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Grayson Randall will be our presenter. MOVE has responded to major disasters in 2024 with the most notable being the Helene disaster in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Grayson will review 2024 and the role MOVE played in the response with the Red Cross and other first responder partners. Co-sponsored by: IEEE-USA MOVE Program Speaker(s): Grayson Randall Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/446893

IEEE Central Texas Section Monthly ExCom Meeting Agenda: Officer Reports Committee Reports Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/436561

Join us for an engaging seminar with Travis W. Grablander as he shares his insights and experiences from the field of electrical engineering at Black Hills Energy. Travis will provide an in-depth overview of key concepts and practical applications in transmission line design, distribution systems, and protection engineering. Drawing on his work in relay protection design and system programming, he will discuss real-world challenges and solutions for ensuring the reliability and safety of modern electrical grids. This session is an excellent opportunity for students, faculty, and professionals to explore the intersection of academic learning and industry practices in power engineering. Don’t miss this chance to learn from an industry expert and connect with professionals in the field. Speaker(s): Travis W. Grablander , Room: 254, Bldg: EEP, South Dakota School of Mines , Rapid City , South Dakota, United States, 57701

Monthly Lone Star Section Executive Committee Meeting Room: CR 1.102, Bldg: 168, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78238, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/395083

Planning for future meetings. Agenda: 11:30 Start Meeting 12:00 Lunch 1:30 end of meeting Room: Open Seating Area, Bldg: Ernesto's, San Antonio, Texas, United States

The automotive industry is in the midst of a significant transformation. “CASE: Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Service, Electric” has been advocated as a trend. Along with this trend, automotive E/E (Electrical/Electronic) architecture will evolve from the current distributed architecture to a domain architecture and then to the future zone architecture in the autonomous driving era. The lecture introduces the requirement of automotive system design for in-vehicle devices and their key technologies, including processors for the infotainment system and advanced vehicle control. The lecture also covers automotive functional safety. Speaker(s): , Sugako Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/446422

All IEEE Wichita Section members and all Wichita State IEEE Student Section members are invited to attend the Annual Holiday Banquet on Tuesday, Dec 5, 2024, at (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Woolsey+Hall/@37.7186759,-97.2907943,786m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x87bae3f4be3aeef9:0x7cc606ad0f1e8680!8m2!3d37.7186717!4d-97.2882194!16s%2Fg%2F11s6b5p52d!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTEwNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)(https://www.google.com/maps/place/Woolsey+Hall/@37.7186759,-97.2907943,786m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x87bae3f4be3aeef9:0x7cc606ad0f1e8680!8m2!3d37.7186717!4d-97.2882194!16s%2Fg%2F11s6b5p52d!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTEwNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D). We will gather with appetizers at 5:30 along with poster display, followed by dinner at 6:00 and a speaker at 7:00. (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a-yF-SSTPqxEme-GqIiULWjjPYpGPwgN/view?usp=drive_link) ***Venue and Speaker Information. Poster Awards Speaker Vice President (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jedidiah-bentz-6643932b/overlay/about-this-profile/)of Engineering at Electromech Technologies Empowering business innovation and driving strategic leadership initiatives for organizational growth At Electromech Technologies, my leadership in engineering, compliance, and quality has been instrumental in advancing our aerospace, defense, and medical solutions. My dedication to operational excellence and business innovation guides our strategic direction and fosters a culture of continuous improvement. Collaborating with my team, we have successfully spearheaded product and business growth initiatives. Through efficient project management and talent/team growth strategies, we have cultivated an environment where strategic product development and partnership building are the cornerstones of our success. This ensures that Electromech remains at the forefront of technological advancement and business growth. *** MORE INFORMATION *** All IEEE Professional members in good standing may attend and bring a guest, with the Section hosting dinner and drinks. Students are also invited to the IEEE Wichita Professional Dinner (students may bring a guest, but there will be an extra charge for guest). 2024 Dinner Information Taste of the Mediterranean Buffet Meal Chermoula Spiced Chicken Skewers with Tzatziki Sauce (Cals: 350) Kafta Meatballs (Cals: 310) Vegetable Basmati Rice Pilaf (Cals: 190) Mezze Grilled & Marinated Vegetables (Cals: 150) Chopped Mediterranean Salad Served with Balsamic Vinaigrette (Cals: 150) Classic Hummus with Soft and Fried Pita Chips (Cals: 680) Traditional Baklava with Caramel Sauce & Various Other Desserts (Cals:320) Seating is limited to 80 people. All dinner guests for dinner need to register below. Mark Hunter Agenda: 5:30 PM Meet and Greet and poster presentation, 6:00 PM Dinner then 7:00 PM Speaker Presentation Bldg: Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208

Please join us for our annual IEEE Lafayette December 2024 Christmas Social at Don's Seafood! Please RSVP by clicking the "Register Now" button below to register for the social. Registration/RSVP is required to help us get an accurate headcount for the setup at the restaurant. When registering, please be sure to also register your guest so that they are included in the count. You can do this by selecting "Add Another Guest" at the bottom of the registration page. Note that the room we have reserved can seat a maximum of 35 people. Hope to see you there! Don's Seafood is located at 4309 Johnston Street, Lafayette, LA 70503 Bldg: Don's Seafood, 4309 Johnston Street, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States, 70503

Join the Shreveport Section for our monthly virtual Student Branch Round-Up. Hear from fellow students and other schools about what's happening in our neck of the woods. We'll plan to have these on the first Thursday of each month. The virtual event is open to the public but is focused on students, so feel free to hop in! Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/445132

IEEE Lone Star Section EMBS Chapter and the Life Members Affinity Group will host a daylong workshop on AI and Healthcare. Event will be held in conjunction with the Computer Sciences Department's Research Day and Poster Presentations. The website for the event is as follows: https://r5.ieee.org/lss-embs/workshop/ The purpose of the workshop is to assemble engineers and scientists with an interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) as applied to the field of healthcare. The workshop is expected to also expand interest in EMB activities across several technical chapters, affinity groups and Section members. Additionally, the event will focus on expanding interest in EMB for students and faculty at the many academic institutions within the Lone Star Section. In addition the event will include Texas State University in San Marcos (Central Texas Section), with emphasis on its very active IEEE faculty and student branch. The workshop will featuring a Keynote, Panel Discussion, and Poster session at the (https://www.txst.edu/starpark/conference-center.html) Conference facility in San Marcos, Texas on December 6, 2024. (Room 173 and 174) Students: Please submit a title and abstracts (less than 500 words) to https://forms.gle/NaLgLeW8aypNwFqz8 by 30 November 2024. The best 5 posters abstracts will be published in IEEE Pulse Magazine. Speaker(s): Dr. Stephen T.C. Wong Agenda: Schedule 8:30 AM: Registration and breakfast 9:00-9:15 AM: Introduction and Welcome by TXST 9:15-10:15 AM: Keynote 10:15-11:15 AM: Panel Discussion – Ethics in AI - Dr. Jose Salinas, Research Scientist, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research - Hakima Ibaroudene, Research and Development Manager, Southwest Research Institute - Brett Bowman, Research Physicist, Air Force Research Laboratory - Dr. Robert Teague, Chief Medical Officer, Green Room Technologies 11:15-11:45 PM: IEEE Lone Star Section Presentation – Dr. Walt Downing, Section Chairman 11:45-12:45 PM: Lunch (BBQ) 12:45-2:15 PM: Poster presentations 2:15 PM: Wrap up and closing remarks 2:30 PM: Workshop Adjourn STAR One Conference Center, 3055 Hunter Road, San Marcos, Texas, United States, 78666

First Night: How does today’s process industry engineer even specify a motor with the plethora of industry standards from various standards development organizations around the globe? This paper provides a basic overview of the issues that are essential in the decision process when purchasing a new motor and is directed toward the engineer who must specify motors but is not a motor specialist. Since project engineers are regularly expected to justify options selected and purchase recommendations, this paper provides guidance. Process industry motor standards are used in review of motor requirements and options available today. Index Terms – Motor standards, motor specifications, severe duty motor, petrochemical industry motor, motor reliability, premium efficiency, ASD motor, induction motor. Second Night: IEEE 841-2020 IEEE STANDARD FOR PETROLEUM AND Chemical Industry—Premium Efficiency Severe Duty, Totally Enclosed (TEFC) Squirrel-Cage Induction Motors — Up to and Including 370 kW 500 hp to be issued in 2020 has been updated and improved from the 2009 version. The standard covers three-phase premium-efficiency severe-duty TEFC squirrel-cage induction motors with antifriction bearings in sizes up to and including 370 kW (500 hp). Important changes and updates have been made to the standard, including the addition of some applications for ASD motors in classified locations. Improvements to the standard are reviewed in detail. Requirements are identified that improve motor reliability and increase motor life. Co-sponsored by: Christopher Sanderson, SMIEEE Speaker(s): Donald Dunn, Dennis Bogh Agenda: 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Dinner Served to all registered attendees. 6:15 pm - 6:30 pm: Annoucements 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Presentation Bldg: Bechtel Energy Building #3, 2105 Citywest Place, Houston, Texas, United States, 77042

It has been a tradition of the New Orleans Section of the IEEE for a number of years to invite all Past Section Chairs, along with the Past Chairs of its predecessor organizations, IRE and AIEE, to be our guests at a December meeting honoring their service to the Section. We will also use this event to present out annual awards for the Section. Agenda: NOTE: Room Capacity is 36 persons! RSVP SOON! PLEASE RSVP BY 12 NOON FRIDAY DECEMBER 6, 2024 TO: RICHARD MILLER: [email protected] or 504-905-3570 (cell) REMEMBER TO INCLUDE YOUR ENTRÉE SELECTION WITH RSVP ! ! Appetizers Charbroiled Oysters (3 per person) Spinach Dip Salad: Crabmeat Mediterranean Entrees: Choice of One Maine Lobster Catch of the Day (with Cajun Seasoning) Boneless Short Rib Dessert: Cheesecake Beverage: Soft drinks, Unsweetened Iced Tea, & Coffee NOTE: CASH BAR – SEPARATE TAB PER GUEST Cost: Past Chair Plus 1 Guest: No Cost IEEE Members and their Guests: $20 per person IEEE Student Members: $10 each Non-IEEE members: $30 each PAYMENT: Cash, Check, Credit Card (CC Reader Available) 3232 North Arnoult Rd, Metairie, Louisiana, United States, 70002

In the quest to break through the limitations of conventional computing paradigms, neuromorphic computing emerges as a revolutionary approach, inspired by the structure and functioning of the human brain. Neuromorphic computing seeks to mimic the neural architectures and operational principles of biological nervous systems to achieve promising levels of efficiency and adaptability. This talk delves into the fundamental concepts, potential applications, and areas for improvement in neuromorphic computing. Event will be held in The Archives Building (Building 51) and is restricted to US citizens. Light refreshments will be served. Speaker(s): Prativa Bldg: Building 51, 6220 Culebra, San Antonio, Texas, United States

Chapter Committee Meeting to discuss chapter events Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/432279

What is IEEE-USA and am I a member? We'll provide an overview of the organization representing all US-based IEEE members. Not only that, there are many volunteer opportunities. Room: Private Dining Room #2, Bldg: Slick Cafe, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78238

As more power systems are reaching very high shares of inverter-based resources (i.e., wind, solar, battery storage), new resources with advanced capabilities, termed grid forming (GFM), are becoming increasingly important. As a result, more system operators are defining performance and testing requirements for GFM IBRs and now projects are being built to these specifications. The webinar will provide some introduction to grid forming controls and introduce the latest developments with GFM specifications (including the most recent drafts from MISO, ERCOT, and ENTSO-E) and GFM projects. Co-sponsored by: University of California, Riverside Speaker(s): Dr. Julia Matevosyan, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/446735

Monthly IEEE New Orleans Section South Lake Life Member Affinity Group Meeting Co-sponsored by: Richard Miller, Chair South Lake Life Member Affinity group Agenda: 12:00pm 1200hrs Start of meeting with social and order lunch 1:00pm 1300hrs Formal meeting with old business then New business follow up with proposed coming events and if Frances is available presentation on HQ activities, 2:00pm 1400hrs Adjourn. Bldg: New Orleans Hamburger and Seafood Restaurant, 4141 St. Charles Ave , 4141 Ct Charles Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70115

[] Free Registration (with a Zoom account; you can get one for free if you don't already have it): https://sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsc-CoqjwpG9aPDHfg6Axqvn90i4uQRmqr Synopsis: For a long time, the AI/ML community relied on traditional evaluation metrics such as the confusion matrix, accuracy, precision, and recall for assessing the performance of machine learning models. However, the rapidly evolving field has been raising several ethical concerns, which calls for a more comprehensive evaluation scheme. In easy-to-understand language, this talk will delve into the quantitative analysis of model performance, emphasizing the critical importance of explainability. As ML models become increasingly complex and pervasive, understanding their decision-making processes is paramount. We'll explore various performance metrics, their limitations, and the growing need for transparency. Topics covered include Cohen’s Kappa Statistic, Matthew's correlation coefficient (MCC), Confusion Matrix, Precision, Recall, G-measure, ROC Curve, Youden's J statistic, Type II Adversarial attack, R-squared, LIME, SHAP, and more. Speaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/442073

Monthly meeting of EMB Chapter, followed by a technical talk There is a $15.00 charge for each registrant. Guests and non-members charge is $20.00 and Students are $5.00. Remainder of the tab will be picked up by the EMB. Agenda: 11:30am: Business meeting: Call to order, minutes of last meeting, treasurer's report, new business, 12:00pm: Lunch 12:30pm: Technical talk and discussion 1::00pm: adjourn San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Monthly meeting of EMB Chapter, followed by a technical talk There is a $15.00 charge for each registrant. Guests and non-members charge is $20.00 and Students are $5.00. Remainder of the tab will be picked up by the EMB. Agenda: 11:30am: Business meeting: Call to order, minutes of last meeting, treasurer's report, new business, 12:00pm: Lunch 12:30pm: Technical talk and discussion 1::00pm: adjourn San Antonio, Texas, United States

This will be the Annual Oklahoma Engineering Fair held at the Science Museum Oklahoma on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. This year's Engineering Fair is sponsored by the IEEE OKC Section Life Members and other local Societies via the Oklahoma Engineering Foundation. The Fair opens at 8:00 AM and ends about 3:00 PM. Parents and University Students who want to attend our Electrical Motor Contest Competition or any competitions are welcome. The Electric Motor Competition is normally held on the 2nd floor, check for location at the entrance. If your company would like to financially support our Electric Motor competition let us know and we can post your Logo on the IEEE OKC Section website and the Electric Motor competition site. IEEE Motor Contest supporters can volunteer by registering with Daniel Morehead <[email protected]> so he will know who will attend to possibly schedule 2-hour sessions per person. Three people are required to run the competition. Prizes and Distribution - The Oklahoma Engineering Fair is open to middle and high school students attending, public, private, parochial, or home-schooled children in Oklahoma. Contest winners will be announced at the Engineering Fair and the Engineering-Fair Band Web Site. Volunteers can support this competition or any of the following competitions. Again we encourage parents and IEEE members to come and view these competitions. Competitions: - Louisa Douglas McCune Animals and Engineering Essay - Software Engineering Extravaganza "coding Movie Magic" American Fidelity Corporation is providing support. - Eiffel Tower - - Electric Motor - - Rubber Band Powered Vehicle - - Wacky Wonder Works - - Bridge Building - - Drone Zone - - Ping Pong Launcher - OEF Engineering Fair organizational contact Phone Number is 405 528-1435. One can also join the "Band" website. At the OEF Registration Page, one can read all the exciting details: https://oef.org/oklahoma-engineering-fair/. Co-sponsored by: Dan Moorehead Agenda: Setup competition Area 7:30 AM Open Competition 8:00 AM Close Competition 2:00 PM Bldg: Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 Remington Pl, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73111