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Issue: January 2007 IEEE Canada News Central Happy New Year!
Ø IEEE Canada Board of Directors - IEEE Canada 2007 Goals and Measurable: Message from Bob Hanna, IEEE Canada President- 2007 IEEE Region 7 Director Elections: Letter from the Past President IEEE Canada W.O. (Bill) Kennedy- 2007 Spring IEEE Canada Board of Directors Meeting
- The Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of IEEE South Saskatchewan Section- The Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of IEEE Southern Alberta Section- IEEE Southern Alberta Section 2006 Annual General Meeting- Section Supports Vancouver Tesla 2006 Celebrations- IEEE Electrical Safety, Technical and Mega Projects
- The 6th Annual IEEE Electrical Power Symposium (EPS) 2006 From Tesla’s AC Power Systems to Distributed Generation and Smart Grids- Upcoming IEEE Conferences in Canada
- Fellows - Masoud Farzaneh- Senior Member Upgrades- 2006 IEEE Canada Senior Membership Campaign Results- Engineering Professor Elected to Royal Society of Canada - M. Jamal Deen
- From the Editor
- MyIEEE adds NEW FEATURES- IEEE Foundation Seeking 2007 Grant Applications- IEEE Communications Society to Launch Certification Program
Ø IEEE Canada Board of Directors IEEE Canada 2007 Goals and MeasurableMessage from Bob Hanna, IEEE Canada President Dear Colleague and Volunteer,
I wish you and your family happy holidays and all the best for the New Year.
Thank you for your support and good work to IEEE. We have had a very challenging year and we certainly made good progress on many fronts. I am pleased to report that Region 7 finances for 2006 year end are in good shape due to your hard work, rebate from IEEE job site and the performance of CCECE 06. We have a very exciting year ahead of us and I am calling on you to see how we can further improve on our services to our members. I am attaching a summary of my goals for 2007 that I would like to achieve with your support. Please use this list as guidelines and add to it as it relates to your duties and responsibilities. I expect that as a team we will be able to deliver on our commitments to IEEE Canada and IEEE.
Many thanks again to you and your families for their support.
Happy holidays and all the best for the New Year.
Bob Hanna
IEEE Canada 2007 Goals and Measurable The President IEEE Canada recommends the following goals and measurable for IEEE Canada for the calendar year 2007.
Membership ·
Increase
membership by 5% as of December 31, 2007 · Elevate 100 qualified Members or Associates to Senior Member · Find 5 suitable candidates for IEEE Fellow and advance their application Sections ·
Hold at least one Professional Development Seminar ·
Conduct training session in Spring 2007 for Section Executive ·
Work with RAB and Victoria section to resolve the
issue of funding a scholarship to be administered by
Section/Chapter
·
Coordinate Distinguished Lecture in each area involving at least two sections.
· Provide a copy of template presentations to be used by all chapters in advance of their presentation.
Section congress –
·
Coordinate
with our section congress team and RAB for Region 7 financial commitments
and fund raising initiatives
Job Site and Advertising
·
Work
with IEEE Job site, EIC and other potential entities to further explore
means to increase our advertising revenues. ·
Appoint
a volunteer for a position of Publicity and Advertising and have this
report to the group chair of Publication and
communication Fall Conference ·
Work with
Awards ·
Establish
the guidelines for a new award covering power engineering and computer
science. Present this award at CCECE 2007 in
Educational Activities
·
Organize
online courses for Region 7
2007 IEEE Region 7 Director Elections
W.O. (Bill) Kennedy, P.Eng., FEIC
2007 Spring IEEE Canada Board of Directors Meeting
IEEE Canada Board of Directors meeting will be held in Vancouver, BC, on April 20 - 22, 2007. Representatives from all Canadian IEEE Sections will review current activities and discuss strategic plans to enhance organization's performance. IEEE Canada Board meeting will be held in conjunction with CCECE07 20th Anniversary Conference.
The Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of IEEE South Saskatchewan SectionIEEE South Saskatchewan section celebrated its 50th anniversary on October 27, 2006. This event was attended by the key Regina people from the University, Industry and Government. In attendance was Ralph Goodale, Member of Parliament from Saskatchewan. Through more than 12 years with the government of Canada, he served variously as Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources, Public Works and Finance; as well as Government House Leader. Professor Lotfi Zadeh, world renowned as the inventor of Fuzzy Logic, was the invited speaker.
LOTFI A. ZADEH is a Professor in the Graduate School, Computer Science Division, Department of EECS, University of California, Berkeley. In addition, he is serving as the Director of BISC (Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing).
LOTFI A. ZADEH is an alumnus of the University of Tehran, MIT and Columbia University. He held visiting appointments at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ; MIT, Cambridge, MA; IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, CA; AI Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA; and the Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University. His earlier work was concerned in the main with systems analysis, decision analysis and information systems. His current research is focused on fuzzy logic, computing with words and soft computing, which is a coalition of fuzzy logic, neurocomputing, evolutionary computing, probabilistic computing and parts of machine learning.
The Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of IEEE Southern Alberta Section
IEEE Southern Alberta Section 2006 Annual General Meeting
Section Supports Vancouver Tesla 2006 Celebrations November saw several celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla, noted inventor and pioneer in electrical engineering.
A central Vancouver Tesla organizing committee arranged several events, including a public exhibit, an academic symposium, a theatrical performance, and a dinner reception. The IEEE Vancouver Section supported these activities by co-sponsoring the public exhibit and the academic symposium. Two prominent members of the Vancouver Section, Gruja Blagojevic (the Publicity Chair for the Vancouver Section) and Ljiljana Trajkovic from Simon Fraser University (the Chair of the Circuits and Systems Society joint Vancouver/Victoria Chapter) were members of the Tesla organizing committee.
The academic symposium "Tesla Day at SFU 2006" was held at the IRMACS Centre at SFU on November 17th and attracted approximately 100 attendees. Speakers at the symposium included noted academics from Serbia, Switzerland, and the US as well as from SFU and UBC.
Speakers and Organizers at Tesla Symposium:
The Tesla Symposium presentations will be made available shortly on the permanent Symposium site: http://tesla2006.irmacs.sfu.ca/
The exhibit "Nikola Tesla's Wonderful World of Electricity" was installed in the lobby of the BC Hydro building in downtown Vancouver for a period of over two weeks. This was a traveling exhibit from the Tesla Museum in Belgrade, with Vancouver being its only North American destination. Widely advertised and attended by the general public, the exhibit contained 52 panels with photos and short writings on Tesla's life, work and inventions, along with 4 standing and 4 working models.
The exhibit was officially opened with a ceremony on November 18th, which included a "Tesla week" proclamation from the Deputy Mayor of Vancouver and recognition of visiting dignitaries and sponsors, including the IEEE Vancouver Section, SFU and UBC, BC Hydro, BC Transmission Corp., Vector Drive Systems, and Stantec Inc.
More than 3,000 visitors from schools, colleges, universities, companies, and general public visited the exhibit. Many signed the impression book and commented on the significance of the event. The IEEE logo was prominently displayed on a panel in the exhibit, while members of the IEEE Vancouver Section served as exhibit guides, giving to the Section a great deal of public exposure.
IEEE Vancouver Section Chair Rasvan Mihai commented on the significance of the Nikola Tesla anniversary events. "The IEEE Vancouver Section views these events not only as a celebration of a pioneer in our field, but also as an opportunity to inform the general public about Tesla, his inventions, and the importance of Electrical Engineering in our everyday lives. On behalf of the Vancouver Section, I would like to congratulate all the contributors and organizers on their success, and thank them for their efforts, particularly Mr. Blagojevic and Dr. Trajkovic. It is through the efforts of dedicated volunteers such as these that the IEEE continues to benefit the profession and to educate the general public."
Pieter Botman, P.Eng., SMIEEE
IEEE Electrical Safety, Technical and Mega Projects
IEEE Electrical Technical and Mega Projects Workshop (ETMP)
IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW)
The
6th Annual IEEE Electrical Power Symposium (EPS)
2006
From Tesla’s AC
Power Systems to Distributed Generation and Smart Grids
Nov.9-10, 2006,
Ottawa Electrical Power Symposia
(EPS) started in 2001 with addressing issues of deregulation in
electricity industry, which received a lot of attention because of the
Ontario Government deregulation initiative at the time. The EPS grew into
an annual event focusing on other aspects of the
This year the same approach, to
address the topics of wider interest and to have both Canadian and
international speakers, was followed. The crucial role of Distributed
Generation and Smart Grids is increasingly getting recognition in the
economy, energy, and environment, which form a basis for nation’s
sustainability, security, and development. Since 2006 marks the
150th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla, the inventor of
AC power system who also was a member of the IEEE predecessor - American
Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) - its Fellow, and Vice-President
1892-1894, the IEEE Ottawa Section organized EPS 2006 under the theme
“From Tesla’s AC Power System to Distributed Generation and Smart
Grids”.
The EPS 2006 took place on Nov. 9
and 10, 2006. The Symposium was held on Friday. On Thursday, tutorials
provided an opportunity for attendees to learn about some of the
background technology, and were followed by field visit to
Dr. Bob Hanna, President of IEEE
Canada, kindly agreed to moderate the EPS 2006, and helped raise the
profile of the event. IEEE was represented also by Dr. Vijay Sood, IEEE
Canada Secretary, who in addition was a speaker at the Symposium, and by
Dr. Ray Findlay, IEEE Canada Director Emeritus, and 2002 IEEE President
world-wide.
The EPS
2006 programme on Friday, Nov. 10, at the Centrepointe Theatre,
·
Dr.
Adam Chowaniec, Chair of the Ontario Research and Innovation Council, and
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tundra Semiconductor Corporation,
gave the opening address and officially opened the EPS 2006.
·
Prof.
Dr. Petar Miljanic, Head of the Department of Technical Sciences,
·
Colin
Clark, Executive Vice-President and Chief Technical Officer of Brookfield
Power and the Great Lakes Power Trust, Gatineau, Québec, delivered the
keynote presentation “Development of the AC Power System: The Foundation
of Progress”. In this presentation he traced the evolution of the AC
system from its beginnings in the 1880s, through its rise to dominance, to
the innovations that are reshaping electric power technology today.
·
Dr.
Vijay Sood, Researcher at IREQ/Hydro-Québec, and Adjunct Professor at
·
Dr.
Frank R. Goodman, Jr., Principal Technical Manager, Distribution
Automation, Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI),
·
Scott
MacDonald, Investment Director,
·
Rob
Brandon, Program Manager, Distributed Generation,
·
Prof.
Dr.
·
Romano
Sironi, Manager of Policy & Standards, Toronto Hydro, gave a
presentation “Smart Grid Architecture with Changing Infrastructure”.
Toronto Hydro as the largest distribution utility in
·
Dale
Finney, Applications Engineer of General Electric Multilin,
·
Darren
Finkbeiner, Manager, Market Entry & Analysis, Independent Electricity
System Operator (IESO),
·
Dr.
Lawrence Jones, Account Executive, AREVA T&D, Brockton, MA, USA, gave
a presentation “Information Technology for the Electric Power Industry:
Evolving Needs, Challenges and Opportunities”. As today’s information
technology is ever more becoming the backbone for successful operation of
power grids, it presents new opportunities for research, entrepreneurship
and innovation.
In the
morning of Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, Tutorials were held at
·
Sara
Filbee, Director General, Resource Processing Industries Branch, Industry
·
Morris
Uremovich, Executive Dean, Faculty of Technology and Trades,
·
Steve
Finnagan, Academic Chair of Electronics and Electro-Mechanical Studies
Department, Faculty of Technology and Trades,
·
Catherine Kerr, Smart Grids
Initiative Manager, Industry
·
Eduardo
Chaiquin.,
·
Franz
Kropp, P.Eng., Stations Supervisor, Hydro Ottawa, gave a presentation
“Protection and Control Issues with Distributed
Generation”.
·
On Thursday, in the afternoon,
field visits were organized to four locations in
·
Canadian Hydro Components
(
·
Almonte
Hydro, Mississippi River Power Corp., the Generating Station running two
double regulated Kaplan turbines, connected to two vertical Reliance
Electric 1.2 MW generators. Tour was guided by Scott Newton, Operations
Manager
·
Presentation on automation control
systems for small (under 20 MW) hydro power generation systems, by Bill
Kemp, Vice President Engineering, Powerbase Automation Systems
(
·
Triacta
Power Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of smart
meters in
The event ran smoothly and was
very successful on all accounts as judged by over 80 attendees at the
Tutorials day, and 100 at the Symposium day. Many thanks go to the EPS
2006 attendees for their interest and active participation, to the
speakers for their time, effort and expertise, to the EPS 2006 team of
organizers/volunteers, and to the EPS sponsors and supporters: the EPS
Platinum Sponsor Hydro Ottawa for their unwavering support since the EPS
inception, Brookfield Power, Algonquin College, Carleton University,
Energy Ottawa,
For more EPS 2006 details, please
visit http://www.ieee.org/eps2006.
With the help of IEEE Canada, the
plans to evolve the IEEE Ottawa Section Electrical Power Symposium into a
Canada-wide IEEE event are currently under consideration.
EPS 2006
Co-Chair
IEEE Ottawa Section
Chair
Upcoming IEEE
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Fellows
Masoud
Farzaneh
Senior
Member Upgrades
The following members were upgraded to
Senior Member status at the November 2006 IEEE Admission and
Advancement Panel meeting
Congratulations!
2006
IEEE Canada Senior Membership Campaign Results
RELATED
LINKS:
- To check on the status of Senior
Member applications:
http://www.ieee.org/ra/md/smappstatus.html
- For the Nominate a Senior Member
Initiative: http://www.ieee.org/nsmi
- To check how your Region,
Section or Society is doing on Senior Member
elevations and nominations: http://www.ieee.org/ra/md/smstats.html
Dr. M. Jamal Deen, professor of electrical and
computer engineering and senior Canada Research Chair in Information
Technology at McMaster University,
has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). This
is the highest honor that can be attained by scientists, artists and
scholars in
The Royal Society of Canada
citation states ”M. Jamal Deen is internationally known for his research
in the analysis, modeling and applications of microelectronics and
optoelectronics devices. A highly accomplished researcher, inventor and
prolific scholar, his device models and experimental innovations are used
worldwide.”
Dr. Deen’s research has potential
has potential applications for use in a variety of applications including
long-distance telecommunications, chip-to-chip interconnections in
computers, medical imaging and linking massively parallel processors and
mainframes.
Founded in 1882,
the RSC is
Dr. Jamal Deen, who was born in
From the Editor
Dear Colleagues,
Ø IEEE News
The IEEE’s membership portal, myIEEE, has just
updated its career development features. From the Profession Desktop, members
can now get listings from the IEEE Job Site, updated daily. New
modules link members to IEEE's Mentoring Connection and the advise from
IEEE-USA's Career Navigator site. From myIEEE, members can also access
their subscriptions, launch IEEE.tv, and manage their membership account.
Log in at www.ieee.org/myieee
19 December – The IEEE Foundation is seeking grant
applications for 2007 projects in accordance with its mission to improve
the technological literacy of society from childhood through adulthood.
To learn more about the IEEE Foundation’s grant
guidelines, and to submit an online application, visit the IEEE Foundation Web site.
7 December – The IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc)
has selected New York-based Professional Examination Service (PES) to
develop a certification program for engineers working in communications
technology. ComSoc is planning to roll out the first certification, in
wireless cellular technology, late in 2007. When fully developed, the
program will comprise a number of certifications in various areas of
communications technology. During program development, PES will collaborate with
a broad cross-section of stakeholders, including practicing engineers from
small and large companies worldwide, to conduct an extensive analysis of
the knowledge and skills required by engineering professionals in wireless
cellular communications technology. Following the analysis of practice,
PES will conduct item and examination development workshops and a
standard-setting study with representative groups of stakeholders, as well
as provide consultative services to keep ComSoc informed of new trends and
technologies in certification assessment. To read The Institute story, click here.
Upcoming
Events –
IEEE Electrical Technical and Mega
Projects Workshop (ETMP)
February 26, 27, 2007 –
http://www.ieee.org/megaprojects
IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop
(ESW)
February 27, 28, March 1, 2007 –
www.ewh.ieee.org/cmte/ias-esw/annual.htm
International Symposium on Signals,
Systems, and Electronics
(ISSSE
2007)
July
30 - August 2, 2007
Montréal,
http://www.issse2007.polymtl.ca/index.html
Many IEEE Canada sections maintain their own listings of upcoming events:
For more IEEE conferences, visit IEEE Conference Search at http://www.ieee.org/conferencesearch/.
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