IEEE Salutes You!

IEEE UC Berkeley Student Branch Meeting

January 23, 2001

IEEE CSU Fresno Student Branch Meeting

February 22, 2001

1. Where I’ve been

2. Where you’re going

3. What to take with youOakland-East Bay Section

Bill DeHope, OEB Treasurer

My Life Story...

1970-1975

• Mark-sense Hollerith cards

• kflop speeds

Helix High San Diego

1975-1980• Univac/punched cards

• Mflop speeds SDSUPhysics/Math

NOSC/SPAWAR Acoustics/EM propagation

1980-1985• MFE CDC-7600

• 100 Mflop speeds

• 8088 PC

Stanford EEPhysical Electronics

Hughes Aircraft/US Air ForceMicrowave Tubes

My saga continues...

1991-1997• UNIX workstations

• Gflop speeds

Varian/CPI Palo Alto; gyrotrons

1997-1999 • Internet explosion

Physics International HPM/Radiation EffectsSQUIDs/Pulsed Power

1999-? • Gflop desktops

• ASCI Tflops

Lawrence LivermoreNational LaboratoryStockpile Stewardship

1985-1991

• VAX 11-780s

• Mac Plus/SE

• 100 Mflops

General AtomicsFusion/Star Wars

And I was there...

Your Future, Your Journey

Education choices: Graduate school: MS, D.Eng, PhD

Other training: MBA, JD

Professional accreditations: PE

Job choices: Research? Directed development? Production?

Established firm or startup?

Future expectations in salary, security?

Location?

Deciding Factors: Your interests

Your skills & talents

Your past training

The “market”

Tools of the Trade

Your general knowledge--you know more than you think!

Basic science

Unbiased, critical thinking; the scientific method; “librarianship”

Your specialized knowledge--your unique skill-set

Your character

your actions, integrity, morality (Golden Rule, honesty, etc)

responsibility with time, resources, deliverables & promises

“team player”, proper balance of humility and assertiveness

work hard, go the extra mile, be confident and optimistic

communication: English pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, writing, LISTENING--unbiased & unfiltered, feedback, body language

Life-long learning--just to “keep up”, enhance your skill-set, correct some deficiencies

Your unique experiences--projects you’ll work on, school of hard knocks, what you’ve picked up “on the streets”

What they don’t teach you in college:Basic Project Management

Plan the Work (5-10%) “failing to plan is planning to fail”

Build a team, get buy-in

Know the interfaces, estimate the boundaries

Write it out in some detail, for some people

Communicate the vision to everyone

Get the big picture; aim high in steering

Work the Plan

Assess progress--“Ride the range”, Listen

Communicate the progress--avoid surprises in meetings

Know your options, have lots of Plan B’s

Maintain team unity, camaraderie, and commitment; Give complements

“Your project is the most important one there is.”

This is simple stuff. It works on any size project. Everything’s a project.

You don’t have to make a career of this or even use the “M” word.

Don’t do your job >80% of the time

80% real work, 10% management, + ...

The missing 10%: MarketingYour money:

10% for others (benevolences, charity)

10% for savings, for the future

Spend the remaining 80%

Your time:

10% for “managing” others

10% for marketing, for the future

Work the remaining 80%

At work, time = money

Your project, your career, your firm, your life, needs marketing

What is marketing?

Communication, assessing perceptions, engineering perceptions, appearance, networking

The other “M” word.

The best advertising is free.

There is a future in engineering. Marketing is your ability to control it.

So did I choose the right career? (Why EE?)

• Participate in revolutions!

• Be an explorer, discoverer

• Knowledge/understanding enriches your life

• Improve the quality of life for others

• Job satisfaction (ref. Headhunter friend)

• Stepping stone to other careers (e.g. management)

• Big tent; lots of niches; diverse field

• Fairness of treatment

• Honesty/decency of coworkers

• Bridge between ME and SW

• Public perception of technology

• Speak the international language; help shrink the world!

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What else do you need on your journey?

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (http://www.ieee.org)

• World’s largest (~320,000) technical professional society

• Our charter:

“Scientific advancement and diffusion of knowledge”

“Advancement of the profession”

“Use skills to enhance the quality of life for all people”

• Our strengths:

Peer-reviewed proceedings, practical publications, newslettersInternational conferences & workshops with proceedings36 active technical SocietiesActive local Chapters; grassroots involvement of membershipMember services (e.g. bargain life insurance)Professional support

Understanding IEEE Organization

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Viewed “Technically”

The 36 Technical Societies of IEEE

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Antennas and Propagation Society Broadcast Technology Society Circuits and Systems Society Communications Society Components Packaging & Mfg Technology Computer Society Consumer Electronics Society Control Systems Society Council on Superconductivity Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society Education Society Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Electron Devices Society Engineering Management Society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society Industrial Electronics Society Industry Applications Society Information Theory Society

Intelligent Transportation Systems Council Instrumentation and Measurement Society Lasers & Electro-Optics Society Magnetics Society Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Neural Networks Council Oceanic Engineering Society Power Electronics Society Power Engineering Society Professional Communication Society Reliability Society Robotics & Automation Society Sensors Council Signal Processing Society Society on Social Implications of Technology Solid-State Circuits Society Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Freq Control Vehicular Technology Society

Refereed Publications of IEEE

Transactions on Advanced PackagingTransactions on Antennas and PropagationTransactions on Applied SuperconductivityTransactions on Automatic ControlTransactions on Biomedical EngineeringTransactions on BroadcastingTransactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and ApplicationsTransactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal ProcessingTransactions on Circuits and Systems for Video TechnologyTransactions on CommunicationsCommunications LettersTransactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and SystemsTransactions on Components and Packaging TechnologiesTransactions on Control Systems TechnologyTransactions on EducationTransactions on Electronics Packaging ManufacturingTransactions on Electron DevicesElectron Device LettersTransactions on Electromagnetic CompatibilityTransactions on Energy ConversionTransactions on Engineering ManagementTransactions on Evolutionary ComputationTransactions on Fuzzy SystemsTransactions on Geoscience and Remote SensingTransactions on Image Processing

More Refereed Publications of IEEE

Transactions on Industry ApplicationsTransactions on Industrial ElectronicsTransactions on Information TheoryTransactions on Information Technology in BiomedicineTransactions on Instrumentation and MeasurementJournal of Lightwave TechnologyJournal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsJournal on Selected Topics in Quantum ElectronicsTransactions on MagneticsTransactions on MechatronicsTransactions on Medical ImagingJournal of Microelectromechanical SystemsMicrowave and Guided Wave LettersTransactions on Microwave Theory and TechniquesTransactions on MultimediaTransactions on Neural NetworksTransactions on Nuclear ScienceTransactions on Oceanic EngineeringPhotonics Technology LettersTransactions on Plasma ScienceTransactions on Power DeliveryTransactions on Power ElectronicsTransactions on Power SystemsProceedings of the IEEE

Even More Refereed Publications of IEEE

Transactions on Professional CommunicationJournal of Quantum ElectronicsTransactions on Rehabilitation EngineeringTransactions on Robotics and AutomationTransactions on Signal ProcessingTransactions on Speech and Audio ProcessingSignal Processing LettersTransactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A: Systems and HumansTransactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part B: CyberneticsTransactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and ReviewsTransactions on Semiconductor ManufacturingJournal of Solid-State CircuitsTransactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) SystemsTransactions on Vehicular TechnologyComputer Society Publications Transactions on Computers Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Transactions on Software Engineering Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

The Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) (My personal favorite)

• One of the smaller societies (~6000 members)

• Publish Trans. on Plasma Science, Trans. on Nuclear Science

• Host ICOPS, NSS/MIC, PAC

• Typical research fields represented

fusion technologysemiconductor processing; plasma-assisted CVDcharged particle acceleration; beam transportpulsed power technology and applicationsphysical electronics: solid-state, vacuum, and plasma devices nuclear diagnostics and instrumentationradiation effectsmedical imagingnuclear power; reactor instrumentation and controlscomputational electromagnetics

• Many members have physics backgroundshttp://hibp7.ecse.rpi.edu/~connor/ieee/npss_foe.htmlhttp://www.ieee.org/newtech/reports/nps/report.html

History of NPSS The first activity of record in this field was the formation of a Nuclear Studies Committee in the IRE in 1947, to determine the proper role of the IRE in this new technical field. Subsequently, in 1949 a petition was filed for the formation of a Professional Group on Nuclear Science, and it was approved on April 5, 1949, with L. R. Hafstad as Chairman. On April 29, an organizational meeting was held, the membership at that time consisting of 54, increasing to 970 by the end of the year.

The new organization became visible on a number of fronts in the early 50's. In 1953, the PGNS formed an Atomic Energy Policy Committee which fielded a strong effort to have the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 modified. These efforts came to a fruition in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Early in the 50's the PGNS became a co-sponsor of the Scintillation Counter Symposium which has now merged into the Nuclear Science Symposium. Also in 1954 the first issue of the Transactions on Nuclear Science appeared. In 1956 the number of issues of the Transactions was increased from one a year to four.

At essentially the same time as the Professional Group on Nuclear Science was formed in the IRE, the AIEE formed a number of committees and subcommittees to work in this area, the most important being the Nucleonics Committee and Commmittee on Nucleonic and Radiation Instruments. With the merger of the IRE and AIEE on January 1, 1963, to form the IEEE, procedures were begun to merge the like-interest groups of the former societies. The IRE Professional Group on Nuclear Science merged with the AIEE Nucleonics Committee and the Committee on Nucleaonic and Radiation Instruments on October 29, 1963, to become the Nuclear Science Group of the IEEE.

In 1972 two major events occurred for the Group. Midyear the scope was widened to include the plasma science field and in September the group was given Society status. The augmented group became the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. March of 1973 saw the debut of a second publication, the Transactions on Plasma Science. NPSS thus has the distinction of issuing two publications, in addition to a newsletter.

Over the years the Society has inaugurated or assumed responsibility for a number of conferences. Every year the Society sponsors conferences on Plasma Science, Radiation Effects, and Nuclear Science. Conferences on Particle Accelerators and Engineering Problems in Fusion Research and Data Acquisition in Nuclear and Particle Physics are sponsored every other year. In addition, other conferences such as Symposium on Nuclear Power systems are co-sponsored by the Society.

Our technical meetings• Held ~every other month

• No “memberships” required to attend

• Announced in Grid Magazine

• Grid on-line: http://www.ee.com/grid

• Announced via chapter mailings

• Great technical talks

NPSS Oakland/East Bay Chapter

Recent OEB-NPSS Technical Talks

• Bill Moses, LBNL, Nuclear Detectors for Cancer Imaging, Jan 00

• Doug Wright, LLNL/SLAC, CP Violation in B Mesons, Oct 99

• Neville Smith, LBNL, Opportunities with ALS Radiation, May 99

• Ned Birdsall, UCB, Plasma Simulation, Mar 99

• Ron Rojesky, ITEC, Laser and e-beam Lithography, Jan 99

• Herb Friedman, LLNL, Medical Device Development, Oct 98

• Michael Wright, Varian, X-ray Imaging With Amorphous Si 5/98

• Andrey Mishin, Schoenberg, Portable Linacs, March 98

• Herb Friedman, LLNL, Laser Guide Star at Lick Obs., Jan 98

• Dennis Matthews, LLNL, Laser Paint Ablation, Dec 97

• Ken Whitham, Titan Beta, Industrial Linacs (& Frascati) May 97

• Hugh Kirbie, LLNL, Solid-State Linear Induction Accels, Mar 97

Previous OEB-NPSS Technical Talks

• Arne Vliecks, SLAC, Klystrons & SLED, Jan 97

• Cary Zeitlin, LBL, Space Rad Effects on Astronauts, Nov 96

• Ben Feinberg, LBL, Advanced Light Souce, May 96

• Michael Lieberman UCB, Plasma Processing, Jan 96

• Tom Budinger, LBL, PET & MRI Imaging, Oct 95

• Bob Hamm, AccSys, RFQs, May 95

• Curt Clower, LLNL, NIF, Mar 95

• Jose Alonso, LBL, Proton & Light Ion Medical Therapy, Dec 94

• Mike Zisman, LBL, B Factory, May 94

• Jay Marx, LBL, Quark/gluon Plasmas and STAR Mar 94

• Jim Brase, LLNL, Laser Guide Star, Jan 94

• Glen Dahlbacka, LBL, MEMS, Nov 93

• John DeFord, LLNL, Tech Xfer/Comp Electromagnetics May 93

Why join IEEE?• Member $ benefits (e.g. group life insurance rates)

• Discounts on books, publications, conferences

• Career benefits; professional advancement

— You’ll be perceived as a stand-out

— You will rise “above the crowd”

• Many employers cover dues (Ask!) so, why not?

• Be a giver, not a taker

• It’s the right thing to do

• It’s the professional thing to do

• Ethics strengthening & support

• Member friendships, camaraderie, network

A roadmap on the journey...The IEEE Code of Ethics

We, the members of the IEEE, in recognition of the importance of our technologies in affecting the quality of life throughout the world, and in accepting a personal obligation to our profession, its members and the communities we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree to:

1. Accept responsibility in making engineering decisions consistent with the safety, health and welfare of the public, and to disclose promptly factors that might endanger the public or the environment.

2. Avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest whenever possible, and to disclose them to affected parties when they do exist.

3. Be honest and realistic in stating claims or estimates based on available data.

4. Reject bribery in all its forms.

5. Improve the understanding of technology, its appropriate application, and potential consequences.

6. Maintain and improve our technical competence and to undertake technological tasks for others only if qualified by training or experience, or after full disclosure of pertinent limitations.

7. Seek, accept, and offer honest criticism of technical work, to acknowledge and correct errors, and to credit properly the contributions of others.

8. Treat fairly all persons regardless of such factors as race, religion, gender, disability, age, or national origin.

9. Avoid injuring others, their property, reputation, or employment by false or malicious action.

10. Assist colleagues and co-workers in their professional development and to support them in following this code of ethics.