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THURSDAY June 6, 2013
SCV Technology Management Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Leonard Wesley, Associate Professor, San Jose State University
Time: Networking at 6:00 PM; Mgmt Forum at 6:30 PM; Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM
Cost: IEEE member $11; Non-member $14 (through June 4th)
Place: Ramada Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood Ave., Sunnyvale
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org

Current literature reports that developing one successful drug compound takes ten to fifteen years and approximately one billion dollars.  Fewer than five percent of all candidate drug compounds make it to market.  Improving the drug success rate, even marginally, (more…)

MONDAY June 10, 2013
SCV Circuits and Systems Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Brian Otis, University of Washington
Time: Networking and light dinner at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none; $2 accepted for food
Place: QualComm, Building B, 3165 Kifer Road, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/scv-cas

Advances in chip and system design will help define the next generation of wireless sensors.  I’ll discuss examples of our work that have enabled new collaborative science.  We will then cover chip design techniques for body-worn/implantable systems and (more…)

TUESDAY May 28, 2013
SCV Product Safety Engineering Chapter
Time: Gathering at 6:00 PM; tour and talks following
Cost: none
Place: SIEMIC Labs, 775 Montague Expressway, Milpitas
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses

TUESDAY May 28, 2013
SCV Consumer Electronics Chapter
Speaker: Erick P. Wolf, President, Airwolf 3D
Time: Networking and food at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Microsoft Silicon Valley, 1085 La Avenida St., Mountain View
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ieee.org/scvce

The availability of the desktop and office located 3D printer has revolutionized the prototyping and pilot line worlds.  We will present the capabilities and tradeoff of the the different materials that can be used in 3D printers, and uses in prototypes, (more…)

WEDNESDAY May 8, 2013
SCV Photovoltaics Chapter
Speakers: Lindsay Joye, P.E. and Marketing Engineer, City of Palo Alto
Time: Networking and food at 6:30 PM; Presentations at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Palo Alto Research Center (G.E. Pake Auditorium), 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pv

This talk explains the goals and challenges encountered when setting up a solar and clean energy utility program.

TUESDAY June 18, 2013
SCV GOLD (Grads of the Last Decade)
Speaker: Pirooz Parvarandeh, CTO, Maxim Integrated
Time: Networking/food at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:00 PM
Cost: IEEE Members $10; Non-IEEE Members $13
Place: Maxim Integrated HQ, 160 Rio Robles, San Jose
RSVP: from website
Web: scv-gold-leadership.eventbrite.com

Pirooz Parvarandeh, Maxim Integrated CTO, tells us about his career path and gives us tips and tricks to help build your leadership skills.  Whether you are an Executive, Manager or even an Individual Contributor, leadership is important no (more…)

TUESDAY June 18, 2013
SCV Nanotechnology Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, UC Santa Cruz
Time: Networking, Pizza & drinks at Noon, with presentation following
Cost: IEEE Members: $5, Non-members: $10
Place: TI Auditorium E-1, 2900 Semiconductor Dr, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/sfbanano

Designing solid-state devices is essentially restricted by choosing available chemical elements found on the Periodic Table and forming various stable solids made of these chemical elements.  A key to developing novel solid-state devices is, therefore, to find (more…)

THURSDAY June 20, 2013
OEB Industry Applications
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Time: Gathering at 5:00 PM; Tour from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM, then pizza
Cost: $10; cash and personal checks accepted. Gourmet pizza provided after walking tour.
Place: Anchor Brewing Company, 1705 Mariposa, San Francisco
RSVP: by June 13 to Michael Nakamura, michael@mkireps.com (925) 330-6595
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1306-oeb-ias.pdf

Get a glimpse of centuries-old brewing traditions, a taste of San Francisco history, and a flight of selected Anchor beers.  The normal walking tour of the brewery lasts about 40-45 minutes.  During the (more…)

IEEE MTT SCV One-Day Short Course
- May 11, 2013, 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM   – Michael’s at Shoreline, Mtn View
- Registration: $45   – No cost, for students/unemployed
- “Role of Microwave Accelerators in Cancer Treatment” (Samy M. Hanna, Microwave Innovative Accelerators)
- “Implantable Wireless Medical Devices and Systems” (J.C. Chiao, University of Texas – Arlington); plus
- Sara Louie, Ansys/ Duke University   – Perry Li, St. Jude Medical   – Jessi Johnson, Miramar Labs     For further information: meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/17017

SATURDAY May 11, 2013
SCV Computer Chapter
Panelists: Ian Hersey, Attensity; Laura Jacob, IEEE-SSIT; Zahan Malkani, Facebook; John Rehling, reputation.com; Shivakumar Vaithyanathan, IBM Almaden; Michael Wu, Lithium; Rong Yan, Facebook.
Time: Registration/snacks at 8:30 AM; lunch; Ends at 5:00 PM
Cost: $25 IEEE Members, $50 Non-IEEE Members, $20 students (though April 11)
Place: Braun Auditorium, Stanford
RSVP: from website
Web: www.nfic-us.org