IEEE Memphis Section https://site.ieee.org/memphis Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:41:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 MJEC Student Contest Call for Volunteers https://site.ieee.org/memphis/2024/02/19/mjec-student-contest-call-for-volunteers/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:41:31 +0000 https://site.ieee.org/memphis/?p=918 MJEC is in need of a few more in-person judges for the 2024 MJEC Student Contest.
 
The in-person judging is fun and easy.  Judges will be provided with scoresheets and instructions the morning of the competition at Southwest Tennessee Community College (please arrive at the Nabors Gymnasium, a map is attached, between 9-9:30am this Saturday, February 24th).
 
The judging will only take about two hours to complete.  Judges are welcome to stay for the awards ceremony afterwards.  The entire competition should conclude by 12:30pm, or thereabouts.
 
If you are able to volunteer for this rewarding service opportunity, please email Tom Stoll at tom.stoll@signify.com.  Thank you!

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TSPE Memphis Chapter Engineers Week Banquet https://site.ieee.org/memphis/2024/02/13/tspe-memphis-chapter-engineers-week-banquet/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:36:35 +0000 https://site.ieee.org/memphis/?p=908

Event Information

When: Thursday, February 22 at 6:30PM

Where: Thomas Center 650 East Parkway South Memphis, TN 38104

About the Event: Time: 5:30 St. Benilde Packaging Laboratory Tour, 6:30 PM Social, 7:30 PM Dinner and Program Location: Christian Brothers University Thomas Center

In addition to the presentation, the TSPE Memphis Chapter will announce its Young Engineer, Distinguished Service, Outstanding Engineer, Government Engineer, and Outstanding Employer award recipients.

Sponsoring Organization: Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers Memphis Chapter

CBU St. Benilde Packaging Laboratory Tour: Dr. Malasari will be giving a tour of the new St. Benilde Packaging Laboratory. Contact John Ventura for additional information jventura@cbu.edu.

Speaker: Dug McGowen, MLGW President and CEO

PDH: We will be offering 1 PDH for attending the Banquet Speaker this year. (You must register with your name and email address to receive a PDH certificate for 1 hour.)

Registration: Table/Group tickets must be purchased online.  Individual tickets may be purchased online or at door.

Register HERE

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Power Society – Upcoming Meeting https://site.ieee.org/memphis/2024/01/23/power-society-upcoming-meeting/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:08:37 +0000 https://site.ieee.org/memphis/?p=898 Title: BESS Simulation-Operation and CO2 Flow in Power System

Abstract—Battery applications are increasing day by day from a single cell to MWh range in electric vehicles, PV systems, grid support, electric traction and so on for sustainable and green power system. Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) needs battery cells, PCS, EMS, HVAC, firefighting systems and so on. It has multiple voltage levels and handles both AC and DC systems. Most of the cases, corresponding manufactures provide limited data thus it is hard to model, simulate and optimize BESS properly. In this presentation, BESS simulation and operation will be focused followed by CO2 footprint flow for each load in the network will be shown in ETAP for sustainable and green power system.   

Presenter: Ahmed Saber received the Ph.D. degree from University of the Ryukyus, Japan, in 207. He is currently VP Optimization and AI, ETAP, USA. He develops tools for forecasting, optimization, operation and control of intelligent power systems in ETAP using state-of-the-art deterministic, stochastic and intelligent methods. His timely research has been funded nationally and internationally including DoE. He won the IEEE Outstanding Engineer Award in Southern California, USA among more than 12,000 engineers for his contributions on smart grid in 2012. He has published over 75 technical papers and holds 3 patents on intelligent power system. His research interests include AI/ML for power system, smart-grid, storage, renewables, power system forecasting-optimization, cyber-security, real-time systems, and operations research.

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FREE PDH! https://site.ieee.org/memphis/2023/11/16/free-pdh/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 22:40:37 +0000 https://site.ieee.org/memphis/?p=869

November Meeting

Speaker: Allen Cox, PE

Topic: Features and Design for Ductile Iron Pipelines

PDH: (1) PDH

Cost: FREE

When: Tuesday November 21, 2023; 12:00-1:00 CT

Where: Virtual (Teams) Use button below to register for meeting

Please register HERE. Registration is required to receive a PDH.

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Volunteers Needed for St. Jude Marathon https://site.ieee.org/memphis/2023/11/16/volunteers-needed-for-st-jude-marathon/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 22:16:16 +0000 https://site.ieee.org/memphis/?p=867 If you are available on 2 Dec from 0530 to 1100, I can really use your help at Hydration Station 71 (HS71), on Front Street east of Bass Pro. We will serve Gatorade and/or water to about 16,000 runners.

HS71 is at about the 1 mile point on the 5K/10K course which starts at 7:00 am. The first runners will pass us going northbound on Front Street about 7:05 am.

The Half and Full Marathon starts at 8:00 am and the lead runners will pass us  at about 8:15 am (about mile 3) going southbound on Front Street. They proceed southbound on Front Street to Georgia Avenue and turn west (toward the Mississippi River) then turn north on Riverside Drive. At Union Avenue they turn east and run uphill to Front Street where they turn north . The lead runner will pass us again going northbound on Front Street at about 8:40 am (about mile 6.7). The last runners/walkers will pass us about 11:30.

I believe the slower runners will still be going by us southbound when the faster runners come by us going northbound.

We will need to be there from 5:30 am until about 11:45 am.

    Please email Elizabeth Hayes (ehayes6@cbu.edu) if you are interested

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    Joint IEEE / TSPE October Meeting https://site.ieee.org/memphis/2023/10/09/tspe-october-meeting/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:25:44 +0000 https://site.ieee.org/memphis/?p=854

     

    OCTOBER MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT – MEMPHIS CHAPTER

    WHEN:            TUES. OCT 10, 2023; TEAMS MEETING FROM 12:00-1:00

                            JOINT TSPE AND IEEE MEETING.

    WHERE:          Microsoft Teams Meeting.  No Registration is required.  Click the link below to join the meeting.

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    SPEAKER:       MIKE KOSINSKI OF BOSCH SECURITY WILL PRESENT.

    TOPIC:            AI AND VIDEO ANALYTICS

    COST:              FREE

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    Lets Talk About Aerospace https://site.ieee.org/memphis/2023/09/19/lets-talk-about-aerospace/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:58:37 +0000 https://site.ieee.org/memphis/?p=851 ]]> IEEE REGION 3 SENIOR MEMBER ROUNDUP https://site.ieee.org/memphis/2023/09/19/ieee-region-3-senior-member-roundup/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:51:26 +0000 https://site.ieee.org/memphis/?p=849 JOIN REGION 3 FOR A REGION-WIDE SENIOR MEMBERSHIP EVENT!  PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED


    The Region 3 Senior Membership Team invites all IEEE members who are eligible for senior membership to join a region-wide senior member roundup on 4 November 2023. If you are an IEEE member in good standing with more than 10 years of professional experience or academic accomplishments, you may be eligible for IEEE senior membership. Please see https://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/ for details on the senior membership rank.

    The Region 3 Senior Member Roundup provides nominations and reference providers to qualified IEEE members who are ready for elevation to the rank of Senior Member. To get started, please contact the Region 3 senior member coordinator, Andrew Seely, andrew.seely@ieee.org today. We’ll need your current resume in the Region 3 Senior Member Resume Template, member number, IEEE section, and email address. We will assign you with references who will conduct a live 30 minute get-to-know-you interview on a Zoom call, and then complete your full senior member nomination package. Come meet dozens of other senior members from around the region and the world and enjoy an easy and fun senior member elevation process.

    Please note: Advance registration is required and you must coordinate directly with Andy to get confirmed. You will need to send your name, section, email, member number, and a senior membership-formatted resume. Personalized meeting invitations will be sent independent of vtools, so do not just register here, please contact Andy for more details: andrew.seely@ieee.org!

    Senior Member Resume Template for all senior member candidates:

    Senior Member Roundup Participant Guide

    Date and Time

    • Date: 04 Nov 2023
    • Time: 12:00 PM to 04:00 PM
    • All times are (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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    Meeting invitations and Zoom links will be sent out by R3 senior member coorindator after resume and member details have been sent in.

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    • Starts 27 August 2023 07:52 AM
    • Ends 28 October 2023 07:52 AM
    • All times are (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
    • No Admission Charge

    Click HERE to Register

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    SoutheastCon 2024 call for papers https://site.ieee.org/memphis/2023/09/19/southeastcon-2024-call-for-papers/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:42:05 +0000 https://site.ieee.org/memphis/?p=846
     

    Dear Colleagues,

    IEEE SoutheastCon 2024 (20-24 March 2024) invites prospective authors to submit their original technical work on any aspects of engineering, science, and technology of current interest to the conference.

    Abstract/Paper Submission Deadline: 15 December 2023
    https://ieeesoutheastcon.org/call-for-papers/

    SoutheastCon is the annual IEEE Region 3 Technical, Professional, and Student Conference. It brings together Computer Scientists, Electrical, and Computer Engineering professionals, faculty and students to share the latest information through technical sessions, tutorials, and exhibits. It is the most influential conference in Region 3 for promoting awareness of the technical contributions made by our profession to the advancement of engineering science and to the community. As usual, attendance and technical program participation from areas outside IEEE Region 3 are encouraged and welcomed.

    Topic areas appropriate for technical program submissions include, but are not limited to, the following:

    Power and Sustainable Energy
    Health Informatics and Healthcare
    Military and Security Applications
    Data Mining and Machine Learning
    Robotics and Computer Vision
    Simulation and Game Development
    Communications and Networking
    Computer Engineering
    Databases and Data Warehouses
    Applications and Interdisciplinary
    Bioengineering and Bioinformatics
    Control and Automation
    Software Engineering
    Optics and Optoelectronics
    Embedded Systems
    Transportation and Logistics
    Sensor Networks
    Devices and Semiconductors
    Nanotechnology and Materials
    Electromagnetics and Microwaves
    Instrumentation & Measurements
    Social Networking
    Signal and Image Processing
    Geosciences and Remote Sensing
    Topics on Technical Education
    Cloud Computing

    All paper submissions will be checked for plagiarism and fully peer reviewed.


    Eric S. Ackerman, Ph.D.
    Chair, IEEE Region 3 Conference Committee
    e.ackerman@ieee.org

     

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    Message from the Chair https://site.ieee.org/memphis/2023/02/16/message-from-the-chair/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 22:27:47 +0000 https://site.ieee.org/memphis/?p=843 Greetings IEEE Member, 

    “How can I get more involved with IEEE?”

    Great question! February is traditionally the time for Engineers’ Week, which is a great opportunity to jump into volunteering or networking events (some even come with PDHs!). The Memphis Joint Engineers Council has been kind enough to compile the list of Engineers’ Week happenings. At the week’s end, we will be celebrating our award-receiving members at the TSPE Banquet on February 23rd 2023. 

    The IEEE Memphis Chapter would love to see you at any of the events! Have a great Engineers’ Week! 

    Kind regards, 

    Elizabeth Hayes
    Section Chair, 2023 
    IEEE Memphis


    Wednesday, February 15, 2023 – Engineers Week Kickoff Luncheon
    This year’s event will be both in-person (limited to 60 attendees) and virtual. Time: Luncheon at 11:30 AM, Program at 12:00 PM
    Location: Memphis Light, Gas and Water Training Center
                    4949 Raleigh-LaGrange at Covington Pike
                    Presenter: Doug McGowen, MLGW President and CEO

    In-person Luncheon Cost: $15 via PayPal;
    Registration: http://evite.me/rSFRDWpA4x
    You will receive an email with box lunch menu from One and Only Barbecue.
    Vegetarian options will be available. Selections are needed by Friday, February 10.

    Meeting Link for virtual attendance (no cost): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86268715468

    Meeting ID: 862 6871 5468
    One tap mobile: +13092053325,,86268715468# US Audio by phone: 309-205-3325

    Sponsoring Organization: The Engineers’ Club of Memphis

    Website: https://www.engineersclubofmemphis.com/

    In addition to the presentation, proclamations from the City and County Mayors will be read; Featured Engineering and Engineering Technology Students from Christian Brothers University, Southwest Tennessee Community College, and The University of Memphis will be recognized; Featured Engineers and Professionals from local engineering organizations will be recognized; and the Memphis-Area Joint Engineers Council Award of Excellence will be presented.


    Saturday, February 18, 2023 – STEMOLOGY (for 3rd-12th grade students)
    A conference to spark interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) Time: 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM

    Location: Southwest Tennessee Community College (Macon Cove Campus)
    Student Sign-up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stemology-student-sign-up-registration-513536440317 

    Student Cost: $20
    Volunteer Sign-up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stemology-volunteer-sign-up-tickets-513623440537?aff=erelpanelorg
    Sponsoring Organization: National Society of Black Engineers Memphis Professionals
    For more information, email programs@nsbememphis.org 

    STEMology is a gender and minority empowerment conference for 3rd-12th grade students which uses science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts to inspire the next generation of young leaders. With guidance from local technical professionals, students will engage in interactive workshops to allow hands-on STEM learning, team activities, discussions surrounding myths and truths of minorities & genders in STEM, and STEM career opportunities. Lunch and snacks will be provided. Students will also get T-Shirts.


    Tuesday, February 21, 2023 – Order of the Engineer Ceremony

    Time: Check-in and ring selection for ceremony participants 11:00 AM,
               Luncheon at 11:30 AM,
               Program at 12:00 PM
               Location: Christian Brothers University Sabatini Lounge

    Event details: https://branches.asce.org/west-tennessee/events 
    Sponsoring Organizations: American Society of Civil Engineers West TN Branch and Society of Military Engineers Memphis Post
    For more information: https://order-of-the-engineer.org 

    The Order of the Engineer was initiated in the United States in 1970 to foster a spirit of pride and responsibility in the engineering profession, to bridge the gap between training and experience, and to present to the public a visible symbol identifying the Engineer. Participants in the Order of the Engineer Ceremony take the “Obligation of the Engineer” oath, which states an Engineer’s responsibilities to the public and to the profession. Participants receive an Obligation Certificate and a stainless-steel ring that is worn as a reminder of an Engineer’s commitment to high ethics and professionalism. Any Engineer is eligible for induction if he or she has graduated from an ABET accredited engineering program or holds a license as a P. E. Students enrolled in ABET-accredited engineering degree programs are eligible to participate if they are within two academic terms of graduation. There are no membership dues.


    Thursday, February 23, 2023 – Engineers Week Banquet (1 PDH)

    Time: 6:30 PM Social, 7:30 PM Dinner and Program
    Location: Christian Brothers University Thomas Center
    Sponsoring Organization: Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers Memphis Chapter

    Presenter: Kel Kearns, Plant Manager Electric Vehicle Centre BlueOval City
    Cost: $50 per person for table of 8 people; $55 per person for single ticket

    Tickets & Registration: Online: https://tspemem2023.eventbrite.com 
    You must register with your name and email address to receive a PDH certificate for 1 hour.

    In addition to the presentation, the TSPE Memphis Chapter will announce its Young Engineer, Distinguished Service, Outstanding Engineer, Government Engineer, and Outstanding Employer award recipients.


    Saturday, February 25, 2023 – MJEC Engineers Week Student Contest

    Time: 9:00 AM – Noon (9:00 student set-up begins, 9:30 judges assemble for instructions, 10:00 judging begins) Location: Southwest Tennessee Community College, Macon Cove Campus, Nabors Auditorium
    Sponsoring Organization: Memphis-Area Joint Engineers Council
    Contact: Carol Jones 901-485-7425, email jonesc46@bellsouth.net 

    For more information: https://mjecm.org/student-contest-1/ 
    Teams selected from the first round of judging will present their projects and answer questions from the judges, local professionals from many different engineering disciplines. The Engineers Week Student Contest is an opportunity for middle and high school students to express their creativity and demonstrate their ingenuity by working on concept projects designed to improve our quality of life. Judging criteria include benefit to society, creativity, feasibility, and presentation. Monetary awards are given to the winning students and schools.  Volunteers are needed to judge the Student Contest. Contact Carol if interested.

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