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September 6, 2010

Mtg: Medical Image Processing in Ophthalmology and Beyond

by @ 7:16 am. Filed under BioEngineering, Optics/Displays, ALL
 

TUESDAY September 7, 2010
SCV Photonics Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Oakley, Pixeleron
Time: Networking/Light Dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

This talk will cover medical imaging processing methods, what is currently the state of the art, and how these are being used to support clinicians and radiologists.  Particular emphasis will be given to ophthalmic applications.

August 29, 2010

Mtg: How Many Consultants Does it Take to Create a Medical Device?

by @ 6:50 pm. Filed under NanoEngineering, Engineering Mgmt, BioEngineering, Optics/Displays, Electronics Design, Semiconductors, ALL
 

TUESDAY November 16, 2010
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speaker: Dr. Kendall Waters, IP and Technology Development, Silicon Valley Medical Instruments, Inc.
Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

Successfully taking a medical device product from concept to regulatory approval requires a broad range of expertise. Effective strategy execution requires having the right talents available at (more…)

August 20, 2010

Mtg: Patent Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Innovative Thinkers

by @ 1:43 pm. Filed under NanoEngineering, Engineering Mgmt, BioEngineering, Optics/Displays, Electronics Design, Semiconductors, ALL
 

THURSDAY September 16, 2010
SCV Control Systems Chapter
Speaker: Dave Stevens, Stevens Law Group, P.C.
Time: Networking and refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Cogswell Polytechnical College, Board Room, 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/css

This presentation from a legal expert outlines general principles of intellectual property (IP) protection for various technologies, and will provide practical strategic planning tools and roadmaps for (more…)

August 19, 2010

Mtg: Thermally-Assisted Magnetic Recording at up to 1 Tb/in2 using an Integrated Plasmonic Antenna

by @ 7:56 am. Filed under Computers/Software, NanoEngineering, Optics/Displays, Semiconductors, Electronics Design, ALL
 

TUESDAY September 21, 2010
SCV Magnetics Chapter
Speaker: Barry Stipe, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Time: Networking and pizza at 7:00 PM; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, San Jose
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag

Thermally-Assisted Magnetic Recording (TAR) and Bit Patterned Recording (BPR) are two of the most promising technologies for surpassing the fundamental limitations of conventional magnetic (more…)

August 9, 2010

Mtg: Development and Application of Accelerated Test Methods Specific to CPV Systems

by @ 6:42 pm. Filed under Optics/Displays, Engineering Mgmt, Semiconductors, Electronics Design, Electrical/Power, ALL
 

WEDNESDAY September 29, 2010
SCV Reliability Chapter
Speaker: Mark Spencer, Staff Reliability Engineer, SolFocus
Time: Social/refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Hewlett Packard Oak Room, Bldg 48, 1911 Pruneridge Ave, Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/rl

SolFocus is currently involved in two separate accelerated test efforts to quantify the long term life of its SF1100 CPV (concentrator photovoltaic) product.  Results from these tests will be correlated with the ongoing monitoring of (more…)

Mtg: SolFocus Concentrator Photovoltaics – An Introduction

by @ 4:12 pm. Filed under NanoEngineering, Optics/Displays, Semiconductors, Electrical/Power, ALL
 

TUESDAY September 21, 2010
SCV Nanotechnology Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Phil Metz, Director of Business Development, SolFocus
Time: Registration & light lunch 11:30 AM; Presentation at 12:00 Noon
Cost: IEEE Members and Students $5; Non-Members $10
Place: National Semiconductor Bldg E-1 CMA Room. 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: from the website
Web: www.ieee.org/nano

This presentation introduces the SolFocus Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) product – what it is and how it works.  It presents the value proposition for SolFocus CPV and the design and manufacturing advantages of this product vs. other (more…)

August 6, 2010

Mtg: The Art of Catheter-Based Imaging

by @ 6:28 pm. Filed under BioEngineering, Computers/Software, Optics/Displays, Electronics Design, ALL
 

WEDNESDAY September 15, 2010
SCV Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter
Speaker: Kendall R. Waters, PhD, Manager, IP and Technology Development, Silicon Valley Medical Instruments Inc.
Time: Optional dinner at Stanford Hospital Cafeteria, 6:15 PM (no host, no reservations); Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Room M-114, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/embs

Catheters play a key role in diagnostic and therapeutic medicine.  Nowhere is this more apparent than in the specialty of interventional cardiology, which is dedicated to catheter-based treatment of (more…)

Mtg: Computers and Telescopes: Seeing to the Edge of the Universe

by @ 5:43 pm. Filed under Engineering Mgmt, Computers/Software, Optics/Displays, Electronics Design, ALL
 

TUESDAY August 10, 2010
SCV Computer, with Robotics and Automation, Control Systems Chapter
Speaker: Sidd Bikkannavar, Researcher, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Time: Networking with food and beverage at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $2 donation for food
Place: Microsoft Research (use rear/North door), 1288 Pear Ave., Mountain View
RSVP: required - from the website
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/computer

In every optical system, degradations in image quality result from wavefront error (aberrations in the shape of light, which prevent rays from converging at a single focal point).  JPL has developed and (more…)

July 28, 2010

Mtg: Controlling Light Propagation at the Nanometer Scale by Novel Plasmonic and Dielectric Devices

by @ 5:47 pm. Filed under NanoEngineering, Engineering Mgmt, Optics/Displays, Semiconductors, Electronics Design, ALL
 

TUESDAY August 17, 2010
SCV Nanotechnology Chapter
Speaker: Jingjing Li, Information and Quantum Systems Lab, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Time: Registration & light lunch 11:30 AM; Presentation at 12:00 Noon
Cost: IEEE Members and Students $5; Non-Members $10
Place: National Semiconductor Bldg E-1 CMA Room. 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: from the website
Web: www.ieee.org/nano

Controlling the propagation and localization of light at the sub-wavelength dimension is the basis of the design of many optical devices widely used in engineering and fundamental science (more…)

July 27, 2010

Mtg: Silicon Photonics: Opportunities & Challenges

by @ 8:40 pm. Filed under Communications, NanoEngineering, Optics/Displays, Semiconductors, Electronics Design, ALL
 

MONDAY September 20, 2010
SCV Circuits and Systems Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Haisheng Rong, Senior Scientist, Intel Labs
Time: Networking/light dinner at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $2 donation accepted for food
Place: QualComm Santa Clara, Building B, 3165 Kifer Road, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/cas

Silicon photonics technology offers promising low-cost optoelectronic solutions for many applications ranging from optical communications to emerging areas such as optical sensing and (more…)

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