Technology & Networking in Silicon Valley & the SF Bay Area: Upcoming Meetings, Courses and Conferences
TUESDAY March 18
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speaker: Paul Wesling, VP-Publications, IEEE CPMT Society; Advisory Design Engineer, Hewlett Packard Corp (retired)
Time: Networking at 7:00 PM, followed by Presentation
Cost: none
Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org
Consultants need to quickly understand previous technical developments and current difficulties associated with a proposed client project. While some of this information can be obtained from specialists working for the client, a full literature search (more…)
THURSDAY March 13
OEB Communications and Computer Chapters
Speaker: Joe Weiss PE, CISM, Applied Control Solutions, LLC
Time: Pizza and drinks at 7:00 PM; Presentation following
Cost: none
Place: eastern doors, 6101 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon
RSVP: by email by March 12 to oeb@comsoc.org (for food order)
Web: www.comsoc.org/oeb
Industrial control systems such as SCADA, plant control systems, and even meters and programmable thermostats have been designed to be efficient and reliable. Cyber security considerations have generally been an afterthought. (more…)
TUESDAY March 4
SCV Lasers and Electro Optics Chapter
Speaker: Len Marabella, PhD, Director of Product Marketing, JDS Uniphase
Time: Networking and pizza at 6:00 PM, Presentation at 6:45 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: by email to ieeescvleos-rsvp2007@yahoo.com (for pizza count)
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos/
In “standard” diode pumped solid state lasers designs, a large number of optical components like a pump laser diode, a laser crystal, mirrors, lenses, wavelength selective elements and (more…)
WEDNESDAY April 2
SF Power Engineering Chapter
Speaker: Sara Kamins, Energy Division policy analyst, California Public Utilities Commission
Time: Lunch and Presentation at Noon
Cost: none for members, $5 for non-members (to cover food)
Place: Public Utilities Commission, Courtyard Room, 505 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
RSVP: by email by March 31st to Julian Ajello, j.ajello@ieee.org
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0803-sf-pes.pdf
The California Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Program was established by Senate Bill (SB) 1078 (2002) and amended by SB 107 (2006). The law requires that each retail seller of electricity increase its procurement (more…)
Professional Skills Courses in the SF Bay Area
Choose from an array of skills-development classes, from Effective Training Associates and the IEEE’s Engineering Management and CPMT Chapters.
Check the Calendar: www.effectivetraining.com/calendar.php?loc=local
Classes this spring:
Influential Communication (more…)
UPCOMING CLASSES for Working Engineers
UC Santa Cruz Extension in Silicon Valley
- Classes at our Sunnyvale and Cupertino Campuses
Register early for a 10% discount. Browse the full course listing and other information: www.ucsc-extension.edu/EngTech
Partial list of courses: (more…)
THURSDAY March 13
SCV Microwave Theory and Techniques Chaper
Speaker: Loren Betts, Agilent Technologies
Time: Refreshments at 6:00 PM, Presentation at 6:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor, Building 9, Classroom 4, 2900 Semiconductor Dr, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.mtt-scv.org
Recent advances in VNA HW and measurement algorithms provide the means to accurately measure and model the RF and Microwave nonlinear characteristics (more…)
Silicon Valley Technical Institute
Co-Sponsor:
Get more information: www.svtii.com/SVTI-calendar.htm
Upcoming classes:
MATLAB & Simulink for Design & Digital Signal Processing
Design of Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits
Digital VLSI Design with Verilog
One-day Courses:
RFID - Technologies, Applications, and Trends
Statistical Process Control (SPC) - Principles and Applications
Carbon Nanotube & Semiconductor Nanowire Technology and Applications
Advanced IC Packaging Technology
Device & Interconnect Reliability in Advanced CMOS
TUESDAY March 11
SCV Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter
Speaker: W. Michael King, Systems Design Advisor
Time: Social 5:30 PM, Presentation at 6:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Applied Materials Bowers Cafeteria, 3090 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.scvemc.org
Increasingly, circuit boards have a diversity of circuit “block” regions that are not necessarily functionally compatible for noise from region to region in terms of performance margins. High speed “digital circuit regions” (more…)
TUESDAY March 25
SCV Product Safety Engineering Chapter
Speaker: Rich Pescatore, Global Product Safety Standards Development and Certification Manager, Hewlett-Packard
Time: No-host dinner at 5.45 PM at El Torito; Presentation at 7:00 PM at Bowers Café
Cost: none, for presentation
Place: Optional dinner, El Torito Mexican Restaurant, 2950 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara (no reservations); talk at Applied Materials, Bowers Café, 3090 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0803-scv-pses.pdf
They said it couldn’t be done - a safety standard built on the foundation of Hazard-Based Safety Engineering. But Rich Pescatore now is leading the international effort to create just such a (more…)
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