Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018 Volume 67, No. 4

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1 Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018 Volume 67, No. 4 Included in this issue: Notes From the Chair... 2 How (Not) to Get Fired in 3 (Not so) Easy Steps!... 3 Cloud Radio Access Networks for 5G Communications... 3 Synthesizing NBA defenses with deep imitation learning... 4 IEEE N3XT Frontier Summit April 18, IEEE Consultant s Workshop... 6 A Wellness-Centric Healthcare System With Interoperable Public Health... 7 "Social Implications of Technology" - Repercussions in the Global Village... 8 "Transforming Healthcare Through Interoperability... 9 Computer Society Social and Membership Elevation Meeting IEEE Pittsburgh Section Annual History and Awards Dinner Impact of Geomagnetic Disturbances (GMDs) on the Bulk Power System Looking Ahead: Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Call for Judges PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award Announcement Editor: Philip Cox, p.e.cox@ieee.org; Contributors: George Crawford, Tom Dionise, Steve Dobos, Joe Kalasky, Drew Lowery, Steve Mozelewski, Nicholas O Donoughue, Sid Pant, Sarika Solanki, Ralph Sprang, and Dan Wilson All announcements for publication in a particular month s bulletin are due to the Editor by the 20th of the previous month. The accuracy of the published material is not guaranteed. If there is any error, please bring it to IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 1 of 16

2 the Editor s attention. The Section s web site, has recent issues of the bulletin and lots of other useful information. Notes From the Chair We have a very busy April coming up in Pittsburgh this year. The 2018 IEEE Region 2 Student Activities Conference (SAC) will be held from April 6th to 7th in Pittsburgh for the first time in more than 20 years. The student members in the Pittsburgh Section have been working especially hard to obtain funding and organize the conference, and we are excited for it to be a success. Additionally, the IEEE N3XT Flagship Event will be also be taking place in Pittsburgh on April 18th, and will provide a great opportunity to network and interact with other entrepreneurs in frontier tech and engineering-driven startup community. Also, the IEEE Pittsburgh Section Consultants' Network is hosting a workshop on April 21st for present and future consultants, to help build networking skills for consulting success and provide an opportunity to learn from successful entrepreneurs and consultants. Read more in the Bulletin about these conferences and other exciting events that our technical chapters have planned for this month. As always, a big thank-you to all of our volunteers who make it all possible. Daniel Wilson 2018 IEEE Pittsburgh Section Chair Section Chair - Dan Wilson, Dwilson@ieee.org Vice Chair -- Navid Binesh, navid.binesh@ieee.org Treasurer Ted Zyra, tgzyra@ieee.org Asst. Treasurer Evan Watson, evan.watson@gmail.com Secretary - Haifeng Wang, haifeng.wang@ieee.org Immediate Past Chair Dr. Drew Lowery, drew.lowery@mail.wvu.edu Special Events Chair Dr. Kal Sen, senkk@ieee.org Webmaster Gerry Kumnik, g.kumnik@computer.org UpperMon Subsection Chair: Dr. Gianfranco Doretto, Gianfranco.Doretto@mail.wvu.edu Chapters Communications Society Chair: Dr. Balaji Palanisamy, bpalan@pitt.edu; Sec: Phil Cox, p.e.cox@ieee.org Computer Society Chair: Dr. Ralph Sprang, rsprang@ieee.org Electronics Packaging/Electron Devices Societies Chair: John Mazurowski - jmazurowski@eoc.psu.edu Engineering In Medicine & Biology Society Chair: Steve Mozelewski, Steve.Mozelewski@gmail.com Electromagnetic Compatibility Society - Chair: Michael J. Oliver, emi@majr.com (814) Magnetics Society Chair: Vincent Sokalsky, vsokalsk@andrew.cmu.edu Nanotechnology Society: Guangyong Li - gul6@pitt.edu Power Electronics Society Chair Sid Pant - siddharth.pant@ge.com Power & Energy & Industry Applications Societies Chair: Steve Dobos, dobos.s.p@ieee.org; Vice-Chair: Julie Clark; Treas.: Dave Vaglia, davevaglia@ieee.org Robotics Society Chair: Joseph Giampapa, garof@ieee.org Signal Processing Society Chair: Nicholas.O Donoughue nicholas.odonoughue@ieee.org Society on Social Implications of Technology Chair: Dr. Kal Sen, senkk@ieee.org; Vice Chair: Joe Kalasky, P.E., j.kalasky@ieee.org Council of Electronic Design Automation Chair: Baris Taskin, taskin@coe.drexel.edu Affinity Groups Young Professionals (formerly GOLD) Chair: Matthew Rehder mattrehder@gmail.com Women In Engineering Chair: Mey Sen, senml@ieee.org Committees Consultant network: George Crawford - gwc2gwc2@gmail.com Professional/Career Activities (PACE) Chair: Joe Cioletti, P.E. jcioletti@ieee.org Student Activities Dr. Irvin Jones, irjones@ieee.org; student reps: Chair:, Zoe Toigo, zoe.toigo@ieee.org; Vice-chair: Will Howard, wwhoward@mix.wvu.edu; Membership Development Steve Mozelewski, Steve.Mozelewski@gmail.com Publicity Chair: Thomas Dionise, P.E. ThomasJDionise@eaton.com (724) IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 2 of 16

3 How (Not) to Get Fired in 3 (Not so) Easy Steps! Speaker: Steve Gross Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Time: 6:30 PM for dinner, talk at 7 PM Location: Franklin Park/Wexford Eat'n Park, 2650 Brandt School Road, Wexford, PA RSVP: Register at: Event Registration Form : vtools Events Sponsor: Computer Society Abstract: If you have ever received a negative performance review, you know it can be very challenging. Faced with the existential risk of losing your job, life gets very stressful. Know this: you are not alone. And: you can surmount this challenge. Join Steve Gross for a discussion on how he handled this situation in his own career, and how he ultimately learned to embrace critical feedback, get better at his job, and (spoiler alert!) eventually get promoted. Bio: Steve Gross; Professional skills: ~17 years as a code monkey (Case Western School of Medicine, St Jude Medical, Google); Amateur skills: pianist, urban planning, home chef, Francophone, parent Cloud Radio Access Networks for 5G Communications Speaker: Matt Valenti Date: Monday, April 16, 2018 Time: 5:00 PM 6:00 PM Place: G39 Engineering Sciences Building (ESB) West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Abstract: To deal with the impending mobile data onslaught, future (5G) wireless networks will rely on the dense deployment of small cells, the opening of previously unavailable bands at millimeter wave, and the development of improved intercell interference coordination. The use of traditional, selfcontained base stations for such environments is an expensive proposition. A viable alternative is to replace expensive stations with simple remote radio heads and perform all of the baseband processing in a centralized computing cloud. The benefit is a more efficient and elastic use of computing assets, the exploitation of global channel state information, and opportunities for improved intercell coordination. This presentation reviews the concept of a centralized radio access network (C-RAN), with an emphasis on the interplay between computational efficiency and data throughput. The concept of "computational outage" is introduced and applied to the analysis of C-RAN networks. The framework is applied to single-cell and multi-cell scenarios using parameters drawn from the LTE standard. It is found that in computationally limited networks, the effective throughput can be improved by using a computationally aware policy for selecting the modulation and coding scheme, which sacrifices spectral efficiency in IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 3 of 16

4 order to reduce the computational outage probability. When signals of multiple base stations are processed centrally, a computational diversity benefit emerges, and the benefit grows with increasing user density. Biography: Matthew Valenti is a Professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University and site director for the Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR), an NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC). His research is in the area of wireless communications, including cellular networks, military communication systems, sensor networks, and coded modulation for satellite communications. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and his research is funded by NSF, DoD, and industry. He is active in the organization of major IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc) conferences, including serving as the Technical Program Chair for MILCOM 2017 and as chair of the technical steering committee for IEEE GLOBECOM and ICC. He has served as Editor for several IEEE publications and as the Chair of ComSoc's Communication Theory Technical Committee. At WVU, he serves as the Chair of the Faculty Senate and as a faculty representative to the WVU Board of Governors. He teaches several upper-division and graduate courses on wireless networks, communication theory, and coding theory, is recipient of several teaching, research, and advising awards by his College, and is a recipient of the 2013 WVU Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award, the highest teaching award at WVU. He is registered as a Professional Engineer in the state of West Virginia and is a Fellow of the IEEE. Synthesizing NBA defenses with deep imitation learning Presenter: Dr. Andrew Hartnett Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Time: 6:30-8:00pm Location: Benedum Hall Room 102, University of Pittsburgh Sponsors: IEEE Pittsburgh Joint Chapter of the Signal Processing and Control Systems Societies Abstract: Encoding and/or constructing generative models of collective behavior is a complex task due to the dynamic nature of the couplings between agents. The natural state space of endogenous factors, such as group topology, and exogenous factors, such as the presence and position of other objects, agents, and signals, is far too high dimensional to be experimentally probed within a laboratory setting. New techniques in reinforcement and imitation learning, however, provide an avenue for progress using large quantities of trajectories from observational video data. In this talk, we will examine these challenges within the context of professional basketball. The goal is to construct unsupervised models which are capable of synthesizing realistic, responsive NBA team defensive behaviors. We will present compelling progress towards this goal and discuss the key technical insights that have made this possible. Specifically, we will focus on issues of data routing, feature selection, network architecture, and multi-model training. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 4 of 16

5 Bio: Andrew Hartnett is a physicist, ecologist, and educator. His research interests center on extending principles from information theory and machine learning to problems in collective behavior. He received his Ph.D. in 2017 from Princeton University where he studied the mechanisms of coordinated movement and consensus decision-making in animal groups. As a postdoc at Disney Research, Andrew focused on understanding collective behavior in team sports: developing deep recurrent models for encoding and predicting player trajectories in basketball. Currently, he is working on understanding and modeling the complex interactions encountered by autonomous vehicles as an engineer at Argo AI. This event is open to the public, please register at: questions, contact Nicholas O Donoughue (nicholas.odonoughue@ieee.org). For IEEE N3XT Frontier Summit April 18, 2018 Getting Beyond #MeToo: A Discussion on Culture, Diversity, Inclusion & Successful Scaling within the Startup Environment K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R S K E L LY HOEY Serial Entrepreneur, Investor & Author Build Your Dream Network J UDITH M. WI LLIAMS Founder Magic Deer Consulting & former Global Head of Diversity Dropbox IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 5 of 16

6 5:00pm 5:30pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:30pm Registration & Welcome Keynotes & Fireside Chat AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup International Finals IEEE Entrepreneurship & AlphaLab Gear host #PartyLikeAnEngineer and IEEE Young Professional Meetup &Kickoff of the IEEE Entrepreneurs Network Pittsburgh Section! Registration is free, and filling up fast. Sign up here for awesome evening packed with events, keynotes, and networking! IEEE Consultant s Workshop Are you thinking about becoming a consultant or are you already a consultant in your own business? This workshop is just what you need to start or expand your business. The purpose of the workshop is to facilitate the formation of more consulting businesses by showing our members the How-To part of becoming a consultant and running their own business where they are their own boss. Date: April 21, 2018 Site: Sewickley United Methodist Church Broad and Thorne Streets Sewickley, PA Time: Registration at 8:30AM, Workshop from 9:00 to 2:30. There will be a charge to cover the cost of providing breaks and lunch for those persons attending the entire event. Pre-register at More information and a syllabus can be found at this location. Questions: Contact George Crawford gwc2gwc2@gmail.com about the Consultant s Workshop. This event is jointly sponsored by the Pittsburgh Section Consultants Network and the Pittsburgh Section Employment Network and is open to all engineers. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 6 of 16

7 A Wellness-Centric Healthcare System With Interoperable Public Health: The Multidimensional Global Threats, Interdependences of the Critical Infrastructures, and Geomedicine Speaker: Luis Kun Date: Monday, April 23, 2018 Time: 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Place: 120 Advanced Engineering Research Building (AERB) West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Abstract: A combination of factors affects Society today, in ways unimaginable, to many, a few years ago, in the ways we: work, study, teach, read and write, have fun, find out the news, buy, sell and generally in the way we communicate and even the total way we live. Globalization, and the constant use of technologies in academia, industry and government has created a new generation of socioeconomic dilemmas that are associated not only to biomedical and clinical engineering and electromedicine but to many other disciplines. Professionally, new requirements have and will open new opportunities to those that have knowledge in a spectrum of areas that include biosensors, geographical information systems, nanotechnology, intelligent agents, and many other areas. Medicine and Public Health experts will have to incorporate in their teams, individuals that would be able to develop and maintain new technologies, within their respective fields. In many cases, solutions used in other fields, were used to resolve problems in this one. This in turn provides solutions much are more cost-effective solutions. NOTE: This talk covers a wide range of topics that could be of interest to heterogeneous audiences that include not only computer experts, but biomedical, systems and communication engineers, technologists, physicians, nurses, epidemiologists and surveillance personnel associated with public health and epidemics, agencies and departments in charge of protecting our food, our drinking water, our environment, our borders, etc. Biography: Dr. Kun graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy in Uruguay and holds a BSEE; MSEE and Ph.D. degree in BME all from UCLA. A (Lifetime) Fellow of the IEEE, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of National Security Affairs (CHDS) and was Professor of Homeland Security at the National Defense University ( ). He is Editor in Chief of Springer's Journal of Health and Technology. He spent 14 years at IBM; was Director of Medical Systems Technology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. As Senior IT Advisor to AHCPR he formulated the IT vision and was the lead staff for High Performance Computers and Communications program and Telehealth. In July 1997, as invited speaker to the White House, he was largely responsible for the first Telemedicine Homecare Legislation signed by President Clinton, August Represented the DHHS Secretary at a Forum of Health Care Ministers on Telecommunications and the Health Care Industry in Mexico. While a Distinguished Fellow at the CDC, as Acting Chief IT Officer for the National Immunization Program he formulated their IT vision on 10/2000. Kun received many awards including: AIMBE's first-ever Fellow Advocate Award in 2009; IEEE-USA Citation of Honor Award, "For exemplary contributions in the inception and implementation of a health care IT vision in the US." 2011 Golden Core Award by the IEEE CS. Named: "Profesor Honoris Causa" Favaloro University, (Argentina); "Distinguished Visitor" by City of Puebla, Mexico (9/4/2013). He is/was in the IEEE IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 7 of 16

8 Distinguished Visitor Program for the CS, Distinguished Lecturer for the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) and the DL SSIT Chair. (2014) Honorary Professor of the Electrical Engineering Dept. at the School of Engineering of the University (UDELAR) in Montevideo, Uruguay. He received the Medal of Merit on October 20, 2016 in Mexico by the National Unit of Engineering Associations and named Visiting Professor by the National Technological University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, October "Social Implications of Technology" - Repercussions from Science Technology and the Climate Changes in the Global Village Speaker: Luis Kun, PhD, SSIT Distinguished Lecturer Date: April 23, 2018 Time: Refreshments - 6:30 PM; Presentation - 7:00 PM Place: Westinghouse Energy Center, 4350 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA RSVP: Required at by April 20, If you are an IEEE member, you must enter your membership number. If you would like to receive PDH, please bring a copy of this announcement for verification of your attendance and your membership identification card. A non-member who would like to receive PDH is required to pay $10 to IEEE Pittsburgh Section. Organizer: Women In Engineering (WIE) and Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) Abstract: We live in a planet where two different realities occur. In one, the world is driven by the Internet, cell phones, computers, high definition TV, a global economy, medications a la carte for depression, cholesterol or hypertension. The other reality however, shows us a world where 2 out of 3 persons don t have access to clean water, 70 % of the world population lives with less than 10 dollars a day, and where children die every day before reaching the age of 5 (29 K in 2005). In this other reality thousands die daily from, tuberculosis, AIDS, Malaria and many other communicable diseases. The majority of these deaths due to lack of clean drinking water, food and medications / vaccines are preventable. In the mid `90s, a discussion ensued regarding, a potential digital divide caused by great social inequalities that could take place by having (or not) access to the Internet and other communication technologies. Dr. Kun will discuss different aspects of these two realities including: global population growth, urbanization and the threats from increases in population density, interdependencies of this growth, sustainability of the world (water, food and energy), the global economy, and the increases in natural and man-made disasters, many of which are a direct consequence of climate change. Dr. Kun will propose, a change in attitude and the need to apply new formulas to address these challenges. In his opinion, the future conflicts and wars will be driven by water, food, energy and medications, and particularly the need for education. Speaker: See Dr. Kun s biography on page 7. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 8 of 16

9 DIRECTIONS TO WESTINGHOUSE ENERGY CENTER From Pittsburgh take Interstate 376 East (Parkway East). Take Exit 84A to Monroeville. Cross Business Rt 22 at the traffic light and proceed on Rt 48 South (Moss Side Blvd) approx ½ mile (two traffic lights). The 2 nd traffic light is at a 4-way intersection with a Marathon station on the right and a Sunoco station on the left. Turn left onto Northern Pike. Proceed approx 0.2 miles and turn right at the 1 st traffic light onto Westinghouse Dr. Travel 0.7 miles to the 3 flags where the building s main entrance is located. Parking in the evening will be plentiful. Use the main entrance and check with the security guards inside. You will be directed to the proper room for your meeting. From the PA Turnpike, take Exit 57 (Monroeville). After the toll plaza, get in the left lane to get on Business Rt 22 West. At the first light, turn left onto Rt 48 South (Moss Side Blvd) and follow the above directions. "Transforming Healthcare Through Interoperability Speaker: Luis Kun, PhD, SSIT Distinguished Lecturer Date: Tuesday April 24, 2018 Time: Light Dinner - 6:30 PM; Presentation - 7:00 PM to 8:30PM Place: Location: Westinghouse Headquarters 1000 Westinghouse Drive Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania United States Registration: Required at by April 22, If you are an IEEE member, you must enter your membership number. If you would like to receive PDH, please bring a copy of this announcement for verification of your attendance and your membership identification card. A non-member who would like to receive PDH is required to pay $10 to IEEE Pittsburgh Section. Sponsored By: Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (EMC), and the Power and Energy & Industry Applications Societies (PES/IAS). Abstract: For over 40 years researchers have written about applying computer technologies to improve daily medical care, and in the past decade, the goal of using genomic data to truly personalize care has been woven into those concepts. Since 2004, the US has focused on creating a complete personal health record for each citizen by 2015, and great strides have been made in developing the technical standards to allow near-real-time health data acquisition either directly from medical devices, health practitioners, caregivers, and/or patients themselves. In this period government and private agencies have also been separately collecting and organizing vast quantities of scientific data regarding agriculture, society, and many other facets of science the environment we live in. It has become clear that many illnesses and injuries are directly caused or are significantly influenced by the environment. Further, as human lifetimes are extended around the globe; environmental factors simply have more years' damage to human health and wellness. The cost of treating illnesses and injuries in the US is rapidly approaching 20% GDP, and other countries are experiencing significant medical cost increases as well. These increases have far outstripped other industries and are made worse by the growing percentages of elder citizens. Older populations also shift the cost and burden of healthcare onto a decreasing percentage of young and health workers, too. Not only are the costs unsustainable, but the escalation of human suffering for old and young alike is unacceptable and unnecessary. Ultimately, scientists, engineers, and IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 9 of 16

10 information specialists will have to work to "engineer health and wellness INTO each person's life" as consistently and as effectively as possible, because that is simply more efficient, effective, affordable, and ethical than treating the symptoms of illnesses and injuries. Health and wellness is not a "one size fits all" process, however. Our genetic makeup and our lifelong history of nutrition, exercise, education, illnesses and injuries all interact with the environment in very complex ways. Over many centuries of evolution, humans have adapted to widely different chemical, climactic, nutritional, and other challenges. The ideal sustenance for health and wellness of each person and community can be considerably different through seasonal, regional, social, and other changes. Matching health and wellness solutions to each person's current and projected needs will require integrating vast amounts of sometimes dissimilar information, careful and thoughtful analysis of these data warehouses, and skillful interpretation and application of that data to meet each person's actual needs. Speaker: See Dr. Kun s biography on page 7. DIRECTIONS TO WESTINGHOUSE HQ, CRANBERRY Directions from the South: Take 79 North to the route 228 east exit. Stay in right lane and drive by Marriott Hotel (on right). Turn right into Cranberry Woods facility and stay in left lane. Make first left into Westinghouse Headquarters and drive straight through roundabout. Please park in the visitors parking places that are located on either side of the entry road. Directions from the East: Take the PA Turnpike (I-76) West following signs for Ohio / I-76 W. Take Exit 28 and follow I-79 N toward Erie. Stay in the entrance lane (right lane) and immediately take Exit 78, PA-228 Cranberry/Mars. Turn right onto PA-228 E toward Mars. Turn right onto Cranberry Woods Drive. Take immediate left at Westinghouse sign and drive straight through roundabout. Please park in the visitors parking places that are located on either side of the entry road. Computer Society Social and Membership Elevation Meeting Date: Thursday April 26, 2018 Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Place: Any Given Sundae, 2612 Brandt School Rd, Wexford, PA Organizer: Computer Society RSVP: RSVP at and we will buy your ice cream. IEEE members must enter their membership number. Join the Computer Society for a social time, networking, discussion of upcoming meetings, and to learn how to progress to a higher membership grade. Computer Society will buy ice cream for Computer Society members who RSVP. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 10 of 16

11 IEEE Pittsburgh Section Annual History and Awards Dinner Date: Friday, May 4, 2018 Time: 5:30 PM: Arrival 6:00 PM: Dinner and Awards Presentations 7:00 PM: Keynote speech Speaker: Mark Barlow Place: The University Club, Gold room, University of Pittsburgh 123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA Phone: Cost: $30 per member; $50 member plus guest (Cash Bar is available) Organizer: IEEE Pittsburgh Section. RSVP: Required by April 20, Seating is limited to 40 people. Register at: Please pay by credit card online, or send your check, payable to IEEE Pittsburgh Section, to Philip Cox, 343 Partridge Run Rd., Gibsonia, PA Please provide the name of your guest, if any. For any question, please write to Phil at Title: Exploring the Life and Achievements of Nikola Tesla Join us in appreciating the life and achievements of electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. We will reflect on Tesla s past, recognize his contributions to the present, and consider his warnings about the future. The presentation will touch on aspects of Tesla s life, the impact of AC power, and the Tesla Coil! Bio: Mark Barlow has 6.5 years experience in the energy industry working on solar photovoltaic grid tied and battery storage power systems. His years of experience include employment within the energy sector, as well as work completed in his own company DC to Power, LLC. Mark established his company in 2011 with the ambition of making sustainable energy more cost effective. Additionally, he has 3.5 years of reliability engineering experience from the semiconductor industry related to the development of MEMS sensors. Mark has been a member of the IEEE for 15 years and a Tesla Coil Builder for last 20 years. Mr. Barlow received his Masters of Science in Engineering from Youngstown State University where he completed his thesis on the topic of fabricating Schottky Diodes on Silicon Carbide. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 11 of 16

12 Impact of Geomagnetic Disturbances (GMDs) on the Bulk Power System Speaker: Tapan Manna Title: Associate Technical Consultant, Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City Date: Monday, May 7, 2018 Time: Refreshments - 6:30 PM; Presentation - 7:00 PM Place: Westinghouse Energy Center, 4350 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA See directions on page 9. RSVP: Required at by May 5, If you are an IEEE member, you must enter your membership number. If you would like to receive PDH, please bring a copy of this announcement for verification of your attendance and your membership identification card. A non-member who would like to receive PDH is required to pay $10 to IEEE Pittsburgh Section. Organizer: Power Electronics Society (PELS) Abstract: This presentation describes GMD (Geomagnetic Disturbance) and its impacts on the bulk power system. It also discusses a high-level overview of solar storm phenomena including historical solar events, FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) Order on Benchmark GMD Event and strategic plans for GIC (geomagnetically induced current) monitoring and mitigation against GMD event. Speaker: Dr. Tapan Manna is currently an Associate Technical Consultant working at Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City. He has been actively involved with relay coordination and HVDC and FACTS projects. He has over 25 years of experience in the power industry and academia. His technical specialties and interests include power systems and power systems protection, grounding, lightning, HVDC and FACTS, and HV/EHV power apparatus. Tapan obtained his PhD from Tennessee Tech University. Prior to migrating to the United States, he served as a Lecturer for two years at the College of Engineering & Management, Kolaghat, India. He had over 10 years of utility-experience with Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited and West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited in India. Tapan s utility background comprises start-up testing and commissioning of substation and generating station, and power generation plants operation. Prior to joining Burns & McDonnell, he worked for URS (currently AECOM), Black & Veatch, and Tennessee Tech University. Dr. Manna is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, a registered Chartered Engineer in the Institution of Engineers (India), and a PES Distinguished Lecturer. He is also a Senior IEEE member and a member of CIGRE, Sigma Xi, and Institution of Engineers (India). He is a member and contributor of several IEEE-PES and CIGRE working groups. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 12 of 16

13 Looking Ahead: Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Call for Judges Volunteers are needed to represent the IEEE Pittsburgh Section at the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). The 2018 Intel ISEF event will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA, May 13-18, IEEE members from Pittsburgh are needed to judge for the IEEE President s Scholarship of $10,000 plus new awards for 2 nd and 3 rd place. The Special Award judging days begin on Tuesday, May 15 and a winner must be chosen by the end of the day, Wednesday, May 16. The Awards Presentation will take place the evening of Thursday, May 17. Volunteer judges are needed Tuesday, May 15 for pre-judging and for the whole day on Wednesday, May 16 for judging. If you are unable to commit to both days, then it is possible to judge for a portion of the time. To volunteer to be an IEEE judge for ISEF, just tom.dionise@ieee.org, and you will be given information on registration and included in future mailings PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award Announcement Mey Ling Sen, President, Sen Engineering Solutions to receive the 2018 Pittsburgh PES Chapter s Outstanding Engineer Award IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 13 of 16

14 Ms. Mey Ling Sen was selected this year to receive the 2018 Pittsburgh PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award. Ms. Sen s exemplary contributions to the IEEE Power & Energy Society along with her many years of contributions to the Pittsburgh Section of IEEE will be recognized at the annual History and Awards Dinner on May 4th where she will be our honored guest. All members are invited to our Annual History and Awards Dinner. Make it a date. You will surely enjoy the evening. Service to IEEE Starting back in 2003, Ms. Sen became very active in the IEEE Pittsburgh Section. She is presently a member of the IEEE: Industry Applications Society, Power and Energy Society Power Electronics Society Women in Engineering Affiliation Group There are too many good things to list here that have happened in our Pittsburgh Section IEEE due directly to Mey s leadership and volunteering of her time and effort. However, several things standout that should not go unnoted. Mey has held all officer positions in the PES/IAS Joint Chapter which includes Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-Chair, Chair, Immediate Past Chair, and Awards Chair, While in those positions, the Joint Chapter won the Best Large Chapter Award both in PES and IAS,, and several High Performance Chapter awards Ms. Sen has helped resurrect the Women in Engineering (WIE) affinity group as Co- Chair. Mey is now Chair of our WIE group. The Baseball Outings, History and Awards Dinners, and Summer/Fall Picnics for many years have come to fruition through the hard work and persistence of Mey (and Kal). The new to Pittsburgh Section Power Electronics Chapter has become a success and won the 2015 Best Chapter Award with the support given by Mey as Vice-Chair. For the Pittsburgh Section, Mey has served in the Treasurer s position, keeping the books balanced, and the funds flowing to our chapters. In short, wherever and whenever support was needed, Mey was there to give it. Description of technical contributions: Currently Ms. Sen is the President of Sen Engineering Solutions (Monroeville, PA). SEN Engineering Solutions has developed a novel concept for power system control. The idea is to rely on traditional transformer-and-tap technology to regulate and minimize reactive power in transmission lines, the current that is out of phase with voltage and contributes nothing to useful energy delivered. The Sen Transformers are designed to accomplish better power flow control, much the same as more sophisticated but much more expensive flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) devices. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 14 of 16

15 Mey Ling Sen has spent over 15 years in industry. She has worked as an Engineering Consultant at Westinghouse and ABB. She is the co-inventor of the Sen Transformer a SMART Power Flow Controller that is based on functional requirements and the most cost-effective power flow control solution. She is the coauthor of the book titled, Introduction to FACTS Controllers: Theory, Modeling, and Applications, IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009, which is also published in Chinese and English paperback editions in China and India, respectively. Ms. Sen received BSEE and MEE degrees in electrical engineering, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Rice University, respectively. Patents and Patent Applications Mey Ling Sen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Multi-line power flow transformer for compensating power flow among transmission lines Patent number: Versatile power flow transformers for compensating power flow in a transmission line Patent numbers: , , and Ms. Sen, your fellow engineers and members of the IEEE Pittsburgh Section thank you for your exemplary support and leadership in making the Pittsburgh Section what it is today, one of the best! IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 15 of 16

16 Executive Committee (AdCom) 2018 Calendar Meetings of IEEE Pittsburgh Section Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec 18 Panera Bread Robinson 15 Panera Bread Wilkins Section 24 Engineers Week 15 Panera Bread Oakland, Forbes ave. 29 Senior Members 19 Panera Bread Wexford 21 Consultants & Employment Workshop Communic ations Computer 10 Job advice 26 Social meet EMBS 22 Monitor Brain EMCS 24 Power Electronics 25 Ripple Reduction 22 Voltage Converters Health Data PES/IAS 24 Health Data Magnetics Robotics 30 Advocating Robotics Sig. Processing CPMT/ED Social Impl Technology Upper Mon 26 Data Analytics Women in Eng ing 18 Synthesizing NBA defenses 23 Global Village 16 Cloud Radio 23 Health Care 23 Global Village 17 Panera Bread Galleria 4 History Dinner 20 Ethernet 7 GMDs 21 Panera Bread Wilkins Young Pros 18 N3XT PACE 4 Russ Harrison Student Act 19 Panera Bread Wexford 16 Panera Bread Wilkins 20 Panera Bread Galleria 18 TBD 15 Panera Bread Galleria 20 TBD IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin April 2018, Volume 67 No. 4 Page 16 of 16