Co-sponsored by: Tommy Cooper Please RSVP to [email protected] IEEE Houston Consultants Network Houston Public Library does not sponsor or endorse this meeting. The library has a parking lot with free parking. The meeting will be held in the Carriage House. IEEE Houston Consultant Network members, IEEE Members, interested parties, students and guests are all welcome! Texas Board of Professional Engineers – Professional Practice Update / Ethics: Updates on Board rule changes within the last year, general updates on initiatives the Board is working on, information on enforcement statistics, and the engineering Code of Conduct.     Speaker(s): David Howell, P.E. , Agenda: Agenda 5:30 PM - Networking 5:45 PM - Brief announcements and introduction of speaker 6:00 PM – Presentation followed by Q and A 7:15 PM – Adjourn and exit the building Location: Room: Carriage House Parking Bldg: Clayton Library Center 5300 Caroline Street Houston, Texas

Co-sponsored by: Fabiola Lopez Registration Highly Recommended Registration fees are refunded on the day of event to registered attendees only. We are requesting registration to better manage expenses and prepurchases of movie tickets in advance. What is IEEE Day?   IEEE Day: Celebrating the first time in history when engineers worldwide and IEEE members gathered to share their technical ideas in 1884.   IEEE Day’s theme is: “Leveraging Technology for a Better Tomorrow”. While the world benefits from what’s new, IEEE focuses on what’s next. IEEE Day 2016 is the 7th edition of the same and will be celebrated on 4th October 2016.   Worldwide celebrations demonstrate the ways thousands of IEEE members in local communities join together to collaborate on ideas that leverage technology for a better tomorrow. We celebrate IEEE members!   IEEE Day Houston This years IEEE Day Committe Chairperson is Fabiola Lopez and the committe has planed a great event with Dinner and a Movie.      Agenda: Dinner at Cafe' Express Where: 3800 SW Freeway, Suite 124, Houston, TX 77027 When: 5:30   Movie at Greenway Edwards Cinema  Movie: Skully Where: 3839 Weslayan St, Houston, TX 77027 When: 8:00 PM     Location: Bldg: Cafe' Express 3800 SW Freeway Suite 124 Houston, Texas 77027

“Types of Neutral Grounding in Power Distribution” (1 CEU) Introduction Limiting ground fault current to reduce arc blast, thermal effects, mechanical stresses, shock hazards, manage system outages, control transient over voltages. Applications in low voltage and medium voltage. Ungrounded Neutral. Solidly Grounded Neutral. Resistance Grounded Neutral. Low Resistance High Resistance Resonant Grounded Neutral. Fault current assessment for each case. High impedance fault. Gross Potential Rise consideration. Potential transfer and associated risks. Arrester selection for each neutral grounding configuration. Upstream effects, utility network.   Speaker(s): J. Kesic, Agenda: Dinner 5:30pm - 6:00pm Lecture 6:00pm - 7:00pm Location: 1700 West Loop South Suite 1500 Houston, Texas 77027

IEEE Photonics Seminar Dr. Hoe Tan Date: October 7 Time: 4 PM Location: Rice University, Duncan Hall 1064 Semiconductor nano wires for optoelectronic and energy applications Dr. Hoe Tan Department Head of Electronic Materials EngineeringResearch School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University Abstract: The excitement of nanowire research is due to the unique electronic and optical properties of these nanostructures. Both axial and radial heterostructure nanowires have been proposed as nano-building blocks for the next generation devices, which are expected to revolutionise our technological world. The unique properties stem from their large surface area-to-volume ratio, very high aspect ratio, and carrier and photon confinement in two dimensions. These nanowires are usually grown by the so-called vapor-liquid-solid mechanism, which relies on a metal nanoparticle to catalyze and seed the growth. An alternative technique to grow the nanowires is by selective area growth technique, where a dielectric mask is first patterned on the substrate prior to growth. In this talk, I will present an overview of compound semiconductor nanowire research activities at The Australian National University. The optical and structural properties of binary and ternary III-V nanowires including GaAs, InGaAs, InP and GaAsSb nanowires grown by metal-organic vapour phase epitaxy will be presented. Various issues such as tapering of the nanowires, compositional non-uniformity along nanowires, crystal structure, carrier lifetime and polarization effect will be discussed. I will also present our results of III-V nanowires grown on Si substrates which are of great interests for the integration of nano-optoelectronic devices on Si platforms. Our results of enhancing the quantum efficiency of nanowires by using plasmonics are promising to improve the performance of nanowire devices. Finally, the results from our nanowire lasers, photodetectors, solar cells and photoelectrodes for water splitting will be presented. Bio:  Prof. Tan is currently the Head of the Department of Electronic Materials Engineering at the Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University. He received his B.E. (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Melbourne in 1992, after which he worked with Osram in Malaysia as a quality assurance engineer. In 1997, he was awarded the PhD degree from the Australian National University for his dissertation on “Ion beam effects in GaAs-AlGaAs materials and devices”. He has been the past recipient of the Australian Research Council Postdoctoral, QEII and Future Fellowships. He has published/co-published over 350 journal papers, including four book chapters. He is also a co-inventor in 4 US patents related to laser diodes and infrared photodetectors. His research interests include epitaxial growth of low-dimensional compound semiconductors, nanostructured optoelectronic devices and ion-implantation processing of compound semiconductors for optoelectronic device applications. Prof. Tan is a Senior Member of the IEEE.   Location: Room: 1064 Bldg: Duncan Hall Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS378 Houston, Texas 77005

IEEE Photonics Seminar Dr. Tim Lian Date: October 14 Time: Noon Location: Dell Butcher Hall 180 Efficient Light-driven Long Distance Charge Separation and H2 Generation in Semiconductor Quantum Rod Heterostructures Quantum confined semiconductor nanocrystals (0D quantum dots, 1D quantum rods and 2D quantum platelets) have been intensively investigated as light harvesting and charge separation materials for photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications. The efficiency of these semiconductor nanocrystal-based devices depends on many fundamental processes, including light harvesting, carrier relaxation, exciton localization and transport, charge separation and charge recombination. The competition between these processes determines the overall solar energy conversion (solar to electricity or fuel) efficiency. Quantum confined semiconductor nano-heterostructures, combining two or more material components, offer unique opportunities to control their charge separation properties by tailoring their compositions, dimensions and spatial arrangement. Further integration of catalysts (heterogeneous or homogeneous) to these materials form multifunctional nano-heterostructures. Using 0D, 1D and 2D CdSe/CdS/Pt heterostructures as model systems, we directly probe the above-mentioned fundamental exciton and carrier processes by transient absorption and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. We are examining how to control these fundamental processes through the design of heterostructures to achieve long-lived charge separation and efficient H2generation. In this talk, we will discuss a new model for exciton dissociation by charge transfer in quantum dots (i.e. Auger assisted electron transfer), mechanism of 1D exciton transport and dissociation in nanorods, and key factors limiting H2 generation efficiency in CdSe/CdS/Pt nanorod heterostructures. (ref. Nano let. (2014) 14 , 1263-1269; JACS (2014), 136, 7708-7716; Accounts of chemical research (2015) 48, 851-859; Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem., (2016), 67, 259; Chem. Soc. Rev. (2016), 45, 3781) Bio: Tianquan (Tim) Lian received PhD degree from University of Pennsylvania (under the supervision of late Prof. Robin Hochstrasser) in 1993. After postdoctoral training with Prof. Charles B. Harris in the University of California at Berkeley, Tim Lian joined the faculty of chemistry department at Emory University in 1996. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002, Full Professor in 2005, Winship Distinguished Research Professor in 2007, and William Henry Emerson Professor of Chemistry in 2008. Tim Lian is the Co-Editor-In-Chief of Chemical Physics (since 2012), a Kavli fellow (since 2012), APS fellow (since 2015) and recipient of the NSF CAREER award and Alfred P. Sloan fellowship. Tim Lian research interest is focused on ultrafast energy and charge transfer dynamics in photovoltaic and photocatalytic nanomaterials and at their interfaces. Location: Room: 180 Bldg: Dell Butcher 180 Rice University, 6100 Main Street Houston, Texas 77005

Co-sponsored by: Kheng Swee Goh Houston Section ExCom Meeting Location: Bldg: HESS 5430 Westheimer Houston, Texas 77056

Co-sponsored by: Jared Johnson One of the most important things you can do for yourself -- and your future -- is to prepare for retirement. The habit of understanding money can help you achieve financial freedom, since you will be prepared for emergencies, as well as prepare for the future that you want. In order to help you better understand the process this seminar is focused on the "Important Information You Need To Know About Money".  Speaker(s): Lori L. Siegel, CFP, CRPC , Agenda: 6:15 Reception 6:30 Registration 6:45 Dinner 7:10 Presentation 8:10 Q&A 8:15 Awards Presentation   Location: Bldg: HESS Club 5430 Westheimer Rd Houston, Texas 77056

Co-sponsored by: David R. Jackson Smart antenna is the key technology for broadband satellite communications, terrestrial mobile communications (4G and 5G), radar and future Internet of Things. It can achieve electronically beam steering towards desired directions while forming nulls towards interferences. The traditional smart antennas are, however, very complicated, bulky and expensive, which make it difficult for civilian applications. For commercial applications, it is important to investigate novel smart antennas which can have small size, high efficiency and low cost. This talk will review the recent development of low-cost small smart antennas for terrestrial and satellite communications. Some case studies including low-cost small smart antennas for mobile terminals in terrestrial wireless communications, Ka-band smart antennas for satellite communications on the move, low-cost smart antennas for Ku-band satellite communications, etc, will be discussed. A conclusion will be given in the end. Speaker(s): Dr. Steven Gao, Location: Room: Room W122, Bldg. D3 Bldg: Engineering Bldg. 2 University of Houston Houston, Texas 77204-4005