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SATURDAY May 17
K6SA and West Valley College
Instructors: from the Saratoga Amateur Radio Association (SARA)
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Training Class; 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Exam
Cost: $14
Place: West Valley College, Applied Arts and Sciences Room 37 (AAS-37), Saratoga
RSVP: use the Form on the website; limited to first 35 people
Web: www.westvalley.edu/emergency/training.html

This is an accelerated class designed to provide you with the knowledge to pass the Technician Class amateur radio license exam at the end of the day. Upon successful completion of the exam (more…)

TUESDAY May 13
SF Power Engineering Chapter
Speaker: Mr. Walter R. Bak, Senior Managing Engineer, Exponent (Failure Analysis Associates)
Time: Noon - 1:00 PM (includes light lunch)
Cost: Free for IEEE members, $5 for non-members
Place: Pacific Gas & Electric Office, 77 Beale St. Room 305, San Francisco
RSVP: by email by May 7 to Davis Erwin, dpe4@pge.com, 510-874-2674
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0805-sf-pes.pdf

Root cause analysis provides an effective technique for identifying the causes of significant problems, for defining actions to prevent recurrence of these events, and to drive continuous improvement within an organization.  The technique is applicable (more…)

There are two permanent openings located in the Design Division of the Engineering and Construction Department and in the Support Services Division of the Wastewater Department. Both report to Senior Electrical Engineers. For these openings, (more…)

MK2 Engineering, Inc. has an excellent opportunity for an experienced electrical engineer to join our growing electrical team. Located in the world-famous Napa Valley, we are a consulting engineers firm specializing in (more…)

THURSDAY May 22
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ir. Erik H. Volkerink, Verigy Ltd.
Time: Registration at 11:30 AM, Buffet Lunch at 11:45 AM, Presentation at 12:15 PM
Cost: $15 for lunch
Place: Ramada Inn, 1217 Wildwood Ave (Fwy 101 frontage road, near Lawrence Expy), Sunnyvale
RSVP: by email to Ed Aoki, aoki.ed@gmail.com
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv

Dr. Volkerink reviews the semiconductor Cycle of Innovation and what it means to semiconductor test. He’ll touch on advances in silicon technologies, reliability, (more…)

WEDNESDAY May 21
SCV Instrumentation and Measurement Chapter
Speaker: Ken Wong, Agilent Technology
Time: Social/refreshments at 6:30, Presentation at 6:45 PM
Cost: none
Place: Board Room, Cogswell College, (1175 Bordeaux Dr, Sunnyvale
RSVP: by email to Brian Lee, Brian.Lee@IEEE.ORG
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ims

Noise measurements were developed since the beginning of telecommunication.  The Y-factor method was introduced back in the 1930’s.  The cold source method was also mentioned at the same time. Noise parameters (more…)

MONDAY June 2
SCV Signal Processing Chapter
Speaker: Keigo Hirakawa, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Harvard University, Department of Statistics
Time: Fast food and drinks at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $2 donation for refreshments
Place: National Semiconductor, north end of Building E, 2900 Semiconductor Dr., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/sps

In the first part of the talk, we consider extending an image denoising problem to the problem of missing or incomplete pixel values — either due to mechanical designs or distortions.  (more…)

TUESDAY May 20
SCV GOLD - Grads of the Last Decade, with SCV-PACE
Speakers: Cynthia Shapiro (author of “What Does Somebody Have To Do To Get A Job Around Here?”); Irene Koehler - HR consultant (”First Thing Tomorrow”); Jonathan David (IEEE Region 6 Professional Activities Coordinator); Stephen P. McInerney (IEEE GOLD volunteer)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: none (dinner is $17 for the full buffet, and books will be available for purchase)
Place: Grand Indian Buffet, 1214 Apollo Way, Suite# 404B, Sunnyvale
RSVP: by email to Jonathan David, j.david@ieee.org
Web: ieee-scv-pace.blogspot.com/2008/04/building-foundation-for-your.html

 IEEE GOLD has assembled a panel of Experts to address issues commonly experienced in the early stages of your Career, from Working with PEOPLE to dealing with your first layoff, from Negotiating the Salary, (more…)

TUESDAY May 13
OEB DeVry University Student Chapter
Speaker: Paul Wesling, CPMT Society Distinguished Lecturer & SF Bay Area Council Communications Director
Time: Social/Pizza at 4:00 PM; Presentation at 4:30 PM, Q&A at 5:30 PM
Cost: $5 donation for pizza (free, for students)
Place: DeVry University Room 101, 6600 Dumbarton Circle, Fremont
RSVP: not required; for additional information: Mostafa Mortezaie, mmorteza@devry.edu (510) 574-1132
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0805-oeb-devry.pdf

IEEE is the largest publisher of electrotechnology literature in the world, and most results in our fields are extensively reported there.  After a brief overview of IEEE’s journals (more…)

WEDNESDAY April 30
SCV Reliability Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Wendai Wang, Applied Materials
Time: Refreshments at 6:30 PM, presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: HP Oak Room, Bldg 48 (Hwy 280 at Wolfe Rd), Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/rl

Many multi-component systems such as automobiles, computer servers, production & industrial equipment, appliances, engines, and power systems are generally repairable in service.  It is also known that reliability performance metrics (more…)