The Open Channel Newsletter for the Hampton Roads Section of the IEEE

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

http:/www.ieee.org/hrs Volume 4 – No. 4 April 2007

What Role Should Safety Have in (Electrical) Design & Daily Operations??? Speaker: Lawrence W. Salberg, Sr,

Facilities Systems Safety Engineer NASA Langley Research Center

Hampton, VA Date/Time: Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 6:30 PM Location: Steak and Ale http://steakandale.com/

2031 Coliseum Drive. +1 757.838.7123 Hampton, VA 23666

Cost: Members and guests $20; Students $10

Words we hear nearly every week, if not every day: Design, standards, engineering, construction, operations, safety, failure, hazards, risk.

Words/Events we (fortunately) don’t hear every week: Chernobyl, Bhopal, Challenger, Columbia, Kansas City Hyatt Regency.

How do “safety”, “engineering”, and “ethics” relate? What should our role as engineers be?

Are we designers, implementers, programmers, operators (or Ops. Engineers)? How does “safety” play into all this? Is there an inherent need for safety in our electrical field or are we beyond that now? If there is a need, to what extent and why? Do we see safety as the “Black Hat” that impedes our progress or the “White Knight” that helps us “Bring Good Things to Life”?

Are we success oriented? Prevention oriented? Failure oriented? Or, corrective action oriented? How much safety can we build in and how much do we add on? What’s the cost???

Inside The Open Channel Page 2 From the Chair Page 3 Biographical Sketch Page 3 Directions to Steak & Ale Page 3 Educational Activities Board

2007 call for Nominations Page 4 Brain Teaser Page 5 Career Opportunities Page 6 Business Announcements

Upcoming Events May 17 Section Social Summer State Social August 16 EXCOM mtg (Brutti’s,

Portsmouth) Oct 18 LIDAR TBD Machine Vision for Se

Applications - DeveloSoCor

NASA Safety Engineer Larry Salberg will be addressing our Hampton Roads Section with a unique, world-view perspective of who we are as engineers. He will begin by a fun self-assessment exercise to determine where each of us falls on the “safety spectrum”. This will build into where we’ve come and where we’re going. Drawing from his work and life experiences, some from a very culturally diverse part of the world, he will highlight some of the recent trends in safety engineering and how they apply to each of us. He will also summarize some of the high points of his career in electrical power, project management, and safety.

Biographical Sketch: See page 3.

Reservations: Please forward RSVP to Dan Ulinski at officers-r3-hamptonroads@ieee.org or William LaBelle [+1 757 421 8695, +1 757 619 9050].

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From the Chair 2007 IEEE Executive Committee Hampton Roads Section

CHAIR: Kurt Clemente kurt.clemente@ieee.org

VICE-CHAIR: Dan Ulinski dan.ulinski@ieee.org

SECRETARY: James Bolitho jbolitho@ieee.org

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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Dr. Demetris Geddis dgeddis@nsu.edu

AWARDS: Dr. Demetris Geddis dgeddis@nsu.edu

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Safety in Power Electronics This month, IEEE will meet on 4/19/07 to learn about electrical safety. Lawrence Salberg, the Facility Systems Safety Engineer at NASA Langley, will provide a presentation on safety in power electronics. Larry is new to the Hampton Roads area, so this presentation will be a dual opportunity to learn about his background as well as a technical topic. We again will visit a new restaurant on the peninsula, Steak and Ale near Coliseum Mall. Please let us know how you like the new restaurant, as we are considering this a more permanent location for our alternating southside-peninsula rotation. Complete details are in this newsletter or online at http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/hampton_roads.

Our presentation last month on fiber optic sensors was very informative. Trevor Rice of Luna Innovations gave an excellent presentation on research in the areas of shape, voltage, temperature, and stress sensing. The improvements possible through the use of fiber are interesting, but most impressive are the entirely new applications where fiber enables measurement at precisions orders of magnitude greater than previously possible. Trevor has made the presentation available for distribution, so if you would like one please contact me.

Planning for the May social event is well underway. Under consideration are the Williamsburg Winery and a tour of a local Dominion Power generating station. IEEE-HR tried the winery 3 years ago and greatly enjoyed it, but the generating station would present a change of pace as well. Feel free to provide input to the Executive Committee or stay tuned to the announcement at the April meeting for details.

The annual Peninsula Engineering Council (PEC) annual banquet took place on 2/24/07. IEEE-HR was fortunate enough to command our own table for the event, and it was nice greet our colleagues from groups such as ASME, SNAME, and AIAA. Thanks to the IEEE members who made it out, and perhaps IEEE can organize two tables next year!

By the time you receive this newsletter, the 2007 IEEE Region 3 SoutheastCon meeting will have taken place in Richmond, Virginia. We were fortunate enough to have sent at least 5 representatives from our section, and hopefully many more will have taken advantage of the available tutorials and social events. I will be sure to have photographs and a more detailed report in next month’s newsletter.

As you may be aware, in 2006 the Virginia Assembly passed a law that will greatly affect Professional Engineers in the state. Code section § 54.1-404.2 will require registered engineers renewing their license after January 1, 2008 to demonstrate proof of continuing education in the amount of 16 hours per biennium. The APELSCIDLA board is still working out the details of this requirement, but our hope is that our monthly IEEE Hampton Roads technical meetings will be accepted for credit under the new requirement. To this end, I will travel to the board’s Continuing Education Committee meeting on April 3rd at 9 am in Richmond. I plan to present to the board our current technical meeting program, and request that the board consider either accepting local IEEE section certification of meeting content or that they pre-approve IACET-accredited training (IEEE-USA is an authorized IACET provider). I welcome your input on this issue, especially from our members who are licensed engineers and will soon be faced with the documentation challenges of the new requirement.

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FFrroomm tthhee CChhaaiirr (continued) The spring technical program concludes with this month’s meeting. IEEE Hampton Roads breaks for the summer after May’s social event, but we plan 3 more technical meetings in September, October, and November. While we already have candidates for some of these meetings, we always welcome suggestions. Please feel free to contact Dan Ulinski, our Vice Chair, or me and we will work to arrange that. I look forward to seeing you at this month’s meeting!

Regards, Kurt J. Clemente, PE 2007 Chair Hampton Roads Section kurt.clemente@ieee.org

Biographical Sketch – Lawrence W. Salberg, Sr. Lawrence (“Larry”) W. Salberg, Sr. is a Facility Systems Safety Engineer with NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, recently transferring from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) where he was the Electrical Systems Engineer for KSC’s electrical power system. He holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami and is a licensed professional engineer in Florida. Prior to joining NASA, Larry was a Principal Engineer for Space Gateway Support, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, which provided base operations support services to NASA at KSC and the US Air Force and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and was previously the Electrical Engineering Manager for EG&G Florida at KSC.

Before his work at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport, Larry spent nearly 10 years in Saudi Arabia as a Project Manager/Engineer for the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) designing and managing large petrochemical projects for Saudi’s major refinery/shipping terminal. Larry began his career as a co-op student with Florida Power & Light Company in Miami, spending 13 years in substation and distribution system design & operations.

Larry is a long-standing IEEE member and, for the past 10 years, a member of the IEEE Insulated Conductors Committee. In this role, he has actively worked on three working groups that have written standards for field testing of insulated power cables (IEEE 400.1, 400.2, & 400.3).

Steak & Ale - Hampton: Directions from Norfolk:

1. I-64 West toward Hampton 2. Merge onto W. Mercury Blvd / US-258 / VA-134S via exit 263B on Hampton Blvd. (0.4 miles) 3. Turn LEFT onto Coliseum Drive (0.2 miles) 4. End at Steak & Ale.

Directions from Williamsburg: 1. Take I-64 East toward Newport News / Norfolk. 2. Merge onto W. Mercury Blvd / US-258 / VA-134S via exit 263 on Hampton Blvd. (0.5 miles) 3. Turn LEFT onto Coliseum Drive (0.2 miles) 4. End at Steak & Ale.

Educational Activities Board 2007 Call for Nominations Includes New Award The IEEE Educational Activities Board is seeking nominations for its 2007 Education Awards. In addition to its seven existing recognitions, a newly-established annual award for Meritorious Achievement in Informal Education will be presented this year. The Meritorious Achievement in Informal Education award recognizes IEEE members who volunteer as librarians, docents, tour guides, or curators; or who act as technical advisors to or serve as board members of aquariums, museums, parks, zoos or similar settings where teachers, students, and the public benefit from their professional expertise in science and technology. The deadline for all nominations is 30 April.

For descriptions of the full list of the awards, visit http://www.ieee.org/web/education/EABAwards/index.html. Please contact Dr. Demetris Geddis [dgeddis@nsu.edu] if which you would like to submit a nomination.

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Brain Teaser Solution - Butch Shadwell February 2007 After failing to get a scholarship to clown college, I ended up studying EE at Annapolis. Working with vacuum tubes there brought this problem to mind; “Vacuum tubes and FETs have a spec called transconductance which is measured in mhos. Let’s say a triode has its cathode and plate tied to voltage sources, and the starting grid voltage causes a plate current of 200 mA. If this triode has a transconductance of 1000 mmhos, what happens to the plate current if we make the grid more negative with respect to the cathode by 1 mV?”

Even though 1000 mmhos (or Siemens) may not be a practical transconductance spec for a triode, it made this problem very easy to work. I also simplified things by tying the plate and cathode to voltage sources. All you needed was to know what a mho was. The mho is the reciprocal of the ohm. That is, (delta plate current)/(delta grid voltage) = the mho. With a transconductance of 1 mho, the problem was very easy as the change in current had to match the change in voltage, or in this case -1 mA. Since the grid is getting more negative with respect to the cathode, there must be a reduction in current flow. The negative grid repels negative electrons back toward the cathode. But I bet you already knew that.

Brain Teaser Challenge - Butch Shadwell March 2007 I regularly speak at universities around the state, and occasionally abroad, about some of the different areas of applied research with which I have been involved in my career. For the last 12 years I have been working as an independent consultant in applied physics and electronics. I really have a good time doing what I do and every new project presents many unique challenges.

I was recently working on a new medical device that used a significant amount of electrical energy, most of which was being converted to heat. Since this medical device had to work without tethers or hoses, I had to figure out how much coolant I needed to carry to avoid causing tissue damage to the patient due to high temperatures. So, here’s the problem: The device is using 3 watts of power and it will be operating for 10 minutes. If I start with cooling water at 20 degrees C, how much water do I need to make sure that the fluid never gets above 38 degrees C? Assume that all of the heat from the instrument is dissipated uniformly to this volume of water. This is just one of many interesting problems I had to solve to make this instrument a reality. Enjoy.

Reply to Butch Shadwell at b.shadwell@ieee.org (email), 904-223-4510 (fax), 904-223-4465 (v), 3308 Queen Palm Dr., Jacksonville, FL 32250-2328. (http://www.shadtechserv.com) The names of correct respondents may be mentioned in the solution column.

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FFrroomm tthhee CChhaaiirr (continued) The spring technical program concludes with this month’s meeting. IEEE Hampton Roads breaks for the summer after May’s social event, but we plan 3 more technical meetings in September, October, and November. While we already have candidates for some of these meetings, we always welcome suggestions. Please feel free to contact Dan Ulinski, our Vice Chair, or me and we will work to arrange that. I look forward to seeing you at this month’s meeting!

Regards, Kurt J. Clemente, PE 2007 Chair Hampton Roads Section kurt.clemente@ieee.org

Biographical Sketch – Lawrence W. Salberg, Sr. Lawrence (“Larry”) W. Salberg, Sr. is a Facility Systems Safety Engineer with NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, recently transferring from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) where he was the Electrical Systems Engineer for KSC’s electrical power system. He holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami and is a licensed professional engineer in Florida. Prior to joining NASA, Larry was a Principal Engineer for Space Gateway Support, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, which provided base operations support services to NASA at KSC and the US Air Force and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and was previously the Electrical Engineering Manager for EG&G Florida at KSC.

Before his work at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport, Larry spent nearly 10 years in Saudi Arabia as a Project Manager/Engineer for the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) designing and managing large petrochemical projects for Saudi’s major refinery/shipping terminal. Larry began his career as a co-op student with Florida Power & Light Company in Miami, spending 13 years in substation and distribution system design & operations.

Larry is a long-standing IEEE member and, for the past 10 years, a member of the IEEE Insulated Conductors Committee. In this role, he has actively worked on three working groups that have written standards for field testing of insulated power cables (IEEE 400.1, 400.2, & 400.3).

Steak & Ale - Hampton: Directions from Norfolk:

1. I-64 West toward Hampton 2. Merge onto W. Mercury Blvd / US-258 / VA-134S via exit 263B on Hampton Blvd. (0.4 miles) 3. Turn LEFT onto Coliseum Drive (0.2 miles) 4. End at Steak & Ale.

Directions from Williamsburg: 1. Take I-64 East toward Newport News / Norfolk. 2. Merge onto W. Mercury Blvd / US-258 / VA-134S via exit 263 on Hampton Blvd. (0.5 miles) 3. Turn LEFT onto Coliseum Drive (0.2 miles) 4. End at Steak & Ale.

Educational Activities Board 2007 Call for Nominations Includes New Award The IEEE Educational Activities Board is seeking nominations for its 2007 Education Awards. In addition to its seven existing recognitions, a newly-established annual award for Meritorious Achievement in Informal Education will be presented this year. The Meritorious Achievement in Informal Education award recognizes IEEE members who volunteer as librarians, docents, tour guides, or curators; or who act as technical advisors to or serve as board members of aquariums, museums, parks, zoos or similar settings where teachers, students, and the public benefit from their professional expertise in science and technology. The deadline for all nominations is 30 April.

For descriptions of the full list of the awards, visit http://www.ieee.org/web/education/EABAwards/index.html. Please contact Dr. Demetris Geddis [dgeddis@nsu.edu] if which you would like to submit a nomination.

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Brain Teaser Solution - Butch Shadwell February 2007 After failing to get a scholarship to clown college, I ended up studying EE at Annapolis. Working with vacuum tubes there brought this problem to mind; “Vacuum tubes and FETs have a spec called transconductance which is measured in mhos. Let’s say a triode has its cathode and plate tied to voltage sources, and the starting grid voltage causes a plate current of 200 mA. If this triode has a transconductance of 1000 mmhos, what happens to the plate current if we make the grid more negative with respect to the cathode by 1 mV?”

Even though 1000 mmhos (or Siemens) may not be a practical transconductance spec for a triode, it made this problem very easy to work. I also simplified things by tying the plate and cathode to voltage sources. All you needed was to know what a mho was. The mho is the reciprocal of the ohm. That is, (delta plate current)/(delta grid voltage) = the mho. With a transconductance of 1 mho, the problem was very easy as the change in current had to match the change in voltage, or in this case -1 mA. Since the grid is getting more negative with respect to the cathode, there must be a reduction in current flow. The negative grid repels negative electrons back toward the cathode. But I bet you already knew that.

Brain Teaser Challenge - Butch Shadwell March 2007 I regularly speak at universities around the state, and occasionally abroad, about some of the different areas of applied research with which I have been involved in my career. For the last 12 years I have been working as an independent consultant in applied physics and electronics. I really have a good time doing what I do and every new project presents many unique challenges.

I was recently working on a new medical device that used a significant amount of electrical energy, most of which was being converted to heat. Since this medical device had to work without tethers or hoses, I had to figure out how much coolant I needed to carry to avoid causing tissue damage to the patient due to high temperatures. So, here’s the problem: The device is using 3 watts of power and it will be operating for 10 minutes. If I start with cooling water at 20 degrees C, how much water do I need to make sure that the fluid never gets above 38 degrees C? Assume that all of the heat from the instrument is dissipated uniformly to this volume of water. This is just one of many interesting problems I had to solve to make this instrument a reality. Enjoy.

Reply to Butch Shadwell at b.shadwell@ieee.org (email), 904-223-4510 (fax), 904-223-4465 (v), 3308 Queen Palm Dr., Jacksonville, FL 32250-2328. (http://www.shadtechserv.com) The names of correct respondents may be mentioned in the solution column.

Career Opportunities

Title Senior Electrical Engineer Location Six Manhattan Square Suite 101 Hampton, VA 23666

CH2M HILL: Doing whatever it takes, wherever it takes us Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, employee-owned CH2M HILL is a global leader in engineering, construction, and operations for public and private clients. Our 18,000 employees help CH2M HILL deliver innovative, practical, sustainable solutions — helping clients develop and manage infrastructure and facilities that improve efficiency, safety, and quality of life. In short, CH2M HILL designs, builds, and protects everything that is good in your world. To fulfill this mission, CH2M HILL is attracting, developing, and retaining the best and brightest minds in the industry. If you’re looking for opportunities of this caliber, we invite you to embark on a career without limits. Consider becoming a part of our team, where you can help make a difference for millions of people every day. CH2M HILL is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. Summary: We have an immediate need for a licensed electrical engineer to lead our industrial consulting projects. This group does power, lighting and auxiliary systems design for new industrial plants and modifying existing industrial plants. Projects range from warehouses to complex EPC contract with wiring and routing for heavy industrial processes and overseeing electrical contractors. The successful candidate will represent CH2M Hill’s electrical expertise on assignments. This position is the direct contact for electrical engineering, meets with clients in-person to define electrical requirements, budget and scope and ensures client. Lead Electrical Engineers will take projects from start to finish. This is a hands-on office where all members of the engineering staff create their own drawings and specs. Minimum Requirements * Minimum 10 years of industrial electrical engineering design experience * Experience leading industrial plant build projects from an electrical engineering stand

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* PE License Required * Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering required (BSEE) Preferred Qualifications * 10 – 15 years of electrical engineering design experience for industrial projects. * Presentation level oral and written communications skills * AutoCAD experience * Consulting experience preferred Benefits Starting on your first day with CH2M HILL, you'll be offered a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, life and disability insurance, 401(k), vacation, company stock, training opportunities, and more. Multiple Medical Plans Three Dental Plans Two Flexible Spending Accounts Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance Supplemental Life Insurance and Spouse Coverage Business Travel Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Disability Benefits Company Stock Ownership Program Retirement Benefits with Company Match plus a Defined Contribution Plan Paid Time Off Holidays Family Medical Leave Learning & Development Employee Referral Bonus for our appreciation for steering talented people to CH2M HILL. Voluntary Benefits: auto, home, vision insurance, pet insurance and group legal services Credit Union

At CH2M HILL, you don't just work at the company, you own the company. Contact: Derina Adamczak 269-266-2758 Derina.adamczak@ch2m.comhttp://www.careers.ch2m.com

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Team Leader – Site Planning & Engineering Team Draper Aden Associates, an established ENR Top 500 Design Firm, is seeking a Team Leader with experience in site planning/land development to develop the Newport News, Virginia team. The individual who accepts this opportunity will provide project management review and guidance, contract preparation/negotiation, and participate in business development. This role offers a challenging opportunity to develop the Site Planning & Engineering Team in our Newport News office, while supported by the resources of the Division firm-wide.

Candidates must have at least 7 years of relevant and progressive experience, including 3-5 years in a supervisory role. Requirements include a B.S. in Civil Engineering, and professional licensure. Design experience in land development/site planning required, with specific knowledge of drainage, earthwork, grading, storm water, landscape architecture, and/or other aspects of site planning

Team Leader – Utilities Team Draper Aden Associates, an established ENR Top 500 Design Firm, is seeking a Sr. Project Manager to be a part of our Newport News team. Candidates must possess a B.S. or M.S. Degree (preferred) in civil engineering, P.E., and at least 10 years design experience with 5 years of management experience. Water and/or sewer treatment plant design experience is required; other water or sewer infrastructure design experience helpful. This position will provide project management direction, represent the firm in project meetings, participate in business development, and manage contracts. Mid-Level Engineer – Utilities Team Draper Aden Associates, an established ENR Top 500 Design Firm, is seeking a Mid-Level Engineer for our Newport News, Virginia team. Requirements include 4-6 years experience in water and wastewater systems design. Water and wastewater treatment experience is a plus and E.I.T. Certification and Auto Cad experience is preferred.

Senior CAD Designer – Utilities Team Draper Aden Associates, an established ENR Top 500 Design Firm, is seeking a Senior CAD Designer to join our growing team in Hampton Roads. A minimum of 10 years of progressive drafting experience in civil engineering preferred, with at least 5 years in computer drafting. Proficiency in AutoCAD Land Development Desktop required. This key position provides technical drafting while working closely with Project Managers for the municipal utilities team, and may also support other teams as needed. It offers the opportunity to grow with a small but busy office, while being supported by the resources of an over 200-person full-service firm.

Our compensation package includes competitive wages and comprehensive benefits. Please send resumes to tquinn@daa.com or visit www.daa.com for further information and other available career opportunities. Qualified applicants may also mail resumes to: Tara Quinn Draper Aden Associates 8090 Villa Park Drive Richmond, VA 23228

Risk Manager/ Risk Analyst The Risk Manager / Risk Analyst will act as a subject matter expert and will be responsible for leading the risk planning for assigned projects and programs and will provide the customer with timely assessments of current status of all risks and opportunities, the occurrence of any triggers, the effectiveness of any handling plans that are being executed, and implement recovery plans for those that are not working as expected. They will communicate and train the customer in risk management processes and procedures and they will facilitate the risk and opportunity identification process, and link the identified risk and opportunities to project components and/or strategic organizational goals and strategies. The risk manager / risk analyst is responsible for qualitative and quantitative analysis and they support the customer in prioritizing the identified risks and opportunities. They assist the customer in preparing realistic and actionable risk handling plans

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for the identified risks and opportunities. They will interact with executives, other senior managers, program managers, project managers, key stakeholders to establish the risk and opportunity handling plans. They will develop risk models; analyze safety and reliability risk documents (hazard analyses, fault tress, failure models and effectives analyses); and perform quantitative data analysis.

Education and Experience A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics or other technical field with a minimum of 4-6 years of relevant experience. A Master of Science or Master of Arts Degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or related field is desirable. The candidates must have significant experience with MS Office and MS Project and have excellent people skills including experience interfacing with high level customer. Experience with Risk Management tools such as IRMA, ARM, Crystal Ball, @Risk, or GoldPan is desirable. Also, experience with SAPPHIRE and GoldSim is preferred. Technical writing, Probabilistic Risk Analysis, and NASA experience is also preferred. Certified Systems Engineering Professional is desirable. U.S. Citizenship is required

Futron Corporation Futron Corporation, in business since 1986, is an established decision-support consulting firm with a business focus on the global space industry. We work with government and commercial clients in the aerospace, space, defense, transportation and telecommunications fields, using innovative methods that transform data into the information and knowledge they need to make critical decisions. Our areas of business expertise include: forecasting market demand for the space and telecommunications industries; analyzing programmatic and technical risk within the aerospace industry; analyzing and assessing aerospace safety, reliability and dependability; and training, educating, and communicating using web-based technologies.

If you demonstrate strong communications skills with an in-depth knowledge of Risk Management, this is an excellent opportunity. We offer a competitive salary, outstanding benefits package and the professional advantages of an environment that supports your development and recognizes your achievements. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Candidates should send a resume and cover letter to: resume@futron.com or Futron Corporation, Attn: Human Resources, 7315 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 900W, Bethesda, MD 20814. www.futron.com EOE

Business Announcements

From Hampton Roads Science, Engineering, and Technology Summer Internship Program A Partnership Between the Virginia Space Grant Consortium and the Hampton Roads Technology Council Contact: Nick Koltun, Educational Programs Specialist Virginia Space Grant Consortium nkoltun@odu.edu: 757/766-5210

Program Summary: With the steadily increasing demand for skilled workers, the development of efficient and targeted pathways between undergraduate students and industry has become an urgent need. As an effective tool to meet that need, the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) in partnership with the Hampton Roads Technology Council (HRTC) offers the Hampton Roads Science, Engineering, and Technology Summer Internship Program. This program allows undergraduate students to apply to a single application bank for summer internship positions with companies in the Hampton Roads region. Participating HRTC companies will have access to the students' prescreened applications online and can sort them by a variety of criteria. Companies will select students, make offers and employ students directly. Students will be able to apply centrally and be considered for multiple internship opportunities that can provide valuable work experience, and companies will be provided with access to an extensive pool of qualified interns. VSGC will work with the Hampton Roads Technology Council to advertise the program and provide linkages to interested industry partners. Companies will provide position descriptions and skill requirements for internship positions for which selections are made.

Program Goals: ∗Stimulate student interest in employment in Hampton Roads. ∗Facilitate access for Hampton Roads companies to qualified undergraduate interns. ∗Foster working relationships between companies through the Hampton Roads Regional Technology Council working in partnership with the Commonwealth's Universities and the Virginia Community College System.

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∗Develop an active pathway through which undergraduate students can find the right work opportunities and companies can select and evaluate the right employee candidates. ∗Provide undergraduate students with the opportunity to explore and apply applications of classroom learning to the workplace while developing leadership and character development. ∗Insure that Virginia will continue to be a leader in science, engineering and technology workforce development.

Eligibility, Recruiting and Selection Process: The program will be open to full time undergraduate students with at least a 2.7 grade-point average majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Students must attend a Virginia college or community college, or be a Virginia resident attending an out-of-state college. Students may apply during their freshman year but must have completed at least 30 credit hours and be classified as a sophomore, junior, or senior at the time of the internship. The VSGC will manage the online application and review system, recruit the students, screen applications for eligibility, and provide companies with online access to qualified candidates. Program information and a website to stimulate student interest will be developed by the VSGC and disseminated to Virginia universities and the community college system. Companies committed to participating in the program will be listed and described on program information and on the website. Students will have the ability to indicate preferences for working with specific companies or in certain fields.

The online system will allow the viewer to sort student applications by major, skill sets, related experience, and other criteria to facilitate selection and placement by the company. Interns will work 40 hours per week for 10 - 12 weeks during the summer at a wage of $10 to $14 per hour to be set by the hiring company. Companies will select, hire and notify the students directly, pay their wages and provide all FICA contributions. Companies will provide the VSGC with position descriptions and a point of contact. The Consortium will contact each intern and supervisor during the internship period to assess status and progress. VSGC will invoice companies a $300 fee for their participation in the program. Participating companies may select an unlimited number of internships for this fee. The fee will help to defray, in part, the administrative costs of the program.

Program Evaluation: Student interns and their supervisors will provide evaluation data on the internship experience at the conclusion of the summer internship. VSGC will monitor placements and gather data for continuous improvement. As the program continues, longitudinal data will be gathered to evaluate the pipeline aspects of the program, i.e. how many student participants are subsequently employed by the companies in which they intern and how many remain in Virginia for subsequent degrees or for employment after graduation.

Virginia Space Grant Consortium is a NASA-sponsored consortium of Virginia universities, NASA Centers, State agencies and other organizations with a strong interest in engineering, science and technology education, workforce development and research. VSGC has extensive experience and a strong track record in managing national and state initiatives on behalf of NASA, other federal agencies and state agencies, including over 1200 internship placements.

Lasers and Electrooptic Society Hampton Roads Chapter

"All-Optical Control of Light in Photonic Crystals"Professor Masaya Notomi

IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer NTT Basic Research Laboratories

Photonic Nanostructure Research Group Atsugi, JAPAN

Friday, May 11 2007 Old Dominion University

Abstract

In this talk, I will describe how photonic crystals (PCs) exhibit exotic characteristics concerning dispersion and confinement, and show dynamic all-optical control of PC cavity-waveguide system lead to rich and interesting novel optical phenomena and unprecedented device operation.

In the first part of this talk, I will describe exotic dispersion in photonic crystals (PCs), such as negative refraction in bulk PCs (spatial dispersion), slow-light modes in PC waveguide (frequency dispersion), and also describe ultra-strong light confinement realized in PCs, in which I show our recent result about ultra-small PC nanocavities with Q of one million. The second part of this talk will be about dynamic control of these properties, especially for PC cavity-waveguide systems. I will show our experimental results about all-optical bistable switching operation in Si PC nanocavities, and theoretical design of various logic function circuits (such as flip-flop) based on the PC cavity-waveguide systems. Finally, I will describe dynamic control of cavity-waveguide systems leads to various interesting and novel optical phenomena, such as adiabatic wavelength conversion, all-optical photon DRAM, and also extremely efficient opto-mechanical interaction. All of those are based on long photon lifetime in small structures, namely ultrasmall high-Q cavities and slow-light waveguides realized in PCs.

Biography

Masaya Notomi received his B.E., M.E. and Dr. Eng. degrees in applied physics from University of Tokyo, Japan in 1986, 1988, and 1997, respectively. In 1988, he joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, NTT Optoelectronics Laboratories, Japan. Since then, his research interest has been to control the optical properties of materials and devices by using artificial nanostructures, and engaged in research on semiconductor quantum wires/dots and photonic crystal structures. He is currently a Distinguished Technical Member of NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Japan and a group leader of photonic nanostructure research group. From 1996-1997, he was with Linkoping University, Sweden as a visiting researcher. From 2002, he is also a guest associate professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. Dr. Notomi is a member of IEEE LEOS, the Japan Society of Applied Physics, and the American Physical Society.

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