IEEE Kansas City Section March Dinner Meeting

Thursday, March 12, 2009
Sponsored by the Computer Society, Kansas City Chapter

Menu:

Chicken Teriyaki Sweet Chicken Teriyaki With Fried Rice And Fresh Sautéed Vegetables .
Vegetarian Option: Stir Fry- Asian black beans, tofu, wild mushrooms, crisp vegetables.
Gluten-free meal: Grilled Chicken with fried rice and fresh sautéed vegetables.

All Items Include Salad, Rolls, Double Chocolate Cake, And Iced Tea / Water
**cheesecake as a gluten-free option for dessert**

Program: Aviation weather radar. This topic will include the use of Radar design techniques specific for aviation weather Radar. The presentation will introduce the use of weather Radar in avionics – how and why it is used by pilots. The presentation will also include the discussion of important Radar concepts including pulse compression, the choice of Radar waveforms, range/Doppler ambiguity, and performance calculations to determine maximum range.

Some practical discussion will describe some important tradeoffs between complexity and cost. Some of the discussion will focus on implementing signal processing functions mainly using Field Programmable Gate Arrays.

Speaker: Troy Robinson of Garmin International.

Troy has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Tennessee Knoxville. He's been an electrical design engineer for 18 years, mostly in the area of FPGA design for digital signal processing applications. His experience includes digital receiver design for point-to-point microwave radio, FPGA design for high-speed switch fabrics, satellite modems, and aviation Radar. His time at Garmin over the last 2 years has been as an electrical design engineer, along with a team of 8-10 other engineers and technicians, on an aviation Radar project.

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 - 6:30 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 March 09.

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: march @ 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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