IEEE Region 5

IEEE MOVE Global is an emergency response program dedicated to assisting natural disaster relief efforts with short-term communication and power solutions. The program provides essential services such as internet access, mobile phone charging, and lighting to help people stay connected during disasters. When not deployed for emergency relief, IEEE MOVE Global engages in community outreach and STEM education. The IEEE MOVE India program, initiated by the IEEE India Council Region 10 in collaboration with state disaster agencies and NGOs, focuses on disaster response efforts in India. This talk will highlight MOVE India's activities, including disaster awareness and STEM workshops conducted across the country. These workshops emphasize disaster preparedness, climate change, and sustainability, aiming to educate and empower students to create a safer, more resilient future. The session will also showcase the launch of STEM kits designed to educate students about climate change and sustainability. Additionally, the talk will provide a preview of the MOVE India Truck, set to launch in 2025. This mobile vehicle, equipped with communication and power equipment, will play a key role in supporting disaster relief operations in India. Co-sponsored by: IEEE-USA MOVE Program Speaker(s): Sadhana Attavar Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463712

The IEEE-KC PES/IAS Joint Chapter is excited to announce its Technical Seminar Series for Spring 2025! This year we will again have an in-person hybrid format, although we will also offer a virtual option. Please see below for location details. Topics for this year are: - April 1 (Tuesday) - (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/473672) - April 8 (Tuesday) - (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/474196) - April 22 (Tuesday) - Arc Flash Safety - April 29 (Tuesday) - (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/474199) Agenda: Doors to the in-person event open at 5:00pm. Dinner will be served at approximately 5:30pm. The evening's seminar will include two presentations and will begin promptly at 6:00pm CDT. Each presentation will include 1 break, as well as a short quiz and survey. Completion of the quiz will be required to receive a PDH certificate. Fee Schedule: - Student Members - $25 (in-person w/meal) - $0 (virtual or in-person w/o meal) - IEEE Members: - $35 (in-person) - $15 (virtual) - Non-Members: - $40 (in-person) - $20 (virtual) - Corporate members: $140 per seat for all four events (in-person)* *Please contact the PES officer team for corporate registration. PES Officer & Volunteer team contact information: - Evergy: Jason Weil (jason.weil@evergy.com); Luis Gonzalez (luis.gonzalez@evergy.com) - Burns & McDonnell: Mahfooz Hilaly (mhilaly@burnsmcd.com); Jason Ottens (jpottens@burnsmcd.com) - Siemens: Chris Dyer (chris.dyer@siemens.com) - Kiewit: Tony Locatelli (tony.locatelli@kiewit.com) - Black & Veatch: Soham Ghosh (Soham.Ghosh@bv.com) - Univ. of Central Missouri: Mohammad Sadi (sadi@ucmo.edu) Parking Directions: Events will be held in Training Room 1A in Burns & McDonnell's 9450 Building. Please see the illustrations below for parking directions: Speaker(s): Mahfooz Hilaly, Dan Neeser Agenda: Doors to the in-person event open at 5:00pm. Dinner will be served at approximately 5:30pm. The evening's seminar will include two presentations and will begin promptly at 6:00pm CDT. Each presentation will include 1 break, as well as a short quiz and survey. Completion of the quiz will be required to receive a PDH certificate. Room: Training Room 1A, Bldg: 9450, Burns & McDonnell, 9450 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64114, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/474198

IEEE PI2 Austin, April 22, 2024, Tech Meeting In-Person 6 PM Central / 7 PM Eastern at Balcones Country Club: 8600 Balcones Dr. Austin, TX 78750 Abstract: This talk will explore the technical information that influences generation portfolio decisions in a power company. While much of the Resource Planning process is a political/management decision that is not technology driven, there is a lot of modeling and analysis that goes into shaping the outcomes. After attending, the audience will understand the types of technical information that are relevant in the deliberations and how this process has shifted from a fairly simple, straightforward decision to one with many layers and nuances Details: Dinner and soft beverages will be provided for those with reservations. If you do not have a reservation you will not be able to eat. Cost, to defray the room, dinner and refreshments cost: Thank you in advance: IF REGISTERED IN ADVANCE (Before April 15, 2025) One week earlier than usual! Members and Non-Members: Select Register & Pay now, $25.00 Paypal from your credit card when registering - you do not need a Paypal account to use it. Click through to the credit card/debit page. OR Select Register Now and Pay Later and pay $25.00 cash or credit/debit with Square at the meeting. Please register in advance before April 15th (skip the payment) IEEE Student Members: Free (must register in advance before April 22nd with your IEEE member number) Skip the payment All registrants After April 15th, 2025: Pay $30.00 at the the meeting in cash Attendees must be registered before the event for food accommodations. Unfortunately, we are charged more for the meals after the advance registration date For PDH hours, please email the PI2 Secretary, pi2-secretary@ieee.org. Speaker(s): Lisa Martin, Bldg: Balcones Country Club, 8600 Balcones Club Dr., Austin, Texas, United States, 78750

Oklahoma Engineering Fair Science Museum of Oklahoma 2020 Remington Pl, Oklahoma City, OK Martin Luther King and north of NE 50th Street Wednesday, February 19th, 8:30 AM to Noon Design & build an electric motor powered by a dry cell battery that rotates at the highest possible RPM with no-load. Details & Rules: (https://oef.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024Electrical-Motor-Contest.pdf) NEEDS: We need four (4) IEEE members to help with: registration, set-up, contest execution, and collection of results. One may attend the entire 3.5 hours or, hopefully, at least 2+ hours. The set-up and kickoff are the most critical times (8:30 - 10:00). Please quickly contact one of the below: Bob Scolli (bob1440@swbell.net) Dan Morehead (moreheaddb@cox.net) Bill Wylie (billwylie@ieee.org) Bldg: Oklahoma Science Museum, 2020 Remington Place, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 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 <moreheaddb@cox.net> 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

Luncheon social and business meeting attendees pay for their own lunch onion rings are on the house. After lunch meeting will commence updating attendees on current and future activities being proposed. Co-sponsored by: Richard Miller Chair South Lake Life Member Affinity Grooup Agenda: 12:00pm - 1200hr. Open with social and ordering lunch 12:30pm - 1230hr. Lunch 1:00pm - 1300hr. Business meeting starts with introduction of attendees. Old business: If available Francis Groisz, PhD will provide IEEE HQ updates and other interesting information. New Business: Propose having a Section technical evening meeting April 20, 2025, on Fortified Building Construction Remy, Certified Fortified Inspector of Fortified Gulf Coast will present on the requirements and available state financial support available. 2:00 - 1400hr. Adjourn Next North Lake Life Member Affinity Group Meeting will be May 22, 2025 same time and location. Next South Lake Life Member Affinity Group Meeting will be May 15, 2025, same time and location. I will be looking forward to seeing you at this meeting and the April meeting. Sincerely, Richard Miller, Chair IEEE New Orleans Section South Lake Life Member Affinity Group Bldg: Mortan's Seafood Restaurant and Bar, 702 Water Street, Madisonville, Louisiana, United States, 70447

Supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) is an attractive working fluid for a variety of reasons, especially because it has a relatively high density while still maintaining a low viscosity. Thus, this fluid can have a high power density with low pressure losses as it flows through pipes and equipment, allowing sCO2 power cycles to have compact turbomachinery and smaller piping diameters relative to other common working fluids. Higher turbine operating temperatures are attractive for power cycles because they allow higher thermodynamic efficiencies to be achieved. High-temperature sCO2 power cycles are a good application because the materials used for high-temperature piping and equipment can be smaller, and therefore the cost of the equipment for a given power size can be less than if other working fluids are selected. Closed-loop power cycles using sCO2 as the working fluid have made significant progress moving from component and machine testing at research and lab scale to commercially relevant full-loop demonstrations. This talk will provide an overview of the sCO2 development work that has been done at Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), including a status on the $169 million Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo project. The STEP Demo project will demonstrate the operation of a recompression closed Brayton cycle (CBC) at the 10 MWe pilot scale with a turbine inlet temperature of 715°C. Recently, the project successfully completed simple-cycle CBC operation with turbine inlet temperatures up to 500°C, and the turbine produced over 8 MW of gross shaft power. Registration required by COB Tuesday, April 22, for admittance to SwRI grounds on the day of event. All non-SwRI employees must register and enter campus at the main entrance on Culebra Road. Speaker(s): Jonathan Wade Bldg: Bldg. 51 (Archives Conference Room), Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78238

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