IEEE S.F. Bay Area Council e-GRID's
BayAreaTech

TUESDAY September 1, 2009
SCV Photonics Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Jeff Wisoff, National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Time: Networking/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: via the website, for food quantity
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

The National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world’s largest and highest-energy laser system, is now fully operational at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).  NIF is now (more…)

SATURDAY September 19, 2009
SCV Grads of the Last Decade (GOLD)
Info: No paintballing experience needed, level will be introductory. Arrive at 10AM for safety briefing.
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Cost: $40 for IEEE members, $45 for nonmembers (includes gun, helmet, ammo, pizza lunch)
Place: Los Gatos Persuit, Bear Creek Rd and Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos
RSVP: through website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/gold

Seminar for Inventors
— Half-day Seminar       — Complementary admission
– Saturday September 19, 2009       — Hyatt Hotel, Santa Clara
Award-winning inventor Stephen Key has licensed over 20 products in the past 30 years to some of the largest companies in the world. Learn the steps and techniques to license your technology into any industry.     Learn:   - The power of patents: Leveraging your intellectual property.   - Prototypes: Looks like, works like, what is required.   - Contacts: Building the right team.   - Licensing agreements: term sheets, royalty rates, minimum guarantees and improvement clauses.
No charge for this seminar. See the website for more information and to sign up. Seating is limited. Visit www.e-grid.net/conf/ir.html

WEDNESDAY September 16, 2009
OEB Power & Energy Chapter
Speaker: Art Kerchner, MV Products, Rockwell Automation
Time: Light dinner and presentation at 6:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Rockwell Automation, 3000 Executive Parkway, Suite 210, San Ramon
RSVP: by email to rsvp@oebpes.org
Web: www.oebpes.org

Medium Voltage VFD’s have been applied to wide variety of applications over the last 40 years. As the drives become more popular in commercial and industrial use, manufacturers have (more…)

THURSDAY September 10, 2009
SCV Robotics and Automation Chapter
Speaker: Chad Partridge, President, Sensing Systems, Inc.
Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Carnegie Mellon University - Silicon Valley,  Room 118 (West wing), Moffett Field
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ras

As public awareness and, in turn, demand of Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) is increasing, regulatory challenges are limiting applications and leaving would-be suppliers and users (more…)

TUESDAY September 22, 2009
SCV Product Safety Engineering Chapter
Speaker: Jon Derickson, Product Safety Manager, BAE Systems
Time: Optional dinner at 5:30 PM at El Torito; Program at 7:00 PM at Applied Materials
Cost: none, for meeting (no-host dinner)
Place: Dinner at El Torito Mexican Restaurant, 2950 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara; Meeting at Applied Materials, Bowers Café, 3090 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses

Product safety standards are moving towards using “Hazard Based Safety Engineering” principles, instead of prescriptive constructions.  For that approach to be feasible, (more…)

THURSDAY October 1, 2009
SCV Technology Management Chapter
Speaker: Steve Bockman, founder, North Bay Agile SIG
Time: Guided Networking at 6:30 PM; Light dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM
Cost: Light Dinner: $10 (IEEE member), $13 (non member) - Cash or check at the door; add $3 without reservation
Place: Ramada Inn, 1217 Wildwood Ave (near Lawrence Expy and 101), Sunnyvale
RSVP: through the website
Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org

In software development there are many ways to transfer the knowledge about how to build a product to the people who do the actual building.  Production can (more…)

THURSDAY September 17, 2009  (was shown as 9/16 earlier)
SCV Control Systems Chapter
Speaker: Curt Meyers, Willow Garage
Time: Pizza and networking at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: CMU-West, Building 23, Moffett Field
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ieee.org/scv/css

THURSDAY September 17, 2009
IEEE SPECTRUM Magazine
Speaker: Jeannie Falcon, Principal Engineer for Control and Simulation, National Instruments Academic Relations
Time: 11:00 AM - Noon
Cost: none
Place: on the Internet
RSVP: through website
Web: spectrum.ieee.org/webinar/758689

WEDNESDAY September 9, 2009
SCV Instrumentation and Measurement Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Sullivan, NeuroSky Inc.
Time: Refreshments at 6:00 PM, Presentation at 6:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Board Room, Cogswell College, 1175 Bordeaux Dr, Sunnyvale
RSVP: by email to Brian.Lee@ieee.org or 408-201-1976
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ims

Electroencephalography (EEG) is the measurement of voltages on the scalp caused by activity within the brain that is commonly applied to treatment and assessment in traditional medical fields.  In this presentation, the (more…)