Toledo Section Meetings - 2007

Thurs., Nov. 8, 5:30 PM, Clarion Westgate Hotel

Toledo Section Institute Night 2007

Our Centennial Celebration!

Social Hour 5:30 PM

London Broil

President-Elect Lefevre will be sharing with us his vision for IEEE as he prepares to assume the IEEE-USA presidency in January, 2008.

Robert Dawson, the IEEE Region 4 Chair, will be presenting the section with our centennial banner.

This is a rare opportunity for our membership to hear from and talk with leaders of IEEE.

Tues., Oct. 30, 5:30 PM, Toledo Edison's Bayshore Power Plant

Tour of Toledo Edison's Bayshore Power Plant

Please mark Tuesday, October 30, 2007 on your calendar for a tour of Toledo Edison's Bayshore Power Plant, located along the shores of Lake Erie in Oregon, Ohio. The tour will begin at 5:30 p.m., and cover not only the "traditional" coal-fired units but also the relatively new unit that is fueled with pet coke, a by-product of the petroleum refining process at the nearby BP facility. One of the four generating units is also in a major maintenance outage, which will give us the rare opportunity to see things that are normally not accessible while the machine is in operation. The tour promises to be very interesting and informative, with plenty of time for questions and discussion.

Please RSVP to Bob Toth, PES Chair, at 419-249-5199 or by e-mail at ratoth@firstenergycorp.com no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 29.

Thurs., Oct. 4, 7:00 PM, Room 2004, Nitschke Hall (NH), The University of Toledo

Joint meeting: Toledo Section and UT Student Branch

Come meet the members of the Student Branch and participate in an open discussion with the students regarding professionalism, professional development, networking, and what role IEEE plays in each.  The students will also be showing the various projects they have been working on recently.  Pizza and Pop will be provided.

The October Executive Committee meeting will immediately preceed this meeting in NI 2004, beginning at 5:30 PM.  All members are welcome to attend the Ex. Comm.

Thurs., July 19, 6:00 PM, Room 1027, Nitschke Hall (NH), The University of Toledo

Security Seminar

Criminals make headlines every week by hacking web applications. The rapid growth of attacks over the last five years has shown us that traditional reactive security measures like firewalls or intrusion detection systems cannot protect application software. Software developers can no longer rely on the operations team to protect their software. To solve this problem, developers must take an active role in securing their applications, and to secure their applications, they need to learn about software security.

Software security is the study of creating software that functions correctly even when under attack. Software security doesn't focus on security features like authentication or cryptography. While such features are useful tools, most exploitable security vulnerabilities are software bugs like buffer overflows or cross-site scripting that can be found throughout the application. To produce secure software, security needs to be integrated into the software development lifecycle from requirements through quality assurance. This presentation will cover common software vulnerabilities along with the software security techniques, such as abuse cases and software-assisted code reviews, that are needed to produce software without such flaws.

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

James Walden is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Northern Kentucky University. He is the author of a number of papers on software security and has given talks and workshops on secure programming and software security at a variety of conferences.

He teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in information and software security at NKU and offers regular software security workshops to professionals through NKU's Infrastructure Management Institute.

Dr. Walden received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1997.

Speaker: Dr. James Walden

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Northern Kentucky University

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Toledo Society of Professional Engineers
Technical Society of Toledo
Annual Golf Outing

Thursday, May 24, 2007 Giant Oaks Golf Club
Registration begins at 9:00 am with a shot gun start at 9:45 am.

A great fellowship opportunity for business associates, clients and friends.
Includes lots of door and specialty prizes.

Further details and registration form are seen by clicking on this link.

For additional information please contact:
Tim Pedro at 419.324.2222, ext. 1237 / tpedro@ttlassoc.com or
Tatum Buckholtz at 419.473.1121, ext. 209 / tatum.buckholtz@arcadis-us.com

Thurs., April 26, 6:00 PM, Worthington Industries, 6303 County Road 10, Delta, OH 43515

PLANT TOUR, WORTHINGTON STEEL

This plant tour is being given exclusively for the IEEE Toledo Section and Student Branch! Worthington Steel is America's largest independent processor of flat-rolled steel. The facility at 6303 County Road 10, about 2 miles west of Delta, OH and just south of SR 2, processes flat-rolled steel to meet the specialized needs of their customers who make products consumers and businesses use every day. Since this is a working plant and safety is a top priority, tour participants are required to wear appropriate attire and footwear along with personal protective equipment. A sturdy pair of hard-soled shoes are required (tennis shoes and high heals are not permitted), shorts or tee shirts are also not permitted. Safety glasses with side shields are required (prescription eyeglasses by themselves are not adequate), Worthington does have the windshield type of safety glasses available for our use.

Advance registration is required since space is limited and Worthington Steel reserves the right to review and approve tour participants. To reserve a spot, please contact Bob Toth by e-mail (ratoth@firstenergycorp.com), by phone (419-249-5199), by 5:00 pm on Tuesday, April 24. Worthington requires attendees to specify their business or institutional affiliation when making reservations.

Thurs., April 10, 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.

Italian buffet dinner - $20.00

IEEE Student Members Free (RSVP is required)

Please RSVP to Mohsin Jamali via email ( mjamali@utnet.utoledo.edu ) or use the on-line reservation form below by April 5, 2007 .

Technical Presentation: Precision Reference/Navigation Systems

The development of Precision Reference/Navigation Systems by the United States has, and does play an often overlooked role in our daily lives.

These days almost everyone is familiar with the world-wide Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS enables in-car navigators to know where they are, it enables us to keep track of the distance we've hiked, it allows for the tracking of stolen vehicles, and it is even used for games such as "Geocaching" (if you are not familiar with Geocaching, check out http://www.geocaching.com/). In addition to these familiar examples, GPS also plays a background role in everything from precision farming, power grid synchronization, and even banking transactions. This presentation will provide insight into the often surprising role GPS and other reference systems play in making our daily lives a bit better.

Speaker: Dr Jacob Campbell

Air Force Research Laboratories,
Wright Patterson Air Force Base

Wed., March 14, 11 AM - 6 PM, Holiday Inn-French Quarter, Perrysburg, OH

ISA Toledo Section Vendors Exhibit and Symposium

This show will be of great interest to all who select, purchase and use instrumentation, automation and control systems. This is a great opportunity to see the newest technology, from temperature, level, pressure and flow measurement, to process control, PLC and HMI hardware and software.

If you are a user or have desire to learn about the latest in instrumentation, automation and systems for process and industrial systems you need to attend this show. Vendors representing all sections of the automation business will be present with the latest products and services.

Three free seminars will cover current developments in the world of automation.

1 pm: Industrial Networks, Tim Stout P.E. (Matrix Technologies) & Steve Delonge (Rockwell Automation)

2:45 pm: Manufacturing & Business Intelligence Solutions, Mike Yammine (Systems Group Technologies)

4:15 pm: Arc Flash Mitigation Techniques, Dan Aronson (ABB)

ADMISSION IS FREE. Luncheon buffet, complementary snacks and soft drinks will be served.

Thur., Feb. 22, 6:00-9:30 PM, Gladieu Meadows, Heatherdowns, Blvd., Toledo, OH

Engineers Week Banquet

Join Toledo's technical community for the annual program with invited 2007 BANQUET SPEAKER Sam Hornish, Jr., THREE-TIME INDYCAR CHAMPION, 2006 INDIANAPOLIS 500 CHAMPION.

The Toledo Section is reserving one or more tables for members at a reduced price of $15 when registering using the Members Only reservation page. In addition, the Section is providing FREE seats for all student members in good standing if registered using our Students Only reservation page.

Deadline for reserving a seat at the IEEE table is Friday, February 16th @ 5:00 PM. Registrations later than this time pay the TST advertised price of $32. Late reservations may be made using the (two-sided) form found on the January 2007 newsletter.

Please make checks payable to IEEE-Toledo Section and send to Tom Papademos.

Keynote Speaker: Sam Hornish, Jr.

THREE-TIME INDYCAR CHAMPION
2006 INDIANAPOLIS 500 CHAMPION

Tuesday, February 20, 5:30 PM, Mancy's Italian, 5453 Monroe St., Toledo, OH

Linux: History and Live Demo

The presentation will cover a brief history of Linux followed by a live demo of modern day Linux. Anyone who is interested in Linux, has tried it before, or is a current user will surely gain some useful information from the presentation.  Come enjoy the great food and conversation. Free Linux CDs will be handed out to interested attendees.

5:30 PM Cash Bar, 6:00 PM Dinner ($15 per IEEE member/spouse, $10 per student, $20 per guest), 7:00 PM Presentation. Reservations by February 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 20 people. Specify your entree choice when making your reservation.

Please make checks payable to: IEEE-Toledo Section.

Speaker: Jason Bechtel

President,
Toledo Area Linux User Group

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