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TUESDAY May 21, 2013
SCV Magnetics
Subject: Magneto-Optic Analysis of Magnetic Microstructures
Speaker: Dr. Rudolf Schaefer, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Time: Networking and pizza at 6:45 PM; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, San Jose
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag

TUESDAY May 21, 2013
SCV Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley
Subject: Successful Consulting Engagements with Startups
Speakers: Sean Murphy, founder, SKMurphy, Inc.; Chris Apple, founder, Apple Enterprises; Clyde "Kip" M. Brown, PE; Dr. Arthur M. Keller, Managing Partner, Minerva Consulting
Time: Presentations/Panel at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Agilent Technologies, Inc. - Aristotle Room, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

TUESDAY May 21, 2013
SCV Power & Energy and Industry Applications
Subject: Ultra-low Power Circuit Design
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

WEDNESDAY May 22, 2013
OEB Signal Processing
Subject: Signal and Image Sciences Workshop
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charles A. Bouman, Purdue University, "Model-Based Imaging", plus others
Time: Workshop from 9:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC) - HPC Innovation Ctr, Greenville Road, Livermore
RSVP: from website
Web: casis.llnl.gov

WEDNESDAY May 22, 2013
SF Power & Energy
Subject: The Real Reasons We Must Have a Smart Grid for the 21st Century
Speaker: Merwin Brown, PhD, Co-Director, Electric Grid Research, California Institute for Energy and Environment, University of California
Time: Networking and dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation following
Cost: IEEE members $25; Non-members $35; Students $15 ($5 more after May 8)
Place: Sinbad's Pier 2 Restaurant, Embarcadero, San Francisco
RSVP: by May 15 to Charles Mee, charles.mee@cpuc.ca.gov Phone: 415-703-1147
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1305-sf-pes.pdf

THURSDAY May 23, 2013
Computer Society
Subject: Programming Heterogeneous X64+GPU Systems Using OpenACC
Speaker: Dr. Michael Wolfe, compiler engineer, The Portland Group
Time: Webinar at 11:00 AM (PDT)
Cost: none
Place: on the Internet
RSVP: from website
Web: news.computer.org/ef1/preview_campaign.php?lf1=393430761f200716059669a7848176

THURSDAY May 23, 2013
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology
Subject: A Comparison of Low-Cost Interposer Technologies
Speaker: Terry Kang, Sr. Packaging Development Manager, Nvidia
Time: Networking and lunch at 11:30 AM; Presentation at 12:15 PM
Cost: $15 for lunch ($5 for students, unemployed); no cost for presentation
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv/meetings/cpmt1305l.html

THURSDAY May 23, 2013
OEB Industry Applications
Subject: Adapting Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to Select Hazard Mitigation Measures
Speaker: Marcelo E. Valdez, GE Energy Industrial Solutions
Time: Networking at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:15 PM; Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation continues at 8:00 PM
Cost: $25 for IEEE members; $30 for non-members; $15 for student and retired members
Place: Zio Fraedos, 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill
RSVP: by May 20 to Michael Nakamura, michael@mkireps.com (925) 330-6595
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1305-oeb-ias.pdf

THURSDAY May 23, 2013
SCV Antennas and Propagation
Subject: Patenting Antennas and Wireless Technology
Speaker: Steve Bachmann, Intellectual Property, Lewis Roca LLP
Time: Networking and food at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Cogswell College, 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale
RSVP: not required
Web: sites.ieee.org/scv-aps

THURSDAY May 23, 2013
SCV Education
Subject: Cognitive Memory: Human Memory, Machine Memory
Speaker: Dr. Bernard Widrow, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Stanford University, Packard Bldg, Stanford
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/es

TUESDAY May 28, 2013
SF Industry Applications
Subject: Modern Instantaneous Selectivity, The Code, Arc Flash and System Reliability
Speaker: Marcelo E. Valdez, GE Energy Industrial Solutions
Time: Networking and social at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:00 PM; Dinner at 7:00 PM
Cost: $25 (at the door); $10 for IEEE student members
Place: Sinbad's Restaurant, Pier 2 The Embarcadero, San Francisco
RSVP: by email to Brandon Yee, byee@yeiengineers.com for reservations and to qualify for the drawing.
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1305-sf-ias.pdf

TUESDAY May 28, 2013
SCV Product Safety Engineering
Subject: Tour of SIEMIC Test Labs
Time: Gathering at 6:00 PM; tour and talks following
Cost: none
Place: SIEMIC Labs, 775 Montague Expressway, Milpitas
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses

TUESDAY May 28, 2013
SCV Consumer Electronics
Subject: 3D Printing - Prototype to Pilot Line in Your Office
Speaker: Erick P. Wolf, President, Airwolf 3D
Time: Networking and food at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Microsoft Silicon Valley, 1085 La Avenida St., Mountain View
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ieee.org/scvce

WEDNESDAY May 29, 2013
OEB Magnetics
Subject: Magneto-Optic Analysis of Magnetic Microstructures
Speaker:Rudolf Schaefer, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden
Time: Presentation at 3:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley
RSVP: by May 27 with name, company to Peter Fischer, peter.fischer@ieee.org
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/oeb/mag

MONDAY June 3, 2013
SCV Grads of the Last Decade (GOLD) with Professional Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE) and Women in Engineering (WiE)
Subject: Unraveling Your Professional Network: The Secrets to a Successful Career
Speaker: Krista Canfield, Sr Manager Public Relations, LinkedIn
Time: Networking and food at 6:00 PM; Presentation and demonstrations at 6:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: LinkedIn, 2025 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View
RSVP: from website
Web: scv-gold-linkedin.eventbrite.com

WEDNESDAY June 5, 2013
SCV Control Systems
Subject: Actuators and Control in Hard Disk Drives: 1980 to 2013
Speaker: Art Wagner, San Jose State University
Time: Networking and light snacks at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none; $2.50 parking on Delmas Ave.
Place: Int'l Technological University (ITU), Room 103, 355 West San Fernando Street, San Jose
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/scv-css

THURSDAY June 6, 2013
SCV Technology Management
Subject: Improving Drug Development Success Rates With Evidence-Based Descision Analysis
Speaker: Dr. Leonard Wesley, Associate Professor, San Jose State University
Time: Networking at 6:00 PM; Mgmt Forum at 6:30 PM; Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM
Cost: IEEE member $11; Non-member $14 (through June 4th)
Place: Ramada Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood Ave., Sunnyvale
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org

MONDAY June 10, 2013
SCV Circuits and Systems
Subject: Chip Design and System Building Techniques at the Interface: Enabling New Wireless Sensors
Speaker: Prof. Brian Otis, University of Washington
Time: Networking and light dinner at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none; $2 accepted for food
Place: QualComm, Building B, 3165 Kifer Road, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/scv-cas

TUESDAY June 11, 2013
SCV Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley
Subject: Innovating Products Faster: 45 Ideas
Speaker: John Carter, TCGen, Inc.
Time: Networking and no-host bar at 6:00 PM; Full Buffet Indian Dinner at 7:00 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM
Cost: $27
Place: Turmeric Restaurant, 141 S Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale
RSVP: from website
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

WEDNESDAY June 12, 2013
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology
Subject: NanoCopper Materials Platform for Electronics Packaging and Printed Electronics with 200C Processing Temperature
Speaker: Alfred Zinn, Senior Scientist, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company ATC
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

THURSDAY June 13, 2013
SCV Robotics and Automation
Subject: Imaging the Ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism
Speaker: Tom Malzbender, Research Scientist and Independent Consultant
Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Carnegie Mellon University-Silicon Valley, Room 118, Moffett Field
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ras

TUESDAY June 18, 2013
SCV GOLD (Grads of the Last Decade)
Subject: Lead Yourself to a Successful Future: Leadership Advice for the Aspiring Engineer
Speaker: Pirooz Parvarandeh, CTO, Maxim Integrated
Time: Networking/food at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:00 PM
Cost: IEEE Members $10; Non-IEEE Members $13
Place: Maxim Integrated HQ, 160 Rio Robles, San Jose
RSVP: from website
Web: scv-gold-leadership.eventbrite.com

TUESDAY June 18, 2013
SCV Nanotechnology
Subject: Energy Harvesting from Waste Heat and Sunlight with Mesoscopic Materials
Speaker: Prof. Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, UC Santa Cruz
Time: Networking, Pizza & drinks at Noon, with presentation following
Cost: IEEE Members: $5, Non-members: $10
Place: TI Auditorium E-1, 2900 Semiconductor Dr, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/sfbanano

THURSDAY June 20, 2013
OEB Industry Applications
Subject: Tour of Anchor Brewing Company, San Francisco
Time: Gathering at 5:00 PM; Tour from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM, then pizza
Cost: $10; cash and personal checks accepted. Gourmet pizza provided after walking tour.
Place: Anchor Brewing Company, 1705 Mariposa, San Francisco
RSVP: by June 13 to Michael Nakamura, michael@mkireps.com (925) 330-6595
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1306-oeb-ias.pdf