directions:
http://www.devry.edu/locations/campuses/loc_columbuscampus_map.jsp

RSVP: Online at http://ieee.cols.devry.edu/RSVP.html by Monday, September
22nd

Agenda:

5:45 – 6:15 PM Arrival, social and networking (Free Pizza and Pop!)
6:15 – 7:30 PM Presentation including Q/A

Presentation: NASA Spinoff 2007: Commercialized NASA technology in 2007. Spinoff is NASA's annual premier publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology. For more than 40 years, the NASA Innovative Partnerships Program has facilitated the transfer of NASA technology to the private sector, benefiting global competition and the economy. The resulting commercialization has contributed to the development of commercial products and services in the fields of health and medicine, industry, consumer goods, transportation, public safety, computer technology, and environmental resources. Since 1976, Spinoff has featured between 40 and 50 of these commercial products annually. (http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/) This presentation will showcase some of the NASA technologies that have been "spun off" to become commercial products for the consumer in the past year, 2007. One of the most well known spinoffs would be Memory foam that was developed to improve seat cushioning and crash protection for airline pilots and passengers.

Speaker: June Bahan-Szucs, a federal careerist for 39 years, retired from NASA Glenn Research as an assistant in the Community Relations Office of the External Programs Directorate. She holds a B.A. in Communications from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio where she was a member of Alpha Sigma Lambda, an honor society for continuing education for students.

She has been twice chosen as "Woman of the Year" by the NASA Lewis Business and Professional Women's local organization of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (BPW/USA). Ms. Bahan-Szucs is the past president of the NASA Lewis BPW and past president of BPW's Region 4. June was also the past president of the Greater Cleveland Radio and Television Council; ITC – International Training in Communication; and the NASA Lewis LLAMA Speech Club.

Currently she is a member of the NASA Glenn Speakers Bureau, a life member of Olmsted Grange #1619, and NASA Glenn BPW.

Prof. Cornelis Jan Kikkert
Electrical and Computer Engineering
James Cook University
Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Date: 1:00-2:00PM, Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Place: ElectroScience Laboratory, 1320 Kinnear Rd , Columbus , OH 43212

Title:

“Designing RF and Microwave Filters”

Abstract:

The seminar will briefly review low pass filters and then show two ways how low pass filters can be implemented at microwave frequencies. Most RF and microwave filters are bandpass filters and constructed using coupled resonators. The seminar will describe a general design technique for designing any coupled resonator filter. As an example of the technique, four different microstrip filters are designed. Each of these filters result in a very different stop-band behaviour, however for each of these filters, the simulated and measured responses agree closely. The seminar will include a demonstration of the design technique and show how both the passband and harmonic response can be tailored to requirements. This design technique allows new filter topologies to be investigated.

Short Bio:
Cornelis (Keith) Kikkert has been carrying designing specialized communication equipment for many years. These include FM exciters, Weather Satellite Receivers, RF front ends, Power Amplifiers, software radios and Satellite Beacon Receivers. One Beacon Receiver is in operation at CRC in Canada and another two are located at NTU in Singapore. He is the author of more than 70 papers and is a designated inventor on 8 patents. Keith is an Associate Professor at James Cook University, where he has been teaching for many years. He was the head of Electrical Engineering for 7 years. He is the Chair of the Australia Council of the IEEE and he has been either Vice Chair or Chair of the North Australian section since 1997.
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Dr. Dimitris Psychoudakis
Senior Research Associate
Electroscience Laboratory
The Ohio State University
1320 Kinnear Rd.
Columbus, OH 43212
United States
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Email: dpsycho@ece.osu.edu
Tel: +1-614-292-6895

Abstract:
With the increasing need for clean energy, fuel cells are becoming an attractive answer for multiple applications. To efficiently manufacture fuel cells on a scale appropriate for this rising need, large quantities of bi-polar plates must be hermetically welded at rapid travel speeds with almost no tolerance for defects. With fundamental-mode fiber lasers and precision high-speed motion, this unique challenge can be addressed.

Biography: Mr. Ream is a pioneer in the development of laser materials processing technologies. Starting in the ‘70s with his participation in high-power laser welding development for the Air Force, Navy, and NASA, Mr. Ream has continued to contribute to a broad range of laser applications and production implementations. Through his previous diverse employment experiences, including Sciaky Bros., AVCO Everett Research Laboratories, IIT Research Institute, Battelle, Amada, GE Fanuc, and Worthington Industries (TWB), and Edison Welding Institute, Mr. Ream has gained a broad perspective on the technological and marketing forces that have shaped the laser materials processing world. Mr. Ream holds nine patents in laser and electron beam technologies.

Dinner Cost: $20

RSVP @

http://com-dot.com/newap/activities.php?d=114458&v=411

or by calling

Kevin Clear (614) 688-5243

(note: IEEE members should sign up as AWS)

IEEE AP-MTT Chapter Presents:

“Fully Integrated CMOS Radios for Broadband Wireless Devices: Challenges and Solutions”

By

Dr. Seok-Bae (Michael) Park
Firstpass Technologies, Inc., Dublin, Ohio
Date: 2:00-3:00PM, Thursday, October 2nd , 2008
Place: ElectroScience Laboratory, 1320 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212

Title:

“Fully Integrated CMOS Radios for Broadband Wireless Devices: Challenges and Solutions”

Abstract:

This talk will address some of the key challenges in designing low power low cost fully integrated CMOS RFIC front ends for wireless broadband applications. A key challenge in emerging MIMO platforms is the front end module which represents a major bottleneck for the total cost of the solution. Examples are found in today’s high data rate 802.11n WLANs, in mobile WiMAX and in cellular super 3G or LTE (Long Term Evolution). To address this challenge a design for an on chip T/R switch is presented. Its performance compares favorably with that of off-the-shelf switch. It occupies only 0.7 mm2.

Another key challenge is the design of mixed signal baseband chains for a direct conversion radio. The I-Q receive and transmit chains tend to occupy a significant portion of the total area (25 to 40%) of a radio solution. To address this challenge, we present a new methodology for designing a compact radio where the mixed signal chain is shared between receive and transmit chains.

Thirdly, in designing broadband radios for OFDM non-constant envelope modulation, highly linear mixer design is needed. Here we present a novel mixer design intended for use in an enhanced data rate (EDR V.2.1) Bluetooth solution where linearization techniques are adopted to meet the stringent linearity requirements imposed on the radio.

The design examples discussed in this talk demonstrate the potential success of CMOS in building highly complex radios specially in emerging nanometer technologies for broadband and for integrated mm-wave (60GHz and beyond) RFIC applications.

Short Bio:
Seok-Bae (Michael) Park received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

He is currently with Firstpass Technologies, Inc., Dublin, Ohio as a Senior RF and Mixed-Signal Design Engineer. His current interests include low voltage/low power CMOS RF/analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits and systems for wireless communications. He has a number of publications in prestigious international journals and conference proceedings and has applied for one US patent.

This is the monthly IEEE Columbus Section Committee Meeting.

Agenda:

1. Secretary's Report - Kevin Munson
   
2. Treasurer's Report - Don Joslyn
   
3. Membership Report - Bill Fouse
   
4. CTC Report - Kevin Munson
   
5. PACE Report - Ben Mehraban
   
6. GOLD Report - Jack Freund
   
7. Society Reports
   
   
   
   1. AP/MTT - Mike Carr & Kubilay Sertel
      
   2. Computer - Linda Bingham
      
   3. ComSoc - Jack Freund
      
   4. ED/LEOS - Paul Berger
      
   5. EMB - Cindy Roberts/Nasser Kashou
      
   6. PES - Howard Jones
      
   7. SP - ???
      
   
   
8. Student Branch Reports
   
   
   
   1. DeVry University - Greg Wyatt
      
   2. Columbus State - ???
      
   3. OSU - Girish Balakrishnan
      
   4. OU - Bill Dixon
      
   5. Zane College - ???
      
   
   
9. Old Business
   
   
   
   1. Open
      
   
   
10. New Business
    
    
    
    1. Sections Congress 2008 Report -- Jack Freund
       
    2. Reimbursement for Lauletta: PES Chair Meeting - John Lauletta
       
    3. IEEE Consultants Network Affinity Group for Columbus Section - Jack Freund
       
    4. Speed Dating for Startups Funding - Jack Freund
       
    5. Sr. Membership Drive - Jack Freund
       
    6. Elections - Jack Freund
       
    
    

This meeting will be held at the following location:

Information Control Corporation
2500 Corporate Exchange Drive
Suite 310
Columbus, OH 43004

Directions:
http://tinyurl.com/3udoob

Please RSVP for the meeting by choosing the link below.

CC Technologies Failure Analysis Tour

You are invited to a failure analysis tour at CC Technologies (CCT) on Thursday, October 16th, at 5:45 pm.

CC Technologies provides one of the largest groups of scientists in North America specializing in materials degradation (metals, polymers, and coatings). Areas of expertise include corrosion, failure analysis, polymer/coating degradation, environmentally assisted cracking, high temperature oxidation, creep, and fatigue.

CC Technologies is located at:
5777 Frantz Road
Dublin, Ohio 43017-1386
(Off of Tuttle Crossing blvd at the intersection of Frantz and Rings roads)

The following test demonstrations will be highlighted on the tour:
Magnetic Particle Crack Inspection
Scanning Electron Microscope
Pipeline Simulation Flow Loop

The agenda is as follows:
5:45pm – 6:15pm Social time
6:15pm – 6:45pm Buffet dinner with an introduction to failures by Carl Jaske
6:45pm – 7:30pm Tour

Columbus Technical Societies members are welcome to bring one guest. The cost for this event is $5 is for society members and their guests. Space is limited, so please RSVP as soon as possible using our reservation website at:
http://com-dot.com/newap/activities.php?d=114458&v=411

The deadline for reservations is Friday, October 10th.
For questions please contact me by sending an email to:
Andrew.reid.lutz@dnv.com

For additional info on CC Technologies, including directions, visit their website by clicking this link:
http://cctechnologies.com/maps/index.htm#

Best regards, ASME Program Chair Andy Lutz

Sponsor: IEEE Columbus Chapter Signal Processing Society

Title: Cramer-Rao Bounds on Sniper Localization Scenarios for Limited Acoustic Data
Speaker: Elizabeth Toher
Affiliation: Graduate Student, Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, The Ohio State University

Time: Friday, October 17, 2:30 PM
Place: Dreese Laboratory Room 260
2015 Neil Avenue
OSU Campus

Abstract: This presentation describes multi-lateration as a localization technique for various sniper scenarios with limited acoustic data. Additionally, this presentation will address some of the major challenges (algorithmic, computational, etc) with developing mobile sensor networks for such a purpose.

Biography: Liza is a PhD student in information theory working under Hesham El-Gamal. This work is a result of her internship at the Army Research Lab in Adelphi, Maryland working under Gene Whipps.

Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School

IEEE Cincinnati Section is pleased to be offering the IEEE Columbus members the following event at a discounted rate. Please refer to the following for more information and registration:
http://www.ieeecincinnati.org/professional-development-workshop/

Carl Selinger presents his toolbox for life - a collection of non-technical “real world” leadership skills including decision-making, setting priorities, negotiating, teamwork, running meetings, and better writing and speaking.

This workshop is designed for entry-level engineers, engineers desiring to further their careers, and for engineering managers and other professional who work with engineers.

This workshop provides six hours of professional development (PDH) for Ohio Professional Engineers.

Carl Selinger, in addition to presenting seminars on soft non-technical skills, is a contributing editor to Spectrum Magazine, an independent consultant in aviation, transportation planning and strategic business planning, and the author of the book “Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School”, which is included with some workshop registrations.

Saturday October 18, 2008

8:00 - 8:45 Check-in
9:00 - 12:00 Morning Session (refreshment break at 10:30)
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00 - 4:00 Afternoon Session (refreshment break at 2:30)

College of Applied Science - Auditorium

Classroom 100
2220 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45206

Free Parking in Zone B (most of the parking lot)

ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

Advanced registration is required. Registration will close on October 10.

Limit of 100 participants - first come, first served

Registration for Others
If you are not a member of the IEEE Cincinnati Section, you may register on or after September 27.
$80 (includes book)
Bring IEEE membership card

Questions

Please contact Brian Resnick at Brian.Resnick@IEEE.Org if you have any questions.