This is the monthly IEEE Columbus Section Committee Meeting.

1. Welcome and introduction of the new officers
   
2. Treasurer's Report and Preliminary 2009 Budget - Don Joslyn and Jack Freund
   
3. CTC discussion
   
4. PACE (IEEE USA) Report - Ben Mehraban
   
5. GOLD Report - Jack Freund
   
6. Society Reports
   
   
   
   1. AP/MTT - Kubilay Sertel
      
   2. Computer - Linda Bingham
      
   3. ComSoc - Jack Freund
      
   4. Controls - John Golzy
      
   5. ED/LEOS - Paul Berger
      
   6. EMB - Nasser Kashou
      
   7. PES - Howard Jones
      
   8. SP - Philip Schniter, Ph.D.
      
   
   
7. Student Branch Reports
   
   
   
   1. DeVry University - Greg Wyatt
      
   2. OSU - Jennifer Kramer/Alex Katko
      
   3. OU - Carolyn Salisbury
      
   
   
8. Old Business
   
   
   
   1. Engineer's Week - Richard Smelker
      
   2. Bylaws Review - Don Joslyn
      
   3. Status of L-31 Database - Elizabeth Schmucker
      
   
   
9. New Business
   
   
   
   1. Candidates for Chairing the Standing Committees: Membership Development, Student Activities, Educational Activities, and Awards & Recognition
      
   2. Spring Banquet discussion
      
   3. Date and location of the next ExCom meeting.
      
   4. Adjourn
      
   
   

This meeting will be held at the following location:
DeVry University
CZ Conference Room
1350 Alum Creek Dr
Columbus, OH 43209

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

Google Maps Directions:
http://tinyurl.com/9ppe9m

Please RSVP for the meeting by choosing the link below.

Please see the attached pdf for more information about this event.

IEEE AP-MTT Chapter Presents:

“Manufacturable 60GHz CMOS LNAs”

By

Amneh Akour

Ohio State University
Date: 2:00-3:00PM, Friday January 23th, 2009
Place: ElectroScience Laboratory
1320 Kinnear Rd
Columbus, OH 43212

Title:
“Manufacturable 60GHz CMOS LNAs”

Abstract:
Emerging broadband applications are pushing for the need to build high data rate wireless transceivers at 60GHz for high volume low cost mobile devices. Central to the success of implementing such transceivers is the robust design of 60GHz CMOS RF front ends, especially the low noise amplifiers (LNAs). In this talk, two different topologies are used to build LNAs; two-stage CG-CS LNA and three-stage CS LNA. The performance of these topologies is compared to select the best one with the best transmission line type. I then propose a digital self-calibration technique for LNAs’ to enhance the yield to at least 90%. The proposed technique is shown to maintain typical specified performance at worst case corners and hence allowing for manufacturable 60GHz RF CMOS design for high volume applications without leading to over-design or increasing power consumption. The LNA has been designed and simulated in IBM 90nm technology. It is shown that the proposed calibration restores LNA performance in the presence of random process, supply and temperature variations. After presenting simulation results, I will conclude my talk with a small discussion on some of the future challenges and suggestions in designing robust 60 GHz LNAs

Short Bio:
Amneh Akour was born in Mafrak, Jordan. She received her BSc. Degree in 1990 in Electrical Engineering from the University of Jordan and MSc. degree in 1997 in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Iowa State University. She is currently engaged in research toward the PhD degree in circuit design from Ohio State University. She was a lecturer from 1998 to 2006 in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering Department at Sharjah University, an assistant research scientist from 1996 to August 1997 in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering Department of the Iowa State University, and a teaching assistance from 1990 to 1995 in the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Jordan. Her research areas include Design Manufacturer RF blocks, Analog/Mixed VLSI Design, Digital Circuit Design, Microwave Transistor Amplifiers and Oscillators, and Theory and Design of Digital Computers. She has published 5 journal and conference papers in these areas. She received the Fulbright scholarship to continue her Master’s degree at Iowa State University. She graduated with honor degree from Iowa State University. She is an officer at Ohio State Minority group. She is a member of Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, a member of Society of Women Engineering, and a member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

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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

Speaker: Petra Schmalbrock, PhD Associate Professor Department of Radiology OSU
Title: Ultrahigh field MRI Applications in Neuroimaging
Location:
Department of Biomedical Engineering
245 Bevis Hall
1080 Carmack Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1002
Phone: 614-292-1285
Fax: 614-292-7301

Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Time: 4-5pm

IEEE AP-MTT Chapter Presents:

“Integrated power management units for wireless applications”
By
Wei Liu
Ohio State University

Date: 2:00-3:00PM, Friday February 6th, 2009

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

Title: “Integrated power management units for wireless applications”

Abstract:
With the advancement of technology, wireless communications now facilitate
our daily lives from entertainment to business, from work to pastime.
However, the demands for longer battery runtime from customers conflict
with the slow-paced development of better battery technology. As a result,
design of integrated power management units for wireless applications is
becoming a critical issue for the new generation wireless applications
which combine the integrated business such as voice, multimedia and data.
In this talk, I will first summarize the categories band structures of
integrated power management units. Then I will emphasize the implementation
of integrated power management units especially low drop-out voltage
regulator (LDO) and introduce a new structure to low drop-out voltage
regulator. This structure is based on using a transimpedance amplifier as
the error amplifier in traditional structure of low drop-out voltage
regulator. The bulky off-chip external capacitor at the output of
traditional low drop-out voltage regulator can be removed in the new
structure. Therefore, it is very attractive to be an integrated power
management unit for the new generation wireless applications. I will also
outline the design and summarize the performance of the new structure low
drop-out voltage regulator. In conclusion, I will briefly review today's
content with a small discussion on the future design challenges on this new
structure low drop-out voltage regulator.

Short Bio:
Wei Liu was born in Xi'an, China in 1976. He received his BSc. degree in
1998, Msc. degree in 2001 all in Electrical engineering from Xi'an
Jiaotong University, China. He was an ASIC design engineer from 2001 to
2003 in Zhongxing Corporation, China and an analog integrated circuit
design engineer from 2003 to 2007 in Samsung Electronics, Korea. In
September 2007, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at Ohio State University as a Ph.D. student. His research areas
include analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design and integrated
power electronics.

Abstract: The world’s fastest and highest flying aircraft was conceived by the renowned aircraft engineer, Kelly Johnson. The gigantic leap in technology the engineers had to overcome at the Lockheed Skunk Works was phenomenal. Built in total secrecy, the first Blackbird flew on April 26, 1962. The Blackbird’s only purpose was to gather highly classified intelligence on hostile countries around the world. Flying at Mach 3+ speeds and cruising at over 85,000 feet, the SR‐71 could survey over 100,000 square miles an hour, gathering millions of bits of intelligence. When cruising at over 2,100 mph, with skin friction temperatures reaching 600ºF, the SR‐71 performed at its very best. From 1967 to 1990, the SR‐71 served seven U.S. Presidents, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon and other government agencies. It provided them with the necessary intelligence to make crucial political and military decisions during the Cold War era. This presentation includes two short, narrated videos’ one on the SR‐71, and another honoring the legendary Lockheed “Skunk Works” aircraft engineer, Kelly Johnson.

Biography: Colonel (ret) Richard Graham received a Master’s from Pepperdine University, Los Angeles. In 1964 he graduated from pilot training at Craig AFB where he was the T‐37 instructor pilot and flight examiner. In 1970 he was assigned to Davis‐Monthan AFB to begin F‐4 training. Col Graham entered the SR‐71 Blackbird strategic reconnaissance program in 1974 at Beale AFB. In 1978 he was selected as the Chief, Standardization/Evaluation Division, which included the SR‐71, U‐2 and T‐38 aircraft. In 1980 Col Graham was selected to be the SR‐71 Squadron Commander, 1st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, where he served until 1981. Upon retirement from the Air Force, he joined American Airlines, where he was a Captain on the MD‐80 aircraft. A veteran of 15 years of assignments within the SR‐71 community, Col Graham is uniquely qualified to tell the Blackbird story. He is the 1999 recipient of the University of Nebraska William F. Shea Award for Distinguished Contribution to Aviation. His wife’s name is Pat and they have five children and four grandchildren.

Reservations:
Contact Ellis Hitt
AIAA Treasurer
1001 Eastwind Drive, Suite 401
Westerville, OH 43081‐3318
(614) 882‐7499

or

by web reservation at

http://com-dot.com/newap/activities.php?d=114628&v=411

by 5th of February.

All reservations are due for payment after February 7th, 2009.

Speaker:
R. Sooryakumar, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
Department of Physics

Location: Rm 245 Bevis Hall,
1080 Carmack Road
Columbus, OH 43210

Join us for this year's Engineer’s Week Celebration!

Keynote Speaker: Cathy Leslie Executive Director—Engineers Without Borders

Engineering with a Human Face – According to Dr. Paul Polak of International development Enterprises - the majority of the world’s designers focus all their efforts on infrastructure for the world’s most affluent customers. EWB-USA believes that it is time for the rest of the world to benefit from the technical expertise that the engineering profession can provide. EWB-USA is a humanitarian engineering organization that is dedicated to developing communities and to contributing to the betterment of the engineering profession. Our areas of expertise span the engineering disciplines and provide solutions for water, sanitation, energy, shelter, health, food, and education for developing communities. Cathy Leslie, ED of EWB-USA will provide an overview of the organization and how it can be incorporated into both your volunteer and daily lives.

Time and Place:
Thursday, February 19th
Hilton Columbus at Polaris
8700 Lyra Drive
Columbus, OH 43240
11:30 AM Registration / Noon Luncheon

Directions via Google Maps:
http://tinyurl.com/7gap86

Lunch choices include:
1) Meat Lasagna
2) Chicken Marsala
3) Pasta Primavera (Vegetarian)

Cost:
$25 Pre-Paid
$15 Students
$35 at the door (depending on availability, walk-ins may not be accepted)