IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 17 DEC 2009

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Respond by 22 DEC.

Last year at the December 2008 IEEE Consultants Network, Kansas City Chapter (KCCN) meeting, eminent EMC expert Dr. Thomas Van Doren presented “The Secret to Reducing Electrical Interference,” a one-hour excerpt from his fifteen-hour Grounding and Shielding Course.

It was packed with important fundamentals for reducing interference and was very well-received by engineers who had this to say:

"Dr. Van Doren's discussion of grounding and shielding is uniquely presented. He breaks points down into simple language everyone from a beginning student to a seasoned engineer can understand and benefit."

"After attending Dr. Thomas Van Doren’s presentation about “The Secret to Reducing Electrical Interference” in the December 2008 IEEE meeting, I am so impressed with his experiment and his years of research in the field. “Reducing Electrical Interference” is my daily PCB design job. His presentation is a jumpstart for me to think and re-think the way people solve the signal integrity issue in the circuit design. This is also an opportunity for me to say thanks to Dr. Thomas Van Doren."

"Dr. Van Doren's 'The Secret to Reducing Electrical Interference' presentation reminded me of just how compact but informative his instruction and demonstrations are.  I attended the full Grounding and Shielding Course in Colorado in 2007.  I have found that on each project I refer to different parts of Dr. Van Doren’s course notebook for solutions to unique EMI challenges.”

We have the opportunity to bring Dr. Van Doren back on April 14 and 15, 2010, to publicly present for the first time in KC his complete course. We are asking for a show of interest before we make a firm commitment.

We can enhance our capabilities with this special knowledge without the need to travel, if we show sufficient interest now. The course is applicable to many specialties, including instrumentation in the power industry and manufacturing as well as the fields of circuit design and packaging. It qualifies for 15 PDHs. Maximum course size is 35.

While we realize that there may be circumstances that require late cancellation of a reservation, we ask that you treat your expression of interest in the course seriously so that we gather a dependable show of interest upon which to base our decision to contract for it. We would rather not face the embarrassment and expense of canceling a commitment with Dr. Van Doren.

Please read the detailed course description at www.ieee-kc.org/consult (or go to www.ieee-kc.org and click on the Consultants Network link).

If you are very likely to attend the course, reply to Cale Yates [cbyates3 @ comcast.net] by Tuesday, December 22, 2009.
 

As an Engineer Mentor in the National Engineers Week Future City Competition, you will give 7th and 8th grade students an opportunity to learn about engineering.

Students who participate in the competition will create a city simulation in SimCity 4 Deluxe, build a scale model of a portion of the city, write an abstract about the city and an essay on sustainability, and recite an oral presentation to describe the merits of their creation.

Your role as a mentor would be to give the students information on how engineers help design, build, and improve cities. As an Engineer Mentor, you will work with one teacher and three students from now through January of 2010. You will assist them with the design of their city, visiting the school once about every two weeks.

Schools currently in need of a mentor:

Kansas:

• Lansing Middle School, 509 W. Ida, Lansing, KS 66043
• Chisholm Middle School, 832 Trinity Ct., Newton, KS 67114

Missouri:

• Raytown Middle School, 4900 Pittman Road, Kansas City, MO 64133
• Raytown Central Middle School, 10601 E. 59th St., Raytown, MO 64133
   

For additional information:

• Engineers Mentor Manual: http://www.futurecity.org/docs/2010_Engineer_Mentor_Manual.pdf
• Future City 2010 Program Handbook: http://www.futurecity.org/docs/2010_Program_Handbook.pdf

Or contact:

Jeff Sims
Mentor Coordinator
KDOT – Road Section
700 SW Harrison, Topeka, KS 66603
Tel: 785-296-0143
Em: Jeffrey @ ksdot.org (remove the spaces)

Or sign up to be a mentor on the Web at www.futurecity.org

See http://www.ieeeusa.org/communications/files/vid-massmedia.pdf.

Application deadline for online video competition entries and engineering mass media fellows applications is Friday, 15 January 2010.

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