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WEDNESDAY May 8, 2013
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Chapter
Speaker: Heather C. Chiamori, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC), UC-Berkeley
Time: Optional dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 6:45 PM
Cost: $20 for dinner ($10 for students, unemployed); no cost for presentation
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv/meetings/cpmt1305.html

Nanostructures exhibit unique properties such as large surface-to-volume ratios, increased sensitivity at lower input power levels, and higher current carrying capability contributing to increased functionality of nanostructure devices that (more…)

TUESDAY May 7, 2013
SCV Photonics, with Reliability Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Robert W. Herrick
Time: Networking and Pizza at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Cogswell College Dragon’s Den, 1175 Bordeaux Dr., Sunnyvale
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

Semiconductor lasers are the least expensive lasers available, as well as the most reliable.  But they have a remarkably hard job, and most types are vulnerable to catastrophic failure if numerous precautions are not taken in their design and (more…)

THURSDAY May 16, 2013
SPECTRUM Magazine
Speaker: Mario Simoes, Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation, University of Southern Florida
Time: 11:00 AM – Noon (PDT)
Cost: none
Place: on the Internet
RSVP: from the website
Web: spectrum.ieee.org/webinar/2263257

Additive Manufacturing is at the core of surgical device development, cutting-edge simulation and research innovation that is helping the University of Southern Florida Health program advance state-of-the-art education into real world healthcare (more…)

TUESDAY May 21, 2013
SCV Power & Energy and Industry Applications Chapter
Speaker: Anantha Chandrakasan, EE/CS, MIT
Time: Dinner & Networking at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $35 for IEEE members, $45 for non-members
Place: PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pes_ias

Next-generation portable multimedia devices and wireless sensors will require a dramatic reduction in energy consumption.  Next generation wireless sensors will need to consume nanowatts to microwatts and operate using energy-harvesting (more…)

TUESDAY May 14, 2013
SCV Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter
Speaker: Vignesh Rajamani, Oklahoma State University
Time: Networking/light dinner at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:30 PM
Cost: fee for the food
Place: Agilent Technologies, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.scvemc.org

This talk discusses the efficiency of reverberation chambers to perform emissions and immunity tests. The statistically isotropic, randomly polarized, and uniform electromagnetic environment present inside a well stirred reverberation chamber enables a (more…)

THURSDAY May 2, 2013
SCV Electromagnetic Compatibility, plus Grads of the Last Decade (GOLD)
Speaker: Dr. Jun Fan, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Time: 11:00 AM (PDT)
Cost: none
Place: on the Web
RSVP: not required
Web: www.scvemc.org

Dr. Fan will provide some suggestions on how to write a technical paper for the most common IEEE EMC venues and discuss some very practical tips of how to be successful in doing that, from choosing the topic, structuring the article itself, provide a complete (more…)

MONDAY May 13, 2013
SCV Circuits and Systems Chapter
Speakers: Rajeev Krishnamoorthy, Frederic Roger, Scintera Networks
Time: Networking/Light Dinner at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $2 donation accepted for food
Place: QualComm, Building B, 3165 Kifer Road, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/scv-cas

First Talk: RF Pre-Distortion to Linearize Wireless Broadband Power Amplifiers: Power amplifiers in wireless communication systems are required to be both linear and efficient, and pre-distortion techniques to achieve (more…)

IEEE Industrial Electronics Society — CALL FOR PAPERS
IEEE Int’l Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies
- July 24-26, 2013   – Menlo Park / Stanford
- Theme: Complex-Environment Engineering   – Paper submission by May 15
Covering open, loosely coupled, demand-driven, domain clustered, agent-based self-organized collaborative environments where agents form a coalition for specific goals.   Papers requested in the follow areas:   – Energy and Sustainability   – Healthcare and Aging   – Public Safety and Security   – Process Data Modeling   – Collective Intelligence and Collaboration   – Cyber-Physical Energy
For full details, see dest2013.digital-ecology.org

AIAA 11th International
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC)  
– July 15-17, 2013     — San Jose Convention Center
A forum to present engineering aspects of energy conversion technology, and advanced energy and power systems,
Sessions:   – Sustainable Energy Solutions   – Energy Storage   – Wind Energy   – Cooling   – Sustainable Energy Conversion Systems     – Heating and Cooling of Buildings   – Stirling System Components, Testing   – Hybrid Power Systems   – Energy Harvesting   – Spacecraft Solar Power & Solar Array Designs   – Energetic Devices and Materials   – Spacecraft Power Systems and Electronics Design   – Hollow Cathodes   – Thermoelectric Devices and Systems   … and more.     In conjunction with AIAA 49th Joint Propulsion Conference and Expo.     Save $100, through June 17th.   Information: www.aiaa.org/EventDetail.aspx?id=16855

Fundamental Science, Innovations, Applications & Technology
CLEO: Laser Science to Photonics Applications  
– June 9-14, 2013     — San Jose Convention Center
– 20+ Short Courses     — 1800+ presentations
The leading event for early-stage lasers and electro-optics — basic research, innovative developments in laser science, and commercial applications in photonics.   Short Courses: – Quantum Optics of Atoms, Molecules and Solids – Metamaterials and Complex Media – Micro- and Nano-Photonic Devices – Biophotonics and Optofluidics – Fiber, Fiber Amplifiers, Lasers and Devices – Lightwave Communications and Optical Networks – Active Optical Sensing … and many more.   Complimentary Exhibit Pass Plus includes access to:   – more than 300 participating companies   – Online Job Fair   – Plenary sessions   – Technology Playground   – Market Focus/Tech Transfer Programming.
More information and Advance Program: www.cleoconference.org/bayarea