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The Monitor Pub l i s hed by The
New Yor k Sec t i on of
The Ins t i t ut e of
E l e c t r i c a l and
E l e c t r oni c s Engineer s
Inside this issue:
Calendar of Events 2
Region 1 Award
Winners 4
IEEE Smart Tech
Workshop 5
IEEE Day 6
IEEE Xtreme Programming
Competition 6
October Lecturers and
Seminars 7
WIE Community Chat 8
New Society Chapter 9
New York Section
Elections 9
Webinar: TRIZ:
A Systematic Method
for Innovation
10
Industry News 11
Volume 60, No. 7 September 2012
Chairman’s Message By Balvinder Blah, Chair New York Section
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great summer. As we enter the second half of this year, I would like to focus on team work. Our section has seen its fair share of ups and downs. However, we are aware of the fact that if we are to achieve success at any level we need to do it together. Our greatest strength is each other. Our membership and our volunteers formulate our collective success. In August, I attended IEEE regional meeting in Newark. You will be pleased to know that in Region 1, New York had the highest membership increase. This is not a coincidence; it is the result of hard work and dedication. Now we have to extend the same focus towards membership retention. The meeting also emphasized the need for pre-University initiatives. Hence, I urge the NY section members to get involved with high schools in your area, mentor the students and educate them about the engineering profession. Lastly, I would like to thank our outgoing Monitor Editor, Dr. Amitava Dutta Roy, for his work with the NY Section. We keep our members informed via this publication and communication is a crucial aspect of a section. I would also like to welcome our new Monitor Editor, Alison Rubin, to the NY section team and am looking forward to working with her. Sincerely, Balvinder Blah Chair, New York Section [email protected]
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Calendar of Events
October 2012
October 2nd
IEEE Day
“Engineering the Future and Beyond”
For more information about the IEEE day, visit http://www.ieeeday.org/
October 3rd
IEEE Systems, Man, Cybernetics (SMC) Society Meeting
A Peek into Data Center and Cloud Computing
By Dr. Kang Xi
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
LLC 515 Conference Room 1
October 9th
IEEE New Jersey Coast Section Consultant Network Chapter, Computer
and Communications Societies Joint Chapter, AES/TM Joint Chapter, and
WIE Chapter webinar
TRIZ: A Systematic Method for Innovation
By Dr. Ellen Domb
12:00 to 1:00 pm Eastern Time
For more information about these meetings and lectures,
please visit:
http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/new_york/
October 16th
IEEE Tappan Zee Subsection, ASME &SME Westchester Chapters are offering
A tour of the Entergy’s Indian Point Energy Center
5:30PM
Entergy Nuclear Northeast - Indian Point Energy Center
Buchanan, NY
October 19 & 20th
IEEE Smart Tech Metro Area Workshop
Crowne Plaza
White Plains, NY
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New York Section Officers Chair
BALVINDER BLAH
Vice Chair, Chapter Operations
DR. SHU-PING CHANG
Vice Chair, Section Activities
KAI CHEN
Treasurer
MICHAEL HAROUTUNIAN
Secretary
WILSON MILLIAN
Senior Past Chair
DAVID K. HORN
Junior Past Chair
DARLENE E. RIVERA
Consultant’s Network
MARTIN IZAAK
GOLD Affinity Group (Graduates of the Last Decade)
KONAL KUMAR
Broadcast Technology
William C. Miller
Computer
Sofia Georgiadis
Communication
Konal Kumar
Computational Intelligence
Dr. A. Ravishankar Rao
Technology Management
David M. Weiss
Engineering in Medicine & Biology
Matthew R. Irwin
Instrument & Measurement
Steven Giavasis
Power Engineering & Industry Applications
Arnold Wong
Society Chapter Chairs
Affinity Groups Life Members Affinity Group
AMITAVA DUTTA-ROY
Women in Engineering Affinity Group
JEAN M. REDMOND
Activity Chapter Chairs
Vehicular Technology
Patrick McGettigan (co-chair)
Mark Woodward
SSCS/EDS
Harish Krishnaswamy
IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics
Dr. Ping-Tsai Chung
Awards and Recognition
Wilson Milian
Operations & Procedures
William N. Coyne
Career Guidance
Stanley Karoly
Conference Coordinator
Charles P. Rubenstein
Historian
Melvin I. Olken
Membership Development
Neil L. Weisenfeld
Professional Activities (PACE)
Robert M. Pellegrino
Publications
Darlene E. Rivera
Managing Editor - The IEEE Monitor
Alison Rubin
Publicity / Public Relations
Ken Vought
Education
Leon Nock
Society Liaison & Chapter Organization
David K. Horn
Special Events
Ralph Tapino
David K. Horn
William Perlman
Student Activities
Kim K. Smith
METSAC
Darlene E. Rivera
Tappan Zee Subsection
Robert M. Pellegrino
Long Range Planning
William Perlman
Webmaster
Harold Ruchelman
Metropolitan Sections Activities
Michael A. Miller
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Region 1 Award Members
Congratulations to the NY Section members who won Region 1 Awards
Amitava Dutta-Roy (New York) - Support for IEEE Mission Award
For outstanding dedication, leadership and continuous service throughout his professional career in support of the IEEE organization
and the New York Section in its education and programming activities.
Kenneth Mooney (New York) - Managerial Excellence Award
For outstanding leadership and contributions to electrical engineering management in the design, construction, reliability and maintain-
ability of new train control signaling and communication systems in support of the MTA New York City Transit Subway system.
William Coyne (New York) - Support for IEEE Mission Award
For outstanding and continuous support of the IEEE New York Section in its operations and procedures and contributions to the section
in maintaining, refining and updating our internal management policies
Alper Buyuktosunoglu (New York, Tappan Zee subsection) - Technological Innovation Award
For seminal research contributions to the field of adaptive, power-aware architectures, with significant impact to real microprocessor
products.
The Monitor
Over the next couple of months, The Monitor and the webpage for The Monitor will be undergoing changes.
I hope that you will include information in The Monitor that will be helpful to all Section members.
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Thank you,
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IEEE Smart Tech
IEEE Smart Tech Metro Area Workshop series is coming to Westchester, NY, October 19-20, 2012
This workshop will be held at the Crowne Plaza White Plains
Sponsored by IEEE MGA and Region 1 Southern Area
IEEE Smart Tech Metro Area Workshops provide participants with a unique learning experience with topics on the cutting-
edge of technical innovation today. These two-day seminars are focused on providing an opportunity for participants to
learn first-hand from the field experts. Each workshop is a springboard to a deeper understanding of technology and its
myriad applications and potential for innovation.
Receive two days of instruction, plus meals, for only $159.00 for members* and $209.00 for non-members.
On Friday, choose one of three parallel, all-day tracks:
Introduction to Smart Grid
Computer Engineering: Foundations of Software Security and Managing a Secure Software Development
Wireless Communications: Cyber Security and Machine to Machine (M2M) Communications.
On Saturday, choose from one of three tracks:
Wireless Communications: AppInventor Course
Computer Engineering: Cloud in the Business Environment and Cloud Governance & Security
Career Assistance: Managing your Career as a Business
All courses are eligible for CEU credits.
As a special incentive for non-members, if you join IEEE at the Workshop, you will receive a $50.00 credit toward your first-
year membership dues in lieu of the member discount on your registration fee. *Society affiliates are not eligible for the
member rate.
For more information including registration, detailed agenda, and course descriptions visit:
www.ieee.org/metroevents
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IEEE Day
It is the third time in history when all engineers worldwide are going to celebrate the IEEE Day, On the anniversary of the
first time IEEE members gathered to share their technical ideas in 1884.
While the world benefits from what’s new, IEEE is focused on what’s next. Thus, this year the theme of the IEEE Day will be
“Engineering the Future and Beyond”.
The IEEE Day team is made of IEEE student volunteers, young professionals and staff to assure that this year celebration
will be even bigger and more impressive than the last two editions. The main task of the IEEE Day Team is to initiate, moti-
vate and coordinate events and efforts to celebrate this day worldwide.
For more information about the IEEE day, visit http://www.ieeeday.org/
IEEEXtreme is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE student members – supported by an IEEE Student Branch, advised
and proctored by an IEEE member – compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to solve a set of programming
problems.
Think you can code? Prove it to the world on October 20, 2012
Registration is now open for IEEEXtreme, the global 24-hour online programming competition. Grab your friends and start
forming your teams of three today. All active participants will receive a 2012 IEEEXtreme t-shirt.
Registration will close on October 5, 2012. To register for this event, go to http://www.ieee.org/
membership_services/membership/students/competitions/xtreme/index.html
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October Lecturers and Seminars
New York Chapter of IEEE Systems, Man, Cybernetics (SMC) Society is presenting a lecture titled:
A Peek into Data Center and Cloud Computing
Dr. Kang Xi
Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012
6:00 to 8:00 PM
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
LLC 515 Conference Room 1
Abstract: Data center and cloud computing are key technologies in building large-scale Internet services. Almost all major ser-
vice providers, e.g., Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Nasdaq, NYSE, Amazon, Netflix, rely on data center and cloud platforms for
storage, computation, exchange, etc. Most traditional computing and networking equipment vendors, e.g., IBM, Cisco, Juniper,
HP, Dell, have been focusing on data center and cloud computing as a strategic area of development and marketing. This talk
will use case studies to reveal the design philosophy of cloud systems and discuss the advantages of cloud-based service
provisioning. The structure of data centers that are the actual infrastructure to support cloud platforms will be introduced.
About the Speaker: Kang Xi is Industry Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly). He received his BS, MS and Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in 1998,
2000 and 2003, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. Before joining NYU-Poly in 2005, he spent four years in the industry
working on Ethernet, IP, and SONET network designs. He also worked in Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) as a research
associate from 2004-2005. His research interests include data center and cloud computing, high-speed networks, network
resilience, routing, and network security. He holds seven US patents (two pending) and received the ICCCN 2010 best paper
award for his work on network resilience.
Tappan Zee Subsection, ASME International & SME Societies are presenting a
Tour of Indian Point Energy Center
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Entergy Nuclear Northeast - Indian Point Energy Center - Buchanan, NY
Arrive at 5:30pm - Refreshments will be offered before the tour
Abstract: Entergy Nuclear Northeast is part of Entergy Corporation, a global energy company based in New Orleans. Entergy
owns, operates and manages ten nuclear generation plants. Entergy owns and operates the Indian Point Energy Center, located
in Buchanan, N.Y. Westchester County. Indian Point provides power to millions of homes, thousands of businesses, and hundreds
of transportation, health and municipal systems. Nuclear energy is a price-stable energy source and does not fluctuate like
natural gas prices or other fossil fuels. Indian Point produces 11 percent of the power in New York State's electrical grid.
Registration: Registration is between Sept. 16 – Oct. 2, 2012. Advance Registration is required. The tour is limited to 30
people and the minimum age is 16. A background check will be performed by Entergy. Photo ID is required with address
matching registration. Non-U.S. citizens need a passport with visa or permanent-resident green card. Wear a shirt covering
shoulders, long pants, and closed-toe/heel shoes. Sneakers, cameras, pocket knives, crutches or wheelchairs are NOT allowed.
Visitors must not have had a nuclear medicine procedure within two weeks prior to tour.
To register contact Robert M. Pellegrino at [email protected].
For directions and detailed information, please visit the IEEE Tappan Zee Subsection website,
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r1/new_york/tz/
This event has been approved for 0.1 Continuing Education Units (CEU).
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IEEE Women in Engineering Live Community Chat
During the month of October, the IEEE will be giving the online community direct access to some of it’s most influential IEEE Women
in Engineering (WIE) members. Four prominent female engineers will be available through the IEEE social media channels in a live
webcast series, IEEE Women in Engineering Live Community Chat.
Ever wanted to talk directly to the influential women changing our world?
The IEEE has gathered some of the top female technical experts from around the world to participate in it’s Live Community
Chats. View the schedule and join one or all of the events! It’s a free, easily accessible and informal way to get the one-on-one
time you’ve always wanted with IEEE experts. So why not join and hear what other engineers have to say?
You can participate in each of the live discussions through the IEEE Facebook or Twitter channels and watch it live on the IEEE
UStream channel. During the live chat, you can ask questions, which will be answered by our experts via the video feed. We hope
you’ll join us and be part of this exciting event!
IEEE Women in Engineering Live Community Chat Schedule:
October 2
4:00-5:00 p.m. (EST)
Live Community Chat with Dr. Maria Cristina Dias Tavares
Brazil
October 11
12:30-1:30 a.m. (EST)
Live Community Chat with Dr. Ramalatha Marimuthu
India
Building the Technical Workforce - PES Scholarship Plus Program
The IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) hosted a discussion focused on the importance of developing the technical workforce within the power and
energy industry to meet the needs of the world’s energy future. Patricia Hoffman, IEEE member and Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Energy was a featured speaker, along with Wanda Reder, IEEE Fellow and Vice President of Power Systems Services at S&C Electric Company;
Christopher Root, IEEE Senior Member and Senior Vice President of Network Strategy at National Grid USA; and Dr. Robert Thomas, IEEE Life Fel-
low and Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Cornell University.
The panel discussion, entitled “Building the Technical Workforce for Our Energy Future,” was held at the Union League Club in New York City.
According to the Center for Energy Workforce Development, nearly 50 percent of those currently in position are eligible to retire from the industry
within the next five years.
The panel discussion coincided with the public kick-off of the IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative, a three-year scholarship program attracting top
undergraduate engineering candidates to pursue power engineering careers. The IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative provides multi-year scholar-
ships and career experience opportunities to qualifying U.S. electrical engineering undergraduate students.
If you have any questions, please contact Dan Toland, PES Scholarship Plus Program Director. To see the event presentations and panel discussion,
go to https://ieeetv.ieee.org/event-showcase/PES-scholarship-plus-2012
Wanda Reder, IEEE Fellow and Vice
President of Power Systems Services at
S&C Electric Company
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New Society Chapter
2013 New York Section Election
The New York Section is excited to announce the formation of a new Society chapter. The IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics (SMC) Society. This
Society was created to serve the interests of its members of the New York City community by promoting the theory, practice, and interdisciplinary
aspects of systems science and engineering, human-machine systems, and cybernetics.
This Society chapter is part of IEEE New York Section and IEEE SMC Society. IEEE is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to
advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. Members of the New York City Chapter of IEEE SMC Society consist
of professionals and scholars promoting fellowship and cooperation in professional, educational, and scholarly activities, as well as encouraging
and facilitating the exchange, enhancement, and application of the skills and expertise of its membership in the interest of systems science and
engineering, human-machine systems, and cybernetics.
The IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society held it’s first meeting on September 4, 2012 at LIU-Brooklyn. The keynote speaker was Rung-Ching
Chen, IET Fellow, and professor and Dean at College Informatics, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan. The talk included the
introduction of ChaoYang University of Technology and the college of informatics of CYUT. It also included the definition of awareness, structure of
knowledge system, domain ontology and wireless connections. It ended with introduction of a real system developed in LIU-Brooklyn’s labs using
wireless connections to collect information which is used to setup an awareness knowledge system. The seminar was hosted by the IEEE SMC Society
and Computer Society Student Branch joint Chapter at LIU-Brooklyn and the New York Chapter of IEEE Systems, Man, Cybernetics (SMC) Society.
If you would like more information about this new Society, please contact Dr. Ping-Tsai Chung, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of
Computer Science, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York at [email protected] or 718-488-1073
Notification of Annual Election of the IEEE New York Section
In accordance with its Operations and Procedures Manual, the IEEE New York (NY) Section is advising all IEEE NY Section members
that an election for officers and certain working activity committee chair positions for calendar year 2013 will be held on
November 14, 2012. The time and location of the election meeting will be announced shortly.
The Executive Committee (EXECOM) of the IEEE NY Section is pleased to announce its slate of candidates for the elected positions to
the NY Section’s EXECOM for calendar year 2013. The list of candidates for the various positions (see below) was approved by the
New York Section EXECOM on September 12, 2012.
Slate of Candidates as Approved by the NY Section EXECOM are the following:
Section Chair: Shu-Ping Chang or Balvinder Deonarine
Section Vice Chair – Chapter Operations: Kai Chen or Neil Weisenfeld
Section Vice Chair – Section Activities: Arnold Wong or Marty Izaak
Section Treasurer: Wilson Milan or Bill Montgomery
Section Secretary: Kim Smith
Chapter Organization Committee Chair: Balvinder Deonarine or Stan Karoly
Historian Committee Chair: None
Long Range Planning Committee Chair: William Montgomery or Matt Lester
Operations & Procedures Committee Chair: William Coyne
Publications Committee Chair: Jean Redmond
Webmaster Committee Chair: Harold Ruchelman or Jithendra Yogarasa
All members in “good standing” (good standing refers to active members who have paid their IEEE dues for calendar year 2012)
other than Student or Affiliated Members of the NY Section are eligible to cast a vote for the candidates for office.
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IEEE Webinar
Sponsored by IEEE New Jersey Coast Section Consultant Network Chapter, Computer and Communications Societies Joint Chapter,
AES/TM Joint Chapter, and WIE Chapter
TRIZ: A Systematic Method for Innovation By Dr. Ellen Domb
October 9, 2012
12:00 to 1:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Via Web. See Below.
Abstract: TRIZ is the systematic method for innovation that greatly amplifies your creativity to solve problems by efficiently drawing upon the inventive principles and processes used by thousands of inventors across all disciplines. Companies that have used TRIZ report significantly higher engineering productivity, reduced cycle time and broader solutions. TRIZ method relies on your analytic skills, not just your intuition or your group dynamics. TRIZ was initially developed in the former USSR and is now used world-wide for problem solving and strategic planning in hardware engineering, software engineering, systems development and management problems in a wide variety of technologies ranging from mining to healthcare, from automotive to government operations to NGO relief work. Samsung and Intel’s pioneering use of TRIZ in manufacturing as well as product development will be described to illustrate the method. In this webinar you will learn three tools of TRIZ that you can apply to your own problems.
Speaker Ellen Domb, Ph.D., is the founding editor of The TRIZ Journal, and the principal TRIZ consultant for the PQR Group in Upland, CA . TRIZ is Dr. Domb’s 6th career: she has been a physics professor, an aerospace engineer, an engineering manager, a product line general manager, and a strategic planning/quality improvement consultant. Dr. Domb is a popular speaker at international conferences, where she has taught many people how to apply TRIZ to accelerating innovation in their areas of excellence. Special Note We are offering this talk as a webinar since Dr. Domb is located in California. Please register at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/14289 and we will send you instructions for joining the webinar.
The number of seats is limited. So, please register early. For more information, please contact [email protected].
Web room sponsored by Phadke Associates and paSafeShare
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Industry News
Empire State Building Company Selects Lutron Lighting Control Technology to Help Achieve Sustainability Goals
Energy‐saving lighting control manufacturer Lutron Electronics has been
selected by the Empire State Building Company, LLC, owner of the
Empire State Building (ESB), to provide sustainable lighting control
solutions for pre‐built tenant spaces throughout the iconic, 1930s,
pre‐war structure. The Lutron solution, developed in collaboration with
ESB property manager Jones Lang LaSalle, is expected to provide total
lighting energy savings of up to 65%1 and a reduced installed payback
period of 2.75 years (down from 6 years).
ESB, partnering with the Clinton Climate Initiative; Johnson Controls, Inc.;
Jones Lang LaSalle; and the Rocky Mountain Institute, is undergoing a
building‐wide retrofit to improve energy efficiency and financial perfor-
mance to reduce the building’s energy use by 38% and energy bills by
$4.4 million a year, while also preventing 105,000 metric tons of green-
house gas emissions over the next 15 years.
ESB pre‐built tenant spaces offer companies turnkey solutions for building
out offices that exactly meet their needs. The ESB’s goals for the energy
retrofit of these spaces include:
1. Enhancing performance while reducing renovation costs
2. Reducing the cost and time required for future tenant improvements
3. Not compromising on tenant service and comfort
4. Adopting solutions that integrate and interoperate with other building
systems
The use of Lutron solutions in these spaces will help the ESB meet their
goals and offer potential tenants the opportunity to operate in energy‐
efficient spaces while saving energy and benefiting from reduced elec-
tric bills. Lutron solutions used in the ESB include:
• Occupancy/vacancy sensors that turn lights off when spaces are unoc-
cupied and daylight dimming controls that adjust light levels based on
available daylight
• wireless components for easy retrofit and minimal disruption
“Lutron is proud to be an integral contributor to the sustainable nature of
the ESB and to collaborate with them on creating a space that is highly
rentable, attracts and retains high‐quality tenants and reduces operating
costs over the life of the installation,” said Michael Pessina, President of
Lutron. “The solution we’ve created together can be easily repeated in
any whole building retrofit.”
“The Lutron products used in ESB create savings, are easy to install, and
help us and our tenants improve our bottom lines," said Anthony Malkin
of Empire State Building Company. “The resulting integrated product
solution, including both wireless and digital controls, is expandable
throughout ESB, and is repeatable in virtually any commercial office
building. It is also helping us in our effort to exceed our building‐wide
energy‐reduction target of 38%.”
Energy and financial savings are critical as older buildings like ESB are
converted to new, sustainable standards. Lighting uses the majority of
electricity in a typical commercial building (39% of annual electricity use
3) and a considerable amount of building peak loads (30% of peak
electricity use 4).
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