IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 25 September 2006
In this issue:
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- October Dinner Meeting
- SWMO Subsection Meeting
- November Dinner Meeting
- December Meeting
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- Speaking Opportunity
- Expert Now
- Thought for the Day
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1. October Dinner Meeting
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Sponsored by the Power Engineering Society, Kansas City Chapter
Menu: (Note your choice when you register.) Chicken Teriyaki
- Sweet chicken teriyaki with fried rice and
fresh sautéed vegetables
- Vegetarian option: Sautéed vegetables served over chow mien.
- Gluten-free: Entrée with double vegetables and no rice.
Program: Lightning, Wind, and Squirrels: Factors That Cause
Power Outages
Continuous electric supply is essential for modern living. Any
interruption in availability of electricity causes major disruption in
people’s lives. Although the reliability of electric supply is very high
in the USA, people and utilities would like it to be even better.
However, it is impossible to avoid interruptions. Humans cause some
interruptions, but a large number of them are due to natural causes,
such as weather and wild life. This presentation will examine the
effects of lightning, wind, and squirrels on the electricity
distribution system of Manhattan, Kansas. Basic concepts of distribution
system design and reliability will be discussed.
Indices commonly used by industry to track reliability of electricity
distribution system will be presented. Finally, the speaker will share
his experience in applying probabilistic models to study the impact of
lighting, wind, and squirrels on power outages.
Anil Pahwa is Professor and Interim Head of Electrical and Computer
at Kansas State University. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical
Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1983. Dr. Pahwa is a Fellow of
IEEE.
Location: Wyndham Garden Hotel, I-435 & Metcalf
Ave, Overland Park, KS.
Ph: (913) 383-2550.
Dir: Exit I-435 Metcalf Ave N. Go 1/4 km to 107th St.
Turn right. Take immed. right @ BP. Go 100 meters; hotel is on your
left.
Times: No-Host Social Hour: 5:30 - 6:00 PM
Dinner Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Program: 7:30 - 8:30PM
Charge: Dinner $25/20* for members & guests, students $15.
No charge for presentation.
*The second price reflects your registration discount, if you register
by the deadline.
Dinner reservation deadline is noon on Monday, October 16.
The cash bar at mealtime now offers added variety to your beverage
options:
- House Wine $4.00
- Domestic Beer $3.50
- Imported Beer $4.00
- Bottled Water $2.50
- Soft Drinks $2.00
Register: october @ ieee-kc.org.
Note your name, daytime phone #, meal selection, and the names of those in your party.
Each meeting provides one hour of
professional development.
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2. Southwest Missouri Subsection Meeting
Thursday, November 9, 2006
All of these meetings will be held at the Café
Restaurant, 3527 W. Kearney St., Springfield, Missouri (Dinner 6:00pm,
Program 7:00pm).
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3. November Dinner Meeting
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Sponsored by G.O.L.D., Kansas City Chapter
Menu: (Note your choice when you register.) Beef
Florentine
- Grilled flank steak smothered in a cream sauce on top of a bed
of spinach with a side
- of sweet potatoes and glazed carrots. This is gluten-free.
- Vegetarian Option: Creamed spinach with sweet potatoes and
glazed carrots.
Program: In Pursuit of Intelligent Wearable Health Monitoring
Systems.
Presenter: Steve Warren, Ph.D., Department of Electrical & Computer
Engineering, Kansas State University.
Wireless body area networks (WBANs)
offer unprecedented opportunities to monitor state of health without
constraining wearer activities. Component-based infrastructures can be
put in place that allow wearable monitoring environments to be
configured ‘on-the-fly’ and still be far more flexible than traditional
“telemedicine” products.
Early instantiations of these
mobile point-of-care systems are now realizable due to the convergence
of technologies such as low-power wireless communication standards,
plug-and-play device buses, handheld computers, electronic medical
records, and the Internet. To increase acceptance of personal monitoring
technology while lowering equipment cost, advances must be made in
interoperability (at both the system and device levels) and security.
This presentation presents an
assessment of current WBAN technology, an overview of the technologies
required to deliver intelligent care in ambulatory environments, and a
summary of work underway to this end in the Medical Component Design
Laboratory at Kansas State University (KSU). KSU efforts target the
use of interoperability standards such as ISO/IEEE 11073, Bluetooth, and
Health Level 7.
Location: Wyndham Garden Hotel, I-435 & Metcalf
Ave, Overland Park, KS.
Ph: (913) 383-2550.
Dir: Exit I-435 Metcalf Ave N. Go 1/4 km to 107th St.
Turn right. Take immed. right @ BP. Go 100 meters; hotel is on your
left.
Times: No-Host Social Hour: 5:30 - 6:00 PM
Dinner Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Program: 7:30 - 8:30PM
Charge: Dinner $25/20* for members & guests, students $15.
No charge for presentation.
*The second price reflects your registration discount, if you register
by the deadline.
Dinner reservation deadline is noon on Monday, November 13.
The cash bar at mealtime now offers added variety to your beverage
options:
- House Wine $4.00
- Domestic Beer $3.50
- Imported Beer $4.00
- Bottled Water $2.50
- Soft Drinks $2.00
Register: november @ ieee-kc.org.
Note your name, daytime phone #, meal selection, and the names of those in your party.
Each meeting provides one hour of
professional development.
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** NO-SHOWS WILL BE BILLED FOR UNPAID RESERVATIONS. **
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4. December Dinner Meeting
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Sponsored by PACE, Kansas City ChapterFor information,
contact
Dave Kasper
pacechair @ ieee-kc.org |
5. Speaking Opportunity
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6. Expert Now
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The Student Chapter of IEEE at UMKC is looking for speakers
to present at student meetings. Meetings will be typically be on either Mondays
from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Flarsheim Hall room 560L or Tuesday evenings from 6:30
p.m. until 7:30 p.m. If you are interested in
talking to 30+ electrical and computer engineering, computer science, and
information technology students; please contact either Jared Bayne (JaredBayne@umkc.edu)
or Debby Dilks at 816-235-1259 or (dilksd@umkc.edu).
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7. Thought for the Day
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Ships are safest when they stay in the harbor. But that's not why they exist. |
Wishing you the best,
Mark Lamendola
IEEE-KC Publications Officer |
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