Black Holes and Their Degenerate Friends – IEEE Central Texas Consultants' Network

Topic:	Black Holes and Their Degenerate Friends
Abstract:	The astrophysics of astronomical objects depends on equilibrium between forces of expansion and contraction. Black holes represent a failure of this balance. There have been scientific puzzles of how intermediate, massive and super-massive black holes came to exist. A new source of information in the form of gravitational waves, comparable to Galileo’s first use of a telescope to study the sky is producing new results that promise to greatly accelerate progress in this field.
Speaker:	Clyde Springen Email: springen@sbcglobal.net
Speaker’s Bio:	Clyde Springen BSEE, Mastron – Retired – Systems and Software Engineer & Adjunct Professor of Astronomy and Engineering. Was privileged to have a 47 year career as an engineer and teacher. Engineering alumnus of Texas Instruments, Lockheed Missiles and Space, Northrop Grumman and Textron. Primary technology areas in Engineering were in Artificial Intelligence robotics, machine vision, and expert planning systems, tracking and data fusion, and in Astronomy – photometry analysis and galactic simulation. Worked on applications including surface systems for missiles and rockets, conveyor belt robot and vision systems, automated test systems and corps level army battle planning systems. Some highlights include creating a rule-based countdown sequencer for NASA, developing an innovative state-machine based application programming language for robots resulting in two patents and developing a fault-isolation sub-system to diagnose failure in digital circuit cards. As a teacher at Austin Community College taught Introduction to Engineering, Solar System and Stellar Astronomy courses. Also obtained a NASA grant to incorporate satellite telemetry into engineering curriculum.
Date & Time:	Wednesday, Apr 25, 2018, Networking at 6:00 p.m., business and program from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location:	PoK-e-Jo’s, 2121 W. Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village, Austin, TX 78727
Map:	map
Cost:	$5.00 minimum charge for the restaurant. Supper is at optional extra cost.
Reservations:	Not required. All interested parties are invited to attend.
Presentation:	Presentation Slides Presentation Audio
Registration:	https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/171565

Topic:

Black Holes and Their Degenerate Friends

Abstract:

The astrophysics of astronomical objects depends on equilibrium between forces of expansion and contraction. Black holes represent a failure of this balance. There have been scientific puzzles of how intermediate, massive and super-massive black holes came to exist. A new source of information in the form of gravitational waves, comparable to Galileo’s first use of a telescope to study the sky is producing new results that promise to greatly accelerate progress in this field.

Speaker:

Clyde Springen

Email: springen@sbcglobal.net

Speaker’s Bio:

Clyde Springen
BSEE, Mastron – Retired – Systems and Software Engineer & Adjunct Professor of Astronomy and Engineering.

Was privileged to have a 47 year career as an engineer and teacher. Engineering
alumnus of Texas Instruments, Lockheed Missiles and Space, Northrop Grumman and
Textron. Primary technology areas in Engineering were in Artificial Intelligence
robotics, machine vision, and expert planning systems, tracking and data fusion, and
in Astronomy – photometry analysis and galactic simulation. Worked on applications including surface systems for missiles and rockets, conveyor belt robot and vision systems, automated test systems and corps level army battle planning systems. Some
highlights include creating a rule-based countdown sequencer for NASA, developing an innovative state-machine based application programming language for robots resulting in two patents and developing a fault-isolation sub-system to diagnose failure in digital circuit cards. As a teacher at Austin Community College taught Introduction to Engineering, Solar System and Stellar Astronomy courses. Also obtained a NASA grant to incorporate satellite telemetry into engineering curriculum.

Date & Time:

Wednesday, Apr 25, 2018, Networking at 6:00 p.m., business and program from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Location:

PoK-e-Jo’s, 2121 W. Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village, Austin, TX 78727

Map:

map

Cost:

$5.00 minimum charge for the restaurant. Supper is at optional extra cost.

Reservations:

Not required. All interested parties are invited to attend.

Presentation:

Presentation Slides
Presentation Audio

Registration:

https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/171565