Toledo Section Meetings: 2006

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5:30 PM, Tuesday, December 5, 6099 Angola Road, Holland, OH

Overview of Toledo Edison's Power Distribution System and Outage Management System

This program will be held at Toledo Edison's Holland Operations Center, 6099 Angola Road (corner of Angola and Holland-Sylvania Roads) in Holland, Ohio, on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 starting at 5:30 pm with a light snack and presentation following at 6:00 pm. The entrance to the parking lot is off Angola Road, and the program will be in TE's new Regional Dispatch Office building which is the building to the west of the parking area.

The presentation will include a description of Toledo Edison's distribution system and cover some of the principles of protective relaying and coordination utilized by TE. We will also see a demonstration of the PowerOn Outage Management System and some of the other software utilized by TE's Regional Dispatchers to operate the distribution system. It should be a very interesting and informative evening, and give those in attendance a better understanding of some of the "behind the scenes" activities associated with the operation of the electric distribution system..

Our speakers for the evening will be Cynthia Perkins, P.E., Manager of Regional Dispatching for Toledo Edison; and Thomas Marley, P.E., Advanced Engineer in Toledo Edison's Engineering Services section. Click on this link to see presentors' bios..

Reservations may be made with Bob Toth by telephone at 419-249-5199, or e-mail to ratoth@firstenergycorp.com by 5:00 PM Friday, December 1.

Toledo Section IEEE plans to certify 1.0 PDH (CEU) for registered PEs attending.

Tuesday, November 21, 6:00 PM, Navy Bistro, 26 Main St., Toledo, OH

A Trek in the Himalayas

Come join the Toledo Section on November 21 for our annual business meeting and a presentation of Dr. S. Amjad Hussain's trek to the source of the Indus River in the Himalaya mountains as a member of Team Indus. Their last expedition in 1996 was to trek to the source of the river in the Kailash Mountain ranges of Western Tibet. The team started from Katmandu, Nepal, traveling by land rovers to Mount Kailash and from there completed the journey to the river's source on yaks.

Attendees will find the territories traversed quite different than images shown daily by evening TV news images from the Afghanistan/Pakistan/India/China border region.

This presentation is based on clips from Dr. Hussain's 2005 PBS documentary.

Dr. S. Amjad Hussain is Professor Emeritus, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, The University of Toledo and is also Op-ed columnist, The Toledo Blade <toledoblade.com>.

6:00 PM Cash Bar, 6:30 PM Dinner ($20 per IEEE member or guest, student members free), 7:45 PM Election of 2007 Executive Committee, Outstanding Engineer Awards, and, at approximately 8:15 PM, Dr. Hussain's presentation.

Reservations by November 17 to Steve Root: telephone at (419) 436-3119 daytime, (419) 447-8332 evening; by U.S. Mail ( 5219 N. SR 53, Tiffin, Ohio 44883); by e-mail to slrootpe@ieee.org or by on-line reservation form.

Choose one of 5 Dinner Entrees: Hanger Steak, Breast of Chicken "Oscar", Cajun Salmon Filet, Pasta Bolognese, Risotto Soppli. Meal includes coffee or tea, house salad bread and three vegetable sides served family style.

Please make checks payable to: IEEE-Toledo Section.

Speaker: Dr. S. Amjad Hussain

Professor Emeritus
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
College of Medicine, The University of Toledo

6:00 PM, Wednesday, October 25, SSOE, Inc., 1001 Madison Ave., Toledo, OH

Arc Flash Hazard Seminar

Presentation Room at SSOE, Inc., 1001 Madison Ave. in Downtown Toledo. Parking is available on 10th street between Jefferson and Madison. Building access is on the plaza facing Madison and 10th Street. Our door is locked after 5:30 PM, but we will have staff at the door to let people in.

Toledo Section IEEE plans to certify 1.0 PDH (CEU) for registered PEs attending.

OSHA, in cooperation with the NFPA and IEEE, is leading a push to improve electrical safety in the work place. These requirements for work place safety while working on or around energized electrical systems affect employees and their employer.

This program will provide an introduction to electrical hazards and methods to properly protect our employers, our employees and ourselves from serious injury. We will identify electrical hazards and their impact on our industry. Personnel protection will be outlined. Arc flash risk and the methods to classify the risk will be clarified as we discuss methods that will help you manage these risks.

This program has been compiled from various industry standards with input from Ed McConnell, P.E., John Colley, P.E., and Jeff Bodway, P.E.

Since seating is limited, attendance is limited to the first 24 persons to register. Reservations may be made with Bob Toth by telephone at 419-249-5199, e-mail to ratoth@firstenergycorp.com, or using the on-line form by 5:00 PM Monday, October 23.

Seminar Presentor: Ed McConnell, SSOE
Click here to see the presentor's bio.

Thursday, September 21, 6:00 PM, Mancy's Italian, 5453 Monroe St., Toledo, OH

Modeling and Simulation of Biological Constructs

Come join the Toledo Section on September 21 for dinner and a discussion of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research program in Predictive Toxicology.

In the last decade, scientists have learned how to manipulate the basic components of life, how to design biomolecular networks, how to evolve biomolecules with unique characteristics and how to direct and control cellular processes at the molecular level. Yet, we still need better understanding of integrated cellular control systems and biochemical information processing in order to utilize the underlying engineering principles.

Until 2000, Dr. Frazier was responsible for guiding the in-house toxicology research activities of the Air Force with special expertise in risk assessment, mechanisms of toxicity, computer modeling of chemical kinetics, and in vitro toxicity testing. His duties included an active research program in Predictive Toxicology supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. In addition, he was responsible for identifying research gaps and advancements in the field to effectively use available resources to further the Air Force's leading role in toxicological research. Since 2000, Dr. Frazier has chaired the AFRL Aerospace Biotechnology Working Group and currently leads a new research initiative in Cellular Dynamics and Engineering.

Dr. Frazier advises the director and chief scientist of the directorate on all aspects of toxicology and biotechnology and provides expert technical consultation to other Department of Defense laboratories, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, universities and industry.

6:00 PM Cash Bar, 6:30 PM Dinner ($10 per IEEE member/spouse, $5 per student, $20 per guest), 7:30 PM Presentation. Reservations by September 18 to Todd Marchal: 5832 Staghorn Dr., Toledo, OH 43614; by e-mail to todd.marchal at gmail.com or by on-line reservation form.

Choose one of 3 Dinner Entrees: Chicken Marsala (chicken breast topped with a mushroom marsala wine sauce), Sterling Salmon (broiled salmon topped with a lemon cream sauce), Homemade Lasagna (traditional style). Meal includes coffee or tea and house salad.

Due to the size of the room, reservations are limited to the first 30 people. Specify your entree choice when making your reservation.

Please make checks payable to: IEEE-Toledo Section.

Speaker: Dr. JOHN M. FRAZIER

Air Force Research Laboratory Emeritus,
Human Effectiveness Directorate,
Air Force Research Laboratory,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Thursday, June 15, 6:00 PM, Navy Bistro, 26 Main St., Toledo, OH

Active Learning for Speech Recognition

Come join the Toledo Section on June 15th for dinner and a discussion of new research on computer speech recognition by the US Department of Defense.

This research addresses the general problem of how to cost effectively train speech recognizers. Typically, large amounts of task-dependent audio is readily available, but without a corresponding text transcription that current recognizers rely on for training. While the cost of acquiring this audio is minimal, the cost of transcription is huge. This talk will present an introduction to speech recognition technology and discuss how active learning strategies can reduce the transcription burden.

Dr. Terri Kamm is a Senior Researcher with the Department of Defense, working in the Knowledge Discovery Research Group. She holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Toledo. Her recent work is focused on optimizing data annotation resources for use in machine learning applications.

A meeting of the Section Executive Committee will be held at 5:00 PM before the dinner meeting. Interested Section members are welcome to attend the XCOM meeting, as well.

6:00 PM Cash Bar, 6:30 PM Dinner ($20 per IEEE member, 10$ per student, $20 per guest), 7:30 PM Presentation. Reservations by Noon, Wednesday, June 14 to Gerald Heuring: telephone at (419) 530-8143; by FAX to 419-530-8146; by e-mail to jheuring@eecs.utoledo.edu, by U.S. Mail (Mail Stop 308, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390).

Choose one of 5 Dinner Entrees: Pecan Encrusted Chicken, Lake Superior Whitefish, Vegetarian Lasagna, Grilled Center Cut Pork Chop, Cajun Shrimp Fettuccini. Meal includes coffee or tea and house salad.

Please Specify your entree choice when making your reservation.

Please make checks payable to: IEEE-Toledo Section.

Speaker: Dr. Terri Kamm

Senior Researcher
Knowledge Discovery Research Group,
United States Department of Defense

Wed., April 26, 2006, 3:30 - 5 PM, Room 2700, Palmer Hall (PL), The University of Toledo

Spring 2006 Toledo Section Student Paper Competition

The Toledo Section IEEE, jointly with the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (EECS) of the University of Toledo, is sponsoring a student paper competition. We are soliciting participation by section members from Toledo Area companies and institutions to serve as judges. Judging is done using guidelines developed by IEEE Region 4 and available in PDF format. A judge's scoring worksheet is available on-line in PDF format.

Three groups of EECS seniors will be presenting their design projects in Palmer Hall (PL-2700) on Wednesday, April 26. Each group presentation will take approximately one-half hour.

Students enrolled in the Senior Design course will present written reports and make oral presentations of their work in competition for prizes funded by Toledo Section IEEE. Awards approved by the Section Executive Committee are $300 (first prize), $200 (second prize) and $100 (third prize).

The winner will be sponsored to participate in the next IEEE Region 4 paper competition. The Institute Life Member Fund is expected to provide a total of $1,500 prize money for the Region 4 Student Paper Contest which shall be allocated as follows:

a) First Place - $800,
b) Second Place - $500, and
c) Third Place - $200.

Thurs., April 20, 5:30 PM, First Floor, Nitschke Hall (NH), The University of Toledo
Student Appreciation Night
Join us for 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. Prize awards for winners of the December 2005 Prize Paper Competition will be announced ($300 First Prize, $200 Second Prize, and $100 Third Prize). Italian buffet dinner - $10.00 Reservations required by 12:00 noon on Monday, 17 April, to Mohsin Jamali by phone at 419-530-8162, by e-mail to mjamali@utnet.utoledo.edu.
Technical Program
Past, Current and Future Trends in Airborne Radar
This talk will present the operation, technologies, and trends in airborne radar in the Air Force. It will start by introducing the audience to the operation of airborne radar. It will present the basic components of a radar and their function within the radar operation. The basic radar range equation will be presented as well as major factors effecting radar performance. The different uses of radar will be presented in representative applications of radars including air-to-air fire control, air-to-ground imaging, and others. The talk will also present trends in radar systems in terms of modes and technology over the years. This will focus on the role of the Air Force Research Lab in advances made in radar technology. The talk will conclude with a look at where radar technology is heading in the future. It will address hardware and software advances being pursued and applications of these advances.
Speaker: Mark Longbrake	Technical Director, RF Sensor Technology Division , Wright Patterson Air Force Base

Thursday, March 16, 6:00 PM, Mancy's Italian, 5453 Monroe St., Toledo, OH

Physician Order Entry System

Come join the Toledo Section on March 16th for dinner and a discussion of the new Physician Order Entry System that has recently been implemented by Mercy Health Partners.

The Institute of Medicine estimates that 44,000 to 98,000 people die annually in U.S. hospitals from preventible medical errors. One of the major recommendations to reduce these errors is the use of computerized physician order entry (CPOE). Less than 5% of community hospitals in the country have implemented CPOE. In February, Mercy Health Partners completed implementation of CPOE at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Children's Hospital. Over the next 10 months, CPOE will be implemented at St. Anne Mercy Hospital and St. Charles Mercy Hospital.

Dr. Ken Bertka (IS Medical Director) and Dr. Kelley Shultz (pediatric hospitalist) will demonstrate the MHP physician's portal technology that brings clinical information and the ability to enter orders to the point of care. They will discuss some of the process improvements that implementation of CPOE has lead to and how CPOE has affected physicians and patient care.

A meeting of the Section Executive Committee will be held at 5:00 PM before the dinner meeting. Interested Section members are welcome to attend the XCOM meeting, as well.

6:00 PM Cash Bar, 6:30 PM Dinner ($5 per IEEE member/ student, $20 per guest), 7:30 PM Presentation. Reservations by March 13 to Steve Root: telephone at (419) 436-3119 daytime, (419) 447-8332 evening; by U.S. Mail ( 5219 N. SR 53, Tiffin, Ohio 44883); by e-mail to slrootpe@ieee.org or by on-line reservation form.

Choose one of 3 Dinner Entrees: Chicken Marsala (chicken breast topped with a mushroom marsala wine sauce), Sterling Salmon (broiled salmon topped with a lemon cream sauce), Homemade Lasagna (traditional style). Meal includes coffee or tea and house salad.

Due to the size of the room, reservations are limited to the first 30 people. Specify your entree choice when making your reservation.

Please make checks payable to: IEEE-Toledo Section.

Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Bertka

Medical Director, Information and Process Services,
Mercy Health Partners

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