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Toledo Section Meetings - 2003

6:00 PM, Wednesday, November 12, Mancy's Italian, 5453 Monroe St., Toledo, OH
Institute Night

Maumee River Crossing Bridge

Our annual business meeting, executive committee election, and speaker program.

The dinner entree is your selection of Chicken Parmesan, Sterling Salmon or Lasagna: cost of the dinner meeting and program is $21.00 per person. Cash bar at 6:00 PM, dinner at 6:30.

Reservations may be made by clicking on the on-line form link below or by contacting Donna Richardson of SSOE at 419-249-5129 (e-mail to DMRichardson@ssoe.com )no later than noon on Thursday, 6 November. Checks should be made payable to Toledo Section - IEEE.

Our program this year is a presentation on the design, features and construction of the cable stayed design which is going up to carry I-280 traffic over the Maumee River. Jim Barker is head of the project for HNTB Corporation.

Speaker: James Barker, SE, PE
Vice President

HNTB Corp.

Sunday, October 26, 1:00 - 3:30 PM, Shuer Center, 4955 Seaman Rd., Oregon, OH
Challenger Learning Center - Grand Opening
Parking at Fassett Middle School, 3025 Starr Av. and Starr Elementary School, 3230 Starr Av.
NO PARKING AT THE SHUER CENTER! Shuttle Provided.

Bring the kids and join our crew!

Tour the Space Station and Mission Control Simulators! Take a Shuttle Ride! See what is now available to Northwest Ohio students, community youth groups and area businesses!

Tour the Aeronautics, Space and Environmental Traveling Exhibit from the NASA Glenn Research Center!

Hear speakers from NASA Glenn Research Center!

2:00 p.m. Living in Space – learn about the daily routine of astronauts on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. How do they eat and drink? Where do they sleep? Come find out!

2:45 p.m. Microgravity – come experience hands-on models showing where the moon and International Space Station orbit around Earth. Find out how astronauts float and some weird ways liquids behave in weightlessness!

Displays and Demonstrations!

  • Glovebox with Ferro fluids activity
  • Origami Space Shuttle crafts
  • Double bottle falling water demonstration
  • Boyle’s Law demonstration

Wednesday, October 22, Byblos, 1050 Reynolds Rd., Toledo, OH
Optical High-speed Networking
A presentation by a speaker from the IEEE Computer Society's Distiguished Lecturer program. Please follow the rollover button link below to a complete description of the program.

The dinner entree is your selection of Lasagna, Chicken Kabobs, Beef Kabobs or Sauteed Shrimp and includes beverage and appetizers. Cost of the dinner meeting and program is $20.00 per person.

Reservations may be made by clicking on the on-line form link below or by contacting Jerry Heuring at 419-530-8143 (e-mail to jheuring@ieee.org )no later than noon on Monday, 20 October. Checks should be made payable to Toledo Section - IEEE.

Speaker: Mohsen Guizani, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Computer Science Dept.

Western Michigan University

2:00 PM, Sunday, July 13, Fifth Third Field, 406 Washington St., Toledo, OH
Toledo Mud Hens versus Columbus Clippers
Come see the jewel of the International League, the new home of the Toledo Mud Hens. Watch the Mud Hens take on the Columbus Clippers. Last year’s IEEE outing to 5/3 Field was one of the most popular social events in the recent past. The Toledo Section once again has reserved “The Coop” overlooking left field for the 2:00 PM game. Included in the $22.00 admission fee is a ticket to the game and an all you can eat All American buffet. The buffet includes grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, pasta salad, fresh baked chocolate chip cookies, and assorted sodas and lemonade. The buffet will be served from the time the gates open at 12:30 PM until game time.

Reservations by July 9th to:

Steve Root Day Phone 419- 436- 3119
5219 N SR 53 Evening Phone 419- 447- 8332
Tiffin, OH 44883 e-mail slrootpe@ieee.org

Make checks payable to: IEEE - Toledo Section.

JUNE 5-6, 2003, Holiday Inn Select Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana
IEEE Region 4 ELECTRO/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
Academic, industrial, and government researchers are invited to submit papers reporting both theoretical and applied research in the topic areas listed below. These topics encompass electrical and computer engineering disciplines as they relate to information technology.

In addition to paper sessions, there will be plenary sessions, panel discussions, tutorials, exhibits, professional activities track, and workshops. Student papers will be considered, and there will be a poster session for presenting research/project results.

Topics of interest include all electrical and computer engineering (hardware/software) aspects of information technology. These topics are broadly divided into four tracks: Information Technology, Systems & Applications, Communications, Digital Signal Processing, and Professional Activities.

Complete information is found at http://www.cis-ieee.org/eit2003/

Thursday, May 15, Mancy's Italian, 5453 Monroe St., Toledo, OH
Intelligent Control – A Practical Perspective
Come join us for dinner and learn more of the practical aspects, essential ideas and tools for constructing intelligent systems and their application to modeling and control of industrial systems. Main classes of intelligent control systems and basic methods for their development will be introduced. Next, a general view of the fuzzy logic control area will be explored with special attention given to properties, advantages, and drawbacks as they relate to intelligent and conventional control. Some current trends and benchmarks in intelligent control will be discussed. One application of intelligent control to automotive manufacturing will be reviewed.

6:30 PM Cash Bar, 7:00 PM Dinner ($20 per person / $10 per student member of IEEE) Reservations by May 8th @ 5:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Dimitar Filev, Ph.D. Research Scientist
Ford Motor Company

6:00 PM, Wednesday, April 23, SSOE, Inc., 1001 Madison Ave., Toledo, OH
Student Appreciation Night
Join us for a buffet dinner with the University of Toledo IEEE Student Branch to recognize this year's Outstanding Undergraduate Award recipients. First and second place awards will be presented to the outstanding undergraduate students in both the Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering programs by the department chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Dr. Demetrios Kazakis.

A technical presentation, “Patent-Free Audio Compression Using Ogg Vorbis”, will be given by Carsten Haese.

Cost of the dinner is $15.00. All EECS students attending the meeting will be guests of the section. Make checks payable to: IEEE - Toledo Section.

Since seating is limited, attendance is limited to the first 40 persons to register. Reservations may be made by telephone, e-mail to Jerry Heuring, or using the on-line form by 5:00 PM Friday, April 18.

Jerry Heuring 419- 530- 8143 jheuring@eecs.utoledo.edu

Thursday, April 10, 2003, North Star BHP Steel , Delta, OH
Power Engineering Society: NORTH STAR BHP STEEL Tour
Please reserve Thursday evening, April 10 for a tour of this facility located about 25 miles west of Toledo in Delta, Ohio. Our tour will begin at 6:00 pm and cover everything from the 345 KV substation to the electric arc furnaces in the Melt Shop to the Rolling Mill where the finished product is made. This promises to be a most interesting evening, and it's open to all members of the Toledo Section.

Follow this link to driving directions.

Please RSVP to Bob Toth (phone 419-249-5199, e-mail ratoth@firstenergycorp.com) by April 1, 2003.

Rescheduling to later date, Daimler-Chrysler, Stickney Ave. Plant, Toledo, OH
Chrysler Jeep Plant Tour
Come see the home of the newest Jeep, the Liberty, as it is being built. This is the sequel to our March, 2000 tour of Cherokee production at the Toledo Jeep Assembly Plant.

This tour promises to be highly interesting and exciting. Daimler Chrysler is eager to show off one of their newest assembly plants in North America. The Jeep plant will provide safety goggles to all attending the tour. Due to the length of the tour and the size of the plant, Jeep suggests we wear comfortable walking shoes.

Due to the size of the group the Jeep plant can accommodate, the tour will be limited to the first 30 reservations.

Additional instructions, such as parking and gate access will be available as the tour date approaches.

The March, 2000 tour was one of our best attended tours in recent memory. Please make your reservations early!

Watch this page for rescheduling information when arrangements are completed.

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