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Meeting Information
Meetings are usually held at the Hammond Steak House in Superior, WI.
Two Engineering Student Presentations on the UMD Campus - Pizza & Soft Drinks Provided on Thursday, February 16thThere will be two student presentations: (1) Benjamin
Nelson and his BattleBots team will recap their team's experiences at the 2011
competition and introduce their robot ideas to compete again in Spring 2013 and
(2) Joe Zhou, Matthew Willenbring, Benjamin Nelson, and Matthew Badzinski will
present their design of an autonomous winch controller to raise and lower a
hydro-characteristic data recording system for the Large Lakes Observatory.
The meeting will be at the UMD Campus Rm. MWAH 102 ECE Engineering Lounge Map There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by pizza and presentations. Please RSVP by Noon Wed., February 15th to Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Duluth East High School Robotics Presentation and Demonstration on Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Help Duluth East H.S. launch their 2012 FIRST Robotics team with a kick-off dinner followed by a presentation of past robotics successes. The "Daredevils" had their best year ever in 2011 when they competed in the finals in St. Louis. Dubbed a "varsity sport for the mind," The FRC combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. Under strict rules, limited resources, and time limits, teams are challenged to raise funds, design a "brand," and build and program a robot to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors.
The meeting will be at the new Duluth East High School (formerly Ordean Middle School) 301 N 40th Ave. E., Duluth, MN. We will be meeting in the Auditorium. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by a $5/pp Lasagna Dinner catered by Sammy's Pizza from 6:00-7:00PM and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon Tue., November 15th to Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Presentation on the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) on Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Each device on the Internet requires an address in order to communicate with other computers and the current 32-bit address standard is running out of unique locations. Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) uses 128-bit addresses and allows approximately 3.4x10^38 unique numbers, extra flexibility in allocating networks and efficiency for routing data traffic. It also eliminates the primary need for network address translation (NAT), widely used to alleviate IPv4's 32-bit address exhaustion. Bill Schwalbe, Network Transport Engineer, with Enventis Telecom will introduce the IPv6 protocol and how it will change Internet communications.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge) 1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon Wed., November 2nd to Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
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Presentation on Cymbet EnerChipTM solid state batteries on Thursday, September 29th 2011
Cymbet EnerChipTM solid state batteries are 10x smaller, allow nearly unlimited
recharge-discharge cycles, and have integral power management circuitry
making them an ideal energy storage solution for miniature devices or energy
harvesting applications. Steve Tonkin, Cymbet Senior Applications Engineer, will
explain the technology inside these advanced green-tech products. He will also
demonstrate small wireless “Internet of Things” sensors powered from ambient
energy harvested from light, vibration/motion, thermal gradients or RF induction.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge) 1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon Wed., September 28th to Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Three Student Presentations on the UMD Campus - Pizza & Soft Drinks Provided on Thursday, February 17thThere will be three presentations: (1) Brent Eliason, Levi Goeden and Kyle
Somora will present their senior design project proposal, (2) Graduate Student,
Buddhika Maitipe, will present his work exhibited at the 90th Annual
Transportation and Research Board meeting in Washington, DC in late January,
and finally, (3) Nathan McCullough and team will demonstrate their fighting robot,
"Scorpio", that will compete in the BattleBots nationals in Florida later this month.
The meeting will be at the UMD Campus Rm. MWAH 102 & Civil Engineering Bldg., Rm. 155 Map There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by pizza and presentations. Please RSVP by Noon Wed., February 16th to Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Presentation: The FIRST Robotics Competition on Thursday, February 17, 2011The FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of
young people and their mentors to solve a common problem in six-weeks using a
standard "kit of parts" and set of rules. The Duluth East High School’s FIRST
team advanced to the semi-finals at the April regional completion plus received
the GM Industrial Design Award for their concept of building with "beautility." The
Duluth FIRST Robotics team will present their award-winning robot project.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge) 1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon Wed., November 17th to Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Presentation: How the internet has changed the use of video surveillance and security on Wednesday, October 21st, 2010For 30 years VTI Security has been in the business of engineering, integrating, and deploying security solutions for government, education, health care, financial and correctional institutions. Jeff Halbert from VTI Security will speak on “Big brother and video surveillance; How the internet has changed the use of video
surveillance.” Jeff Halbert will also introduce some technology solutions available for institutional surveillance and security systems.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge) 1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon Wed., October 20th to Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Tour: Minnesota Discovery Center in Hibbing on Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The tour will be of the Minnesota Discovery Center (old name: Ironworld) which partners with Hibbing Taconite to provide mine tours to the public. Hibbing Taconite is a world-class iron ore pellet producer managed by Cliffs Mining Company. The facility, which has an annual rated capacity of eight million tons, employs 689. No cameras on tour. Safety equipment will be provided. The Tour will be Thursday, August 19th. Please RSVP by Noon, Wed., August 18th. To RSVP, please contact Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Presentation Topic: Electrical Arc-Flash Hazards in the Workplace on Wednesday, March 24, 2010Electrical arc-flash presents a serious hazard to anyone
working directly with power interconnections. This presentation will introduce
parts of "IEEE 1584 - Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations" and
"NFPA 70E - Standard for Electrical Safety in the Work Place" along some
interesting videos and demonstrations. This presentation is sponsored by our
recently re-activated Arrowhead chapter of the IEEE Power & Energy Society.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge) 1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon Tue., March. 23rd to Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
IEEE College and Pre-college Presentations on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 The IEEE Arrowhead Section continues to offer support for
student projects and activities in exchange for meeting presentations. Recently
several student groups have inquired about IEEE support. Duluth's East High
School seeks help for their FIRST Robotics competition entry, UMD's Clean
Snowmobile Challenge Engineering Club seeks sponsorship, and we hope to
have a couple UMD students present their proposed senior design projects.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge) 1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon Tue., Feb. 23rd to Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
IEEE 125th Anniversary Celebration Dinner on Thursday, December 10th, 2009.
The Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) is celebrating its 125th
year anniversary as a professional society. Come join us for "Superior Cuisine
on Lake Superior at the Midi Restaurant in the Fitgers Inn building to celebrate
this significant organization milestone. There will be a complementary buffet
dinner open to all members and their guests as well as an available cash bar.
Reservations are required by Dec 1st. There will also be special gifts awarded
as a token of appreciation of your continued IEEE membership.
The dinner event will be at Midi Restaurant in the Harbor View Room (inside the Fitger's Brewery Complex) 600 E Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802. Please RSVP by Noon, December 1st with Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Presentations from UMD Graduate Student, Nisar Ahmed on Thursday, November 19th, 2009.
The presentation will be by UMD Graduate Student, Nisar Ahmed. He will give an overview of optical fiber communication system and various impairments degrading the transmission performance. He will then describe a novel electronic post-compensation scheme that can compensate the degrading effects resulting from optical fiber nonlinearity in 40 Gbps wavelength- division-multiplexed (WDM) transmission systems. Nisars talk is based on a topic he presented in early October at "Frontiers in Optics 2009", a conference managed by Optical Society of America.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge) 1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon, Wednesday, November 18th Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Taconite Harbor Energy Center Tour: on Saturday, October 17th, 2009.
The tour of the Tac. Harbor facility will be from 10am to 12pm. We will be
having lunch at Bluefin Bay Grill on L. Superior after the tour.
The Taconite Harbor Energy Center is a three-unit 225 megawatt total capacity coal
generating station acquired by Minnesota Power in 2001. MN Power is planning to invest
in the plant to extend its life and reduce emissions. This is a working generating facility so
closed-toed shoes and long pants are required. Cameras, video recording, and cell phones
are prohibited. The Taconite Harbor Energy Center is not handicapped accessible.
Please RSVP by Noon, Monday, October 12th as Minnesota Power requires a list of all tour
attendees five days in advance. To RSVP, please contact Bruce Howell at
brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Presentations from Tom Ferguson: on Thursday, September 24th, 2009.
The presentation will be by UMD ECE Department Visiting Professor, Tom
Ferguson, who will present "Grid Integration of Renewable Power Generation"
including some theory on solar energy balance and rotating machinery.
IEEE business topics will include a discussion and vote on a proposal to fund
UMD ECE student scholarships plus a discussion and vote on a proposal to
reimburse for travel costs for UMD students presenting papers at conferences.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge)
1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM
and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon, Wednesday, September 23th
Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Presentations from Conservation Technologies: on Thursday, June 25th, 2009.
Terry Larson, PE, along with a representative from Conservation Technologies
will present the current state-of-the-industry for photo-voltaic array installation
including information about their design for McQuade Harbor outside Duluth.
Discussion topics will include: NEC code requirements, commercially available
solar panel components and modules along with typical installation methods.
The presentation will also include US and global installed solar photo-voltaic
capacity along with new solar panel manufacturing technologies and trends.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge)
1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM
and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon, Wednesday, June. 24th
Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Two Presentations: IEEE members and graduate students, Waqas Ahmed and Scott Klar, will
be finishing up their UMD engineering masters degrees this spring and will be presenting on Wednesday, April 21st, 2009. They
each agreed to present their masters degree projects for us at this meeting.
Waqas Ahmad will present his masters degree project A Novel Approach for
Heart Murmur Detection/Classification using Cochlea-like Pre-processing.
Scott Klar will present his masters degree project Exploring Inexpensive
Infrared Technology to Design a Sensor for Tracking Vehicles in an Intersection.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge)
1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00PM, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM
and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon, Tuesday, April. 21st
Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Two Presentations: Tom Soldner, Drew Jenson, and Jeron Smith will present their UMD Engineering
Senior Design Project & Stan Burns will present an overview of the College of Science and Engineering with a focus on the
engineering programs and planned initiatives on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009.
There will be two presentations from the UMD engineering college:
Tom Soldner, Drew Jenson, and Jeron Smith will present their UMD Engineering
Senior Design Project A Hybrid Solar-Wind Power Generation System Design.
Stan Burns, Associate Dean of the UMD Swenson College of Science and
Engineering, will present an overview of the College with a focus on the
engineering programs and planned initiatives. Stan will discuss a number of
ways that IEEE members can enhance engineering education in the region.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge)
1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00PM, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM
and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon, Tuesday, Feb. 10th
Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Presentation: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) on Thursday, November 6th, 2008.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) allows utilities to
track, visualize, and interpret data in the form of maps, reports, and charts and
may reveal patterns or trends used to help improve customer service, resource
utilization, or outage response. The presenter, Tim Felix from Minnesota Power,
has almost two decades of experience tracking utility resources. Tim will provide
an overview of how GIS technology is used by utilities as well as demonstrate
some of the capabilities of the software used by Minnesota Power.The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge)
1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00PM, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM
and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon, Wednesday, Nov. 5th
Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Presentation: Fuel Cells on Thursday, August 28, 2008.
The scientific principle defining the direct conversion of fuel
and oxygen into electricity in a fuel cell is over 150 years old. Fuel cells gained
notoriety during the Gemini space missions where they provided both electricity
and drinking water. Fuel cells have numerous modern applications including
generating stand-by electricity, powering remote communication systems, as well
as being a component in hydrogen fueled vehicles. Fuel cells are clean, silent,
and efficient and may play an important role as we seek energy alternatives.
The meeting will be at the Hammond Steak House (at the base of the Blatnik Bridge)
1402 N. 5th Street, Superior, WI. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30-6:00PM, followed by dinner from 6:00-7:00PM
and presentations and meeting discussion after dinner. Please RSVP by Noon, Wednesday, Aug. 28th
Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Tour: Blandin Paper Mill, Grand Rapids, MN on Saturday, July 19th, 2008.This tour is limited to the first 20 members and guests and all attendees must be
at least 12 years old. Closed toe shoes are required! The plant is very warm
inside and there are flights of stairs along the route. No cameras allowed.
The paper mill first started operations in 1902 and was purchased by Charles K. Blandin in
1917. Today, the Blandin Mill is owned by UPM-Kymmene and its primary products are
coated papers used in magazines and catalogs. This tour will cover the PM 6 area.
Tour: 10:00 am ~ 11:30 am, Lunch follows tour (optional). Blandin Paper Mill Tour Office
218-343-5546 (leave message) NW 2nd Ave & NW 3rd St, Grand Rapids
Across from the Herald Review Building.
Lunch: The Sawmill Inn Restaurant
2301 Pokegama Ave. S., Grand Rapids
Bruce Howell at brucehowell@ieee.org or 218-343-5546 (leave a message).
Please check back for up-to-date meeting information. You should also receive a postcard notifying you of any scheduled meetings. If you are a member of our section and have ideas for a technical meeting we could have as a section please email us with your suggestions.
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