Microcontroller Intro

Bldg 1 Cam Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX, United States

Learn the basics of how to use a Raspberry Pi Pico in your projects! We will cover the software that you need, what the various pins of the Pico do, and what you need to know to kickstart your designs. Bldg: Richter, One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, Texas, United States

Tour and Presentation at Advanced Energy

Advanced Energy Inc , 1625 Sharp Point Drive , Fort Collins, Colorado, United States, 80525

"Advanced Energy designs and manufactures highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. Agenda: 6:00 pm Doors Open 6:30 pm Welcome-Kris Waage 6:45 pm Did'ja Hear? Scott Evans 7:00 pm Main Presentation 8:45 pm End Advanced Energy Inc , 1625 Sharp Point Drive , Fort Collins, Colorado, United States, 80525

Lone Star Section 2025 Spring Planning Meeting

Room: BSE 2.102, Bldg: Biotechnology Sciences and Engineering Building (BSE), UTSA, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78249, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/467155

Semi-Annual Planning Meeting for Lone Star Section officers, chapter officers, student branch officers, affinity group officers, and committee chairs/members. Any IEEE member in the Lone Star Section is welcome to attend. Co-sponsored by: UTSA Agenda: See attached agenda in the media section for a detailed agenda. 8:00 am Breakfast 8:30 am Meeting Begins 12:30 pm Lunch 1:00 pm Adjourn Room: BSE 2.102, Bldg: Biotechnology Sciences and Engineering Building (BSE), UTSA, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78249, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/467155

Partial Discharge Fundamentals

Bldg: Bechtel Energy Building #3, 2105 Citywest Place, Houston, Texas, United States, 77042

Two Night Seminar Covering Partial Discharge Fundamentals: Abstract: On-line partial discharge monitoring has become a useful tool over the past 30 years to determine the condition of the electrical insulation in motor and generator stator windings rated 4 kV and above. With the installation of suitable PD sensors, the monitoring is done during normal operation of the motor or generator. Although PD testing cannot indicate the exact time of failure, by trending the results over time, PD monitoring can help to determine when stator winding maintenance is prudent, usually with at least 2 years of warning. The seminar will cover the following topics: • Stator winding insulation components • Insulation failure mechanisms • What is partial discharge • Methods to monitor PD on line • Basic interpretation. The seminar will be largely test-vendor agnostic. Co-sponsored by: Donald G. Dunn, FIEEE Speaker(s): Greg Stone 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

Haptics work at Trinity University

Room: 583, Bldg: Center for Sciences and Innovation, West Campus Lane, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78212

Poster Session & Lunch 11:30-1:00pm - M Bourgeois:“Learning from Partnered Haptic Interactions in Social Dance for Robotic Applications” - Julian Perez: "Enhancing Haptic Fingertip Feedback via Pneumatic Actuators" - Dawson Durr: "Incidental and Referred Haptic Feedback in the Digital Extenders." - Tours of the Treadway Lab Park at Alamo Stadium - https://map.trinity.edu/?id=1858#!ct/48724,71654,71656,71657,71659,71660?m/991683?s/?mc/29.46316899999998,-98.48067500000002?z/18?lvl/0?share Speaker(s): Dawson, M, Julian Room: 583, Bldg: Center for Sciences and Innovation, West Campus Lane, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78212

IEEE Region 5 Conferences 2025 – Meetings

Bldg: Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208

The 2025 IEEE Region 5 Annual Business Meeting and Student Competitions will be held in Wichita, Kansas between the 28th – 30th of March, 2025. On Friday, March 28, there will be a reception from 6 PM onwards. R5 Business Meeting The Annual Business Meeting will start on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 8 AM and will continue on Sunday, March 30, 2025. For more information, visit the (https://r5conferences.org/) webpage. IEEE Region 5 holds an annual meeting to approve its Executive Committee members, set goals, and determine an annual budget for programs and services. Each of the 27 Sections is expected to send a minimum of one voting representative to participate. Co-sponsored by: Region 5 Bldg: Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208

IEEE Region 5 Conferences 2025 – Student Competitions

Bldg: Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208

The 2025 IEEE Region 5 Annual Business Meeting and Student Competitions will be held in Wichita, Kansas between the 28th – 30th of March, 2025. On Friday, March 28, there will be a reception from 6 PM onwards. Student Competitions For more information about the competition, visit the (https://r5conferences.org/student-activities/). Student Teams interested in competing will also need to complete the Intent to Compete forms from the competition of their choice. Co-sponsored by: Region 5 Bldg: Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208

IEEE Region 5 Conferences 2025 – EXCOM & Delegates

Bldg: Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208

The 2025 IEEE Region 5 Annual Business Meeting and Student Competitions will be held in Wichita, Kansas between the 28th – 30th of March, 2025. On Friday, March 28, there will be a reception from 6 PM onwards. R5 Business Meeting The Annual Business Meeting will start on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 8 AM and will continue on Sunday, March 30, 2025. For more information, visit the (https://r5conferences.org/) webpage. IEEE Region 5 holds an annual meeting to approve its Executive Committee members, set goals, and determine an annual budget for programs and services. Each of the 27 Sections is expected to send a minimum of one voting representative to participate. This event is for registering Region 5 Executive Committee Members, Primary Section Delegates, and specially invited guests. To register a Guest/Companion, please proceed to (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/452697). Bldg: Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208

IEEE Region 5 Conference 2025 – Committee, Chairs, Etc.

Bldg: Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208

The 2025 IEEE Region 5 Annual Business Meeting and Student Competitions will be held in Wichita, Kansas between the 28th – 30th of March, 2025. On Friday, March 28, there will be a reception from 6 PM onwards. R5 Business Meeting The Annual Business Meeting will start on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 8 AM and will continue on Sunday, March 30, 2025. For more information, visit the (https://r5conferences.org/) webpage. IEEE Region 5 holds an annual meeting to approve its Executive Committee members, set goals, and determine an annual budget for programs and services. Each of the 27 Sections is expected to send a minimum of one voting representative to participate. This event is for registering Region 5 Conferences Chairs, Organizing Committee, and Volunteers. Other registrants, please proceed to (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/452697) or (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/452698). Co-sponsored by: Region 5 Bldg: Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208

IEEE Wichita Bowling and Pool Mixer

1845 Fairmount St, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67260

Looking to meet and network with other students and young professionals in Wichita? Come join us for a fun afternoon of bowling, pool, snacks, and refreshments at the Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes! Details ▪ Where: Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes (Located in the basement of the Rhatigan Student Center on Wichita State University Campus. See interactive map at: https://map.concept3d.com/?id=1128) Address: 1845 Fairmount St., Wichita, Kansas 67260 ▪ When: Saturday, March 29, 2025 from 3-5 pm, during the weekend of the Region 5 IEEE meeting (link: https://r5conferences.org/) and the Green Technologies Conference (link: (https://ieeegreentech.org/) ▪ Refreshments and snacks will be provided: water, lemonade, iced tea, and charcuterie display (assorted jams and honey, dried fruits and nuts, imported cheese and meats with flat breads, crackers, and crostinis) ▪ Registsration & RSVP: For IEEE members, cost is free. For non-IEEE members, there is a small signup fee of $5. To register, please sign up at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/447935 or use the QR code. Hosted by IEEE Wichita Young Professionals Group and Wichita State University IEEE Student Branch Jacob Buresh, Chair, IEEE Wichita Young Professionals Group [email protected] Sarangan Rajendran, Secretary, Wichita State University IEEE Student Branch [email protected] 1845 Fairmount St, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67260

Beating the Shannon Limit: The Case of the 56K Modem

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/466459

Voiceband modems convert a stream of digital symbols into audible signals and transmit them over the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The first voiceband modem was developed in 1958 and operated at 110 bits/s. Being subject to international standards developed by the International Union of Telecommunications, Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T), a body of the United Nations, these modems consistently increased their transmission speeds within the next several decades. Every step in the standards process involved a major development in signal processing and communications, such as various forms of adaptive equalization, echo cancellation, and trellis coded modulation. These contributions approximately doubled the transmission speed of every step of the standardization process, starting with 300 b/s in 1962 until about 28.8-33.6 kb/s in 1996. Modem designers invoked Shannon's capacity formula and, considering quantization noise occurring at the Analog-to-Digital conversion process in the PSTN Central Office as additive white Gaussian noise, decided that the channel capacity for such modems is about 36 kb/s. Yet, towards the end of 1990s, modems that operated at transmission speeds close to 56 kb/s, known generally as 56K modems appeared. This talk will first give a brief history of voiceband modems, and it will describe how it was possible to beat the Shannon capacity formula with the 56K modems. The underlying modeling process and the related mathematics will be described. A history of the development of the 56K modems will be presented and, looking back several decades, the technological, as well as the economic and social impact of these modems, will be discussed. Speaker(s): Ender Ayanoglu, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/466459

Building Chatbots for Learning and Training

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/442785

2025 Spring IEEE OKC Webinar Series IEEE OKC invites you to join the event below, organized by Oklahoma International Publishing, as part of its 2025 Spring OkIP Conferences on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. This virtual event is free of charge to IEEE Oklahoma City members. Please register ahead of time to receive the proper instructions for remote participation: >> Speaker: Dr. Maiga Chang Full Professor Associate Dean, Research & Innovation Faculty of Science and Technology Athabasca University, Canada >> Talk: Building Chatbot for Learning and Training >>> Abstract: Online learning and teaching do not mean that putting course materials online and asking students to learn by themselves. It is important to provide students supports when they encounter questions about course content or materials. When students ask their question on a discussion forum in an online learning environment, sometimes there may have no one available at that time to help them due to time differences or study behaviors and needs – for instances some students may have family/children/baby and day job and they might not be able to do their study until late night or weekends. This leads to an obvious conclusion that if a system was in place to provide an automated summary, this could facilitate learning. Having an easily accessible system, which can quickly provide responses, allows students to get information that may have otherwise been difficult to find. In this talk, I will explain how chatbots can be developed and discuss three potential chatbot in education applications: (1) the Ask4Summary Moodle plugin (https://ask4summary.vipresearch.ca/#download) acts like an online tutor can automatically answers a student’s question with a summary assembled via matching and retrieving from the stored information; (2) a block-based, visual editing environment to alleviate the burden of knowledge imposed on users wishing to implement chatbots in their use of training and/or as an automated first-level of support; and (3) guardians living in MEGA World (https://megaworld.game-server.ca/), who provide individual students a way to get their questions explained and the information asked. >>> About the speaker: Dr. Maiga Chang is Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, and Full Professor at Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Canada. He is also Honorary Chair Professor at Multidisciplinary Academic Research Center, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. Dr. Chang is IEEE Senior Member and has been appointed as an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor for 2023 to 2025. He is also received Distinguished Researcher Award from Asia Pacific Society on Computers in Education (APSCE) in 2022. Dr. Chang is now Vice President (2022~) of International Association of Smart Learning Environments (IASLE) and editors-in-chief (2019~) of Journal of Educational Technology & Society (Open Access SSCI in Quartile Q1 with rank 22/756 in Education & Educational Research category by Journal Impact Factor 4.595), editor-in-chief (2014~) of International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (Open Access ESCI in Quartile Q1 with rank 64/756 in Education & Educational Research category by Journal Impact Factor 3.3, SCOPUS, EI), and editor-in-chief (2020~) of Bulletin of Technical Committee on Learning Technology (Open Access ESCI). He is also an Executive Committee member of Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (2017~2028, APSCE) and Global Chinese Society for Computing in Education (2016~2025, GCSCE), and Chair (2021~) of Educational Activities Committee, IEEE Northern Canada Section. Dr. Chang is helping as a Steering Committee member (2020~) for International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS). Dr. Chang has given more than 160 talks and lectures in different events; He also has (co-)authored more than 260 book chapters, journal and international conference papers. He is an IEEE member since 1996 and also a member of ACM (2001-2017), AAAI (since 2001-2017), INNS (2004-2018), and Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society. His current research mainly focus on artificial intelligence; natural language processing; learning behaviour analysis; learning analytics and academic analytics; game-based learning, training and assessment; intelligent agent technology; educational data mining; computational intelligence; health informatics and healthcare technology, etc. Co-sponsored by: Pierre Tiako Agenda: 08:55am - 09:00am Virtual Meeting Speaker Introduction 09:00am - 09:45am Virtual Meeting Keynote 09:45pm - 10:00am Virtual Meeting Q &A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/442785

LSS EXCOM

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/455831

Monthly Lone Star Section Executive Committee Meeting Agenda: 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/455831

April RAS Chapter Planning Meeting

Tycoon Flats, 2926 N. St. Mary's St., San Antonio , Texas, United States, 78212

Monthly planning meeting for the LSS RAS Chapter. This will be an in-person meeting at Tycoon Flats. Lunch will be provided by the RAS chapter. Tycoon Flats, 2926 N. St. Mary's St., San Antonio , Texas, United States, 78212

SAMSAT

San Antonio, Texas, United States

SAMSAT Tour with hands-on activities and lunch San Antonio, Texas, United States

IEEE-USA Livestream Webinar: Job Search Trends for 2025: What You Need to Know to Stay Ahead

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463524

2025 is bringing new opportunities—and new challenges—for job seekers. In this session, we’ll explore the latest trends shaping the job market and how professionals can leverage them to their advantage. From the rise of AI-powered hiring tools to the growing importance of soft skills, we’ll break down what you need to focus on to stand out in an evolving landscape. Plus, I’ll share the one thing you need to do to get hired faster in 2025. Whether you're switching industries, aiming for a promotion, or looking for your next big opportunity, this talk will give you the insights and strategies to stay ahead in the job search game. Speaker(s): Elizabeth Lions Agenda: IEEE-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job, maintain your career, negotiate an appropriate salary, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and learn about other career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession. Learn about our sponsor: the IEEE Member Group Insurance Program - Powered by AMBA. AMBA specializes in providing tailored insurance solutions for IEEE members. Whether you’re seeking health, life, or disability coverage, AMBA has you covered. Visit the IEEE Member Group Insurance Program website to explore the benefits and options available to you: (https://www.ieeeinsurance.com/) For information regarding upcoming webinars or to visit our vast webinar archive, please visit: (https://ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/) (https://newsletter.smartbrief.com/rest/sign-up/2479DAB0-4089-43E7-925D-86AE0C1E6244?campaign=e0d52cef) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463524

IEEE PI2 April ChapComm

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463088

See agenda below. Agenda: Agenda Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463088

Monthly meeting of EMB Chapter, followed by a technical talk 

San Antonio, Texas, United States

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

Texas State Legislative Visit Day

Bldg: Education Center, San Antonio Museum of Science & Technology, 5035 SW 36th St, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78226

A reception for Texas State Legislators in the Lone Star Section. Come and visit with your Texas State Senator or Representative at lunchtime on April 16 2025. Our event will be held at the Education Center of the San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology (SAMSAT), and will be devoted to discussing such items as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) issues, as well as those for technology infrastructure in the greater San Antonio area. Speaker(s): David Monroe, Walt Downing Agenda: 11:00 am Legislators arrive and welcomed 11:10 am Welcome by SAMSAT CEO (David Monroe) and Lone Star Section leadership 11:30 am Introductions and comments by legislators 12:00 pm Lunch is served 12:15 pm Breakout for discussions with appropriate legislators 12:45 pm Brief tour of SAMSAT Education Center 1:00 pm Adjourn Bldg: Education Center, San Antonio Museum of Science & Technology, 5035 SW 36th St, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78226

Tour of the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing

1841 Airport Road 101 Baletka Blvd, Livingston, TX, United States

Joint meeting of EMB and LMAG with tour of the Central Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in San Marcos. Box lunches. At the door, there is a $15.00 fee for Members, $20:00 for Guests and $5.00 for Students. We accept Cash or Check, no credit cards. Exact amounts preferable. Central Texas Wing Museum houses seven CAF aircraft for which the Wing has maintenance and restoration responsibility: a very-rare flying Bell P-39Q Airacobra Miss Connie, the NAA B-25J Yellow Rose, a Vultee BT-13 Valiant, and a Cessna U-3A Administrator, Beech C-45 Expeditor Lone Star Lady, the NAA AT-6 Texan, and the Douglas Sktrain (https://thatsallbrother.org/) You can also visit our museum and gift shop or attend one of our events. Our museum is open Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday each week from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission is free, but your donations help us keep em flying! Speaker(s): Dr. Dawn Roberson, Agenda: 11:30-12:00 PM: Networking session /Open Meeting 12:00-12:30 PM: Lunch 12:30-1:30 PM: Tour 1:30 PM: Wrap up and closing remarks 1841 Airport Road, Bldg 2249, San Marcos, Texas, United States

IEEE Breakfast and Go

Bldg 1 Cam Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX, United States

Come, grab some Taco Cabana tacos, and learn about what IEEE is and how it can help you advance in your professional journey! Bldg: In Front of Richter, One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, Texas, United States

Algorithms to Implement Diversity Coding for Link Failures in Networks

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/466460

Diversity coding is a form of network coding for link failure recovery in communication networks. Since it employs coding, there is no feedback signaling, and that feature makes it very fast. One approach, Diversity Coding Tree, employs mixed integer programming and results in very fast restoration. Another approach is called Coded Path Protection and employs integer linear programming and has the advantage of small extra capacity. This latter technique is based on former work that considers a communication network as consisting of bidirectional links. This technique employs a mixed integer linear programming formulation and results in restoration times as fast as Diversity Coding Tree with reduced extra capacity. Speaker(s): Ender Ayanoglu, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/466460

LSS EXCOM

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/455832

Monthly Lone Star Section Executive Committee Meeting Agenda: 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/455832

IEEE PI2 May ChapComm

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463089

See agenda below. Agenda: Agenda Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463089

Monthly meeting of EMB Chapter, followed by a technical talk 

San Antonio, Texas, United States

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