IEEE Galveston Bay Section

Synopsis A review was undertaken of residential electrical plans with various consumer benefits for electric vehicle owners. The plans mostly offered reduced rates (cents/kWh) for EV owners charging at home with various stipulations, e.g. time-of use rates. Rates were lower, down to zero, for critical time windows which varied by plan. For EV owners with solar panels, some plans included solar buyback options. And for one REP, EV owners with solar panels and a Tesla PowerWall back-up battery, could store solar production in the battery and export excess power to the grid during periods of spiking prices. After four billing cvcles (May-August 2023), the author has experienced sales to the grid at rates approaching $5.00 per kWh and monthly bills ranging from $96 to -$128. Speaker(s): James Thomson, ***CANCELED*** Agenda: Section Meeting Presentation Lunch Bldg: Himalayan Taj , 1425 Nasa Rd 1, Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, United States, 77058

Doug Norton will give an overview of Austin-based InspireSemi’s disruptive next generation Thunderbird compute accelerator for HPC&AI applications. This RISC-V based “supercomputer-cluster-on-a-chip” packs 1,800 high performance CPU cores (all FP64 double-precision of their own design) onto a single SOC. For maximum/predictable performance and low latency, these CPU cores are all interconnected with their high bandwidth, low-latency mesh interconnect that can connect up to 256 of Thunderbird chips. After 3 years of customer-driven development, the chip is in final verification and will tape out at the end of September to TSMC. He will also share why the team chose to leverage the open hardware RISC-V ISA vs. other options and provide an overview of some of the many initiatives in the thriving RISC-V ecosystem. Speaker(s): Doug Norton Agenda: 6:00 to 6:05 PM - Open for participants to enter and network. 6:05 to 6:10 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker. 6:10 to 7:30 PM - Formal Program and Q&A. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/371510

Following is the outline of the presentation starting with space suits history...... - Full-pressure suits for high-altitude flights before WWII - History and evolution of space suits since the 1950s and 1960s. - Current status of design and development and comparative data tables for modern IVA and EVA space suits. - lessons of 80+ years of space suit developments. Speaker(s): NIK, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/377191

Presentation and Tour: Introductory presentation and walking tour of the City of Webster Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant. The primary task of the plant is to provide collection, treatment, and discharge of the community’s wastewater. The Public Works Department also provides distribution and treatment of drinking water. The City is currently engaged in the renovation and upgrade of the wastewater treatment plant which includes electrical and instrumentation improvements to increase capacity, improve efficiency, and reduce energy consumption. The short walking tour will include stairs for full viewing but is not necessary for tour participation. OPEN TO LIFE MEMBERS Speaker(s): TONY, 855 Magnolia Avenue, Webster. , Texas, United States, 77598

The Austin Life Members' Group promotes the development of members through professional and social networking,addressing topics of interest to Life Members, including volunteer activities, and supports the IEEE Central Texas Section. Speaker(s): Scott Collins Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/375804

Course Description: Ethics has been defined as doing the right thing when no one is looking. Are you? Is everyone around you? What should you do if they’re not? Is what you think is right - the same thing as what others think is right? Use the words “code of ethics” with 10 people and you’ll get ten variations just on what it means to behave ethically. This course introduces learners to professional ethics and the forces that shape engineering ethics including its history, the IEEE code of ethics of engineers, current engineering ethics and when and where ethical values are developed. The course explains how to identify ethical concerns both in and outside of the workplace, to recognize factors that modify ethical values, and to provide solutions to ethical problems. By participating in this course, you will learn how to successfully: - Develop a picture of what ethical behavior looks like - Employ steps to solve ethical dilemmas - Cultivate ideas for what to do if you or someone is not behaving in a manner consistent with ethical behavior Presenter: Vincent Wedelich BIO Vincent is an associate level project manager and electrical engineer with over 29 years of experience. Vincent’s responsibilities include power system design and project management for the industrial and refinery markets. His experience includes multi-discipline project management for front end planning (FEP) and EPC refining projects. Additionally, he has worked on numerous expense and capital projects ranging from $100,000 to $500 million in total installed cost (TIC). Specialties include: 24VDC PLC controls to 138-kV transmission projects; FEL & EPC power and controls; electrical reliability; expense and capital power and control projects; project manager power, and automation projects; and PLC, HMI and Wonderware. Top Task Manager for the Oceanwind Lanoka and PeckBay Offshore Wind Turbine projects (LV sub design). IEEE Houston PES Chair 2022-2022 Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/379037

A review was undertaken of residential electrical plans with various consumer benefits for electric vehicle owners. The plans mostly offered reduced rates (cents/kWh) for EV owners charging at home with various stipulations, e.g., time-of-use rates, Rates were lower, down to zero, for critical time windows which varied by plan. For EV owners with rooftop photovoltaic panels, some plans included electricity buyback options. For one REP, EV owners with photovoltaic panels and a Tesla PowerWall backup battery could store solar electricity production in the battery and export excess power to the grid during periods of spiking prices. After five billing cycles (May-September 2023), the author has experienced sales to the grid at rates approaching $5.00 per kWh and monthly bills ranging from $96 to -$457 Speaker(s): JAMES, Agenda: Luncheon 11:30 AM-12:00 PM Presentation 12:00-12:50 PM, Q/A 12:50-01:00 PM Hamalayan Taj Restaurant, Location:1425 NASA Parkway (next to Space Center Houston), Houston, Texas, United States