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TUESDAY July 1, 2008
SCV Lasers and ElectroOptics Chapter
Speaker: Stuart Mohr, Technical Marketing Manager, Cutera, Inc.
Time: Networking and Pizza Social at 6:00 PM, Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: please use the “RSVP” button on the web page to reserve
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

Lasers in medicine combine many aspects of science and engineering, including engineering design (ME, EE, CE, etc), laser physics, and biologic tissue interaction.  Designing lasers to meet the needs (more…)

SATURDAY August 30, 2008
SCV Signal Processing Chapter
Speakers: Dr. Craig Stephens, Santa Clara University; Dr. Sami Khuri, San Jose State University; Dr. Byung-Jun Yoon, Texas A&M University; Dr. Ru-Fang Yeh, UCSF
Time: Registration and breakfast at 8:15 AM; ends at 5:00 PM
Cost: $50 ($40, for IEEE Members) by August 20; includes breakfast, lunch and handouts
Place: Benson Student Center, Santa Clara University
RSVP: See website
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/sps/bioSPS

WEDNESDAY July 9, 2008
SCV Section, with Professional Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE)
Coordination: Mark Hooper and a group of Senior/Fellow Members
Time: Drop in between 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Cogswell Polytechnical College (Executive Board Room), 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale
RSVP: not required
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0807-scv-seniormember.pdf

The IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section, in conjunction with PACE, is sponsoring a Senior Member Grade Elevation night for all IEEE members who meet the requirements for grade elevation to Senior Member. The requirements (posted at www.ieee.org/web/membership/senior-members ): (more…)

WEDNESDAY August 6, 2008
SCV Robotics and Automation Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Bernard Widrow, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Carnegie-Mellon West campus, Moffet Field: west.cmu.edu/who_we_are/visitor
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ras

Regarding the workings of the human mind, memory and pattern recognition seem to be intertwined.  You generally do not have one without the other.  Taking inspiration from life experience, a new form of computer memory has been devised. Certain conjectures (more…)

TUESDAY July 22, 2008
SCV Electron Devices Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Rich Ruby, Avago Technology
Time: Social at 6:00 PM, Presentation at 6:15 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Corp. Building E1, Conference Center, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/eds

This talk will be in 3 parts; part one will be a quick overview of a novel and general method of measuring Q for any kind of resonator.  Comparisons between FBAR, SAW/SMR-BAW, AlN Contour Mode or Rayleigh-Lamb resonators, and electrostatic MEM “whispering gallery” mode resonators (more…)

WEDNESDAY June 25, 2008
OEB Power & Energy Chapter
Speaker: Ryan Stroupe, PG&E
Time: Social and dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 6:30 PM
Cost: $5 for members, $10 or non-members
Place: PG&E, 851 Howard Street, San Francisco
RSVP: by email to Carole Pharr, carole.pharr@salasobrien.com, or telephone 408-282-1500 x213
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0806-oeb-pes.pdf

The Pacific Energy Center (PEC) is a publicly-funded facility that supports California utility customers’ efforts on energy-efficiency projects. Each year the PEC provides over 100 classes on energy efficient technologies, renewable energy resources and (more…)

TUESDAY June 24, 2008
SCV Consumer Electronics Chapter
Speaker: Michael Wang, Sr. Field Applications Manager, Macronix
Time: Social, pizza, drinks at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Hewlett Packard, Oak Room, 19447 Pruneridge Avenue (Building 48), Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ce

NOR Flash Memory is usually divided into Parallel Flash or Serial Flash, with the distinction being the type of I/O interface used. Parallel flash uses parallel buses to transfer address and data information, whereas Serial Flash uses a serial bus to transfer that same address (more…)

TUESDAY June 24, 2008
SCV Product Safety Engineering Chapter
Speaker: Sanjay Baliga, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Division, SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International)
Time: 5:45 PM dinner at El Torito Mexican Restaurant; 7:00 PM presentation at Applied Materials Bowers Cafe
Cost: Dinner is no-host; no cost for presentation
Place: El Torito Mexican Restaurant, 2950 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara; Applied Materials, Bowers Café, 3090 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses

Unless you’ve been asleep for the past year, you’re probably aware of the intense global focus on sustainability. For everything from renewable energy to global warming, sustainability is the theme of the day. But is it just a buzz word (more…)

TUESDAY August 5, 2008
SCV Lasers and ElectroOptics Chapter
Speaker: Prof. John O’Brien, University of Southern California
Time: Networking and Pizza Social at 6:00 PM, Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: please use the “RSVP” button on the web page to reserve
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

Two-dimensional photonic crystal devices take advantage of our ability to pattern the dielectric, through nanofabrication techniques, on a scale that is shorter than the optical wavelength at which the device operates.  Patterning on this length scale (more…)

TUESDAY July 1, 2008
SCV Lasers and ElectroOptics Chapter
Speaker: Stuart Mohr, Technical Marketing Manager, Cutera, Inc.
Time: Networking and Pizza Social at 6:00 PM, Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: please use the “RSVP” button on the web page to reserve
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

Lasers in medicine combine many aspects of science and engineering, including engineering design (ME, EE, CE, etc), laser physics, and biologic tissue interaction.  Designing lasers to meet the needs of patients and practitioners requires an understanding of laser tissue interaction (more…)