[1] October 2007 Luncheon
The
Alaska Section of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Inc. will hold its monthly luncheon
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Wednesday, October 17th , at the
Sourdough Mining Co. Restaurant, 5200 Juneau Street.
Our
October Luncheon speaker is Mr. David Heimke, P.E. Mr.
Heimke is presently Senior Engineer at Unicom running the
DeltaNet microwave network. He is a past Chair of the Alaska
Section and has enjoyed putting towers and radios in the
Alaskan bush since 1989.
A
recent project constructing a terrestrial microwave network
in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta was impacted by the effects of
warming permafrost on the foundation designs. Some
electrical engineers may consider this an issue for the
civil, structural, and geotechnical engineers, but it is the
electrical engineer's requirements that dictate the loading
and therefore the foundation design. The economic viability
of a project may indeed depend on the electrical engineer's
awareness of the results of his calculations.
This
talk will focus on both microwave towers and power poles.
Buildings, fences, waveguide bridges and groundfields are
also touched on. Long term solutions, impacts on loading
from standards and designs, and some observations of trends
will be discussed.
The meeting is free and open to the public. The cost for a
buffet style lunch is $15 per person for IEEE members or $17
for nonmembers. Please RSVP by Tuesday, October 16th
to Steve
Kaleta, 762-4420 or e-mail
stevenkaleta "ąt" hotmail.com.
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[2]
Officer Elections / Call for Volunteers
Dear Members,
January 2008 is just around the corner. IEEE Alaska Section
is growing and has lots of opportunities to develop one's
communication, networking, and management skills. There are
some new opportunities for the section to improve members
technical training opportunities and increase funding for
student scholarships and to have fun doing it.
Please consider nominating someone for any officer or chair
position that you think would be willing to help including
yourself. Then, please review the attached volunteer sign-up
sheet. We need volunteers for small tasks though the year as
well as for officer positions. You can commit to as little
as 4 hours a year or as much as 1 hour a week. The more
volunteers the more the section can accomplish. If one needs
to report to any Executive Committee (Ex-Com) meeting while
out of town or at home with children, a meeting can be
attended via a phone bridge.
The Alaska Section was the first and I think only section in
the US to stand up against the growing tide to require
engineers to have a masters degree in electrical
engineering to take the PE exam or work as an engineer. We
were able to do so because one of our Ex-Com members was
keeping us informed of what was going on in the area.
Without volunteer participation, the Alaska Section can not
remain strong or make the improvements that would result in
true benefits to its members. Just imagine if we had enough
volunteers to start offering training in your field of
interest at cost. Just imagine what could happen if we could
participate in the many IEEE conferences that are coming to
Anchorage.
To date only three people have filled out the volunteer
form-two from Fairbanks and one from Kenai. Please consider
offering your time to help improve your professional
organization.
Thank you.
Jo Neumaier
Immediate Past Section Chair, IEEE Alaska Section
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